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A caravan with an actual bath in it :) If I were to buy another 'van I'd want something like this.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 27m

The governments plan for yesrs has been to make up for NHS being underfunded to the point of barely functioning by pusing people away from GPs to increasingly he dealt airh by pharmacies. Independent pharmacyies are vanishing so all we have is Boots, and… oh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family

The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.

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Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s the Zillow listing. If anyone wants to buy it. (I would really like to buy it.) www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

zillow.com

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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 1h

Business idea. Live-streamed Battle Royale, weapons allowed, but it is filmed in Lidl and you can only use what you find in the middle aisle.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 57m

Angry Swearing Maintenance and Repair.

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 1h

A reminder that it's always a good idea to take professional advice before representing yourself at court. Especially when applying to the Court of Appeal for a reduction of your sentence. It would save everyone's time.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 1h

Did you mean to expose their phone number?

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1h

"Modi arrests opposition leader" looks bad but you need to remember that the opposition leaders in India are constantly trying to get arrested while govts try their best not to fall for it because this is the inciting pattern to every major political shakeup we've had since the days of Gandhi

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2h

excellent subhead snark from the FT

Tory conference live: Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Conservative leader pledges to slash levies while accusing Andy Burnham of ‘spending money we don’t have’

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 18h

Nearly 70% of Police Scotland officers currently suspended while under criminal investigation are accused of offences relating to violence against women, according to figures obtained by STV News. The allegations include domestic abuse, sexual offences and stalking. news.stv.tv/scotland/nea...

news.stv.tv

Nearly 70% of suspended police officers facing criminal probes accused of violence against women

Allegations against suspended Police Scotland officers include domestic abuse, sexual offences and stalking

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 2h

Giles Brandreth's visit went well.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 2h

That's a big lump of cheese sliced not very thin :)

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 2h

#BirdOfTheDay and the theme is #BlueWater, birds surrounded by Blue Water. Egret taking off. #birds #photography

Egret, legs stretched and shedding water as it take off, blue water behind.

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Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 2h

Both sides telling a story of Rod Stewart waking up midway through an operation.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3h

Rainy day lunch. Might grate the cheese next time.

Cheese on two slices of toast, pickled onions

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3h

I hope you send them an invoice ;)

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3h

God forbid a guy has a hobby.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 3h

NEW - Kemi Badeoch says there will be no inheritance tax to pay ever on a family home. Interested to know how this affects the housing market. Asset-rich pensioners just got a huge (extra) incentive not to downsize.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3h

Half for me, half for the dog is my rule.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3h

Shortage of 'I'm shocked/not shocked' reaction gifs incoming.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3h

Ah, temperature drop means we're back to spotting all the home workers on calls because they're wearing jumpers and clutching mugs of hot drinks.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 3h

Of course in the olden days, pre phones, we had to Frisbee a cow pat down the road to catch a drivers attention. As a serious aside, I suspect women would rather bus stops were well lit, safe spaces for them to wait and that a byproduct of that would be bus drivers being able to see them.

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 5h

Everyone has never seriously injured or killed someone because they were speeding or on their phone or close passing or whatever until they have.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 4h

Not sure what exactly I'll be doing when I host this, but if you ever wanted a man in a tuxedo to call your budgerigar a prick, you're in the right place. Or, like, you will be. If you join in. With money. that's the key bit.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 4h

Our bedroom has a catslide roof over it or, because we're semi rural, a field mouse slide roof. I swear they spend some nights climbing up just to enjoy the wild ride down the bedroom ceiling towards the ground.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 6h

"The image editor you already know how to use." Well, quite.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 6h

Claxton's goal was to equalise HUMAN effort and time in completing the same journey. Let the machines carry the load. Dude was an absolute revolutionary thinker. If he'd been designing towns in the 90s, not during the post-war car boom, he'd be rightly recognised in this country not just in Europe

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 6h

Eric Claxton's guiding principle when designing Stevenage was that separating bikes and cars was fine, if: - Their routes ran parallel - For every metre the bikes gave up in gradient, the cars should give up two - If necessary, you make the cars go further not the bikes Because cars have ENGINES

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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 6h

List of reader submissions to what you can carry by cargo bike A boat A kayak and a paddleboard A cement mixer, wheelbarrow and other tools A wheelie bin A ladder and a bed A family with a Cello A film sets worth of lighting equipment A christmas tree 1/2 www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...

cyclingelectric.com

How much can you carry by cargo bike?

How much can you carry by cargo bike? That's the subject of a viral social media trend at present, following

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 7h

Papers that are happy to say 'up their bums' become a little coy when faced with an alternative.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 17h

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 8h

My train is running late but the driver reckons he'll make up the time. It's currently treacle past wardrobe.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 8h

I think that a sizeable minority of the Green party membership are perfectly happy stood outside the tent pissing in. Making a material difference is not something they've really considered: Adoption of the slogan is the limit of their aspiration.

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Howlingatthe Moon @oog.bsky.social · 23h

oh look, it's Fedward

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I was told Zohran Mamdani would instantly turn New York into a crime-ridden hellscape. Yet murders are down almost 20%, year over year. 203 people have been slain, about 22.5 per month. In 1990, that average was *251 per month.* NYC has never been this safe.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 18h

What can be expected? ~40 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and about 10 Zircon/Oniks missiles are expected between 00:00-02:30. Possible Kalibr launches from two missile carriers in the Caspian and one in the Black Sea are expected between 02:00-03:00. Jet-powered drones are already active.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 19h

*underground railway klaxon*

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Reform UK Derbyshire leader denies allegation he looked at meeting on phone while driving Bentley www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...

derbytelegraph.co.uk

Reform leader denies allegation he looked at meeting on phone while driving

Councillor Alan Graves said he was listening to the meeting on Bluetooth

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 20h

Heron and evening light on water. #birds #photography

Heron head, water reflects golden light behind. behind.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 20h

The heron moved under the bridge later on, light was variable but interesting. #birds #photography

Heron stood beside river at low tide, shadows, dark reflections

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 20h

They don't always succeed. This was a miss. #birds #photography

Egret has struck, water everywhere but not caught anything

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 20h

Egret catching a large prawn/crayfish from this evening. Cropped image and low light. #birds #photography

Egret has just caught a crustacean, water splashes

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Christian Hoskins @aquilanebula.bsky.social · 21h

I love the view from tall buildings, so it's great that the UK's highest observation deck at 22 Bishopsgate is free to visit and only a few stops on the Tube from where I work. It's fascinating to see London at different times of the day across the changing seasons.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 21h

It's just chef's kiss timing, isn't it :)

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