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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 01/10/2026

Zoolook still hits me every time.

Mark Allan @markxa.com · 30/09/2026

I was just about around in the days when people paid tax and got public services in return and honestly I don't remember it being quite as bad as people would have you think.

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 22/09/2026

Thank heavens I have friends who use Instagram or I'd have completely missed Gong at the Empire tomorrow.

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Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here is the full packaging for the upcoming Mr Benn dvd release. All the cartoons have been restored & look Fabulous. There are loads of extras, including a cd of Mr Benn - The Music. We hope you love it!! Please pass the word...

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 17/09/2026

Honestly just totally confused.

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Donald Irvine @donaldirvine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I never thought I’d live to see the day where an Orangeman would call for a united Ireland.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fucketyfucketyfuckfuckfuck´ by Annie Taylor from PEG - the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Embroidery featuring two perched cute blue birds among pink flowers surrounded by the embroidered text of the title

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 11/09/2026

I will never get over the fact that you can successfully make a dub remix of absolutely any musical composition.

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 10/09/2026

I think I speak for us all when I say "Børk! Børk! Børk!".

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Unfortunately, I wasn't even joking... #TheBeatles #YellowSubmarine

Bayeux Tapestry comparison only using designs/characters from The Beatles film Yellow Submarine

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Anton Piatek @anton-piatek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm running London marathon next year for Action Cancer. All donations greatly appreciated. Also if I raise £3000 I'm shaving the beard off (probably after the race) www.justgiving.com/page/anton-p...

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Anton's fundraiser for Action Cancer

Help Anton Piatek raise money to support Action Cancer

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If your toddler or baby lost this in Ormeau Park, it's still there!

A photo of a child's cloth book called Farm Tails, sitting on a rock.

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 06/09/2026

My brain is turning to porridge and I have to work tomorrow. This is probably the point at which I should try that "relax" thing that I've heard people talk about.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

From "I'm not a compliance officer" to "I know electoral law, I know donation law better than anybody" in 35 seconds.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The first episode of Metal Mickey was broadcast on this day in 1980.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"It was at this point that an oyster went down the wrong way and blocked my ear canals, meaning I missed the whole conversation where I agreed to a foreign donor illegally giving us £500,000..."

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 31/08/2026

8,383. That’s every graduate vacancy advertised across the UK last month: down 45% in a year and the lowest number on record. Employers are already pointing to AI adoption as part of the reason. 1/10

Graphic showing the cover of Northern Ireland’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy. Large text reads: “THEY WROTE THE CONCLUSION BEFORE THEY ASKED THE QUESTION. THEN THEY TOLD YOU, OUT LOUD, THAT THEY’RE NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR ANSWER.” Green Party NI branding and legal imprint appear at the bottom.

Graphic with a dark blue and green background. Two tilted BBC-style news screenshots appear in the centre: one headline reads “Stormont suggests AI could automate public sector admin,” and the other reads “Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year, survey suggests.” White dotted lines connect the two headlines. Text on the right says “JOIN THE DOTS.” Green Party NI branding and legal imprint appear at the bottom.

Graphic with a blurred green and blue background. Two highlighted quotations from Northern Ireland’s draft AI Strategy appear in white and lime-green text: • Page 4: “This strategy is grounded in the premise that… AI can unlock significant opportunities.” • Page 7: “Debate will inevitably persist… but the purpose of this strategy is not to pronounce on those debates.” Below the quotations, large text reads: “They made up their minds before they asked you — then told you your answer would not change it.” Green Party NI branding and legal imprint appear at the bottom, with a hand icon and number 3 indicating the third slide in a carousel.

Graphic containing four highlighted quotations from the draft AI strategy: • Page 4: AI can “create higher-quality jobs.” • Page 26: Public servants can be freed up by “automating routine public-facing tasks.” • Page 33: Workers are “at risk of AI-displacement,” particularly people already facing inequality. • Page 38: A “marketing campaign” could answer the question “why AI?” The quotes appear in white and lime-green text over a blurred green and blue background. A hand icon indicates swiping left. Green Party NI branding and legal imprint appear at the bottom.

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Green Party Northern Ireland @greenpartyni.org · 31/08/2026

The strategy also admits workers may be “at risk of AI-displacement” - then proposes reskilling. Ask a 22-year-old with 200 unanswered applications whether they need another course, or a first chance at a job. 4/10

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 30/08/2026

I can recognise any celebrity who looks the same as they did in the 80s.

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 28/08/2026

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 26/08/2026

I get the feeling we're going to be able to fill Bluesky with fresh nuggets like this for years.

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 26/08/2026

And not as a quid pro quo. Just because of the joy it brings.

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 26/08/2026

The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan

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RIP Dolly Parton.

Never met her, never interviewed her (despite decades of unrequited requests) but thought she was utterly fabulous in every way.

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 26/08/2026

Thanks Celtic for getting worst result of the season in the bag early doors so nobody else has to worry about it.

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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Mark Allan @markxa.com · 25/08/2026

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty British cook or baker: for goodness sake, why can’t you give quantities for dry ingredients by weight?

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026

Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026

Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…

MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.

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