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Marta

@martacollins.bsky.social
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Music, books, travel, nature and conferencing. Cornwall resident.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 06/07/2026
Loving Henderson's contribution last night. Got a sideline booking, injured his wrist on an advertising hoarding, and had to be given oxygen. All without actually playing. :-)
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 12/03/2026
Can this be a solution?
that twitter billionaire's dumbass grok image proposing oil transfer by land through what looks like oman and uae, both currently in range of iranian drones and missiles. the trucks have been replaced by a giant slip n' slide running between the ships and a caption that reads "Pour Oil into Giant Slip n' Slide"
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
CrazyRossStrat just put windmills on Greenland then he won't want it anymore
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Facebook reminds me that on this day in 2017 a woman turned to me in the veg section of Sainsbury's and said "hopefully now we've left the EU we can have loose carrots that aren't wet"
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Marta @martacollins.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social Great pronunciation of the Andreya Casablanca's Polish carol title! 😊
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Spooky Ghost Enthusiast @sirsandgoblin.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Walked around a corner once and someone up the road was bowling a fake cricket delivery so I did a fake slog back over his head. He turned around to fake watch the ball go for six, and put his hands on his head in fake exasperation
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 24/12/2025
I've got to be honest, we may as well call it a night #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Rock Action Records @rockactionrecords.scot · 28/10/2025
The Twilight Sad's superb new single "WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL" is out NOW - along with news of UK & EU tour dates for April & May 2026! 💛 Sign up to their mailing list for pre-sale info 👉🏼 thetwilightsad.com/ 🎧 Listen/stream/watch "WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL" 👉🏼 twilightsad.lnk.to/waiting
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 22/10/2025
This is an *incredibly* good idea.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
It drives me nuts. The Telegraph, Mail, Sun etc and the politicians they sponsor like Johnson, Farage, Cameron & Truss got everything they wanted for fourteen of the last fifteen years & only now, with Labour in power for *less than one*, do they acknowledge the damage they have done. It’s sick.
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Marta @martacollins.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Wait, what? Sensible voters?!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The 50% drop in net migration just announced will surprise precisely nobody who has been paying attention to the issue, as opposed to exploiting and lying about it for clicks & votes. I doubt the stats will change the toxic narratives of the latter group, though.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I mistyped an email sign off as “all the bees” instead of “all the best”. I reckon I’m going to stick with it. I can’t think of anything negative that can possibly come of wishing someone all the bees.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2025
Truro City: after years on the road history beckons for Cornwall’s former nomads
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Truro City: after years on the road history beckons for Cornwall’s former nomads
The Tinners are back on home soil and four games away from a remarkable promotion to the fifth tier
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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
WHAT THE HELL IS A SPOOZ OH MY GOD THINGS I DONT EVEN KNOW ABOUT ARE CRASHING
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Don't look at your pension, whatever you do.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Welcome to Idiocracy.
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London Mum @londonmum.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Can u imagine this amount of coverage about the economic costs of Brexit? Sigh.
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David Harewood @davidharewood.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Raise your hand if you think a vote for Donald Trump last November was like the British people voting for Brexit AGAIN.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 26/03/2025
actually the funniest screengrab from the chat, imo nice try Michael Waltz!! nice try!!! close but no cigar Michael Waltz!!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Can’t make this up.
A tweet from "Covie" (@covie_93) that reads:
"Speaker Mike Johnson from the great state of 'Louisnana' wants to get rid of the Department of Education."

Below the tweet is an image of a large blue curtain featuring an emblem with a pelican and the words "SUPREME COURT" and "CONFIDENCE." The word "LOUISNANA" is prominently misspelled instead of "LOUISIANA." The mistake is highlighted with a red circle. In the foreground, three judges in black robes are seated at a table.
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
All those living near Southampton. Tickets are selling fast for my event at Hedge End Theatre on March 28. Please do come. thepointeastleigh.co.uk/whats-on/joh...
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John Crace: What the hell just happened?
From the ingeniously quick-witted John Crace comes a satirical memoir from the eyes of his beloved dog, Herbie. And as a Westminster veteran, boy does he…
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
BREAKING: Kia’s official Instagram account in Norway just posted this..
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I've never seen a nation torch its reputation the way Musk and Trump are torching that of the US. Every day they find a way to make a new segment of the world population detest them. Makes Brexit look like a PR triumph.
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I’m guessing Trump believes Poland started WWII by invading Germany
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
You can always tell when A-ha have been in to return their books.
Two photographs of the book return trolley. On the first one are three book in order so their titles read Take On Meat and on the second one the books are rearranged so their titles read Take Meat On
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Really struck today by how many of the people most responsible for the Brexit shitshow were actively rewarded for their stupidity/dishonesty. Knighthoods, Damehoods, peerages, newspaper columns, seats in the House of Commons… It’s a mark of how deep the rot has gone into the fabric of our society.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Yes I wonder if the guy who's spent the last three months supporting far-right groups was doing a fascist salute it seems so unlike him.
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Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.
A photograph of a deserted pub car park surrounded by bare trees on a murky day: wet asphalt, grey sky. In the centre, next to a flumpy yellow cypress tree, are a litter bin and an ornamental lamppost who appear to be sharing a joke together. The head of the lamp is bent at an angle so it appears to be looking down at the bin whose lid has broken given it the appearance of a laughing face.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
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Marta @martacollins.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Here is my alternative Christmas playlist if you need 🎶 as you prep the feast open.spotify.com/playlist/0e3...
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It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
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Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I loathe a political culture that removes a passionate and effective minister over a decade-old minor offence that has zero bearing on her ability to do the job. A mixture of cowardice, malice and triviality.
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Steve Binnie (2026 Remaster) @stevebinnie.me.uk · 18/11/2024
Oh yeah? Name twenty-five of their albums.
An Instagram post from Taylor Swift captioned "I LOVE THE FALL"
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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Here you go, a starter pack of Independent Record Shops to follow (pass it on, guessing they’d appreciate that) go.bsky.app/FFCkVXG
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I would not tell anyone if I had won the lottery, but there would be signs.
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
Darwinian Christmas
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
A spoof of an infographic showing a map of Europe, colour-coded by which countries will offer food to visitors. The caption is "Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?" The Nordic territories are labelled "sad", Northern Europe is labelled "sad & wet", Eastern Europe, Southern France and Northern Italy are labelled "sad and drunk" and the Mediterranean nations are labelled "sexy". It's less funny when you explain it, to be honest.
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Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
If enough people follow, I’ll definitely do one, it’ll be like the old days of 2020 👊
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I’ve seen my first ‘experienced user complains it’s too popular here now’ post, and it reminded me of Manic Street Preachers fans in the mid 90s.
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Whatever you THINK it's going to be - you're wrong
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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