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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I remember being part of celebrating the 50th anniversary. I've still got the commemorative LP. An astonishing number of those on it went on to become my professional colleagues. Congratulations RCMJD.

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Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fair play to Danny León, the Spanish Olympic skateboarder. This shot may never be eclipsed.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/08/2026

It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

See also: crying your heart out

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cannot believe it's taken me this long to log on to the Dyfi Osprey Project live feed

A screenshot of the life webcam feed from the Dyfi Osprey Project. The nest is in the foreground, with (I think) one parent and chick. Behind is a perching post with two more osprey sitting on it. In the background is the broad expanse of the Dyfi estuary, looking upstream towards the Tarren hills. The whole is indescribably lovely.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I have just seen a poster urging me to "discover the world's best mango vodka" and I cannot help thinking that this has to be a contradiction in terms

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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I loved this conversation, even the inconclusivity felt like part of its value

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️

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Alumni petition against the cuts to the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just as long as one is not Kossil.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

In today's inbox: three requests to work for free. One would cost me £190 in rail fare, another would cost me at least 40 hours of work, and the last says "we don't have a budget for speakers, but we can promise a nice lunch." Folks, if you're paying the caterers, you can pay your speaker.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

All of this is brilliant, not least the way he throws them to one side when he’s done with them

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 03/06/2026

A “pure, cold rage” has once again enveloped a community - leaving 11 police officers injured, a family with no new answers, and everyone talking about everything except how Henry Nowak, and so many others before him, were failed in the first place.

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Pure, Cold Rage. Warm, Clean Hands.

When does anger become leadership? And who takes responsibility when that anger escapes the television studio?

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"Your doner is so awful, you better feed it to the cats." A 1* Google review for a doner place in Berlin. Their reaction is phenomenal. 😁

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Richmond Orchestra @rorchestra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We perform in support of the Mulberry Centre on Saturday night. Here’s everything you need to know. ⛪️: St Michael & All Angels, Turnham Green, W4 1TT 🚂: Turnham Green (Piccadilly and District Lines) 🚌 : E3, 110, 237, 267, H91 🕰️: 7:30pm 🎟️: on the door

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Roland van Gaalen @rolandvangaalen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Savall's Beethoven set is outstanding in all respects. Don't hesitate; just buy it! #classicalmusic

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Amen to this 👇

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Mags @magnumificent.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is a superb wee read ‘ if universal basic income enables even one more Einstein to become Einstein over the course of the next century, it will have paid for itself a thousand times over.’ Oh and AdeP too 😁🎶

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The kind of rehearsal I enjoy! Working through the Beethoven C minor concerto over coffee with the lovely Rachele Howes, preparing for @rorchestra.bsky.social next concert on 16 May at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park. Brahms Symphony 2 and Dvorak on the programme as well. Going to be awesome!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The kind of quality content I'm here for

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Julie Phillips @julie-phillips.com · 22/01/2026

When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing. lithub.com/the-way-of-w...

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The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…

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Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

*NEW POST* This week on rising misogyny & classical music "Not taking active steps to redress historical imbalance sends a message ... that classical music is a space where varying degrees of sexism and misogyny are tolerated." open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...

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No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past

If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention.

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Myttin da / Good morning Blue Sky🙂 Wishing you all, along with the Cornish diaspora over the world a Happy St Piran's Day! / Gool Peran Lowen! Including: USA South Africa Australia Mexico www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen... #StPiransDay #GoolPeranLown

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/02/2026

It’s a running joke in academia that Matt Goodwin is bad at maths. This sort of thing is why: the combined Labour/Green vote could have split in any way possible and Goodwin would have finished 2nd or 3rd. He did not lose because progressives coordinated. He lost *in spite of them not doing so*.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A 2000 year old Roman water channel that still flows today This incredible underground aqueduct is hidden right inside the Smyrna Agora in Izmir, Turkey 🇹🇷 #thursdaymotivation

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I laughed more than I should have at this.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Came across the fictionalised version of this glorious tale in a Patrick O' Brian novel. The real thing is, if anything, even better.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Delighted that @rorchestra.bsky.social are again playing in May to support the Mulberry Centre and its invaluable work for cancer sufferers and their families. @torindouglas.bsky.social sure you're already aware of this. Everyone else, please support us if you can in this noblest of causes.

A poster for a concert by Richmond Orchestra at 7.30 on 16 May at St Michael & All Angels, Bedford Park, W London, In aid of the Mulberry Centre for cancer sufferers and their families. Programme includes Dvorak In Nature's Realm, Beethoven 3rd piano concerto with soloist Rachele Howes, and Brahms Symphony No. 2. There is a QR code for booking tickets.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A most beautiful thread by the great @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social. It says something very important about religion, whatever yours may or may not be.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus i bawb!

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

old couple (Robert and his wife Inga), dressed in smart clothes. both look unassuming and like they could be anybodies' grandparents.

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Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

That is beautiful.

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Patrick Allies @patrickallies.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Extraordinary honesty (in a profession that likes to keep things buttoned up). I'm sure it will help others, too.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

@rorchestra.bsky.social poster for our next concert in March just dropped. Hugely fun programme, including the amazing Concerto for Violin and Horn by Ethel Smyth, a truly unique work

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

My beloved sister gave me The Voice That Thunders, a volume of essays by the great Alan Garner, for Christmas. I am coming on here to say that, in the crystal clarity of his prose and the truth of his vision of what art is and how it is made, it is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Okay, I think this person won not only Bluesky but the whole damn internet today

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