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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Six months ago:
theonion.com
DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I don't know this Ja'Marr Chase catch is even physically possible
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not this c*nt again... After getting the Brexit he pushed for, he shifted chunks of his UK businesses over to the EU - plus himself to low tax Monaco. If everyone damaged the UK like that faketriot, we really would be f*cked. Surprised he's not relocated Man U to Europe yet.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Your feel-good story of the day: This 12-year-old kid who went viral at the 2021 Tour of Britain has signed for a Dutch grassroots club and development team that's a feeder partner of Team Visma-Lease a Bike (the team of the rider who gave him the bidon). www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Will Jeanes @willjeanes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Aston Villa have become the fourth side to score 7,000 goals in the English top flight: Liverpool: 7,431 Arsenal: 7,364 Everton: 7,329 Aston Villa: 7,000
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Insane. The most corrupt president in American history, with no close 2nd. 🏆 🇺🇸
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Today, it’s the 106th anniversary of poet, fascist, and cocaine and sex addict Gabriele D’Annunzio marching into the city of Fiume (now in Croatia), declaring it Italian, and establishing a regime renowned for yoga, cocaine, venereal disease, organised crime, and inspiring Mussolini
Gabriele D’Annunzio when young – a moustachioed boy with curly hair, smartly dressed, looking off to the right, and not for the last time
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 28/08/2026
#OtD 28 Aug 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy, was kidnapped and murdered after Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, accused him of propositioning her. Despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt, Till's killers were acquitted by an all-white jury stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9983...
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Alan Partridge - Quote of the Day @apartridgeqotd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Alan's Kate Bush medley
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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (1981): Cosgrove Hall's beautifully eerie stop-motion adaptation of Robert Browning's poem. Gorgeous narration by Robert Hardy, too. This rat summoning scene is particularly creepy...
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Swansea Bay News @swanseabaynews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
More than 1,000 meals in six months from a Llanelli kitchen where you pay what you can. Behind it: a champion bonsai grower, a baker from Ukraine, and one diner who swears she hates beetroot. Full story…
swanseabaynews.com
LLANELLI: 1,000 meals in six months from the Monday kitchen where everyone pays what they can
Cegin Llanelli marked six months at the Antioch Centre with a celebration lunch, volunteer awards and a recipe collection illustrated by a local artist. Behind the serving hatch: a champion bonsai grower, a baker from Ukraine, and the grandson of the man who opened the town's first Chinese takeaway.
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
721 years ago, on the 5th of August 1305, William Wallace was captured by the English. He was later transported to London and executed. The First War of Scottish Independence, in which Wallace played an important role, would be won by the Scottish in 1328. #otd #history 🗃️

Artist:
    David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan (1742 - 1829) Scottish

Title:
    Sir William Wallace, c 1272 - 1305. Scottish patriot

Date:
    Unknown

Materials:
    Chalk and pencil on paper

Measurements:
    43.50 x 32.70 cm

Object type:
    Work on paper

Credit line:
    Bequeathed by W.F. Watson 1886

Accession number:
    PG 1616

Gallery:
    Portrait (Print Room)
    View by appointment

Depicted:
    Sir William Wallace
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Mo @momorgan.com · 04/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast
Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones among actors voicing characters from 1977 blockbuster
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 02/08/2026
#OtD 2 Aug 1939 Walter Altmann and Gunther Mann, two Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, were deported from the UK back to Belgium where they had crossed the Channel in a small dinghy which capsized. Both were likely sent to the concentration camps stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9167...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/08/2026
#OtD 1 Aug 1910 miners in the Welsh Cambrian Combine pit were locked out. This led to one of the bitterest disputes the region had ever seen which armed troops used against striking workers during riots in Tonypandy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8047...
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Waterstones Swansea @swanseastones.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Meet Biscuit 🍪💗 She's an Aries, loves Gouda, and is a VERY good girl 🧀✨ Biscuit is currently in foster care, but is looking for her forever human (or humans!) to share adventures (and maybe some Gouda!) with. Could that be you? Please contact Friends of Animals Wales to find out more 🐾 #doglover
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’ve seen Jimothy over the weekend, of course, but not the footage of Baby Jimothy in this report. Worth a click if you are a Jimothy completist
today.com
Seattle Darling Jimothy The Raccoon Has Scampered Into Hearts Across The Globe
Kiana Hall, the 33-year-old marketing specialist who named the unique-looking raccoon, tells TODAY.com, “I looked at him and he looked like a ‘Jimothy.’”
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Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Having resigned as MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage will be a candidate in the resulting by-election to see if he can be MP for Clacton. His only confirmed opponent will be Count Binface 🗑️! A joke candidate in the style of an absurd cartoonish villain, Nigel Farage will be representing Reform UK.
Count Binface
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It's unfair to say that tobacco companies, fossil fuel investment vehicles, crypto billionaires and Russian oligarchs can't be altruistic. Look at the millions they give to Nigel Farage, out of pure kindness, expecting nothing in return.
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Friday Murder time and this one is upsetting. So I'm going to focus less on the details and more on the reaction of the police and their investigation. On 19th May 1891, some sailors noticed a bag in Sandon Basin, a dock in the north part of Liverpool. They took it out of the water and opened it.
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Liam Olds @liamolds.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wales Nature Week is almost upon us! Join me at Pembrey Country Park on Thursday 9th July for two FREE guided insect walks as part of 'Gone Wild' - a day of nature celebrations 🐝🦋 #WalesNatureWeek #Carmarthenshire #Nature #Wildlife #Events #Pembrey #GoneWild #Llanelli
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Crisis @crisis-uk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨 Breaking news: from today, it's no longer a crime to sleep rough in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act has finally been repealed. For more than 200 years, this archaic law criminalised people for sleeping rough or begging. But no more.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 25/06/2026
1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface
A complex landscape of buttes, hills, hummocks, and sand dunes, in tones of gold and teal. In the middle, a small, beetle-blue feature. Around it, faint parallel tracks.
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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
At 15, Monet sold caricatures of locals in Le Havre to buy art supplies. Two years later, he created his first masterpiece, View from Rouelles. His artistic journey had begun.
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 19/06/2026
BATMAN RETURNS was released 34 years ago today. Tim Burton’s follow up to his 1989 original, the film gave us some of the most memorable Batman moments ever put on screen. The making of story is as crazy as the film… 1/38
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
thelancet.com
Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...
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Random Smash Hits @randomsmashhits.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
1984: smash hits 7 20 june 1984, page 36 Full mag --> archive.org/stream/smash-hits-7-20-…
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 15/06/2026
BATMAN BEGINS was released 21 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great superhero origin movies and the film that catapulted the career of Christopher Nolan, the making of story is mysterious as The League of Shadows… 1/33
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Some heroes don't wear capes
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Even in the '70s, the Takahata–Miyazaki style of pacing was unorthodox. The way they slowed down to focus on tangible details made the anime industry nervous. It went against the accepted wisdom. But it really can work, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/slow-stori...
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Will Jeanes @willjeanes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Cristiano Ronaldo has now had a longer international career than Stanley Matthews: Ronaldo: August 20, 2003 to June 6, 2026: 22 years & 290 days Matthews: September 29, 1934 to May 15, 1957: 22 years & 228 days
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A pencil test by Kristof Serrand for The Prince of Egypt (1998), dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, DreamWorks Animation
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Swansea Bay News @swanseabaynews.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
SCARLETS: Lousi signs deal to extend stay with Welsh region Scarlets have announced today that experienced second row Sam Lousi has extended his stay in Llanelli by signing a new contract with the West Wales outfit.
swanseabaynews.com
SCARLETS: Lousi signs deal to extend stay with Welsh region
Scarlets have announced today that experienced second row Sam Lousi has extended his stay in Llanelli by signing a new contract with the West Wales outfit.
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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/
gcaptain.com
Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New Reform councillors off to a great start by refusing to vote on anything because they haven't a clue what anything means, how anything works or what the fuck they are doing. Vote Reform, get lazy, incompetent, ignorant morons.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Bruce Springsteen has no fucks to give. 👏
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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Excellent point. Replacing public servants with AI is like importing your public service from the US. You spend less money into the domestic economy and shovel more NZ financial assets into offshore ownership.
Who are we paying?
Almost all the serious AI in the world is built by a handful of American companies. The huge computer systems that run it are owned by an even smaller group of American companies.

So when the government replaces a New Zealand public servant with AI, what really happens is this: money that used to be paid to someone living in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Palmerston North gets paid instead to a tech giant in California or Seattle in the United States. That money leaves the country and does not come back.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/21/before-we-let-ai-run-the-public-service-we-need-to-know-the-full-impact/
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Will Jeanes @willjeanes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Here's my look at Arsenal's 22-year Premier League title drought in numbers, exploring how it stacked up historically across the entire history of the English top flight and the London club's players and scorers in this period: www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...
nytimes.com
Arsenal’s title drought is over: 165 players, 984 days top and how their 22-year wait compares (Gift Article)
It was a long wait for Arsenal fans, but they are back on top of the pile. These are the numbers behind their years searching for glory
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Cauldron Bendy 👻 @auldbendy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Lads, Harry Hill is a legend
Did TV Burp cause any problems with anyone else?

The only person who took exception was Jamie Oliver. We did go a bit too far but we had a show to fill. He had a diagram on his show about: 'If you teach two people to make spaghetti Bolognese, then they teach two friends, in a week, X amount of people will know how to make it.' We did a diagram saying: 'If you tell two friends not to bother watching Jamie's Whatever It Is, and they tell two friends...' He hit the roof. After that he wouldn't give us any more clips.

Did you try to make amends?

The producer contacted me to say, 'Jamie's very upset. Can you do a video apologising to him?' So I did a video of me in my kitchen singing I Just Called To Say I Love You, then pulled out one of his pans, saying, 'Look, I've even got one of your pans.' The producer said he wasn't going to send it to him because it would have just made things worse.
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