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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h
I think it's absolutely fantastic. It shows what an extraordinary country I live in and that refugees can fully integrate and participate in society
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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth. The Saturday read, by David Conn
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Manchester City’s guilty verdict brings football’s great sell-off crashing to earth
On the day Andy Burnham spoke of the wrong turn Britain took under Thatcher, football was facing a day of reckoning over its own story of corporate acquisition
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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Up to 71,000 students take the Irish Junior Certificate And Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social is now on the English curriculum. Absolutelybloodyawesome! @thebookseller.com
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The BBC does genuinely seem to be trying to save money where it can; they scrapped an undercover investigation where Amol Rajan went out clubbing with a view to exposing the easy access to poppers because they didn't want to pay for the Amol night rate
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think this will be one of the defining images of the Premier League's void years: a proudly working class fanbase celebrating that the ruling family of an oppressive regime had hired a barrister on £10,000-an-hour to try and prevent them suffering consequences for their cheating. Embarrassing.
A bunch of mugs celebrating their perceived impunity
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MonkeyBeaver @monkeybeaver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@julienlaurens.bsky.social LAURENS IS BACK BABY. I’m sure they pay well but Sky is beneath you man. They were having a debate about whether or not Arteta was ‘the don’ last week. They weren’t even joking. Come back home to the Europod.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...
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Dom Joly @realdomjoly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NEW MUGWUFFIN EPISODE DROPPED- Bio hacker. Are you off for a country walk? These new robot assistance legs look brilliant… Watch MUGWUFFIN the new comedy show from the creators of Trigger Happy TV. New characters, funny chat. 5 Eps live now- new Eps every week. #mugwuffin LINK IN COMMENTS
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dept. of Feeling Seen: Speaking for those of us who labored on the Baltimore drama mentioned, this -- more than any arbitrary listing -- is gratifying. That said, looking around at our republic and society today, I would prefer to be entirely ungratified.
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Opinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall
Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.
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Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To illustrate Man City's intimidatory approach to journalists asking Qs, here's a piece from last Dec, paywalled then, now free. Docs & legal letters show process. REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-m...
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REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
In 2023, I wrote an investigative feature for the Mail on Sunday about the behaviour of multi-club ownership groups, focussing on Man City's owners. They didn't like it!
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Anaximander's Elbows Up Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Found this without trying too hard: youtu.be/-52sVAzXwLM
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Musk - Official Teaser Trailer (2026)
YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ireland shouldn't play Israel. It'll be a stain on our island and our history. Don't normalise genocide. #StopTheGame
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ESG playing their final UK show at The Cause last night - a euphoric and triumphant way to say goodbye. They connect all the things that matter - Factory, 99, Hannett, Levan, The Haçienda, Paradise Garage, Punk, Funk, No Wave, Hip Hop, House, ACR, Liquid Liquid, The Clash...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How the BBC’s latest platforming of the bigoted views of the anti-migrant billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is the sign of a national broadcaster that is increasingly losing its way www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...
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How the BBC Mainstreams the Right’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-British Agenda
The BBC’s platforming of the bigoted views of billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is just the latest sign of a national broadcaster that has lost its way
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How can it be that I know Andy Burnham disapproves of serving Yorkshire puddings with Christmas dinner but not whether he disapproves of masked fascists threatening members of the RNLI?
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Paul Murphy @paulmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ratcliffe being given a platform on the BBC to trash taxes, the government & a UK in decline But its funny how people like Ratcliffe don’t have a problem with taxes when they are used to bailout companies owned by tax avoiding £Billionaires You can pick thru the numbers #R4today
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Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Times - 'Brilliantly special.' Out in paperback next week. Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump. @thetimes.com @waterstones.bsky.social @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @thebookcase.bsky.social
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Journey, Every Step” Acrylic on Canvas Mark Grantham
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metacritic @metacritic.com · 12/09/2026
20 Box Office Bombs That Were Actually Good: www.metacritic.com/pictures/box... Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) - "You don't have to be dazzled or tickled by the movie, or get every joke, to be touched by it, too." - Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Sir Edward Leigh MP: “What is happening in the West Bank... is ethnic cleansing... I am proud to say, as the longest-serving member of the Conservative Friends of Israel, that I absolutely and fully support what [Ed Miliband] is doing today, because it’s about standing up for freedom and justice"
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We have made a full documentary about what really happened at Reform conference. If you only watch a bit of it please make it these 39 seconds. You won't regret it.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/09/2026
‘On the other side of pain there can be renewal’: Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso on reasons to hold on to hope
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‘On the other side of pain there can be renewal’: Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso on reasons to hold on to hope
The bandleader, drummer, DJ and broadcaster is guest-editing this week’s Saturday magazine Culture features. He shares why he’s optimistic for the future. Plus: his bandmates offer their cultural picks
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The pay off at the end is a thing of beauty
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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The content of this documentary in full: ❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻❄️❄️❄️👃🏻
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/09/2026
‘Unbelievable’: how a tiny island in Canada appeared, vanished, and reappeared miles away
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‘Unbelievable’: how a tiny island in Canada appeared, vanished, and reappeared miles away
The 500 feet long, heavily forested land mass surprises locals by popping up on Williston Lake in British Columbia
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
social media post by @ShitFilmDetails featuring side-by-side photos of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). The caption above reads: "In preparation for his role in "The Last Jedi" (2017), "Star Wars"(1977) actor Mark Hamill aged 40 years in order to play the elder Luke Skywalker."
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
There's a movie coming on Shudder in October called THE CYCLE. I don't usually pump for horror movies (unless they are mine, haha), but this is special. Put it on your calendar.
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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is an amazing bit of reporting, REALLY worth watching in its entirety - THE CHINESE GANGSTERS HAD THEIR OWN NIGHTCLUB BUILT in the compound.
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Inside a multi-million dollar online scam compound in Myanmar
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 28/08/2026
Stop asking if we drew this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sheffield artist defends "unfinished" Ronnie O'Sullivan mural
The mural on a snooker club wall has gone viral - but artist says "touch-ups" are still needed.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is one of the best observed jokes about the era we live in I’ve ever seen.
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
this is one of my favorite visual jokes of all time. i think about it several times a week.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Conservative abdications to Reform have certainly generated some insight into 2022-2024 decision-making we might not otherwise have had
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There are dysfunctional public bodies and then there’s Lord (Ben) Houchen’s Tees Valley Authority and its wholly owned South Tees Development Corporation. 🧵1/3
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Either every single media organisation in the UK doesn't understand their audience or people are lying to pollsters. I genuinely can't make up my mind which it is.
YouGov graphic showing that, overwhelmingly, people have no or little interest in the whole Harry and Meghan coming back to the UK 'news'.
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 23/08/2026
This Substack post is gloriously written and made me laugh out loud three times
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If ITV broadcast a programme where random kids drove on the wrong side of the motorway and sometimes died, with sponsors and commercial breaks, the world would be united in horror. Social media platforms do *exactly* this.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
EXTREMELY bizarre story. An American woman on the Isle of Lewis has been suing organisations there for not letting her bring her dog into cafes? And her legal action is being handled by the Ethnic Minority Law Centre in Glasgow? www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/business/ber...
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​Bernera groups face financial ruin from legal costs
​A second Bernera community organisation is facing financial ruin due to the activities of Claire Kellerman, an American woman who has been involved in multiple altercations with businesses on Lewis, ...
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Painting by David Hockney. Tree Tunnel, August, 2005. Oil on canvas. Size 24 × 36 in.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Coming soon to BBC1 and iPlayer - Burnham A hard-bitten, northern detective moves down to that London. Does he play by the rules? No. But does he get results? Probably also no.
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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
STILL one of the net’s greatest achievements.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
But.. but what about the rights of some out of town diesel driving idiot to pollute London with their dirty old car www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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