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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy

leftfootforward.org

EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities

Privatisation has failed.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 12/09/2026

Steve Buscemi's 9/11 story has always stuck with me, but this is the first time I've seen this video of him talking about it. Great guy.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 11/09/2026

More assholes out themselves.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026

You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The RNLI's 2026 Christmas cards are now available - some beautiful designs to share with loved ones and an important revenue stream for such a vital service run by some of the very best of humanity. shop.rnli.org/collections/...

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Christmas Cards | RNLI Shop

Every purchase of our charity Christmas cards from the RNLI makes a lifesaving difference. The profits will help to prevent tragedies at sea for years to come.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 10/09/2026

Apple 17” CORE 2 Duo. For all the fanboys telling me that AksUAllY Duo was a Windows phone Apple does nothing original….I bought my MacBook Duo in 2006 AKSUALLY. So there.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 06/09/2026

I write a letter every month to a stranger, telling them about my past struggles and encouraging them to know that they are not alone in theirs, and that other people care about them. Nowadays I see a lot of performative cruelty, and this is one way we can all show others that we care.

reasonstostay.org

Home | Reasons To Stay

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 30/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Ray Charles Santana Jethro Tull L’Orchestre National de Montpellier Massive Attack Black Sabbeth Rainbow Joe Jackson Kodo Drummers Miles Davis

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 27/08/2026

The National Rebirth Party in all their glory.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 27/08/2026

Social media haters - attention! Incoming!

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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She didn't die. She sailed West, to the Undying Lands and remained Galadriy'all.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/08/2026

C'est bcp plus facile de diminuer l'immigration que de gérer les 3 sujets en question, qui sont complexes, probablement pas solubles en 1 mandat et demandent des arbitrages (J'ai pas dit qu'il fallait pas le faire, hein, juste que les politiques préféreront pas se mouiller)

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 20/08/2026

I see Julie Burchill is still earning a crust as an obnoxious assshole. “Psychiatric disorders now account for 39% of PIP claims….It makes me furious to think how many of these are fake, and which may be bringing genuinely disabled people such as myself…under suspicion. “

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I deserve every penny of my PIP – most people don’t

Julie Burchill: I spend my PIP on the expensive business of being disabled

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2026

wrote about that ADHD documentary, my own life as someone apparently living the perfect life of the unmedicated ADHD poster child, and why no amount of "oh but the system should change, not the people" doesn't work: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 19/08/2026

Meanwhile in the Telegraph comments: THIS IS ALL RUBBISH

4 out of 5 commenters on the story in the Telegraph say the story's rubbish because I DONT BELEEVE IT MY REIGHT tu DRIVE IS aaaaarrrggghhh I can't breeve kev

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 13/08/2026

22% of desktops are Linux desktops! FINALLY the year of Linux On The Desktop! Also only momentary.... "Today it looks unlikely that Windows on the desktop will be displaced by Linux." Tim is so defeatist.

itwriting.com

Linux on the desktop: growing, but not by as much as some claim | Tim Anderson's IT Writing

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 11/08/2026

That is indeed a great article on the rise of diagnoses

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 12/08/2026

Very much this. We need collectively and individually to do much better. The current situation is an improvement on the past but there’s a long way to go.

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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I love that this links to a video. The circle is complete

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 11/08/2026

The Life and Times of François Vatel What's wrong with French education (week-long symposium) The poor treatment of neurodivergent children in France Iain M Banks and Iain Banks (two separate discourses) Everything you know about cooking is wrong (1 year course) What's wrong with modern journalism

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Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

My art Vera Kober www.verakober.com/floral

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

THIS 👇👇👇👇

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 09/08/2026

JK Rowling has a page up at jkrwf.org where you can ask for financial aid to fight the good fight. So I’ve asked for some money to help in the fight against her being so nasty for no reason. Please do join in, every little helps.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 09/08/2026

Read all those weird columns about people expressing opinions on other people's behaviour that's not harming them in the least (canes, headphones) and clearly I should pitch a column "the hill I will die on: leave people live their lives however is easier for them so long as they do others no harm"

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 07/08/2026

Ricky Gervais isn’t funny? Film at 11 (I’ll be in bed by 9).

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 07/08/2026

Now THAT’S a dessert.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 31/07/2026

This looks wonderful!

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European Rail Passengers Union @erpu.eu · 30/07/2026

We just submitted our official feedback on the EU’s proposed Passenger Package: erpu.eu/files/erpu_p... 3 key points: 1. We support the “sharing obligation”. 2. We oppose the “single platform / transaction” requirement. 3. We need clarity on how rights will be realised at the point of disruption.

Our official feedback to the EU on the proposed Passenger package.

1. We support the "sharing obligation" under FRAND terms.

As outlined in Articles 4 and 6 of COM(2026)232.

European Rail Passengers Union | erpu.eu

Our official feedback to the EU on the proposed Passenger package.

2. We oppose the "single platform" and "single transaction" requirement.

Passenger rights must apply to any journey as long as all transfers respect minimum connection times.

European Rail Passengers Union | erpu.eu

Our official feedback to the EU on the proposed Passenger package.

3. The final legislation should more clearly address how rights will be realised by passengers at the point of disruption.

The guiding principle should be the experience for a stressed passenger stranded on a distant train platform hoping to get to their destination.

European Rail Passengers Union | erpu.eu

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Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com · 29/07/2026

Another panel done! I've coloured up to the very edge of London, as it was in 1746. This latest panel shows Mile End and Stepney Church surrounded by fields. (High-res and article in comments.)

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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 24/07/2026

The US Government is now outright lying to the world. This is not just misleading, it's an out and out lie. Vaccines do NOT cause autism, full stop. This is beyond disgraceful. First measles, now this crap all over again. They are trying to actively kill their citizens.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 22/07/2026

"Me, I'm just a lawnmower. You can tell me by the way I walk." I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis. Never bettered.

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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Starmer Revisited – Where Did It All Go Wrong? The bonus episode is out now! As Starmer steps down and Andy Burnham steps up, @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social perform the autopsy. Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 16/07/2026

Those who claim that banning adolescents from social media is “The answer “ don’t understand the problem. Such a ban is just the “something” they say we must do when they are wilfully refusing to look seriously at the issue.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 13/07/2026

“Verify your age” The first newspaper I worked for had a flatbed hot metal printing press.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 09/07/2026

This is absolutely disgraceful. Shame on the Labour government for doing this. And shame on all who continue to support them in their philistinism, bigotry, racism and pandering to the far right.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Same here. 👍 🇺🇸

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

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