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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There’s a Ladybird book for every occasion. “In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club” From ‘The Story of Football’ Artist: Jack Matthew (Man City)
By the light of yellow gas lamps, a group of men with impressive sideburns sit down at a mahogany table, ready to write notes with quill pens 
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yesterday's fascinating Birmingham Heritage Week talk on the history of the area around Broad Street/Gas Street reminded me of this. Volume not recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMi...
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PROMO VIDEO Waiting At The Crossroads by Paul Henry 1980
YouTube video by Dec Cart
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
👩🏽‍💻 NEW EP 🧑🏼‍💻 A jawdropping insight into the fight to protect kids online with one of the best guests we’ve ever had, Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE. Not to be missed! 🚨 (And yes there might be something extra a little later in the day) 👨🏾‍💻 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 19/08/2026
Stirchley co-op did everything right to build affordable homes on their high street. Then their housing association partner handed them a £2.5 million bill. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/homeless-b...
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Homeless by GSA: The housing assocation bankrupting a community co-op
How a housing association left a community co-operative’s members homeless - and what it means for the future of community organising.
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"It was always very possible to write an essay about Paradise Lost without having read Paradise Lost. This is the first time it is possible to create an essay about Paradise Lost without having read the essay you just “wrote”. "
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
AI is being weaponized against consumers and workers by the wealthiest corporations in history. Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net unveils the endless enshittification of everything.
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'm on the train from Montréal to Toronto. There's just been a reminder that it is MANDATORY to use headphones when watching video. I can't believe this guys have resorted to legislation, rather than our system of having 75% of the carriage sit in murderous, futile rage.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Nice view to start the day
Pembroke castle
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Neil Gibbons @neilgibbons.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hope this WC disaster buries the idea that being an elite club manager has any real bearing on international tournament football or that it's worth spanking money on. Spain, Germany, Argentina, France all won things by promoting coaches from their internal system. We throw £££ at Capello and Tuchel.
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Only an hourly service on the camp hill line again today, surprise surprise it's staff availability. @izzyknowles.bsky.social @kamelhawwash.bsky.social
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The Mail on Burnham becoming PM without a general election vs. when Tories do it: 🤯
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Turns out Breeders is on Sky Comedy later! Not my sort of thing, but you might like it.
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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
‘Difficult decisions’ is almost always code for ‘punching down’. Fucking STOP IT. The arts sector in the UK is worth £8.5bn per year. That is (just numerically, quite apart from anything else) a FUCKING PRIORITY, you flailing cretins.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Cutting off consistently profitable and celebrated lines of British expertise seems like a great use of government. Lovely stuff.
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Denis @denispr90.eurosky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump rules FIFA
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Excellent. Not enough songs about over familiar blokes complaining about their pint. @stuartmaconie.bsky.social
Taste Of Bitter Love listed as Taste The Bitter Love
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In the late 1970s, the car rental company Avis commissioned a special stick-on cover, before providing new staff with a copy of ‘How it Works the Motor Car’. This was to ease staff embarrassment at being seen reading a Ladybird book.
Two copies of the Avis cover design and one naked copy of the book
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I think this is the greatest 'bad poem in a paper' I've ever seen, and I've looked out for these on social media for years. It defies all your expectations of what can be done in a poem. It's made my day.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Welcome to the Blue Suede shoes help line. Dial: 1 for the money 2 for the show 3 to get ready 4 to hear the options again
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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Car bloat is really alarming. Yes, that’s a bigass Volvo in front of the MG, but the car behind it is a FUCKING MINI.
A 1970s MGB parked between two modern cars: a Volvo EX90 and a Mini Cooper S. The MG is dwarfed by both.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
You have to give it up for David Nobbs. This exchange between Reggie Perrin and Jimmy might be the most-relevant two minutes of television you could see in 2026 and it's nearly 50 years old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-9...
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Jimmy's Secret Army
YouTube video by David Tingley
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Any chance in the UK please? Nah, probably not. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org nltimes.nl/2026/04/28/n...
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New app turns traffic lights green faster for cyclists
Cyclists in the Netherlands will soon receive quicker green lights at thousands of smart traffic lights by using a new function in a dedicated cycling app, RTL reports.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/04/2026
Rise of the ‘ghost owners’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records
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Rise of the ‘ghost owners’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records
Exclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying ‘speeding, hit and runs and worse’ are going unpunished More than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where their owners live, it has emerged, part of what a Labour MP has called an increasing problem of “ghost owners” who cannot be held accountable for their driving. According to a freedom of information request to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 18,260 vehicles were listed in its records as being registered to the DVLA’s own address, meaning the owner’s location was not known. Continue reading...
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Quality proof reading there BBC Birmingham
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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 05/04/2026
The new tram extension to Millennium Point opened this morning. And then day 613 of the road safety emergency stepped in. Photo credit: Peter Plisner.
A car trapped on tram tracks in an area where cars cannot go.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🔴Kemi Badenoch Campaigns For North Sea Drilling at Company Owned by Oil and Gas Executive Who Donated £250,000 to the Conservatives The Conservative party has also taken millions of pounds from funders and directors of anti-Net Zero lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2026/03/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch Campaigns For North Sea Drilling at Company Owned by Oil and Gas Executive Who Donated £250,000 to the Conservatives
The Conservative party, which calls the Government's plans for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy "crazy" has also taken millions of pounds from funders and directors of anti-Net Zero lobby ...
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In England a driver can be speeding, using cannabis and a phone, overtake another vehicle, mount the pavement outside a school playground and kill a 4-year-old girl while uninsured — and receive just 3 years 10 months for causing death by careless driving. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Driver jailed over Birmingham Eid crash that killed girl, four
Javonnie Tavener is sentenced over the crash that killed Mayar Yahia in April 2024.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A substandard photo from a superb night. @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social and band in a great little venue Pan-pan Digbeth
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Oh this is fantastic. Elegantly brutal and funny. Cor.
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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I’m searching for the original and/or rights owner of this fabulous picture of Birmingham in the early 1970s. It popped up on my Instagram feed, but I’ve been unable to track it down. Any leads? I’m really hoping to use it in a book. (And would much appreciate a RT please)
Photo from the early 1970s of a man on horseback negotiating the Birmingham inner ring road at Holloway Head
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Gentle reminder for those idiots that want Britain to get fully involved in an illegal war in the Middle East built on a false argument around WMD, in 2003 we had an economy larger than China and could put about 60,000 servicemen and women into the field. It's history, not current affairs.
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Danny Kelly @dannykellywords.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
RIP Neil Sedaka. I always loved his song about immigration into America, which he dedicated to the newest settler, John Lennon. youtu.be/VbEuNan93L0?si…
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Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator... stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app
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Allister Heath Headline Generator
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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brum’s Chronicler-in-Chief Mike Olley’s latest GRIT column is (yet again) a must read: www.midlandsgrit.co.uk/p/the-621-mi...
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The £621 Million Question, And The Names Behind It
For a decade, Birmingham was told its share of the West Midlands Pension Fund carried a substantial deficit. Was this true ?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Perfect for the NHS
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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“So, yes, we welcome the fact that we were right & the economically illiterate Chief Commissioner No. 1, Max Caller, has been found out to be very wrong indeed. And we do hate to say we told you so.” New Blog from the Blackstuff + @johnmclancy.bsky.social blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog2602...
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Blogs from the Blackstuff - Professor John Clancy and Professor David Bailey
Blogs from the Blackstuff blogs
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Veering to the Right in Silicon Valley: The Two Faces of Mark Zuckerberg
There have always been two sides to the Meta CEO. But since the beginning of Trump's second term, the nice side has taken a back seat. Ruthlessness is now the name of the game.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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Neil @neilinbrum.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I can't imagine Camilla in the mess hall somehow
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Queen Maxima joins Dutch Armed Forces as reservist
Queen Máxima will become a reservist in the Dutch Armed Forces, sources close to the government and royal family told NOS and RTL Nieuws. After a brief military training, she will join the army part-t...
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 27/01/2026
Further detail of how the 34+ UK state contracts and extensions with Palantir break down. Note on Infographic 1 (post 1): where amount/share of a contract/contract extension is unknown, that contract has not been included in the overall £672m+ spend.
Further detail of how the 34+ UK state contracts and extensions with Palantir break down
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes. From Treasure magazine, 1963 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
A line drawing of a street scene with children skipping, a bike going by and birds in the sky
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If you want to understand what is happening right now & what’s at stake, please listen to this conversation I had with historian Robert Kagan. Europe has to wake up FAST.
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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.
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