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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 4h

Lol. “Who shall we appoint as minister for all these matters relating to children?” “How about this guy? He’s never spoken to a child before; in fact, he doesn’t even realise they’re human.” “Perfect!”

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 5h

Foggy! Or misty. Not sure what the boundary is between the two 😶‍🌫️

View from a high window. Near the foreground a slightly hazy cedar tree is showing touches of brown among its dark green needles. Further away, an old, tall sycamore is ghost-like in the fog. The sky above is uniformly grey.

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 13h

Years ago I knew a guy who made a decent living busking on the bagpipes in the streets of Edinburgh, all dressed up in the kilt and stuff. American tourists were particularly generous. He was from Leicester; no connection to Scotland whatsoever.

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 19h

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Gavin Miller @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social · 21h

Japanese director Seijun Suzuki making art house classics just to spite his dickhead bosses:

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rome. @romewithadot.com · 21h

YIKES

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Sang @mango24.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

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troyliss @troyliss.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

As someone mentioned a few months ago, a child needs to see and interact with 1–3 cats to know what cats are. An algorithm needs thousands and thousands of images of multiple cats to be able to identify a cat. Those aren’t the same process.

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This was in the mid-1960s and I was too young to properly remember it now. TBH I wouldn’t be overly surprised to discover that my older siblings caused it by winding me up for a laugh, telling me he was going to come out of the telly and lock me up for being naughty. Kids, eh?

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The thing is, we were an utterly respectable family who never had any official dealings with the law. The next door neighbour was a copper. One of my Dad’s best friends was a copper. I was taught to respect and trust the police. But Jack Warner’s face came on the screen and I ran for cover.

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

PC George Dixon in b&w touches the rim of his helmet in a casual salute: “Evening all.” His piece to camera at the start of every episode of Dixon of Dock Green used to have me hiding behind the sofa in a way Doctor Who? never managed. Instinctive reaction of a Scouse kid seeing a copper, I suppose.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m the only person who will appreciate this

Triangular diagram labelled The Introvert
Hierarchy of Needs.

Top: Self-actualisation - A completely empty house. An arrow pointing to the house says “Nobody needs anything. Nobody is coming home for hours. Phone on silent.”

The next level is Esteem - Plans getting cancelled. An arrow here says “‘Sorry, we're going to have to rearrange.’ Oh no. That's terrible. I'm devastated.”

Next level: Belonging - One person you actually like. No group chat. No networking. No "let's go round and introduce ourselves." Just one person you can talk absolute shit with.

Fourth level: Safety - An escape route. Own car. End seat. Knowing exactly when the event finishes. A believable reason to leave early.

Bottom of pyramid: Physiological needs - Being left the fuck alone for a bit. Food. Water. Sleep. 45 minutes where nobody speaks to you.

Created by Lee Harding, @theintrovertedrecruiter

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some scams are easier to spot than others. That said, we get these semi-regularly and they are only getting more focused and custom-tailored, so be careful writers! And, no, we didn’t reply, but it was super-tempting.

Text from a scam email message which reads:

Hi Arthur C. Clarke,

I recently came across 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 25th Anniversary Edition, and wanted to reach out.

I’ve been connecting with authors whose books are available to readers but may not be reaching as many new audiences as they could.

I’m curious how has your experience been with book visibility and reaching new readers? And have you considered exploring new ways to promote your book or expand its reach to additional platforms?

I’d genuinely be interested in hearing your thoughts and experience.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

i especially love all the dopes saying “when the internet first went mainstream everyone hated it too” like it happened in the pioneer days so no one can dispute it, like mf’ers we were THERE

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hate it when you see what you think is a cool bird and you look it up later and it’s called like the Common Dumb Asshole. “Birders throughout history have hated its guts. It can’t even fly right.” I thought I saw an interesting guy.

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Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A year ago I left the civil service after thirty years. I wrote this about the walk through Green Park as part of a commute I must have done thousands of times.🚶🏻

jembenson.substack.com

The best commute in London?

If you need to get to Westminster from the north, my advice is to get off the London Underground at Green Park and walk.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 04/10/2026

Forgive me Lord for I have sinned… 🫣👀

A forme of type. Crimes are being committed here.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Damien: Omen II the Joy Fantastic @mrmunchertoyou.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Spinoff website has been redesigned and I'm proud to deliver an auspicious launch to our new business section

Headline: Kiwibank is desperately trying to stop people saying they want to fuck its sheep mascot

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I always ask if people think hearing a digital piano programmed to play a concerto is the same as hearing my dad — who’s been playing for 79 years and still practices hours a day — do it. And funnily enough no one has ever agreed that it is.

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

8/ "The military was forced to retreat, and, unfortunately, they lost the relics. The enemy is now at that site. We believe the holy prince protected the military; almost no one was killed during the retreat from the prayer site. But the loss is still enormous. Well, that's war."

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’d have either the energy or the organisational skills for a smack habit!

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Renton makes much the same point in Trainspotting:

Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: [narrates] When you're on junk you have only one worry: scoring. When you're off it you are suddenly obliged to worry about all sorts of other shite. Got no money: can't get pissed. Got money: drinking too much. Can't get a bird: no chance of a ride. Got a bird: too much hassle. You have to worry about bills, about food, about some football team that never fucking wins, about human relationships and all the things that really don't matter when you've got a sincere and truthful junk habit.

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Gavadon @gavadon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I skipped high school to buy tickets for The Phantom Menace. The following day my Dad asked ," how was school?" I replied, " It was fine " He then threw this newspaper at me and asked , " how the fuck would you know?" He was so pleased with himself that I didn't actually get in trouble.

Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name

Closeup of the photo from the Newspaper where I am on the front page, in line for Star Wars tickets , having given the reporter my full government name .

As one pal put it, " a very John Conner look "

Closeup of the text for the photo that says

" Ticket wars

Left: The line of area residents waitinng for advanced ticket sales for the May 19 release of "Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace" stretched outside the Grand Central Mall's Regal Cinemas onto the sidewalk outside. Above: Inside, Jordan Baker, Joe Peyton, Mat Lyons, Josh Lemley and Steve Roberts passed time by playing Star Wars Trivial Pursuit as they awaited the Lucas epic.

Photos by Tony Kemp

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Antigone @antigoneinthebes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People don’t realize how serious the situation is.

A graph showing number of Germanies over time. Losing one on October 3rd 1990 means by projection we are only decades before reaching -1 Germany in 2072

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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 03/10/2026

someday I should get rid of that forum signature that says ALL MY POSTS ARE NOT JOKES OR VENT POSTS, THEY ARE REQUESTS FOR TECH SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR TECH SUPPORT IS UNHELPFUL AND OFF TOPIC PLEASE GIVE ME RANDOM ADVICE, IT'S NOT LIKE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON COMPUTERS FOR THREE FUCKING DECADES

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Count Melancholia @lillyh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love this one in particular:

A pedestrian underpass in Glenrothes. Around the square tunnel opening are the edges of a mobile phone and it is being held by two giant hands.

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bluesky-ass pope

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 03/10/2026

Busan has a new resident named Bukangi, a shark who started chilling in the canals near the train station a couple weeks ago. The city has been trying all sorts of schemes to gently lead her back to the ocean but she foils every attempt and swims back and forth being admired by crowds of fans.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Here’s how! Go to “Accessibility” in Bluesky settings and turn that first switch on. Never forget alt text again.

Accessibility menu in Bluesky settings

Alt text - require alt text before posting - switch to ON

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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Terry Pratchett (Right)

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Union Rep tapped me to bring a set of grievances up with the district president on her visit this afternoon, Which i plan to handle with the superpowers of "basic math," "common sense," and "autistic inability to treat someone in authority different just because they can fire me."

A man inside an jndustrial freezer, making a peace sign, wearing a Maximum Fun beanie with a star trek chevron, a pumpkin patterned orange and black sweater, and thick insulated gloves.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 02/10/2026

You hate to see it… no, hang on, wait. The other thing. 😂

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

that "my baby daddy let me go" post makes it sound like elon cut off her slack access, canceled her grok enterprise subscription, and told her to clean out her desk by noon

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matt howes @mh8748.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My dad is in a care home. He's 77. His formative years were in the late 60s. He liked the Rolling Stones But all the pictures in his care home are of Charlie Chaplin, Rita Hayworth and Spitfires - way before his time! People have a very skewed idea of what 'old' is!

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

History is written by the victors. Thatcher broke the power of trade unions by mass unemployment, industrial restructuring, frittered away N Sea Oil, laid the foundations for the current housing crisis, decimated local bus services, hollowed out local government and introduced the poll tax.

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Andy Burnham seems to remember a different 1970s to the rest of us. Britain in 1979 was utterly broken - ravaged by unaccountable trade union power, economically stagnant, the sick man of Europe.
The 1980s saw a remarkable national recovery based on free enterprise, the rule of law and championing Western values. And it is this that our Prime Minister rails against...

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Alex Mace @alexmace.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Unemployment reached its highest ever level, 11.8%, in 1984.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I fucking love people who become more themselves with age. Stranger taste. Clearer boundaries. Louder laugh. Less interest in impressing random people. Watching somebody slowly stop auditioning for the world is fucking beautiful.

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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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Abby The Cleric @abbythecleric.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The face of a dog that's never held butter in her mouth before and is unsure that she made the right choice, but in this house we commit to the bit

The cropped face is a yellow dog with a pink nose named Subaru holding a stick of butter in her mouth, with a little smeared on her nose. It's exactly as silly as you think it is.

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was just at CVS before the pharmacy opened and heard a massive argument like “I have an hour and a half of phone calls and I can’t possibly do all this” etc, and then someone else says “let’s work as a team and help each other” followed by silence and then more yelling

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Dirtbag Left Milk Hotel @stambrah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

POTUS: Donnie new ballroom. Practical Donnie entertainment room TIME: I'd like to talk about the rampant corruption and criminality. POTUS: Good ballroom good Donnie give beautiful Donnie deserve pedophile TIME: We have a limited amount of time. POTUS: jealousy interviewer

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Sophie Heawood @heawood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just spoke out loud to the Alexa I said I'd never have in my house and asked it to "play some fun music," a sentence that would've made the me of no more than two years ago throw myself off a pier. Which is just as well as it replied: "Playing 'Sophie's Funeral Playlist' from Spotify."

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Nick Fitzsimons @nickfitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I went to the surgery for my flu jab at lunchtime and on the way back, I was accosted by this ruffian in the park 🐿️

A sturdy squirrel stands in rough grass, a few fallen leaves around it. It’s squatting on its haunches with its front paws, slightly apart, resting on the ground, and it's staring directly up into the camera with a rather confrontational expression. Its tail is curled up its back, the end curling backwards away from its head in a fine furry display.

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