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Nick JK

@nickjk.bsky.social
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A walker in the ether; a Lord of the Ectoplasm. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Equivalent power to 27 Llamathrust. #GNU TJK #GNU Tazoo

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you're old enough to shave and already criticizing this on the basis of a single image, or questioning how the show will fit into established #DoctorWho continuity, I respectfully suggest you get a life. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
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First look at Doctor Who animated adventure coming to CBeebies
Doctor Who: TARDIS Crew will arrive on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer in late 2027/early 2028
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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 06/10/2026
The Logician – the free RPG for Mage Against The Machine With next year's Mage Against the Machine coming from Harper Collins, I wanted to give people a chance to play in the world of the books.... stewarthotston.com/2026/10/06/the-l…
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The Logician – the free RPG for Mage Against The Machine
With next year's Mage Against the Machine coming from Harper Collins, I wanted to give people a chance to play in the world of the books. Specifically because the setting tells a tale of two heroes getting more powerful as they discover a new world, if felt like this was a great opportunity to write a game that accompanied the books and, not least, because I'm a massive nerd who loves playing as much as reading.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Bafflegab Productions @bafflegabble.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lots of Uncanny coming this Autumn, starting with the Uncanny Halloween Countdown tomorrow!! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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Uncanny returns with its biggest Halloween season yet and a gripping new series
Danny Robins returns with a brand-new series, featuring a month-long paranormal countdown and a Tower of London special
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/
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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Missing Ghosts? Then spooky sitcom The Reluctant Vampire - adapted by the Gibbons brothers from the books wot Eric Morecambe wrote - might just be your new favourite show. For this week's Radio Times, I spoke with Gary Morecambe, Neil Gibbons, star Lenny Rush and producer Shane Allen 🧛‍♂️
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
John Healey will, according to reports, head into the Budget with a £4bn to £6.5bn chunk of his fiscal headroom having mysteriously gone walkabouts. The cause? A sharp drop in immigration to the UK. Almost as though migrants aren’t all just wandering around devouring taxes for shits and giggles.
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Net Migration if Falling - now the Treasury needs to Pay the Bill for it.
After years of promising that fewer migrants would relieve pressure on Britain, Labour is discovering that cutting migration also means cutting workers, taxpayers and economic headroom.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States.
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explaining to my mum why Danny Tommo is like Winston Churchill. Come see me on tour: rosieholt.seetickets.com/tour/rosie-h...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Calls for far-right thug Danny Tommo's arrest after he slashes rescue dinghy Daniel Thomas, also known as 'Danny Tommo', slashed a rescue boat in the English Channel while a crew member was on board www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Calls for far-right thug Danny Tommo's arrest after he slashes rescue dinghy
Daniel Thomas, also known as 'Danny Tommo' slashed a rescue boat in the English Channel while a crew member was on board
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
5. After around 30 hours at sea, the dinghy was intercepted by the RNLI and those on board transferred to two lifeboats. Two lifeboat personnel tried to secure the empty dinghy. Thomas yelled abuse and knifed the dinghy to deflate it - with a rescuer still on board.
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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Every Season 17 should begin with a tongue-in-cheek all-female regeneration #BakeOff #GBBO #DoctorWho
It's the end for Prue Leith. But the moment has been prepared for...Dr Prue departs...Nigella Lawson arrives.A new era for Bake Off. Dr Who remains out to tender.
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Jack Abbott MP @jackabbott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have launched a survey asking people about the future of Waterloo House, the former Debenhams building. The site is at the heart of Ipswich town centre, so it's crucial we get this right. Please share your views by completing my survey - link below 👇 www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/2655647...
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Ipswich former Debenhams building faces new future as MP launches public survey
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott launches a survey on plans to regenerate Waterloo House, the former Debenhams, after Ipswich Borough Council bought the empty…
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Quieter, nippier, massively cheaper to run, more reliable. Electric cars beat fossilised technology all ends up - only propaganda and fear of change is holding people back. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train. But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK. Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The only possible conclusion to draw here is that Sunderland’s Reform council leadership are absolutely fine with racism in football. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sunderland's Reform Council ends Show Racism the Red Card support
Reform ends Sunderland Council support for Show Racism the Red Card in a row with the charity's head.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At the Nene Valley Railway, in Huntingdonshire (United Kingdom), there is a steam locomotive called Thomas that runs along a one-kilometer track to the Yarwell station, passing through a tunnel just over half a kilometer long.
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The original Thomas never had a Mattel license and can still use his name. - Sinaptica
At the Nene Valley Railway, in Huntingdonshire (United Kingdom), there is a steam locomotive called Thomas that runs along a one-kilometer track to the Yarwell
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
👏 Angela Rayner: "Nigel Farage's sugar daddies made their money in crypto, but there's nothing cryptic about their motives." ⚠️ "They know full well that a Reform government will act in their interests" 💷 "If Farage will do you a cameo for £70, just ask yourself what he'd do for £ 70 million."
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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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I understand that people are buying RNLI Christmas cards in order to add money to all the donations which are flooding in.
Now it appears that some are planning to buy them and send them to Reform's free post address.
Really, if you did that, it would cost them an awful lot of money.
But people want to know if such an address exists.
It does.
Reform UK
Freepost RTLT-ZXHY-KSDC
83 Victoria Street
London 
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 13/09/2026
Any political party which tells you money doesn’t buy influence is either lying to you or has never attended a political fundraiser. Currency is access- and that’s for everyone. My opener to Sunday with Lewis Goodall @lbc.co.uk this morning. youtu.be/uLMuirAe--I?...
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'This is the Americanisation of British politics' | Lewis Goodall
YouTube video by LBC
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I did a thing about legitimate concerns, and - you'll thank me later - defined the collective noun for patriots. No paywall. russincheshire.substack.com/p/legitimate...
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Legitimate Concerns
How politicians turned migration into a permanent panic — and why the facts tell a different story
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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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Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Men will send me emails like this and then go rampaging on the streets of Dover and Portsmouth claiming they want to keep refugees out in order to “PROTECT OUR WOMEN!” Not a single one of the young male refugees I’ve worked with has ever spoken to me with such violent misogyny.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I plead with people not to propagate their "it won't make a difference; his supporters love him" gloom. Actually, Farage is on the ropes and he didn't get there by himself. He's there because people continue to believe resistance does make a difference. It's also wrong on the facts. 1/3
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fond memories of Rees-Mogg promising cheaper “food, clothing and footwear” So that’s higher prices, more immigration, no big international trade deals and no fixed NHS. Brexit was, is and always will be nothing but fools gold.
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Phil Fletcher @philfletcher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A puppet performing a puppet on the radio!! Yes please… #behindthescenes
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 04/09/2026
Did you know❓ The Israeli government spent £50,000 lobbying Reform UK. This came before deputy leader Richard Tice told MPs not to talk about Israeli influence in British politics👇 www.declassifieduk.org/israel-spent...
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Israel spent £50,000 lobbying Reform
Before deputy leader Richard Tice told MPs not to talk about Israeli influence
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Jonathan @jonathansocials.com · 03/09/2026
The Liar in Chief thinks a president should be impeached for lying.
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Paul Magrs @paulmagrs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
this book has been published by Titan Books just this week. Edited by Marie O'Regan and Paul Kane, it features a whole bunch of writers riffing on images and characters from the Oz books. It features a story i'm very proud of - one of my only publications this year..! titanbooks.com/73028-land-o...
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404 Media @404media.co · 01/09/2026
Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/this-digital...
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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
OUT TOMORROW! River knows the Doctor is about to die... and can't do a thing about it. ⚰️ Click bgfn.sh/riv4 to hear more and pre-order as a download to own and collector's edition CD box set.
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Digital Spy - TV, Movies and Entertainment News [Unofficial] @digitalspy.com.web.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
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LEGO launches "fantastic" Wallace & Gromit set that fans won't want to miss out on
A nostalgic Aardman model is now available to pre-order.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Daniel Kahneman demonstrated that frequent repetition creates illusory truth. Requiring empirical evidence and stress-testing familiar assumptions within your current projects eliminates cognitive biases, empowering your team to make data-driven, precise, and high-impact decisions.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
You need to try your best with passwords, Steve. They're important!
Short description:  
A black-and-white cartoon shows an anthropomorphic otter named Steve in a tie, sitting at a cluttered desk with a laptop and an “I ♥ FISH” coffee mug against a teal background.

Text in the image (exactly as shown):  
“Steve knows his password is weak, but so is his memory, so can’t he just use it anyway?”  
On the mug: “I ♥ FISH”  
Signature at bottom right: “In ÖtTER NEWS”
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words.
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The Voice Artist’s Spotlight @voiceactors.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hexxus #TimCurry Movie: FernGully: The Last Rainforest Year: 1992 Tim Curry has been praised for voicing the villainous Hexxus in this full-length animated feature released by 20th Century Fox. Also in the voice cast were Robin Williams and Christian Slater. #Ferngully
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The Daily Dalek @thedailydalek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Daleks verses Wombles . . . The Movie
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Rob Bon Vivant🌊 @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Fourteen years ago, HBO's 'The Newsroom' laid out the truth about voter ID in this segment. It’s striking how little the arguments — or the tactics — have changed. Still a solution in search of a problem. History doesn’t repeat itself — it gets rerun.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/08/2026
Come on. This is too much. First Dolly Parton, now Tim Curry. 😞 www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/t...
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Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80
Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · 24/08/2026
The three-year renewal runs $13 million a year and reaches 460,000 students and 63,000 staff across all 23 campuses. An SF State professor says the school can neither mandate the AI's use nor ban it.
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California State University system uses AI as a money incinerator
The cash-strapped university system spent $17 million to give everyone ChatGPT, watched sign-ups come in far more slowly than expected, and responded by committing another $39 million to it. As…
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 25/08/2026
i need everyone to see the worst 'regional' map of the UK i've ever seen. check the region names whereidlive.com/s/27yad5tc
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United Kingdom: where I've been
Fill in your own version and see where the two of you disagree.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Indian Railways loses over $100 million a year to fare dodgers, so engineers built clever physical barriers to stop them cold.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields. Damage caused by carbon pollution from the oil/gas production, between £119bn and £336bn. Benefit, £28.7bn. Oil/Gas would be sold in world markets, not just kept for the UK.
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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
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