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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 16m
Ruin/improve a book by adding a word: Good-Bye To All That Again
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 19m
Ruin/improve a book by adding a word: The Corn King Kong and the Spring Queen
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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 7h
Ruin a book by adding a word Neil Oliver Twist
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David Clark @david-k-clark.bsky.social · 47m
It’s not clear whether Burnham is referring here to publicly known social media manipulation, unresolved suspicions about pro-Brexit campaign funding or something else. Still, it’s about time this was acknowledged, so good for him.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 1h
[Preferred version]
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 2h
Just got invited to an Alice In Wonderland themed costume party so now I have two weeks to perfect my Tom Petty costume.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2h
Here's the whole letter, published on 14 November 1849.
The letter exceeds the character limit for Alt-Text, but there's a transcript at https://fs.blog/charles-dickens-to-the-times/
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2h
Public executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849.
"I have seen, habitually, some of the worst sources of general contamination and corruption in this country, and I think there are not many phases of London life that could surprise me. I am solemnly convinced that nothing that ingenuity could devise to be done in this city, in the same compass of time, could work such ruin as one public execution, and I stand astounded and appalled by the wickedness it exhibits. I do not believe that any community can prosper where such a scene of horror and demoralization as was enacted this morning outside Horsemonger Lane Gaol is presented at the very doors of good citizens, and is passed by, unknown or forgotten. And when in our prayers and thanksgivings for the season we are humbly expressing before God our desire to remove the moral evils of the land, I would ask your readers to consider whether it is not a time to think of this one, and to root it out.

I am, Sir, your faithful Servant.
Charles Dickens".
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 2h
I've just ordered some more Alans of the glen postcards. They are not for sale on their own but any order over £15 gets a free one as part of my pathetic gratitude.
Alan of the glen is hand drawn ink sketch of stag with a tiny head.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 3h
[Hm. I was asked about correlations recently. BM salaries used to be about two bands below their equivalents in academia...]
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h
The British Museum recently hired a curator for the Asian collections (that common generalization alone tells a tale) and got dragged for the salary band they hired at--a common phenomenon bc salaries in museums are so low that positions go empty, or hired by people who have other wealth.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 3h
[Make it so]
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
Someone should dub these comments into Russian and present the English translation in subtitles.
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 5h
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
I'm guessing conservative politicians in the UK don't get the same deal conservative politicians in the US get, where bulk purchases of their shitty books inflate the sales numbers to be not so embarrassing?
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 3h
Hm. Fine linens need care.
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Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 3h
Supporting thread by Peter Jukes: But partial truths only from the Observer, failing to report WHO revealed the Arron Banks/Leave EU emails (me & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social) & she suffered years of legal threats, online abuse (including Andrew Neil) & then was peremptorily sacked by the Observer
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lillavarhelyi.bsky.social @lillavarhelyi.bsky.social · 5h
Mufflon Tuschezeichnung 23x31cm Verfügbar Inkdrawing for Sale Schönen Sonntag Nachmittag! 🌞🍁 #mufflon #mouflon #animaldrawing #drawings #drawingoftheday #tuschemalerei #tierportait #artforsale #kleineKunstklasse
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 3h
[Hm]
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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 4h
Prince Henry's Welcome at Winchester was a masque produced by Anna of Denmark and performed in 1603 at Winchester on a day between 11 and 17 October. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_...
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Prince Henry's Welcome at Winchester - Wikipedia
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 4h
Hm.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 4h
[Cornwall]
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8h
So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time
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SnosSnos @snossnos.bsky.social · 4h
#art #illustration #inktober2026 #kleinekunstklasse #surrealism #rescue #thw Die Mäuse des Tierischen Hilfswerks (THW) sind immer sofort zur Stelle, wenn ein Pinguin in eine Gletscherspalte abrutscht.
Ein Königspinguin steckt kopfüber in einer Gletscherspalte. Über deren Öffnung hat das THW ein Gerüst errichtet, von dem über einen Flaschenzug der Pinguin emporgezogen werden soll. Eine Maus hat gerade ein Seil an den Füßen des Vogels geknotet und gibt ihrer Kollegin an der Handkurbel, die oben rechts steht, ein Zeichen. Links wartet ein LKW des THW mit Blaulicht, in dem eine Mausfahrerin wartet. Weiter rechts unten hat eine Leiter der vierten Maus den Abstieg zum Kopf des Pinguins ermöglicht. Sie beruhigt das verängstigte Tier. Gerahmt ist die Zeichnung von einem Wasserschlauch, einem Seil und verschiedenen Geräten des Technischen Hilfswerks.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 4h
[Going hard at the tea and buns...]
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Roxanne Darling 🍁 @roxannedarling.bsky.social · 22h
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and released ALL of the Epstein files, I’m betting they’d suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 4h
Hm. Wasn't Tiramisu Cruffin in Dr Finlay's Casebook?
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 4h
Hm.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 4h
Hm.
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 6h
Crazy that it’s taken a decade to officially confirm that Russia interfered with our Brexit referendum. archive.is/zyNbm
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 6h
"We have crushed the UK to the ground, they are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time." — Alexander Yakovenko, at the time Russia’s ambassador to Britain, as quoted in “Shadow State“ by Luke Harding.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 6h
Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. “There,” said Frog. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.
Frog climbs a ladder and hides the cookies high on a shelf.

From "Cookies"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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Andy King @2primates.bsky.social · 5h
Taking back control & giving it away to Putin. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Nigel Farage and Brexit party vote against EU resolution to stop Russian election meddling
Party says claims of interference are 'baseless propaganda and scare stories used to shut down debate'
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6h
This is the real Russia Report, suppressed five years ago by Boris Johnson “I asked the question coming to Downing Street: was there interference in the 2016 referendum from Russia? And I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was.” @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Jason Cann @zurichcrow.bsky.social · 5h
There's a few patches here and there but you have to admit it, I'm looking great! #corvid #cawmunity #crow 🪶
A crow on a wall at the lake proudly showing off its new black feathers. There are a few patches of white downy fluff but overall, the crow looks great.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 5h
🔎 From the archive: Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It Now Andy Burnham has revealed there was key evidence Russia interfered in the Brexit Referendum
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Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 5h
Two most important facts: 1) since Trump became President, attacks on Ukraine have grown substantially in volume and scale. 2) Since Trump became President the US has committed zero (yes, zero) new dollars to support Ukraine.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 5h
Hm.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 8h
Tea, buns.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 8h
*eyeroll, sigh, cancels paper*
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 8h
Because nothing says “sensible thinking” better than appeasing irredentist nationalism against the frequently expressed wishes of all the actual inhabitants of a place…
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 9h
Frog and Toad went for a walk. Toad did not trip over a rock. He did not bump into a tree. He did not fall in a hole.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just a reminder: 163 articles were published on Jason Arday in the week after he resigned. Same outlets: 13 articles on Cambridge academic James Orr after allegations of misconduct & a broadcast showing him seemingly engaging in illegal activity. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 8h
Mad reactionaries would rather imagine shrinking the economy by a fifth and watching the country physically disintegrate than admit that the public sector is good and useful.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10h
This tweet is from 500 days ago. Apparently the "really bad things" that would happen to Putin and Russia if they refused to stop their war would be Trump lifting sanctions on them and paying them billions of dollars for less than a days worth of America's diesel needs.
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 9h
Ruin/improve a book by adding a word: A Tea Room of One's Own
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 9h
Hm. Now out of print?
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 9h
Ruin/improve a book by adding a word: Manuring London Fields
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ntheowl @ntheowl.bsky.social · 9h
Ruin/improve a book by adding a word: The History of Mr Polly Parrot
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