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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 01/10/2026

just came across this incredible picture of Terry Pratchett

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Court Stats @courtstats.co.uk · 01/10/2026

📈Today, 1 October 2026, 100 out of the 532 Crown courtrooms in England & Wales will not be sitting. That's 19% of them. #courtstats #CS01102026 courtstats.co.uk

This image shows Crown Court Usage for England & Wales for 1 October 2026.

In England and Wales, out of 532 total, 297 have Judges, 135 have recorders, and 100 courtrooms are not sitting.

In London, out of 139 total, 93 have Judges, 23 have recorders, and 23 courtrooms are not sitting.

In the Midlands, out of 81 total, 41 have Judges, 21 have recorders, and 19 courtrooms are not sitting.

In the North East, out of 66 total, 38 have Judges, 18 have recorders, and 10 courtrooms are not sitting.

In the North West, out of 70 total, 38 have Judges, 26 have recorders, and 6 courtrooms are not sitting.

In the South East, out of 99 total, 48 have Judges, 27 have recorders, and 24 courtrooms are not sitting.

In Wales, out of 24 total, 10 have Judges, 8 have recorders, and 6 courtrooms are not sitting.

In Western England, out of 53 total, 29 have Judges, 12 have recorders, and 12 courtrooms are not sitting.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Picturing Erling Haaland being sold at police auction like a drug lord's speedboat.

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Chauman @chaudman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Went to make my elderly mum's tea and then came back to watch the football. It's hard to see someone you once loved struggling with mobility and selfishly demanding attention. But that's Ronaldo for you.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"we have left your F-35 parts with a neighbour"

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hugh respect for Andy Carroll waiving anonymity to talk openly about that horrendous experience.

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This, to me, doesn't look like the kind of thing you want to encourage your dog to go for.

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Of all the dystopian futures I thought were coming true, Pinky and the Brain was not high on the list.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dolly Parton becomes the only artist in history to occupy the entire Top 10 of US iTunes with different songs.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 03/08/2026

A lot of people today talking about an awful person who died but i want to make everyone aware of a good person who died: Northern Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, who you should all look up if you don’t know. 10/10 all around wife guy, dad, granddad, and just a generally solid person

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Ishan Kolhatkar @ishankolhatkar.com · 28/07/2026

Clicky Pointing. Superb.

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Covering a case for someone next week when they are on leave. Suddenly, it needs a conference and drafting this week, when I am on leave.

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Peter Sloman @pjsloman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Fair play to John Healey, who managed to time his 5.5-week break from government to coincide exactly with the World Cup

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

2009- 2025. Missed beyond measure.

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Wakefield Museums and Castles @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

#NationalBiscuitDay you say? 👀 How about this hand-painted, decorated trench biscuit from the First World War? The rationed trench biscuit was known to be almost inedible. Staff Sergeant Charles Shaw asked a colleague to paint a Yorkshire terrier on one. He kept it for years afterwards.

A rectangular trench biscuit with a painting of a Yorkshire Terrier and the words 'A Terrier's Snap' on

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Coming to the view that AI is difficult to use for everyday folk. It can't even tell the difference between Nottingham/Newcastle read a league table properly. Is it really going to transform e.g. public services?

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Gooooooooood morning!

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Michael Merrifield @astromikemerri.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

This time around, Lucy is hoping to discover something about the origins of DonaldJohanson. 🔭🧪

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David Bingham Brown @bingham.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

As we're about to hear a whole lot more about autism and vaccines, the great @zachweinersmith.bsky.social has already pointed out the only relevant relationship between the two. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...

Comic with two people talking, one wearing a white labcoat. "Wait a minute. Autism-spectrum people are over-represented in research science. But... But that means..." "My god" Caption: AUTISM CAUSES VACCINES.

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

So proud of that effort. Up the Euro Villa.

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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if hundreds of intelligence academics cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced".

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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On my Substack: Quality Street Chocolates deemed to be 'only adequate' by Trading Standards Authority, name change demanded. open.substack.com/pub/jasperff...

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Chocolate assortment deemed 'only adequate' by Trading Standards Authority

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Oliver Thorne @olithorne77.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

British man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

WOW, these baskets are about 9,500 years old! 🤯 Look like they were made yesterday rather than by hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic! Made of esparto grass, they were found inside the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of bats), Spain. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows three small baskets woven from esparto grass. They have been radio-carbon dated to the Mesolithic period some 9,500 years ago. Dimensions:

Left basket: Height = 10.7 cm; Diameter = 7.2 cm
Central basket Height = 9.4 cm, Diameter = 6.5cm
Right basket: Height = 13.5 cm; Diameter = 8.6 cm

The exceptional preservation of the baskets is due to

“The unique conditions for the preservation of organic material in the cave are related to the null humidity resulting from the geological character of the cave. Moreover, a dry wind current is generated by the prevailing climate in the area, and the north-south direction and narrow and deep morphology of the Angosturas gorge channel the wind toward the cave, through the narrow upper entrance. The wind cools as it travels through the cave, increasing in speed; it is cold as it exits through another narrow entrance located in the lower part of the shelter. The lack of prevailing humidity in the area and the circulation of wind in the cave as it cools and dries prevent the proliferation of bacteria, increasing the amount and diversity of preserved perishable material at the site.” Quote from the research article: ‘The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol)’

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam. It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

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