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Osymandus

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Still reading, eating. Caring for cats and enjoying Dr who.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h
Zelenskyy held phone calls with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h
The Green Party has written to the Telegraph demanding an apology and retraction for publishing these two cartoons, which they say use "well known racist and antisemitic tropes in depicting Mothin Ali and Zack Polanski"
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 9h
3/3 One nice benefit is the lack of trolls pumping out crap this morning. This unconfirmed graphic says bots from Yandex have died, or at least rendered unconscious. Let's hope it stays that way. As some are pointing out, this is a blow to Trump/Republicans ahead of the Midterms.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11h
Welcome to THE daily Ukraine thread on Day 1691 of Russia's full-invasion of its peaceful neighbour. But the feeling in Ukraine is that they are now fighting a criminal Putin regime supported by Iran, North Korea, China & now the U.S. Yet a proud country stands defiant 💙💛
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10h
I'm just kidding, I know loads of trans comedians who could easily make a joke about that.
They say you're not allowed to make trans jokes and that "trans activists" have no sense of humour.
But I have friends who are trans and they make trans jokes all the time and they're really funny.Much funnier than any trans joke Ricky
 Gervais could make. 
I wouldn’t expect Ricky Gervais to make a good trans joke in
the same way as I wouldn’t expect trans people to make a
good joke about what it’s like to be a man in his 60s who
can’t handle nobody liking his new cartoon where cats
say swearwords.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 10h
The Infinite Monkey Cage returns this week and it hit hard when I woke up this morning - then a picture of my beaming former workmate popped up and I felt another fist to the gut - I’m still making podcasts - many tackling subjects considered “unseemly” by the mainstream Patreon.com/robinince
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 12h
But partial truths only from the Observer, who fails to report WHO revealed the Arron Banks/Leave EU emails (me and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social ) and that she, unlike me, suffered years of legal threats, online abuse (including Andrew Neil) and then was peremptorily sacked by the Observer
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But partial truths only from the Observer, who fails to report WHO revealed the Arron Banks/Leave EU emails (me and @carolecadwalla) and that she, unlike me, suffered years of legal threats, online ab...
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 12h
We are literally living in the paradox of tolerance. We know the actors, their backers etc many are unintentionally protected by the libertarian ideal of everyone has a right to believe x,y,z . Which many use to prevent scrutiny and shutdown.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15h
I mean her party is polling on average 18% in the polls. She's 'set' for a general election at Xmas in the same way I'm set for winning a grand slam tennis tournament next week
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13h
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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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#BannedBooksWeek #Pinks
Dr Seuss's Cat in the Hat: I survived reading banned books. All I got was smarter and more empathetic.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If anything, this understates the consistency of the policy, and how much it is driven by Trump's personality. Trump has consistently been a simp for Putin.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Clippy the Word for windows assistant says:

Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?
•I'm aware
•Wow, rude
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh, what the fuck.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 08/10/2026
1/🧵 I have worked in the copyright and AI (then-called data mining) policy field since 2014, around the time the attention method and transformer were invented. I share this frustration with uninformed AI discourse. And also the burnout from trans rights activism.
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There is a Dr who quote for nearly every situation.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
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Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 05/10/2026
Tesco literally doing this...
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 05/10/2026
No surprises here www.thenational.scot/news/2660867...
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Majority of UK voters see AI as a 'force for bad', major poll reveals
THE majority of people across the UK view artificial intelligence (AI) as a force for bad, according to a major new poll ...
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Clangers Waving Goodbye
Alt: Clangers Waving Goodbye
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Post Harry Potter art, I'm blocking you without hesitation. I don't care what the excuse is, don't support monsters.
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They shall not . One of my granddad's was there as he was docker in that area .
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Tories
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm allowed to have a problematic fave.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you like what I do, don't forget to buy me a coffee (see link) if you can afford it. If you missed yesterday's events, click this link to scroll through Friday's thread, with more bridges and medicines target by Putin. bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bonnie's Kickstarter only has 48 hours to go - and she's so close! Please help get this lovely project off the ground... www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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MUSE
MUSE is a unique collection of art, stories and poetry inspired by myth.
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Rosemary Richings @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you are looking for more #Dyspraxia resources, I have a new podcast episode coming out Monday on all podcast platforms via the #Neurodiversity Campus this Monday, the official podcast of @passhe.bsky.social. In my interview, I offer lots of good advice on working with #Dyspraxic students.
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Pudgy Penguin Coming Soon Announcement
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of this series will have lighter episodes but I am trying to make conversations about important subjects - abuse, mental health, bigotry etc which are not sensationalised though we will also deal with love and creativity
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/10/2026
Niels made a new cartoon! www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucia is such a powerful and vital voice www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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Lucia is an activist and author. Her work is one of the reasons I resigned from the Infinite Monkey Cage. The Lasting Harm is a remarkable book about the Ghislaine Maxwell
trial and the children who were victims of this abuse ring. My Body Keeps Your Secrets looks at the physical damage that is carried after sexual abuse. This is a conversation about these things and much more too.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thatcher ended the link between the state pension and earnings in 1980
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Will you include that once legendary wax works museum ;)
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 3 most senior members of Ukraine war team went to visit and congratulate the team behind the ongoing Operation Vivaldi, which is recovering ground around Lyman. Zelenskyy, Def Min Khmara and Cmdr-in-Chief Drapatyi gave medals to the 66th brigade + other units of the 3rd Army Corps.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Inspired by fossy I believe
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Duel , but it's via the medium of interpretive dance.
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In what way ?.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Local man near RAF base: "The situation is not being helped by various political outlets and individuals finger-pointing when nothing has been proven as yet. This is only continuing to further the cause of those that would look to sow division and fear." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford suspects are British men in their 20s, police say, as Iranian embassy denies involvement
The men, who all live in London, were arrested near the base on Sunday morning. Residents say security had been stepped up in the days before.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
TODAY: Covering the Cornell 7 as a survivor proves difficult, the Supreme Court helps Trump cheat at elections, and I chat with @markhamillofficial.bsky.social about our chances in the midterms. Free news, cited and sourced, with swearing. substack.com/@muellershew...
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Headlines for September 28, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To give our people credit they are very good at stopping it and training came from years of experience re the IRA campains.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/09/2026
“This SOTU could have been an email.” Agreed!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tice isn't as clever as Farage, who understands that he has to at least pretend not to support these thugs
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALL coverage of him should be like this. youtube.com/shorts/1r52s...
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Trump speech inaudible as US networks boycott White House event | AJ #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 24/09/2026
Talking about the history of potato crisps... here's a fun video that also happens to mention a certain book... youtu.be/KCn3l4tbd9A?...
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The Fake (and real) History of Potato Chips
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Osymandus @osymandus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will Brentwood and Billacrecy be next ?
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ukraine will meet Russia & the US today. I wondered why "Slimy" Dmitriev was flying to the U.S. Now it's clear he's leading the Russian team this afternoon. Budanov & Umerov are there for Ukraine. These 2 for the US! They're trying to force a Ze-Putler meet at the G20 in Dec.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
We call this a concentration camp, your honor.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 24/09/2026
They're planning to permanently close the Academy of Natural Sciences; the oldest natural history museum in all of the Americas. youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...
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The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes, there are technical, formal legal reasons why terrorism law is applied to protesters carrying placards, but not to political activists slashing boats. But stepping back, there is something wrong with a legal regime which criminalises one more than the other. A triumph of form over function.
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