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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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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who's donated. Those of us lucky enough to have grown up and to live by the sea - and so see how rough and cold it gets in the autumn and winter - realise again and again just how brave these folk must be to go out and do what they do.

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

As Ian Leslie says, this is “huge fun and genuinely educational, full marks to whoever created it” anyhumanever.com

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Any Human Ever

One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Metropolitan Police have announced they're taking no further action against Zack Polanski over the Nigel Farage guillotine t-shirt Instagram post, although the man who wore it has been referred to Avon and Somerset Police Key points from their statement 🧵

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niallsmith.bsky.social @niallsmith.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Me at kick-off / me at full time

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Poor bastard’s starving

Cookie Monster: For every goal today, me going to eat a cookie

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Paul B @pablob19.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Argentina are winning this aren't they ? FFS

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Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yes, Argentina the first ever World Cup finalist to not have a shot in the 90 minutes.

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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 19/07/2026

Some notable exceptions but my impression:

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

On this day in 1981, Richard Cobb got an honorary degree from the University of Essex. That may not seem significant to you, but it makes this afternoon the 45th anniversary of one of the finest graduation addresses ever delivered 🧵

A grey slate plaque with white lettering reads: Historian Richard Cobb got an honorary degree here on a sweltering day in 1981. His speech, in full: “Well, it’s very hot and the pubs are open.”

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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

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Neil Atkinson @knoxharrington.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Haaland discourse abounds. Haaland is the best player in the world who, if at his peak, you cloned, and made him and his clone play in the same team, you would make the team markedly worse.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

People who opted to watch the replay at 7am should have to sit through an hour’s rain delay because they couldn’t be arsed to stay up. #VoteBinface #MEXENG

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

“Brian got some hair gel and now he thinks he’s a f***ing unicorn.”

Two Shetland ponies I photographed on Dartmoor, both of whom have extremely fetching hair-dos, but especially Brian, in the foreground, who has made a big effort with his appearance since I last saw him, which I am hoping is on my behalf.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Senegal are a really good side and were a really good side in the first half, making the manner in which France have completely and utterly broken their spirit through the sheer force of their quality and personality a truly frightening prospect for the rest of this tournament. Les Bleus’ to win.

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xantar.bsky.social @xantar.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Had to rewind. This is so funny

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

SpaceX market cap $2.1tn Microsoft market cap $2.8tn SpaceX revenue ~$20bn Microsoft revenue ~$300bn Incredible.

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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Very sad news and for all the Buffy and Ted Lasso talk, he’ll always be Tony from the Gold Blend ads to me. RIP you smooth, coffee-loving legend.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 05/06/2026

They're lucky none of the games are at Stamford Bridge

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/06/2026

Terry Pratchett absolutely nailed this in Maskerade and Going Postal.

"Definitely that kind of owner, he thought. Self-made man proud of his handiwork. Confuses bluffness and honesty with merely being rude. I wouldn't mind betting a dollar that he thinks he can tell a man's character by testing the firmness of his handshake and looking deeply into his eyes."

It was the face, that was what it was. He had an honest face. And he loved those people who looked him firmly in the eye to see his inner self, because he had a whole set of inner selves, one for every occasion. As for firm handshakes, practice had given him one to which you could moor boats. It was people skills, that's what it was. Special people skills. Before you could sell glass as diamonds you had to make people really want to see diamonds. That was the trick, the trick of all tricks. You changed the way people saw the world. You let them see it the way they wanted it to be.
— Moist von Lipvig, Going Postal

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

A screenshot of the advertisement with an AI image of Lindsey and a brain, with text that says: YOUR BODY HAS A HISTORY. ASK ABOUT IT."

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 25/05/2026

"The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for is rarely seen in real life..." Mandatory reading 🖖

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.

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David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Liverpool FC, 2025/26.

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Once again, an opportune time to share my favourite wildlife photography meme.

Popular meme with a guy labelled "Autofocus" looking at a cute girl in a red dress labelled "Vertical Reeds" while the guy's girlfriend, labelled "Gorgeous Bird", looks at him incredulously.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s awkward luck that two massive UK events have landed on the same day. While the election results are obviously crucial, let’s not forget to gawp in wonder at the astonishing career of the UK’s most revered public figure — David Attenborough will never be matched www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

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Attenborough: The risk-taker who changed how we see Earth - BBC News

A celebration of the career of Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday in video, audio and pictures.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/05/2026

Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, a man who has inspired me and millions of others not just to see the beauty in the countless lifeforms that make up our precious natural world, but to acknowledge my own responsibility to preserve and protect it. Thank you, Sir David.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/05/2026

Darwin's warning our actions threaten our future | David Attenborough. Today we're celebrating the 100th Birthday of the humanist and naturalist David Attenborough! Thank you for a lifetime of inspirational broadcasting and devotion to science and the natural world.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 06/05/2026

We might be going OTT but the point is serious. It's tough for everyone at the moment, museums and cultural institutions are finding it particularly challenging. All we can do, if we are permitted is to keep sharing our histories and to hopefully bring some joy. Love you @romanpalace.bsky.social

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/04/2026

nothing punctures our wildly overblown sense of technological mastery like biology

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

*JD Vance at his next confession* "forgive me father for I have sinned" *curtain draws back to reveal a smiling Pope Leo* "go on"

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Tell me you know nothing about the Middle Ages without telling me that you know nothing about the Middle Ages.

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Adam Smith @adamlsmith.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The right time to leave, IMO, but he’ll be remembered forever. The Egyptian King, yes, but one of our all-time greats too; one hell of an epithet at a club like Liverpool.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Yep. The idea that the cabinet actually debating ideas, policies and difficult decisions is bad is *quite* the take. Yet another regular criticism that takes not much thought at all to unpick, and yet very little unpicking seems to happen in much of the Westminster press.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The clubs should just leave X, it's beyond fixing.

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LucasArts Memory @lucasartsmemory.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

X-Wing (Totally Games/LucasArts) was released circa 33 years ago. I find it hard to accept that so many of my fond memories are a third of a century old. 😅

The box art for the LucasArts space combat simulator Star Wars: X-Wing features several X-wings and TIE fighters engaged in a dogfight with green and orange laser fire against a vibrant purple nebula.

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Judge Roy Ferguson @judgefergusontx.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

this year’s Wildlife Photographer exhibition is astounding, if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet

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