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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 11h
I love that they are besties in real life www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘He was devastatingly sexy’: Frasier’s Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce on the love between Daphne and Niles
From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husban...
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 20h
Continuing my career as a serious journalist by trying out M&S’s false nipples for a week inews.co.uk/opinion/unst...
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The unstoppable rise of nipples - and why you are seeing them everywhere
Kate Lister: I tried a pair of stick on nipples in the wild to see what the fuss is all about
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Katy Brand on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DeJq9Xvo-o...
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gorilla-sized penguins topped the ocean food chain, tens of millions of years ago. So yeah. It's true. It happened. And I explain it all to my pals at The Ancients, one of my favorite podcasts: youtu.be/f6noAuJvNdo?...
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When Colossal Penguins Topped The Prehistoric Food Chain
YouTube video by The Ancients
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Eric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade'
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He died before he finished writing another book. So it's kind of a glass half full, glass half empty kinda deal. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Lord Archer died peacefully at home between writing sessions, his publisher said
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/10/2026
Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns reut.rs/4AN7sEp
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Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns
Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by ​Meta's Ray-Bans, could be used to photograph, film or audio-record confidential ‌materials or people without their knowledge.
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Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just as a counterpoint to some of the obituaries this morning, here's the start of the Archer chapter in my history of political lying, The Lies of the Land:
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
"But if it was limited only to public domain it couldn't function like it does!" I mean: a) That's why I noted "licensed and compensated works" b) It doesn't excuse IP theft or materially argue for the value of a tech apparently only possible through IP theft c) It's not too late to compensate!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Waiting for the WHO tweet “FACT: plague is not airborne; keep washing hands”. (Plague is airborne)
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/10/2026
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
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Russian Plague Lab Researcher Dies As Nearly 200 Monitored—Here’s What We Know
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad?
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Jim 🇺🇸🇨🇭🇮🇪🇨🇦 @jerzjim.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In today’s @ft_weekend there’s a column by me about the writers of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, screwing up season 4 by attempting to dispense with the format across almost every episode. Perhaps you liked the season. You are entitled to that view. You are also wrong. www.ft.com/content/b1d6...
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In the finale of the latest series in the Star Trek universe, which dropped on Paramount+ just over a week ago, the crew of the Starship Enterprise boldly went where they have been many, many times before. There was a black hole, a time slip narrative, the birth of an alien baby and much more besides. For diehard Trek fans, among whose number I count myself, it was bliss, not least because the rest of season four of Strange New Worlds, a prequel to the original Star Trek of the 1960s, had been a complete bloody mess.A second screenshot which reads:

The majority of the 10 episodes were clumsy experiments with genre, breaking a robust format that has functioned perfectly well for the past six decades. One had a black-and-white film noir setting, with the Klingons as the Peter Lorre bad guys. In another, for reasons too convoluted to explain, the crew were in a soap opera and so behaving completely out of character. There was a fairy tale episode and a horror episode and a drugged-up episode (more character warping). Worst of all was the episode in which, through a transporter malfunction, all the characters were replaced by muppets apart from Spock.A third screenshot which reads:

Star Trek’s age-old mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, had apparently been forgotten by a writing team who at best seemed bored with the show’s premise, and at worst held both it and the fans in contempt. Complaints piled up across social media and elsewhere. As one said, “for god’s sake, just do Star Trek.” Amen to that. All we wanted was the show we know and love. It’s all the fans ever want.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our first entry is in! Nice, simple, & to the point
Photo of an incinerator toilet that is in incinerator mode. There are flames at the bottom where the water normally is
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hate is a hell of a drug. Harder and harder to get that rush. So having exhausted other groups to vilify, MAGA is now going after....us Italian-Americans whose ancestors immigrated a century ago?! Knowing my people, it's probably a fight they don't want to pick...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This 👇
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 01/10/2026
so that’s where children of dune come from
A very penis-like abstraction on the poster for dune 3: dong
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love it! 👏👇
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think it’s about time we had Richard E Grant as the Doctor (yes, I know about Comic Relief and the Shalka). He could then do a ‘Two Doctors’ story with Paul McGann where they go on holiday by mistake.
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Withnail and friend having lunch
ALT: Withnail and friend having lunch
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah the biggest human trafficking bust in 21st century US history went down in 2021. Operation Blooming Onion. They took down a $200 million slavery ring in Georgia. 100% H2A visa workers who immigrated legally. This was HUGE NEWS for anyone who was paying attention to farm worker & labor issues.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I “got stuck” behind the drawers today. Everyone had to come help me so I felt awkward telling them I wasn’t stuck, I was just being a little shit
an orange cat is being snuggled on a halloween blankie with one paw extended toward the camera. you can tell by his facial expression that he has recently been a little shit causing trouble
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wow, lotta people real angry at the concept of farm workers being people in the replies on this one! This is why it's so wild when people complain that "farmers are racist." Wait till you hear what some "leftists" have to say about farm workers 💀
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If anyone's ready for a break from "elections don't matter, we can't win, & both parties are the same anyway," here's one. youtu.be/GlxveqpM4iM
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Stop The Doomerism. Do It For Farm Workers.
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The number of YT comments on this one: "But mutual aid!" My guy... slavery is de facto legal in this country. We ain't gonna fix that with food pantries & bail funds.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the Tudor-tastic legend Kate Williams about the “9 day queen,” Lady Jane Grey. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and you can now watch us over on YT!
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Rayna @queenrayna1337.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watching the classic Doctor Who serial City of Death. This episode is hilarious lmao "Romana, you know I think something very funny's going on. You remember that man who was following us? Well he's standing behind me, poking a gun in my back."
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Doctor Who: Fourth Doctor Hello
ALT: Doctor Who: Fourth Doctor Hello
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Had the same pitch next to a bloke at a fishery for 17 years. Twice a week I'd say hello or give a little knod. Got invited to his funeral and his wife acted like I was his best mate. I didn't even have his name right I thought it was Joel not Joe. Made me rethink my own life.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a disgrace that Burnham didn't ask if we wanted a load of southern shandy drinking softies moving up here for No 10 North. That sort of thing might be acceptable in Leeds but not on the correct side of the Pennines.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joke Tuesday
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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm seriously considering doing more ST:TNG themed episodes for this year's Tea and Sanctuary advent calendar, as people seemed to enjoy those in 2024.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This December, @emmanewman.bsky.social and I will be putting out another advent calendar - this time we’re talking about our favourite games (of all kinds). Meanwhile patrons get first shot at asking us stuff for our Q&A.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This morning's gonna be a banger
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When British "Farmers" Took Over Kenya
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
N'SYNC'D Cycles I'll see myself out now
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This whole thread up & down. Re: a recent NYT article on why Ebola & other outbreaks keep happening. Some folks seem to think "Ew just tell those Africans to stop cutting down the forests" is a real answer? And they get published in the NYT.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. Now arrest those who were with him for conspiracy, and then arrest those who tried to set fire to a hotel for arson. And then proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation. Which is what you are if you use violence for political ends. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ALICE COOPER & Kermit on THE MUPPET SHOW (1978)
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This show is easily among the happiest (& zaniest) experiences I've ever had doing voiceover. Great scripts. Great cast. Great FUN! Now: Let's... Get... DANGEROUS!!! #DarkwingDuck #DisneyPlus
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