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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the UK, Prince William has launched an anti-suicide campaign with the Premier League, whose every other ad is for gambling. Hey prince: how about you dust off some old dungeons & fill them with every gambling CEO & the celebs who endorse them & watch suicides plummet? EASY PEASY MATE
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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Most people don't expect you to fire a trebuchet at their house, that's what makes it such a fun surprise
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This artwork was created over the past year by a local Birmingham artist collective who wanted to bring unty from discord by repurposing the divisive Nationalist flags into a massive Brummie Reunion Jack. Suffice it to say, the inspiration for Goldship's magnificent work has not taken it well.
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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the Ocado website A 1 star review of garlic powder.
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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@historyhannahb.bsky.social did you miss this?
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what we are up against. It’s why I’ve always said the under 16 social media ban doesn’t go far enough. We shouldn’t be banning it for children, we should be properly regulating it for everyone. This is scary. How do we fight this?
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Joz Norris @joznorris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS HUGH After sold out work-in-progress runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre this summer, Jackman/Phantom comes to Pleasance London for 3 nights this Christmas! It's the perfect deranged festive night out! www.pleasance.co.uk/event/joz-no...
Joz Norris IS Hugh Jackman IS The Phantom Of The Opera. Coming to Pleasance London on December 17th to 19th at 21:00
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Wide shot of the BRITISH MUSEUM. There are suggestions of fascism around the streets - tanks, barricades, an Orwellian 'Big Brother'-style poster on a wall. A voice of a TOUR GUIDE emanates from the museum:

TOUR GUIDE:
So the Tapestry tells acrucial chapter of our nation's history...

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[Cut to interior of museum. A long Bayeaux-style TAPESTRY is on display, and the Tour Guide is speaking to a tour group]

TOUR GUIDE [smiling]:
How modern fascist Britain was created. 

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TOUR GUIDE:
The Tapestry begins here with the 2008 Crash, then austerity, then the AI Crash...

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TOUR GUIDE:
...and by the end of the room it's just full-on fash. 

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CHILD IN TOUR GROUP [gesturing to the tapestry]:
What's this middle bit?

TOUR GUIDE:
This is the 2026 Battle of Legitimate Concerns 

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TOUR GUIDE:
[show a reporter standing next to the Dover protests]
Here's the media saying the government have got to do something about the legitimate concerns...

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CHILD:
...About the failure of capitalism?

TOUR GUIDE:
No about brown people on boats

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CHILD:
[pointing at boats crossing the sea on the tapestry]
Are these boats the mega-dinghies?

TOUR GUIDE:
Not all of them

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[we see one of the boats  is a giant yacht]
TOUR GUIDE:
That one's a superyacht,
carrying money from the American fascists to the British ones.

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TOUR GUIDE:
You see really it's as much a story of convergence as it is of conflict.

[An alarm sounds in the museum]
DING DING DING DING 

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TOUR GUIDE:
Ok, tour over everyone 

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TOUR GUIDE:
It's time for the Two Minute Hate!

[They all leave the museum]

[ends]
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
A new mega poll by YouGov reveals that an overwhelming majority of constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 constituencies were not sure. It’s time to put EU membership on the table. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, male opera singers dubbed with ship’s horns
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/09/2026
oh...this is bad
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Onion knows
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Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot
To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
Øthe ONION -
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Misogyny and the degradation of women are flowing non-stop from social media, and it feels impossible to stem the tide.
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The casual cruelty of young men
Any why it's time for GenX women to get off the sidelines
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Stuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Firstly, a female Doctor, played by an older actress with a background in theatre/comedy. For an added frisson, let's make the sidekick character the husband. And we'll lose the whole 'Doctor' tag and reveal the birth name, which is spelled 'Bucket' but
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform UK tried to ‘cover up’ assault incident that led to its Welsh leader’s resignation nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform UK tried to 'cover up' assault incident that led to its Welsh leader's resignation
Martin Shipton Reform UK tried to suppress coverage of its leader’s arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive control by warning news outlets they would break European privacy law by reporting it,…
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A man in a face covering talks to another man who is looking disappointedly at a small box he is holding. Man 1 “What's that?”. Man 2 “Baklava. I misread the WhatsApp”
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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is rather wonderful
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Andy Birss @andybirss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Maybe Dr James Orr was only hired by the University of Cambridge as they needed to get the quota of white male academics up. His fall from grace is perhaps due to his over-promotion and the fact that rich white men aren't really suited to positions of trust and authority. #r4today #Arday
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Greymane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greymane54.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well done Sadiq Khan.
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Enthusiastic Standing Ovation at the Oscars
ALT: Enthusiastic Standing Ovation at the Oscars
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And as with Jason Arday, you can see the problem here. Because a handful of gatekeepers decide what is ‘news’ & what isn’t. This is a stunning investigation but if & how it catches fire depends on the follow-up…& Times & Telegraph are embarrassed & implicated. So much now depends on the BBC…
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Just seen a screengrab of some right wing grifter objecting to being able to play as a female character in the new GTA, because it could lead to players wanting to transition into women in real life. Nobody tell this twat about novels. It’ll blow his fucking mind.
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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a... This is a lovely story
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‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham
Country star came to South Yorkshire town in 2007 for UK launch of the Imagination Library, her book donation scheme
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When you really think about it, there are only 2 universally loved people. David Attenborough Dolly Parton And we lost one today. It's kinda heartbreaking.
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Lizzi Collinge MP @lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fucking hell, not Dolly. She was an absolute queen. She gave money for literacy programmes and vaccines, and faced life with a sense of humour that couldn't be beaten.
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Dolly Parton, legendary US country singer, dies aged 80
Dolly Parton, legendary US country singer, dies aged 80.
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pollollups.bsky.social @pollollups.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
For work reasons, I was looking today, at a recently decommissioned mental health inpatients ward for older adults ( post working age) please enjoy the selection of dvds for the patients ( for some reason kept in the clean utility room)
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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
shout out to some REAL good #comics people to brighten up your timeline ✨💪✨ go.bsky.app/FUN5iTP
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Sir Rants Alot @robvo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Paramus, New Jersey: WE ARE ALL ON THE DECOY PLANE Pic by /u/michnutrish on reddit
Cars going under an overpass on a highway. American flags are visible behind individual signs spelling out WE ARE ALL ON THE DECOY PLANE
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Stephen McBarron @stevemc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Spectator again on #bbcaq Sells fewer than 80,000 copies! Practical Pigs has a similar circulation but don’t have a reserved seat on the panel - what gives? #r4today
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’
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Dave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org · 20/08/2026
Wow this Wikipedia article must be huge And everyone on it will know everybody else
Wikipedia: List of Welsh people

This is a list of Welsh people; an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There are is a generation of outer Londoners who see ULEZ as one reason they will hate Khan forever. That same generation's grandkids are healthier, in some cases ALIVE, because he has consistently been brave enough to do policy not politics on this city's air quality. an extraordinary legacy.
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Text: Treat your body like a data centre. Consume as much water and literature as possible. Upset local city councils with your existence. 
Background image: a bearded man putting up the frame of aparge tent in a muddy field with trees in the background.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Can't say gay and bisexual people were killed in the Holocaust in the core curriculum *at an American university* www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Wild West🦬 @jb360.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Unbelievable scientists do it again…. mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer shows remarkable potential in clinical trials. Let’s hope this is a big win.. one of my best friends died of pancreatic cancer… science & vaccines save lives and expand human life expectancy #VoteBlue and get vaccinated
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
On Friday a white man, Nigel Farage, lied about what Essex police had said. Where is the media outrage about that?
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Elly @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Let’s talk “cancel culture” tho. *Look* at who gets truly canceled. This man is dead. Colin Kaepernick has not played pro football since 2016. Claudine Gay was forced out of the presidency of Harvard.
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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A mate of my son's has just been broken up with on *the day before his birthday*, so his mates have rallied round to make sure he's ok. However, being British and therefore sarcastic to the core, the book they have collectively bought him as a present is called 'The Monastic World'.
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Again it is insane that we have accepted masked secret police.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 09/08/2026
"You're blocking out the music of humanity"
The irritating gentleman by Berthold Woltze, with a Victorian woman enduring a man leaning over the seat behind her to talk, but she's wearing headphones
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I don’t know if this really happened. But if it did, I salute you Alan.
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