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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police trying to clear the way but the people of the East End got there first.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Think of all the awesome science-ing we could do with an extra £20M......🧪

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Sophia McDougall @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

And much as George *does* now read like a probable trans boy... we know that's not how she's intended. She's supposed to be the kind of tomboy the terfs were always banging on about. But the intended message IS "sometimes people don't act like their gender is 'supposed' to and that's normal."

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Edward the Confessor, Henry I, Henry IV, Edward IV, Henry VII and Charles II all at one time had to flee from their country and seek safety in another.

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Petition alert: I know there's lots of them but this one needs to get to 100,000 by the end of the month My good friend Nansi asked me to do a video to help raise awareness that widows used to get 18 years of support but now it's cut to 18 months Please sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I have observed the Moon. You can too. It’s right there! Looking pretty good. Doesn’t have to be a special day for Moongazing. Well done, Moon.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

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Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch:

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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026

It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

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The 4 panel Drake meme, but Drake is now Richie (from the Bottom Christmas Special "Holy") who's wearing a blue towel over his head. In the top left panel, he's holding his hand up - revealing one of his fingers has been stapled on at a shonky angle - as he turns away from the image of gold, frankincense and myrrh in the top right panel. He's all smiles in the bottom left panel as he points at the image of (Terry's All) Gold, Frankenstein (mask) and Grr in the bottom right panel. Merry bloody Christmas, Richie!

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

How the BBC upholds fossil fuel industry narratives, 09/12/2025: an article about a battery storage project featuring one (1) person objecting to the scheme. The opinion is presented as indicative of popular opposition. No other viewpoint is offered.

A BBC News story headline that reads "Villagers 'fed up' of battery storage schemes"

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 09/12/2025

If they aren’t a registered charity and they aren’t registered with the Fundraising Regulator (example logo below), it’s probably one of these scammy orgs where the ‘profit’ is a tiny fraction of the money you handed over and some bastard gets rich on your good intentions. Give to a real charity.

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Jason @longwall26.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them? Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 15/09/2025

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape. For real. Wastefulness. "I wouldn't want to be the lawyer who one day will have to argue how a device with USB C and a rechargeable battery can be classified as 'disposable'." "…it's more than enough to host this entire blog post." 😬

bogdanthegeek.github.io

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

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John @johngoodman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

realistic Star Trek

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Climate Town @climatetown.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A graph Joe Rogan has brought up on SIX separate episodes of his podcast to disprove climate change explicitly says the opposite of what he claims. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bM...

youtube.com

Joe Rogan Doesn't Understand Graphs

YouTube video by Climate Town

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 08/08/2025

STOP DOING AI YEARS OF MARKETING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND Want to chat with a PDF? We had a tool for that: It was called "EMAILING THE AUTHORS" "Let’s shove this feature at users. Let’s do this EVERYWHERE" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged They have played us for absolute fools

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 06/08/2025

“Yes … I believe there’s a question there in the back.”

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GraveDigger @colinwmd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Cartoon of two eagles sitting on armchairs chatting:

Do you think the owl is a predator?
Of course not, he's never bothered me.
Exactly.
No idea what Mr Mouse was going on about.

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FrankHerbertIYKYH @iykyhfrankherbert.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

He's not wrong.

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Remember when prog lyricist Pete Sinfield claimed his work on The Land of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz was a vitriolic response to the rise of Margaret Thatcher, and everyone took the piss? Well, I think I've figured it out.

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This isn’t reform, it’s a con that lets billionaires buy their way out of tax while working people get crumbs labelled as fairness. A new loophole for the rich, dressed up as justice, while the real causes of inequality go untouched.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

THE BELL JAR HARD ❌ It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York EASY ✅ That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs

An advert for a company called Magibook. The headline reads "Turn HARD books into EASY books with Magibook! Maximize your reading potential and avoid difficult language today."

Underneath is two covers of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Above the first cover is the original version of the opening sentence (captioned "Turn Hard Books"), which reads "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."

Above the second cover (captioned "into Easy Books") is a simplified version, which reads "When I was young, my dad told me something that I still think about."

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david malki ! @davidmalki.com · 04/06/2025

"Although I escaped, I certainly had to admire that beast's determination to track me down!" 📖 Cartoon Laughs, 1967 #magazinetimemachine

Cartoon drawing. A man is showing slides from (presumably) a safari excursion. On the screen is a ferocious, lunging lion. His and his viewers' backs are to the open door, through which appears a conniving-looking lion!

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Your cousin. Margaret Berry. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this!

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

🎵All that she wants 🎵Is a mug'a gravy

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

How much coal would the French have to find under the Louvre to destroy it? How much gas would the UK need to find under Stonehenge to knock it down? Australia must be the richest country in the world willing to destroy its ancient heritage for one more gas project #climate

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/05/2025

right, coining the Distracted Guy Meme decade - there's technically space out there for both a broad Labour voting coalition or a broad Tory voting one but neither party actually likes the look of their voters, they'd much rather have that other voting coalition over there, thank you very much

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Jorge (he/him) @motoridersd.pug.ninja · 14/05/2025

An article titled "How the Web Became Unreadable", posted on Medium. There is a soft paywall asking you to sign in, covering most of the article.

Screenshot found on Mastodon https://beige.party/@mayintoronto/114497234942335666

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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Top Q to ask Brexiteers: "If Brexit were reversed tomorrow, what Brexit benefit would you miss the most?" 🤭🤦

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Remember how all the cyber security people said not to backdoor end-to-end encryption? That sensitive data should be encrypted in transit AND at rest?

Old man cartoon holding up a bag of cookies captioned “Hackeridge Farm Remembers”

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/05/2025

This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.

Photo of a book on a bookshelf in a shop. It’s by the late Pope Francis. Large picture of his head together with the word ‘Hope’.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

There are, without a doubt, monsters in the deep sea that have never been observed. And if we let deep-sea mining advance recklessly, in defiance of international agreements and customary law, we could lose them before we even know they're there.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A best selling British book of the summer of 1940 sets things out pretty clearly

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

My favourite stat on this sacred day. English or British? No one actually cares.

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deancartoons.bsky.social @deancartoons.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

“Those who know how to think need no teachers.” Mahatma Gandhi. "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." Martin Luther King, Jr. “Where’s the cue ball gone?!” John Virgo.

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 22/04/2025

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 22/04/2025

The key chart right now: Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers. This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.

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Jorkin B Peanitson @bonerman-inc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

but im a jeep im a vehicle what the hell am i doing here beep beep honk honk steer

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Joe Scaramangaaaarrrggghhh!!! @joescaramanga.co.uk · 20/04/2025

They always bury this bit.

The latest data from the British Film Institute (BFI) shows that, in 2019, every £1 of reimbursement handed to studios generated £8.30 of additional Gross Value Added (GVA) benefit for Britain's economy. It led to a total of £7.7bn in GVA being generated by the film incentives in 2019.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

theonion.com/historians-q...

From The Onion:

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

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