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Blood on the clocktower, board games and books. Convinced onions are the devil's food

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HighburyJD @highburyjd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Any London based people interested in supporting the Green Party, we’ve a massive by-election coming up. Genuinely believe it’s a huge opportunity to influence the direction our politics go in over the next few years. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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ZACK 4 MP | Linktree
Everything you need to get involved! Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of Zack Polanski (The Green Party) c/o PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026
'New analysis on UK media: British media is not delivering the news to its readers. They are delivering an agenda. The seven days after Channel 4 filmed James Orr are a damning indictment of the British press. Orr is a Cambridge associate professor.' via @newscord.org
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cartoon depicting the interior of an IKEA store with several people shopping. An alarm is ringing and a member of staff is saying "That's the fire alarm. Please assemble outside!"
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1
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The RPGeeks @rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We'll be live from space at 7pm BST - hit the 🔔 icon under the video for a reminder! We won't be interacting with chat much due to *gestures at space* so you'll have to keep each other sane through it all. 🫣 @hollylikesgames.bsky.social @emzywb.bsky.social @fkth.bsky.social @shamini.bsky.social
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LIVE | VIEWSCREAM Pt. 2
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Mara Joy @marajoyloves.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Mara Joy performs a Work-In-Progress of her show 'I Am (Not) A Robot', then something more experimental, 7pm on the 19th July in the Banshee Labyrinth Cinema Room! It will be a silly fun FREE night with no mention of football!
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Mara Joy Does Comedy While Everyone Is Distracted By The Football
Mara Joy performs a Work-In-Progress of her show 'I Am (Not) A Robot', then something more experimental...
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The RPGeeks @rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The doors are locked. Life support is failing. The comm screen is your only lifeline. Announcing our new 4-part series of #VIEWSCREAM by Rafael Chandler! The RPGeeks are joined by Tom and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social from @norollsbarred.bsky.social for claustrophobic horror in the depths of space.
A poster featuring Tom from NRB against a spaceship-style background. Text reads: Viewscream, a 4-part series, with Tom as 'Bridge', starts Wednesday 8th July, 7pm BST, youtube.com/RPGeeksDnD
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 12/06/2026
Gift link has run out but we've intervened at god level and made it free to read as it's a year old. www.ft.com/content/3862...
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Simon Schama on the pleasure-giving, life-affirming art of David Hockney
Britain’s most popular living painter has maintained an unfashionable commitment to optical delight
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The RPGeeks @rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
She's baaaaaaack 😈 @hollylikesgames.bsky.social returns to The RPGeeks for Blood on the Clocktower TONIGHT 🕰️ 7pm BST www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm8M...
Holly Musgrave and Emily Bates on a swirly purple background with the logo for Blood on the Clocktower in the middle
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 26/04/2026
⏰ We need to act fast! ⏰ We have less than a month to flood MP's inboxes and get them to rip up the EHRC's transphobic guidance 👇 goodlaw.social/lezs
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Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance
It’s been a year since the Supreme Court's decision that accelerated the rollback of trans rights in the UK. It’s been a difficult year, but it’s also been a year of coming together and fighting back....
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Such a wonderful interview. Powerful to hear Hannah speaking so clearly about the cost of living crisis and the dire political choices by this Labour Government. Let's make different choices and support everyone - rather than the super rich. youtu.be/ffpDGH1-5tY?...
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What it's REALLY like in Westminster | Hannah Spencer interview
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Remove Palantir from our NHS. Get Palantir out of our country. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Palantir boss rebuts Polanskis wild NHS claims
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's time to take the fight to Palantir. youtube.com/shorts/IPF5b...
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It's time to take the fight to Palantir.
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Ken Cheng @kenchengceo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
doing a Christmas stream on Twitch with Charlotte (from Genius Game) in an hour! We'll play some games, chat and generally celebrate a fantastic 2025! Head on over to her twitch to watch
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Holly Likes Games @hollylikesgames.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Live with our 4th Annual Zakmas right now! www.twitch.tv/hollylikesga...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenterIn a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
A massive, dangerous and disgusting scandal, of which far too few people are yet aware. At @fightingdirty.bsky.social we'll keep pushing to stop it. Congrats to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social for continuing to shine the light: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
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The RPGeeks @rpgeeksdnd.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
TONIGHT 7pm BST 😍 As part of our ongoing Clocktower Summer we're going to be joined by the glorious Arif and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social as well as some phenomenal guests from the world of TTRPGs. Don't miss out! #BloodontheClocktower
The RPGeeks Clocktower Summer. Image of Arif and Holly in front of a beach, Arif is holding the Clocktower box
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Ken Cheng @kenchengceo.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I said it.
I just sent a template rejection e-mail to 56 job applicants.

They could see it was one mass email because I didn't hide their addresses.

I did this on purpose.

BCC is for cowards.

Let's stop pretending that every single applicant is unique and special.

You are all drones who didn't stand out.

You are the sperm who didn't make it.

You are nothing to me.

One generic email is all you deserve.

For me, it's merely a matter of efficiency.

And efficiency doesn't care about your feelings.

Better luck next time, [Applicant Name]
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Blood on the Clocktower @bloodontheclocktower.com · 26/06/2025
We're back for one last London date before heading up to @edfringe.bsky.social! Join us on 17 July for another round of chaos ft. Adam Blampied @alicefraser.bsky.social @chrisgrace.com @hollylikesgames.bsky.social Ola Labib & host @jongracey.bsky.social 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thepa...
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Ken Cheng @kenchengceo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This is tonight! The #geniusgame cast are taking on Blood on the Clocktower, joined by some of my favourite players! And it's all for charity! Go to my YouTube to watch!
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Holly Likes Games @hollylikesgames.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Tomorrow, we Mario Kart for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social Look at these players! @mrsamsee.bsky.social @heyitstempest.bsky.social @emzywb.bsky.social @petequinnell.bsky.social @jongracey.bsky.social 5-9pm BST over on twitch.tv/hollylikesgames13 Justgiving justgiving.com/page/holly-likes-games-2
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Blood on the Clocktower @bloodontheclocktower.com · 26/04/2025
There are just a few tickets left for a chance to play games with @kenchengceo.bsky.social and @hollylikesgames.bsky.social tomorrow! Don't miss out 😈
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Holly Likes Games @hollylikesgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
TOMORROW can’t come fast enough. Let’s meet our detectives… @kirsty.yogscast.com @marajoyloves.bsky.social @emzywb.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/hollylikesga...
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Holly Likes Games @hollylikesgames.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Ladies' Detective Club - Blood on the Clocktower Raising money for One in Four Sunday 30th March, 7pm UK on www.twitch.tv/hollylikesga... @tillysteele.bsky.social @kirsty.yogscast.com @emzywb.bsky.social @marajoyloves.bsky.social @bloodontheclocktower.com
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Ken Cheng @kenchengceo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Dobble
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Realms' Blood on the Clocktower 🔪 @realmsbotc.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
💀 🥳 Please welcome our incredible roster of players! Hello, @chrisgrace.bsky.social, Blair Shepperd, Ben Burns and @livkennedy.bsky.social!
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