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I accidentally spent £17,700 on 400 subscriptions to the LRB for Home Office staff and now the Life in the UK test is asking applicants to rank Derek Jarman films from most to least emotionally resonant?

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gerrarrdus @gerrarrdus.bsky.social · 12h

The Bertie Arms, Uffington, Lincs. I always call it the Oh Bertie Arms, said in the manner of Madeline Bassett or Aunt Agatha.

Thatched country pub. The inn sign in the garden is the Bertie coat of arms

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ET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 22h

Man City when asked to provide their “irrefutable evidence.”

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 17h

Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 are hidden in the grid. Only a FEW walls left. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun! There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES! Here's grid No.334/365 The final countdown!

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Okay, I’m thick. But what I need to know is what the claim, ‘most people want to rejoin the EU’ really means … cos my hunch is that when broken down there is a plurality of ideas about what ‘rejoining’ looks like. E.g. I’d be happy with ‘all in including the Euro’ but I’d be astonished if many agree

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The idea that there is a ‘bright side’ or ‘good side’ to *quote* ‘far-right fame’

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am reading The Nerd Reich (Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy) by Gil Durán and, yes, I see its polemical weaknesses, but DEAR GOD … its account of Thiel and other uber-wealthy mediocrities is TERRIFYING… we’re screwed … (Also … what a title!) www.waterstones.com/book/the-ner...

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And yet I was only allowed to access a 1955 B.Litt. thesis, the only lengthy study on Robert Braybrooke, in person and take notes (no photos). I had to sign a register of those who had ever accessed the thesis.

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Compelling thread. Grim times for those of us who write.

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What’s that? There’s a new #JaneAusten movie coming out this week? It would be remiss of me, beloved, not to remind you of my book about her novels … forty glorious days in her company … Buy it from my friends at the bookshop below … chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tempted to head to Marks’ immediately

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Grace Thomas @gracerethomas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We're seeking views as we journey towards appointing a new bishop Manchester diocese includes the cities Salford & Manchester, as well as Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, parts of Wigan, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Blackburn with Darwen, and Rossendale Please complete if you live in this area!

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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He imposed Shania Law

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

News to no one, I know, but isn’t Don Giovanni absolutely fucking amazing? As obsessed with it as when I was a teenager. Yes, I also know ETA Hoffmann put it more eloquently, as ‘die Oper aller Opern’, but he got there first. Perhaps I’ll go for the Passion of passion; ossia, the passion of Passion.

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Annie Dillard made faith visceral and mystical, ascetic and charged all at once.” – Danielle Tumminio Hansen www.christiancentury.org/features/i-m...

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I mourned Annie Dillard as if I knew her personally

Writers are mirror makers. They use words to create a sheen onto which we see all manner of...

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

IMPORTANT QUESTION … have M & S made their chocolate digestives thinner?? #EndTimes #ShinkflationAlert

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Ben Fulford @benmfulford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you’ve seen or shared news about programme closures at Edinburgh (not least in Theology & Religious Studies) please see this appeal from Prof Rachel Muers. The reports are misleading.

Text reads: ‘Appeal to anyone who has seen or shared the news reports about programme closures at Edinburgh, including in TRS: Please stop circulating them. They are very misleading, and are causing actual damage to our otherwise healthy department. (And for what it's worth, colleagues in Scottish Literature are saying something similar). I am now fed up with responding to anxious prospective students who think we, or some of our areas of teaching and research, are being closed down. We aren't. There are institutions where our subject is at risk but Edinburgh is not one of them. Please don't try to fit us into a narrative of "attack on the humanities" or "secularisation gone mad". Thank you.’

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Rory Stewart is staring right back at ‘em

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Glenn @frackpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When your dog hears you open a packet of biscuits.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 23/09/2026

Indeed. You only leave the military after...19 YEARS...if something very unusual (bad) has happened.

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I was in York yesterday for a funeral. On my way back I spent a few minutes at the York Central War Memorial. These are just the names of the North Eastern Railwaymen who died in the Great War. Shattering stuff. A signal of catastrophe, of service, and profound sacrifice. #FWW #Memorials

Names of North Eastern Railwaymen who died in the Great War, York Cenotaph memorial

Close up of explanatory plaque telling the story why the names are now in metal/bronze.

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Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I see fascist thugs are at it again. Time for wholesale arrests and long sentences.

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Look, if this isn't a crime we've failed.

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@With1v @with1v.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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James D Kightly @jdkightly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pats the shelves of “why do you buy DVDs?”

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey Siri, what is enshittification?

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

He blocked me too, apparently he is very sensitive to being called Peven Stinker

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I think it might be someone’s birthday at the BBC today… not mine … also it is a little early for cake even for me. Will be offering a Pause For Thought in a few minutes on Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday.

Two caterpillar cakes, one branded and one not

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Well, of course those hippy Marxists at the Financial Times would say that.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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