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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 3h

The Chief Engineer also seems to have important input in decisions on priorities (e.g. power to life support vs shields) and pushing systems outside their normal operating parameters ("the engines cannae take it"). These can't be handed off to a computer.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

Here's how to build a wardrobe that lasts 10+ years. 🧵

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Not William of Normandy's men, but I took this photo in August from the ramparts of the Mont Saint-Michel: horses crossing the vast sands of the Bay at low tide. What a magnificent view. #BayeuxTapestry #quicksand #Couesnon #MontSaintMichel

A line of horses with riders crossing the sand. Photo taken from the ramparts of the Mont Saint-Michel so the horses are small and distant; the land / marais beyond the edge of the sand is visible in the far distance.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. “There,” said Frog. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.

Frog climbs a ladder and hides the cookies high on a shelf.

From "Cookies"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.

A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For avoidance of doubt, blocking is fine and etiquette should be better. I was just noting how weird it makes me feel to read threats of punishment.

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I do hope these guardians of morality practise what they preach. In particular, I hope a big fish never uses people's unwillingness to lose access to their "content" to get away with being mean and sneery.

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Whenever a Bluesky "celebrity" announces how they block for any infringement of etiquette, I always feel an almost overwhelming urge to reply with something insulting even though I never would otherwise. And that's what makes me think I have pathological demand avoidance.

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Mark "Spooky Nickname" Schmidt @aravine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Early advice: "If you don't have time to do it right, you don't have time to do it over."

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the flowery stuff about “duty is heavier than a mountain and life is lighter than a feather” etc melding so well with totalitarian ideology (or willingness to commit atrocities) isn’t accidental, because deadening yourself to your own suffering leads you to ignore that of others

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is a tendency to talk about people who receive support from the state as though they are somehow a completely different group from the rest of us: ‘taxpayers’ over here and ‘benefit claimants’ over there. My piece for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/non...

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None of us knows what is around the corner

A personal testimonial of the life-saving benefits of a social security system that supports the people, and the dangers of villainising those who find need of it

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 25/09/2026

#OtD 25 Sep 1952 influential Black author, activist, and feminist theorist, bell hooks was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She wrote over 30 books during her life, often critiquing what she termed the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1259...

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A lot of left-wing people look like they’re susceptible to the “Shire theory” put about by Elon Musk - the hobbits’ freedom is a lovely thing but it depends on strong, ruthless men controlling the perimeter and doing surveillance. Human rights become an aspiration not a baseline.

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I had no idea of this extraordinary episode. I reminds us of how easily people can be declared "illegal" or "immigrant" rather than native. These are not natural kinds, but administrative categories. Striking parallels with the Windrush scandal. Of interest to all, but tagging @spe07.bsky.social

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The spectre of ‘remigration’ is haunting Europe. Slovenia in 1992 gives us a blueprint for this state terror | Miha Mazzini

In February that year, the Slovenian government officially deleted 25,000 citizens, turning them overnight into illegal immigrants, says writer and film-maker Miha Mazzini

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One of the things that strikes me is that the universe seems to be the way it is because it's the averaging out of the semi-random behaviour of very small, simple things. And ...

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Most of the formations like that are on the south coast, so with the sea on the right, the camera is most likely to be pointing east, therefore sunrise is a safer bet.

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On this day 7th Sept 1838 Grace Darling and her father rescued sailors from from the shipwrecked Forfarshire Artist: John Berry

Grace and her father handle their small boat as it’s tossed in rough seas while we see the wrecked ship in the background, beneath stormy skies

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Proscribed. If you’re going to be pedantic, at least do it properly.

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Tim Wilson @timwilson-uk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

New additions (after a weekend away) - Slovakia - released on April 17, 2015, as part of the “Technical Monuments: Historic Locomotives” series. #stamps #philately #stampcollecting #railway #trains

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Good morning. As a (comparatively) successful author I feel it’s time to branch out in my career. As a result, I’m excited to be stepping into the world of professional football. Since I’m physically incapable of playing football at a professional level I will be hiring what I call a “ghostballer”

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bet Scrooge was actually an Effective Altruist: by generating sufficient "wealth", he could build a colossal difference engine that would calculate cures for all illnesses and save a BILLION Tiny Tims.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've baffled people with this one in the past. Explanation in the alt text, for those who'd like it.

Text which says "My loft if full of fallen leaves" she said automatically." The pun is 'autumn attic’. both the words loft (attic) and autumn (fall) reflect British usage.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2026

was talking about this with ganz on the podcast today, but among the many reasons that race science is obvious nonsense is the fact that it is a giant exercise in begging the question. not one person obsessed with "race science" thinks that it might prove "white" intellectual inferiority...

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

You shouldn't say "y'all" unless you're from the area covered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. That's because it's an Appalachian Controlée

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New immigration stats show that the numbers of asylum seekers in hotels is down to 16k - falling 50% in a year. Small boat crossings down 23% in the year to June. Numbers waiting for initial decision down from almost 180k to 40k.

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Roger Heyes @rjsh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The second best time is now.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This reminds me of my favourite story about Bletchley Park recruitment: Geoffrey Tandy was recruited for his supposed expertise in cryptograms. It turned his expertise was in 'cryptogams' i.e. mosses, ferns etc. (BTW it ended well, as a he became an effective Head of Naval Section VI.)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Presenter: [The argument was put that DEI advanced people not on merit] Woolley: "There are 975 Professors at Cambridge. How many do you think are black? Paddy O'Connell: "Its a fair question you're asking me. So I am going to say 30%" Woolley: "I tell you: less than half a per cent"

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

gm to this hugely atmospheric photo of Prenzlauer Berg in the 1980s #berlin Photographer unknown

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This week in 1842 the ‘Plug Riots’ reached Manchester. Striking workers removed plugs from factory boilers preventing work. A march into Manchester had a banner ‘They that perish by the sword are better than they that perish by hunger’.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/08/2026

Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38...

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Caspar Henderson @casparhenderson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"We live in a society in which many powerful forces try hard to produce the worst, smallest, shallowest version of us [but] I've been moved by how in this dire moment, so many people turn out to care deeply about truth, justice, equality, human rights, nature..."

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Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Rod Liddle was very much like Marmite, in that you wouldn’t want him on your television screen, radio, or newspaper.

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Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Raymond Chandler with his cat, Taki, in Beverly Hills. 📷 John Engstead, 1945 #Caturday 🐈‍⬛ 📚🎬

A black and white photo of Raymond Chandler seated in an armchair in front of a bookcase. He is wearing glasses, has a pipe in his mouth, holds a black cat on his lap, and looks rather balefully at the camera.

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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

reuters:

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Andy Burnham, "To me, carers should be the best paid people in society, not the worst" "Many people from other countries have been caring for my dad" Andy Burnham praises migrants to the UK who care for our elderly, a stark contrast to Keir-island-of-strangers-Starmer

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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

my Borg Queen retcon: the queens were an experiment by the Borg in some of their cubes, possibly as a result of their interactions with the hierarchical structure of the Federation

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