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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 20h

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Weather is a bit better today 😎

Infinity pool with view of Mediterranean against a cloudless blue sky

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yep, I couldn’t get past 1300 - but fascinating!

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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.

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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

First day of school - can’t believe she’s old enough already! 🥳

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026

On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc...

The close of his statement was an appeal to our better natures. If we were going to ask Israelis and Palestinians to live side-by-side, he said, Britain also had to be a place where “people of all faiths and none have a right to live without prejudice or fear.” Listening to him was Andy Burnham, who has been strangely absent from our public debate for the last few days. In August, we couldn’t move for social media clips from the prime minister, standing on a ladder to discuss his first job, or sitting in a pub to rate bar snacks. But faced with masked thugs trying to shut down British ports over the weekend, Burnham seems to have lost the password for his phone. For a decade now, Britain has had a series of leaders apparently paralysed by the fear that if they say that racism is bad, they’ll be voted out. It would be nice to get one who had a slightly higher opinion of us.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Pre-sale diagnostics done - nothing major & energy classification D so no additional energy audit. One less thing to worry about 😅

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just been reminded of this. Newer friends and followers may not know of that type 11 years ago when I was writing for the Guardian and finally snapped at their ludicrous image archive setup and it got published on the actual site. #cake #breakdown

A cake
I Do you know how long l've spent in the Guardian's image archives to find a picture of a bog
standard cake? Bloody ages! Thousands of images and not one thing that you'd recognise as a
normal cake. This weird ice cream thing is the best I could do. Everything else has a sodding fried
egg or a bunch of parsley obscuring it, or has been arranged to resemble a Picasso painting or a
sculpture reflecting the futility of existence. When did this place becore riddled with hipsters?
God, I'm so tired... Photograph: Brian Hagiwara/Getty Images

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We were up at 5am to do am airport run and for most of the last month we’ve either had people staying or someone arriving first thing to do something in the house or garden. Tomorrow is the first day for ages I’ll be able to get a lie-in. What’s the betting I’ll be awake early? 😬

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Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 28/08/2026

BREAKING: Fifteenth century Latest

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So Meta pays $18 billion - who does that money go to and for whose benefit? 🤔

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

OH is repainting end of a corridor where he’s installed a new door. Corridor paint colour is very similar to that in bathroom. I walked past and said it looked paler than the wall, but was told it would go darker, of course it was the right colour. A little while later, I hear a volley of swearing…😇

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Do I happen to know anyone who knows about hats in France during the reign of Louis XIII...? 🗃️

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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Do I have anyone on here who can help with a tricky issue in early modern (late 16th century) Portuguese lexicography / etymology?

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Only speaking to my GP in Middle English from now on.

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 11/08/2026

The man's skeletal injuries looked like a train hit him, but he died in 1304 CE. At #ppa26Berlin last week, @uniofbradford.bsky.social scientist Jo Buckberry concluded he was likely whacked by a flying boulder, making him the first confirmed trebuchet death in the archaeological record. @science.org

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Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet

“Devastation” across body of 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from flying boulder

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

An entire article about the ways #ClimateChange is decimating the Bourdeux wine region of France — that never mentions the words “climate change.” This is journalistic malpractice. Not even high-school papers leave out such necessary context. #EndClimateSilence www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...

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Fire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards (Gift Article)

One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The trouble with being a typography nerd is that even modest mistakes scream at you. Every time I walk past this house, my brain itches — because that’s not a six. It’s an upside down nine. I should probably stay in more.

A house number, shown both ways up to prove my inexcusably titty little point.

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 28/07/2026

Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

the stuff academics will do to avoid writing 4 bullet points for their course page on the website.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We are 200km from the wildfires in Gironde but the air here is full of smoke, such a strong smell it woke us. Announcements from the fire service on social media not to call them, it’s because the wind has changed direction. Must be unbearable nearer in, on top of the fear and destruction 😢

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This is quite something - a map of all the fires currently burning in France. And there’s hotter weather again next week. Everything is already tinder dry 😢

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Please enjoy this home security footage of an oddly human-like bear raiding a fridge in Lake Tahoe www.wsj.com/us-news/blac...

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TBooQ @tbqtalks.com · 21/07/2026

If the number one item isn't the box the toys came in we know they're lying.

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Elect Her @electheruk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What does progress look like? Today, for the first time, we have a gender-balanced Cabinet💪 A milestone worth celebrating - and one built over years by women who challenged barriers, opened doors and created opportunities for others 🙏 Congratulations to everyone appointed 👏

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026

Holy shit, we're actually getting there. "UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample [—] In tests, MethylScan detected about 63% of cancers across all stages and roughly 55% of early-stage cancers." (from April) #ShareGoodNewsToo

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UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample

The test could offer a more affordable approach to early disease detection.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

How armadillos gather foliage for their nests

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Larry likes his breakfast at 9, brunch at 1030 and lunch at noon with plenty of snacks in between. The rest of the job is a doddle"

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Reversed, wrong-headed, lied; unhinged, wrong-headed, deprived.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/07/2026

Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.

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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The big difference I see between Count Binface and Farage are the pledges they’ve made to the voters if they win the Clacton By-Election👇🏼👇🏼 Thank God at least one of them is taking the whole thing seriously.. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is a wild piece of political trivia from the BBC about Burnham’s wife that I am shocked @popbitch.bsky.social hasn’t clocked yet…

Screen grab of an article from the BBC News website saying his wife went on Blind Date in the early days of their relationship - with his blessing - and went on a date to Gibraltar with a guy named Will. Years later the couple ran into Will in parliament as he had just become the Conservative Director of Communications

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Granddaughter’s last day at nursery today, starts school in September. You’re going to be on holiday for a few weeks, says her mum. Oh great, she replies, where are we going? Children’s logic 🙄🙂

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Congratulations to the government on saving 2700 jobs by nationalising British Steel. Now, about the 18,000 university jobs lost in the last 18 months, with more coming…

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

They’ll be in bed by kick-off, but they’re still excited 🤞

A boy in a ‘Come on England’ red t-shirt and an older girl in a white t-shirt with the three lions

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I appreciate the rain - but hailstones? In July? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 15/07/2026

You know things have got bad when even a novelty candidate in a Fox costume start saying “this is all a bit too unserious for me, I’m out.” Which is quite a shame really, as I’d loved to have seen a fox v. Fox storyline in this growing farce.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A historic moment in Paris! For the first time ever, Ukrainian troops marched down the Champs-Élysées for Bastille Day celebrations. Even the skies joined in, featuring Ukrainian pilots flying in French Mirage fighter jets. A truly powerful symbol of European solidarity. 🇺🇦🇫🇷

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