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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 17h

(To the tune of the theme from the A Team) Annual leave! Annual leave! I’ve earned a reprieve Annual, annual, le-eave!

Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 20h

In case it interests anyone else, there’s a rewatch podcast for The Diplomat from the people who brought you The West Wing Weekly. Find it on their feed

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 22h

Got some lily pollen on the sleeve of my very best, very favourite cashmere jumper. Brushed off what I could, cried a bit, soaked it, washed it - stain was still there when it came out of the machine. Hung it on the rack to dry and today, 3 days later, stain miraculously gone. I’m a believer

Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 23h

Got the last one of bakery’s Thursday croissant club batch. Today - blackcurrant cheesecake

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When I first read about the death penalty as a child, I thought it was barbaric. Still do. A state that gives itself the judicial power to kill debases itself and everyone it involves in that repulsive business.

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

Let me assure you, Apple - ain’t nobody needs this level of negativity in their lives

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

My last working day before 10 days of leave and there's a new financial year kickoff meeting that STARTS at 5pm. Good luck getting me to pay full attention to THAT, mes amis

Dammit I have resisted saying anything about this explicitly but he’s just too damn good. THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS MAN AND NO I DON’T MEAN HEGSETH

Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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But not the Nazis.

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me talking about someone I've posted with on the same social media site for a long time but never actually met

Still from the television show What We Do in the Shadows showing Laszlo speaking. Text reads "he's my best friend, he's my pal. He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese, my good-time boy."

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I LOVE my new work MacBook with one exception. Stupid Microsoft Outlook seems to have no means to send to OneNote, which I used almost daily on my Windows laptop. If I want to convert text to Traditional Chinese, it’s got me covered, mind

Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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The problem I have with so many AI evangelists is they are fundamentally anti-human

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Sargoth (gyromantically haberdashing iamb) @longersky.com · 16/03/2026

If the AI techbros had the vaguest connection to their own emotions perhaps they’d understand that a main point of music is the feeling when you realise a sentiment is universal but hell, I’m new to this being in love lark so what do I know

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The presence of a well-tempered clavier implies the existence of claviers that are absolutely feral, barely able to contain their immense power, waiting for any excuse to burst out into the wildest ride you've ever heard

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My 83 yo mother reports back from her trip to Krakow with friends of similar vintage. Her main takeaway seems to be the number of new cocktails she's trying

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It hasn't been lower than 18C overnight here, on 30 September. I'm really losing my sense of humour about it now

Let the record show that should I ever marry again I will do it wearing the same colour as Our Rightful Queen here. And not just as an homage #GBBO

John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

OK here's the evening's entertainment. My borough comes (*snigger*) 323rd out of 691 for 'purchases' from the website www.lovehoney.co.uk/trends-insig...

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Live Footage form the British Bluesky Duty Control Room:

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Rather than leave my car at a local station and take the train to St Pancras for the Eurostar I thought I’d look to see how much it would be to park there for the week, at their ‘best rates guaranteed’ prices. £512.

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Tiny tragedies: when your longed-for slice disintegrates in the toaster. The black armband is donned

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Friends fear she's buying more sock yarn despite still having enough in the drawer to strangle the attendees of 400 Reform conferences* *NOTE: this is a joke. I wouldn't waste good yarn this way

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Greetings from University Challenge, where Emanuel Cambridge has just identified Bette Davis as Audrey Hepburn

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was so obsessed with JB's visit this weekend just gone that I haven't even stopped to think that I'm going to Bordeaux on Saturday. SATURDAY! Dunes blanches, I shall soon be outside you

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Every French presidential poll LADY HITLER - 35% JEAN D'AUSTÉRITÉ - 18% CHUD COMMUNISTE - 17%

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Reserved a hotel for us for a trip to Germany next spring. The hotel has sent me a response entirely in German. I sense they haven't picked up on my location, but I'm firing up DeepL

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I judge the likely quality of work projects on how the meetings about them are run and on that basis this one is SCREWED

Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Think the basic test for noncewear™ is can you imagine creepy Lee from #ColinFromAccounts wearing one

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VictoriaQOTD @victoriaqotd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have frozen the plums that were in the icebox and which I bought to make plum crumble Forgive me I didn't get round to making it

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"What's that scar on Mrs Critchley? Appendix?" "No, that's where she's nodded off on her Dick Francis."

Julie Walters as a sauna attendant. She's wearing a bikini over the top of a housecoat and a shower cap.

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

@nigella.bsky.social Can I please ask advice? I bought plums to make your plum and amaretti crumble but ran out of time to do it this weekend. Is there any way I can freeze the plums for a few weeks? If so, should I cook them first? Thank you!

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

JB here imminently so signing off until he goes. Don't wanna think about that moment just now

Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Well, THIS couple who are sharing the same playlist seem to be getting on very well, so thanks for the validation, Courrier International

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Am I high or was this the one featuring Bob Holness' daughter? #TOTP

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Late disco wasn't best disco #TOTP

Oh good lord - it's Rebecca from This Is Us #TOTP

Why do rap types move like they need their nappies changed? #TOTP

Also, how DARE you insult me by insinuating, entirely accurately as it turns out, that I'm the kind of person who gets a spirit level out to check the pictures on the walls

The cleaning of the bathroom is all that stands between me and a totally relaxing weekend. It is my Everest. Someone play the Rocky music to get me up off this chair

Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Guinness Book of Records has just confirmed yesterday's White House State Dinner broke the existing World Record for the number of loathsome people in one room at the same time.

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Nostalgic Things @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Domestic goddessing today, having neglected it for too long. Laundry out, cake made. But also broke the food processor bowl, so you can't have it all

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Saw someone yesterday describe those morons outside Basingstoke Police Station as the Provisional Wing of Sports Direct, and, yeah, that’s pretty much it.

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

A far longer day than I wanted or needed, frankly. But now it's my weekend