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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Male loneliness crisis is a fake problem. Just go up to a guy who has a Brompton and ask, is that a Brompton

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

hottest day of the year

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian, here's the script:

[SCENE: THERE ARE TWO TALKING COCKROACHES, THEY ARE BBC BREAKFAST PRESENTERS]
DAVE COCKROACH: Good morning!

It’s Wednesday May, 76,000,002,018 AD
You’re watching BBC Breakfast with me, Dave Cockroach
SELINA COCKROACH: And me, Selina Cockroach

DAVE COCKROACH: Well, today is set to be the hottest day ever recorded in Britain, as the sun swallows the Earth

SELINA COCKROACH: What a scorcher!

DAVE COCKROACH: Here to tell us More is Matt who’s down in sunny Brighton. Hi Matt!

MATT COCKROACH [REPORTING FROM WHAT REMAINS OF BRIGHTON]: Morning Dave! Well, the sea is long since evaporated down here…

But that hasn’t stopped every cockroach coming out to enjoy the glorious blood-red sun hovering ten feet above the ground.

Great news for Ian Cockroach here, who sells ice creams

How’s business Ian?

IAN COCKROACH. LEANING OUT OF AN ICE CREAM VAN: I’m on fire

[IAN COCKROACH CATCHES FIRE]

DAVE COCKROACH: Ha ha! Oh dear I think Ian is -

[DAVE COCKROACH CATCHES ON FIRE]

[THE STUDIO IS ENGULFED IN FIRE]

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

My #Eurovision Top Five tonight: 1. Italy 2. Switzerland 3. Netherlands 4. Iceland 5. Armenia

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This is fantastic work by @milesklee.bsky.social documenting the way ChatGPT can cause users’ mental health to deteriorate quickly into catastrophic delusions. This technology never should have been released to the public and that was obvious from day 1 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies

Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

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JoelTaylorhack @joeltaylorhack.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This was all incredibly heartbreaking today but the bravery of John Hunt & his surviving daughter is just extraordinary www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Kyle Clifford jailed: John Hunt's victim impact statement in full

The racing commentator directs his victim statement to the man who murdered his wife and two daughters.

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

My top three were the Jack Russell, the Australian Shepherd & the Papillon. Cute whippet but I’d have loved that gorgeous Jack Russell to win #Crufts

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Jo Wood @jwolondon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

More places available for fully funded 4-year PhDs in #datavis 📊 with us at diverse-cdt.ac.uk in London / Warwick. We welcome applications from anyone with enthusiasm for #datavis. We aim to diversify approaches to datavis & the people who lead it. Change what we can see. See what we can change.

Yellow banner across the top with black text reading "Looking for a funded PhD in data visualization?" and smaller text reading "EPSRC Centre of Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization". Below this is a mosaic of around 100 different data visualizations in many colours and styles. Bellow that is another yellow banner with black text reading "Change what we can see. See what we can change". At the bottom is a QR code and associated URL pointing to https://diverse-cdt.ac.uk and the text 'Scan QR to apply'. To its right are three lines of text reading "DIVERSE-CDT offers fully funded 4-year PhDs in London or Warwick. One year of training and three years of internships, lab busts and study. Work as a cohort of PhD students for a career using data visualization". In the bottom right corner are three logos representing UKRI EPSRC, City St George's University of London, and Warwick University.

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I think about this so often as I live very near Arundel Castle. I’ve always assumed it was stolen to order, and I’m perpetually curious as to who would have had the means to do that 🤔

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

On this day 1st February 1984 the "least-loved" coin, the halfpenny was dropped “after 13 years of almost universal unpopularity” (according to the BBC)

Illustration from an introduction to Maths book, presenting children with the new decimal coinage including half-penny

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2025

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Job!!! Assistant archaeologist helping with our record of the historic environment in the South West of England... careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...

careers.nationaltrust.org.uk

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Bring all the tea and scones in the land! It’s the National Trust’s 130th birthday. As Dame Judi says here, goodness knows what Britain would be like without it. #HappyBirthdayNationalTrust

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/01/2025

Happy birthday to us! 130 today and still going strong 💪 A big thank you to everyone who is celebrating with us ♥️

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 10/01/2025

Since 1895, protecting nature and heritage has been the very purpose of the National Trust. 130 years later, this mission continues to guide us 🌲 Have a read of our ambitious plans to transform over 250,000 hectares of land as we celebrate our 130th anniversary - buff.ly/429tSRh

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Press release | Media

The National Trust marks its 130th birthday by unveiling hugely ambitious plans, as it launches a new 10-year strategy. See the full story

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

More than 500 million passenger journeys have been made on the Elizabeth line in its first two and a half years, making it the single busiest railway service in the UK, according to new Transport for London data released today

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

@jwolondon.bsky.social I was talking about you this evening. Was out with staff and fellow trustees from UTC Portsmouth, a STEM specialist college for 14-18yos. I was raving about how you bring data to life 🙌🏻

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Parliament could become the next “Notre Dame inferno”, a former Commons leader Peter Hain has warned, as it was confirmed proposals for a multibillion-pound restoration may not be published until the end of 2025. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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Act now or UK parliament could be next Notre Dame inferno, MPs and peers told

Former Commons leader decries ‘another kick of the can’, with restoration plan not to be published until late 2025

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

@halimabegum.bsky.social so exciting seeing you on University Challenge!! 🫶🏻

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I read 100 books in 2024 so here’s a quick thread of my Top Ten fiction and non-fiction choices 📚

100 covers of the books I read this year

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of: • early death • hospitalisation for any reason • cardiovascular disease • cancer mortality • treatment for mental health problems. Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.

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James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Since ‘Last Christmas’ is back at number one, here’s a reminder of the time George Michael sent £15k to a Deal or No Deal contestant to pay for her fertility treatment, and gave £25k to a woman he saw crying in a café 💚🎄

Watching Deal or No Deal, a game show, Michael saw a man talking about his wife's need for costly fertility treatments. He sent them an anonymous £15,000 grant. One day he observed a woman crying in a café; he said hello, and she confessed she was mired in debt. He sent her £25,000. Michael tipped a bartender £5,000 when he learned she was struggling to repay a loan for her nursing studies. Periodically he loaded up his Range Rover with soup and sandwiches made in his home and drove to Cardboard City, a food dispensary in the poor London neighborhood of Holborn. He doled out meals by hand, chatting freely. "The funniest thing about it all is that no one seems to recognize him," said a fellow volunteer. "He comes down in jeans and a baseball cap and mucks in with the rest of us. George is a genuinely nice bloke. The youngsters often tell him he looks like George Michael and he laughs and says people tell him that all the time. When anyone asks what he does for a living, he tells them he's self-employed."

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Chris MacCausland: “With opportunity and support, anything can happen.” #Strictly

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This is a joyful #Strictly final. I love it when there’s four finalists. Makes it feel like more of an occasion. Might be the first final ever where I’d be happy for any of them to win. JB is probably going to get my votes though ♥️🪩

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The original business case my team and I created 11 years ago said 1.2m 🚲 journeys a day by 2022 and 1.5m 🚲 journeys a day by 2026 so this is looking positive. Went back to the archives to find it. It’s still an incredible piece of work: content.tfl.gov.uk/board-201402...

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

On a weekly basis in my job I find myself running through “William, William, Henry, Stephen, Henry, Richard, John…” in my head. That song alone is worth the license fee for what it’s taught us. And I can’t walk past a painting of this guy without singing his whole song

My name is, my name is, my name is Charles the Second

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Pete is ruining #Strictly for me this year. I am so completely baffled by who he appeals to. And his ludicrous scores have made me lose so much respect for Shirley this year

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Eylan Ezekiel @eylanezekiel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives?" Just read this brilliant paper that used the PISA tests to look at who bullshits. It asked 40,000 15yos to explain a fake maths term, eg Subjunctive scaling. So guess what it found? 🧵

Journal article called Bullshitters. Who Are They and What Do
We Know about Their Lives?

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Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Young women working in the media often have zero power to call out harassment. I can remember being groped on a doc shoot by a contributor and not saying anything in case it scuppered the doc or my job in it. With age comes power & security. I can’t wait to reach “a certain age”.

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Gorgeous #Strictly tonight but please please please let Pete’s time be up. He really doesn’t deserve to be in the semi-finals. JB & Montell got my votes tonight 🤞🏻

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Catriona Wilson @catrionacurator.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

*Amazing Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL Permanent, full time £66,711–£72,370 Closes 18 December 2024 Come work with me! www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...

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Catriona W. on LinkedIn: UCL – University College London

*Another Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes Permanent, full time £66,711–£72,370 The Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes…

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 28/11/2024

💥London’s cycling boom continues💥 📈New data shows bike journeys in the capital are up 26% since 2019 to 1.33m every day 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🥳💚💚 We’ll keep work with boroughs to make more streets safer and enable even more Londoners to get around on 2 (or 3) wheels 🚲🙂🚲

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It’s not often that we get the opportunity to gather as a whole team so we’re delighted to have some time together this week at the very wonderful property at Coleshill in Oxfordshire! #archaeology 🏺 @nationaltrust.bsky.social

A large group of people looking happy, if slightly cold, standing together in a historic farmyard

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Anna O’Neill @annareporting.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I’m outside the beautiful Guildhall where an historic decision has been made tonight on Smithfield and Billingsgate markets. The City of London Corporation will be depositing a Parliamentary Bill tomorrow asking for the dissolution of its responsibility as market authority.

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I really hope #Strictly learns from the many production errors this year. Sunday night’s show needs to open with a group dance. Give the people what we want!

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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 24/11/2024

me, as a fight coach in ancient rome: yeah you might die out there in the arena but come on, cheer up! you're a GLADiator, not a SADiator!

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I tested this out after reading the article and it came up with some excellent, very thoughtful gifts. More experiential gifts than objects. Pleased to see it recommended @nationaltrust.bsky.social membership quite often too 🎁

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

One of the sad, but also lovely, things about clearing out a social media account (Twitter) is that you find old message exchanges from people who have since passed. It has reminded me just how sorely Justin Champion’s contributions to the history community are missed. youtu.be/yF53pK4wxq0?...

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Christopher Hill Memorial Lecture. Justin Champion, National Civil War Centre, Newark. 3rd Nov 2018

YouTube video by Haydn Wheeler

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I mean, I know the hype is ridiculous and the tie-in merch is omnipresent, but this was absolutely sensational. Film of the year 🩷💚 #Wicked

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · 22/11/2024

How did Westminster Bridge become one of the most lawless places in London? An investigation into illegal gambling, illegal ice cream vans, and almost every sort of illegal behaviour possible - all within sight of New Scotland Yard and parliament. www.londoncentric.media/p/westminste...

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Ice cream wars and illegal gambling: How Westminster Bridge became lawless

Plus: Have you visited the capital's least used railway station?

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Post you from a different era. 1998 for me here

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Sarah Burr @sarahehburr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

If you haven’t caught Boybands Forever on BBC iPlayer it’s a fantastic three part documentary. My kids can’t believe what these bands were put through but are also sad there aren’t really any boybands these days www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... I was an East17 / 5ive girl myself

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BBC Two - Boybands Forever

As boybands battle for success in the 90s and 00s, is fame and adoration really worth it?

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