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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is about a previous eclipse, but I think it bears reposting.

Tweet from Edgar Blamm (@EdgarBlamm): Cannae beat Glasgow. Just saw two neds throwing stones at the eclipse and calling it a "fucking daftie".

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17/07/2026

‘Odyssey’ comes from the name Odysseus. The first known use of ‘odyssey’ as a generic term for “journey” was in Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Kidnapped” in 1886.

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I have this picture saved to my phone for whenever I need a pick-me-up

Photo of Sid James driving a go-kart. He looks really happy.

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mollz @ilikemints.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

it took me too long to realize that this was "horseshit" censored and not new slang i didn't know about yet where "horses" meant bad

screenshot of a variety headline which reads:
Robert Downey Jr. Says It's Absolute Horses— to Declare That Social Media Influencers Are the 'Stars of the Future'

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midgie @midgie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

drive carefully we have podcast in the back

screenshot of guardian post with a photo of a lorry that says “Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth - podcast”

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

“HIELANMAN'S UMBRELLA” should be a new law of journalism, which states that if AI generated photos are used in a news article, all reporting from that publication should be instantly distrusted.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

it's pretty rare that i get recognized in public so i'll never forget the time i walked into a random bar and a stranger very respectfully tapped my shoulder to show me "small sausage in large sausage"

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 71st anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth

Daily Mirror front page shows grainy image of horde of children in a cemetery, and the headline “Amazing scene as hundreds of children rush cemetery”

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Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

He makes himself big

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Follow @brainmage.bsky.social for long enough and you start seeing these everywhere.

A page for a local nature reserve on the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust website. The nature reserve is called Wilford Claypit.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 17/12/2024

As a student at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Robert Louis Stevenson was arrested for taking part in a 2-day snowball riot between the university & Surgeons’ Hall… although as he was only a spectator (he claimed, successfully) he was let off with a warning 1/3 www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti...

“Snowballing Outside Edinburgh University”, by Samuel Bough (1822–1878). Watercolour on paper.

A mid-nineteenth-century street scene in Edinburgh. At a street corner, on either side of the road, two groups of youths are throwing snowballs at each other. Some people watch from windows; other onlookers stand by. On one side of the street two women and a child hurry past.

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

On the 32nd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me

An eBay product listing with the description THIRTY TWO LADIES SNOWBOARDING BOOTS LASHED FT 2014 BLACK

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Dan Maier @danielmaier.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Importing the archive: The New Scientist is the only source of band names you’ll ever need. #newscientistbandnames

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I can't explain why, but this review demands to be read in Garth Marenghi's voice.

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Tolkien midway through writing LOTR:

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Chaucer can be adorable sometimes.

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This DVD cover cracks me up every time I see it. Ah yes, Clockwise, that famous...slasher film?

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

From Wikipedia's list of Royal Variety Performances. I'm trying to decide which of these could be names of present-day pop acts. Grock, La Pia, Little Tich, Du Calion, Sam Barton, Cecilia Loftus...maybe Pipifax and Penlo?

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Me to my cat: "Why are you yelling? I've just fed you." My cat, a liar:

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Scott Lyons @scottlyons.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hello! My name's Scott. I'm a Scot. I like most kinds of music. I read, but not enough. I play D&D. I've dabbled in comedy writing, with a few radio credits to show for it. I like fun and I like funny, wherever they may be found. Give me a follow and I'll (probably) give you one back!

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