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Joe Stacey

@shipmind743.bsky.social
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Humanist. Escapee from reality. Book reader. Game player. Roleplayer. Music listener. Blake's 7. Mass Effect. "Change their minds and change the world."

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Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Since it's now out in the wild here's my cover for mass market edition of Dan dare: First Contact (written by @alexdecampi.bsky.social ). How great are @michaelrbwoods.bsky.social's colours!
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A book for your bedtime
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 22/09/2026
For millions, Terry Pratchett opened the door to a lifelong love of reading. The passage below, from Reaper Man, has always struck us as one of his most moving – a humanist meditation on death and legacy that continues to be read at humanist funerals today. #GNUTerryPratchett
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Introduce yourself with four starships”.
The Liberator from Blake's 7. The Liberator was an alien starship used by Blake and his crew against the Federation. The TARDIS from Doctor Who. The Doctor stole the TARDIS and fled from Gallifrey to roam spacetime. The Ark from The Transformers. The Ark crashed on Earth containing the Autobots and Decepticons.A Starfury from Babylon 5. This is a Black Omega variant of the fighter used by an elite Psi Corps division.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 21/09/2026
Why do people believe in the supernatural? Join us online on 21 October as folklorist and author Deborah Hyde explores the psychology and history behind such beliefs, in this unscripted hour-long conversation. £4.50. Book now #HumanistBookshelf
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In conversation with Deborah Hyde | Humanists UK
In this series, Humanists UK hosts unscripted, one-on-one discussions over the course of 60 minutes with philosophers, scientists, campaigners, entertainers, and historians. Deborah Hyde is a folklori...
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very excited by new #podcast - hope you listen and hope some of you might be able to support it at patreon.com/robinince aiming to get voices and stories heard that are often ignored or sneered at in the media
Liberation
Conversations
Recorded so far-Jen Brister, Hollie McNish, Nina Conti, Julia Raeside, Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Michaela Silsby, Caroline Litman, Lucia Osborne Crowley • Dean Burnett, Reece Shearsmith, Chanda Prescod Weinstein
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Liberation Conversations is imminent - here is who we have talked to so far . It’s my first podcast project since The Infinite Monkey Cage - I think the conversations are enlightening and inspiring - please sign up at patreon.com/robinince
Liberation
Conversations
Recorded so far-Jen Brister, Hollie McNish, Nina Conti, Julia Raeside, Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Michaela Silsby, Caroline Litman, Lucia Osborne Crowley • Dean Burnett, Reece Shearsmith, Chanda Prescod Weinstein
Patreon.com/ robinince
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 14/09/2026
Last week we celebrated Star Trek's 60th anniversary with 'Interstellar Humanism,' a special online event with humanist philosopher @croftspeaks.bsky.social – and it was a blast! Missed it live? You can now watch the full event on YouTube. #StarTrek60 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xwS...
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Reason, pluralism, and moral courage | Star Trek at 60 | with James Croft, chaired by Andrew Copson
YouTube video by Humanists UK
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The assisted dying bill is back and so are we! If MPs stick to their guns and continue to respect the wishes of the overwhelming majority of people in our country, we will all soon have fresh hope for the alleviation of our suffering and more compassionate and free society!
The Elizabeth tower at the Palace of Westminster
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Humanists International @humanists.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Afghanistan's gender apartheid must be named for what it is: a crime against humanity. Full statement here: humanists.international/2026/09/huma...
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Humanists International calls for codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity
Humanists International has delivered a statement at the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the instrumentalization of religion and culture to justify the legal framework for g...
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 07/09/2026
🖖 60 years on, Star Trek's vision of humanity's future still resonates - arguably the most influential humanist artwork ever made. Join philosopher James Croft to explore its achievements, ideals, and enduring appeal. £4.50, online. humanists.uk/events/inter... #humanism
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Star Trek at 60: Interstellar humanism
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The capture of media by transphobic bullshit has been a gateway drug for fascism ... a thread of stuff I've written/said ...
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Chris Webb @chrisporkerwebb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
"Gerald Wiley Coyote". Wile E Coyote holding a sign with a catchphrase from The Two Ronnies, which was written by Ronnie Barker under his pseudonym that everybody knew: Gerald Wiley.
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 25/08/2026
Reignite your love for gaming! Cypher makes it easy to dive into a world of fantasy; of gunslinging knights and swashbuckling heroes; of laser guns and cybernetic weapons; of evenings filled with laughter and fun. Don't limit your game. Become limitless with Cypher!
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Cypher—Advanced!
The brand-new Cypher—released just this week!—is the fast, flexible, and easy-to-GM RPG for any campaign you want to run. Let's take it to even more new places with cool options to customize your game and really make it soar in this short FLASH campaign!
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Royal College of Psychiatrists statement on Channel 4’s biased and misleading #ADHD documentary. “Research suggests 3 to 5% of the population have ADHD, indicating that it is still under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated in the UK.”
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RCPsych statement on Channel 4 ADHD documentary
President Professor Subodh Dave comments on a new documentary about ADHD.
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Noor Lovelace @noorlovelace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just want everyone to be okay, like, not only my family and friends but everyone in my neighborhood, city, state, country, world. And I think that’s extremely normal and anyone who constantly screams about it not being normal is really weird.
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 20/08/2026
DOUBLE FUNDED! Cypher—Advanced: a special flash campaign to honor the launch of the new Cypher. This campaign is just a few weeks long, so get on it now! Don't miss out on: 🐉 Cypher Decoded provides advanced character options for Cypher 1/2
Cypher Advanced; 3 Cypher characters with a range of looks and powers from magic to martial arts
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you wonder why I wrote this now 1. discovering the show I worked so hard on was returning by seeing the news on a comedy website 2. Since I resigned I have reached out to personnel but a wall of silence 3. My experience is the experience of many www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wildfires touching every part of the UK . The first year on record to see three separate days where temperatures reached the 37C threshold . We need a National Emergency Briefing now . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In the wake of The Great ADHD Myth? I am not going to be shy and I am going to plug my book - I wanted to write a book that was sensitive, empathetic and useful - I wore my heart on my sleeve - I am not ashamed uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
"A comforting hug
•Witty and wise
MATT HAIG
LAURA BATES
NORMALLY WEIRD
And
WEIRDLY NORMAL
MY ADVENTURES
NEURODIVERSITY
ROBIN INCE
"Heartbreakingly wonderful'
CAMILLA PANGTingles with the joy of being different.
This book made me so happy
CHRIS PACKHAM
naturalist and author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
*Another curious and captivating book from the always-excellent Robin Ince'
ROBERT SMITH
The Cure
'A superb book, celebrating the needed weirdness in us all
CHRIS HADFIELD
astronaut and five-time bestselling author
Award-winning comedian Robin Ince spent thirty years entertaining millions while battling a whirlwind of anxiety and self-doubt. It wasn't until his ADHD diagnosis at the age of fifty-two that the pieces finally fell into place.
In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, Robin turns his trademark wit on himself to investigate what actually makes us tick. Through personal stories and candid interviews, he explores the one question we're all too afraid to ask: what even is 'normal'
Warm and quirky, this is a heartfelt reminder that feeling a little bit different might just be the
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 18/08/2026
Another way of rephrasing the paradox of tolerance is that we can't have an agreement to disagree if the disagreement is over whether one side is free to continue existing or participating in things like society and civil disagreements without being exiled or discriminated against.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed
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Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
All the news - there's a LOT!
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NEWS ROUND-UP
All that's going on in Sharpyland...
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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Artist: Morland
Cartoon: Count binface stands next to nigel farage as the results are announced. The official says: The people of clacton have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the standards commisioner completing the investigation into Nigel paul farage.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 14/08/2026
#Clacton
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm really looking the look of Dan Dare: First Contact. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You play as Shane MacGowan: The game is poguelike.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The “central magic of science” is that it is possible to write down a mathematical formula that predicts the existence of things previously unsuspected - black holes, antimatter, the Higgs boson… - that turn out to actually exist! AVAILABLE ON KINDLE FOR 99p www.amazon.co.uk/Magicians-Gr...
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If you see this post your mentor.
A still from the Blake's 7 episode Warlord showing Avon casually leaning against a wall in Xenon Base.
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Baroness Raine Von Screamski 🎃 @rainesz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Olag Gan. #Blakes7
Illustration of Olag Gan from Blake's 7, with silhouettes of Federation troopers threatening him.
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I've played Cypher System since it was only Numenera. It's still my favourite roleplaying rules set and I'm very much looking forward to getting my copy of the new books. I can only recommend you give it a chance and see if it'll be your favourite too.
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And me away on holiday and unable to get to the comic shop! Please, everyone go out and but a copy in my place. That way the comics won't think I've abandoned them.
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
By now, all of Bruce Wayne's teeth are probably false.
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Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ever felt baffled when you’ve tried to wrap your head around a big scientific idea? Well, I’m here to help with a new YouTube channel. Subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@UnbaffledSc.... First video coming this Friday!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th Birthday to David Attenborough! Thank you for a lifetime of inspirational broadcasting, and all your work to promote the understanding of evolution and the natural world.
It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.' David Attenborough. Naturalist and humanist.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/05/2026
Darwin's warning our actions threaten our future | David Attenborough. Today we're celebrating the 100th Birthday of the humanist and naturalist David Attenborough! Thank you for a lifetime of inspirational broadcasting and devotion to science and the natural world.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Keep Britain Kind
Keep Britain Tidy logo which is a black figure with pointy limbs and a round head with a Union Jack on their chest, who is dropping a Reform UK Party logo into a mesh waste bin

Text: 7 May 2026
#BinFarage
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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Under the British system, admired around the world, you vote for your 3rd favourite party in order to keep out the party you hate, so that the one you support comes 4th.
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 04/05/2026
“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” - Albert Einstein
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is a really nice set of books. Well worth it for a Blake's 7 fan.
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This reminded me, so now I'm reminding you. And if you've not yet read Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, treat yourself to that a well.
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only— no particular order Blake's 7 Sapphire & Steel Doctor Who Robin of Sherwood Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Red Dwarf Babylon 5 Life On Mars Andor Blackadder Twilight Zone Futurama Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) Yes, Minister Porridge
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
To commemorate NASA's #Artemis II's historic mission to our planetary neighbour, I've put together "10 Things You May Not Know About the Moon" youtu.be/W0i2QmKN8GM Did you know, for instance, that 100 billion people are buried on the Earth but one man is buried on the Moon? #space #astronomy #Moon
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JohnChalmers+SandraMarrs=Metaphrog @metaphrog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🧵 What comics aren't Vs What comics are #KidLitUK #Comics Comics aren't: 1. For reluctant readers: To say this belittles them. OK, some are, but not all of them. You wouldn't say all books are for reluctant readers, would you? Only some of them. Could a reluctant reader read Chris Ware?
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I still think that The Doctor should be England's Patron Saint, and our national anthem/theme tune should be Firestarter by the Prodigy. Imagine that at the beginning of the Six Nations.
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Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is why science is so exciting: “This surprised me because we had no prior evidence…” Imagine the excitement in the lab when these results emerged! This tiny single-celled organism learned to ignore being gently tapped in its Petri dish. It learned. That’s amazing!
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Not long left to get in on this. You know you want to!
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Joe Stacey @shipmind743.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Repost with your first crush (if you had one).
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