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Siân Pearce

@sianp.bsky.social
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Public law solicitor, horror researcher. "Gary Sherman's Nemesis" (Abertoir, 2023) linktr.ee/SianP

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20
Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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A ★★★★½ review of Resident Evil (2026)
Unhinged tits out fun
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ok, why is it an entirely different season in London
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ann Smiley:
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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Absolutely fuck off. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
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BBC Boss Says He Watched a ‘Pretty Good’ AI-Generated Episode of ‘Doctor Who’: ‘Everyone’s a Creator, Not All the Creativity Is Bad’
BBC boss Matt Brittin says he watched an episode of 'Doctor Who' entirely generated by AI which he deemed 'pretty good.'
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Ilona Pinter @ilonapin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very excited to see our article on the Scottish Child Payment now up! 🚨📢 #familyfinances #mixedmethods #childpoverty
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FAB Press @fabpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're proud to unveil cover art for M.J. Simpson’s new book 'Elsa Lanchester: Bride of the Hunchback' courtesy of artist Jason Heeley. Pre-Orders for the Collector’s Edition - with stunning page edge printing - start @ fabpress.com from 10am UK time on Thurs 1st Oct, Pre-Order URL here at that time.
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JBR @jetblackraider.itch.io · 28/09/2026
Warhammer used to be cool
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Macklemore already has the Mandate of Heaven, but this comment left under the "Thrift Shop" video last week is still nice to see. His decency isn't a recent development.
"I am of the background club dancers and the ones in the stores. I'm also the one in the green sweater riding a bike at the start of the video.  I just thought it was silly fun project and forgot I did this until I got a royalty check for $2057 two days after the news broke out! We had so much fun filming this. We drank so many slurpees! The goodwill gave us all $100 vouchers and Mac like we called him was freaking hilarious! But he was a nice dude and he footed the bill for our lunches. On the last day of filming, he gave us all fur coats and took us to Taneda restaurant. Booked it all out and had a bang of a party!! Never thought this song would be the massive impact that it is today. Love him even more now!! ❤❤✌️✌️"
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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK govt to reopen refugee resettlement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Shabana Mahmood to reopen scheme to resettle refugees in the UK
Around 25% of arrivals under the UK Resettlement Scheme are expected to be Afghan women and girls and Palestinians.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The obvious questions regarding the Kindertransport is: why it was privately run and didn’t permit Jewish parents to accompany their children? There is continuity between the British govt’s refusal to accept hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees and its present-day refusal to accept refugees
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unproductive includes…. Students. Students who decide to spend thousands of pounds to study in the UK. Who then come to the UK and spend money on rent, food, entertainment. Who are then qualified to work, and get graduate and postgraduate jobs, where they pay taxes for decades….
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As unprofessional as it may be, I suspect I will be shouting "we have been saying this for years" a lot today. Harsher immigration policies don't just ruin individual lives, they damage the economy, reduce jobs, and generally harm the whole country.
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Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.art · 28/09/2026
Sorry are you completely out of your fucking mind
From the Steam page for Active Matter

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Al Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses Al Generated Content like this:

In-game Al character Ms. Second is using Al generated voice. Using humans voices for Al character would be cultural appropriation
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OK, so you were born in the UK and lived all your life here. Maybe you've never been abroad. You've never applied for or possessed any passport, even a British one. So what? Is your mum French, maybe, or Jamaican? Is your dad Polish, or Bangladeshi, or American? 5 year sentence? Bye bye.
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still seats at my Ten Candles Table in Pontypridd If you want a good time having a bad time, join us! aftergame.app/events/9d69b...
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Ten Candles | Aftergame
Ten Candles is described as a "tragic horror" game rather than survival horror for one main reason: in Ten Candles there are no survivors. In the final scene of the game, when only one candle remains,...
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Stuart Webb @inflatabledalek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some incredible shade at the Strange New World team from Bill Shatner, especially as the claim no one ever came up with a way of bringing Kirk back he liked is only letter of the law true, he was all ready to do Mirror Kirk on Enterprise, but UPN wouldn't pay him what he wanted.
A William Shatner Inatagram post reading: 

In order to put a stop to the rumor mill before it starts producing even more fiction than Star Trek ever did, let me say this:

If someone came up with a meaningful way to bring Captain Kirk back to life, and gave him something genuinely interesting to do that added to the beauty and spirit of Star Trek, I would be delighted to consider it.

But that has never come up.


I love Star Trek just as much as all of you folks do. Kirk has been an extraordinary part of my life, and I would never want to bring him back simply for the sake of bringing him back.

So, until someone comes knocking with an idea worthy of Kirk..... I  ́. wait. For them. Or for eternity.

BILL SHATNER
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HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A catalogue of failures including racism, use of force and chronic overcrowding at a Home Office processing site for people who arrive on small boat were linked to decisions made at the highest level of government, the Manston independent inquiry has heard www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Overcrowding and racism at Manston asylum centre linked to government decisions, inquiry hears
Kent facility became dangerously overburdened after ministers halted transfers to hotels
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are Ethiopians marching back to war in Tigray?
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Ethiopia fighting: Are Tigray's TPLF forces and the army heading back to war?
Exploring the issues behind the escalation of tensions between the TPLF and the national army.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New: High Court quashes Afghan judge’s ARAP refusal over case reporting evidence — by Aiya Nakash
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High Court quashes Afghan judge’s ARAP refusal over case reporting evidence - Free Movement
The High Court has quashed the fourth refusal of an Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) application made by a former Afghan Anti-Terrorism Court
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ada Lovelace Day is coming up again on 13 Oct and, as you know, these days it is almost entirely unfunded. I've been invited to speak at or attend a few events, all of which I've said yes to because the mission won't further itself. I'm also still writing my report...
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful thread from an ex-Merchant Navy officer here
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“I do not say that a judge should never undertake a hearing whilst in bed or otherwise than at a desk or table, but it should be a last resort, where the matter cannot sensibly be listed before a judge sitting in the conventional way.” www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Feeling unsafe inevitable for many children in youth custody, as poor standards persist. “Get children out of these toxic places and into an environment where they will receive the care and support they need to turn their lives around.” - Andrew Neilson. ow.ly/8Qj050ZQv0y
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Feeling unsafe inevitable for many children in youth custody, as poor standards persist
FEELING unsafe is inevitable for many children in youth custody, research by HM Inspectorate of Prisons has revealed, as poor incarceration standards persist.The review analysed evidence from four young offender institutions (YOI) and one secure training centre in England and Wales between April 2025 and March 2026, finding that outcomes remained unacceptable in most establishments.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this card would make me play magic again
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is it time to post that paragraph from The Road To Wigan Pier? The one about how the desperate, pleasureless poor will always refuse to just spend their pennies on cabbage no matter how much you try and insist. This isn’t a thing you can make people do. It’s not how humans work.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Braverman should be asked if she rejects Ed Miliband being English (Jewish European parents). It would be highly racialised to say "no, Jews can't be Englieh for 5-6 generations" which is her logic. But perhaos even more racist to say "Miliband yes, Sunak no" (on visible skin colour, not ancestry)
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Danny Tommo has been nicked for criminal damage and reckless endangerment, and for some reason the only outlet reporting it so far is the Sun.
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Far-right activist Danny Tommo arrested a day after 'slashing migrant boat'
FAR-right activist Danny Tommo has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life, according to a video he posted this evening. Tommo is Tommy Robinson’s right-hand man …
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Successive Governments” 👀 Suella Braverman was in successive governments. Twice as Home Secretary and once as AG.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Once again, the judicial appointments commission is absolutely nailing diversity.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
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Stanandthat @stanandthat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
(chef's kiss)
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An astonishing thread, that must surely lead to action.
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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
• Narnia v Wentworth Detention Centre • Skaro v The Land of Chalk Drawings • Tazbekistan v Fraggle Rock • Mr Bates v The Post Office • Big Daddy v Giant Haystacks • The Land v The Sea • Cuckooland v The Klingon Empire • Frank Spencer v Humanity
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interesting. Does a decision by an Entry Clearance Officer qualify as a decision of the Secretary of State? A First-tier judge thinks not. Would be interested to know what the Home Office (sorry, ECO) argued here. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Fears legal blunder has helped thousands of migrants stay in Britain
A judge has raised concerns that a large number of immigration appeals heard in the UK courts may have been illegitimate.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Video of the fascist Danny Tommo slashing a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) boat rescuing migrants at sea www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4...
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My search fu has failed me. Does anyone know who created this image, or perhaps you are that person?
woman holding a white rabbit about to bite her.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
one of my proudest moments was being told by a former Gove staffer that he once angrily proclaimed: "I am NOT an eldritch horror!" in a team meeting, because of me.
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm sorry - what the hell?
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ah - it's my favourite day of Dracula, the brief appearance of Mr Marquand, the Westenra family solicitor and his unhinged behaviour, where we find out that the real villain of the piece is Lucy Westenra's mother...
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The Pub-Liking Universal Friend @johnb78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bluesky remains unbeaten
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Also to be fair there are quite a number of scenes from Babylon 5 that fall into this category
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James @feelieking.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it? youtu.be/kv3t86imsDI?...
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Babylon 5 Remastered - Delenn defends Babylon 5.
YouTube video by The Relay - Sci-Fi
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Siân Pearce @sianp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So I put the Pot Noodle next to the cup of tea...
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