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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 7h

At last! Yes, please, lets get on with it. All of it this time , the Euro, driving on the other side of the road, the lot. No take-backsies. What were we even thinking? Lets go. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU

Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit

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BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

BBC Radio 6 Music Riley & Coe Now Playing Fire Engines Candyskin

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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was wrong. It’s happening

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks Tony. Sorry about Larry shit-talking you back in the day, you know what he was like www.washingtonblade.com/2026/09/28/d...

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Dr. Fauci ‘honored to be part of’ LGBTQ history

Equality Forum presents pioneering AIDS researcher with Int’l Role Model Award

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aDoseOfJungian @adoseofjungian.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

“Nations have their own peculiar psychology, and in the same way they also have their own particular kind of psychopathology.” – Jung, Civilisation in Transition Every nation carries a collective psyche, prone to both creativity and collapse. Recognizing this is crucial for self-awareness.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This notion of bigoted beliefs being a protected characteristic like gender or race is just absolutely barmy. Those of us who’ve experienced genuine discrimination for who we are know there’s no comparison, and the political and legal collusion on this stuff is disastrous.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Corner Shop, Broughton, Salford, painting by Steven Scholes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026

scenes from Trumplandia -- Howard Lutnick furiously glazes Trump while Trump naps (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Lutnick praises Trump while Trump sits in front of him with his eyes closed

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 28/09/2026

💡Did you know that on September 28, 1928, a Scottish physician named Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin?

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I moved to Manhattan in 1991, so it was in many ways already a little bit moribund, but this album hits the spot. This is what it was like. Funny to be back in Leeds after all these years (it's a lot better than it was even though I'm not!). Thanks Marc and Dave (RIP) www.out.com/gay-music/ma...

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Soft Cell's gay frontman: Homophobia has 'taken other faces' since '80s prejudice

"Tainted Love" singer Marc Almond reflects on bandmate Dave Ball’s legacy, the golden era of NYC nightlife, and Soft Cell's final album, Danceteria.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This one raises a fascinating philosophical question: if you list your flat for £200k more than it is worth, have you really listed it, or are you just posting pictures of your home's interior online?

Georgia Dean and her husband recently took their property off the market.

He bought the two-bedroom flat in Haggerston, east London, for £470,000 in 2014. But the mortgage rate was due to rise from 1.6 per cent to 4.8 per cent: renting the flat out no longer made financial sense.

They listed it in June for £650,000, a below-inflation increase. An estate agent told them “no one would sniff around if the price stayed above £600,000”, said Dean, who works in product at a tech start-up.

In the two months before the couple pulled the listing, it attracted only two viewings.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 27/09/2026

#OtD 27 Sep 1936 1000 uniformed fascist Blackshirts led by Oswald Mosley in Leeds, UK, were confronted by 30,000 anti-fascist locals who attacked them, pelted them with stones, hitting Mosley, and drowned out speeches by singing The Red Flag stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9965...

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When someone arrives in my office on a job interview loop, I ask them if they need to use the restroom or need a drink. Sometimes I walk with them to go get tea or coffee. Sometimes they have their own already. I do this because I’m a normal human being and want normal human beings to feel welcome.

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Nigel Auchterlounie @n-auchterlounie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Look at this horrible ad! AI people in an AI house selling an AI that'll write infinite AI books books for you.

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Mike Elgan @mikeelgan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Phrase of the moment: "the shape of slop" arxiv.org/html/2609.15...

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Only the top third of a Fab ice lolly is actually fab, and it gets less fab the further you go down.

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Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com · 26/09/2026

It was 57 years ago today... that the Beatles released Abbey Road. And it's 15 years since TfL opened Abbey Road DLR station near West Ham. Ever since, the station has displayed 'you are at the wrong Abbey Road' signs to help lost Beatles fans get back to St John's Wood

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some unintended consequences I suspect the rise of AI agents will create: 1. Restaurants that only take reservations by hand written letter, or more likely, don't take them at all. 2. Gigs where you can only buy tickets in person. 3. Businesses that operate without websites.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A reminder about the tens of thousands of PA-registered vehicles in our city: as woefully insufficient as NYSDMV liability minimums are, PA’s are even worse. A car with PA plates is likely effectively uninsured—give them a wide berth and if you own a car, max out your un-/underinsured coverage

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Splendid cover of Out Come The Freaks on the new (and final) Soft Cell album. The rest is worth your time as well. Definitely hit the spot in terms of making me miss New York. RIP Dave.

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Took me a good twenty minutes to understand the point of this rule (iniquity aside) because I have been away so long I can no longer detect the underlying assumptions in Britain: they want to prevent people going private and then charging the NHS for it (I think?) www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnoses

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

what is a same sex bathroom dawg

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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The young people I know have a very bleak outlook on the future, concentrating on climate, geopolitical chaos, billionaires, and the ever worsening enshittification of tech. Things that bring them joy: friends, good food, walks outdoors, music, creative projects—all local things within their control

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David Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Never seen Neptune for yourself? Late September 2026 presents an ideal opportunity to cross the outermost ice giant off of your ‘life list,’ as the planet reaches opposition for 2026 this coming weekend, rising opposite to the setting Sun, riding high to the south towards local midnight.

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bridge of Lochay Hotel, Killin in the early–1970s. Dates from 1765. Pic: Jon Evans

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Mags Visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 21/09/2026

me and my wife watch a lot of youtube "what happened to this store or brand from when you were a kid?" and the answer is almost always "bought with unserviceable debt it was then forced to carry after the people who borrowed took what they wanted until its inevitable collapse"

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes, I can see how assault and threats of murder would “complicate” the story

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s a bumper day for grumpy old rich guys being granted prominent media platforms to complain about Britain. They don’t have any fresh insights, let alone any solutions. Pub bores in private jets.

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Toxic @toxic.sf.ca.us · 18/09/2026

Spotted a new California plate in the wild. Apparently 9ZZZ999 has been issued, and we're on to the new pattern, which started with 000AAA1.

A picture of a California license plate: 001AMC1.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026

ICE operating in the Bronx today

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Laura La @laurala.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My new hobby is reading clickbait articles and reposting them with the "bait" given away so that other people don't have to bother clicking.

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So what is it with this black box that pops up unasked to give me subtitles for a video, even when the video is in English and even when it already has subtitles? Is it in BlueSky or Chrome or Mac OS or is it some malware I've acquired? Anyone else getting these?

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There Was A Sign-In To Your Account From A Device You Don't Normally Use. Why Did You Do This. Is The New Device Better. What Kind Of Device Did You Get. Can I See Your New Device Please. Show Me Your New Device Now

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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John Speakman @speakman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"I saw the forklift run into and hit the pillars on the bldg several times"

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Huddersfield was the second town in the country to build council housing. My new post explores its early civic and housing history when it was described 'as advanced a town as any in the kingdom’: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/h...

Terraced housing in industrial landscape aerial view

Kirkgate tenement s- three-storey gables tenements in sandstone

Two-storey tenements with second-storey balcony access

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Lorraine Parramore @loriargyll.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#Undulating mountains at 'blue hour', on a clear winter night after sunset, reflected in the utterly still waters of inland Loch Morlich in the Scottish Cairngorms. #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Landscape #Scotland

A minimal silhouette of two layers of dark, distant hills of various height rising and falling across the top of a loch, down to the loch level. The sun has set. It's 'blue hour'. A bright orange/yellow band lies just above the hills, which is reflected in the still waters of the loch, which fills all of the foreground.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Feels like a life lesson. Confronted with the imminent catastrophe of the First World War, with Britain's decision to go to war hanging in the balance, Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey decided to go and spend a few hours of his working day looking at the birds at London Zoo.

In the interval Grey saw Cambon and gave him the assurances about the Channel. The Frenchman was not mollified. German troops had by this time been reported in Luxembourg and he asked for the immediate despatch of the BEF. Grey refused. The whole matter of British policy was still under discussion in the Cabinet. Furthermore the 'great catastrophe' playing out in Europe was so dire that troops must be kept at home to protect the coasts. Cambon asked if that meant Britain would never send a force to France. Grey replied that his statement only applied to the present moment. He then left for a quiet couple of hours communing with the birds at the zoo.

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ayr Gaiety Theatre in the rain. Pic: Ian McClure

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mamdani's channeling of Indian retail politics upending the entire US political framework is hilarious to watch, this is literally what you always do in desi politics, hug the person who called you names to show you're a saint and he's a piece of shit that voters should look down on- and it works

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

this is exactly what i think the “ai will end humanity” talk coming from silicon valley execs is all about. selling cybersecurity measures to protect you from what they might unleash

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