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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 26/06/2026

Tesco is extending its Kids Eat Free scheme to 7 days a week over the summer, where children get a free meal with an adult purchase, but honestly, this detail about how small the adult purchase can be broke my heart.

The Café and The Coffee Shop in Tesco will be offering one free Kids Hot Meal Deal, Kids Breakfast or Kids Pick ‘n’ Mix deal with any full price adult purchase when they scan their Tesco Clubcard. **The adult purchase could be something as small as an apple costing just 65 pence.** And with no limit to the number of Kid’s meals you can redeem, families of all sizes can benefit too.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This is a superb piece of writing on chasing a dream, fighting an eating disorder and eventually finding yourself. Even if you know nothing about racing, read this piece by Finnish F1 driver Valtteri Bottas. You won't regret it. www.theplayerstribune.com/valtteri-bot...

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Born Crazy | By Valtteri Bottas

I don’t know if people are born to do something. But if they are, then I was born to race.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12/04/2026

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

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Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

And not just Scotland. Do this everywhere. Zero downside.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026

We are so, so small. #Artemis

Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Any European or Canadian who thinks Trump’s America would come to the aide of a Russian invasion of their country (and that really would fall within the NATO ambition, unlike Iran) has not been paying attention. He’d be applauding from the sidelines.

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Beautiful crescent view of Earth from the Artemis II crew on April 3rd. flic.kr/p/2s5E44L

Crescent view of Earth.

NASA/Artemis II/Kevin M. Gill

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

To be clear, we totally can pretend it's not our war on the simple basis that it isn't.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/04/2026

I highly recommend putting this NASA #Artemis II mission livestream on and just leaving it playing as you go about your weekend. Live views of the spacecraft, occasional visualizations of the current config, views of the control room, space-ground radio audio. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

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NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)

YouTube video by NASA

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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/04/2026

Yes, a base is the ultimate goal of the Artemis program. The plan: Artemis I: uncrewed, testing rocket ➡️Artemis II: crewed, testing rocket/systems Artemis III: crewed, testing rendezvous with lander Artemis IV: crewed, landing on Moon Artemis V: crewed, landing on Moon, beginning base construction

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I mean, you don't really need a translator

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Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

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How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

And for *much* of those 20 years, those children barely can suggest email responses or generate 10-second clips of Sonic.

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 21/02/2026

Yes, I remember when I had my first child and had to build 30 data centers to feed them.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Look everyone. If the sliding stones are just too stressful, switch to Channel 4 for a lovely trip to Rome. I’m there.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.

A 2 panel sketch disgram of a 1 meter tall pod. in the second panel, an oval section pops off and a demonic little face with short tentacles flies out, crudely drawn.

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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.

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Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

From "Green Eggs and Vance" We will boo you on a train We will boo you in the rain We will boo you on a boat We will boo you with a goat We will boo you on TV We'll boo you in Italy We will boo you here and there We will boo you everywhere We'll boo you at every chance We do not like you, JD Vance!

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 07/02/2026

Given the current trajectory, a job in the tech industry may eventually require the use of generative AI tools, no different than being forced to learn and use a computer, email, or coffee maker if it's determined to maximize profits. Unfortunately, quality takes a back seat to profit.

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Steve @stevecraig.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Liking how Ghost posts show up on Bluesky. I need to set up automatic posting (and maybe posting more than 1 post per year)... bctm.cloud/ghost-6-17-0...

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Ghost 6.17.0 upgrade

That almost never happens

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Team Mongolia’s uniforms for the Winter Olympics in Italy, 2026. ❄️🔥😮‍💨

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Liam Kirkaldy @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The news from Scotland

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I like to scramble their brains by pointing out that Ancient Greeks, at their peak, loved to portray mythical figures as black. And, yes, black figure pottery was a technique, but *also* artistic choice. See, for instance, below: Zeus is black (as is Hephaestus), but Dionysus and Athena are white.

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 20/01/2026

going to use "at my most enigmatic and expansive" to describe the next time I have a few too many wines

Screenshot from BBC News live text coverage of Trump press conference:
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This news conference could go on for a very long time

(byline: Gary O'Donoghue, Chief North America correspondent at the White House)

This is the president in his most enigmatic and expansive mood. During the campaign this used to be called "the weave" – meandering from subject to subject, often the connections not immediately obvious.

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

“You fought in the Protein Wars?”

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

“It’s bad luck Ghorman. We need what's in the ground, and when we're done, there won't be much left to call home."

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela. Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law. Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This by @ecfr.eu’s Majda Ruge is a good guide to Trump’s calculus on Venezuela. Rival factions (primacists, prioritisers, restrainers) have been counseling different courses of action, but “the answers depend on what the president decides will bring him the biggest ‘win’.” ecfr.eu/article/maga...

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MAGA goes south: Trump’s plan for Venezuela – European Council on Foreign Relations

Speculation is swirling that the US could use military force to pursue regime change in Venezuela. The country’s fate may depend on which faction in the Trump a

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/12/2025

"You said autistic children are a burden. That they ruin families. That they’ll never pay taxes or write poems. That they are, in essence, collateral damage. I’d like to introduce you to my daughter." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy

Our 11th most-read article of 2025. - - -Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children a...

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆

The giant Zardoz head with a party hat and noisemaker

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 26/12/2025

Aww no, not Teddy!

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/12/2025

"The RSPCA said the ban could be a 'real game-changer' and it would work with the government on writing the legislation." ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...