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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We have stalled a little on £818 and I'd very much love to get to £1000, or more even if we can manage it. If you have a couple of quid to chuck in it honestly all makes a difference, please don't feel bad about smaller donations! #Dementia #LBD #Fundraising

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Marie's fundraiser for The Lewy Body Society

Help Marie Gardiner raise money to support The Lewy Body Society

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

small, single corridor shopping centre in Stevenage Old Town. Called the 'Magnet centre' after the family that owned the land. odd nik-nak and dress shops... ...and in the mid-90s briefly, hidden at the back, the town's first comic shop. we discovered it as teens. it was like finding heaven /1

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

If you watch anything on #Moroccans coming to #Ceuta, make it this report. CBS News have interviewed some of them & they confirm that social media posts on Facebook & Instagram told them Spain had opened its borders. They're playing with people's hopes & lives. It's awful. We must combat fake news.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I know, I know: you're a person I've never met. You don't want to read my books. You saw this when I posted it before. You're annoyed. But also 3 more people might buy the book because I reposted it. They might recommend it to friends. It might contribute to my future security. See my reasoning?

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fact: posting repeatedly on Bluesky about the book you waited your whole life to write makes you feel like you're pissing people off & makes you wish you were writing instead. Fact: doing that posting gets it to the right readers & makes you feel like it has a chance of surviving in a tough world.

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

WHOA DHS does not say that the agent feared for his life… just the vague concern for “public safety.” So he killed him just because he did not want him in America, not because of any specific threat to agents?

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It doesn’t matter how many copies this book sells, it will never be an official bestseller. I am not receiving an advance for it. I am funding the printing, art and editing myself. It will appear in few physical bookshops. It’s a different way of doing things. But it’s very fair.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I would kill or die for Larry

A small operation in Oregon that hunts truffles with a trained dog has added an unpaid trainee. A cat named Larry accompanies the handler and the truffle dog into the woods every outing, works a patch of ground a little apart from them, and digs with tremendous confidence in places where there is nothing.
The handler says Larry has never found a truffle and shows no sign of understanding the assignment. He does not use scent the way the dog does and he does not respond when the dog makes a find.
He simply digs his own holes nearby and then inspects them. "He thinks he's on the team," the handler said. "He is emphatically not on the team."
TRUFFLE DOG FINDS THE TRUFFLES -
'TRAINEE' CAT DIGS RANDOM HOLES AND FINDS DIRT

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CNN @cnn.com · 16/06/2026

During a ballet performance of “Romeo and Juliet” in Izmir, Turkey, a cat unexpectedly joined the actors in the final scene of the show and completely stole the show with its antics.

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 25/05/2026

I’d forgotten this magnificent story about Roger Moore (which Facebook just reminded me of) so I’m reposting it here for the clicks

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. Tickets available at all prices.

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Ankaret Wells @ankaret.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.

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Fergi Jo Lisa 🏳️‍🌈 👻💀🎃 @lolafaglana.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I couldn't breathe because I was laughing so hard. That bird's an asshole! 😂😂😂😂😂 Best with volume up.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Sub-zero resistance: Minnesotans standing tall against ICE.

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

It's been a chaotic time to be an artist. Now that Canada has a trade agreement with China, it's only a matter of time before Trump ends free trade. If you're American and been eyeing a piece, now's probably the time. I know times are tough, but if you could help with a share, it'd mean so much.

A raku fired vase with an industrial look. Coloured in metallics, gold, purples, reds and blue greens.

A raku fired dolphin with iridescent blues, coppers and purple.

A three tiered raku vase with brilliant blues, reds, purples and some black.

A raku fired bear named 'Espresso', coloured in metallics, browns, golds, silvers.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This place really is the best of all worlds, sometimes. And can help, when - like me - you're recovering from a cruel and personally expensive publishing industry disaster, and you write quiet, niche books which are published by an indie publisher. A thread, with a few more thoughts about that...

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

An update: there IS an opt-out email, you should check if your site/merch is in this "feature" and use it. If it's not there now, you should likely set a reminder to check back, since it's new. bsky.app/profile/monk...

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

As if artists don't have enough to deal with, Amazon has a "Buy For Me" program in beta which is scraping indie shops for their items and putting them up on Amazon (often incorrectly), for their "AI agent" to buy from the other site. It is NOT opt in, and there is no opt out.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The Room Next Door - Donald Trump McDonald's Special. Only on YouTube. youtu.be/zdUaw4QMTWg

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

2025 advent calendar. Day one. You run downstairs, excited to open the first door. A voice in the back of your mind tries to tell you that you didn't actually buy an advent calendar this year—and this wasn't in the house when you went to bed last night—but you push that aside.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

THREAD. 3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead. We decided to call him Jim. This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.

As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share! Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...

Part of our 2025 Advent Calendar, a black and white line drawing showing my version of Bigfoots wearing wintery clothes and bearing various wrapped Christmas presents.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 20/11/2025

It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer… I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...

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London's giant AI artwork to be torn down

The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.

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Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Pope Leo absolutely cooking

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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🇨🇦 Canada is sending out agents into the streets of Toronto to deal with foreigners

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 25/10/2025

New Bearly Newsworthy is out! From Plaid Cymru’s historic win and the White House’s sneering to Nadine Dorries proving gravity affects both IQ and policy - it’s all here. Oh, and @monkemma.bsky.social dismantles another nonsense headline from The Express. Beautifully.

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Bearly Newsworthy: Issue Three

A Summary of Things That Happened, Didn’t Need to Happen, and Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Reported in the First Place

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Forgive me, Chicago, I was not aware of your game

Posted by Block Club Chicago: "Cycling x Solidarity's latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE swarm the city. They pass out to food to people in need."

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 22/10/2025

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

They literally demolished part of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom. I’m not even shocked. Just tired. And heartbroken. How did we get here?

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Pragmatic Dog Dad @bubsdad.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This…Trump’s behaviour is now so obscene that mainstream media in the US - and I might add the UK - have decided it must be hushed up.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Trump is destroying the White House. Another step in Trump’s attempt to demolish the United States.

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.) This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too! Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑

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Erwynj @erwynj.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Stiniog o Craig Stwlan

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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/10/2025

We’re making fun of her, but it really is beyond the pale at the White House press secretary would say this in public and it would not be a scandal.

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