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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Embarrassed that watching this tonight was the first I'd ever heard of #YayoiKusama and saddened to have discovered her just two weeks after her death. What a remarkable woman, wonderful art, and a story of rejection, sexism, and in the end, incredible influence. 🎬📽️ letterboxd.com/film/kusama-...

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Kusama: Infinity (2018)

Now one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in which she was raised, and overcame sexism, racism, and mental illness to bring her artistic vision to th...

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can't recommend this brilliant documentary enough. "Standing in the Shadows of Motown", about The Funk Brothers, the musicians behind that unmistakable Motown sound. All those songs you love, that was them. Amazing stuff 🎬📽️ vimeo.com/306924495

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Standing In The Shadows Of Motown

Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a 2002 documentary film directed by Paul Justman that recounts the story of The Funk Brothers, the uncredited and largely unheralded studio musicians who were the ...

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@projectionbooth.bsky.social Hey, got the patreon poll, now I've got to write as binary polls always make me realise there's a 3rd way. I've no problem with new films being covered but sometimes seems you do it only coz you got a chance to talk to someone, not because it's a film that stands out.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Kudos to #FatboySlim for joining the elite group of people declining to take the bible. And for imagining a Socialist utopia on his island. What a thoroughly decent guy, really enjoyed hearing his stories. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Norman Cook, DJ and musician

Norman Cook, DJ and musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

11-year-old Ukrainian ballerina Polina Denys has become the absolute champion of the Dance World Cup 2026. Her emotions are priceless. Ukrainian kids are amazingly talented. Congratulations, Polina! 📹: astiasya / Instagram

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've been personally insulted by the never-knowingly-right Dan Hannan. I consider that a great success in life. He's utterly deranged.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I've spoken with Bash a few times, he's done an amazing job. This route gets almost impassable at times, he didn't just clear the stones, he swept it so clean I could have eaten from it. Really pleased he's got some recognition for this. www.theargus.co.uk/news/2625994...

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Man clears 50 tonnes of stones by hand to improve cherished coastal path

One man’s effort is making a big difference on a much-loved stretch of the coast.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"Please describe an encounter with a squirrel" A disarmingly simple question leads to profound reflections. #IntoTheAbyss #WernerHerzog 🎬📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRC1...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 08/07/2026

So the Clacton by-election is going to be a run-off between a clown solely interested in media attention via cheap stunts who plays a cartoon villain for social media idiots without the slightest interest in representing Clacton or doing the work of a parliamentarian... and Count Binface?

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Silverlark Media @silverlarkmedia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So true! 🙄

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/06/2026

Shout out to the European Data Centre Association for saying out loud what they're working towards

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Small pub in Kent, in walks a racist, a misogynist and a corrupt MP. Barman says “evening Nigel.”

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

@pimlicat.bsky.social Cycling in the Peak District listening to @quietriotpod.bsky.social It's a great day. Then: Naomi. Your recollection of Referendum day floored me. Like a punch in the guts. I stopped to cry. I remember that feeling. I'd forgotten. But it's why we must keep going. Thank you

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Support the England Men's squad at the World Cup by adding exhaust conditioner to your diesel! #DesperateMarketing

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

@patagonia.com Are you for real? This makes you look like complete idiots. Did you pay Argentina and Chile for rights to the name? Grow up, don't be dicks. Leave Pattie alone. You are hurt more by your own actions than her name. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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Patagonia sues drag queen Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement

Outdoor clothing company is suing US environmentalist drag performer for $1 plus legal fees, claiming ‘we wish we didn’t have to do this’

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

@projectionbooth.bsky.social Hey Mike. Hope you're well. You may, or may not, be interested in this, with cinematographer for 2046, In the Mood For Love... Keep on taking over the world. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, Kwan Pun Leung: The image creator of nature

Cinematographer Kwan Pun Leung on channelling the unconscious energy into a frame

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"We are trying to find rational explanations in voter A moving to party B for reason X, but voters are much more instinctive. Like murmurations of starlings, something spooks or attracts the group, and it seems to form a deliberate shape, but it is not the result of deliberate individual choices."

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Midnight Mass: From Landslide to Mudslide

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S3, E45 Bonus · 59min

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Local chippy is pretty good. Queues forming before they even opened today.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Maybe they shouldn't put the box next to the bin. #JobsYouDidntKnowExisted. On the same theme, when I was a kid in Southend, there was a shop that sold keyboards. Named themselves "Essex Organs". I noticed it partially obscured by a street sign as 'Sex Organs'. Quite the retail experience.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Not even 4 hours into the new tax year, and HMRC send their first begging letter of the year. Fuck off...! So many pointless reminders between now and Jan '27, I end up ignoring everything you send. Wind it in, guys!

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Nick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Maybe these need to be put on a few menus/supermarket walls. These are from the UK National Food Strategy, showing the proportion of UK land used for different things (huge for beef/lamb, tiny for crops), & where we get our calories and protein (68% & 52% from plants). The difference is staggering.

Map of the UK, showing the huge proportion of land used for beef, dairy and lamb production and the tiny proportion used for crops, next to a plot showing that 68% of UK calories and 52% of our protein come from the plants.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We need the consultation to know how many people oppose the Marina’s application to keep dumping sediment on Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone. Public pressure is powerful. Your voice can make a real difference, and we urgently need your support. action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/188345/...

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Stop dumping on our reef!

We need the consultation to know just how many people oppose the Marina’s application to keep dumping sediment on Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone. Public pressure is powerful. Your voice ca...

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I think the King is about to get scammed.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My 'On This Day' photo recap today presents me with memories of one of my favourite ever pieces of public art. It's a fish. Obviously. What? Why are you laughing?

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Four years since Putin invaded Ukraine. Still in my thoughts everyday. #SlavaUkraini #СлаваУкраїні

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Some bold choices from #WalkersCrisps in this year's special editions flavours. Happy to say, so far my local convenience store doesn't seem to have stocked them.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Right now, given a choice of the two countries, if I had to go to either the USA or Russia, I'd probably opt for Russia. The US seems to be descending so fast and so chaotically into a dystopian reality, I wouldn't have confidence in the situation for more than a day or two ahead. Madness.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Sitting on a train in Spain next to a guy with Falangist and Nazi insignia patches sewn quite openly on his back pack, while he reads "We Fought, We Lost" by Otto Skorzeny, an Austrian Waffen SS officer close to Nazi high command. They live amongst us, people... Take care out there.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Damn! Forgot to start Strava while walking the #CaminitoDelRey... 🙁 Need to find someone here to share route with me.

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Brighton & Hove Green Party @bhgreens.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Another Green councillor in Brighton & Hove. Welcome Councillor Bruno de Oliveira! If it wasn't clear already, we'll say it again: it's time for change.

Green Party graphic, welcoming Councillor Bruno de Oliveira, Hollingdean and Fiveways ward, Brighton and Hove City Council

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I'm in dire need of @quietriotpod.bsky.social #SundayService right now. Struggling to get my head round things, the sheer number of 'fronts' in which the world appears to be unraveling is overwhelming. I need some clarity and ordered thinking to help me through. Urgh.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

It's tricky deciding if to intervene but good on Peter Mullan for stepping up. In my 20s, I stepped in when I saw a guy having a go at a woman (his girlfriend). He backed off but carried on verbal abuse, now at me. She meanwhile jumped on my back and bit my face. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Actor Peter Mullan attacked after trying to stop assault

The actor stepped in to stop Dylan Bennet attacking a woman near the O2 Academy in Glasgow last year.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

@sevillatapas.bsky.social Finally! Finally got round to booking a return to Sevilla - it's been about 18 years since we moved away 😮 Really looking forward to revisiting favourite old haunts, no doubt it's all changed beyond recognition. I shall be scouring your recent posts before I go!

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Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The Government coming off X is the bare minimum and realistically at this point I think we should seriously be looking at taking enforcement action against the company, in line with the Online Safety Act and VAWG Strategy. I will be pressing the Government on this when Parliament returns next week.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Been watching some Rob Zombie films, and on the whole it's been incredibly tiresome. The high point across the three. #Firefly films was this cereal brand which I want so much, don't care what it tastes like!

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Repeats the same phrase 4 times in one post. It's tiresome reading stuff here sometimes.

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Google Calendar really not capturing the vibes with this flair.

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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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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/12/2025

Top tier joke

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Sven Rufus 🇺🇦 @svenrufus.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I'm going out on a limb here. The Venn diagram of people interested in both Prince Charles, and @zackpolanski.bsky.social, has a wafer thin intersection. Aside from it being easy to watch both, very few will care to. And yes, I know. Prince. See also: Twitter. I'm not changing.

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