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Animal Defenders International @animaldefenders.bsky.social · 23h
🐙 TODAY IS WORLD OCTOPUS DAY 🐙 Octopuses are intelligent, mysterious & vital to our oceans. Yet many suffer from overfishing, bycatch & cruel octopus farms. Protecting them means protecting ocean biodiversity. #FriendsNotFood #SaveTheEarth
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 04/10/2026
New DLR trains have been in service for the past month. With spacious walk-through carriages, live travel info and air conditioning, these state-of-the-art trains are transforming travel in South and East London.
Interior of a new DLR train showing patterned blue and turquoise seating, including a clearly marked priority seat with armrests.New DLR train at a station platform with its doors open, showing the accessible entrance and interior of the carriage.New DLR train at Stratford station, viewed from the front while standing alongside the platform.Interior of a new DLR train, showing blue and turquoise seating, priority seats, handrails and a wide central aisle.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 23/09/2026
The Port of London Authority says that a pod of approximately 25 long-finned pilot whales has been reported within the River Thames east of Gravesend. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) is monitoring them and keeping boats away.
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Max Wilkinson MP @maxwilkinson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I asked the Health Secretary to intervene in the planning system so people in conservation areas like Cheltenham can cool their homes in hot summers. It’s a health risk that will only get worse. I’m not convinced by her reply, particularly the suggestion we all go to the local community centre.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 01/09/2026
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Half price entry to the Cutty Sark in September
The Cutty Sark ship in Greenwich town centre is offering half-price entry in September, so if you’ve been thinking of a visit but haven't made it yet…
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
'“Why is this a bank holiday anyway?” someone asked me one Monday in May, in roughly the way you’d address a question to ChatGPT if it complained a lot more and never shut up about its dog...' So, I decided to find out.
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Why is this a bank holiday, anyway?
I don’t like Mondays.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed. “As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Gestapo marched hundreds of thousands of innocent people to their deaths. I've ended private schools' tax breaks to invest in state schools. No responsible leader makes vile comparisons like this. Kemi Badenoch is not fit to be Prime Minister.
A quote from a Kemi Badenoch interview in the Spectator, comparing Bridget Phillipson to a Gestapo officer.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 24/05/2026
From the archive - 4 years ago today: To cheers as the doors closed, the very first Elizabeth line train to run through central London departed a packed Abbey Wood station at 6:30 this morning. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/ent...
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Excited crowds cheer the opening of the Elizabeth line
To cheers as the doors closed, the very first Elizabeth line train to run through central London departed a packed Abbey Wood station at 6:30 this morning.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
do you want an entire hour of two straight men discussing the history of the Eurovision Song Contest? then, do we have the podcast for you!!
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Episode 14: The Surprising History Behind the Eurovision Song Contest
Spotify video
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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀 @disentingcat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Christopher Penn
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Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 13/05/2026
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Charing Cross station to shut for three weeks this summer in £20m rail upgrade
Passengers are being warned to plan ahead as Charing Cross and Waterloo East close for 22 days while engineers replace track, repair bridges and rebuild platforms.
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swicks83.bsky.social @swicks83.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
🗳️ ConstituencyClick 465/650 — Shadow Cabinet 🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟥🟥 play.jmoxley.co.uk
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ConstituencyClick
Can you find ten UK parliamentary constituencies on a map? Click inside for full marks.
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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Getting a bit into the historical weeds now, but - with enormous credit to @electionmaps.uk - unless the nine inner London wards without data are enormously Labour, the party has fallen to its lowest vote share in the 12 inner boroughs since 1912.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It's a lie that Gaza protesters are harassing Jewish people. The Met police were asked for evidence. They refused to offer any.
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 06/05/2026
It was wrong when the media did this to Ed Miliband when he was leader and it is wrong to do this to Polanski. Genuinely have no idea how awfulness like this gets past editors… It’s really not that hard to criticise policies or politicians without being antisemitic.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Immigration is falling sharply, so why haven't politicians noticed? Me in The New World thenewworld.substack.com/p/immigratio...
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Immigration is falling sharply – why haven’t politicians noticed?
The threat now is that, having lost rising immigration is a means to scare voters, the hard right voices of British politics will find an even more extreme policy to promote
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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Episode 1 of Map Men was uploaded TEN years ago today!!! 🎂 🎉 Why not celebrate by watching all 37* episodes in a row right now? youtube.com/playlist?lis... (*33 if you don’t count the ones that don’t count)
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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @revsoc21.uk · 03/05/2026
The General Strike of 1926 is one of the great events of working class history. Andrew Stone explains the context and analyses the political causes that led a movement that was growing in militancy and strength to defeat. revsoc21.uk/2026/05/03/o...
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One hundred years since the General Strike
rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century
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James @arisenjames.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Not an expert in these matters, but I wouldn't be bringing up the six occupied territories of Northern Ireland completely uninvited.
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Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
#PIP Have your say: PIP review launches engagement programme for disabled people to get involved www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Have your say: PIP review launches engagement programme for disabled people to get involved
The Timms Review is today announcing a wider programme of evidence-gathering and public engagement, giving disabled people, Disabled People’s Organisations, carers, practitioners, clinicians, research...
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 01/05/2026
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Sir David Attenborough takes over Outernet’s giant screens this May
Sir David Attenborough will fill the huge screens on the corner of Tottenham Court Road for the next few weeks.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Further to which: ‘Edwardian’. And when did the usage creep to cover a) 1910-14 and b) something it can’t have done contemporaneously, the 1890s? And did any idea of ‘New Georgians’ catch on on the slightest in 1910-52 (less the blip)?
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
You cannot, in fact, just tell the DWP that you think you’re depressed or ADHD and have them throw money at you! That is not how it works, or has EVER worked.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Them: "think of the children!!!!" Me: omg yes you are so right. we should abolish child prisons, stop funding militaries that slaughter children, ensure every child has access to medical care and healthy food, provide mental health counselors in schoo-- Them: NO WE MEAN CENSOR THE INTERNET!!!
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 22/04/2026
This advert repeats the myth that eating processed food is a new phenomenon Anyone aged maybe 40 upwards will have had grandparents whose kitchen cupboards were full of tinned and packaged foods, and likely as not, a freezer bigger than the fridge. Veggies etc were the weirdos.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This Palestinian family have been through hell. Our governments put them there. We can change their lives. Please donate whatever you can.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 16/04/2026
Published on this day in 2024: www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cel...
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Celebrate the centenary of London Underground’s Camden Junction tunnels
This Saturday (20th April) marks the centenary of one of the London Underground's most impressive engineering feats.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is an urgent plea. This Palestinian family have suffered so much. We tried to get them out of Gaza two years ago - but Israel shut the border. Please, please donate whatever you can so they can start a new life 👇 whydonate.com/fundraising/...
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Sun's out, I just got some good news, have 25% off. Also tomorrow i am finally, after over five years, putting prices up for new subscribers (but ONLY new subscribers, it won't affect you if you're already subscribed). So really this is a good deal, TWICE
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Subscribe to The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything
assorted nerdery from a man who should probably be doing something else. Click to read The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 09/04/2026
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Tickets Alert: Tours of Hyde Park’s plant nursery
There’s a chance to go behind the scenes at Hyde Park’s working nursery next month and see how The Royal Parks produce and care for hundreds of thousands of plants each year.
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Svenja O'Donnell @svenjaodonnell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
When nominative determinism brings glimmers of light to these dark days
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A reminder that nearly three months ago, Trump was on the brink of invading Greenland but at the last minute called it off because of a supposed 11th-hour agreement, which has never been seen or mentioned since. This is how he works.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I KNEW it
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Domaniac @domaniac.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Paddy's to anyone who's celebrating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=orPw...
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GAMA BOMB & SPIDER STACY – IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD
YouTube video by Prosthetic Records
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 12/03/2026
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Free Friday performances at the Royal Opera House
Roughly twice a month, the Royal Opera House opens its doors for free 45-minute lunchtime performances in the glass-roofed Paul Hamlyn Hall.
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
after Kemi Badenoch's hapless PMQs performance, Spurs have approached her to manage the men's team
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 03/03/2026
If you have a view of the south east horizon, the moon is good tonight.
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Amy @amzomac.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"War is profitable for a few. It is devastating for everyone else." That's the bottom line.
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swicks83.bsky.social @swicks83.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Help Alaa and her family survive. chuffed.org/project/1411...
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Help Alaa and her family survive.
Hello everyone in this world , I am Alaa , Palestinian mom from Gaza , I have 3 kids , Yazan 14 years, Yamin 10 years and Haitham 9 years. we were living a happy life full of joy, but the occupation d...
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swicks83.bsky.social @swicks83.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Oh, the grand old duke of york He ██████████████████ He ██████████████████ And he ██████████████████
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 09/02/2026
I hope you all managed to get to work this morning despite the heavy snowfall predicted for today by that high-quality purveyor of journalism... checks notes... MyLondon. www.mylondon.news/news/local-n...
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London snow warning as weather maps show blizzard to arrive next month
London is looking down the barrel of a massive snowstorm currently hurling towards the UK, with weather maps indicating exactly when the big blizzard will hit.
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 25/01/2026
Happy Anniversary Eric 👑
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
So basically Reform UK is now Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, just led by Nigel Farage.
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