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Jason Hall

@temeraire98.cedarclose.com
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Always looking for the next adventure. Love being on/by the water. Interested in history and photography.

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Jason Hall @temeraire98.cedarclose.com · 25/09/2026
Very interesting question and thread on AI.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn poem just dropped.
[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:
 
  comm   n pr  ble    whe    writin    p   ems
in the shape of decid o   s trees
is t  at once t   ere ar   ives
the fir   t sti   rings of    he new aut   mn breeze,  
  he       oems will begi    to shake    hemselves ge   tly  
  ntil their letters loos   n like leaves,
an they d start to float down
then
 
[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]
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Nina Baker @ninabake2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1 of probably only 2 or 3 women to take part in Operation Surgeon at the end of #WW2, visiting government, academic & industrial sites to seek out experts, technical information & equipment for UK's use as part of Germany's postwar reparations.
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.
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Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Delighted to report that John Craven is as avuncular in real life as his is on telly. Came over to the Brunel swing bridge to film us a video for free yesterday, top man.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Doris Hatt (1890–1960) ‘ The Bandstand, Clevedon ‘ 1954 ❤️
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some touching solidarity here from the French, brings a tear to your eye.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Repeatedly failed in examination for Chief Engineer (gallantly, the examiners also failed the men who scored lower than her, ie virtually everybody), Drummond finally passed when she realised Panama accepted examination by post, an error greatly reducing the chance of anybody noticing her gender.
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UKADS @ukads.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Eric Idle introduced Murray Walker to the new Metro and Maestros in 1988
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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I reviewed Sarah Williams' book on Josephine Butler - one of the most extraordinary women in modern British history, who should be *much* better known. It's "both a biography of a remarkable woman and an argument about how to write the history of Victorian Britain". academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
"Josephine Butler (1828–1906) was one of the most famous women of her age. She led an international crusade against sex-trafficking and child abuse. She brought prostitutes out of prison and into her home; challenged governments, police chiefs and judges; and spoke of rape and sexually transmitted disease on public platforms. Over a long career, Butler fought for women’s education, argued for female suffrage, served on the Married Women’s Property Committee and supported Home Rule for Ireland. She wrote numerous books, pamphlets and articles, as well as biographies of her husband, her father and the fourteenth-century mystic St Catherine of Siena. Most famously, she led the victorious campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts (CDAs), which allowed the detention, medical inspection and imprisonment of women suspected of prostitution without trial. Millicent Garrett Fawcett thought that ‘No other woman in history has had such far-reaching influence’, and the suffrage movement carried her name on its banners. Yet she is largely forgotten today; and when the Fawcett Memorial was erected in 2018, her name was not among the fifty-five pioneers inscribed on its plinth."
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Theo Beastly @theopriestley.net · 08/06/2026
We live in the stupidest timeline.
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Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Very moving to see the Royal Charter memorial at Moelfre. This tragic shipwreck with 460 lives lost inspired @metoffice.gov.uk founder Admiral Fitzroy to begin the storm warning service which later grew into the Shipping Forecast
The memorial to the Royal Charter in Welsh and English on a bronze scale plinth with the Royal modern RNlI building behind
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is a fabulous thread on AI, by the man who observed and then coined the phrase "enshittification."
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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh this is very useful. If you want to disable intrusive, misleading, twat owned AI this is a great help. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
librarian.net
How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
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Peter Ellis @pjie2.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I believe this one is credit to @marnanel.org
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
*BANGS GONG* HELLO ATTENTION THIS IS USEFUL
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 12/07/2026
I don't think kids get enough warning/chance to appreciate simply not being in pain from existing.
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Hush-Kit aviation news, history & satire @hushkit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from. Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com
A Sea Harrier FA.2 facing the camera on a post that says: Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from.  Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Mother, I've weighed the risks - which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill" Thank god for Bill and so many more like him (Pic from @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social on X)
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Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Speaking of dragons, Temeraire. Imagine the Master and Commander-ness of it.
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This makes me miss my Great Dane. I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. 🤣😂😂😭😭 #GreatDane
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Rallen @rallen78.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This week in 1812 Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. Its the least interesting thing about him. Working with hedonistic lawyer James Stephen, the devout Christian engineered one of the first slavery bans in British territory WITHOUT Parliament's approval. /1
painting of spencer perceval, a middle-aged man with swept back white hair.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9
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Jason Hall @temeraire98.cedarclose.com · 10/05/2026
Here’s Juno giving me a hug.
Brown cockerpoo lying down hugging her owner’s arm. He is also lying down.
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John Slinger MP @johnslingermp.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
For critics of me and @UKLabour who say ‘why do you only attack Reform/Tories and not talk about your own party’s positive achievements?’ 👀 👇🏻
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Everything is terrible. So here is a NICE THING.
bbc.co.uk
Northampton couple who met on bus ride double decker to wedding
The pair are now married after meeting during their commute last summer.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It is possible to think that this whole undignified Mandelson vetting debacle does not reflect well on the PM at all, while also thinking that another leadership contest is literally the last thing anybody needs right now.
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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This made national news yesterday but I figure it's worth sharing to ensure maximum exposure. Time to take down our bird tables, folks: they're spreading diseases that are decimating bird populations. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
rspb.org.uk
Our latest guidance on what and when to feed garden birds: Feed Safely, Feed Seasonally
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Someone else has pointed out how much the alien Rocky in Project Hail Mary (2021) resembles the character of Nod the engineer in my 2018 BSFA Award winning novel Embers of War, both physically and in the way he speaks. I’m sure it’s a total coincidence, but if you like Rocky, give Nod a try.
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Show of Strength @showofstrength.org.uk · 18/03/2026
Bristol’s Sheila Hannon - who has spent decades bringing the region’s hidden history to life with @showofstrength.org.uk - is a finalist for @visitengland.bsky.social #TourismSuperstar award Please vote here: www.tinyurl.com/vote-sheila It's quick and very easy, voting ends this Sunday 22 March!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 04/03/2026
Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.
The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Not to be boring, but check your sources, people. # Iran
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 20/02/2026
Stop eating chickens, they probably can't even technically call them that now anyway.
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Turnberry Golf Course to be officially renamed Shit Holes, until all American tariffs on the UK are removed. #voteBinface
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/01/2026
Why we won't be using X anymore ⬇️
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This thread has been saved from the wastes of Twitter! Go on; have a read, it’s a lovely Christmas Eve tale.
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StephMac @stephaniemac.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
24/31 #Top31DavidBowie #MusicChallenge Under Pressure - As much as I loved Freddie, for me nothing beats this version from his tribute concert. Annie Lennox is another of heroes and this was incredible, I was a teary mess at the end 🥲 youtu.be/NLC6tkg38K8?...
youtu.be
Queen - Annie Lennox - Under Pressure
YouTube video by Eric Moore
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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Meep meep.
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @fwfilmfestival.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
If you live in Bristol, love horror and want to support local businesses, please consider doing some of your Christmas shopping at The Haunted Bookshop in Stokes Crofts. You may have seen Monika at some of our events and her shop is a wonderful sanctuary for those looking to find their people.
bristolpost.co.uk
Bookshop owner unsure how much longer business can stay open
"I’m even looking for a second job in the evenings just so I can pay my own rent. Running a bookshop isn’t quite as glamorous as it may seem"
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 10/12/2025
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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Phenom-Enna (dir. Dario Argento, 1985) @hiddenbonusnoise.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
You want there to be a legal challenge to this? Support the one that's already in progress that, if successful, will remove the risk of legal action against Guides and WI, or other organisations, for being trans inclusive goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
goodlawproject.org
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 30/11/2025
Over 100 mm of rain could fall across exposed hills in Wales and western England by the end of Monday - around half of what would typically be expected to fall throughout the whole of December 🌧️ Flooding and disruption is expected so take care if travelling ⚠️
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Paul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Sought and found asylum in the UK
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The Backtracker History Show @backtrackeruk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Step into the world of Gordon Welchman, the quiet mastermind behind Allied #codebreaking. Discover how his traffic analysis reshaped intelligence & powered the hidden machinery of #BletchleyPark. If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
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Paul Kerensa @paulkerensa.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I can finally announce! This Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, BBC Radio 4, a drama I've written - 'The Truth about Phyllis Twigg' - will inform, educate and entertain about the first ever radio drama! 103 years later to the day. If you like this classy image, you should see our cast...
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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