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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 08/07/2026

Yeah, but .. Tice and the Telegraph are strangers to shame.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 05/07/2026

"I am a prickly hedgehog And I don't think it's a sin To be prickly on the outside Yet soft and squidgy in"

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 20/04/2026

I tapped on the icon to view the replies to this knowing for absolute certain that I would be delighted. And I was.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 11/04/2026

And an award from the Broccoli Appreciation Society

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Alex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Same pattern in UK polling. YouGov's last big poll on trans issues also indexed respondents' views on other social prejudices, and what do you know - pro-trans respondents were much more likely to recognise misogyny and see it as a problem, anti-trans respondents more likely to dismiss it!

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 08/02/2026

The leading European powers could help Ukraine resolve the issue of Russia's unprovoked invasion within 120 days. If they had the courage to.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 07/02/2026

The peemanship of this text is uncannily precise ..

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 23/01/2026

Hey Minnesotans of Bluesky, if you're ever in the New Forest in the UK and fancy a cuppa, you're welcome in my kitchen

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 23/01/2026

To my American friends... There is no country in Europe where the population would put up with this nonsense for more than 24 hours

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 18/01/2026

Jeez Zuck, I could have saved you $77 billion. Tell ya what... Next time you have a great idea....

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The Craggus @thecraggus.com · 17/01/2026

I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.

A sign reading “Large Print Audio Books” above a set of shelves filled with books.

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Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

As Pratchett said:

“They avoided one another's faces, for fear of what they might see mirrored there. Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I'll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I'm not stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard...
No one said anything. The cowards, thought each man.”

― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 16/01/2026

Breathtaking eloquence. . Absolutely breathtaking.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 13/01/2026

Watching the news from the USA, I am utterly baffled.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 09/01/2026

Oh my goodness. Who would have guessed that times like these could produce a politician who can be in a room with kids without seeming flipping creepy? What a refreshing experience.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 09/01/2026

Amid all the fuckery and nastiness you occasionally see a chink of light ..

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 23/12/2025

This is an absurdly good analysis. It counts as one of the best things I have seen all year. It is actually thrilling to watch something and feel my mind being whispered into expanding.

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RedScharlach @redscharlach.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower

The sun rising over the London skyline this morning, only it’s a very cloudy sky and the sun is visible only as an orange streak of fire that coincidentally seems to be emanating from the spire on the top of St Paul’s dome

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 23/11/2025

No. The two are polar opposites. One group was calling for the overthrow of the state, the other group is calling for people to obey the law. I don't think it's that subtle a distinction

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

Sign on a library book drop sign requesting people to yell "NOT A SQUIRREL" to confirm they are human and not a squirrel trying to steal Keith's lunch.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 04/11/2025

The world has come to a strange place when watching a video like this can bring tears to the eye of a cynical englishman

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division. That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today. Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 13/09/2025

Sweet mother of god. What witchcraft is this???

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 02/09/2025

If you thought "The Last Kingdom" was a story full of thrills and spills .. get a load of this thread!

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I can’t help thinking the parking app world is a vicious turf war. Ringo has taken Devon. Justpark owns Cornwall. There is a battle for Dorset…

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 25/08/2025

The only sensible energy policy for the UK is renewables plus Nuclear.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 18/08/2025

All that clips like this one do is reinforce my belief that Pandas aren't real animals... They are all obviously humans in a costume.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 15/08/2025

So.. I lived in Concord,MA for a while, in a lovely house less than two miles from the North bridge. I remember being told all the stories about how Americans wouldn't stand for kings using soldiers to repress the population. And when I visited the minuteman museum, it was struck by the

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Paul HELLson @humanolith.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

They're not TERFs, they're GERMs youtu.be/q2MoQJP-PhA?...

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Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Kate Nash

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 14/08/2025

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine there has not been a single day when decisive action by Europe would not have ended the conflict, with Russia agreeing to pay reparations, within 16 weeks. Europe could resolve this before Christmas. The deal is simple ...

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 13/08/2025

This is masculinity too

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 12/08/2025

When its eyes have narrowed like that, it's too late...

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 10/08/2025

This is terrifying - We have a government that is redefining "terrorism" in order to suppress dissent. The distortion of the meaning of "terrorism" required to proscribe Palestine Action is utterly absurd, and extremely dangerous. I cannot imagine that the UK supreme

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 08/08/2025

So this is one of those "til" moments....having no prior knowledge or what "entemans cake" is... So, out of curiosity, I Google for a recipe....only to find (for the benefit of others) that it's a brand of rather ordinary looking mass-produced cake products. So .. in this context... The bar is low

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 07/08/2025

So, I have just been in receipt of the dirtiest look from a Starbucks cashier... They asked me for a name and I said "Alfonzo" cuz, why not, but then I saw a flicker of recognition in their eyes... I think they may have remembered that yesterday I was "Michele". Woopsie.

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 06/08/2025

Ah well. That settles it then...

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 03/08/2025

If you're a developer under the age of 50 and without a beard it's inappropriate to use the word "grok" in everyday speech. I am sorry, I don't make the rules.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Linocut by contemporary UK printmaker and artist Alexandra Buckle who is inspired by her local countryside #womensart #summer #sunday

Print featuring a woodland scene with dappled sunlight

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Gary Barnett @thinkovation.com · 24/07/2025

This contains one of the best sentences I've ever read on any platform. Frankly...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 24/07/2025

The world is very bad, but I found a squirrel that looks like Napoleon

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