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Skinny

@uncleskinny.bsky.social
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Chemistry and crossword nerd (Setting puzzles as Skinny in the Independent, Gumm in the FT). Loves music, chickpeas, Pixies best album is Surfer Rosa. Centrist liberal. Feminist. The green and the grey of the Pennines.

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
HOW TO DRAW A PYRAMID A zig. Now one zag. Gaze now on Giza! #palindrome
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An old Viz strip that seems appropriate today
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Liari @liari.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New @crackingthecryptic.bsky.social video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_JI...
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Help SAVE The Independent Cryptic Crossword
YouTube video by Cracking The Cryptic
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Super-duper from Dean Mayer/Anax in today's ST Quiz show (if you take it you leave it) (5,2,7)
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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I imagine Evgeny has to shell out a few roubles on a case or two of Tignanello for Boris's next visit to his Umbrian palazzo so his mind is probably made up but if you want to comment on the closure of the Indy crossword this is the place to do it: fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
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Independent Cryptic Crossword – the future – Fifteensquared
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John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The future of the Independent #Cryptic #Crossword: fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...
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Independent Cryptic Crossword – the future – Fifteensquared
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jurgen Klopp - a good man www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Jurgen Klopp: New Germany coach wants to 'reclaim' flag amid elections
New Germany coach Jurgen Klopp says his team can help ensure "national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people" after a recent far-right election victory.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remember. Always remember. They are the worst people, drawn from the shallowest possible pool of talent. Shit people self-selecting themselves as candidates for the worst bunch of people imaginable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after being arrested
Dan Thomas says he was been released without charge by the police.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The golden rule. The opposite of what Trump says is the truth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump says AI safety fears a 'hoax' as he rejects calls for greater safeguards
The US president's comments come after Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the BBC an AI "kill switch" may need to be mandatory.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Perhaps Reform make a mistake lying about hidden danger (5,4)
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The word 'newlywed' looks Welsh
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The RNLI is under attack from far right goons. The best thing you can do is help them by making a donation, which I've just done. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Make a One-Off Donation - Donations To The RNLI
Thank you for deciding to make a vital donation. Your kindness gives our courageous lifesavers everything they need to keep others and themselves safe.
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Brian Reid @leicesterreject.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
act.38degrees.org.uk
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My wife's going to a fancy-dress party as a Rastafarian, and she's asked me to do her hair. I'm dreading it. *stolen from elsewhere*
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Holy...and I cannot emphasize this enough...shit. www.whitehouse.gov/arcade/
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Arcade
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
(1/2) Reform supporters are people who have spent their lives not giving a single shit about anyone other than themselves, living in a world of self-affirmation, fingers in ears to any opposing views.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@reformexposed.bsky.social I knew what happened on Friday reminded me of something, so here's Nigel Farage... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2veE...
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The Simpsons - He will get help he needs
YouTube video by Short Shorts
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Lovely from Dean Mayer (Anax) in today's ST For crying out loud, see Dorothy? (7) Those somewhat into recycling energy? (5,5)
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#farage #twat #reform
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Joke
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Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our start of term Substack is on the relative difficulty of the Guardian cryptic crossword over the last century. Comparative Judgement is amazing at measuring the difficulty of tests over time, so this was an obvious case study! substack.nomoremarking.com/p/the-diffic...
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The difficulty of the Guardian Crossword, 1930 to 2026
Waugh is put out, Slope goes down and Golding is ungilded
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Happy birthday, once again, to the greatest newspaper correction of all time
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Was told that each restaurant and cafe here has its own cats. Didn’t believe it, obviously. Then…
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Why is this the main headline BBC News?
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 14/08/2026
#Clacton
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Joke
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I went to the zoo, but all they had was one small dog. It was a shit zoo.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Since I found out Zverev is a domestic abuser, he can GTF www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis...
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Alexander Zverev and the allegations casting a cloud over Wimbledon final
Zverev has been accused of domestic abuse by two ex-girlfriends, Olya Sharypova and Brenda Patea, who is the mother of his child; the 29-year-old has strenuously denied all the accusations
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There are three women on that court - Karolina, Coco and Annette
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Bonnie sang this theatrical flop to ease the suffering (1,5,7,2,3,5)
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Come on Egg-whipped! #argegy
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sigh expressed by absurd flag-shagger, i.e in his case? (5,6)
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I sincerely hope none of the major parties put up candidates to validate this Farage-mandated me-fest.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Frog faced wanker jumps before suffering the ignominy of a parliamentary enquiry. A racist, liar, cheat, grifter, and abject coward.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Classy stuff from Dean Mayer/Anax in today's ST cryptic Party for Her Highness is enthralling news (3,5) Couples stashing millions to get by (5)
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
He's on the telly, so I'm wheeling these two out again
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@robmanuel.b3ta.com Is the site down?
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Brazil don't deserve that
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🎃 ianthe's inferno🦇🦴 @ianthe.online · 18/06/2026
I did my best
9 panel meme with haaland, vozinha, just, messi, ronaldo, mbappe, luis diaz, kane, and vini jr

says THE STARS ARE OUT not you AT THE WORLD CUP with the not you over sad ronaldo lol
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
An old Indie clue, seems timely... City centre has flourished under mayor's lead (10)
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Me and wife watching Pointless, question about later Queen songs. I suggested "Seven Seas of Rhye", she said "too early", and she was right. Triumphantly, she gloats "A-HA! You were wrong" My reply: "I was talking about a loaf I got from Tesco, it had seven seeds and rye" This really just happened.
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
To the tune of Freed From Desire... 🎶🎶 My love - he likes volcanoes - his fave is Stromboli 🎶🎶
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Dean Mayer (Anax) on absolutely top form in today's ST cryptic, so many absolute corkers to choose from Pop musician's last notes entertaining a lot (5,4) Poor? Only seems so! (9) Nice expression of a woman's involvement (8,2,5) Power which a body still has (9,6)
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
the odd letters of "boom or bust" spell out a synonym for "bust"
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
What?
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Skinny @uncleskinny.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Ok I don’t like this
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