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Bryony Taylor

@vahva.bsky.social
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I used to work in social media before being ordained in 2014 in the C of E. I wrote More TV Vicar? (DLT). Telly addict, film fan, policy wonk, ridiculous optimist. A kid in Leeds once called me "a clown what's good at stuff". Vahva is Estonian for cool.

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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've been utterly convinced by the arguments in this book that we need to do everything possible to stop the development of Superintelligent AI. There needs to be international cooperation on this in the same way as we manage nuclear proliferation.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A friend told me her daughter was starting at Sheffield Hallam soon so I created a non-exhaustive list of the best food, coffee, shops and things to do in Sheffield. bryonytaylor.com/2026/08/19/b...
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Bryony’s rough guide to Sheffield for students and parents – best food, coffee and things to do
A friend of mine’s daughter starts at Sheffield Hallam University this term and she asked me for some tips of places to eat etc. I wrote her such a long text that I decided to turn it into a …
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I am genuinely excited about a PM who will be serious about devolution. If done right it could give people more sense of control about their locality; free up Whitehall to focus on big strategic issues; and make it harder for a future national govt to burn everything down.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Just watched Andy Burnham's speech in full. I agreed with nearly all of it and am allowing myself to feel a little hopeful 🙏🏼
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
THIS SATURDAY 27th JUNE YOUTH MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SUMMER FAIR IN CLOWNE CHURCH S43 4AZ Who are you most looking forward to hearing perform?! #Clowne #Bolsover
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Is that Russell Crowe managing the American football team? 😂
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026
The algae always comes back... meidasplus.com
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
GOOD MORNING. Andy Burnham has triumphed in Makerfield. Nigel Farage has been brutally humiliated. The sun is shining and the world is a beautiful place iandunt.substack.com/p/triumph-in...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
For the third by-election in a row Reform UK offered voters the politics of rage and for the third time in a row they have been roundly rejected as a result. How Andy Burnham's massive victory in Makerfield shows the wheels are now coming off of the Nigel Farage project
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Makerfield By-Election Result: How Voters Rejected Nigel Farage's Politics of 'Pure Cold Rage'
For the third time in a row Reform have sought to stoke division and violence on Britain's streets and been roundly rejected by voters as a result, reports Adam Bienkov
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Jordan Pickford looks like a Fruit Salad sweet
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I asked AI (Gemini) how long it would take to spend a trillion dollars if you spent a million dollars a day. Here's Gemini's answer: It would take 2,739.7 years to spend a trillion dollars at a rate of one million dollars a day.
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Alex Partridge @alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
£12.54 for an American beer at the England game in Tampa yesterday. Or £5.61 for a water. Goodness me.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Vile
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Oh my goodness episode 3 of the Kylie documentary destroyed me! 😭😭😭 Love her so much.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Most of Britain thinks net migration is still rising — when it has actually fallen by more than three-quarters From our new 2026 @britishfuture.bsky.social study of public attitudes to immigration, published online here www.britishfuture.org/britain-thin...
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Britain thinks net migration is rising — when it has actually fallen by more than three-quarters - British Future
Findings from British Future’s annual Immigration Attitudes Tracker reveal the extent of public misperceptions on net migration.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is a failure of journalism, on a really basic level, but it is also a failure of political leadership. It was going to fall simply in the basis of what the previous govt did. But Starmer somehow conspired to actively spread the impression it was rising.
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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
When Trump loses Joe Rogan:
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Dicey "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" June @diceyjune.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
dawg. did they really have some guy walk around in the parade, just holding up a drone?
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FEMINIST @feminists.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
From the piece: "I believe ardently that nonviolent resistance is in the big picture and the long term the most effective strategy, but that doesn't mean it must be polite, placid, or please our opponents, not least because nothing ever will and they'll lie and distort no matter what."
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David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Full riot gear, massive line of them, armed and trigger happy: all scared shitless of a woman in shorts trying to get home. Disgusting.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office posts a video of Emperor Palpatine reciting Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about L.A. via @swholocron.bsky.social
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Spagatha Christie @yesmissmurphy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Whenever I get sad at the thought of far right and fascist uprising in this country, there are two instances in British history that I love to think about which reminds me who we truly are and the values we should hold on to:
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/06/2025
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Divided loyalties for me today with the big game, when I lived in Houghton I supported Sunderland but now I'm in Sheffield, Blades are my team. Still, chuffed for Sunderland today if disappointed for Sheffield Utd.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Lol, I gave Austria my lowest score (3) and wrote "unexpected opera in bagging area".
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Austria: unexpected opera in bagging area #eurovision
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I'm enjoying pronouncing Eurovision like a Finn. You pronounce every single letter.
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 14/05/2025
🚨 Statement from ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe: — Says Met police investigation into him has been dropped — Calls Farage a “coward and a viper” — Reform group is “not fit to be MPs” — “Nigel Farage must never be PM” — Promises “an alternative to the rotten leadership of Reform [very soon]”
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Maybe we should choose the next ABC by lot like they chose Matthias?
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Mark Kieran @mkieran.com · 12/05/2025
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
There's a made up quote from the new Pope doing the rounds on my socials. Google these things guys! The only source is a Facebook page called the Daily Catholic. It's a nice sentiment but the new Pope didn't say it!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 07/05/2025
Trump Absent-Mindedly Snacks On Constitution
Trump Absent-Mindedly Snacks On Constitution
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I just cut out 153 fish from silver card. Guess what the gospel reading is tomorrow!
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I have just bought a Joy Division T-shirt on Sainsburys which has put me in mind of the Withnail and I quote "they're selling Beatles wigs in Woolworths".
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Just made the mistake of reading the comments about Reform's victory in local Facebook groups
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Ugh, Reform won by quite a margin for my council seat 😞
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If you like true crime, I recommend The Essex Millionaire Murders - really shocking, doesn't go in the direction you expect! On ITV X.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
What sort of Black Mirror shit is this in the centre of Sheffield?
Earn £40 in return for having your face scanned
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/04/2025
I know people have their criticisms of the Community Notes system but, boy, they really do have their moments
A Marjorie Taylor Greene tweet reads “today there were major shifts in global leaderships. Evil is being defeated by the hand of God.”

A proposed community note below it reads “she’s a bitch”.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Holy Saturday, between death and Resurrection, is a good day to meditate on the line from the Nicene Creed, “he descended into Hell”, or “to the dead.” At midday prayer the reading was 1 Peter 3:17-19, “in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison.”
The Fra Angelico depiction of the Harrowing of Hell. Christ, clad in white, carrying a banner, surrounded by rays of supernatural light, and looking pretty good considering he’s just been crucified, stands over a door he’s juts kicked in. Close to it is a trapdoor, under which a demon appears to have been squashed, possibly in a hurry to get away from the Second Person of the Trinity on a mission. Alternatively, the demon might have been squashed under the door when Our Lord kicked it in, but it doesn’t seem high enough for that. 

Christ is looking into a cave or underground passage of sad grey stone, and holds out his hands to a close packed group of men and women with halos who are forming an orderly queue that starts way back down the tunnel, out of our sight. The leader, an old man with a beard, reaches out to clasp Christ’s outstretched hands.

A second, slightly less unfortunate demon hides in a corner. It has not been a good day for the powers of Hell.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Here's a helpful meditation for this weekend: bryonytaylor.com/2025/04/16/a...
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A beautiful metaphor for the death and resurrection of Jesus
I am re-reading a short book by Samuel Wells called Hanging by a thread all about the meaning of the cross. I wanted to share this extract as I found it really helpful in explaining the meaning of …
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 10/03/2025
"May the fiery and honey-sweet power of your love, O Lord, wean me from all things under heaven, so that I may die for love of your love, as you deigned to die for love of my love." #SaintFrancisOfAssisi
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A short blog post for you this Holy Week: bryonytaylor.com/2025/04/16/a...
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A beautiful metaphor for the death and resurrection of Jesus
I am re-reading a short book by Samuel Wells called Hanging by a thread all about the meaning of the cross. I wanted to share this extract as I found it really helpful in explaining the meaning of …
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The Verge @theverge.com · 16/04/2025
Spotify is down
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Spotify is down
It’s not just you.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I explained it to several young teens today: imagine we wanted you to become more self-sufficient in the kitchen, so we decided to charge you $20 every time you got takeout. But also we have no food in the house, we won't let you go to the store, and also you don't know how to cook.
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Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
When will they get the wearing of vestments right in TV drama - the stole goes *under* the chasuble. I'm looking at you This City is Ours!
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Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
See the little dot circled in red? That's the Heard and McDonald Islands. They are uninhabited, require a permit to visit, and are a two week sail from Australia. Trump just put a 10% tariff on their exports, of which there are none. Know what country didn't get any tariffs? Russia.
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