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V Collins

@veecollins.bsky.social
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An Australian in North East England, UK who wants to get back to the magic of the old place. 💙

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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The time period to make a Scaramucci joke on here is only like one Zacharia, so get it all out folks.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 22/09/2026
Great charts from an ace "Stop calling Europeans welfare-loving slackers" piece from @chrisgiles.ft.com www.ft.com/content/362b...
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sakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Timeline cleanse: Can’t stop laughing at these ingenious entries for the annual historical artifact costume contest at the National Museum of Korea The porcelain carp won, but my favorite was the bronze rattles.
youtube.com
This is Korea’s most unhinged cosplay contest #shorts
YouTube video by The Korea Herald
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
and miles to scroll before i sleep
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Graham Rickson 🇮🇪 @grahamrickson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Newcastle - surely the UK's most photogenic city centre? Pics taken last week on 400ASA film with a Pen EE3. @ilfordphoto.com @halfframephotoday.bsky.social #halfframe @filmphotography.bsky.social
Newcastle's High Level BridgeNew castle City Centre and the Tyne BridgeOld Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company signView of Newcastle from the Tyne Bridge, looking west
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I really need someone to form a social movement standing up for people (me) who have used em dashes for decades and are also big fans of Emily Dickinson. No one really enjoys the appearance of a colon in a sentence and, to be clear, I do not care about the grammatical rules.
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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Calling all meta glasses wearers 'specs offenders'.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I guess the difference would be that war criminals don't get to avoid a trial by calling a by-election against a bin
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Will @ribos1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
At least nobody else that made it to the quarter finals has any skeletons in their closet
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Australia-Egypt is a great matchup bc a lot of the ancient Egyptian gods made out of 3 animals grafted together are actually naturally occurring animals in Australia
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
How conventient for political journalists, to all be gathered in Downing Street once more, so they can interview each other, to ask "how did this happen?", without ever acknowledging that, at least in part, they themselves are how this happened.
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WestStandTone @weststandtone.com · 19/06/2026
Hydration break.
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 17/06/2026
Hope these guys have a good night
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Jess Asato MP @jessasatomp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Big game for England tonight. But as well as looking at xG for predicted goals we need to think about tonight's xV: the ‘Expected Violence’ against women. During tournaments like the World Cup, stats show that domestic abuse can rise 26% when England win, 38% when they lose. 👇
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Not all heroes wear capes, some *are* capes
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 15/06/2026
Hope we're all a bit in love with this guy x
A series of bad drawings of extremely competent Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha
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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
By Jim Benton
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The good news is, there are a lot of experienced, trained professionals on hand who can quickly gather all the appropriate facts and tell us exactly how this is bad news for the Democrats in the midterms.
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Now for my last, soothing, bedtime check on The War so I can really lie awake and think about it
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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 28/01/2026
w.b. yeats died on this day in 1939. if, instead of dying, he had begun to age again but in reverse, he would have reached his birth - i.e. become 0 years old - in 2012. Assuming that he then began ageing in the normal direction again, he would currently be 14 years old and preparing for his gcses
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.

When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”

That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."
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milo edwards @miloedwards.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
[12hrs into my ice interrogation] agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that? me: do you know who matt hancock is? a:… [43mins later] a: he had his own app? for parkour? me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 07/12/2025
My new favourite genre of England pundit is the one that keeps repeating ‘this is not a strong Australian team’ in ever-increasing frustration. #Ashes 🏏
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Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 02/12/2025
Die Hard 2 is a Boxing Day Test movie.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Five sessions that weren't even the full length!
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
As TLC advised, please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
This is the worst news. Ugh.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A thought I never expected to have: House of Windsor currently beating the US government on transparency and accountability.
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Have read and greatly enjoyed Powerfully Likeable - see also the New Yorker write up.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/2…
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software. When …
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dadvans | the winnipeg jorts @dadvans.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
in Disney’s next Marvel film the hero won’t criticise the villain or even stand up to them
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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
it's so cute when the IT guys calls it my "temporary" password
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EFC Statto @efcstatto.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Iliman Ndiaye is one of only two players to score in consecutive #EFC home games at different stadiums - after Fred Geary against Bolton at Anfield and against Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park in 1892.
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Holiday thought: my millions could be made with a travel consultancy that recommends hotels a flat surface in the bathroom for toiletries. And some non insane lighting/switches. Other secret ideas that make the stay enjoyable, etc.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
i absolutely do not agree with recording strangers in public and allowing the internet to doxx them and ruin their lives. that being said, i do find the CEO/HR lady cheating drama very funny, because i am a bad person. two things can be true
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A legendary Uncle gift! It's called Sapiens: A Graphic History, in 3 volumes.
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
There's also a graphic novel version which older children find fascinating.
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Will not go down an overthinking rabbit hole on a Monday morning - I am a GRACE/PLATE/etc type so somewhere in the middle. Hmmm. (Resisting spreadsheets and research.)
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
As someone who toggles between several three consonants/two vowels this has stopped me in my tracks. Hmmm.
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If you're not already a Strefen fan, can I suggest this pharmacy-only upgrade.
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V Collins @veecollins.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Watched the Ballad of Wallis Island tonight - took exactly the right amount of wine (shhh) and tissues. Charming, human, British film. (Felt the rest of the cinema appreciated my charming solo laughs rather quietly.)
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The Ballad of Wallis Island review – funny, melancholy yarn of a folk duo reunited by oddball superfan
Tim Key bring his trademark pleasant awkwardness to the island-owner who pays Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan to come and play for him
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
it’s funny that they’re both on their own personal websites posting their little posts
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Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The ‘waiting for a reply to an email’ me is the very worst version of me
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Secret Drug Addict @scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It’s never your successful friends posting the inspirational quotes
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