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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 10h

Saw Daniel Kitson’s new show, Thrum, in Canterbury last night. I laughed a LOT. He is as good as he says he is – even if by his own admission he has ‘taken [his] foot off the gas, creatively, five to ten years ago‘ - his shtick is still sharper, more original than the vast majority of comics today…

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Jeff (Mixed Metaphors) @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Completely agree. Part of me kept thinking either of those two sections could have been published as standalone novels and, had they been, would likely have been met with more acclaim by reviewers. But the ambitions of this book go way beyond that. The way each section informs the others! Amazing!

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On pp. 388/389 there's a recipe for Spaghetti Carbonara which is one of the sexiest things I've ever read.

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Jeff (Mixed Metaphors) @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh, one more thing: this books contains a two-page soliloquy about the beauty and joy of cunnilingus that was so good I read it to @charlottesmithson.bsky.social over the phone and she asked me read it to her a second time. If that doesn't get you to read this book I don't know what will.

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Jeff (Mixed Metaphors) @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This book is *saying* something about the current status of the human condition. It is saying something about *books.* It is not just a story but a story about stories. It is, better yet, stories within stories within stories about stories. We are lucky to still get books like this in the world.

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Jeff (Mixed Metaphors) @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's hard to explain exactly, but The Coast of Everything ratchets up the expectations of endings while simultaneously withholding them, and then somehow manages to (repeatedly, over and over) provide semi-inconclusive yet also extremely satisfying not-quite-resolutions. It's like a magic trick.

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Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The world (and my bank balance) needs more Jeff. Deepest thanks for this absolutely ON IT response. I look forward to the extended mix. If we can't have more Jeff then the rest of you are going to have to step up and be LIKE Jeff. All good bookstores and so on . . .

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great thread – chimes with many of my own feelings about this wonderful book. It’s just a joy to read. I wholeheartedly concur with Jeff’s conclusion: you should read it!

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

News on the radio. Only half listening. Thought they said an 11yo has just become the world's youngest grandmother. Choked on my tea... 😂

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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 25/09/2026

While many drivers are careful and considerate, I see a huge amount of dangerous and aggressive driving on London's roads - and very little enforcement. Drivers aren't worse than other road users. But motor vehicles do far more damage than other machines when poorly controlled or recklessly driven.

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Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I see a lot of people complaining about the undoubtedly stressful conditions at present on London's roads. But I see few people complaining about motor vehicles. Yet in the last 24 hours three vulnerable road users have died after being hit by people driving motor vehicles.

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Phil Norman @mrphilnorman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was in Barking today and had to make use of the SL2 bus route. I wonder if there are any other public transport services that come with their own earworm?

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the pickwicker man @pickwick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of the faultlines in society is between people who think we should prioritise making sure everyone who's eligible for something gets it, and people who think we should prioritise making sure that nobody who isn't eligible for something gets it

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me To you To me To you

Paul Chuckle from the Chuckle Brothers with Chuck D and Flavor Flav from Public Enemy

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Personally I think it's helpful that BBC radio stations spend so much time telling me how to listen to BBC radio on my smart speaker. I can't be the only person suffering from a recent major head injury, staring at my smart speaker and desperately wondering what to do next.

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Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I set today's Indy cryptic. It'll be my last since the decision has been made to end the series on 31.10. Boo. I'd like to thank Mike for his help as editor down the years. He published my first puzzle and has been an absolute pleasure to work for. puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/crypti...

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The Independent's Cryptic Crossword | Play Online for Free | Independent

Play The Independent's Cryptic Crossword instantly online. The Independent's Cryptic Crossword is a fun and engaging Online game from The Independent. Play it and other games from The Independent.

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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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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What @twm-barlwm.bsky.social said - I found Rookie Corner invaluable in my development as a fledgling setter. The detailed reviews and comments from a regular cohort of experienced solvers mean it's a great opportunity to see how your efforts land with a wider audience beyond friends and family!

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Twm @twm-barlwm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Attention rookie crossword setters! The crossword website bigdave44.com – the internet’s most active crossword review blog (34,500 visitors per week and 89,000 page views) – is encouraging more puzzles from new compilers for its weekly Rookie Corner slot.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Terrible policy when domestic transport is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases in the UK. We need to be going all-in on helping people AWAY from reliance on fossil fuels, not subsidising their use even more than we already do.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20/09/2026

To Jewish Londoners and communities across our city, wishing you a meaningful Yom Kippur and an easy fast. G’mar chatima tovah.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking

Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

From the boss.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This poor woman didn't die in a "bus stop crash". Mum who died in Corby bus stop crash named - BBC News share.google/mMEj1GJ6drS6... A driver killed her while she stood at a bus stop. Stop framing things so as to hide the actual cause, bad driving.

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Mum who died in Corby bus stop crash named

The family of Danielle Sharpe, who died in Corby, say she "left a remarkable stamp on this world".

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Back in 1997(?), a friend introduced me to Glyn Styler’s Live At The Mermaid Lounge. Styler treads the fine line between parody and performance art but pulls it off thanks to the wholehearted conviction he puts into his stage persona – plus finely crafted songs and a voice that fits them perfectly…

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you killed my love

YouTube video by jessewiedel

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We’ve held a village referendum

Still from the ending of the Wicker Man with Edward Woodward trapped in the wicker effigy just before they set light to it. Bit obvious but couldn’t resist.

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Loved it. All 747 pages of it. Fantastic – in all the right ways. Gorgeous writing. Mesmerising at times. A book that gives so much, that sets out to reward the reader even when it's bamboozling you... there's doubtless loads of subtleties I've missed – will definitely benefit from a re-read...

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Tony White @tonywhite.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#PSA Samuel Beckett’s ‘Not I’ performed by Billie Whitelaw is available on the #bbciplayer RN

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That was intense for a Wednesday afternoon! The play itself was more conceptually interesting than enthralling. What really made it was incredible performances from the two leads, Cate Blanchett & Nina Hoss. Just soo much Sheer Bloody Acting from both for the full 2hrs. Must be exhausting for them!

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Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Libraries are brilliant. There’s a book I’ve seen recommended by a few people on bsky, thought it sounded right up my street but it wasn’t available at my local library. So I requested they buy it. And they did! (I know this isn’t a new feature but I’m excited because I’ve never used it before)

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Padraig Reidy @padraigreidy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When Rob Brydon made Marion and Geoff, do you think he could have imagined that 25 years later the dominant format in media would be recordings of divorced guys sitting in the front seats of their cars talking to themselves?

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I am reading a book. The experience repudiates a commonplace about ease & simplicity. This supposed classic is short & clear. It is also filled with poor ideas & sentimentalism. It is simplistic. So reading it is like wading through treacle. By contrast a long, difficult book would command attention

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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/09/2026

one thing the ai era makes me miss is really shitty bespoke photoshops you used to get just the lowest effort garbage imaginable made by people who have opened the program three times in their entire life, but it had some charm to it and now they just generate the same bullshit as everyone else

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Also on the subject of the fascist paramilitary 'storm' event at #Dover yesterday.. Major Jez Hermer MBE (@BootneckMajor), former Royal Marines Officer Commanding 3 Commando Brigade - Armoured Support Capability, entrepreneur and engineer, has these observations:

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Another compilation video from yesterday's fascist paramilitary 'storm' action in #Dover town and at the Port of Dover. #FarRight Some national security-related observations below.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It would be wrong to speculate about the political leanings of those men in black shirts.

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Andrew @andrewt.net · 05/09/2026

I made a pinball game in 1k of #Pico8 code for the #Pico1k jam andrew-t.itch.io/1k-pinball It's small and janky but I'm surprised how complete a pinball game I was able to cram into 1024 bytes. (That's compressed, it's 1968 characters of Lua code with no assets.)

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Natalya D @natalyad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I love Stickman Communications cards, they're really well designed and cover a range of things. This is a great thread about why disabled people of all kinds may need time/support/other to deal with unexpected changes; cos we have to revamp our impairment management plans.

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Even if he was right, chess isn't meant to be 'solved': games are for entertainment and companionship. It's a similar situation to AI-generated novels, or paintings - these people are constantly pitching machine-led 'solutions' to things which aren't problems in the first place.

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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@doctorow.pluralistic.net: Amazon's logistics and cloud computing – its two largest cost centers, converted into profit centers substantially generated by extracting payments from its competitors – are extraordinary, but they are eclipsed by the company's most profitable line of business: payola.

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Pluralistic: Amazon achieves enshittification inception (04 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Also this which I'm always quite pleased I tagged Irvine Welsh in

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