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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In the wake of The Great ADHD Myth? I am not going to be shy and I am going to plug my book - I wanted to write a book that was sensitive, empathetic and useful - I wore my heart on my sleeve - I am not ashamed uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...
"A comforting hug
•Witty and wise
MATT HAIG
LAURA BATES
NORMALLY WEIRD
And
WEIRDLY NORMAL
MY ADVENTURES
NEURODIVERSITY
ROBIN INCE
"Heartbreakingly wonderful'
CAMILLA PANGTingles with the joy of being different.
This book made me so happy
CHRIS PACKHAM
naturalist and author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
*Another curious and captivating book from the always-excellent Robin Ince'
ROBERT SMITH
The Cure
'A superb book, celebrating the needed weirdness in us all
CHRIS HADFIELD
astronaut and five-time bestselling author
Award-winning comedian Robin Ince spent thirty years entertaining millions while battling a whirlwind of anxiety and self-doubt. It wasn't until his ADHD diagnosis at the age of fifty-two that the pieces finally fell into place.
In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, Robin turns his trademark wit on himself to investigate what actually makes us tick. Through personal stories and candid interviews, he explores the one question we're all too afraid to ask: what even is 'normal'
Warm and quirky, this is a heartfelt reminder that feeling a little bit different might just be the
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.
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Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Not every immigrant to Europe is a Kylian Mbappe or Bukayo Saka but the vast majority contribute to society - doctors, cleaners, carers, nurses, teachers etc. A truth that I wish more politicians would acknowledge.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.
Dear Vice Chancellor, Provost, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences and Chair of Council (cc Director of Human Resources and Chief Financial
Officer)
We write, as authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, publishers, academics and performers in the public
sphere, to express our deep concern at the University of Exeter’s plans to make redundancies within the
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). The cuts come at a point when Exeter is not in
deficit, and they are not distributed equally across the university. With 114 of the proposed 153 FTE
academic redundancies falling within HASS, the University is dismantling areas of established excellence
and international renown in a Russell Group University whose reputation is known to be outstanding in the
Humanities. Several of the disciplines subject to the proposed cuts, including Classics and Ancient History,
English and Creative Writing, History, and Theology and Religion are among the UK’s strongest according
to league tables, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF),
and other recognised indicators, including QS World Rankings.
The extent of the proposed cuts is both shocking and misguided. Exeter is seeking to make up to 20
academics redundant in English and Creative Writing, out of a headcount of 62. In Languages and Visual
Culture upwards of 17 colleagues will be made redundant, decimating subjects including Art History and
Visual Culture, French, German, Italian, Hispanic Studies, Russian and Chinese. 5 posts will go or have
gone in Classics and Ancient History (2 academics have already left), out of a staff body of 20. In Theology
and Religion up to 5 academics will be made redundant out of a group of 13. In History over 17 colleagues
will be made redundant, out of a staff body of 53. In the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies staff are
facing a headcount reduction of almost a third (6FTE out …
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
British drama school training is the envy of the world and, as more film + TV jobs are moving to the UK, our drama schools are the backbone of a global industry. These cuts are artistic vandalism and economic stupidity.
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I am confused. I thought when Josh Simons quit as an MP to call an unnecessary by-election it was a huge waste of taxpayer funds and an insult to voters?
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
There’s a new 10-hour documentary series on YouTube about the history of music, presented by Charlotte Ritchie, and it looks rather good youtu.be/quj8JVU-usw?...
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For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music - Part One | Presented by Charlotte Ritchie
YouTube video by The Cosmic Shambles Network
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m so cross that Exeter is telling students & soon-to-be students that their degrees will not be impacted by the proposed cuts. It’s not true. Students and degree programmes will be impacted if there are no longer subject specialists doing the teaching. #DefendExeterUni
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wake up, University VC and Council. It’s not too late to turn this around and champion your humanities staff and our world-class departments. #DefendExeterUni www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
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yogabright.bsky.social @yogabright.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Wordle 1,837 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is depressing and funny at the same time. #Farage
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Wow. This essay, at various points, blew my mind.
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A reminder that The Guardian has a strategic partnership with OpenAI ergo can't be trusted
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote in Parliament for the last 11 weeks. During that time he will have collected about £50,000 in wages and expenses. But he will tell you Disabled People and immigrants are the problem. No, it's rich lazy parasites like him.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/03/2026
TRUMP: Iran gave me a “very big present”. And it arrived today.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Icelandic photographer Sigga Ella, series of portraits of people with Down's Syndrome, 'First and foremost I am' featuring 21 images, a number she chose as people with Down's Syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21 #WomensArt
Photo of a young white girl sitting on a chair facing forwards and smiling in an interior against a floral design background
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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
YOU: The first Gorillaz album was released 25 years ago. ME: I disagree.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 22/01/2026
meanwhile, in tilting-at-audio-windmills news... we want to make brilliant audio comedy, but we do not have the money you need to do it properly. if 5,000 of you buy it, we can make it.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I wrote this poem the day after Renee Good was murdered - it’s about how the media and politicians immediately dehumanised her. I have had a few people ask “who wrote it?” So I am putting it up again - written in anger
Media Notes for Justification of the Orphan Makers Do not be quick to put the boot in Those accused of shooting
A peaceful mother in the face (three times)
Her demise may well be justified
Our population now is radicalised have you noticed how women often fail To even obey the voices of the male?)
And this was no run of the mill "mum"
She was a deviant one
A lesbian
And we cannot dismiss
How the sapphic can put men with pistols
Into a panic
She may not have committed the sin of being brown
But her profile page declared a pronoun!
A typical trait
of an enemy of the state
But wait
A little more
She called herself a "poet" too
And women like that are often shrews To take language and create a rhythm Another clue to domestic terrorism
So I say again
From autocue to you
The world is surely a better place
If we shoot love and peace and protest in the face
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yogabright.bsky.social @yogabright.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
A fabulous night last night at Kings Place seeing 9 Lessons and a Carol. Highlights included @robinince.bsky.social @nataliehaynes.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @catherineloveday.bsky.social Tonight my beloved & youngest will go for the quantum physicists. Go! If it’s not sold out.
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Joanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Would anyone like my ticket to tonight's Daphne Oram night at the Barbican from 7.30pm? Sadly I can't go; any reasonable offer fine, DM for details, thanks
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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yogabright.bsky.social @yogabright.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This is a fantastic production, go see it!
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Imagine challenging a god to anything in ancient greece, you'd be like "hey Apollo I bet you I'm more skilled at the flute" and he'd be like okay if you win I turn you into a goat and if you lose I will chase you randily for miles and then also turn you into a goat
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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I persistently plug these because they take time to do, both for me and the guests, so do share and tell people about it if you like it. The aim is to make a quality long read each week. Thanks. #FirstLastAnything
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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
My textcast - where you read it, but there's also an accompanying playlist - is BACK. Some remarkable choices from @joannawyld.bsky.social that were new to me. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you. #FirstLastAnything
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
If you want kids to read: -Reopen the closed libraries -Give them free books -Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students -Work on adult literacy Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Sarah Ferguson deserves a royal house in the way that Liz Truss deserves a lifelong financial allowance.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken.  How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...
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Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate
IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
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Joanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Not surprised, their arms must get really tired
Headline: Flying bishops need more support, independent review concludes
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 27/09/2025
Good luck to the Red Roses in the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final today. All of London is behind you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Mayor of London
Good luck
Red Roses
Rugby World Cup 2025 finalists
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Rebecca @wordyanchorite.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Okay but Serious Post for autistic and otherwise neurodiverse people in my orbit for whom today has been hard: I'm grateful you exist. Your life is a good thing.
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DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
MATs are really quite expensive… In each MAT, the “back office” is replicated. So we have CEOs, CFOs, etc etc all commanding large salaries that eat away at school funds… Then there is the demand for expensive schemes/programmes of learning… No surprise at all… www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Most MATs looking at teaching staff cuts
Majority of trusts are considering reducing teacher numbers and teaching assistant hours in response to budget pressures, CST research shows
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/09/2025
Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Joel @gralefrit.bsky.social is on Front Row tonight (Radio 4, from 7.15pm) talking about the death and rebirth of the comedy sketch show. Should be a good discussion.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I know this seems like a tiny thing but I am so, so committed to the idea that Oxbridge should a) not have an earlier UCAS deadline b) not have the stupid “can’t apply to both” rule in place. They aren’t special! Stop pretending that they’re special!
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 10/07/2025
Emma Bernard, 33, from Ancoats, finds it difficult to decipher social situations at the best of times – yet has mysteriously managed to last three entire decades without playfully spanking a colleague.
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Wow! Autistic woman who struggles to read a room manages not to sexually harass people
Despite having an autism diagnosis, a woman has survived a whole lifetime without sexually harassing anybody in the workplace, it has been reported. Emma Bernard, 33, from Ancoats, finds it difficult ...
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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
My Unbound expose is now live. thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-...
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Balancing the books | Henry Jeffreys | The Critic Magazine
Unbound was launched in 2011 with the promise of “a better deal for authors, a better deal for readers”.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The next series of Broken Veil will be exclusively for Patreon subscribers. We are going to build a community, a channel where Broken Veil and similar stories can be told. And while we’re making the new series, we’ll do Discomfort Blankets - about classic creepy media - exclusively for supporters.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Time to clarify something. When authors say “Unbound haven’t paid me” that makes it sound like Unbound had some money, which they used to buy authors’ writing. Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust. Unbound stole our money.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.
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Elsa Williams @pidgewilliams.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Deep breath, lads. In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got. #TakingThePip
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I’m an autistic writer who is finally working. Without PIP, I wouldn’t have had a chance
How do you explain a PIP assessment to somebody who’s never had one?
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