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I have no intention of tiring of this view (and neither has the dog)...
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These people are intent on destroying society in service of billionaires. And they know what they're doing.
George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
George Osborne has said he thought no one would find out about a private viewing of the Bayeux tapestry he organised for the tech billionaire Peter Thiel at the British Museum.
The former chancellor, who is chair of the museum, told the Big Brue festival in Somerset that he had been on holiday when the Thiel was shown the medieval artwork. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
These people are intent on destroying society in service of billionaires. And they know what they're doing.
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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
September 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
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I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow.
September 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I start teaching at the Columbia mfa today. Here’s the AI statement from my syllabus. Feel free to borrow.
Wtf? The home office should not be shitposting like this. We're not a serious country.
“Face removal” sounds a bit over the top, if you ask me.
September 19, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Wtf? The home office should not be shitposting like this. We're not a serious country.
I'm ready for that asteroid. Life on this planet has been a failure. Fuck this.
Elderly man allegedly beaten to death in Virginia Walmart by parents of employee
Elderly man allegedly beaten to death in Virginia Walmart by parents of employee
Bert Atienza and teen worker reportedly exchanged words before parents showed up and allegedly attacked shopper
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I'm ready for that asteroid. Life on this planet has been a failure. Fuck this.
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I bring worse news. That poor woman who lives in Piddington & who @vicderbyshire.bsky.social interviewed after that ridiculous election has had her address leaked to Tommy Robinson & the Pink Ladies & she’s been doxxed by both of them.
Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.
Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.
September 19, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I bring worse news. That poor woman who lives in Piddington & who @vicderbyshire.bsky.social interviewed after that ridiculous election has had her address leaked to Tommy Robinson & the Pink Ladies & she’s been doxxed by both of them.
Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.
Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.
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Have read the most attractive photo a man can put on a dating profile is them vacumming a floor.
Forget fish/ motorbikes/ flash cars- show women you are actually useful
Forget fish/ motorbikes/ flash cars- show women you are actually useful
September 19, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Have read the most attractive photo a man can put on a dating profile is them vacumming a floor.
Forget fish/ motorbikes/ flash cars- show women you are actually useful
Forget fish/ motorbikes/ flash cars- show women you are actually useful
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Been a good while since I've had cause to use it, but can confirm this afternoon that a hearty "thanks, but I'm gay - REALLY gay" clears Jehovah's Witnesses off the doorstep as swiftly as it ever did
September 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Been a good while since I've had cause to use it, but can confirm this afternoon that a hearty "thanks, but I'm gay - REALLY gay" clears Jehovah's Witnesses off the doorstep as swiftly as it ever did
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Absolutely wild history to read tbh. I highly recommend it.
The funniest part is that the first nation to settle the Falkland Islands were the French who decided it just wasn't worth sticking around and ceded their claims in 1766. A wise decision, I think, looking at the current situation.
The funniest part is that the first nation to settle the Falkland Islands were the French who decided it just wasn't worth sticking around and ceded their claims in 1766. A wise decision, I think, looking at the current situation.
September 19, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Absolutely wild history to read tbh. I highly recommend it.
The funniest part is that the first nation to settle the Falkland Islands were the French who decided it just wasn't worth sticking around and ceded their claims in 1766. A wise decision, I think, looking at the current situation.
The funniest part is that the first nation to settle the Falkland Islands were the French who decided it just wasn't worth sticking around and ceded their claims in 1766. A wise decision, I think, looking at the current situation.
Apparently our #PlaidCymru MP @anndaviesplaid.bsky.social joined the vigil/protest in #Carmarthen this morning, as names of dead Palestinian children were read out in the square.
It means the world to have a supportive MP; there seem to be precious few of them out there.
It means the world to have a supportive MP; there seem to be precious few of them out there.
September 19, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Apparently our #PlaidCymru MP @anndaviesplaid.bsky.social joined the vigil/protest in #Carmarthen this morning, as names of dead Palestinian children were read out in the square.
It means the world to have a supportive MP; there seem to be precious few of them out there.
It means the world to have a supportive MP; there seem to be precious few of them out there.
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The White House Press Corps should've walked out as soon as the Trump regime banned the Associated Press for calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico."
That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II.
Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II.
Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
September 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The White House Press Corps should've walked out as soon as the Trump regime banned the Associated Press for calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico."
That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II.
Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II.
Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
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I feel like this should be bigger news in the UK than two horrid aristos carrying on a decades-old grudge.
Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports.
Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
September 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I feel like this should be bigger news in the UK than two horrid aristos carrying on a decades-old grudge.
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Well that’s a bit of a discovery! Load of unmounted plates in amongst some set type from a clearance lot. I did have to detach all of this from 30+ year old sticky tape. I can feel my archives friends wincing from here!
September 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Well that’s a bit of a discovery! Load of unmounted plates in amongst some set type from a clearance lot. I did have to detach all of this from 30+ year old sticky tape. I can feel my archives friends wincing from here!
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I mean how is the BBC not now actively subverting our democracy? It is a danger to the body politic.
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
September 19, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I mean how is the BBC not now actively subverting our democracy? It is a danger to the body politic.
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Good morning.
Good morning.
Disney doesn't know what to do with the Muppets. The BBC doesn't know what to do with Doctor Who.
I have a wonderful suggestion.
I have a wonderful suggestion.
September 19, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Good morning.
Good morning.
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And yet she can't persuade her own colleagues and government to get the eff off X 🙄
![ulture Secretary Lisa Nandy branded Elon Musk’s X “disgusting” for swerving a summit about social media attacks on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. She fumed to the Electoral Dysfunction podcast that while other firms took part, X failed to turn up or even reply to the invite. “I think it says a lot about how they see their — well, how they don’t see that they [have] a moral and social set of responsibilities to us all.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xabwvf57eu2lawtmvheq3ubi/bafkreia7nd5wfcmtzu32ujlqbpp7q5hz5u5rbt3p6bxuyt7qqopmezut7y)
September 19, 2026 at 5:42 AM
And yet she can't persuade her own colleagues and government to get the eff off X 🙄
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Latest from me: bit of proper journalism. A specialist in the industrial scale production of fake vinyl was jailed yesterday. This is the whole story www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud
Thousands of knock-off records worth a fortune are being seized in the UK by anti-counterfeit police stings
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Latest from me: bit of proper journalism. A specialist in the industrial scale production of fake vinyl was jailed yesterday. This is the whole story www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Capaldi. The earnestness of it grated on me when I tried in 2006, but I found it again later, when I was more open to wonder. Capaldi is my Doctor bc he's so tired and cynical, but determined to be kind anyway. It's aspirational, as an adult trying to be kind in a hard world.
September 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Capaldi. The earnestness of it grated on me when I tried in 2006, but I found it again later, when I was more open to wonder. Capaldi is my Doctor bc he's so tired and cynical, but determined to be kind anyway. It's aspirational, as an adult trying to be kind in a hard world.
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Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
September 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Every day, the stories from the UK read like a dystopian novel.
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Getting bolder by the day, these fuckers.
Just checking how Calvin Robinson and Andrew Bridgen are getting on these days....
September 19, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Getting bolder by the day, these fuckers.
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Ladybird wisdom
Camping (1977)
"Heavy rain need not be a problem"
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Camping (1977)
"Heavy rain need not be a problem"
Artist: Martin Aitchison
September 19, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Ladybird wisdom
Camping (1977)
"Heavy rain need not be a problem"
Artist: Martin Aitchison
Camping (1977)
"Heavy rain need not be a problem"
Artist: Martin Aitchison
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There has been (justifiable) uproar in the village about the Minions scarecrows because some kids stole one of them and beat the shit out of it in the car park :(
September 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
There has been (justifiable) uproar in the village about the Minions scarecrows because some kids stole one of them and beat the shit out of it in the car park :(
I actually welcome this new BBC policy of allowing random irrelevant people significant time during news bulletins to share their thoughts.
Tomorrow, I'm sure it'll be Mrs Pearson of Tamworth expressing her opinions on different kinds of composite doors.
#JamesRatcliffe
Tomorrow, I'm sure it'll be Mrs Pearson of Tamworth expressing her opinions on different kinds of composite doors.
#JamesRatcliffe
September 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I actually welcome this new BBC policy of allowing random irrelevant people significant time during news bulletins to share their thoughts.
Tomorrow, I'm sure it'll be Mrs Pearson of Tamworth expressing her opinions on different kinds of composite doors.
#JamesRatcliffe
Tomorrow, I'm sure it'll be Mrs Pearson of Tamworth expressing her opinions on different kinds of composite doors.
#JamesRatcliffe