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Victoria Redfern@victoriaredfern.bsky.social · last mo.

Do come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickon-edw...

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ARGH. Mad day at work. :(

HASTINGS BOOK LOVERS! Come to my quiz!

New euphemism just dropped.

The next time Trump hides in a catering cart they should claim the threat is ongoing and keep wheeling the cart, farther and farther, into a vast warehouse, just like the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the final shot is his cart lost in an endless vista of identical carts.

How to look at the sun without hurting your eyes like a complete chump

If 37°C or above is reached this Thursday in the UK, it will be only the 9th day on record that 37°C or above has been recorded in the UK — for the 3rd time this year. So, three out of those nine ≥37°C days have occurred in 2026…

Melanie Phillips was quoted in Anders Breivik's manifesto.

Gregk Foley@gregk.co.uk · 8h ago

Where did the far-right get the idea Britain was existentially imperilled and so should fortify itself as a white Christian ethnostate? Who embedded such notions in their head? Who emboldened them so? Truly, it is a mystery.

oh that explains why we have an eclipse booked in tomorrow.

Nat Guest@unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 9h ago

The only way the heatwave can end is by turning the sun on and off again to reset the whole system.

boiling a batch of eggs for the cold salads I'll be eating during this nth heatwave with the enthusiasm of someone being made to dig their own grave by the mob

Odysseyposting ? Poohposting ?

He is your daft uncle who believes everything he sees on Facebook, only he is in charge of the richest country on earth with the most weapons AND NOBODY ELSE IN THAT COUNTRY IS DOING ANYTHING TO STOP HIM.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."

You may have seen I broadcast a message to planet Earth from the edge of space. I thought it was equally important to speak to deep space about you and your lovely little planet. But I thought humans might like to see it too, so here it is. #Clacton #VoteBinface

I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on

I still absolutely think that the English rugby team should learn how to morris dance properly and do it in response to the Haka against New Zealand.

Not asking the person this happened to as they're upset. How does turning off a phone delete the photos on it? Is this an iPhone thing? Have I misread the post? Am I 103? I think I might be.

Why +do+ people want to not see re-posts? I am actually baffled. Re-posts are how you come across interesting articles, and beautiful paintings and photographs, and cute videos of squirrels.

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I am indebted to @m-jm.bsky.social for making me realise that the reason 'bin lorry' feels a bit wrong and I can't quite put my finger on why (dustbin lorry? that's not that different, though) is that I grew up calling it a 'dustcart' +but had forgotten this+.

In 2 months, I'm going to have exorbitant immigration fees to pay so I don't get kicked out of the UK, my home for the past nearly-10 years, so I've set up a GoFundMe. If you're able to either donate or share, it would be so enormously helpful, thank you! www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-st...

Donate to Help Me Stay in the UK For Good (After 10 Years Living Here), organized by Robert Berg

Who I Am My name is Robert Berg and I’m raising funds to hel… Robert Berg needs your support for Help Me Stay in the UK For Good (After 10 Years Living Here)

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Conversation with a lecturer yesterday, who told me his students don't even know what textbooks are anymore, so that was depressing.

“Is having human contact wasting your time and costing your business money? Then why not use our AI to generate a podcast based on your friends’ interests so you never have to talk to them again. See also your spouse and kids”

“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

This website is unintentionally the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Read it and weep. www.tacticalsoap.com

NEW | A long edition… A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATELY UNBELIEVABLE EVENTS There are a lot of things going in the media coverage of Jason Arday and his memoir is part of a long history of dubious autobiographies. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/a-series-o...

A series of unfortunately unbelievable events

There are a lot of things going in the media coverage of Jason Arday and his memoir is part of a long history of dubious autobiographies...

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

Jeff Maysh on a podcast being asked how he fits journalism around a full-time job: “Well, everyone’s got time, I’m organised and disciplined” Ten minutes later in the same interview: “My wife doesn’t work” EVERY FUCKING TIME.

Watching Madonna try to dance now is like watching the end of year school play with the teachers in it.

quick PSA: if you're using block lists, you're letting someone else control who you have blocked — and those people aren't always reliable. i'm on lists like "doesn't use alt text" (when i always do), "DNC-operated botnet" (lmao), and "follows everyone just to get followers" (wut).