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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 3d

Vultures cool themselves down by urinating on their own feet. Big Cat intern Geoff did the same thing when he began cleaning what he thought was an empty cage.

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Lee Harveryscary @valleyguitarist.bsky.social · 3d

I'm reading a book about massive balloons but it's very overblown

Space Moddity (they/them) @doktormod.bsky.social · 3d

I'm reading a book about raw foods but I'm having trouble digesting it

Auntie Social @auntiesocial.bsky.social · 3d

I’m reading a book about lubricants but I’m having trouble grasping it.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 4d

Good 🧵 on cars here.

Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 4d

By every metric, the industry is in deep trouble — and none of it has anything to do with future emission rules or an engine ban a decade away.

In fact, the future of cars is electric - not because of Brussels regulation, but because EVs will soon be much cheaper to make and run.

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Jamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 4d

a) this is a wonderful story
b) it does, though, surely invite the question of what IS an amateur's drink? Babycham? A light Riesling?

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵

The menus were not printed until 2003, so we cannot be sure of the all-time record for the most expensive lunch. It may have been achieved when Spivey met the 79-year-old poet Gavin Ewart at the Café Royal in October 1995. The exact cost is lost somewhere in the bowels of the FT accounts department. But the bill was somewhat overshadowed by the aftermath.

The main item on the agenda was alcohol, not food. Ewart began with several negronis (gin, vermouth, Campari), which is not an amateur’s drink, and carried on from there. “We departed the Café Royal in a moderately straight line,” Spivey said in the article. He put Ewart on a bus home then lurched off himself. The following day he received a call from Mrs Ewart.

“There are two things you need to know,” she said. “The first is that Gavin came home yesterday happier than I have seen him in a long time. The second – and you are not to feel bad about this – is that he died this morning.”

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 4d

This would just result in nothing fitting, but in exactly the same way

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! Name and shame!

Emperor Palatine from Star Wars sitting in his big chair on the Death Star saying, "Let the hate flow through you."
I know it's an obvious choice, but sometimes obvious is good.

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 5d

Happy birthday to a member of the band that taught us how to pronounce Mbps

An ntl home broadband terminal adaptor (aka cable modem)

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 7d

they are so close to understanding the entire point of trade

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 7d

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

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David Mullin @rdmullin.bsky.social · 7d

www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?

The entire U.S. economy is being propped up by the promise of productivity gains that seem very far from materializing.

www.theatlantic.com

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 7d

Petition requesting the DfE cancel it's plan to save a very small amount of money by withdrawing support for the #InternationalBaccalaureate c.org/DXcVyVG9zC

All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 8d

Councillor Roberts said: “Trying to get across Network Rail is always expensive, and there are lots of regulations"
www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/2554730...

If the route went less than 1/2 mile east or west, there would be no need to cross the railway.
#HIF1

Early works on major Oxfordshire HIF1 road begin as opening time revealed

The HIF1 road scheme linking Didcot and surrounding villages in Oxfordshire is due to open to traffic in 2028.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d

British.

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting article - digital archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.co.uk

All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 9d

It's becoming apparent that today is an exceptionally good day for screaming into the void

A child wearing a Minnie Mouse jumper is partially covering her eyes whilst screaming. IIRC she was messing about at the time, but this photo is at least 12 years old, and the memory plays tricks on one

All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 10d

Story of my life!

Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10d

"I'm a grown man what the hell am I doing" incredibly relatable

All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 10d

Although he shows classic signs of inbreeding, I assumed he was a cousin

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 15d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 17d

Is this related to men thinking with their dicks?

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 19d

Me [to the tune of Toot Sweets from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang whilst pouring the chicken grease down the sink]:
Fat-Berg! Fat-berg!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Fatberg' weighing 100 tonnes removed from London sewer

The removal of the

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 19d

But a very innocent pooping bottom

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 21d

labour are like a referee who booked someone in the first five minutes for a 50/50 challenge and the game is now spiralling out of control and they’ve sent off over four hundred players

elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22d

Over 400 arrests of protesters in London thanks to the government’s refusal to admit that their decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group has been a disaster

The Labour gov has so far arrested well over 1,000 people for holding up signs

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Police make more than 440 arrests at Palestine Action protest in London

Officers arrest activists at silent vigil in support of banned organisation, as demos go ahead despite PM’s pleas

www.theguardian.com

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 22d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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All your data are belong to us @allyrdatarb2us.bsky.social · 21d

For lovers of Mamma Mia! A sneaky preview of the prequel we've all been waiting for: Taffin!
youtu.be/YVuQX5HWwfY?...

Noiselund - Maybe You Shouldn't Be Living Here

YouTube video by Noiselund

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 22d

IMPROVISED OWL PHYSIO

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 22d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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