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Chris Owens

@likesohushhush.bsky.social

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Itz juss been wurk wurk wurk 4 u lately master Bascule, Y dont u ½ a holiday? [NB I'm not a politician, in the band Girls, or in the X Files.]

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · Sep 12

Guest starring SIR STEWART WALLACE as HIMSELF.

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Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social · 8d

Do you like scary movies? With animals in? Have resurrected some prints. Signed, A3 and available from Fiveways Arts and Crafts, Brighton. Online here:

fivewaysartsandcrafts.com/search?q=nad...

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 10h

Going to go simple and classic: All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix.

I could have gone with Hanging On The Telephone by Blondie, but since that’s the famous version I’m ruling it out.

maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 17h

Locked in an endless conversation about cover songs this weekend and yet I crave more — so, what’s your favorite cover song?

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 11h

Tittybiscuits

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 12h

Did they catch you?

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 12h

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Blazing Saddles - Work, Work, Work

YouTube video by tfleish

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 12h

Ooh … I shall look forward to this.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 12h

Well that’s ridiculous 2 contestants to be in the dance off. #strictly

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely. I presume you’re talking about Morticia and Gomez, not Debbie and Fester.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 13h

He was a fine actor. He does some magnificent over-acting in AFV: the bit where he’s on his “deathbed” and starts singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot cracks me up every time.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 16h

With a few notable exceptions among you, I suspect you (yes! you!!) simply do not know enough about eels.

Not because there is a great eel quiz at the end of it all, no no.

But because eel facts, that you can scratch to reveal, bring joy. We need more joy. Badly.

Get eel facts.
eelfacts.net

Sarah holds up an eel Facts advent calendar in front of a bunch of blooming flowers. The calendar has 24 rectangles with a yellow circle in the middle with numbers and zigzags. There are 6 eels on it, including a yellow
Moray, splendid garden eels 2 freshwater eels and a ribbon eel

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 20h

smolfrog

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 22h

We are hearing some very troubling stories about trans exclusion, supported by the University, at Cambridge. We are making contact with affected societies and individuals and will fiercely protect the legal rights of trans students to live with respect and dignity.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 22h

I just can’t: I find that thylacine film the saddest thing in the world. If I watch it I will cry all day.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 22h

My advice: live every day as if it’s #WorldLemurDay

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 23h

Just 5 days until #WorldLemurDay ! Ratchet up your levels of lemur-based excitement appropriately.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 2d

This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...

In memory of the Christmas Island shrew

It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...

news.mongabay.com

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 23h

Just 5 days until #WorldLemurDay ! Ratchet up your levels of lemur-based excitement appropriately.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Is Buckers a he? The only one I know is deathofbuckley who I believe is a she.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Defo keep them.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

The camp majesty of the unparalleled Say Hello, Wave Goodbye by Soft Cell. Thanks for everything, Dave Ball. youtu.be/ePnXYklBBh8

Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

I had to learn of this news on fucking Facebook. WHAT THE FUCK, BLUESKY. Get your priorities right: meaning, if you aren’t spending a significant chunk of your time thinking about important synth bands, sort y’sel out.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Ball of Soft Cell has died aged 66. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound

Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

www.theguardian.com

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Ball of Soft Cell has died aged 66. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Dave Ball was not some bloke in the background of Soft Cell – he drove their startling, subversive sound

Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop

www.theguardian.com

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Went to see I Swear. It’s a bit triumph-over-adversity in the form of a neurological difference, and, despite the many moments of levity caused by inappropriate swearing, there was a point when it all felt pretty bleak. Uplifting in the end, though. A solid 4/5.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

This is a full alert for @lucyfishwife.bsky.social .

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

No it hasn’t. And your woes make good reading, anyway.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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