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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 3h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 15h

Dusk at The Clumps. The moment you feel the temperature fall away.

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Katy @theblueulysses.bsky.social · 1h

This last bit got me...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

When my grandparents died, I went to their Liverpool home, and opened their “nice things” cupboard (one was a wartime child and the other a refugee from eastern Europe – they were, honestly, low-level hoarders). They too had bottles of champagne and posh chocolates, all waiting for that next simcha. But the corks had disintegrated and the perishables were years past their best.

When eventually someone comes to clear out my “nice things” drawer, I want it to be found empty, its contents relished and enjoyed with the people I love. I’ve still not yet opened my one posh bottle of fizz, but it lives in the fridge now, ready and waiting.

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 1h

This is utterly sublime from @scannerdot.com - quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/forces...

Forces, Reactions, Deflections, by Scanner

5 track album

quietdetails.bandcamp.com

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 2h

it's what split up the band, never got a full release.

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 2h

Learning this completely changed how I read these strips.

Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · Dec 15

The top row of the Peanuts Sunday strip was called the 'throw-away panel'. If there wasn't enough space in the comic section that syndicated it, the top row could be removed and the rest of the comic would still make sense without it. Schulz often used the throw-away panel for private/obscure jokes.

Peanuts On This Day @peanuts60yrsago.bsky.social · Dec 15

December 15, 1963

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 11h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 2h

and this is on 'social' media ;-)

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 2h

THIS IS TONIGHT. Please come if you can! #IntoTheGroove

Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 22h

If you’re in or near Swansea, we’re doing this in Mumbles tomorrow night (Wed at 7pm, Mumbles Tabernacle). Come and see @juderogers.bsky.social talk to me about 80s pop history and my new book, #IntoTheGroove!

(Plz repost. Ta!)

Justin Lewis
Into the Groove: The 1980s

In conversation with Jude Rogers
Wed 15 Oct 7.00pm
Mumbles Tabernacle
Tickets £7.50

‘Justin Lewis tells pop’s never ending story brilliantly’
David Quantick

‘Like a treasure chest of pop riches… I loved this book!’
Samira Ahmed

‘Forensic, forthright and downright unputdownable’
Ian Wade

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 2h

Er...

No.

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 19h

I do not think non-members can respond, but the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is running a survey on trans-inclusion at competition level. Feel free to email the BMC with your thoughts: [email protected].

And check out this excellent article: www.ukclimbing.com/articles/fea...

FEATURE: Trans Climbers Welcome

Following the publication of my writing exploring the relationship between climbing and autism, I found myself thinking towards a companion piece about experiencing climbing through the lens of...

www.ukclimbing.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 3h

So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 3h

Also, of course, it's not even a majority, there's no quantification of those opinions.

Reminds me of a certain west London councillor who'd preface her own more controversial thoughts with 'a resident said to me...'

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 3h

Things like this make me so angry - I don't know how wanton selfish disruption of public space like this, particularly affecting (and endangering) less able people, became acceptable and tolerated.

If it doesn't make you angry too, Im genuinely curious as to why?

Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 3h

Bournville Lane, alongside the ‘Men’s Recreation Ground’ …

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 4h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public The UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Britain’s biggest farm assurance scheme misled the public in a TV ad about its environmental standards. The Red Tractor scheme, used by leading supermarkets including Tesco, Asda and Morrisons to assure customers their food meets high standards for welfare, environment, traceability and safety, is the biggest and perhaps best known assurance system in Britain. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3h

If things were going to plan stuff like this simply wouldn't exist. The goal here is the elimination of fossil fuels, not "lots of batteries" or "lots of solar panels"

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 3h

Exciting news that Friends Again are reforming to play the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow in January. Here they are on Switch in 1983
youtu.be/QSNVKH1M42E

Friends Again 1983 04 08 Live 3 tracks @ Switch

YouTube video by jeyem archives

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 3h

Bournville Lane, alongside the ‘Men’s Recreation Ground’ …

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 4h

My kid visited many mosques in primary, also the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden and a synagogue. It's a great part of living in London.

She also attended a CofE for 6 years and remains an atheist.

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 12h

🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨

😱Sounds outrageous?

You know the drill…

If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some 🪏

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 3h

‘A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.’

Good thread dismantling the lastest racist grifter bullshit...

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 12h

🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨

😱Sounds outrageous?

You know the drill…

If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some 🪏

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 3h

Once again, the argument against road safety + pollution improvements consists of what people 'feel', their 'views' and 'feedback'.

No actual evidence, because that would show that LTNs work.

Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 3h

This is absolutely bizarre. These LTNs, which from the start always had majority local support, & which were paid for by TfL, are now uncontroversial in practice. Removal of £2million OBGR improvements would be an unprecedented act of social vandalism & financial waste. Shameful stuff.

Letter from Lutfur Rahman and Aspire Councillors promising they’re still planning to rip out the LTNs as soon as possible.

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 3h

Lutfur gonna Lutfur.

Thank heavens 'views' and 'feelings' outweigh child safety and cleaner air...

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 4h

Think we underestimate how much of social media is like going to the kitchen to fetch something, forgetting why you came and then shrugging and eating all the crackers

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Simon 🪗 @mzdt.bsky.social · 3h

(80s, for context)