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Owen Sedgwick-Jell
@owenjell.bsky.social
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Manchester-based lefty dad, folk singer, youth work volunteer, board gamer, bicyclist. He/him
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paulsinha.bsky.social @paulsinha.bsky.social · 3d
Ive never been slow to criticise the Reach plc media for their awful clickbait headlines. But this is another level. They know exactly what they're doing with this headline, and it is horrible, divisive and dangerous. Shame on them.
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 4d
If you’re not ready to bid farewell to Spooky Season just yet (and are within reach of South Manchester), join me and others tomorrow, upstairs at Chorlton’s Dulcimer Bar for our last themed singaround of 2025:
Singaround @ Dulcimer Bar: Supernatural and Spooky. Bring and share songs, tune and poems, or just listen. Tuesday 4 November, 20:00, 567 Wilbraham Road. The above text is overlaid on an image of Gustave Doré’s decidedly uncanny etching “The Valley of the Dry Bones”
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 9d
🚨BREAKING: Activists have imprisoned DANGEROUS TERRORISTS Mandela, Gandhi, and Millicent Fawcett statues in Parliament Square.

They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.

The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
State of Gandhi behind bars with a security man standing in front. State of Fawcett behind bars, close up from face to torso. State of Gandhi behind bars from behind with Parliament in the background. State of Mandela behind bars, close-up from head to torso.
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TUFAC @tufac.bsky.social · 13d
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International Brigades Football Scarf
Acrylic football style scarf in the colours and with the logo of the International Brigades. 160cm in length. Will have tassels on the end....
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 16d
a man in a wig is talking about sensible policies for a happier britain
Alt: Hugh Laurie, in costume as HRH The Prince Regent, is loudly exclaiming “sensible policies for a happier Britain!”
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 18d
Still my favourite one-line description of the organisation I work for (though not the most accurate, particularly these days):
archivetvmusings.bsky.social archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 18d
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (20th October 1988). "Well, we apologise for the absence of Alexei Sayle in this week's edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff. We're attempting to right the problem, but in the meantime the programme will continue in Leslie Crowther only".
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 24d
Our reported approached a bear, in the woods, for comment, who did not immediately respond because he seemed to be in the middle of something:
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24d
Parenting advice on social media is often poor quality, says Phillipson
Parenting advice on social media is often poor quality, says Phillipson
Education secretary warns against misleading claims online during launch of ‘Best Start in Life’ campaign Parents who turn to TikTok influencers and Instagram gurus for advice on everything from potty training to childhood vaccination are at risk of falling victim to misleading and poor quality information, the education secretary has warned. Bridget Phillipson was speaking at the launch of the government’s “Best Start in Life” campaign – sometimes described as Sure Start Mark 2 after the last Labour government’s early years policy, regarded by many as its finest achievement. Continue reading...
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 25d
Only a waffer-thin one, obvs
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · 27d
Mindblown to consider that there might be a better pre-train meal option than the Special Thali at the Diwana Bel Poori House…
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Oct 7
Looks like just the right thing to put in his hutch! Amirite, @aransome.bsky.social?
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Sep 30
I am of that age where I tend to flit between metric and imperial with a certain agility, but I genuinely haven’t a Scooby whether 30 hundredweight is a little or a lot. But fortunately I’m also of the age where I can’t drive a 7.5 ton cargo box, so it’s unlikely to signify…
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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · Sep 19
absolutely the fuck not
A box of mince pies, expiry date October 1st
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Sep 16
A parable for our times:
joannechocolat.bsky.social Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Sep 16
The animals of a certain farm complained against the farmer. “He steals our eggs,” said the hens in their coop. “He’s scarcely better than a fox!”
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 5
On the same day in the Telegraph:
The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · Sep 3
"Bolton" (1937) by Julian Trevelyan. Collage shows mills and chimneys of Bolton, with the Pennines behind. Incorporated are newspaper and magazine cuttings of Spanish Civil War and rise of fascism across Europe, warning it could come to this Lancashire town. Bolton Art Gallery
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Aug 28
Such a great band - and absolutely incredible live 🔥🪗
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Aug 28
Here follows a thread of 24 carat bangers from our grate frend @anarchoshanties.bsky.social - many I know and love, some I am not yet familiar with, but I’m just off to rectify that:
anarchoshanties.bsky.social sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · Aug 28
anyway I need to cleanse my palate

for each like, i'll drop a folk song recommendation
anarchoshanties.bsky.social sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · Aug 28
youtube just recommended me an AI slop '''folk''' song. absolutely fucking disgusting and contrary to the core principles at the heart of folk music. eternal struggle against AI 'art'
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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · Aug 28
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · Aug 26
'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.

This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 26
The Lackfield family of Blackley, Manchester, set off on a day trip in the rain, August 1942 (Daily Express/SSPL/Getty).
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Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · Aug 25
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Aug 25
This would be totally on-brand for Francis…
A seven-year-old boy approaches a plate of langoustines with a look of glee
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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · Aug 15
🎶 “Community service? I do it with ease
Suspended sentence? Oh Your Honour, yes please
Before you know it, I’ll be down the deep freeze
Nicking cod from the freezers in Iceland” 🎶

(RIP Garry)
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Aug 14
Now that’s what I call a Popular Front…
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Owen Sedgwick-Jell @owenjell.bsky.social · Aug 11
NEED
smolrobots.bsky.social Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · Aug 11
331) Oddsockbot. Patrols the house, inhaling any odd socks it finds. When you later turn up an odd sock of your own, just open the hatch to retrieve its mate. #SmallRobotsRemastered
A roughly semi-cylindrical robot with wheels at the bottom on its longer flat side. Has a large suction funnel on the front of the curved side beneath two angry eyes and which is currently sucking up a sock. Its near shorter flat side has a small hinged hatch with a little handle on it.
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