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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 12m

In a major theological development, it appears that trolling your city rivals is no longer sinful.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 9h

Also I got a quote from King Lear in the Beano which I think might be a first.

A character saying “Blow winds and crack your cheeks…”

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 1d

I am not a religious person and I am swiftly tiring of having to care so much, and know so much, about the Bizarro World version of Christianity that the MAGA cult practices.

Just fucking read the Bible. Once! Without using some megachurch scammer's For Dummies notes!

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 46m

Awkward efforts to stovepipe the US under Trump into comparisons with 20th century Europe or the Middle East are less analytically helpful than with recent crises in Western Hemisphere societies like Mexico or Colombia that are culturally and institutionally much closer to 21st century America.

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 1h

This is really good on Sánchez's immigration and Africa policies. An object lesson for other progressive parties in govt: when you are in govt you do what you believe is right and if the opposition howls, well, let it, it's the opposition

cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 1h

ICYMI @almagroschool.bsky.social

Spain's radically different approach to African migration www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

www.bbc.com

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Kat Arney @katarney.bsky.social · 2h

Them: Hi, we are a prestigious global foundation! Please come and speak at our event in Lyon, France.

Me: Sounds great! I am self-employed, please cover my travel, accommodation & a small honorarium for my time.

Them: Alas, we can't even cover travel and hotel.

PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP DOING THIS.

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 2h

"Questions to the Prime Minister! Mr Harry Kane!"

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 2h

A cunning plan. If he got a couple of questions a week he'd have to turn up and do some work instead of swanning off to America.

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 7h

Our new paper led by Rafael Lima used carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analyses to interrogate the origin of some biogeographically controversial Brazilian bird specimens - an #ornithology 🧵 1/10
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Stable isotope data indicate origins of mislabelled historical bird specimens

Natural history specimens provide valuable insights across diverse research fields, but those needing more accurate metadata have limited scientific value. We applied stable isotope analysis to inves...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 7h

Cock-ups happen.

Less often, because they take more effort, conspiracies happen.

The thing is to tell them apart, and to also know when you are not in a position to decide.

/ends.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 14h

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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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 13h

Fond farewell to Baltic Wharf trees making way for much-needed brownfield site homes
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

'This is not about trees versus homes'

Like many people, Anna Haydock-Wilson was aghast at the devastation at Baltic Wharf after dozens of trees were felled

www.bristol247.com

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 22h

At what point of the US not having a government do the Belgians start to make fun of them?

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party has the opportunity to make the funniest policy change ever.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

An example of the government not having a project: only yesterday the government was trumpeting new measures to make it easier to build things. We'll work out who actually builds stuff later on.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

Ironic, in a sense, that the UK is so bad at languages that it no longer has the language skills to describe *in their own language* what they want the language skills of migrants to be

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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 1d

Investors are betting big bucks on the idea that AI will create an explosion of leisure time...e.g. it was a key part of the public rationale for the massive $55bn takeover of video games maker Electronic Arts. But are they right?? (short thread linked to my column today www.ft.com/content/4011...)

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 1d

An exhibition of fantasy maps all drawn by the fantasy author, Ursula K. Le Guin, has opened in central London.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/map...

Mapping Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin's maps go on display at the Architectural Association

An exhibition of fantasy maps all drawn by the fantasy author, Ursula K. Le Guin, has opened in central London.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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Peter Sketch @petersketch.bsky.social · 1d

A battle of wits between the protagonist and the staff member at the British Library whose job it is to stop authors dumping multiple copies on them.

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Rick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 1d

Spot on @stephenkb.bsky.social on why Brexit has fatally wounded the Conservative Party.
To succeed in Tory politics now, you have to pretend not to know stuff. The successful mid-career people who used to form the Tory base are not prepared to do that.

on.ft.com/42AKpx5

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing, but nothing, shouts "lazy PR takes advantage of lazy journalist" like demanding something be taught in schools.

Bonus lazy-points to this example for ignoring the fact that it's already in the KS1 national curriculum.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 3d

Kaleb Cooper, the breakout star of Clarkson’s Farm, has called for farming to be taught in schools so that children understand where their food comes from ⬇️

Teach farming in schools, says Kaleb Cooper — it saved me

The star of the TV series Clarkson’s Farm tells the Cheltenham Literature Festival that ‘everyone should know how to grow potatoes and other vegetables’

www.thetimes.com

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 2d

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of Thatcher stuff coming today, to mark her 100th birthday. Here's one of mine.

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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 2d

The beautiful Ayshford Chapel is one of only a handful of medieval chapels of ease that continued to be used for religious services after the Reformation.

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