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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

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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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · 1d

Big World's Strongest Man vibes. He does know his big lads.

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Alan Boon @wcba.bsky.social · 2d

Thatcher would have been 100-years-old today. But she's not. She's dead. Enjoy yourselves.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · 13d

Somebody tell me what job I should do next, please. Hearing rumours that the original dream of finding ancient tombs is hard to get into lately, what with the curses and all.

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Alex Baker @anomiegeog.bsky.social · 13d

Actively disgusted by this cynical weaponisation of a tragedy. Opposing a genocide has nothing to do with what happened and I would go so far to say these words are incitement. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood: Pro-Palestinian protests 'un-British' after terror attack

The home secretary told BBC Breakfast she was disappointed pro-Palestinian protests went ahead.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · 17d

Would you regret not doing it? Because that's your answer.

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 20d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · 21d

Surely somebody who had to prove their competence and their worth again and again like Gail Kim did - and who made their name with matches against bigger opponents - should know better.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · 22d

Anybody else occasionally sit down to update their CV and suddenly realise that they have no skills or abilities?

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 16

By the time I got to the front of the queue the cheapest SOAD tickets left were £142 each at the back of the stadium. I'll take my chances on the general sale or keep my money, ta.

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Miles, knitting screaming agony werewolf @queermedieval.bsky.social · Sep 14

shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week

A screenshot of a tumblr post from user kleinergeist, reading "Oh, so when YOU grab a Danish for a quick snack, it's a guilt-free, tasty little treat. But when I, Grendel,"

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 14

That is top tier pun work. 10/10

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 13

Highest 2 Lowest is a stressful watch, not least because everything and everyone is so carefully choreographed that even people you're meant to trust seem dodgy as fuck at points. I'm glad we've got Spike Lee but he drives me mad sometimes.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 13

The extra attention and smiles you get from the staff when you're having dinner alone confound me sometimes. Mate, I'm ordering a pizza and reading a book about cults. This is my best life.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 12

This would be the most glorious outcome, but if I'm Tony I'm not passing up the opportunity to say I did a show that outdrew that year's Mania.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 12

There must be one somewhere at that time of year. Maybe somewhere the Fed had provisionally put a hold on.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 12

If ever there was a time for AEW to stoop to WWE's level for counter-programming, it's to outdraw a Saudi WrestleMania. Do a stadium show in a city the fans can actually visit, have the whole indie weekender around. You know Tony's petty enough.

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KieranEdits @kieranedits.bsky.social · Sep 11

I’ve said it before and will doubtless say it again: I love that Hangman insists on always calling his title the MEN’S World Title. It immediately puts the women’s version on the same level. It would be great if the company as a whole followed suit.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 9

I swear. It's important for accessibility anyway, but I personally want a transcript for your video so I don't have to watch the fucking video.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Sep 9

I don't really care if the future is short videos. I like words. Words have gotten me this far and I'm gonna stick with 'em for the duration

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 9

You almost can't believe Coppola got away with it. Something different sticks in my mind every time- this time it's the cut where the puncture wounds on Lucy's neck become the glowing eyes of the wolf. I fucking love it.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's a bonkers gothic melodrama which lives on the chemistry between Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder and looks incredible. I will defend it to the death.

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today was the worst day of my career- so bad that George @puropodcast.bsky.social finally let me show him Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula.

"Well, I was never bored."

a man wearing a top hat and sunglasses says " see me see me now "

Alt: Gary Oldman as Dracula in London seeing Mina Murray and saying "See me, see me now"

media.tenor.com

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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sack the copywriter.

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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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Sarah Parkin @sarahparkin1.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hurrah for managing to get the cheap seats for Manchester Dynamite before they all got sold out from under me. I'm too old for this Ticketmaster stress bollocks.