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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 55m

my new book is out ONE MONTH TODAY. like all authors I am going to be going on & on about it, & encouraging you to pre-order

I do actually think this topic is genuinely important, I want to grab everyone by the lapels to tell them

but, you can mute: #dontburn

www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...

Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today

What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life? In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...

www.penguin.co.uk

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 6h

Forward this on appropriately?

Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 7h

LAST MINUTE CALL for all regional journalists and independent TV & film press...

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 7h

I did not see that coming! Got a little something in my eye :)

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 21h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 7h

Speaking from the UK I love all of you that are doing this. Amazing and brilliant people who are putting themselves forward to deflect the energy of these bastards. I hope I would have the guts to do it myself xxx

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 7h

Are there any hairless dogs, like there are hairless cats? Or is it something else like in their spit that people are allergic to (it feels like it might be? "Dander' and whatnot?)

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 7h

My answer to this question has basically always been the same. Legalise all drugs, sell them *all*, including alcohol and fags through pharmacists, who will lose their license *very easily* if they start selling dodgily.
Destroy drugs gangs, use the tax for youth clubs.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

Legalise *and* regulate drugs.

This morning on @jeremyvine.bsky.social:

youtu.be/kBjqQAFdBRQ?...

Should we legalise all drugs? feat. Zack Polanski & Carole Malone | Jeremy Vine

YouTube video by Jeremy, Storm & Vanessa On 5

youtu.be

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 20h

I was saying to someone earlier on: it is not even the year anniversary of the *election* yet.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 21h

Remembering that bloke who keeled over and died in a Korean Internet caff after playing a game non-stop for - hold on.... 50 hours of playing.

Hmmm. I suspect he was an amateur, compared to what happens next.

www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

Man dies after 50 hours of computer games

Death of 28-year-old South Korean blamed on exhaustion from three-day battle simulation spree.

www.cnet.com

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 21h

There is no A level in speaking English ffs. Should engineers or developers take an exam analysing romantic poetry and Shakespeare, or is it only for people of colour doing the jobs English people won't do for the money?

ie: any way you look at it, this is nonsense.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

www.bbc.co.uk

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 21h

I maintain that this single programme is the best advert for thoughtful travel I think I've ever seen.
Just watch this, smile indulgently at Dan's bubbling enthusiasm (and the dated music) but swoon, you have no choice:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0078vzw via @bbciplayer

Around the World in 80 Treasures - Series 1: 6. Uzbekistan to Syria

Documentary series with Dan Cruickshank. Dan sees tile making in Samarkand, the Trading Domes of Bukhara, the Fire Temple of Baku and Persepolis.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 22h

But, you're not going mad *because* of GPT, Tim, don't forget that!

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 22h

"Charlie couldn't believe it"???

And they're so beyond hope, they just... lap it up.

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 22h

🙄

I just thought, it's not even 1 yr since the *election*.

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

Oh. My. God.

Fu... that has actually made me feel nauseous. What the hell are they trying to do to people, are they total maniacs?

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

Christ! Well at least they'll all get heart disease early, by the look of 'em.

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

I'm at home! My Mum is out of hospital and better!

Many woots.

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

This I like.

Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

Evil, evil man

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

Very glad for them they managed to somehow cayak through the craziness of mass assumption of 'gay-partnerness' and still maintain a tiny modicum of privacy until they were old enough that the press can't remember who they were.
Also, I just want to say, they were/*are* fucking great role models

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

Late entry to the Dan & Phil "parents" posts, but this is me and a different parent after watching our tweens going in to the Hammersmith Apollo to see Dan And Phil Are On fire:
-General chat burbling...
-They are going out with each other, aren't they?
-I'm sure they are
-Back to burbling...

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

I used to listen to the Wizard Of Oz soundtrack. A Lot. But, spoilers, I have seen it several hundred times.

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

those two simply being lovely provided an alternate universe of silly kindness for lads too.
Given that there were 24k other messages I doubt they'll see it, but good luck to them, I say!

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

I left them a message telling them they were my daughter's safe space when she was 11, 12, 13. And that when I think of my son talking to me about these interesting ideas he'd seen in a YouTube video by *Ben Shapiro* (holy fuck!)...

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Captain Hurley 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @zoonie.bsky.social · 23h

That Dan has had some haircuts, good lord.

Lego figure clip on hair helmet, sir? Why yes!