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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 3h

Someone explain why after 2 weeks of gradually chucking things in the recycling, you suddenly find a bunch of random things throughout the evening *after* putting the recycling out.

Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 3h

Saturday, a moment where i discovered the cake allergy is alive and well.
Local premium donut van / business.
I can eat the plain ring ones. They were sold out, so i thought i'd be okay with the flavoured non-filled ones.
Massive stomach ache and nausea soon after : foolish mortal.

Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 3h

I bagsy the gold suit in that case.

Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 4h

are we also destroying the NTlive version?

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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 4h

surely there's someone who know with sewing skills that can add extra panels?

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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 4h

sadly the answer is pretty simple : 'distract from brexit and lots of money from the weird american right'.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 7h

Will Menaker used this as the basis for the best explanation I've seen of Elite Columnist Trans Bathroom Panic in the UK - these people all went to boarding schools where kids doing horrendous things to one another in bathrooms (while everyone kept quiet about it) was part of the curriculum.

La Conquête du Panini @botsnack.bsky.social · 7h

Would read/listen to hours long analysis of this dynamic with historical context.

Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 8h

Mutual blackmail material has always been the backbone of elite solidarity. Aristocrats don't send their kids to boarding schools because the teachers are better; they send them to learn the group dynamic of being above the law. Whether you participate or only witness it, keep your mouth shut.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 8h

Mutual blackmail material has always been the backbone of elite solidarity. Aristocrats don't send their kids to boarding schools because the teachers are better; they send them to learn the group dynamic of being above the law. Whether you participate or only witness it, keep your mouth shut.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 8h

The unspoken meaning of regular "If this gets leaked we're cooked lololol" jokes is to remind everyone that they're in a position to coerce or destroy anyone who gets out of line.

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 8h

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 5h

movieweb.com/ai-hollywood...

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 4h

problem is that I haven't used/ looked for it since last year's dwcon, which is... right before the move.
Hence, ALL the boxes.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 17h

Red Squirrels always looking like they're about to politely interrupt

A Red Squirrel stands upright on the forest floor, tiny paws clasped neatly together as if waiting nervously to ask a question. Its wide eyes and hesitant posture give it an endearing, almost apologetic expression, as though feeling rather unsure about interrupting.

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The Life of Sharks 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelifeofsharks.com · 16h

WTF did he whisper to her that made her push him away like that? I think we can probably guess.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 15h

❄️ Seen some online headlines promising the 'exact date' of snow?

They might not be telling you the full picture.

Here's our guide on 'exact date' weather headlines, where they come from, and how you can reliably know if there's snow in the forecast: weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/...

Graphic with the headline "'Exact date' weather headline?" and subtext "Here's what it doesn't tell you..." featuring hands holding a newspaper titled "DAILY NEWS" on a light purple background.

Graphic: Forecasting uncertainty" with subtext "Weather forecasts for weeks away often include uncertainties which means accurately forecasting the 'exact date' for something weeks away is unlikely," featuring an open calendar on a light purple background.

Graphic titled "Ensemble forecasts" with subtext "Weather models are run multiple times to determine levels of certainty, something that isn't often captured in headlines," illustrated with overlapping lines on a chalkboard on a light purple background.

Graphic titled "Getting an accurate forecast" with subtext "Check the source of the headline and check the Met Office if you're unsure," showing a person looking through a magnifying glass on a light purple background.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 14h

The Secretary of State calls this a win-win for development and nature.

It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.

You don’t build growth on chaos.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 14h

The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️

Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.

It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.

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A Wren stands upright on a mossy branch, beak open in full song, small but defiant. Against a soft golden blur, it seems to speak out for nature itself: a clear voice cutting through the noise, refusing to be ignored.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 14h

I am for ghosts at the glass. Ghosts of the twitching net curtain. I am for those wounds in time that discharge phantoms, leak glimpses of yesterday. If each pane is a haunted possibility, we may walk the city observed by a thousand spectral eyes. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

A black and white photograph of an old window in an Ashcourt street. The bottom half of it is curtained with net, the top half reflects the Georgian terraced house across the street. The image reeks of phantoms and time as a sickness.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 12h

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "Get the fuck out of my timeline"

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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 4h

Leave three 2l bottle of strongbow down by the little wall round the back of the allotments. Possibly some naan bread.

night night hookland.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 5h

Goodnight from Trudy Blake, hearing the rumbling of spectral mammoths coming from the Once-Was-Ice of Blackford Down. Goodnight from Sophie Morley, puzzling the graffito: ‘THE FAERY TITHE IS DUE’ blossoming on the railway arches of Weychester. Goodnight from Hookland.

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Heather Wallace @burntcopper.bsky.social · 5h

thread of glorious. wait til you get to the perfume testing.

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 23h

The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London.
Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 16h

yesterday one of my d&d players who is a university professor, who I've played with for half a decade, who has a Potion of Flying in his character backpack, who has seen birds before, put his hand up to ask "does flight exist" without any further context and reader I almost lost control and hit him

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 16h

This sequence of posts sums it up, really. Men are the problem - cis men, who don’t need to change anything about themselves to do harm - but trans people are the scapegoat because tackling men would require a total dismantling of societal structure.

A story about the former Premier League referee David Coote admitting making an indecent image of a child, followed by a story about trans people being at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces

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Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · 14h

Omg this may be the greatest idea I've ever heard.

iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · Oct 17

a funny thing that Marvel and Martin Scorsese could do is, he could take over the Stan Lee role of old guy who does cameos in every movie, so, you know, Captain America gets punched through a wall and there's Marty walking his little dog and he tuts 'Oh, for chrissake, *superheroes*' and so forth

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Adam Edwards @adamedwardscycles.bsky.social · 14h

Instead of "See it, Say it, Sorted" we could have "Headphones, headphones, headphones". I'd much prefer it.

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