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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 4h

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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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 1d

The sounds of a hillfort in its day; the hammering of smiths, livestock, the beating of skin drums, humans shouting and laughing and the crackling of fires. This is the 26 acre Fosbury Camp hillfort, established during the Iron Age. #Hillfort #Wiltshire

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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 4h

Wednesday

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 15h

Scottish care boss backs SNP plan to defy Labour visa ban | The National share.google/HLOOH36GIk2g...

'Absolutely right': Scottish care boss backs SNP plan to defy Labour visa ban

JOHN Swinney announcing that the Scottish Government will sponsor "displaced" international care workers to come to Scotland has been…

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Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · Apr 14

When you go to a dinner party and it's blindingly obvious the couple have been fighting just before you all arrived...

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Nicholas Jackson @njj4.bsky.social · 14h

I always want to say "it's like the old ATV ident" when I teach my students about Venn diagrams, but they were all born about 25 years after ATV closed down.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 15h

HOOK THIS TO MY VEINS

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 15h

HOOK THIS TO MY VEINS

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Gerry Bolton @gerryb.bsky.social · 1d

Without any sense of iron he still publishes as if an expert

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Stevie Kilner @1steviekilner.bsky.social · 15h

I'm good, thanks.

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His Royal Madjesty @hisroyalmadjesty.bsky.social · Apr 5

There are people out there reenacting the Bayeux Tapestry and I wish so hard I were one of them.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 19h

“Of course, Johnson is still wrong about everything…”

The Covid partying Brexit destroying lying disgrace should be in prison not being written about, however critically.
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Bojo’s ‘Boriswave’ tantrum shows how unfit he was for No 10

A little over three years after leaving Downing Street, the former prime minister’s recent media appearances reveal a man urgently trying to correct the record. It’s the same old story, says Sean O’Gr...

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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 15h

I'm so sorry, Paul. There aren't the words. Hoping that you and the family find strength and support in each other.

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Kippy Woo-ooo-ooo! 🦇🎃👻🧛‍♂️💀🐺🕷 @tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social · 17h

Every day this scum is not behind bars demeans us as a nation.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 19h

Chiltern Railways has shown off the first of its refurbished Mark 5A trains, which will be introduced between London and the West Midlands from early 2026.

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Chiltern Railways unveils first refurbished Mark 5A trains ahead of 2026 rollout

Chiltern Railways has shown off the first of its refurbished Mark 5A trains, which will be introduced between London and the West Midlands from early 2026.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Boris Johnson, "I tried to get the scientists to say that lockdown was a bad idea"

*they all laugh*

There were 26,000 covid deaths because Boris Johnson ignored scientists and delayed the first lockdown by a week

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Paul Carter @paulpics.bsky.social · 22h

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cockier pigeon.

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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 22h

The opening, ambient intro to 'Nothing Arrived' was sublime 👌 x

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

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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Trev Ellis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 #YES @gingertrevtrev.bsky.social · 1d

I've got cobwebs on my shrub*

*not a euphemism

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Dark Galloway @darkgalloway.bsky.social · 1d

Troqueer Parish Church, Dumfries.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #History

Atmospheric black and white photo of an 18th century church with 19th century alterations and a bird cage style belfry. Surrounded by tombstones under a dramatic sky.

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 1d

MORE OF THIS PLEASE!

“The Scottish Government has said it will invest £500k to fund a tailored offer to help international social care workers who have found themselves without sponsored employment elsewhere in the UK at no fault of their own.”

#SNP #Scotland

Scottish Government to sponsor care workers in defiance of Labour visa ban

THE Scottish Government will sponsor UK visas for care workers to get around Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced.

www.thenational.scot

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Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk · 1d

Had to write a letter this morning. I'll write another before the day is out.

Actress Patricia Routledge in character as Irene Ruddock from the television adaption of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads". She is sitting in a room at a desk containing writing implements, and in front of a bright window.

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of.

Everyone’s favourite cartoon character Alexei Sayle in Steamboat Fatty (1939).

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