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meadoak.bsky.social
Lurking in London
@meadoak.bsky.social
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South Londoner, trying to find moments of sanity in a mad world
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meadoak.bsky.social
#NationalTrust #NT members have followed the board's recommendations and elected sane candidates to the NT's Council at the 2025 AGM

The right-wing #RestoreTrust candidates were defeated again.
Elected to the Council • Marcus Buck - • Jane Dean - • Richard Grayson - • Ismail Kholwadia - • Anne Marie McAleese - • Stephen McMahon - • Will Wilkin
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
The transphobic bigots LGB Alliance have a stand at the Tory party conference #CPC25.
Well, of course.

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October 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
... and there'll be a Saturday evening version with minor royals doing 'Intercourse Castle'
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July 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
For those unfamiliar, there's a wonderful OFCOM document that lists the public's perception of "rude" words being used on TV and radio.
37 pages of it, including words not in English ...
PDF: www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

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Table from linked Ofcom doc with a table of general swear words
July 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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mikestabile.bsky.social
Bluesky is not a porn site. It is a social media site that does allow sex workers and doesn't automatically censor sex-related (including explicit content).

Bluesky says it will now block that and other content unless you have scanned your face, identification documents, etc.
Working with the UK Government to Protect Children Online - Bluesky
Part of Bluesky’s mission to create a more open and decentralized social web is helping users feel safe and in control of their experience. We always try to balance safety with privacy, and free expre...
bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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mikestabile.bsky.social
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.

I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
www.theverge.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
The #Glastonbury #BobVylan performance was not 'broadcast' by the BBC but instead narrow-casted/ streamed.

If Ofcom wishes to investigate streamed content, I look forward to it taking similar action re non-broadcast content distributed on TalkTV, Piers Morgan, GBNews etc.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
meadoak.bsky.social
"New Sunday evening drama on BBC1: Ban Pride with Prejudice"
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June 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
meadoak.bsky.social
#BlueSky has the juice!

Take the roasting of @smartdublin.bsky.social for it's AI tourist bot:

👇 Bluesky post: 1.4k replies, 817 quotes, flamed
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Xitter post: 👇 28 replies, 25 quotes.
x.com/smartdublin/...
screenshot of the linked bluesky post screenshot of the linked x post
June 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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rhodri.biz
Shows a remarkable similarity to another survey I did recently
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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meadoak.bsky.social
Looks like Altar Mitty Calvin Robinson has exited Xitter too
@calvinrobinson This account doesn’t exist Try searching for another.
May 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
WAKE UP GIRLIES, CALVIN ROBINSON HAS BEEN KICKED OUT OF ANOTHER CHURCH
The license granted to the Rev. Calvin Robinson by the Rt. Rev. Ray Sutton of the Reformed Episcopal Church has been withdrawn, after the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America denounced Fr. Robinson as un- Anglican and ungovernable. On 14 May 2025, Bishop Sutton wrote to Fr. Robinson, stating that with reluctance he was withdrawing the license, but emphasized he was not compeled to abandon the young priest. The action leaves Fr. Robinson without episcopal oversight at this time. In sharing the news with colleagues, Fr. Robinson commented: "I am done, brother."
May 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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finnfox.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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cherylmorgan.bsky.social
Once again, not the picture that the media wants you to see
May 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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meadoak.bsky.social
UKIP's candidate for London Mayor, Peter Gammons, who believed there were "4,000,000km of secret tunnels and chambers hidden under London" that could "ease London's congestion problems"
Screenshot of a Xitter post by Peter Gammons (@Gammons4London) "Did you know that there are 4,000,000km of secret tunnels and chambers hidden under London that, until recently, no one know even existed? Large stretches of these tunnels can be used to ease London's congestion problems" Nov 16, 2020 with a link to a mylondon news article (which Gammons hadn't read)
April 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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laurenshof.online
so uhh, this means you can build a feed that only shows posts that governments want banned in their country. Turkey says a post should be banned? What about a feed that shows all posts that the gov wants to be banned instead?
neko.moe.observer neko @neko.moe.observer · Apr 16
checks out, @moderation-tr.bsky.app issued a !hide label
pdsls.dev screenshot showing @moderation-tr.bsky.app issuing a !hide label for the account at 2025-04-15.
April 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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altugozturk.bsky.social
After X’s repressive actions, hundreds of thousands in Turkey joined Bluesky, seeking a freer space. Reports of government censorship here are deeply troubling. Don’t squander this trust. This is a critical moment for principled leadership—not silent compromise. @jay.bsky.team
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
I know this isn't the biggest point, but note the complete absence of criticism for Bukele wearing a black sweater, instead of a shirt and tie. It seems if you are "the world's coolest dictator" and willing to become a US prison annex, turning up looking like a pimp in an off-Broadway musical is ok.
Vance FB post of a photo from Bukele's Oval Office press session.
April 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
meadoak.bsky.social
I've got a joke about Argos, but you can get it through the catalogue yourselves

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hutchinsondave.bsky.social Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · Apr 13
I’ve got a joke about Hephaestus, but it’s forged.
adamroberts.bsky.social Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · Apr 13
I've got a joke about Agamemnon. It'll make you bath. Sorry: laugh.
April 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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teal.bsky.social
Ok if true, this is genuinely dumb as hell
April 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
No one tell Trump about Welsh
alexpanetta.bsky.social Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · Apr 1
Whoa. The US’s annual list of trade complaints is out. And here’s a new one for Canada:

Quebec’s language law, Bill 96. The US had already begun complaining about it, and now it’s officially on its target list.

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April 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
"Laurence Fox charged with sexual offence after ‘sharing upskirting photo' on social media"

www.lbc.co.uk/crime/lauren...
Laurence Fox charged with sexual offence after ‘sharing upskirting photo' on social media
Laurence Fox has been charged with a sexual offences after he ‘shared an upskirting photo' on social media.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
No, Penelope Keith didn't shoot JFK ... she was a decoy for the real assassin ...
Black and white picture of Peter Bowles, holding a pistol, in a scene from the 1970 film Eyewitness.
March 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
meadoak.bsky.social
Looking forward to DOGE exposing ICE's OnlyFans subscriptions
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josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Mar 12
New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here: www.404media.co/the-200-site...
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an...
www.404media.co
March 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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generalboles.bsky.social
It would probably be a pointless gesture but the King should invite Zelensky for a very public meeting on his way back home.
February 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM