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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 1h

I'd add that the reactionaries think they've hit on a real canny humdinger of a strategy with this one bc what's actually going on here is the inverse of what is being presented

Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 2h

Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.

William Hague: Why I’ll banish ‘safe spaces’ at Oxford
The new chancellor tells Cheltenham Literature Festival that there will be no ‘cancel culture’ and students should expect to hear things that upset them
October 14 2025, The Times
The new chancellor of Oxford University has said there will be no safe spaces for students and warned would-be undergraduates that they will “hear things that will upset and offend them”.

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Taraaaaaaaaghhhhh! Zombies!!! @theblueststar.bsky.social · 1h

The fucking EYES

An article from the metro:
Breaking:
Royal Mail fined £21,000,000 for failing to deliver first class post on time.

A red post box with googly eyes on it.

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 1h

I know!

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 1h

Just made me think of that spread bottom cheeks meme. The internet has ruined me

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 4h

Being asked on question time if you would nationalise large breasts

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 2h

Can't you'd him up now 👎

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 2h

She's such a fucking ignorant gobshite

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 4h

a skull full of soup.

cinesthetic. @TheCinesth.... 13h
Teaser trailer for 'AMADEUS' starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany has been released.

Graham Linehan @Glinner 7h
How would you like to see Amadeus again, except this time Mozart is black?
Me neither! Yet here it is!

Clara @Americana Mama79 6h
That guy is black?

Graham Linehan @Glinner 6h
Apparently not but the point rrrremains!

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 3h

Listened to this last night, really interesting!

Jazz Tehara 👻 (Spooky mode) @drjazztehara.bsky.social · 16h

This might be a good place to drop the podcast I did with @hkesvani.bsky.social and @phoeberoi.bsky.social a few months ago about AI/LLM induced psychosis.

open.spotify.com/episode/4efC...

He's in LacAInian chat rooms posting Dreams ft. Dr Jazz Tehara

open.spotify.com

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 5h

I thought someone had done it for Halloween at first

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 6h

For those who struggle to use Alt text, especially those ‘big’ accounts that are trying to preach and reach, here is a helpful guide.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=RE-i...

Image Accessibility on Bluesky

YouTube video by Crystal Preston-Watson

m.youtube.com

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16h

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

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The Paul of Cthulhu @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 17h

The Beach Boys were so far ahead of their time it’s unreal

Doctored screenshot from Genius:

Wouldn't It Be Nice Lyrics

[Verse 1: Brian Wilson]
Wouldn't it be nice if Elon Musk was dead

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Sel @ruonblu.bsky.social · 17h

"City minister Lucy Rigby told the Investment Association dinner on Tuesday that savers could more than double their savings if they chose to invest in the stock market. “We are committed to building a shareholding democracy,” She said."

Shoving Thatcherism up your arse and then vomiting it out.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h

Rachel Reeves revives plans to overhaul cash Isas on.ft.com/3W5DBnr

Rachel Reeves revives plans to overhaul cash Isas

Chancellor weighs up halving annual tax-free savings allowance to encourage wider investment in UK stock market

on.ft.com

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Veronica du Lac (She/Her) @krustyallslopp.bsky.social · 18h

"The case is clear: after 11 years, over 247,000 badgers killed, and hundreds of millions spent, bTB is still rampant."
A fucking MONSTROUS destruction of our beloved badgers, based on outright lies about badgers by aristo landowners, farmers and their disgusting lackeys in successive Tory govts.

Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 20h

open.substack.com/pub/protectt...
At last this vicious killing of innocent badgers may be about to end. What a travesty.

Badger cull dismantled from all sides in landmark Parliament debate

The cull is collapsing under its own weight, and it is collapsing because people refused to accept a lie.

open.substack.com

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to join the PG Woodhouse Society before being allowed entry to the UK

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.