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Sam Downie
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2x BAFTA Nominated #Autistic Film Director, Actor/Voice Actor, #dolbyatmos mix engineer verified by Universal Music Group (uk) official website: www.dsoundz.co.uk linktree : https://linktr.ee/samdownie I have a book out too! www.dsoundz.co.uk/books
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Sam Downie @samdownie.bsky.social · Jun 16
Announcement 📣 I’m a full member of the @ukmpg.bsky.social now, see the news on my website at www.dsoundz.co.uk
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Shira Ovide @shiraovide.bsky.social · 2d
A chilling story about an ex-partner weaponizing Apple's family sharing. www.wired.com/story/apples...

This happened with AirTags and connected car services (see @kashhill.bsky.social). And apparently it's hard to ditch the primary account holder when they're no longer part of the family.
Kate (name changed to protect her privacy and safety) knows this firsthand. When her marriage collapsed, she says, her now ex-husband, the designated organizer, essentially weaponized Family Sharing. He tracked their children’s locations, counted their screen minutes and demanded they account for them, and imposed draconian limits during Kate’s custody days while lifting them on his own. “Invasive and coercive” is how she describes it. When Kate moved the children away physically, she wanted to cut the digital cord too—but it wasn't that simple.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 3d
I feel I must unleash my annual opposition to No Nut November*. It's not good for people who have prostates.

[*may be a meme more than a practice, but it's an opportunity for education on cancer prevention. 30% lowered risk is not nothing]
Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer - Harvard Health
Research into the connections between sexual activity and prostate cancer....
www.health.harvard.edu
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 3d
ah, this is such sad news www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West
www.theguardian.com
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Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 3d
Invest in staff and you'll have a well functioning NHS that serves the population well.

Retain and commit to the 100,000 staff threatened with redundancy, and pay Resident Doctors what they're owed.

Just a thought.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS needs up to £3bn extra to avoid cuts, health leaders warn
Health leaders say progress on reducing waiting lists will be affected if there is no help in making up the financial shortfall.
www.bbc.co.uk
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 8d
You asked, we delivered! By VERY popular demand - if you’re five raccoons in an overcoat, you can now say it with your chest!

Available in all the usual fits and colours - go go go!

the-daily-tism.teemill.com/product/five...
Five raccoons in an overcoat white t shirt Five raccoons in an overcoat black hoodie
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Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social · 8d
CALLING MOST GUITARISTS! You probably owe yourself this!! 💥 🎸 👇🏼
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Elsa Williams @elsawilliams.bsky.social · 15d
Opened the fridge. Just read the back of a tub of ricotta that instructs, ‘consume within 24 hours.’

That’s not a cheese. That’s a time bomb
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Sam Downie @samdownie.bsky.social · 15d
@thedailytism.com well @joewellscomic.bsky.social has landed in bristol with a fab unique show and t-shirt #thedailytism we want more satire and comedy 🎭
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Gints Zilbalodis @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social · Mar 21
Feels quite surreal to see this image from Flow every day when I open Blender. You can get a high res version here
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7pfxc...
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Gints Zilbalodis @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social · Mar 10
This is what you do after winning an Oscar
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 22d
My statement on Middle East peace
A white graphic with a blue border includes the following text: My Statement on Middle East Peace October 9, 2025 After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.
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Bristol24/7 @bristol247.bsky.social · 23d
There will be artists, makers and creatives opening their doors across three floors
Centrespace Open Studios returns along with the illustrators’ exhibition ‘We’re Here Now’
There will be artist studios and workshop spaces open across three floors of the building
www.bristol247.com
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Sam Downie @samdownie.bsky.social · 22d
*misleading post
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22d
the discord hack is every user's worst nightmare www.404media.co/the-discord-...
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 22d
Trump and Congressional Republicans shut down the government over health care funding that helps over 300,000 Massachusetts residents afford their insurance.

Some residents could see their premiums increase by over $25,000 a year.

That’s indefensible.
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Sam Downie @samdownie.bsky.social · 26d
Remembering #SteveJobs
Photo of Steve Jobs the CEO of Apple Computer who died from cancer in October 2011. Many knew steve like me.
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 29d
🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.

This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 29d
How Long Should You Keep Taking Antidepressants?

thecosmicshamblesnet...

A science-based retort to the constant refrain that you need to 'get off those pills' if you take antidepressants.

#Depression #MentalHealth #Medication #PillShaming

How Long Should You Keep Taking Antidepressants?
For as long as you NEED to says Dr Dean Burnett.
thecosmicshamblesnetwork.substack.com
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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · Jul 27
This piece on MSNBC, authored by Alex Morozov, Helen Petousis-Harris, and I is presenting evidence of what appears to be a long-planned campaign against vaccines by RFK Jr and his, umm, colorful associates. They discovered a new scary chemical called aluminum ... www.msnbc.com/opinio...
Opinion | RFK Jr. and the troubling link between the antivax agenda and potential money and influence
Science does not support aluminum as a culprit of autism. Yet RFK Jr. and his associates continue to find ways to support the claim.
www.msnbc.com
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Sep 30
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press. https://to.pbs.org/4nXLMhB
FBI director gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed.
www.pbs.org
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Elsa Williams @elsawilliams.bsky.social · Sep 28
‘Real friendships felt mythical to me’: On autism, reading and growing up
‘Real friendships felt mythical to me’: On autism, reading and growing up
Some people liken autistic girls to an iceberg. Personally, I prefer the analogy of a rotten log: overturn any one of us and there’ll be…
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Sep 29
New from 404 Media: here is the story of how Ruby went off the rails. 3000 words on developers suddenly locked out, corporate pressure, and claims of a "hostile takeover" of one of the most critical pieces of infrastructure for the internet we all rely on everyday

www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
www.404media.co
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Sam Downie @samdownie.bsky.social · Sep 29
When travelling 🧳 outside England I recommend getting a @currensea travel card #currensea it’s great 👍

I’m making great savings with Currensea, the card for people who travel 💳 Order your card and you’ll get £5 back when you start using it www.currensea.com/refer-a-frie...
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Sam Downie @samdownie.bsky.social · Sep 29
Great #podcast about comics and #autism

m.soundcloud.com/user-6085568...
Constructing Comics - Episode 368 - Mike Scrase
Play Constructing Comics - Episode 368 - Mike Scrase by Constructing Comics Podcast on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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Sonicstate @sonicstate.bsky.social · Sep 28
Bristronica 25: Bitwig Studio 6 (video) : Lots of functionality and streamlining going on with 6
Lots of functionality and streamlining going on with 6
Bristronica 25: Bitwig Studio 6 (video) : Lots of functionality and streamlining going on with 6
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