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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 6h

October 16, 1968

John Carlos and Tommy Smith raise their fists on the medal stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Peter Norman looks on

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 4h

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

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Alexandria ⛯ @ash243x.bsky.social · 8h

10 years of leopards eating faces

Adrian Bott
@Cavalorn
'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
4:18 AM
Oct 16, 2015

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · 4h

The thing is, if you genuinely believed that preteen girls are old enough to be mothers while males in their thirties are too young to comprehend fascism, then you logically wouldn't trust men to be responsible for anything more consequential than a balloon animal, let alone a government

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 4h

They're selling regular index cards, but because they call them "analog cards" it's $100.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h

This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC

An Ugmonk Analog card standing up in the card holder on a desk beside a keyboard and laptop sitting on a riser.

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 3d

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14h

In general, there’s only one reason why something might breach the ECHR. It’s because it breaches human rights.

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 10h

You see a faded sign at the side of the road that says fifteen miles to the

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 24d

boardwalk nut hut store, wildwood, new jersey, 1978

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 10h

This is exactly it! The average uk viewer only sees the smiley telly version of some of these people

John "dadpool' Vincent @lus.is · 10h

i did not realize Carr was this horrible. I only know him from 8 out of 10 cats does countdown

Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 10h

So glad the people of Saudi Arabia got to see the very best of British comedy writing

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 13h

UCD #standoutforgaza - call out for all research collaborations with and funding of Israeli institutions at EU level to be stopped #speirgorm

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 9h

A story in three parts

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 1d

Our healthcare sector is built on the rich diversity of its workforce.

Today we’re calling on the media and some politicians to stop spreading misinformation and anti-migrant rhetoric.

Read our joint statement: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Trade unions demand end to attacks on overseas workforce

Employees from ‘international backgrounds, or perceived as ethnically distinct from the majority population, are facing a sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric’

www.bma.org.uk

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 13h

This was abundantly clear to those of us in parts of the UK that were still fighting for abortion rights at the time, a fact that was routinely ignored or misrepresented by the British "feminists" with columns in newspapers.

Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 17h

2013: Evangelicals: "We're going to use feminist sounding language to separate the T from the LGB, to ultimately ban abortion."

2014: UK 'GC' groups spring up overnight, with anon donations.

10 years of anti-trans activism.

2025: The British Press: "OMG, evangelicals are trying to ban abortion!"

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 17h

Liquidambar leaf palette just now👇🏼. Pause for a moment if you’re feeling anxious-your brain’s likely to release dopamine due to a positive response to colour gradation, certain bright colours & looking at images our brains find appealing. A pause here will make your day slightly easier to tackle 🍁

Liquidambar leaves laid out in order of colour, green through to deep red, on a buff coloured linen background

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 12h

It’s astonishing how shite they turned out to be. I didn’t have high hopes for them, and yet they somehow managed to be even shiter.

Sorry they’re making you go through this crappy process.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 1d

'London Dreams: Sleeping Cat and BT Tower' by Edward Luper
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