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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 2h

Also adore Singin’ the Rain.

Those plus My Fair Lady and The King and I were what we were raised on.

Happy happy memories.

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 3h

I absolutely adore TSOM.

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Zöe Franklin MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Ada Lovelace Day – a celebration of the achievements of women in science, tech, engineering and maths.

Ada Lovelace was a visionary mathematician and computing pioneer who lived for many years at Horsley Towers right here in #Guildford constituency.

Learn more👇
findingada.com/events/

Ada Lovelace Day 2025 – Ada Lovelace Day

This year, Ada Lovelace Day will be celebrated around the world by people organising their own events to support and celebrate the women in STEM in their own community. Sadly, this is the first year…

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Jolly Angler, Manchester (sadly closed in 2020), painting by Seanna Doonan. Artwork for The McGoldrick Family album cover. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Think Fan Engagement @thinkengagement.bsky.social · 1d

Pod S2 E2 now out! Is fan engagement all about the regulator? Not really, no. Listen to find out

shows.acast.com/fan-engageme...

#fanengagement

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Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 2d

We're delighted that @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social is an ambassador for the Sunday Times Get Britain Reading campaign!

Join and pledge to spend at least 10 minutes a day reading for the next six weeks: link.thetimes.co.uk/join/74t/sig...

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isittimetogetup.bsky.social @isittimetogetup.bsky.social · 3d

this is so incredibly powerful. thank you, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social et al. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tENn...

‘Don’t Mention the Children’ | A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen

YouTube video by SaveTheChildren

www.youtube.com

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 3d

Cheers. Was going to go to Lisbon this summer but ended up in Istanbul instead. Probs do next year. Will report back.

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 3d

Glad you enjoyed them so much. Like all the best comedy, there are some really poignant moments in there.

The Liam Neeson episode is class.

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 3d

It was a real delight to listen to. Jim has great stories and he knows how to deliver them.

‘I had discovered girls by then but they had not discovered me’ 😂

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 8d

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Si Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 9d

The other place - unsurprisingly, given what a cesspit it’s become - has lost its collective mind over the Neville video. Even if it’s a bit clumsy, the message is clear: we’re being divided. It’s a general point, not some wild claim directly blaming white men for a synagogue attack.

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 10d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police-body-cam film The Perfect Neighbor

Composed almost entirely of footage filmed by police, The Perfect Neighbor is a harrowing documentary about a black woman shot by her white neighbour in Florida. The director reveals how she made it

www.theguardian.com

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 10d

Welling up watching this.

The purity of her ♥️

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall discusses who she'd send away from Earth on Elon Musk's spaceship.

*Spoiler* Elon Musk, Netanyahu and Donald Trump were her top 3 picks.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11d

As news comes out that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other flotilla members are being tortured in Israeli 'prisons'.

I ask you.

Do you stand with Greta Thunberg?

Spread the message Free Greta Thunberg if you do.

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 12d

Any kid worth their salt would be busy pushing themselves into puddles today ☔️

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 12d

I’ll allow it for 7 year olds.

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 12d

Live footage of me feeling so sad that my poor children will have to walk home from school in this torrential rain, but not sad enough to get in the car and pick them up.

a woman is looking out of a window with rain drops on the window

ALT: a woman is looking out of a window with rain drops on the window

media.tenor.com

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 12d

I’m not sure actually. They didn’t say. Will let you know if I spot it and if my hilarious comment makes the edit, you can laugh along heartily.

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Yes We Cantona @yeswecantona.bsky.social · 13d

Been to see a recording of The Infinite Monkey Cage in Hulme this evening.

Submitted a well funny comment linking untapped energy sources and Man United.

Got read out by his royal Brian Coxness. I feel smug.

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BOFFY @boffymufc.bsky.social · 14d

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 13d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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