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Ben K
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#BookSky, interested in aspiring authors and supporting libraries. Politics, Football Manager, science, archaeology and UK comedians feature heavily!
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world." Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Fascinating story of a satirical citizen journalism publication 'for the poor' launched in London in 1886 by a young couple ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3d
In 1886, a couple of East End activists launched Toby, a scrappy satirical paper that bit back at power with wit and outrage. Long before social media, it gave workers a voice – and paid the price for doing so. Graham Palmer has their story ⬇️

eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
Rise and silencing of the East End’s pioneering paper
“That’s the way to do it!” Toby, a paper named after Punch’s dog bit back at power – until satire, scandal and love brought it to heel
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
We’re working with @glanlaw.bsky.social and our claimants SOS UK, @tippingpointuk.bsky.social and Save Hemsby Coastline to challenge the UK government.

Starmer’s climate framework is so full of holes that it breaches our right to family life. Support our challenge here:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Make Keir Starmer step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
goodlaw.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
From affordable sketches to investment pieces, Art Fair East in Norwich this weekend isn’t just for looking, it’s for buying – and supporting artists: ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Art Fair East: Where the ordinary meets the extraordinary
Promoting art is always an excellent thing, and if you’re looking for a diverse selection to buy, this is the place for you
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Lise Meitner, who discovered nuclear fission and did the experiments that led Pauli to postulate neutrinos, is one of my heroes. She had to work twice as hard for everything, and did so much.

I tell a bit of her story here:

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John Carlos Baez (@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)
Attached: 1 image Lise Meitner, who discovered nuclear fission, is one of my heroes. She had to work twice as hard for everything, and did so much. The Austrian government did not open the universi...
mathstodon.xyz
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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woodo.bsky.social
All Landlords Are Bastards, and leaseholding is some outdated Victorian era quasi-extortion racket shit that should be outlawed but this guy is a fuly on cunt. Stay for the kicker of "Yes I'm up in court on a stalking charge but I demand you send me the home address of one of your female reporters."
sheffieldtribune.bsky.social Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 5d
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”

Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”

Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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sheffielduni.bsky.social
Imagine the fear of vivid, sinister images filling your mind. This is the reality for many living with psychosis.

iMAPS therapy is a pioneering intervention specifically designed to help patients gain control over these intrusive ‘mind's eye’ images.

Read more: sheffield.ac.uk/news/pioneer...
Pioneering therapy could offer hope for psychosis patients struggling with disturbing mental images
A pioneering therapy targeting distressing and disturbing mental images for people with psychosis could lead to a transformative intervention for a condition estimated to cost England almost £12 billi...
sheffield.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’

“Be glad that you are here”

Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷

📷 Corning Museum of Glass

#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
The Corning Museum image shows a small, rounded cup made of deep blue glass. The vessel has smooth horizontal ridges around the body, a short cycindrical neck with outsplayed rim, and a concave base. Around the middle, there is a Greek inscription in a band around the circumference (EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI) It translates as ‘be glad that you are here’. Height 7 cm, diameter (max): 8.8 cm. The cup is displayed on a flat surface against a dark background.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable.
The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2

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Two views of a damaged wooden human-shaped sculpture shown from the front and back. The figure is missing parts of its arms and legs, with a cracked and worn surface, and is placed beside a black, red, and white measuring scale for size reference.
November 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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worldsfinest.bsky.social
The "Gargoyles" animated series premiered on this day (Oct. 24) in 1994 with "Awakening, Part One!" One of the best and most influential shows of the 1990s, this fan-favorite cartoon offered-up mature and complex characters, incredible casting, and strong story-telling! #Gargoyles
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Cute Halloween costume
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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March 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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I don't know why everyone isn't subscribing to The Continent tbh
thecontinent.org The Continent @thecontinent.org · 18d
All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 217 of The Continent

Three years after the guns fell silent, Tigray is breaking. Its youth are fleeing, its hope fading. One writer retraces his path from citizen to fighter to exile — and the ghosts that follow.

bit.ly/217_TC
This is the cover of The Continent (Issue 217) dated 25 October 2025. It is illustrated by Gado. At the top, under a bright orange and yellow sky, a small wooden boat floats empty on calm water. The sun hangs low, casting warm light on the surface. Below the surface, the scene turns dark blue and heavy. Beneath the water, there are people sinking or swimming desperately — arms outstretched, bubbles rising from their mouths. Some are fully submerged, others are half-visible. Their clothes, bags, and papers drift around them, mixed with scattered objects. The headline at the bottom reads: “Exodus: Why we leave Tigray.”
October 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Scroll down to the Major Events Timeline, and nothing will prepare you for what you'll see. I cannot believe it is real. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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gilduran.com
I interviewed Paulina Borsook, who warned of tech culture's toxic underbelly over 30 years ago.

She wrote a prescient and scathing book, "Cyberselfish."

It tanked her career, but a new generation is discovering her work as tech fascism tries to kill democracy 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-k...
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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whatsitlike.me
In much of the country, there is no way to identify overdose spikes in real time, or even tell what contaminants in the drug supply might be killing people. Chicago is doing things differently. Part of my investigation series on overdose in America.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How Chicago succeeded in reducing drug overdose deaths
The city has adopted a ‘multifactorial approach to a multifactorial problem’ and has seen a 37% reduction in deaths since the national peak of the crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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thecontinent.org
All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 216 of The Continent

Raila Odinga was nicknamed Agwambo, the “mystery man”. Over and over, through crisis after crisis – and handshake after handshake – Odinga would live up to that moniker. Now Kenya must reckon with life without him.

👉 bit.ly/216_TC
The image is the cover of The Continent, dated 18 October 2025, issue 216. At the top, there’s a yellow strip with the words “African Journalism.” The main image is an illustration of a Raila Odinga from the chest up. He has a serious, calm expression, dark brown skin, short black hair, and a mustache. He’s wearing a dark blue pinstripe suit, a white shirt, and a blue patterned tie. The headline on the left reads: “Kenya’s man of mystery bows out.” The background is a gradient of deep blue, fading from darker at the top to lighter in the middle. In small text at the bottom right, it credits the illustrators: CAPU Toons/Debunk.
October 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Checking out the Viking-Age hall reconstruction in Lejre, Denmark
A 60m-long Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, in green surroundings A 60m-long Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, in green surroundings A decorated internal archway in the Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre The main internal space in the Viking-Age wooden hall reconstruction in Lejre, with various furnishing surrounding a central firepit.
October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🎁 link—worth your time. “In the course of quantifying the risks of A.I., I was hoping I would realize my fears were ridiculous. But the opposite happened: The more I moved from apocalyptic hypotheticals to concrete real-world findings, the more concerned I became.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM