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Chris Darby
@chrisdarby.bsky.social
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Accidental theatre producer. Hates climate change. Energy nerd. Adhd & queer. Probably writing code or learning Eos. Used to run a startup. I have nothing to say to Sue Goggins. He/They
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In hindsight, singing backing vocals in A Bushell and a Peck with Jessie Ware should probably have been on my bingo card for this year
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Not to be political but justice for Burcu. You cant be fining people for pouring a few ml of coffee down the drain unless you fine every motorist for the powder off their breaks, leaking oil etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is "disproportionate" while Richmond Council say it is in line with its policies.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Happy MHHS day to all who celebrate
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Cybersecurity is cancelled because of woke and DEI
lookitup.baby Ian Coldwater 📦💥 @lookitup.baby · Oct 3
Who needs “cybersecurity” anyway? That shit’s for trans people and furries
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Nerds of Bsky… I have purchased a M-ATX board for a new NAS I’m building. Case recommendations for 2-4 swappable 3.5” drives (and a few more inside the case ideally) please!
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I have a *very* severe case of the sniffles but I am being a brave soldier
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Today was not the day to get whatever plague is going around 🥲
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Wimdy day at LHR 🥴
September 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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The perfect gaming setup doesn’t exi…
A Nintendo switch 2 sits on a tray next to a tropical pink drink. In the background, waves crash on the Balinese coast
September 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The big problem with the Breakfast Buffet also having an A La Carte option is my stomach orders from the A La Carte and then immediately visits the Buffet and now I need new clothes 🥲
September 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Not reading “Protect the West” and thinking it’s a new Lib Dem business growth campaign for Weston Super Mare
September 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Minute Cryptic - 13 September, 2025
"100% leather lingerie's always turning heads" (3)
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I scored: even par
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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September 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Mad that the hotel restaurant had the exact 5 miniature bao buns I needed to fill the tiny space in my eepy stomach
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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COMPETITION! Order a copy of A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE from @bookshop.org and you could win a year’s worth of some of my favourite crime and thriller reads, to fill up a particularly nasty bookcase (see what I did there?) Quick! Closes midnight tomorrow uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-ad...
September 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Minute Cryptic - 10 September, 2025
"Playing piano after American season of pipe organs?" (9)
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September 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Minute Cryptic - 9 September, 2025
"Liking when head of state becomes centrist?" (5)
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I scored: 2 under par
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Ok I know what code switching is but now I have a Switch Code? (Im a gaymer now, help)
September 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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With alt:
Smajo Beso • Follow 3d • © I started school in Newcastle in Year 5 without knowing a word of English. I was nine years old and had arrived as a refugee from Bosnia just a couple of months earlier. I was one of those strangers our politicians often speak about. I missed my grandparents and friends. I was having awful nightmares, and I would wake up screaming every single night. I hated going to school. I would sit in my chair, look out of the window, and spend my day daydreaming about ways to run back to Bosnia. I didn't want to be here. After a couple of weeks at school, my teacher, Miss Webster, and my classmates did something special to help me settle, something that made me feel less of a stranger. That was the first day I went home with a smile on my face. I have shared this story before, but as tomorrow is start of the new school year, I thought I would share it again. ** Miss Webster was amazing, but I couldn't understand a word she was saying. She had this ritual where, at the end of each day, we would all sit on the floor around her, she would play the guitar, and we would all sing a song together. I couldn't understand what they were singing, but I could see she would sing one part of the song, then she would say someone's name or point to them. The next part of the song would be sung with that person's name in it, and they would get to go home first. My classmates loved this, but I hated it. It annoyed me because I couldn't understand what they were singing, but if I am honest, l hated it mainly because of how happy they all were. I definitely wasn't happy. I cried myself to sleep nearly every night. I eventually started having separate English lessons, which I enjoyed more because it took me out of the classroom. It was always daunting coming to school because I felt everyone was looking at me or speaking about me. For months, my dad would stand with me outside the school gates in the morning until it was time to go in. One day I came back into the classroom from my English lesson. We sat down, and everyone was extra-excited, looking at me more than usual for some reason. Of course, I thought it was because I was a refugee, because I couldn't speak English, or because they couldn't pronounce my name. I was bracing myself for another afternoon of my classmates encouraging me to sing. This was probably the closest I came to running out. So we were all sitting on the floor around Miss Webster. She was holding her guitar, ready to sing. I remember the sun shining through the tall, narrow windows as I slowly drifted into a daydream of being back in Bosnia. She began playing the guitar, my classmates joined in, but this time, everything was different. I froze. I understood what they were signing. Not because I had miraculously learned English in one afternoon, but because they were singing in Bosnian for me. I looked around in shock, and they were all smiling at me, and for a moment I thought I was daydreaming. While I was having separate English lessons, Miss Webster had taught our entire class to sing this song for me in Bosnian. They sang it terribly, but it was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. I skipped home that day with a huge smile on my face. For the first time, I looked forward to going back to school the next day. I have often imagined Miss Webster and my classmates rehearsing, struggling with the strange Bosnian words and laughing at themselves. For me, that effort was the ultimate recognition, an act of peace that felt like the opposite of everything I had known during the war. It was special. I do not know if they realised it then, but that moment helped to give me back my dignity, my belonging, and, for the first time in a long time, I didn't feel like I was just a refugee or an outsider. I was home.
September 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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If you are New, or live near York, tell all your friends about this camp show!
awkwardprods.co.uk #GwynethGoesSkiing and #FitPrince @awkwardprods.co.uk · Sep 3
Gwyneth Goes Skiing is heading back to New York and SoHo Playhouse for a 6 week run!

Our run back in January sold out entirely - now we're back Oct 8-Nov 16.

A run like this is an absolute dream come true, beyond gwexcited and can't gwait to see you there! 😍🎿

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September 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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jackfifield.uk
"We want the police to police the streets not tweets" says Wes Streeting, in the wake of Graham Linehan's arrest, on Radio 4 this morning.

You literally just banned people from tweeting support for Palestine Action!

Does free speech only apply when it comes to bashing trans people?
September 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Absolute primo internet. No one will ever be as extremely online and astute about the brainrot mind as Sooz. Worse still, no one will do it so hilariously, and also be funny irl, and be able to sing the shit out of everything too. 👏
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Sep 2
At 2pm America time on the nearby coast the 5 hours ahead one that gives you jet lag but not the kind that makes you hallucinate a certain Mr Donald J President Trump will be making an extremely banal and inconsequential announcement BUT he will do it looking like chalky white dog poo ET.
September 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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seldo.com
Do you ever forget how old you are and have to do the math again?
August 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Wild to think that today I was the sound op for a show which had live singing, 500 people in the audience, and about 9 minutes rehearsal
August 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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seldo.com
Just remembered this flowchart I made many years ago for Twitter. Still very relevant to BlueSky.
Start: "I want to reply to this!" First decision: Is it an opinion? Yes → Do you know them? No → "Why would somebody who doesn’t know you care what you think?" → Do not say the thing Yes → Are you a recognized expert? No → "Why would somebody who doesn’t know you care what you think?" → Do not say the thing Yes → Will knowing this be useful to them? No → "Don’t give people useless information" → Do not say the thing Yes → Say the thing! No → Is it a fact? No → Is it a joke? Yes → Is it funny? No → "Laugh quietly at your inner thoughts" → Do not say the thing Yes → Who will they think it’s funny at? Them → "Don’t be a douche" → Do not say the thing It’s unknown → Is it a question? Yes → Could you Google for the answer? Yes → "Turns out there are stupid questions" → Do not say the thing No → Are they likely to know the answer? No → "Turns out there are stupid questions" → Do not say the thing Yes → Will they be happy to hear this? No → "Don’t be a douche" → Do not say the thing Yes → Say the thing! No → "Laugh quietly at your inner thoughts" → Do not say the thing No → Can you prove it’s true? No → "Don’t give people useless information" → Do not say the thing Yes → Will knowing this be useful to them? No → "Don’t give people useless information" → Do not say the thing Yes → Say the thing! End states: Green circle: Say the thing! Red circle: Do not say the thing
August 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM