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branestawm.bsky.social
Dave Skinner
@branestawm.bsky.social
Has no idea how this Bluesky thingy will develop. Let’s see…
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'You can vote at 16 but can't use social media at 15 and 364 days' is not a coherent policy platform.
January 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Great to watch @profaliceroberts.bsky.social at the Nottingham Theatre Royal tonight - some intriguing ideas on early Christianity, and what the Romans ever did for them (apart from the aqueduct and the public order and the wine and the roads and so on).
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Describe your Bluesky account in one image
October 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and what we can do about it
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Those who fail to learn the lessons of geography are doomed to wonder why there's a little bendy lake near a river.
July 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This is the correct way to respond when everybody catches the boss being inappropriate with one of his staff. #coldplay #astronomerCEO #andybyron
July 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com Tried to guess what horseshoe theory means. LC - nail it to someone else's horse. LMC - chuck it at a post to win a fruit basket. MC - nail it to the wall in the hallway. UMC - pay the LC guy to nail it to Charlotte's pony. UC - ???
June 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I hope it wasn't the cold weather that got him. Was he wearing his giant puffy coat? #pope #francis #rip
April 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Possibly the only pleasant-looking WH Smith in the country? St Albans. #WHSmith #WHS
March 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
March 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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The modern phenomenon of the Haunted Cereal Bowl has bothered me for years
February 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Explain your username:

"The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm" was a favourite book when I was a kid. I still have a copy.
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM