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Scissorbeans
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Lummox. Used to be a cat. Blue Plaque loony and sometime bass guitarist. E17 parkrun most Saturdays, porkrun nearer the truth to be honest (he/him) was @spudgun67 on the bad place☮️📤
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gralefrit.bsky.social
The Ladykillers was released on Dec 8th 1955, so turns 70 this week.

Here’s John Finnemore celebrating Alec Guinness’ gang of Ealing ne’erdowells…

pod.link/1614879928/e...
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
spudgun67.bsky.social
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
Advent bird No. 1

Wren

Scientific name: Troglodytes troglodytes

Alternative name: Tiny Shouter

Finnish name: peukaloinen

Song: tsib-a-tsab-a-tsoo-diddy-dabble-iddy-wodda-tsipp-a-brrrrr-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip-tsip—tjop-tsrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr—-ts’tjupp-tjupp-tjupp-tjupp
A wren in silhouette, perky as all get out. Plump body, pert head, tail pointing up in the air.
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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sardonicus.eu
'Adult male Alpine Ibex (Steinbock or mountain goat) on a chimney at Merlet Park, Les Houches, France'
Unknown photographer
a horned mountain goat, sat on top of a house chimney. I get the urge to put on a robe and chant BAPHOMET, while Rex and the Duke de Richleau drive past in an old car.
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Just been reminded of this heartwarming picture of a rabbit and an eagle. Morning all
Small animal tracks extend across otherwise untouched snow and abruptly stop. Either side of the point where they stop, there are marks from a bird’s wings
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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woodo.bsky.social
We asked 100 people to name something you love to see
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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slamdunc.bsky.social
My daughter left her Spotify account logged in on our TV while she did her DofE expedition back in April, so I did what any self-respecting dad would do. Payoff finally came today.
Screenshot of Spotify Wrapped. Your top song: Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley You listened 242 times.
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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joescaramanga.co.uk
I demand everyone stop what you're doing and watch this right now.

youtu.be/5fjRoYGqtEM
December 13, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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davekeating.substack.com
So for those keeping track, that means Canada will join the EU's defence procurement scheme, but the UK won't.

It's really incredible how much British pride continues to inflict self-harm.
Canada clinches deal to join Europe’s €150B defense scheme
The deal concludes months of tough talks and will allow Ottawa to take part in procurements financed by the EU’s SAFE program.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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gerryhassan.bsky.social
Very good doc on the costs of water privatisation: Thatcherite dogma to produce the only privatised water in the world. The Cornwall water scandal saw 20,000 people poisoned as they cut-costs pre-sell-off & then covered it up to aid privatisation. #PoisonWater
www.ft.com/content/ac11...
Poison Water tells the horrifying tale of Britain’s worst mass poisoning — TV review
Gripping BBC documentary unravels the events that led to a catastrophic accident in 1988
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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londonkingfishers.bsky.social
Sitting pretty

#kingfisher #kingfishers #birdphotography #birds #eastlondon #ukbirds
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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kateelliottsff.bsky.social
This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
bfletcherwatson.bsky.social Ben Fletcher-Watson @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social · 9d
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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amishsupermodel.bsky.social
“Moose, Rocco, help the Judge find his checkbook!
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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priver.dev
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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themelodychamber.bsky.social
💫Released November 1974💥
#musicsky #recordingsky #recordingstudiosky #musicmoments #musicthread #musicproduction #onthisday #nowspinning
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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preachypreach.bsky.social
“I’d like the most Yorkshire quote you can get.”
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath

Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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wildethingy.bsky.social
It's well known that pigs can't look up.

But what if there's a direction us humans can't look in? Maybe there's a whole world just off to one side that we'll never know about. That would certainly explain where my tuppwear lids are.
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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soapachu.bsky.social
Apropos of nothing; some freshly blow dried cows
A pair of juvenile cows, all fluffy
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
So folks become more honorable when Batman is standing in the room

Public policy talking heads on Bluesky...

Discuss this plz
metro, observing 138 rides. In the control condition, a female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train with an observer. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66% OR =3.393, p < 0.001). Notably, 44% of those who offered their seat in the experimental condition reported not seeing Batman. These findings suggest
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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davidclewis.bsky.social
PUT THIS RANCID HAW-HAWING CUNT ON TRIAL FOR MASS MURDER YOU WANKERS … OH WHAT, WE’RE JUST GOING TO LET HIM SLITHER OFF SCOT FREE? FUCK THIS SHIT
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10 * UK politics live –latest updates The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives. The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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btfstills.bsky.social
SNOW (1963) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4pJwcE7JI
An image captured from SNOW (1963)
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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ewacat.bsky.social
AND THEY ACTUALLY PUT THIS UP??? IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND THEY *USED* IT???
mattthr.bsky.social Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 21d
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM