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Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 1h

#OnThisDay 11 October 1989 - FAST FORWARD
Have Tegs and Justine fallen on good times in #GrangeHill?
Will the voluptuous Carmen tempt Adrian in BREAD?
Why is Helga removing her stained clothing in 'ALLO 'ALLO?
Plus THE PROGGY PAGES.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12h

This is true and they are super endangered by poachers who shovel them up by the hundreds and sell them at flea markets and shit. You should not buy the plants and if you happen to kick the poacher in the shins on accident, no one will hear about it from me.

mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 15h

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 17h

Ha! I feel your pain! I shift between accents and lot for work (a LOT at the moment) and depending on whom I'm speaking to IRL, so sometimes it's a hot mess. :)

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 21h

The Nobel Committee is like, "This is why that orange asshole doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize and why we are rewarding the exact opposite of him."

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 1d

All my comics have happy endings!

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 21h

I pedantically pronounce it in as Scottish a way as possible now and lean into as rhotic an /r/ as I can muster... :) Mind you, my everyday accent/lexicon is a car-crash of Americanisms, RP, Scottish, German and Australian idiom (unless I'm working and being paid to stick to one!)

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 23h

AUS Foreign Minister Penny Wong's fawning praise of Trump is vomitous. No mention by Wong of the billions of dollars of arms provided to Israel by the USA for its genocide in Gaza? Srsly?! This is abhorrent commentary from Wong. 😔 #auspol #USPolitics #NobelPeacePrize #GazaGenocide

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

worry that we're just circenses, I do feel we have more scope to offer a mirror to the world and proxy experiences of what better worlds might look like. Plus we're not as totally in the pocket of corporates, alcohol, and gambling I guess, and rarely induce riotous behavior. 2/2

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so glad you've articulated this. It's probably my most cancelable unexpressed opinion too. I grew up around professional ball sports and hated it for all the reasons you've listed there. I now work in professional theater (though I have to leave Tasmania to do it) and whilst I do sometimes 1/

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Lena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 3d

“We are all going to be rich and famous… or we would be.. if we followed our passion.

It’s rubbish. It’s marketing. It’s advertising. It’s cynical. It’s a lie.“

open.substack.com/pub/jeanette...

Passion or Process?

How to find what you love...

open.substack.com

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Michael Honey @michaelhoney.bsky.social · 3d

my most cancelable opinion!

It’s not sport per se: it’s pro sport as a self-mythologising commercial juggernaut, wound up with alcohol and gambling, which extracts $millions from communities. Being a fan can be both the most meaningful thing in your life and the thing which holds you back

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Michael Honey @michaelhoney.bsky.social · 3d

hot #politas take:

yes, the stadium is bad because it's a waste of money

but also because professional football is bad

for every player living their dream, there are thousands of punters who trade participation for spectacle, who watch but don't do

there are better ways to spend your weekend

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart

Photo looking down on four petri dishes, neatly arranged, with what resembles bacteria and mould growing inside created with crochet and embroidery

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Liza @lizamezzo.bsky.social · 3d

Among other things, fops in drama are often an early form of queer representation, pushing boundaries of acceptable gender expression.

The Frank’n’furter in the 17th-18th century’s Rocky Horror

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3d

"Literary critics have often taken a lugubrious tone toward the fop. Fops, we are told, are legitimate objects of ridicule because vain, selfish, narcissistic, and indifferent to the welfare of others."
Susan Staves, "A Few Kind Words for the Fop" (1982)
#theatre #drama
www.jstor.org/stable/450239

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 4d

Hey there, @lner.co.uk. I'm pursuing a full refund for a huge delay to my train journey yesterday on a ticket purchased through your website. However, I'm a UK citizen that lives abroad, and your website doesn't accept non-UK addresses. That's a bit discriminatory/racist, isn't it? Any advice?

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Did You See? @tvdidyousee.bsky.social · 4d

Back in the early 90s #CoronationStreet's Eileen Derbyshire, Emily Bishop, writes:
"I leave Emily's future entirely to the writers. It's hard enough managing my own life!"

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

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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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 5d

Another venue I couldn't resist posting some photos from. Some incredible history and illustrious company. And Ken Dodd (I get to throw shade at him twice in the show). #theatre #Leeds #play #musichall

The beautiful interior of Leeds City Varieties.

Some of the illustrious footsteps we're following in...

Especially illustrious (reptilian) footsteps...

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 5d

Definitely! I had to leave all my ID books back at home and my Luddite nature is such that I refuse to use the AI ID tools. :)

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 7d

Perhaps, if British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud believes pro-Palestinian protests should be cancelled as a mark of respect for the victims of the Manchester attack, the government could also cancel its arms shipments to Israel, as a mark of respect for the victims of genocide .

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 6d

What is the Australian government doing to free the 6 Australians detained by Israel in international waters? Where is the outrage? The urgency?

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 6d

You don't understand, it was necessary to beat up and humiliate the tiny 22-year-old autistic girl because she was trying to feed hungry babies

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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 6d

I do have a mirror, but I'm away from home (Tasmania via Queensland) for four months and doing a tour where I'm performing in 45 venues then a month-long Christmas gig, so as you can imagine, I tried to pack as light as I could, and even a pocket mirror made a difference! :)

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