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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 16h

I went to see The Word For World Is Map and I would just like to observe that Ursula K. LeGuin was a gift to humanity in so many ways.

A print of Ursula's map of the Labyrinth of The Tombs of Atuan.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 23h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23h

I wrote about it in 2018, but it's an issue so fiercely defended by social silence that I found it impossible to get any traction. It's one of those occasions on which everyone thinks you've gone mad, as the alternative is to recognise that the system is mad.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Enough of Carillion culture. Make bosses pay for the carnage they cause | George Monbiot

Here’s how to tame corporate power, and prevent ruthless executives from enriching themselves by harming us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 22h

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 22h

In every class I visit the kids all why I use fingerprints in my books. I ask them right back and this is what they suggested this week:

Because it's a circle
To make it beautiful
To show that it's real

They used to say "because they are all different". They still said that but first, "real"

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 23h

Channel 4

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 1d

I have just been reading her final collection of poems. Beautiful writing. She was the best of people

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 1d

My TV recommendation for the night is Common Side Effects. Brilliant writing

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 1d

I am very much enjoying this. It’s fresh, informed, not trying to be hip, and brilliantly energetic with some great approaches to poetry engagement. Wonderful fun and one of the most original books I’ve read

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone would like to watch a sexy meme-ridden unboxing video then I am here to fulfil your darkest desires

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 1d

Just get a rolled up newspaper and that might sort it

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 1d

I have just consumed a delicious breakfast of cheddar and ham with pumpkin curry chutney and I really do occasionally love having a mouth

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon mouse is holding a piece of cheese in its paws

ALT: a cartoon mouse is holding a piece of cheese in its paws

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 2d

On my walk today: a man rivets the pavement with his spit, the slot machines chatter among themselves, the zebra crossing has been made to bleed by flag enthusiasts

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 3d

Just found out from @chloesackur.bsky.social: there's a new kidlit podcast in town! From @rachelparris.bsky.social & Children's Book project www.instagram.com/childrensboo... First guest @laurenlaverne.bsky.social, check it out! feeds.acast.com/public/shows... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

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James @james-lowry.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s another reason to hate them

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

NHS drug prices set to rise as Starmer to cave on Trump demands

The threat of Trump tariffs means that the UK will need to pay US pharmaceutical companies more money

www.independent.co.uk

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🎃 blayne 🎃 @ewhag.com · 4d

enjoy an anti-prime day deal: refer.bookshop.org/blaynewaterloo

Promo from Bookshop.org that reads:

Friends don't let friends buy books
from Amazon

Give your friends 20% off fand you'll get 20% off after their first purchase.*
Plus, all orders ship FREE during our Anti-Prime sale.

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll deal with this

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