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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 12h

‘Tis the season so why not treat yourself to the nightmarish Halloween EP?

michaellegge.bandcamp.com/album/hallow...

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 19h

Have you heard? Have you heard?

Iron Maiden Pub Quiz @impq.bsky.social · 19h

Have you seen what they said on the news today?

We’re recording this afternoon.

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 20h

Highly recommend this youtube channel for more info on Gillens, including footage of them in the wild.

m.youtube.com/@BeachesScal...

Beaches Scaly Beasts

My name is Luke and I am a hobbyist keeper & breeder of various Australian reptiles. I focus on keeping animals in more natural style habitats. I am based in Sydney, Australia. You can find me on Fac...

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 20h

#herps 🦎

Two of my Varanus Gilleni; the Mulga or Gillens Monitor lizard.

Native to Australia, these are one of the smallest species of monitor lizards reaching a max of 40cm, most of which is tail. Cousins to the Komodo Dragon!

A picture of two lizards on a branch. They are grey in colour with faint black/brown dots and stripes. They have pointed heads and black eyes.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES.

And there will be others within our lifetime.

That's biodiversity loss.

We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

XC398794 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

Awful wind noise in the original! See sonogram and notes of the recording circumstances on p12 of Gretton A. (1991) The ecology and conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). ...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Dan Mersh @danmersh.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to be both a spy and a Marillion Easter egg in the latest Slow Horses. They even let me sit in Lamb’s chair. That was a good day at work.

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Rae @seaglasscritter.bsky.social · 23h

pls excuse the mess but OMG BB MOURNING GECKO 🐍🦎

the coolest thing about mourning geckos is that they're all females, and they just lay little eggs that pop out tiny clones of themselves and god, nature's so fucking cool

A zoomed in crop of a picture of a very tiny, very fresh baby mourning gecko. My pale finger is on the outside of the tank, and it can easily fit on my fingertip. The glass has waterstains on it, and the gecko is half-hidden behind an aged-looking piece of wood that takes up the bottom third of the photo.

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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/XP-IrKvKbYY

100 of the best rap albums I could think of part 1

YouTube video by other mike eagle

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

God keep me from ever completing anything.

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Helen McAra @hedgerownibbler.bsky.social · 1d

Violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus) growing under gorse today near the Devil’s Punchbowl in Surrey. An absolute stunner of a mushroom and nationally rare - it’s always good to see these beauties.
#ukfungi

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 1d

Once again rejected for the role of Prime Minister of France just for being English

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Michael Legge @michaellegge.bsky.social · 1d

All my BRILLIANT Bandcamp stuff is “pay what you want” until midnight on Sunday. Audiobook (recommended), EPs and live shows! You can even have them all for free, if you want. Get them while you can. Normal price returns on Monday. THANK YOU! SPREAD THE WORD!! michaellegge.bandcamp.com/music

Michael Legge

Bandcamp page for comedian Michael Legge. Follow him on Twitter: @michaellegge.

michaellegge.bandcamp.com

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Creature from the Jack Lagoon @jacklikesfilms.bsky.social · 1d

This is so good! Might be their heaviest yet. 🤘

Album cover to Para Bellum by Testament. It depicts a line of people raising spears, as a huge fiery God looms over them. The sky is filled with a thick grey cloud.

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[B]olosse aux pieds d'argile (Fulken McFlinkflonk OFFICIAL PAGE) @foulk.bsky.social · 1d

My "Bigfoot is hiding behind the giant squids" theory is getting klout

Jean-François Cudennec @jfcudennec.bsky.social · 1d

Just sayin

Chart comparing the number of camera, the number of giant squid footages and the number of bigfoot footages.

Number of giant squids rises as the number of camera increase, but not the number of bigfoot.

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Joe Mulhall @joemulhall.bsky.social · 1d

The authoritarian crack down on American anti-fascists is deeply worrying to see. It's one of those moments when a fascist leader tells the world who he really is. There must be better ways that European anti-fascists can show our solidarity and offer support.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 1d

If eating scotch eggs in an Austin Allegro had a face.

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 1d

I got increasingly angry listening to the inside story. Unbound really fucked people over, writers and customers.

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Dan Meier @minimeier.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight in Camden!

Dan Meier @minimeier.bsky.social · 9d

Next Friday! Temporal Comet! Camden!

www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Lon...

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Freshwater Habitats Trust @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social · 1d

Water policy is getting a shakeup in response to outcry at the state of our freshwaters. Including small waters like ponds, streams and ditches in the upcoming Water Reform Bill can bring clean water back to our landscapes.

👉 https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/small-waters-water-reform-bill/

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 1d

#nowplaying

Peak Prince Paul Production

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Buhloone Mindstate by De La Soul on Apple Music

Album · 1993 · 15 Songs

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Dan Mersh @danmersh.bsky.social · 3d

You like chuckling don’t you? Well the first instalment of my new sketch comedy podcast with Kathryn Haywood is now available wherever you get your podcasts. 17 minutes of fun and there’ll be another one next week whether you like it or not. But you will like it. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 1d

@alicefraser.bsky.social
“A passion for passion”

The physical book got caught up in the Unbound shithousery, as discussed in the new episode of realms unknown podcast.

A great book, so funny and theres now an audiobook available.

You should buy it.

www.thebuglepodcast.com/news/we-are-...

A Passion For Passion: the Audiobook — THE BUGLE

Alice Fraser has voiced the new audiobook from The Bugle

www.thebuglepodcast.com

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🎃⛓ Alicia La'Fey ⛓🎃 @allieinchains.bsky.social · 2d

Everybody posting about whatever the fuck a tush push is (do not curse me with knowledge I do not wish to be burdened) and nobody posting about TUSH smdh

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Tush (2006 Remaster)

YouTube video by ZZ Top - Topic

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2d

It's a workplace comedy set in the Hell Dimension sadly.

Nate @nkb121.bsky.social · 2d

I’m interested in your Event Horizon 2 pitch.

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