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Zoë’s Studio @zoesstudio.bsky.social · 10h

Day 12 of #inktober - prompt is shredded
A little sketch of my cat with her scratching post. Luckily that’s the only thing she shreds in the house

#inktober2025 #inktober2025shredded #cat #catdrawing #sketch #sketchbook #draw #drawdaily #dailydrawing #drawingchallenge #inkdrawing #art

A pen and ink drawing of a cat scratching a scratching post

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The Folklore Library & Archive @folklorelibrary.bsky.social · 10h

And this is how #folklore starts...

#wolfenoot

#custom #tradition #DogsOfBlueSky

Image of a social media post by Jax Goss which reads: 'My son has invented a holiday called Wolfenoot. It is when the Spirit of the Wolf brings and hides small gifts around the house for everyone. People who have, have had, or are kind to dogs get better gifts than anyone else. You eat roast meat (because wolves eat meat) and cake decorated like a full moon. A holiday to the spirit of wolves that celebrates people who are kind to dogs? I can 100% get behind this. So we will celebrating Wolfenoot. It's on the 23rd November if anyone else is moved to celebrate it (Wink emoji). (If you do, send me pics, so I can show my kid his idea spread. (Heart emoji)). ETA:Woah, this seems to be resonating and taking off. Please use #wolfenoot if you post pics or anything so he can see how it spreads. (Smile emoji) He's already excited that other people want to do it. (Heart emoji)

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 11h

Yes.. sorry, poor comms on my behalf…that was sort of my point & you’ve made it far clearer than me! 🥹 this weekly polling seems to creates weird lenses for people to look through at what’s possible, probable & seems to create reactive politics. MPs become weathervanes rather than signposts 😳

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 11h

If there was “an election next week” wouldn’t Reform also be scrabbling around to get vetted people to stand in every seat they would need to win to meet the polls ‘predictions’? Logistically it may be more feasible in a few years time once they have ducks in order, but not possible next week 🥹

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 11h

I find it weird how people can acknowledge that UK politics is volatile to an unprecedented degree and yet talk very confidently about the shape of an election in 2029. Reform is depicted as a permanent and unstoppable force and Labour as utterly doomed. Doesn't add up to me

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 12h

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 12h

I mean we can’t “rejoin” because we are a third party country Tb at would have to apply. And the uk does not meet the criteria for applying as there is no cross party political consensus. But we could get a lot closer within the envelope of real achievable possibilities.

Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 12h

I would be very happy if this was a pitch rolling exercise in a proposal for a Norway style as close as possible to EU without applying to join deal. And so would the UK economy! And by extension - citizens would benefit too. I can but dream eh? 😅

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 15h

Alex and I run through the latest on Gaza, the Nobel Peace Prize, the hubris of Reform UK, and our favourite guilty pleasure books PLUS we bring you TWO good news stories in Grin & Share It.

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 15h

SUNDAY SCHOOL DROP

☮️🏆 Who is María Corina Machado & how bruised is Trump?

💸 Reform struggles to find DOLGE cuts

📚RIP Jilly Cooper & all hail the trashy novel

open.spotify.com/episode/2jKt...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

Sunday School: The Big Blag Theory

open.spotify.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Can't resist.

How do you approach an angry Reform UK leader in Wales?

Caerphilly!

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 1d

William Blake, The Ascent of the Mountain of Purgatory, 1824
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112856

Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the National Gallery and donations from the Art Fund, Lord Duveen and others, and presented through the the Art Fund 1919

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 1d

Number of deportations the ECHR have actually blocked since 1980 - 13 (THIRTEEN).

Please remember this next time some grifting populist claims us leaving the ECHR (and sacrificing the rights it gives us in the process) will allow us to ‘control our borders’.

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 1d

“What the public are telling us all over the west is that they want their governments to rebuild our economies and our civic societies . “Reform” and its global allies should be exposed day after day for policies that would devastate both”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 2d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 3d

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 2d

Good point well made! 👍😀

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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A false claim about Euan Blair found its way into Have I Got News For You.

It was from an X post seen almost 3m times - and it was wrong.

Production chief blames a "digital native" culture.

A very online media class drinking in social media = danger:

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

www.theguardian.com

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 2d

Have these young producers been employed having basic critical analysis skills? Does BBC not hv internal training on risks of taking digital media @ face value without checking sources & going back to original data? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer to both questions is “no” but it shld be “yes”

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 2d

We can’t just “rejoin” but we can speed up getting closer to the EU, & break the ‘vow of silence’ many politicians seem to have taken on the “self-harm on a heroic scale” that Brexit has delivered to the UK & its citizens.

We need to talk about Brexit…

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 2d

We can’t just “rejoin” but we can speed up getting closer to the EU, & break the ‘vow of silence’ many politicians seem to have taken on the “self-harm on a heroic scale” that Brexit has delivered to the UK & its citizens.

We need to talk about Brexit…

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 2d

Jenkins is often wrong.. but this time he’s not.

“Brexiteers boasted that leaving the EU would be worth hundreds of billions a year. Cambridge Econometrics estimates… over the next decade Britain’s economy will be £300bn smaller than if we had not left the EU.“

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 3d

& the Labour conference speech was-whilst not going to win an Olivier award-a decent narrative delivered well.. even w a couple of moments of good comic timing. So for some reason he chooses *not* to on invest in comms/stakeholder relations (inc to the public) on the domestic front. It’s boggling.

Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 3d

What’s weird is he obviously *can* do the, values, vision“, how are we going to get there & what’s the “so what?”. Because he did in the Labour leader hustings, I’ve heard him speak genuine human on the Matt Forde political party & James O’Brien full disclosure podcasts & he’s good internationally

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Leviathan Wilde @leviathanwilde.bsky.social · 3d

Has your text predict gone nuts recently too? It’s got some very weird decisions of what I want to write recently.. often seemingly after I have pressed send too…which on some cases has ended up with some very quick retractions from me 😅 I mean TP has always been a bit random but seemingly more so

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