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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 7h

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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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 7h

I really enjoyed that one, thanks to both of you

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 9h

Unzoomed #633 1/6 🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️
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It feels satisfying/ cheating when I recognise somewhere straight away because I have been there

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Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 9h

Good luck and enjoy it

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

"Surge"? Oh sort yourself out BBC.
A frankly tiny number of people, in the grand scheme of things, with every right to do so coming to UK is hardly a "surge", but such language automatically frames them as a negative and is guaranteed to be used to stoke more division.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Surge in Chagos arrivals prompts row over housing costs

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 1d

Day 5 (delayed)

Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Laura Thorn - La Poupée Monte Son

Perhaps the only Letzeburgesch song I could recall

youtu.be/LVHu_KwHiKY

Laura Thorn - La Poupée Monte Le Son | Luxembourg 🇱🇺 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2025

YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 2d

Very much looking forward to that!

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 2d

Day 4 (delayed)

Italy 🇮🇹

Baltimora- Tarzan Boy

The ultimate sound of the 80s, a song I knew for so long without actually knowing what the song was. Viva ITALODISCO

youtu.be/--6CdAypJsQ?...

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

YouTube video by BaltimoraVEVO

youtu.be

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 2d

Day 3 (delayed)

Germany 🇩🇪

NEU! - Lila Engel

(Just one of the greatest songs ever written)

youtu.be/LfODdusZu-o?...

NEU! - Lila Engel

YouTube video by groenlandrecords

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 2d

Day 2 (delayed)

France 🇫🇷

AuDen- Pour Mieux S’Unir

(This was recommended to me once by a friend who actually knows him!)

youtu.be/yjR3WVAGt-Y?...

AuDen - Pour Mieux S'Unir

YouTube video by AuDenVEVO

youtu.be

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 2d

Day 1 (delayed)

Belgium 🇧🇪

dEUS - Little Arithmetics

youtu.be/VPsvlDMwbVg?...

dEUS - Little Arithmetics (from In A Bar, Under The Sea)

YouTube video by dEUSbe

youtu.be

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I am 10 days late to this, but I like a challenge, so why not

A song a day, from an EU country by order of accession

I fear there may be a bit of leaning on Eurovision but hey ho, let’s learn some new music as well

Thanks @66marck.bsky.social for the idea

#EUrOcktober #musicchallenge

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 3d

Have an Alt Text of the day award

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 3d

Having just finished listening to the superb It Was What It Was (by @draper-rob.bsky.social and @jonawils.bsky.social) series on Forest's European Cup I had the same thoughts, that it would be great to have further exploration of Clough's career and that final season would be really interesting.

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 3d

In the creative industries/the media and want to mentor? @artsemergency.bsky.social is looking for enthusiastic professionals

Although we have lots of great potential mentors, we are still short of applicants in the Merseyside region and we could do with more applicants in London working in the following career areas:

- Gaming and animation
- Fashion design
- Broadcast journalism
- Visual arts: illustrators / people with illustration experience or any experience relevant to character design
- Performing arts: musical theatre performers or people with experience in the musical theatre industry
- Film & TV - on screen
- Architecture and interior design

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 3d

Whelp, I couldn’t find a gif of Alan Carr walking down the corridor so I made one.

Why is it just so innately funny?

#celebritytraitors

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Rob Freeman 🩷💜💙 @robfreemanfluff.bsky.social · 3d

Alan Carr dressed in a #Traitors cloak has sent me.

Alan Carr dressed in a Traitors cloak holding a lamp. He looks Mole from a low budget live action version of Wind In The Willows.

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 3d

WHAT AN EPISODE.

Top tier television. Top tier cast.

We are so very lucky. #CelebrityTraitors

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PompeyNewsNow 🎙️ PO4cast @pompeynewsnow.bsky.social · 3d

#Pompey Retro Kit Vault Set To Reopen

Portsmouth FC

Pompey's Retro Kit Vault Set To Reopen

www.portsmouthfc.co.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely outstanding news, even if this news story can apparently only report on it by cramming it full of every objection imaginable. People should be able to drink as late as they please. And by 'people' I mean me.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

www.theguardian.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 3d

London is a global powerhouse for film 🎬

I’m delighted that the BFI London Film Festival is back until 19 October 2025. It’s the perfect opportunity to discover the world’s best new films, series and immersive storytelling.

BFI London Film Festival 2025 trailer

YouTube video by BFI

www.youtube.com

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah that is a unique layout, will log that airport location

Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe it is the 89% of the population being immigrants they are seeking to replicate?

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Ian Cade @meltwaterfalls.bsky.social · 4d

This has more to do with an unexpected start date for one thing, but still:

Queen Victoria could've had a couple of years playing with Nintendo products

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 5d

Robert Jenrick is laying the groundwork for a lucrative career as a GB News presenter, and a regular on American TV.

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