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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 39m

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3h

Trevor Phillips on Sky about Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize: “Even long-time critics are conceding he will probably deserve it next year.”

I really don't think that's true. By any normal metric, Trump would and should be the very last person to win the prize, and many people realise that.

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 2h

Well, they are black!

But no, we were surprised at how small a Sparrowhawk was

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 14h

Completely gutted this year when our cats bought in a Sparrowhawk

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 15h

I've played "Dictator" on the Spectrum 48K

Look, if you didn't keep the military paid then you lost very quickly!

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15h

Trump says military will be paid during US government shutdown on.ft.com/3W1cmdG

Trump says military will be paid during US government shutdown

Republicans were under pressure to issue pay cheques to US forces as congressional stand-off drags on

on.ft.com

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 15h

I don't think I start them on anything more complicated than "Wall" tbh

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 16h

Ok, I have to ask (and my mouth is already salivating at all that)

What is a mock chop?

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 16h

its got steak pie, chips, peas and gravy

I mean, what more do you need?

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 16h

Look at all that US equipment

Tremendous

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 16h

🇦🇫⚔️🇵🇰 Taliban reinforcements arriving to the line of contact at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 18h

As much damage as everyone nuking Gandhi "before he nukes us first"?

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23h

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 23h

Reminder: Antifa membership cards are being mailed out next week, please be sure that you have paid your annual dues.

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 20h

Another one here who lives in the sticks

I'm loath to criticise people who use them though, as eating out is far too expensive if you've got kids

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 21h

"Haribo declined to comment when approached by the BBC"

I'd have said next time go for 4 kg

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 21h

Seriously mate, worry about what you look like and nobody else

It is refreshing to just let other people be what they want to be

I'm fully supportive of your look, even though I have absolutely no idea what it is or why you think you can pull it off

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 21h

Caton-Clapham-Ingelton-Caton

🚲 #bike #cycle

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 1d

At 9:03 am, the Mary Rose broke the surface of the water, seeing sunlight (such as you can on a cloudy day!) for the first time in 437 years.

#WhereWereYouIn82

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 1d

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

They always make the same mistakes though

Its textbook

And you have no idea how frustrating it is for someone who would be a lot more supportive of (some!) of their ideas if they didn't keep doing stuff like this

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 1d

this headline would be fine without that last s

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 1d

"Firm views"

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Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 1d

The only people who can afford and have the time to go out are pensioners

Not a criticism btw but it shows that there are a lot more problems heading our way

Course, the fact that some pensioners want to focus on immigration and ignore everything else isn't going to help everyone