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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 22m

Two weeks after Heaton Park and we're already in "yeah but antisemitism is actually declining" territory.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 38m

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 13h

Oh, this is terribly sad. The Godfather wouldn’t work without her at the heart of it.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 13h

*opens TED talk* The Godfather is about Kay

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 17h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 14h

Well this is a must-buy because the man deserves it to be a success.

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 15h

Ahmed Best is making his comic writing debut with a new comic that features his two characters Jar Jar Binks and Kelleran Beq teaming up.

Read about the new comic and every other new #NYCC announcement here: theholofiles.com/2025/10/11/n...

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Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 15h

Ahmed Best is making his comic writing debut with a new comic that features his two characters Jar Jar Binks and Kelleran Beq teaming up.

Read about the new comic and every other new #NYCC announcement here: theholofiles.com/2025/10/11/n...

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 15h

a cartoon of a man standing in front of a fireplace

ALT: a cartoon of a man standing in front of a fireplace

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Far Out Magazine @faroutmagazine.co.uk · 16h

Ian Watkins, Lostprophets singer and convicted paedophile, murdered in prison

The attack occurred in Wakefield prison. The post Ian Watkins, Lostprophets singer and convicted paedophile, murdered in prison first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 16h

OK, are we allowed to be happy about this one?

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Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social · 17h

The BBC just can’t stop wasting licence fee payers’ money.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 20h

I like Bluesky because on Twitter I was the really earnest left-wing person but on here I’m a kind of exciting edgelord because I think that, say, replacing the police with a board comprised of 16-year-old musical theatre students could have its problems

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21h

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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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 21h

Professional contrarian in “has stupid opinion” shock

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 21h

But of course he does

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sharkastic.bsky.social @sharkastic.bsky.social · 1d

Moe throwing Barney out of the bar in the Simpsons

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 1d

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Both, hopefully.

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Good to see the spirit of Mary Whitehouse lives on.

Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Gives me Brass Eye vibes and I’m here for more of that.

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Pat Burke 🇺🇦 @patburke.bsky.social · 1d

The land acknowledgment made me chuckle: “We are currently residing and performing upon the sacred ancestral grounds of the …,” he says, rifling through his pockets for a cheat sheet that never materializes, “Okay, well, whoever they are, they were here first, and we are here now, and shame on us.”

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Gosh yes.

Will - Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 1d

Gosh, no

Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a satire of things like Hamilton and I’d honestly pay to see it. Feels very Brass Eye.

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually a piss-take of leftist re-imaginings of history like Hamilton and I’d honestly pay to see it.

Hannah @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social · 1d

No

Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually conceived as a piss-take of leftist reimaginings of history. Hamilton meets The Producers. Inspired by a tweet earnestly stating that Ann Frank had “white privilege.” Could be a riot.

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Mark 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Never change, BlueSky 😂