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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 4h

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1h

Anyhoo the sky in Kerry was Good this morning

Photograph of sunlight streaming through low clouds over the mountains

#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #Ireland

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 25m

I just did the very same thing five minutes ago. And now, instead of being nicely sleepy, I’m all irritated.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 13h

It is insane they basically removed every eligible medical condition unless you're immunocompromised

This is based on expert scientific advice, which was provided to the Govt last year and accepted

Covid is now a mild illness for most (apparently)

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 14h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 12h

If you want the best laughs today, read #SmeartheBejaysis tag.
( context for non-Irish folks: A ghastly politicians said his tactics to destroy socialist Catherine Connolly's presidential campaign would be to 'smear the bejaysis out of her- you'll see how people approach mockery here )

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sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 14h

"Its because I'm Jewish"

The great Miriam Margolyes sets the record straight

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

I can feel feline contentment radiating from that photo.

Hope you finally got your booster sorted ok.

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Andy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social · 1d

OK BlueSky network, can we do the six degrees of Kevin Bacon thing? Does anyone know Ian Livingstone or someone in similar tech/tabletop gaming/boardgame area? I've got a tech demo that I'd love to take further, or at least show to people who might 'get it'.

Reposts appreciated.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful to see the Jackie archives appearing on the British Newspaper Archive so we can see which hot to trot hunks the teen girls of 1964 were moistly pinning to their walls.

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 1d

Stella O'Malley (7 years experience of well-funded anti-trans rhetoric) & Genspect (4 years of well-funded anti-trans advocacy) have taken legal action against 70-year-old Leonie O'Dowd (40+ years experience of counselling & supporting trans people) to shut her up. www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing could possibly go wrong with this. Creating a lifelike digital avatar on a third party platform will definitely not open teaching staff up to career destroying issues in the event of that platform being hacked.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve hired Rug Doctor cleaners before and it all worked really well.

hire.rugdoctor.co.uk/findarugdoct...

Rug Doctor Hire - Find a Rug Doctor for hire near me!

hire.rugdoctor.co.uk

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 1d

Number of cats I own: 0

Number of cats fighting in my living room: 2

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Lee Tran Lam @leetranlam.bsky.social · 3d

If you have a ‘difficult ethnic name’, you might know this feeling. Do you give your real name for your takeaway order - only for it to be misspelt or butchered? Or do you give a fake name for convenience: a “coffee name”?

I've wanted to write this for YEARS!
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Strong flat white for Batman: should I use a ‘coffee name’?

Some people go undercover when ordering takeaway – here’s what baristas think of the practice

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 2d

Ladybird cover stories.
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley.
(Books published between 1965 - 1974)