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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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Britpop Memories @britpopmemories.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 30th anniversary to “Angel Interceptor” by Ash. One of the b-sides is a cover of “Gimme Some Truth” which seems fitting as today would’ve been John Lennon’s 85th birthday.

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 1d

It will be an AI picture. Her fist will have 7 fingers.

Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 1d

They felt strangely out of place at the time, but I loved the album and it lasted a lot longer than many of the 'madly play for a fornight then forget about it' records that came out at that time.
St.Swithin's Day still gives me goosebumps, a really fresh take on the original and every bit as good.

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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 1d

I highly recommend you click the link, even if you have no current need of @morgyface.bsky.social's undoubted woodworking skills.

Morgyface @morgyface.bsky.social · 1d

I’m in the process of changing direction in my woodworking stuff and I’ve done a daft web page thing: byfen.co.uk

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 2d

me: we first met on here, so... *deep breath* will you marry me?
jovi: oh god you took me by surprise. of course, YES! :D

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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 3d

Every word... more people with RTD's clout and influence need to be standing up and speaking out in this way. "Censorship is in us." TV needs leaders and champions who stand up for the world we want to see and be. "TV is a light in the dark and we must not let that flame go out!"

Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 3d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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thomas w schaller @thomaswschaller.bsky.social · 3d

A World of Your Own
Watercolor on Boahong - 30x22 inches
Accepted into the 5th Annual Members' Exhibition
The American Impressionist Society
Thanks so much to the jurors #art @bsky.art

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Nigel Auchterlounie @n-auchterlounie.bsky.social · 4d

"IT ABSOLUTELY WILL STOP!!!"

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 4d

As someone who had various 'Six Sigma' fake Japanese concepts foisted on me in the corporate world, I really enjoyed this.
I'd love to see more of the data and see how @scriptingjapan.bsky.social's research and thoughts take shape. Maybe one day I'll be able to experience the 'genba' of a seminar?

Dr. Wes Robertson @scriptingjapan.bsky.social · 5d

[X] the Ancient Japanese Art of [Y]: The Mobilization of #Japanese Metalinguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Literature

Recording of a lecture I gave at JSAA2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TElW...

X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books

YouTube video by Scripting Japan

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 4d

Dreamkid, just banger after banger...

D r e a m k i d @dreamkid83.com · 4d

Ever been back to the town that you grew up in and noticed how different everything felt? A lot of the people you grew up with don’t live there anymore and some have even passed away. I wrote this song about that feeling and it’s called ‘Hometown Memories’ 🏡

#synthwave #80s #nostalgia #retro

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 5d

Next week when Stefan Denis dances, I want a cutaway to the crowd and Claudia to announce that in the audience to see him, all the way from Australia, is Mr Udagawa, whom, as we know, is a very important client. #Strictly

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 6d

Bad.
If things carry on in this direction, I'd wonder whether our family would one day have to return to the UK - except that the party that will win the next election there have pledged to cancel my wife's visa and prevent her getting another one, so.....lets hope things don't get too bad here!

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 6d

So, now its Japan's turn to elect an ultra conservative who stokes anti-immigrant feeling.
As a Brit married to a Japanese, its increasingly hard to feel, in either of our respective countries, welcomed rather than mistrusted.

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 6d

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 6d

What is the prediction here on how a runoff would go?
From their faces when the results were announced, Koizumi much more pleased than Takaichi?

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 6d

So...do you think he will win the runoff?

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Bobbins.bsky.social @bobbinsu.bsky.social · 7d

Yep you absolutely have to read this...

Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 7d

incredible thread

Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 29d

"In the crescendo of orgasm I have sometimes been known to shout out the incumbent Pope's name" I have been back on the apps literally one minute. This is from the second profile I have looked at since reactivating. I am doomed

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 8d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 8d

Just invented a new app to help you deal with annoying coworkers. It's not so much an app as it is a toaster on a bike chain that you swing around your head

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 8d

nice and easy

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What good are notebooks? @whatgoodrnotebooks.bsky.social · 8d

This is bloody marvellous, especially the part about how they accidentally got the breakfast slot. Ohhhhhhhhhh yes.

Talk '90s to me @talk90stome.bsky.social · 9d

🚨ICYMI🚨
@markradcliffe.bsky.social of Mark and Lard joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to discuss his chaotic time working with Marc Riley at Radio 1 and how he got to work alongside legendary musicians such as David Bowie 🤩

Check out the full episode now 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome

#DavidBowie #bowie

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🦇🧛‍♂️Bram Stoker’s GuitarMoogula🧛‍♂️🦇 @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 8d

I burst into tears at this.

Even after 5 1/2 years with it, positive scientific confirmation of what I knew - this is real, I’m not imagining it, it’s not ageing, it’s not depression or anxiety, it’s that my brain *does not function properly* - means so much.

And a big step towards treatment too.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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Tim Price @tim-doin-tim-stuff.bsky.social · 8d

We live in an age where machines frequently ask us to prove we are human so we can get access to content produced by machines pretending to be human.
If heaven has a captcha test, I'm not sure what I would do

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