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Sophie Hell 😈 @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 46m

Great news for people who consider themselves Real Men

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Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social · 3m

I'm not sure I want my gravy with a head on it.

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Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social · 9m

That is a very cool cover.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 33m

Hard to find a more obvious example of the journalism adage “If someone says it’s raining outside and someone else says it isn’t, your job is not to quote them both, your job is to go outside.”

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

Bro i actually teared up

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social · 32m

He's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 17h

DO NOT MISS The Word for World: The Maps of @ursulakleguin.com, Architectural Association, Bedford Sq, London. It's truly beautiful. (I've never been involved w a project that's had massive banners before, it's v exciting).

Spend time with the maps, inc my niche fave, The City Ansul from VOICES 💙

The Architectural Association, a Georgian house of dark brick on Bedford Square, with two-storey high banners outside reading The Word for World and Ursula K Le Guin.

A cyanotype white-on-blue banner with fern prints at the top and a map below hangs in a gallery. Other similar banners featuring different maps are glimpsed behind it.

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Bernie Michalik @berniemichalik.ca · 1h

“Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.” Bertrand Russell.
generative AI: hold my beer.

Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 6h

stop thinking right now

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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 1h

Get a signed copy of the Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor
@goshcomics.bsky.social
event on Saturday 8th November 2025 between 1-2pm! - full details over at goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo... - and you can even buy a copy in advance, to be signed on the day!

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 1h

A true tulip snail slid through Coral City for the very first time today, seen here 16x fast. These are predatory snails that feed on other snails, including cannibalizing their own kind 😱🐌🔪🐌 #truetulip #snail #timelapse #staghorn #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay ##coralcity

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Doctor Charlton Cussans PhD @charltoncussans.bsky.social · 18h

50 years ago this man would have been considered Coloured under South African law and not allowed to vote.

Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 21h

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)

Peter Davison, a fair-skinned blond man, as the fifth Doctor, circa 1982.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 8h

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 17h

We are realizing that we have no idea what British people think a “flapjack” is.

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Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social · 19h

Of all the works ever shortlisted for a Hugo Award, possibly the most difficult to read or watch is Murder and the Android.

Your best opportunity to watch it will be during LAcon V next summer in Los Angeles.

The story about it is utterly wild. Strap in.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 20h

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Green_Knight @green-knight.bsky.social · 1d

Thread.

I feel for the equivalent of my teenage self who was very tired of formulaic books and forced romances even then and who thankfully had enough other books to read.

Margaret Owen @what-eats-owls.bsky.social · 1d

Texting with another YA author friend this morning about the rough state of the market, and our consensus was, publishing keeps looking for the next Hunger Games, but they wouldn’t acquire the original if it were in their inboxes today

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 1d

Here are three wonderfully preserved Roman shoes that were discovered at Bar Hill Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland in the early 1900s. Shoes made for men, women and children have been found there, reminding us that frontier zones were not an exclusively military environment. #FindsFriday

Three ancient roman shoes with pierced decoration displayed on dummy feet.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social · 2d

I asked on Facebook if anyone was interested in joining me to see a play in London. An old friend I had not seen in nearly a decade said she was interested. Reader, I married her.

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Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social · 2d

I had it in my mind to rewatch The Armageddon Factor given the sad passing of John Woodvine this week. I'll keep an eye out for the Mouse ears.

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 3d

In the last few years, trans people are experiencing more and more hate from prejudiced strangers
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...

Hate against trans people surges!

In the last few years, trans people are experiencing more and more hate from prejudiced strangers

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Grave Boneyard @dconrad.bsky.social · 3d

I'm delighted to hear Dolly Parton is okay but now I'm reimagining this classic post only about Dolly Parton

Please stop praying for my grandpa u are making him too strong. He broke out of the hospital & cops say their tasers don't work on him :(

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 3d

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3d

Oh lordy. I heard these stories from various people involved. If you want to work in TV, or just are curious about how thoroughly things can go wrong, definitely check this out.

Cole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 3d

How could a straight-to-series greenlight go so wrong for the first TV series I ever created?! Today, the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast brings you Part 1 of a four-part Hollywood horror story I describe as a cautionary tale for screenwriters about what can happen when all your dreams come true.

The Horror of 'Dracula': The Unbelievable True Story of the 2013 TV Series - Part 1

Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 10/07/2025 · 15m

podcasts.apple.com

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · 3d

Propellant-free inhalers have been the most common prescription in much of the developed world for a long time now.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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