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Daily Tom Baker @dailytombaker.bsky.social · 4h

Tom Baker reading about the police box for The Book Tower. #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

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Grumpy Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇪🇺 @brian770.bsky.social · 4h

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 7h

Old Winchester Hill, looking east towards Butser Hill and the Meon Valley. The Bronze Age barrows stand out beautifully in the foreground — the colours of the surrounding fields were stunning today. 🌾🍂 #SouthDowns #Hampshire #LandscapePhotography

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 6h

QUATERMASS (1979): The final adventure for Nigel Kneale's intrepid scientist saw him fighting a mysterious alien force harvesting members of the 'Planet People' youth cult. Here, the aliens come for Isabel, survivor of an earlier harvesting...

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 8h

Bang and Olufsen Beocord 8000 Cassette player (1980)

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 10h

You can only push "Scotland is shit" for so long until you get caught making shit up.

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures
www.thenational.scot/news/2553069...

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures

The BBC has been forced to issue a correction after exaggerating the number of drug deaths in Scotland ...

www.thenational.scot

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 11h

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch, who want Britain to abandon any pretence of taking global warming seriously need to see this.

I hate to say "in fairness to Margaret Thatcher", BUT as far back as 1989 she (a trained scientist) gave this warning to the UN General Assembly...

youtu.be/B-M6O8OyTZ0?...

Margaret Thatcher's Historic Speech on Climate Change | 1989 Address to United Nations

YouTube video by ITN Archive

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Si Turner @siturner.bsky.social · 11h

Our hilarious Funny Friday is back to start your weekend off *right*. 4 great new acts saying the unsayable.

£18 advance £20 on the door

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 12h

There’s so many more in the article…

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Four young men, all Gen Z Tories, posed against a plain backdrop.

Top left: Danny Mosley, 19, with curly hair, draped in a Union Jack flag and holding a can of Dr. Pepper, an ID badge hanging from a blue lanyard around his neck.

Top right: Rhydian Lloyd-Francis, 15, wearing a navy double-breasted suit and striped tie, stands formally with a serious expression.

Bottom left: Harry Cansdale, 21, in glasses and a dark suit with a patterned blue tie and small flag pin, with a blue lanyard around his neck.

Bottom right: Miller Casson, 17, with long hair, wearing a blue plaid suit, lavender shirt, and patterned tie, holding a booklet.

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 12h

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes): This mammal is the largest of the true foxes and is widespread across North America, Europe & Asia, also introduced to Australia. They are omnivorous but feed primarily on small mammals, also taking birds, fish & fruit. Super photo taken by Gethin Pugh in Bangor, North Wales

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 12h

Another Film Collection

Over 1,000 films from a former industry professional are being collected by the Film is Fabulous! team on Tuesday. These will be catalogued and preserved.

More Info: filmisfabulous.org.uk/documenting-...

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 15h

The American right’s obsession with Antifa is reminding me of Peter Cook’s prime minister in Whoops Apocalypse blaming everything on invisible pixies. “All manner of goblinry”

Peter Cook as prime minister with a hook for a hand

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 14h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 14h

It would be easy to reposition this headline as 'Billionaire author vows to keep interfering with Scottish democracy', which doesn't look too pretty.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 13h

Picture I did yesterday in my art class. These are just practices, I’m midway through a second version which is already much better. Practice makes perfect!

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The Journal of Transport History @jtransporthist.bsky.social · 15d

Dear Followers,

‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️

Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

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Jim Richmond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏉⛳️📷🏏 @jamesrichmond.bsky.social · 15h

Dunnottar Castle
#stonehaven #leefilters #lee10stop #longexposure #photography #fotografia #fotografie #canonr6mkii

A medieval castle ruin perched on a rocky cliff overlooking a calm sea, with dramatic, cloudy skies in the background. The landscape showcases greenery and rugged terrain along the coastline.

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Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 14h

Recently, I had to defend my decision to not work for Rowling to an old friend I had over.

She yelled at me and asked me to prove that JKR is actively working against trans people.

…How do you tell someone that you don’t have time to give a dramatic reading of the last 5 years of Twittter!?

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 14h

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...

Job opportunity on Isle of Mull with £60k salary and cottage with garden include

A "beautiful" estate on a Scottish island is looking for two people to relocate.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 14h

Can only speak for myself, but think I'm not unusual, by the time you see a GP about mental health issues, you are at crisis point - finding it hard to get out of bed, eat, speak to anyone, deal with finances etc - but sure, tell me about the jobs I can apply for at that moment.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 15h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Jeff Goddard @jeffgoddard.bsky.social · 16h

Every one of them has posted 'not my Doctor' at some point in their lives.... 🙄

Mark Elliott @thatmarkelliott.bsky.social · 17h

This seems unnecessarily cruel.

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social · 3d

In Cumbrian dialects, 'broc' is badger

Badger is held in high esteem and 'brocan' means wise man. In lore, badgers protect against witchcraft and other evils

more in: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

#NationalBadgerDay #folklore
art: Lily Seika Jones

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Ailsa Brims @ailsabrims.art · 17h

Another tick off my bucket list! Dawn at Avebury today. It couldn't have been more beautiful and special with the sky and the mist. Amazing experience.

#avebury #stonecircle #sunrise #octoberdawn @stoneclub.bsky.social

October dawn over Avebury stone circle with the mist rising over the stones. Photographer Ailsa Brims.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 15h

The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.

Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.

Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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