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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 10h

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 8h

Yep, been there, done that 😸

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Annie💙&Joe💛 @annieandjoe.bsky.social · 8h

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Dad Jokes @dadsaysjokes.com · 8h

Me: It doesn't have a tail, so I'm pretty sure it's a hamster.

Tech support: *sigh*.

Fine. Right click on your hamster...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 9h

What? It isn’t all about the well-being of coal miners?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 9h

Yf guardian angels reallye cared about us thei wolde make our internet routeres not worke for a couple key hours each daye

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h

Group flight brings number of migrants removed under UK/France migration deal to 42
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Record single flight of illegal migrants returned under new deal

The number of illegal migrants returned under the UK-France deal has reached 42 after 16 were returned to France in largest group flight yet.

www.gov.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

The Tel Aviv derby between Maccabi and Hapoel could not be played today in Tel Aviv as the Israeli fans injured rival fans and the police. The game was abandoned at half-time in January. The Israeli police & authorities have struggled to contain the conduct of fans
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

Bloomfield chaos forces suspension of Tel Aviv derby | The Jerusalem Post

The decision to suspend the Tel Aviv derby came after extensive use of pyrotechnics by fans led to injuries among both supporters and police officers.

www.jpost.com

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 9h

Police are looking for this man in connection with The Louvre robbery

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 9h

There’s been no effort to prove they were drug traffickers, some were demonstrably innocent fishermen, and the strikes are illegal either way, but please do go on

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17h

US strikes on drug traffickers play well at home but the threats to topple Nicolás Maduro are a response to Beijing’s fast-growing influence in Latin America | ✍️ Katy Balls

War on drugs or regime change? Trump’s gamble over Venezuela

www.thetimes.com

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 10h

Israeli Police announce they have canceled a derby match between Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv that was set to take place tonight in the city’s Bloomfield Stadium, when fans began to riot.

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Police cancel Tel Aviv derby after fans riot at stadium

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10h

“Grandpa, what does ‘awesome’ mean?”

“Well, back at one point, it was a word used to describe the planet’s great unfathomable wonders, although now it generally means ‘Thanks for emailing me that PDF’.”

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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 10h

🤣

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 10h

If a group of crows is a murder and a group of lions is a pride, what is a group of glaciologists? I think it’s a ‘blizzard’. Great hike with @glasheologist.bsky.social and the rest of the #NWG2025 crew. 🧪⚒️❄️ @igsoc.bsky.social @igs-egg.bsky.social

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Ashfromenfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 11h

My Father said farewell to his friend Dickie Bird today. A real cricket legend 🙏🏽

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11h

World of cricket's farewell to umpire Dickie Bird. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Figures from sport attend funeral for cricket legend Dickie Bird

The funeral at St Mary's Church in Barnsley was attended by Yorkshire cricketers and local fans.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10h

⚡️Update: All 192 miners evacuated after Russian attack on coal facility.

All 192 miners have been safely evacuated to the surface, the energy company DTEK announced on Oct. 19. No workers were injured.

Russian mass attack on coal facility traps nearly 200 miners underground

All 192 miners were safely evacuated to the surface after a large-scale attack on a coal enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the energy company DTEK announced.

kyivindependent.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared

Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed. Images shared by the agency on Saturday showed the foam covering an area of the River Thet. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Angela 🐱💙 💛🌻 @hollia.bsky.social · 10h

It's hilarious 😂

And now this, do hope they record it 🤭
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11h

Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran faces possible vote of no confidence

www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/kc...

KCC leader faces possible vote of no confidence in wake of leaked video

The leader of Kent County Council could face a vote of no confidence in weeks as the furore over a damaging leaked video shows little sign of abating.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 10h

It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform council leader says she has launched hunt for ‘cowards’ behind leaked video

Linden Kemkaran told fellow Kent councillors those who disagreed with decisions would have to ‘suck it up’

www.theguardian.com

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Dad Jokes @dadsaysjokes.com · 10h

Today I realized that I'm never going to have to worry about me and my wife arguing over who's right and who's wrong.

Because I was lucky enough to find a wife who's never wrong.

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Brian McG.⭐⭐🇺🇦🇵🇸 @br1mcg.bsky.social · 10h

P.S. Don't forget the ladder

Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 10h

I am looking forward to seeing you at the Louvre Cafe at 11a.m.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 10h

I am looking forward to seeing you at the Louvre Cafe at 11a.m.

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Ricky Gervais @mrrickygervais.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve had to come up with some new billboard ideas for London Underground. This one was rejected on the grounds that “it may be construed as implying that because life is short, one might as well drink, potentially to excess”

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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 11h

Today’s Mr Blobby in films is the classic Mr Blobby in Jurassic Park. Life finds a way…

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