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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 4h

I've said it before: anyone who runs down the job that teachers do, even for such nakedly political reasons rather than from any real place of conviction, (a) should try surviving even a fucking WEEK of it themselves and (b) should then go to the bottom of a well.

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 4h

Just to say that teachers do an incredibly difficult job, with all the right intentions, and can be the defining influence on a young person's life. They are the exact opposite of poisoners because good teaching provides the antidote to so many dangers

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h

Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3h

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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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Mar 23

this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite

Collection of paints, brushes and pots on an old table. In the corner a large very fluffy cat sprawls in decadence

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 5h

Got a little teary reading their trans-positive healthcare policy, I'll be honest.

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 6h

Here's a thing. My mum is an old school Tory - delivers leaflets etc despite not liking any of their leaders since at least Johnson. Expressed her worry about Reform getting in, so I said she might have to vote Green and she didn't disagree. Not saying she *will*, but thinking about it is seismic!

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 6h

It's John Lennon's birthday. Here he is with The Beatles trying to get the opening of one of his songs right.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 6h

This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 9h

Reached Jingo in my guards reread and would like it not to be chiming quite so clearly with the times we're in, please.

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 10h

Inasmuch as we have a mission statement - it's something like this ⬇️

TC Parker Is Horrific Enough Already (she/her) @tcparker.bsky.social · 11h

A Discworld message for the rest of us, this Party Conference season

Josh Kirby's illustration of Terry Pratchett's Discworld: Great A'Tuin the star turtle, floating through space with 4 elephants on his back, that are in turn supporting the flat, disc-shaped Discworld

Caption reads:
Read Discworld.
Because cunts are still running this one.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 9h

All of "Jackie" added to the British Newspaper Archive. Every last page. I mean, that's unexpected. Also quite brilliant. blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2025/10/06/j...

Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week

We welcome iconic best-selling teen magazine Jackie to The Archive. Browse every single edition of the weekly magazine for girls, from 1964 through to 1993.

blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

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John Lyon @johnlyon.bsky.social · 22h

Me: Is there something I could do differently to improve my sleep?

Doctor: I recommend not looking at your phone for at least an hour before bed.

Me: So nothing then.

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 11h

Lidl product developer trying to murder Arthur Shappey... #CabinPressure #DwagonFwoo

Freezer containing Dragon fruit flavoured Solero knock offs.

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V.C. Willow 📚 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 @authorvcwillow.bsky.social · 12h

Sound up 📢

Brilliant bit on consent by Brit mum using tea as an analogy.

It's funny but gets the point across.

Always, always get enthusiastic, willing consent, or sex is not consensual.

#Consent #WomensRights

Lawrence Williams @ldwilliams-uk.bsky.social · 13h

An interesting way to get the meaning of consent across

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Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe they look bored and moody because they’re fed up of having their expressions policed. Maybe they’re thinking about the state of the world and the condition of womanhood in the 21stC. Maybe they’re thinking are thinking about having a fish finger sandwich for dinner. Either way…

a bald man wearing glasses and a blue suit says `` i don 't see how that 's any of your business ''

Alt: RuPaul is wearing glasses and a blue suit and the GIF is captioned “I don’t see how that’s any of your business ''

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Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social · 12h

Have seen two instances of people feeling the need to ask why women in a public space look “bored” and “moody”.

NO ONE OWES YOU A SMILE, SUNSHINE

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 13h

This is EXCELLENT. An EXCELLENT programme about an EXCELLENT man. @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social — help yourself to a medal.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great Lives - Oliver Postgate - BBC Sounds

Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden, chooses Oliver Postgate.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 12h

Genuine Q (not being a dickhead!): is that 'factoid' in it's original sense of being 'not true' or in the Steve Wright sense of 'a short fact'?

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 18h

illustration of a man looking into a window with his hands on the glass and saying “yes… ha ha ha… YES!”. his shirt says “sickos” on it. his head has been replaced by a toronto blue jays baseball mascot’s head

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17h

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 20h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 15h

we need to bring back the Horrible Histories primary school trick where you describe in detail something done by the nazis, get the audience to agree that it's abhorrent, then reveal that it was actually 'our lads' last week

AJ DISMEMBERS! @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 15h

I actually think it might be interesting to ask some of these flag-shagging freaks to give an account of the First World War as they understand it. Because increasingly it seems to me they don't. 'Lest we forget' has gone from an urgent moral injunction to a smug piety.

AJ DISMEMBERS! @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 15h

At this he became very uncomfortable, I think because he was actually being invited to *think* about the War rather than use it as an excuse for soft, smug 'lest we forget' sentimentality. So he spluttered 'WELL ANYWAY TRUMP WON SO THERE' and slunk off.

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sky this evening.

Above a dark playing field and a silhouetted treeline, the sky is pale gold and pale blue with a croissant-shaped band of cloud pressing in. The cloud goes from dark grey to apricot where the setting sun catches it. Dark leaves encroach into the frame on the left.

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoying that this photo includes a row of tulips

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jo the Hat @jothehat.bsky.social · 1d

I'd probably have died before I was 30 in the 19th Century, let alone in medieval times. For all the horrors of modern life, am grateful to have been born into these days not the old ones.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 1d

When you could code silly quizzes on Facebook, it was FULL of "what would you be in medieval times?!" etc.

I made one that nearly always answered "died as a child", "died in childbirth", "lived and died as a servant"

People got SUPER mad with it.

Everyone assumes they'll be at the top of the tree

William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext of ‘we should be more like Dubai’, beyond the obvious racism, is ‘I should have a servant’.

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