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Chris Owens

@likesohushhush.bsky.social

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Itz juss been wurk wurk wurk 4 u lately master Bascule, Y dont u ½ a holiday? [NB I'm not a politician, in the band Girls, or in the X Files.]

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 29d

Guest starring SIR STEWART WALLACE as HIMSELF.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 5h

@samwhyte.bsky.social How is your men’s mental health at the moment? No reason, other than you’ve seemed to be getting well again.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 6h

I’d miss you, although it’d be a good story to tell.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 6h

I feel a punchline may be coming, and, I’ll be honest, I’m a little frightened.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 6h

It’s been lovely knowing you. I believe killing yourself with cornflakes may take some while.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 8h

Ah noooooooooooooo

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 8h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 8h

Rude to shank someone else, really.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t agree that people who are in prison are fair game to be killed. OTOH, if someone’s got to get shanked in prison, I’d have voted for Watkins, a truly despicable criminal.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 10h

Wouldn’t care to come and do mine, would he?

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 18h

Just say no to drugs, Buckers.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 18h

I would. I mean, no need to dob her in, but you need a decent haircut for your hard-earned.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 18h

All of us under a spell
We know that it’s probably magic …

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Badger Trust @badgertrust.bsky.social · 19h

Brocktober or not, we never forget the badger cull 🦡💚 Standing strong for justice — 13 & 16 Oct. #EndTheCull

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

I love this. youtu.be/u51H7gTAfLM

Lone Justice - Ways To Be Wicked (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by LoneJusticeVEVO

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Clumsiness is not a moral or intellectual failing: I, and plenty of non-foolish people, have done exactly this and it hurts just as much whether you’re foolish or not. I should be on Thought For The Day.

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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 1d

Global biodiversity may be in decline, but there are success stories which remind us: conservation WORKS.

As #COP30 approaches, we need world leaders to see this and recognise that there is work to be done.

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh that really hurts.

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, it's Mental Health Awareness Day, but I can't help but feel 15 solid years of scrounger rhetoric has made a mockery of it.

If you don't accept that mental illness is real and often profoundly disabling, then you're stoking continued ignorance. No accommodation can be made with that.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 2d

My woes and I thank you.

Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 2d

I have a cold and my agonies are mighty.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, or the Institute will have something to say about it.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 2d

You need to get a job as a Times columnist with hot takes like this.

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Chris Owens @likesohushhush.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so sorry. Losing a cat is very very difficult. Thinking good thoughts for you and for him.

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 2d

Look I know it'll shock you to know this, but we are almost out of archeologists AGAIN.

Do you know any archeologists? Are they willing to be matched with a LEGO team?

Please send 'em our way we need all hands on deck (STILL!)

We have had 585 requests for archeologists 🫠
forms.gle/PU3x7oayXGr3...

two men are pushing a small boat through the water .

Alt: Three young men are on a rowboat when it capsizes and then they salute as the ship sinks

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