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Mark, was Stan on the other place.
@oldmanstan.bsky.social
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Genuine UK Gypsy who is starting to get racial abuse from bots pretending to be of Romany origin, but know nothing of UK Gypsy culture.
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · Mar 4
For anyone looking at my profile because they want to troll me due to certain racist bigots, this is from www.gypsy-traveller.org
For anyone looking at my profile because they want to troll me due to certain racist bigots who are intollerant of UK Gypsies, it shows a quote from www.gypsy-traveller.org stating ‘Gypsy’ is sometimes seen as offensive or as a racial slur. However, there are several Romani groups in Europe who have claimed this word and use it with pride. This includes many individuals within the UK who proudly use the word ‘Gypsy’ to describe themselves. It’s best to ask individuals how they like to be referred to and follow their lead.
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 2h
Well deserved. Bud loved RuneQuest so damn much, and I'm happy to see the love right back at him.
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 7h
Today, on the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, Chaosium is pleased to announce William "Bud" Baird as the 2025 Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom winner.
Bud Baird is the 2025 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom
This month marks the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, and we are pleased to present the 2025 award to William "Bud" Baird.
www.chaosium.com
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Jo Kendall @jothekendall.bsky.social · 8h
Just a last few tix left for our Pentangle Listening Party with Jacqui McShee tomorrow afternoon at the Half Moon in Putney. Thanks to Jennie Bellestar for some promo at her fab Give Me Love vintage shop in Camden 💜

tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-...
Jennie Bellestar in a hat and motorcycle jacket holding up a flyer for the camera A great colourful pop art mural of George Harrison outside Jennie’s Give Me Love shop A wider angle shot of the shop Give Me Love which has rails of clothes outside and more psychedelic decoration above the shop windows Our Pentangle flyer on a table with a Solomon’s Seal button badge.
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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d
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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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 23h
That was truly wonderful.
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Public Service Broadcasting HQ @psbhq.bsky.social · 1d
publicservicebroadcasting.bandcamp.com/merch/night-...

Listening party on bandcamp this evening at 9pm for the remix album! Be there, or don't!
Night Flight - The Last Flight Remixes Listening Party from PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
Listening Party from PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING.
publicservicebroadcasting.bandcamp.com
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d
You must read The Lasting Harm - and bookshops , you must stock it
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The Cosmic Shambles Network @cosmicshambles.com · 1d
For @luciaoc.bsky.social attending every single day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial was no easy feat. Video of our Book Shambles panel discussing The Lasting Harm with Lucia, @robinince.bsky.social & @bechillcomedian.bsky.social is up for Patreon subscribers now at patreon.com/cosmicshambles
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🔨🪜 📻 roofer sound 📻🪜🔨 @rufushound.wtf · 1d
Listen, we all know it's a long shot, but:

Does anyone have a motorbike I could use for a couple of months?

November - December

It's entirely the wrong amount of time to buy/rent/lease one for so, on the off chance that someone has one just sitting around, could I borrow it?

Feel free to RT x
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oldmanstan.bsky.social
Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 1d
The amateur dramatic society are putting on a production of "Dr Who helps the Daleks".
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 1d
Sounds fishy.
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 1d
My partner just told me to take what I've got and run with it.
I was holding scissors.
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The Cosmic Shambles Network @cosmicshambles.com · 1d
For @luciaoc.bsky.social attending every single day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial was no easy feat. Video of our Book Shambles panel discussing The Lasting Harm with Lucia, @robinince.bsky.social & @bechillcomedian.bsky.social is up for Patreon subscribers now at patreon.com/cosmicshambles
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 1d
I try to live my life equal parts Moomin Papa & Little My
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 1d
Lets just say batteries are not included.
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 1d
“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 1d
Which is why I get bigger as I get older. It's not fat, I'm just gaining hit points.
I guess I must be quite high level by now.
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 2d
All the best people were part of the #5x1 crowd.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 2d
Social media is pretty ineffective in selling tickets - despite this I bang on - 4 tickets left for Taunton tomorrow

www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/tau...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 2d
Breaking: Kemi Badenoch brings the Tory Conference to its feet by announcing lunch.
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 2d
I always thought it was really sad that the Bodysnatchers never released an album, and that the peel sessions never got an official release.
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The Comics Collective @cmxcollective.bsky.social · 3d
One of our listeners just let us know that Spotify ran an ICE ad ahead of our episode with the public library.

Now we get to have the fun task of figuring out how to let spotify know that we absolutely do not support ICE and do not appreciate them running that ad ahead of our show.
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 3d
I don't. it gives me a headache to try to think down to their level.
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Mark, was Stan on the other place. @oldmanstan.bsky.social · 3d
Anyone can be famous if they eat someone or rich if they rob people. Success should be by your own standards. Jimmy Carr is a success by his own standards, but also stated that the death of half my people at the hands of the Nazis was a positive. By my standards that makes him an evil c***.
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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 4d
My nan also died after a fall. Her parachute didn't open.
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 4d
they're taking away our free speech for Israel

www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/in-the-uk-...
In the UK, you can be arrested for "terrorism" saying you disagree with a government decision
At an anti-genocide protest, a woman was arrested by the Metropolitan Police for holding up a sign reading: “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action.”
www.councilestatemedia.uk
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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 4d
Many news outlets are stating that Israel is "deporting" Greta Thunberg and other aid workers.

It is not deporting someone if you kidnapped them and took them into your country and held them without charge.

It was a war crime to detain them.

Israel is FREEING HOSTAGES.

Use the correct language!
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