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John

@shambler.bsky.social

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Semi-retired electrical/electronic/robotics engineer, now turned musician and designer. #Keto #Carnivore https://m.soundcloud.com/stormofnoise https://www.redbubble.com/people/SpectraScope/shop?asc=u

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 5h

The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 3h

New boss music just dropped. Also the boss now curses the cards!

This is Forbidden Solitaire:

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Blakandblack @blakandblack.bsky.social · 19h

I wrote this when I was living on the streets as a teen…

In alleyways where hunger curls,
beneath tin roofs and spindly girls –
life rattles in shopping carts,
old bottles and torn-apart hearts.

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A Moment on the Streets

I wrote this when I was living on the streets as a teen.

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John @shambler.bsky.social · 1h

🎵 Boogie Lights 🎵

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Well, that was a treat for the senses. #TronAres

John @shambler.bsky.social · 6h

AI must die.

Either that or no jobs for artists, musicians, writers, film-makers, game-makers, and all creative industries would fold.

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Liz Skelt 🇬🇧 @lizskelt.bsky.social · 7h

She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. They dont give it to you for doing it the other way round.

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John @shambler.bsky.social · 9h

What damages family life?

Poverty.

John @shambler.bsky.social · 9h

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FoxiMax - A Word Puzzle

Multiple word guessing puzzle game

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John @shambler.bsky.social · 10h

Strands #586
“I'm a ladle hungry”
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John @shambler.bsky.social · 22h

No trap here, only you'll be stuck for hours.

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Jenerally Scared (Halloween edition) @hotlegs.bsky.social · 23h

Don't this lot and their ilk traditionally palm their kids off on other people and then ship them off to boarding school when they're only about 6 or 7? Wind your neck in, Caff.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Phones creating 'epidemic of disconnection' in families, says Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales has said smartphones and computer screens create "an epidemic of disconnection" within families.

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 23h

‘It feels good – and quite strange – to think I could vote for what I believe in…’

@natashawalter.bsky.social reports on why young women are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk, won over by @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s stance on topics such as Palestine, refugee rights and economic injustice 🌱