Carl East
@thecarleast.bsky.social
Manager of award winning bookshop by day, mild mannered janitor by night. Lynx in bio. 🐈
It’s Reith Lectures time again, with @rutgerbregman.com this year. Am early Christmas present for enquiring clever-clogs like me. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s Reith Lectures time again, with @rutgerbregman.com this year. Am early Christmas present for enquiring clever-clogs like me. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
Signed and circulated. The book trade needs a good mix of both chains and indies to survive (I have worked in both camps), but this looks like an unwise practice from Waterstones.
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Signed and circulated. The book trade needs a good mix of both chains and indies to survive (I have worked in both camps), but this looks like an unwise practice from Waterstones.
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I love that this is expanding to include books, music etc. I’m not curating it or making any judgments, it’s not *my* preferences, anyone who makes stuff is welcome to reply to my original post. (Not this one, far fewer people will see it.)
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I love that this is expanding to include books, music etc. I’m not curating it or making any judgments, it’s not *my* preferences, anyone who makes stuff is welcome to reply to my original post. (Not this one, far fewer people will see it.)
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So then @limmy.com you have no excuse. Get back in there!!
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So then @limmy.com you have no excuse. Get back in there!!
Halloween Achievement Unlocked. I managed to get my lovely wife to watch a horror film with me! www.imdb.com/title/tt0036...
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
1h 9m | Approved
www.imdb.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Halloween Achievement Unlocked. I managed to get my lovely wife to watch a horror film with me! www.imdb.com/title/tt0036...
Bad Dreams in the Night! Great #Halloween reading from @adamtots.bsky.social to finish off #Shocktober and a proper quality package from @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social . A lovely green ribbon bookmark too.
Wait, what?!
Wait, what?!
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Bad Dreams in the Night! Great #Halloween reading from @adamtots.bsky.social to finish off #Shocktober and a proper quality package from @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social . A lovely green ribbon bookmark too.
Wait, what?!
Wait, what?!
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
3
NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
We have a winner!
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We have a winner!
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DEADLINE is returning? Absolutely insta-back. Deadline was such a game changer for me when I was 14, like opening a door into absolute madness. It showed me all the things comics could and should be.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...
A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL
A1 and DEADLINE, two landmark UK comic book publications ARE BACK! The heart of UK counterculture returns to print.
www.kickstarter.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
DEADLINE is returning? Absolutely insta-back. Deadline was such a game changer for me when I was 14, like opening a door into absolute madness. It showed me all the things comics could and should be.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...
If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)
(wrong answers only)
October 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)
(wrong answers only)
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"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski
Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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which universe is steven universe
September 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
which universe is steven universe
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... great stuff as ever from @robinince.bsky.social fantastic guests too.
Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... great stuff as ever from @robinince.bsky.social fantastic guests too.
Am going to cancel Disney+ the moment I have finished Alien Earth next week and spend more time with Dandadan. Outrageously fun stuff.
a group of anime characters are standing next to each other in a dark room
ALT: a group of anime characters are standing next to each other in a dark room
media.tenor.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Am going to cancel Disney+ the moment I have finished Alien Earth next week and spend more time with Dandadan. Outrageously fun stuff.
A rare occasion of a *parent* with experience of the SEN system being given a voice in the media.
Interesting appeal from Anna Maxwell-Martin to recognise the crippling effect of poverty on school children.
#r4today moves on.
#r4today moves on.
September 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A rare occasion of a *parent* with experience of the SEN system being given a voice in the media.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Ironic on a day when the BBC gives all day coverage to Farage, book at bedtime is a reminder of how the Nazis used disaffection with ‘the other’ to fuel their rise to power?
Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Ironic on a day when the BBC gives all day coverage to Farage, book at bedtime is a reminder of how the Nazis used disaffection with ‘the other’ to fuel their rise to power?
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To whoever did this 👏👏👏👏👏
August 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
To whoever did this 👏👏👏👏👏
I searched if any celebs shared my birthday today (you’re welcome) and Google AI chipped in with the usual nonsense.
August 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I searched if any celebs shared my birthday today (you’re welcome) and Google AI chipped in with the usual nonsense.
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11/8/25 - nocturn
August 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
11/8/25 - nocturn