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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · 21h

My contribution to the genre 🪦

Squirrel with a nut in its mouth, on a headstone at Highgate Cemetery

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 3d

'Across from Battersea Park (Autumn)' by Jonathan Stewardson
jonathanstewardson.com

👤 @jonathanstewardson.bsky.social

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 8d

On the whole I think pop songs should be about :
Being lonely.
Not wanting to be lonely.
Loss in general .
Being horny.
How rubbish weekdays are.
How great Friday and Saturday are.
Obscure films, books, historical events etc.
Being a fire starter.

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · 10d

I've always wondered why Chocolate Cake wasn't included on Recurring Dream. Is it because the lyrics are a bit controversial? Have the band ever commented on it?

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · 16d

Just felt like I needed to put on my 'mum' hat for a minute 🤐 Keep us updated and you'll have a team of people around the world wishing you luck 💜

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16d

What a brilliant thread.

Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 18d

I’m just going to say as someone who lived in London for eleven years and is currently seriously considering going back precisely because of the far right theocratic fascism of Trump, that he’s talking out of his fucking asshole.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Trump to the UN: "I have to say, I look at London where you have a terrible mayor -- terrible terrible mayor -- and it's been so changed, so changed. Now they want to go to Sharia Law ... both their immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe."

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · 16d

You are qualified and trained for the job and the environment. Nobody is perfect. You can do this! 💪🤗

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · 25d

A low point, taste-wise.

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · 25d

So many 80s pop groups were tailor made for hormonal teens. My own weakness was Big Fun 😳

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 26d

Share your favourite cover versions

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJif...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28d

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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basBooOooO(hé) @basbleu.bsky.social · Sep 11

She declared women equal to men and condemned the crass arrogance of men in a letter to the only woman with true power and influence: the queen.

For this she was denounced by her fellow revolutionaries as a royalist and two years after writing this she was sentenced to violent death.

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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · Sep 3

Paging Rick Astley

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 3

Morrissey puts his business interests in the Smiths up for sale ‘to any interested party’

Musician says he has ‘no choice’ after being ‘burnt out by any and all connections’ to his former bandmates Morrissey has announced that he “has no choice” but to put up for sale the entirety of his business interests in the Smiths “to any interested party/investor”. The deal, made in apparent seriousness on his website, Morrissey Solo, in a post titled “A Soul for Sale”, would include the band’s name and artwork, which he created, as well as his share of merchandising rights, lyrical and musical compositions, synchronisation, recordings and publishing contractual rights. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · Sep 3

‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback

The TV comedy duo are back this week with their first new sketch show in 15 years, Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Do newer comics think they’re old farts? They tell all

www.theguardian.com

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · Aug 31

It really does. Quite disorienting 😞

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · Aug 29

I get similar: the cat we lost to cancer 20 years ago shows up and I think, oh I haven't fed you for a while. Brings a wave of grief when I wake up and remember 🐈

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · Aug 21

The first Americans had Denisovan DNA. And it may have helped them survive.

People with Indigenous American ancestry carry Denisovan genes that Neanderthals passed on when they mated with modern humans.

www.livescience.com

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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · Aug 8

Dramatic end to the day. Fire on the slopes of Vesuvius lit by the setting sun. #Pompeii

A blazing orange billowing smoke-filled sky blowing over Vesuvius. Pompeii’s Porta Nocera in the foreground.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 8

Actor Michael Sheen: ‘You have to make something happen’ on.ft.com/4lfCuLV

Actor Michael Sheen: ‘You have to make something happen’

The ‘not-for-profit’ star on putting his own money into projects, creating a new national theatre for Wales — and what he learnt from Nye Bevan

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · Aug 7

Blimey, that would be stressful for anyone. But husband and kid will just have to deal with home stuff, you can't do everything. Focus on what you need to do for work. Stay busy and don't give yourself time to build up worries 🤗

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · Aug 1

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 1

It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”

WIRED @wired.com · Aug 1

Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

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Pet Shop Boys @petshopboys.co.uk · Aug 1

A beautiful show at Cardiff Castle last night. Great singing from the audience! Thank you, Cardiff. x

#PetText

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Trish @trishj.bsky.social · Jul 26

For me, this book and David Tennant's portrayal are the best starting points for Richard II

Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II To Henry V The Making Of A King by C.W.R.D. Moseley

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