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thebossross.bsky.social
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Comedy: Jamie Kaler
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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jonathancoe.bsky.social
After their excellent piece on Penda's Fen a few weeks ago, @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social turns its attention to the Midlands' other great slice of celluloid history. Time for another showing, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social?
The bizarre ode to brutalist Birmingham that killed Cliff Richard’s film career
The Peter Pan of Pop’s final big-screen role is a prize piece of Brummie pop culture. Just maybe not in the way he intended…
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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earlofedgecombe.bsky.social
Worth revisiting this @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social piece in light of the Waymo meltdown over the weekend.

Automated vehicles ignore social contracts and are only beholden to their corporate bosses. Humans are much better equipped to deal with unforeseen situations, and to prioritize human values.
earlofedgecombe.bsky.social Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · Feb 4
This articulates my exact feelings about San Francisco, the tech industry, & the entire social crisis of Capitalism we are all facing. Ms. Solnit writes with fierce precision & grace, connecting the dots with damning evidence rather than hyperbole.

Essential reading.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco
I don’t know whether these billionaires know what a city is, but I do know that they have laid their hands on the city...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered what a review of the year would be like if it was written by a halfwit who spends too much time on here? WELL...

Historian John Julius Norwich used to publish a ‘Christmas Cracker’ of stuff he collected each year from history and literature.

I do the same, but stupider
Christopher’s Christmas Cracker 2025
An explanation of what follows
mulberryhall.medium.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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elisewang.bsky.social
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:

open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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politicanimal.bsky.social
Heads up that there’s a generous Interrail sale for the next 21 days - 25% off all passes, making it an even bigger bargain than usual. Passes can be activated at any point up to 11 months after purchase. From all your usual retailers. www.interrail.eu/en
Interrail.eu | 1 rail pass, 33 countries
Travel across Europe and discover 33 countries by train with Interrail. Enjoy the best rail travel experience in Europe with our Interrail Pass!
www.interrail.eu
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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madlinsudn.bsky.social
My annual good gift guide - just out!

A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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municipaldreams.bsky.social
There's no-one I trust more on contemporary housing policy than @peteapps.bsky.social. This is an important read: 'The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forward'.
open.substack.com/pub/peteapps...
The new social housing programme looks more and more like a genuine step forwards
New government funding will support the development of tens of thousands of socially rented homes a year. Plus, the descent of Assent
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
He also told it (with an extra payoff at the end) in Joe McGrath and David Bradbury’s excellent book Now That’s Funny:
JMCG: You must tell David the story about when Jack Hobbs was going back in the train... SPIKE MILLIGAN: Yeah. Actually, he went to Cyprus for a holiday and he got the squits when he was out there, and when he came back home from his holiday he still had the squits, but he went to work and, suddenly, in the middle of the afternoon, these fucking things come on again, and he says: 'Christ, I can't go on the train like this.' So he went to a shop in Queensway and he said to the man at the counter: 'Could I have a pair of trousers, 34 waist, and a pair of jockey pants?' The chap said: 'Right, sir.' He was getting a bit strong, so he went outside and walked about a bit. Then he went back in, chap gave him a plastic bag with the things in and he got to King's Cross, but, alas, the rush hour had started. He thought, I can't sit in a carriage like this - I'll go to the toilet, and he locked the door, and then he took off these terrible trousers and the underpants and threw them out of the window. Think of the poor blokes on the line! Blonge! So he opened the bag and all that was in it was a lady's pink cardigan. So he ... he had no option... he started to put his legs through the arms and he pulled them up his body, like this, and forgot where the neck was, and all his lunch was hanging out. So he got his trilby hat and he tucked it all around the insides, so it looked like a giant hernia. Now when he got off, typical of the English, they don't comment on the obvious. They all went past him, never said a word. Except the ticket collector: he said, 'Ah, you've been on holiday, Mr Hobbs.'
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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mjrobbins.com
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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chloecumming.bsky.social
Recent dog commission (posted with permission) George
A soft pastel pencil mostly drawing of George, a Great Dane fox hound cross, his head closer to us than his tail, soft green backdrop Same drawing on a windowsill near a radiator Same drawing on a table photographed with flash
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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manmademoon.bsky.social
Amazing thread and story here…
united24media.com UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · Oct 27
A 13-year-old Ukrainian used LEGO to introduce English-speaking audiences to poet and human rights hero Vasyl Stus.

🧵 1/6 ⬇️
October 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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illuminations.bsky.social
Thrilled that @marklewisohn.bsky.social has contributed this passionate, personal post to the CST series against the recent BBC Written Archives policy shifts. His cri de couer is directed squarely at those who came up with the changes. Please read and share widely.

cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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timbale.bsky.social
Never forget. Never again.
‘I have it in my blood and brain … I still haven’t been able to shake this nightmare off.’ How voices from a forgotten archive of Nazi horrors are reshaping perceptions of the Holocaust
The Ravensbrück archive reveals how being a survivor of the camps did not always entail innocence.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
bazmeister.bsky.social
Very interesting and an example of grossly underestimated power and influence. Great, clear article from @annabower.bsky.social
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Oct 20
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.

I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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dreadships.bsky.social
I've literally pulled a muscle laughing at this.
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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pauleric70.bsky.social
Best thing I’ve seen all day ..Thankyou 🇬🇧👏😎💙

Trump: “Other countries, and their leaders know that if I’m president, they can’t mess with us. They respect me too much."

United Kingdom: “Heyyyyy Donald Trump (ooh, ahh), I wanna know-oh-oh-oh-oh, why you’re such a cunt.” 🇬🇧
September 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
bazmeister.bsky.social
Important news.
iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social ISS Piss Tracker @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social · Sep 12
The piss tank on the ISS is now 25% full.
September 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
bazmeister.bsky.social
Today's irritation is reading that 'before he died he said XYZ...' ....FFS he didn't say it afterwards !
September 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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paulclarke.com
Amazing read
ferguscraig.bsky.social Fergus Craig @ferguscraig.bsky.social · Sep 8
I've been meaning to write about me, my family and murder for decades and have finally plucked up the courage... open.substack.com/pub/ferguscr...
Me, my family and murder.
I think I must have been about nine.
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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scottlucas.bsky.social
Mohsen Bahramian executed early Saturday in Isfahan

Accused of involvement in killing of Basij paramilitary in Dec. 2022

At least 10th #WomanLifeProtester hanged by #Iran authorities

#IranHumanRights
September 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM