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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 17h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

Today I walked just over one mile, but I was carrying a heavy package for the return half.

I also saw this

Information board outside some houses, about "Dr Harold Moody - Pioneer in race equality", died 1947

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 2d

Just before he died I got to chat to Brian Clemens as part of a press junket for a remaster of The Professionals.

After about 3 polite-but-bored answers I said:

"Okay would you mind if we spent the rest of this talking about 'Bugs'? That show BLEW ME AWAY as a teen."

And he was so happy he cried.

Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · 2d

This YouTube comment probably deserves more than three favs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzL8...

I once worked for Radio Rentals and one time I had to speak to a customer on the phone after he sent a complaint letter. After he spent about half an hour moaning about the service that he had received, I said I noticed it said he was a composer on his letter head and his name was Christopher Gunning. So I said are you the Christopher Gunning who did the music for the BBC’s Day of the Triffids, and he said he was, so I proceeded to tell him how amazing I thought his music was for the series, which I have loved ever since I first watched it aged 10. Well his whole attitude immediately changed and I think I really made his day. True story.

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

OMG I was in love with her

Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

Bro! Tell me we still know how to speak of kings!

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

Oh this is a great burden that has been put upon you

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

I can't go until I invent a "reason" for it and I haven't figured one out yet

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

This remind me that I have still not done the cable car

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 2d

See also the very deep ocean.
It doesn't want me there.

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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 2d

And obviously I have to reshare this, because it took me ages and ages and it was the best date I have ever planned.

I took 25 *different* forms of London transport in one day:

www.girlonthenet.com/london-trans...

Numbered list which reads:

High speed train – Stratford International to St Pancras International
Thameslink – St Pancras to Farringdon
Sub-surface tube (Circle line) – Farringdon to Monument
Moving walkway – Monument to Bank
Waterloo and City Line – Bank to Waterloo
Mainline train – Waterloo to St Margarets
Hammerton’s Ferry – North to south Thames banks
Single-decker bus – 371 to Norbiton Church
Double-decker bus – 57 to Wimbledon
Tram – Wimbledon to West Croydon
Overground – West Croydon to Whitechapel
Crossrail – Whitechapel to Liverpool Street
Inclined lift/funicular – Liverpool Street
Deep tube (Central Line) – Liverpool Street to St Paul’s
Hire Bike – St Paul’s to Aldwych
Vintage Bus – Aldwych to Charing Cross
Pedicab – Charing Cross to Embankment
Thames Clipper – Embankment to North Greenwich
Cable Car – North Greenwich to Royal Docks
Black Cab – Royal Docks to North Woolwich
Woolwich Ferry – North terminal to South terminal
Uber/Private taxi – Woolwich ferry to Cutty Sark
Lift – Cutty Sark
Greenwich Foot Tunnel – Cutty Sark to Island Gardens
Docklands Light Railway (DLR) – Island Gardens to Stratford International

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2d

RIP JILLY COOPER! A queen who wrote THE most readable books in existence. People saw my thread of epic Jilly quotes and decided I was saying the books are shite. You COULDN'T be more wrong. Go and watch Rivals today.

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Oct 18

🧵Some real Jilly Cooper quotes from her Rutshire Chronicles, the series of books that Rivals is from.

1) "Her breasts swayed like party balloons when the front door opens"

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Okay nobody say anything about Babylon 5 Session 3 because Gus is apparently watching.

Respect The Sanctity

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

I have finished Babylon 5 season 3 and now I get to read the comments my slightly-ahead first time watchers made when they were watching, it is delightful.

@babbleonpod.bsky.social

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Terminator TWO was on TV all the time when I was a kid but I had to actively seek out The Terminator

(don't bother unless you really want to)

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

And I think that's probably Thatcher in the bottom right?

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Ah yes and I forgot to mention the skeleton bestriding the city

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Today I walked two miles and watched a film

Someone has made stonehenge out of normal house bricks on their front patio.

Street art on a big wall showing a cityscape and some doves and uhhh something big and red I don't really know what's going on but it looks cool

Outside of the Ritzy cinema in Brixton, with the letter board showing wedding congratulations

Photo taken of an advert playing in the big screen at the Ritzy, to show you how pretty it is in there, I didn't take a photo during the actual film I'm not a monster

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

#49
Book Launch Party for The Sovereign by C.L Clark at Common Press bookshop
#Chars2025Shows

bsky.app/profile/rati...

Camille @rationalnerd.bsky.social · 6d

Fun evening, with fun people 🥳. Congrats again @clclark.bsky.social for the book launch and thank you for the chat 😁.

(And cheers to @charlieedmunds.bsky.social for reading those books within the last few weeks and then being like "So. Book launch in London. We're going, right?" 🤣).

Picture of (from left to right) Charlie, C. L. Clark, and me.

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

#48
Neon Nights with Bridget Christie (also Sindhu Vee, Jen Brister, and some others) at Soho Theatre Walthamstow
#Chars2025Shows

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

#47
The Producers at the Garrick Theatre
#Chars2025Shows

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Book 54
The Faithless
by CL Clark
#Chars2025Books

A blonde woman wearing blue sits on a throne. Her legs are wide apart, her arms are on the high sides of the chair.

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Book 53
Blood Over Bright Haven
by ML Wang
#Chars2025Books

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

#13
One Battle After Another
#Chars2025Films
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 8d

the poster and trailer are both extremely misleading. it's a comedic thriller about a leftist revolutionary being pursued by white supremacists, and it opens with a raid on an ICE facility. none of which is readily apparent from the marketing!

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 3d

Six is just too many!
I would rather three for the price of two even though that's not as good maths.

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · 4d

What does this taste of? I'm thinking... Brown

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