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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 3d

Curious to know whether Syed gets to keep all his BBC gigs now that’s he’s done The Reverse Linekar.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

Next speaker is Times columnist Matthew Syed who shocked everybody - EVERYBODY - the other week by saying he had become a Conservative.

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 12h

Some good points in here (and not just in a “it was cheaper in my day” way)

My own recent cut-off point was £200 a ticket for David Byrne (which I would ah e loved to see but…that’s ridiculous).

Have you refused to pay an inflated price to see your favourite bands lately?

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 22h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 19h

So much of the negative commentary around weight-loss jabs are devoid of the actual experience of those who take them - and the real-life health benefits they can have.

James' (excellent) article captures a lot of my experience and some.

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 21h

When judgy people like to judge Ozempic users, I always cite my pal James who was *not well* and now is. (Also he thinks he looks hot, no question) www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...

I’ve lost 4 stone on Wegovy. Now I look like a weedy nerd

At 38 James Ball was overweight, suffering from sky-high blood pressure. Fifteen months later, he’s buying a new wardrobe — and has no plans to give up his jabs

www.thetimes.com

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 19h

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 19h

Classy.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 2d

A text from my mum. The general population appear to be losing their minds

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 3d

So close 😂

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all gone to pot

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 5d

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5d

just parent your fucking kids oh my god!!!! no one made you have them!! be a responsible adult!

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Burning Shed @burningshed.com · 5d

Good morning everyone, it's another packed newsletter this week including Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Futura, The Durutti Column, Dave Sinclair, King Crimson and loads more.

Take a look for yourself:

https://burningshed.com/newsletters/newsletter_02_10_2025.html

#musicfeed #musicsky #VinylSky

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 6d

Hwæt! 🐉

Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?

#NationalPoetryDay

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 6d

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.

This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

The Problem of Writing Poems
in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:

a comm n
pr ble whe writin
p ems in the shape of decid o s
trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t
sti rings of he new aut mn breeze, he
oems will begi to shake hemselves
ge tly ntil their letters loos n
d
like leaves, an
they
start
to
float
down
then

[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 6d

That is quite a line. Thank you for posting this 🙏

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 6d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 6d

Are UK Investment Zones and Freeports being designed as controlled spaces where financial crimes can occur with plausible deniability?
The evidence shows: Zones reduce oversight mechanisms that already fail to constrain Deloitte
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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve not seen all of this season but what I have seen has questions 😵‍💫

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 7d

So there you go #CanaryCall #NCFC
That’ll be Liam Manning. The most forgettable coach since the one we had last year whose name I can’t remember. It began with a J I think. 😢

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 7d

Exactly! Thank you for saying it with more sanity than I could muster 🙏

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 7d

That’ll be the “cheese eating surrender monkeys” actually doing the actual job of NATO 🇫🇷⚜️

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7d

French military personnel in fatigues and hoods on the bridge of the Russian shadow fleet tanker Boracay.

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 7d

Really not sure at this point exactly what Manning is actually doing? #NCFC

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Lisa Quattromini @lisaq.bsky.social · 7d

This really is astonishingly dull #NCFC
I think the players care even less than I do 😵🤢⚽️

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