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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey.
This is nice.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick asks the Big Issue seller for change

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick lays the tortoise on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without his help. But he’s not helping.

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick eats a Dairylea triangle with two hands

Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick wasn't allowed to watch Playschool when Floella Benjamin was on.

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick saw two minutes of an episode "Gangsters" once and nearly died of apoplexy.

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 2d

The grand unified “Everyone is Twelve” theory is a legit contribution to contemporary thought and critique. We really are ruled by evil adult children!

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 2d

Without downloading anything new - where are you mentally?

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famous bog body @bogbird.bsky.social · 3d

i’m going to make a popular website then destroy it by being an asshole. has this been done

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 2d

This must be photoshopped? It MUST be???

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure Woody Guthrie wrote a tragic folk song about this

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Tweet from Daily Mail Celebrity @DailyMailCeleb
How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
ALISON BOSHOFF

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3d

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

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Blueskyist (Third-Worldist [Revolutionary Ocasio Thought]) @takemyadvice.bsky.social · 3d

More and more evidence emerging for this powerful new theory.

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3d

Why don’t the tedious people who don’t like immigrants simply refuse all goods, services, help, friendship and healthcare from said immigrants. Then the rest of us can just get on with our lives.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch says she will send people "back to where they came from"

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3d

Right here: Everything that’s currently wrong with everything

PleasantKenobi @pleasantkenobi.bsky.social · 3d

Claire's Accessories closing down, but you will NOT predict the reason given.

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Mikey Papadopoulos @mikeypap.bsky.social · 3d

BLACKPOOL FC NO LONGER IN THE POCKET OF BIG STEVES

John86 @john86l.bsky.social · 3d

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · Jan 9

I was searching for a burial record and came across one for an 'illegitimate' child who was baptised in Cowbridge.

While the vicar has recorded the father's occupation as 'Labourer', the vicar recorded the mother's occupation as "Strumpet." 👀

#Wales #History

A black-and-white document reading "Labourer" and "Strumpet."

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 5d

It’s disturbing to me, when I say to otherwise kind, intelligent, aware people, “wow, bad shit is happening”, and they reply to me, “Oh you have to not watch the news. Don’t read the papers! Just don’t think about it.”

And NO that is a TERRIBLE answer. That’s exactly how we got here to begin with.