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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 15h

[as I tumble naked, battered and bruised down a bloody conveyor belt to be minced into chum to sate the infinite hunger of Gorek Vingoth, The Galaxy Chomper] we could have avoided this if it wasn't for the Left's ridiculous purity tests

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 22h

This is only 10 days away.

Get your tickets here: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 22h

What should I talk about at this, gang? Hullo birds, hullo sky? The history of eco-fascism? The joys of freelancing, har har har? The problems with nature writing (but bear in mind we've only got a couple of hours)? Coffee photography?

Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 8d

I am to be let out, and poked until I speak. My first talk in AGES - please do come along, if you're in the north-east. Books, birds, all that sort of thing. www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

Richard Smyth: A Nature Writer at Large

An evening with nature writer Richard Smyth in the NHSN Council RoomRichard Smyth is one of the UK's busiest nature writers. His most recent book, The Jay, the Beech and the Limpetshell: Finding Wild ...

www.nhsn.org.uk

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 22h

I cannot emphasise just how much, if you live in the North East, you should come to the next LORT BURN SPECIALS on Oct 18, if only to get hold of some of this epochal swag

Lort Burn Specials @lortburnspecials.bsky.social · 2d

Lort Burn Specials understands that man knoweth no greater love than his passion for graphic design

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I met you the other day I've felt guilty for being rude about Vineland just as you were en route to see it! (it was cool to meet you irl though)

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 1d

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants.

By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...

www.politicshome.com

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 3d

One thing that really jars for me with the playing off of minorities against each other in this really transactional way (by the government and others) is remembering that my Cypriot grandfather learned bits and pieces of Bengali from working with Bangladeshi chefs in a Jewish restaurant.

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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 3d

his NAME was HENRY 😡

Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 4d

The “LLM AIs are actually people and you mustn’t bully them” thing is like instituting a full murder investigation into that train that got walled up in Thomas the Tank Engine because it had a face on it.

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Stoopalu @stoopalu.bsky.social · 3d

ALERT for Owen Hatherley / Peter Mitchell fans

Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

i don't know where you are, or who, or if you exist, but i'll be talking with him about it in newcastle on the 18th: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

Lort Burn Specials

www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

for more of these japes, come see the author at LORT BURN SPECIALS in Newcastle on the 18th instant bsky.app/profile/lort...

Lort Burn Specials @lortburnspecials.bsky.social · 8d

LORT BURN SPECIALS: 3

Featuring OWEN HATHERLEY, ANDREW HANKINSON, KATE LISTON and music from BEN LOWES-SMITH

SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 7PM

@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social

MAKE NEWCASTLE MITTELEUROPA AGAIN

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

i don't know where you are, or who, or if you exist, but i'll be talking with him about it in newcastle on the 18th: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

Lort Burn Specials

www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

it's fucking great btw

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

it is

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

ah ha ha ha, ah ha, lol

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

sorry but this is completely wonderful in all respects

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

hattip to @mattsymonds.bsky.social here, lurking in the background like my evil Worm Twin

David Willoughby @davidwilloughby.bsky.social · 5d

It was that or this ‘un

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 4d

This is wild, wild and wrong, stop it

I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise and respect the grief of British Jews.
This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain. It is a

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 4d

our @fossilfreebooks.org comrade @peter.polari.com has made these gorgeous risograph prints to raise money for the Sameer Project, a Palestinian-led mutual aid group supporting people in Gaza. Only 50: get yours quick polari.press/shop/art-pri...

risograph print - red flowers, green print over saying THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF GENOCIDE

risograph print - green flowers, red print over saying THROW SAND IN THE GEARS OF GENOCIDE

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

I, myself, do not wish to give them the benefit of the doubt

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eastlondongroup.bsky.social @eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 4d

Today is the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street so here's "Cable Street" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely to mid to late 1950s. This is actually a view of Grace's Alley, just off Cable Street. #AlbertTurpin #BattleofCableStreet #EastLondonGroup

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

what

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 5d

Only two weeks until our next Lort Burn Specials event at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social in Newcastle.

We've got Owen Hatherley talking about his new book and the impact of European emgires on 20thC Britain plus the usual other great stuff.

Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Cable Street Day to all who celebrate. Comes earlier every year these days doesn't it

Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 5d

Cable Street battle, Jewish London East End #OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936 with banner explicitly adapting antifascist slogan of defence of Madrid "NO PASARÁN." They shall not pass. Remember Olympia refers to 1934 British Union of Fascists meeting where they set on antifascist protesters

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 5d

nah man I'm gonna go and climb some hills while they're all frosty and such

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