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If you love science and comedy and @robinince.bsky.social, now is a great time to discover @cosmicshambles.com and everything they have to offer.
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People | The Cosmic Shambles Network
cosmicshambles.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you love science and comedy and @robinince.bsky.social, now is a great time to discover @cosmicshambles.com and everything they have to offer.
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
And if you're in the vicinity of London, UK, check out their amazing holiday event, "Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People"
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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"Worst comes to worst, we can protect them from social media by locking them up." chaser.com.au/national/gov...
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"Worst comes to worst, we can protect them from social media by locking them up." chaser.com.au/national/gov...
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Never concede ground to Nazis. Post Tolkien's letter about Aryan purity instead. lithub.com/on-the-time-...
On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.
This week marks the 130th birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings writer, academic, and pranking enthusiast—and today we’re revisiting a time Tolkien stood up for his beliefs a…
lithub.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Never concede ground to Nazis. Post Tolkien's letter about Aryan purity instead. lithub.com/on-the-time-...
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Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets.
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets.
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
They commit genocide with impunity.
There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day.
They must be held to account.
Speak up. Take action.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Frankenstein was just ok. Very different from the novel. Very different characterisation of Frankenstein's dad. Not sublime. Dynamite was invented in 1867 so when was this even set?
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Frankenstein was just ok. Very different from the novel. Very different characterisation of Frankenstein's dad. Not sublime. Dynamite was invented in 1867 so when was this even set?
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Primary Teachers! If you’re planning to teach how to tell the time to your students soon, you might find these FREE worksheets useful: alomshaha.com/about-time-t...
“About Time” Teaching Resources
The lovely people at DK have made some teaching resources to accompany “About Time” which include activities to help children think about the importance of time, practise telling the ti…
alomshaha.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Primary Teachers! If you’re planning to teach how to tell the time to your students soon, you might find these FREE worksheets useful: alomshaha.com/about-time-t...
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Politicians now think it's normal to own four houses and to buy or rent your adult child a home. Australian parliaments began as seats only for the landed gentry, and now we're pretty much there again. They're personally immune from the reality, fear, and struggle of everyone else.
If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then new Melbourne MP Sarah Witty’s rental portfolio is looking a bit cramped...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/02/l...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/02/l...
Housing is a 'human right', says new Labor MP Sarah Witty. Turns out she owns four of them
The Adam Bandt-toppling Labor MP owns three rental properties, while claiming to be an advocate for housing. Can she do both?
www.crikey.com.au
September 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Politicians now think it's normal to own four houses and to buy or rent your adult child a home. Australian parliaments began as seats only for the landed gentry, and now we're pretty much there again. They're personally immune from the reality, fear, and struggle of everyone else.
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Watch the video imbedded in this article. I'd repost it but icbf editing and it's 11 seconds too long.
July 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Watch the video imbedded in this article. I'd repost it but icbf editing and it's 11 seconds too long.
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In case you had forgotten, Israel is still bombing children asleep in tents from F-16s.
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
Footage shows aftermath of Israeli strike on tent camp in Gaza City – video
People search for bodies and belongings after Israeli strike in al-Rimal neighbourhood
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In case you had forgotten, Israel is still bombing children asleep in tents from F-16s.
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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The biggest threat to this world by far, is insecure men.
June 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The biggest threat to this world by far, is insecure men.
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At least 59 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli tanks fired into a crowd at an aid distribution site, according to medics and witnesses speaking to Reuters and the Associated Press
The IDF says it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals" and is reviewing the incident
The IDF says it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals" and is reviewing the incident
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
At least 59 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli tanks fired into a crowd at an aid distribution site, according to medics and witnesses speaking to Reuters and the Associated Press
The IDF says it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals" and is reviewing the incident
The IDF says it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals" and is reviewing the incident
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it took eighteen hours to read the names. eighteen. just for the children.
Public figures, including Steve Coogan and Nadia Sawalha, joined an 18-hour-long vigil in London to read aloud the names of thousands of Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
June 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
it took eighteen hours to read the names. eighteen. just for the children.
Happy Towel Day! Do you know where your towel is at?
May 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy Towel Day! Do you know where your towel is at?
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Every Victorian child will get free public transport from 1 January next year. The state government says more than 1 million children and their families will benefit from the $318m program.
Victoria announces free public transport for under-18s, as state’s debt projected to rise
The Jacinta Allan government says more than 1 million children and their families will benefit from the $318m program
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Every Victorian child will get free public transport from 1 January next year. The state government says more than 1 million children and their families will benefit from the $318m program.
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‘Many in our media are finally waking up to the unspeakable horrors that Palestinians are enduring in Gaza.
It is too late.
Israel inflicted these horrors because they were encouraged to do so, in part by a media class that failed to treat all human life with equal worth’
#Gaza #genocide
It is too late.
Israel inflicted these horrors because they were encouraged to do so, in part by a media class that failed to treat all human life with equal worth’
#Gaza #genocide
May 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Another fun thing about Earth’s magnetic field …
THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE IS ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH! 🧲
We know this because opposite poles attract and your compass north magnet always points to the south magnetic pole!
So when you say Aussies are “down under” … are we though?!
📸 PeterHermesFurian
THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE IS ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH! 🧲
We know this because opposite poles attract and your compass north magnet always points to the south magnetic pole!
So when you say Aussies are “down under” … are we though?!
📸 PeterHermesFurian
May 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Another fun thing about Earth’s magnetic field …
THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE IS ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH! 🧲
We know this because opposite poles attract and your compass north magnet always points to the south magnetic pole!
So when you say Aussies are “down under” … are we though?!
📸 PeterHermesFurian
THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE IS ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH! 🧲
We know this because opposite poles attract and your compass north magnet always points to the south magnetic pole!
So when you say Aussies are “down under” … are we though?!
📸 PeterHermesFurian
@georgehrab.bsky.social goddamit now I can't stop humming "Pooope Shenouda!"
May 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@georgehrab.bsky.social goddamit now I can't stop humming "Pooope Shenouda!"
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@danharmon.bsky.social I know there's a lot going on in the world right now but have you seen what the third Now You See Me movie is called?
April 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@danharmon.bsky.social I know there's a lot going on in the world right now but have you seen what the third Now You See Me movie is called?
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For anyone who is getting spam messages from Trumpet of Patriots: "H Fong" is Harry Fong, who is a criminal lawyer. Here is the phone number maintained by the QLD Bar Association: 0419 788 168 He also has a landline: (07) 2113 3068 Feel free to treat his inbox the same way he treats yours.
April 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
For anyone who is getting spam messages from Trumpet of Patriots: "H Fong" is Harry Fong, who is a criminal lawyer. Here is the phone number maintained by the QLD Bar Association: 0419 788 168 He also has a landline: (07) 2113 3068 Feel free to treat his inbox the same way he treats yours.
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(Measles was eradicated in the US by the year 2000. But now, due to anti-vaccination Disinformation, people are dying of measles.)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
Measles Was ‘Eliminated’ in the U.S. in 2000. The Current Outbreak May Change That
The U.S. formally eliminated measles in 2000 thanks to widespread vaccination, but public health experts fear the current growing outbreak of the disease may allow it to reclaim its hold
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/measles-outbreak-in-u-s-may-undo-formal-elimination-status/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Health+%26+Medicine+4%2F14%2F25&utm_term=Measles+Was+‘Eliminated’+in+the+U.S.+in+2000.+The+Current+Outbreak+May+Change+That&_kx=w8TJMJeqIzYVcl3xMqQDS1kZcwe5q2gi0aDgHm5P6T-TQtvLyS9lWeGr28xlaIIo.WEer5A
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
(Measles was eradicated in the US by the year 2000. But now, due to anti-vaccination Disinformation, people are dying of measles.)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
This conversation needs more zen motorcycle maintenance
is there a word for nouns that indicate a quality, like "humility" or "strength" or "depression". i tried to look it up but search engines don't work anymore
April 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This conversation needs more zen motorcycle maintenance