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I know my library card number off by heart. She/her
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Iceland Cricket
about 2 hours ago
Millions of Ashes cricket fans have nothing to do for 3 days. We can help. You can become the first ever fans to binge watch the Icelandic national team! In the following post, you will find video links to our devastating trio of wins over Lithuania, Latvia & Ukraine in 2025!
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Came here to say this!
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Rhodri Marsden
3 days ago
Unbelievably,
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link:
www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing. What is it? Improbably, the nig⌠Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know-its-christmas-2025
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Sinkeroo looks great fun. It would be a good game for the Christmas dinner table. You could use the (waterproof) cracker gifts for your small items.
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Jack Bernhardt
4 days ago
[snowman magically comes to life in garden] BOY: wow! a snowman! what incredible adventures we shall have- SNOWMAN: oi. your dad still got his original teeth? BOY: uh...no? SNOWMAN: great. I'm gonna go wear your dad's teeth and put on your mum's make up while they're sleeping, that's cool right
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Adam Lay KatBrownden đľđ˛
4 days ago
Such a small but lovely Christmas thing is the massive Big Yellow Self Storage building near the Hammersmith Flyover turning off the S on either side so it now reads ELF STORAGE.
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Really looking forward to this one from
@ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social
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RNIB
4 days ago
Santa told us that people that donât add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.
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âď¸mari-lwyd odentâď¸
9 days ago
In 1840 an accidental fire nearly destroys the south side. In 1984, a (presumed) lightning strike sets the south transept on fire. Firefighters take the extraordinary step of collapsing the roof to save the rest of the site. It works.
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Darrell Wakelam
10 days ago
It's a rainy, wild evening down here in the South West, so I'm hibernating and making a tiny Christmas cottage. đđ
www.darrellwakelam.com
#edusky
#UKEd
#UKTeaching
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Mara Wilson
12 days ago
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you knowâs favorite movie. If youâre a Californian, heâs also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Gwen Pearson
12 days ago
Love this new paper from
@leafhopper.bsky.social
and Tierney Brosius! Stitching Science: How Knitting Insects Sparks Curiosity and Conversation. American Entomologist Winter 2025. (1/2)
academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...
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Athena Kugblenu
14 days ago
Have you heard this? Dead Funny History starts 15 Dec Look at the credits for goodness sake Produced by Dr Emma Nagouse &
@scriblit.bsky.social
âď¸ Emma, Gabby, Athena Kugblenu,
@jackbern.bsky.social
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@jlukeroberts.bsky.social
Richard David Caine, & Mali Ann Rees
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - Introducing... Dead Funny History - BBC Sounds
Greg Jenner introduces his new comedy history show for all ages. Starts 15 December, 2025.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mn5m4c
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POV I made it all the way into Oxford before realising I left my laptop at home. At least there's time for a coffee before catching the next bus back.
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Bethan M Jenkins
16 days ago
Holmes-level stuff here đ
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I made these and, as promised, they are amazing. 7 year old says "yummy", 10 year old gave them a thumbs up, and I'm making a conscious effort not to just eat each one as it comes out of the pan.
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18 days ago
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Louie Stowell
19 days ago
Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist
19 days ago
Person: Lets talk about dangerous rivers Brits: LFG I love this topic Person: We will not be discussing the Bolton Strid Brits:
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The FOMO has finally gotten to me. Just ordered this issue from the website and taken out a subscription. The magazines will come addressed to my children, but really, they're for me as much as them!
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19 days ago
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Andy Oliver
21 days ago
THE PHOENIX #727 - the best single periodical comics issue of 2025. Meta genius as the events of one strip invade the rest of the comic.
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Neill Cameron
19 days ago
Just a heads up that
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
are running the most insane giveaway of Neill Cameron books and related STUFF on their Instagram today. A complete set of Mega Robo Bros! Donut swag! The new donut squad book which ISNâT EVEN OUT YET! incredible scenes
www.instagram.com/p/DR__h07Ddr...
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David Fickling Books on Instagram: "Itâs Day 8 of #DFBDecember2025 and weâve got something very special for you! đ Today weâre thrilled to bring you an exclusive @neillcameron giveaway. One lucky win...
114 likes, 115 comments - dfb_storyhouse on December 8, 2025: "Itâs Day 8 of #DFBDecember2025 and weâve got something very special for you! đ Today weâre thrilled to bring you an exclusive @neillcame...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DR__h07DdrH/?img_index=1&igsh=MWl6cjZneHdyYXpydA==
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Jess O'Thomson
19 days ago
Just want others in the trans community to know that stuff like this is only possible because of the extreme hard work of really good allies most of whom you will never see or hear from. But they are willing to fight for us at immense personal cost, when others back down. This is my cheers to them.
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GHC Has Gorra Lorra Fings On (the radio)
19 days ago
Limited replies bc I know what Bluesky can get like when Discover find you but what I will say is: Check out my soundcloud, bc my normal Brit parent worries don't extend to not being able to afford basics but they do for a lot of parents on this bloody archipelago
canterburyfoodbank.org/donating/
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Donating | Canterbury Food Bank
Donating Can you help? We are appealing for donations to help feed people in these unprecedented times. We are appealing to our supporters to donate cash di ...
https://canterburyfoodbank.org/donating/
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Oxford Clarion
20 days ago
Inspector Norse, Radiospread, Grittenham Clumps and John Thaw are among the names chosen for Oxfordshireâs gritters this winter. Oxfordshire County Council asked the public for âpun-tastic namesâ for its 30-strong fleet of gritting lorries.
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GHC Has Gorra Lorra Fings On (the radio)
20 days ago
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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Jonathan Edward Durham
20 days ago
Well it's Sunday. And you know what happens on Sunday? Show-and-tell happens on Sunday! So show us something you made or found, somewhere you've been, something you're proud of, family, pets... anything neat, really! Go on! Show us!
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Eoghan Daltun đ
21 days ago
Over 80% of culled badgers were found to be disease free. The view of nature as an expendable annoyance, instead of our vital life support system, has no limits.
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Over 80% of badgers culled in government TB programme found to be free from the disease
More than 8,000 badgers destroyed by DAFM in a nation-wide crackdown to eradicate bovine tuberculosis were found to be infection free following post-mortems.
https://share.google/Wxw0sGac83JiEPszK
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He's bringing Joy to the World!
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21 days ago
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Kirkdale Bookshop
22 days ago
hey we are open until 8pm tonight, what's with that! 10% off (nearly) everything. Mince pies. All that malarkey
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rough buddy
22 days ago
i just dont understand what people thought PIP was for if not for helping disabled people live lives just as good and fulfilling as anyone else's even playing cricket?????
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Jonathan Edward Durham
22 days ago
The coldest known temperature is room-temperature coffee when you expect it to be hot
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Zack Polanski
23 days ago
The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses. The âimmigrantsâ are people. Our friends, colleagues and family. And itâs this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
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Karin Celestine
23 days ago
đłď¸ââ§ď¸it is not ok
@girlguidingcymru.bsky.social
@womensinstitute.bsky.social
goodlawproject.org/s/1d1b6c
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Help us challenge the Supreme Courtâs judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
https://goodlawproject.org/s/1d1b6c
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Kate Watson
24 days ago
I do think in the case of the WI this decision should have gone to their conference and members should have been offered a choice about whether to cave in to this demand, fight it (through the courts if necessary) or if that was considered impossible, whether to disband the organisation in protest.
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pseudonymity enjoyer
25 days ago
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here:
www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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I'm out! Whambushed by Radio 2 at 8:05
#Whamageddon
27 days ago
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Jess O'Thomson
27 days ago
Here's an archive link to the piece if you want to read it
archive.ph/tLjbm
But really you should be clicking on this link instead, to sign up for Trans Mission concert tickets â which The Times have so thoughtfully promoted! Proceeds supporting both GLP and Not A Phase.
www.transmissionlive.uk
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Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
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Zack Polanski
29 days ago
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March. Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday! Trans rights are human rights. đłď¸ââ§ď¸
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to âfight back against the politics of fear and exclusionâ, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/28/sugababes-sophie-ellis-bextor-wolf-alice-and-more-to-play-all-star-charity-concert-for-trans-rights
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Joshua J. Friedman
29 days ago
Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandalsâparticularly arsonistsâthat in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
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Robert Saunders
about 1 month ago
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times. This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school. And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
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Jolyon Maugham KC
about 1 month ago
Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back.
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Weâre standing with trans people against hate at Hampstead womenâs pond | Good Law Project
Itâs almost crunch time for a legal challenge from an anti-trans pressure group which could see trans people banned from Hampstead womenâs pond. Weâre not backing down.
https://goodlaw.social/vs0d
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Gary Brannan
about 1 month ago
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
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Joshua Bull
about 1 month ago
I reckon you can learn a lot about the atmosphere in various Oxford colleges by looking at what they choose to name their cats (courtesy of
@oxfordclarion.bsky.social
). We should all aspire to the energy of a Teabag, Isambard Kitten Brunel, or an Admiral Flapjack
oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
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Jamie Smart
about 1 month ago
Honoured and delighted to draw a special Bunny Vs Monkey picture for the Scottish Book Trust Christmas Appeal Auction. If you fancy this original artwork or any of their other amazing illustrations, you can bid now!
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Uncle Duke
about 1 month ago
squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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Helen đłď¸ââ§ď¸âđťđ
about 1 month ago
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours! âThe whole time I was talking to my GP I couldnât stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignoreâ
#TransAwarenessWeek
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Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours
In the space of an afternoon, I booked an appointment with my GP, talked through my symptoms, and walked out with a prescription for HRT inâŚ
https://medium.com/@mimmymum/trans-people-are-waiting-25-years-to-get-access-to-hrt-on-the-nhs-it-took-me-5-hours-4f2a0bf3192e
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