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Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned: -Introibo ad altare Dei.

Keeping a eye on the weather for tomorrow, cloudy, showers, maybe thunderstorms, for Shuffle

New Adam Curtis 'Shifty' tomorrow

We'll be at the Soul City Arts Eid in Kings Heath tomorrow from 12pm till 6 (it runs till 9pm). This is our 3rd year at what is always a great family event and we look forward to seeing you there! #Eid #EidMubarak #KingsHeath #Brum #BetterStreets

Another music legend has passed, so soon after Sly Stone, Brian Wilson r.i.p.

Make tacos not walls. US government has declared war on a Minnesota taco restaurant.

Can my Stirchley (Pineapple) moots keep an eye out for a potential lost kittycat

Hunker down, Austin!!

Remembering my early Brum, and early social media, years today. Trying to imagine running robinhood.twitpanto.co.uk today. RIP Nick Booth and Ben Whitehouse. – A militant optimist. danslee.co.uk/2025/04/21/r... notes.peteashton.com/2025/04/16/t... jollyquaker.com/2025/05/18/i...

@joannacoles.bsky.social thanks for your chat with Daisy re: mounjaro

Join us on Saturday 14 June to celebrate Great Big Green Week & Refugee Week! 📍Our free 'Celebrating CommUnity' event will be held at our community building, The Warehouse, 54-57 Allison Street, Birmingham, B5 5TH. 🔗Find out more & REGISTER here: actionnetwork.org/events/celeb...

Sad news, perpetual Bostonian barfly where everybody knows your name, Norm, a.k.a. George Wendt has shuffled off this mortal coil, to the barstool in the sky

Anyone going to The Pixies tonight at O2 Academy in Birmingham, have a great time. This was them at the same venue in December 2016

"I'm not antifa, I'm a Brummie"

I am planning an event @wshed.bsky.social for the culture sector around our collective role in building togetherness to combat the rise of the far right. I am talking with Hope not Hate and imagining a mix of talk and workshop covering. Is this something you would be interested to attend?

It's a beautiful day in #Bearwood. If you are in the vicinity head to Lightwoods Park for the DDC summer tour today

If only Chuck had some kind of influence

Can we reach our stretch goal before I finish writing my next update to our GoFundMe? There's just £47 left to go for the stretch goal, so if there are a few people with a tenner kicking about, please take a look! www.gofundme.com/f/save-ada-l...

Good to hear MP @lukepollard.bsky.social is getting the message on the doorstep that the Labour Party needs to go further and faster killing the elderly and vulnerable.

I don't like to come on here just to rant about any of the myriad terrible things happening. But today has seen another of the fallouts from the Apr 16th Supreme Court ruling which has been almost entirely misinterpreted by people, some of whom in the media know better.

@danslee.bsky.social thanks for writing about Nick

Two backpacking German teenagers were members of the notorious MS-13 street gang?

He done ducks in all positions

@craighamilton.bsky.social Great night for you midweek. Ollie Watkins seems to have a point to prove since being left on the bench in that game.

Horrifying that these illegal rendition flights are continuing, defying the courts, right now. Presumably timed by the administration at the end of a Friday to avoid judicial scrutiny.

The incomparable @mrmarksteel.bsky.social's 4 minute rant eviscerating privatisation before asking "is that the answer?" #newsquiz

Great to see the EFL Championship is celebrating the crucifiction of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus H Christ with a full programme of Soccerball this afternoon. Because if god's only son didn't sacrifice himself so Blackburn couldn't beat Millwall, then what's the point in anything?

Labour is happy to screw over small business owners and disabled people, but they draw the line at anything which inconveniences car owners

Goodbye to a Birmingham stalwart. Sims Footwear, a longstanding independent shoe retailer in the Great Western Arcade is finally shutting up shop today. Not enough footfall I guess. Another small business casualty of the Reeves budget.

📣📣📣 STOP FASCIST BRITAIN FIRST! Saturday 17th May, 11am New Street Station No to Racism! No to Fascism! No to Britain First! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stop-fasci...

@helenpidd.bsky.social Good conversation around Adolescence, 5 articulate young men.

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Wondering if I have an old pair of Eclipse Glasses in the bottom of a drawer somewhere. Not sure if it is worth the rummage through lots of random rubbish that has accumulated through the years.

Sad to learn that we have lost @benjiw.bsky.social. He was a force of nature on early Social Media.

Apropos of nothing (certainly not anything in the news), I was trying to imagine if James Bond, M, Miss Moneypenny and Q were in a WhatsApp group chat together? What emojis would they use? Would Bond get sent to HR for sending an eggplant to Miss Moneypenny? Would they accidentally add a journalist?

On the news, Gruffulo author Julia Donaldson describes the main character of her new book who wants to call a bear Daddy. I've read a few books where the main character calls a bear Daddy too. But probably in a different context.

Guys. I'm beginning to suspect the current US administration might not be the most efficient and reliable allies?

Are the cherry blossoms out in Oozells Square? @ikongallery.bsky.social Anybody capture a photo this weekend?

Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.