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Happy Friday everyone! What are you all planning to read this weekend? I'm reading AWAKENED by Laura Elliott - www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Wanna be a railway signal engineer?

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I buy a Creme Egg in a shop. Man at till reaches under counter. "I don't need a bag thanks" I say. "I'm getting the shop egg," he says. "It has a barcode that'll scan."

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If you're struggling to understand how eugenics impacts daily life right now, I recommend going back to the historical records to see how the eugenics movement took off 100 years ago. We need to be able to recognize it when we see it, so that we can push back and resist. 1/20

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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Join us online today for an #IRSE Western Section presentation, 'A Year in Signalling With The RAIB', presented by the section’s 'house speaker' Richard Brown. Full details at ➡️ https://buff.ly/3WVPL32 #IRSEevent #Rail #Railevent

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"a candle for the dead, the dead who walk and are sleepless and are everywhere and nowhere, and now when the sun rises over London the fog burns away slowly, slowly, and then all at once, raising the curtain on my holy moment and a day that smiles with its teeth" @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social

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I really just want to speak to the person at ONS who designed this chart, "Show me on the doll where the arrow hurt you, Boromir."

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"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we also steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf." futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

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I've decided to spend this year's LGBT+ history month by only being a historic gay

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When nobody will unzip your motion capture suit

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On this day 15 years ago, Atsuko Sato posted several photos of her rescue-adopted Shiba Inu dog Kabosu to her personal blog.

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🧵/ I agonised over whether to write this Sunday Times piece. Whipped-up emotion, hate & vitriol now dominate discussions of assisted dying on here - appallingly. We have to be able to converse in good faith - & concerns should not be dismissed as "noise". (1/n) www.thetimes.com/article/5188...

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Catch up on presidential lectures past and present, seminars, talks, #IRSE10 presentations, and local section meetings on our Vimeo channel at: buff.ly/4d8CqdZ #IRSE #IRSEevent #Rail #RailNews #Railindustry

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roses are red violets are blue i’ve locked a monster in the Tower with you -if Awakened did Valentine’s Day 🌹🐦‍⬛

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Having read this, I really feel like the massive increase in fuel consumption to avoid the sonic boom should be mentioned in the post and higher up the article. “the worst speed to fly at for fuel economy,” Bernd Liebhardt, German Aerospace Center

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So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!

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People are trying to build momentum toward NI having a similar ban to Scotland. Because it is so difficult to catch perpetrators in the act of poisoning, the possession of the banned poisons was made criminal. www.change.org/p/ban-the-po...

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A big BlueSky welcome to the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, with members in 60 countries. It's a delight to see such a venerable institution joining us here on BlueSky, so share to all your rail pals today!

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A homeopath being among roles on the UK skilled worker visa list just shows the government is now pandering to the 0.00000000000000000000001% (Sorry.)

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ME/CFS in UK Gov insufficiently funds research Gov relies on International research NICE guidelines out of date still NHS won't treat the condition DWP welfare insufficient to self-treat and cover living costs Yet UK Labour shames me as being the slacker #MECFS #UKLabour #DWP #NHS #ChronicIllness

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At last! #GreenFreeports examined and explained! @andrewsharpe.bsky.social

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The @catsprotection.bsky.social National Cat Awards have a category for Incredible Cats who have "survived against the odds, been with you through a difficult illness, returned home after an epic adventure, or even saved your life." I'm hoping it's finally Bertie's year. He's AMAZING

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It’s tempting to say “now do journalists”

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I drew this almost 4 years ago, but actually starting to see shit like this coming down the pipe now. I AM A PROPHET! Without the profit. #designsky #productdesign

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“Those who would steal your rest would steal the very soul from within you.” – Awakened by @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social You can read my personal response to Laura’s brilliant Awakened over on my blog: bloodonforgottenwalls.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/a... #Awakened #LauraElliott

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The weather is bad in the UK again, so it's time for my annual response to 'Why can't we clear snow and keep the roads moving when the Canadians do it all the time?' So gather round, children, and I will begin...

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"those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden." Kier Starmer, Rose Garden, 10 Downing Street, 27 August 2024 So why don't the King and heir pay corporation and capital gains tax? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/royal-ta...

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