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🕰️Daily Conundrum 70🕰️ 🔎 Clue: In hot pursuit of the answer! (7,5) ✅ Mon answer(69) Gwen Stefani 🤔 Fact: Gwen’s favourite movie is The Sound Of Music 🎶 🎥  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel

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In other swearing news, j made @vizcomic.bsky.social again. These occasional appearances are by far my proudest achievements.

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I’ll have a few more of these over the coming days. Have fun, and do consider applying if you can manage them! www.geniuscasting.co.uk

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Math is so interesting.

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 69🕰️ 🔎 Clue: I’m sure you will get this. 100%. Absolutely. ✅ Fri answer(68) Ronald Reagan 🤔 Fact: Loved Jelly Beans. His favourite flavour was liquorice. 🫘  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Mon to Fri, Channel 4!

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Lifeboat launched from Dover, Kent at 10:09 - https://rnli.org/Dover

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As the Ramadan lights shine in Leicester Square for a third year, they symbolise London’s diversity. Ramadan is a time for reflection, generosity, and unity. Wishing all who are observing a blessed month. Ramadan Mubarak.

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With everything going on in the world, I know it’s hard, but don’t forget to live. Find joy, smile, and hold on to what makes you happy. Because the weaker you feel, the easier it is for them to win.

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Slava Ukraini.

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 67🕰️ 🔎 Clue: In his class, he was the finnished article (3,7) ✅ Weds answer(66) Bryan Cranston 📺 ⭐ 🤔 Fact: HBO, Showtime, TNT, and FX all passed on Breaking Bad! 😬🫣🤬  🚫 Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Monday to Friday, Channel 4!

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The stars of Avalon. Taken last night here in Glastonbury.

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PETITION UPDATE! Thank you for all your support thus far! Negotiations with the landlord have resumed & are now feeling more positive that we will be able to get a lease without a break clause. There is still a long road ahead. Read the statement from Managing Director Ben Freedman in the images.

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🚨NEW: The gas crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a £140bn gas bill for the UK. That's equivalent to £2000 PER PERSON! It’s clear we need to GET OFF expensive, volatile gas and invest in cheap homegrown renewables instead.

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Labour are losing voters faster than we can say #NationalRenewalTax. Why? They're not doing enough to address the cost-of-living crisis. We have a tip for PM Keir Starmer. Tax the super-rich to make your voters' lives easier AND fund a green future for a liveable planet. 💸🌍

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 66🕰️ 🔎 Clue: From the very beginning, he was terrible at snooker. (5,8) ✅ Tues answer(65) Diego Maradona 🤔 Fact: Scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for Argentina, not all of them legal 🤚😘⚽️  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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Would you like to read the first chapter of The Martian Contingency now? Before waiting to receive your preordered copy on March 18? Well, lucky you, @reactorsff.bsky.social delivers. reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 65🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Need a hand? He did. (5,8) ✅ Mon answer(64) Drew Barrymore 🤔 Fact: The youngest person ever to host Saturday Night Live, in 1982, at 7 years old! 📺  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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Something that I think should appear high up in any article on energy bill increases is the profits of the energy companies and the dividends being paid out - 50% higher than pre COVID ! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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SW France village dawn 🐾 patrol

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🧵Three years ago, when Russia invaded Ukraine, EU, UK and other nations vowed to wage economic war, via the toughest sanctions in history. So... how's that going? We've spent months documenting what ACTUALLY happened. Here's a thread of our investigations on the REAL story on sanctions... 👇

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im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 64🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Gibb, Manilow, White… invite them all! (4,9) ✅ Fri answer(63) Ginger Baker 🤔 Fact: He was voted the third greatest drummer of all time by readers of Rolling Stone. 🥁  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 If you play, please share 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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Happy Brand-New-Goodish Day everyone. See you on U&Dave at 9

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Framed - Becontree As we seem to be in full monsoon season in the UK I thought I'd share another rainy shot taken at Becontree London Underground station. This puddle was perfectly placed to frame this shot! #photography #railway

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Three New Chocolate Bars Have Landed! 🍫✨ Rum Raisin, Strawberry Shortcake, and Uganda 80% Single Origin! Which one will you try first? (We fully support “all three” as an answer.)

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NEW: Is Gen-Z really that poor? Britain’s Gen-Z would have you believe that they are considerably worse-off than their parents. By nearly every measure, that isn’t true – bar one important one… @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/7241... 1/8

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Thomas Pesquet est arrivé sur BlueSky 💙

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Feb 1926: Toblerone ad from Chocolat Tobler Ltd.

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 63🕰️ 👹Fearsome Friday👹 🔎 Clue: Vincent Van Gogh puts a Victoria Sponge in the oven. 🚨No numbers on Friday!👹 ✅ Thurs answer(62) Rowan Atkinson 🤔 Fact: Despite its success, only 15 episodes of Mr Bean have been made to date📺  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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Two years ago, I made the decision to provide free school meals for all state primary school children in London. I’m proud to see the difference it’s made—helping children stay healthy and focused with a nutritious lunch while easing the financial burden on families.

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It’s Friday!🥂 Look out for Drunk Gods Ride Home: Sea Goat Edition tonight… From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, info card below!

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HVO STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey Thursday, February 20, 2025, 9:50 AM HST KILAUEA Activity Summary: Episode 10 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 9:18 a.m HST on February 20 after just under 13 hours of fountaining. Kīlauea summit livestream: www.youtube.com/usgs/live

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 62🕰️ 🔎 Clue: Funny, and full of them (5,8) ✅ Weds answer(61) Danny Glover 🤔 Fact: Lethal Weapon 1 grossed more than $120m on a $15m budget 💰🎥  🚫Hints/spoilers=block 🚨 Share if you play along 👍 📺 Countdown, 2.10pm, Channel 4!

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A burst water main flooded homes and streets in Detroit USA and then froze with temperatures down to -9c there today and likely to stay frozen for a number of days😬

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Ah. Mr “evil, evil socialists” who lives in the Algarve & who put out the story about Reeves expenses Private Eye

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Another #buyastrangerabook offer. @pscindy.bsky.social sent me £20 to buy someone a book with! Your choice, No catches. If there's something in particular you'd like, get in touch. UK only

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The storm within. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor a little while ago.

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Thames Water have had a £3bn loan approved. Their debts will now cost them £900m a year in interest, which is where one third of your water bill goes. Yet they managed to pay shareholders £158m in dividends last year. Someone ought to nationalise the greedy fuckers…

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Whether or not Letby is guilty or has suffered a miscarriage of justice, campaigning to have new evidence considered is exactly the right approach to best serve justice. If Streeting knew his legal history, he would know why.

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Hello new followers, I’ve had a real flurry of you this morning and I’ve no idea why. 👋 Possibly you are all bots, but just in case you are real humans, welcome! And 📢 I’m on tour with my brand new show “ANGST” tickets available via my website angelabarnescomedy.co.uk 🎉

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Allez tous vous faire reskeeter !

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Guess the London Underground Station? Hello let's play another guessing game today. This week we will continue with just focusing on a single station. Please share this with anyone who'd enjoy guessing! Answer on Sunday

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A forcefield around the Earth leaves Slim stranded in... 🚀 SPACE PATROL (1963) 9:30am #TPTVsubtitles 'Forcefield X'.

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If you enjoy the content here and are curious about the rest of my old-print-related content, you can see the whole firehose via this list: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vhsxuizkemfz2geyoe3f3qlt/lists/3kz7ycysh2t2a

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A note that may be of interest: @torbooks.bsky.social has placed the ebook of The Calculating Stars on sale this month for $2.99. If you're interested in diving into The Lady Astronaut books, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

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Yet again, if these were climate protestors, there'd have been multiple arrests, with some facing years in jail for "public nuisance". But farmers can block the road and drown out the Prime Minister and the police won't touch them. The real #TwoTierPolicing

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