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2023-04-28T10:00:03Z

Thu, 18:40: Doctor Who and the Silurians and Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters, by Malcolm Hulke, and The Silurians, by Robert�Smith? https://t.co/yyyUtb8LyK
Fri, 10:45: South Korean president sings 'American Pie' for Biden - POLITICO https://t.co/AjgWSFQme5
Fri, 11:03: Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair after months of mounting pressure https://t.co/TrRN4HpMcT

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2023-04-27T10:00:03Z

Wed, 13:32: Andr�e Tainsy, 1911-2004 https://t.co/7vKdcRoeLS
Wed, 15:32: RT @Megintransition: Thinking about attending glasgow 2024* then grab your membership now and on a instalment plan to get the most affordab…
Thu, 10:45: Sinn Féin to attend King Charles’ coronation in sign of changed times – POLITICO https://t.co/6zz2ORhrOM
Thu, 11:16: RT @niallodoc: Insightful & entertaining talks by 4 great speakers Brenda Maher @UnaClarke @KevinKeary @nwbrux on diverse career paths & jo…

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2023-04-26T10:00:16Z

Tue, 18:14: Erasing Sherlock, by Kelly�Hale https://t.co/P1pyeHHYHZ
Wed, 10:45: First up-close images of Mars’s little-known moon Deimos https://t.co/AGpbwPc9Tu Hooray!
Wed, 11:25: 57(ish) countries in 56�years https://t.co/4SqO4jUtuJ

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2023-04-25T10:00:10Z

Mon, 12:56: Sudan’s outsider: how a paramilitary leader fell out with the army and plunged the country into war | Sudan | The Guardian https://t.co/0VXLHVwfK6 A very good explainer of what is going on in Khartoum.
Mon, 18:40: Redwood and Wildfire, by Andrea�Hairston https://t.co/HQ3ao0WXu0

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2023-04-24T10:00:11Z

Mon, 10:21: “Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to ever win a Hugo Award” Actually there has been a Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (now Best Graphic Story or Comic) every year since 2009. @AshWHurst https://t.co/cDTOzSAA11
Mon, 10:45: How I gor arrested for being a pedestrian https://t.co/zU1QGIvLhn A story of policing in Norwich.

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2023-04-23T20:35:56Z

Sun, 18:34: Sunday reading https://t.co/5IJgXyW5BC

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2023-04-21T10:00:12Z

Thu, 13:43: Can't they both lose? https://t.co/tmP44qNkJw
Thu, 18:13: Galactic Girl, by Fiona�Richmond https://t.co/GO9qYqoVL3
Fri, 10:54: RT @DominicRaab: My resignation statement.👇 https://t.co/DLjBfChlFq

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2023-04-19T18:04:36Z

Wed, 10:45: RT @little_pengelly: No matter our political view, poignant moment to think about all those now gone since 1998. I'm a big fan of @RestIsP…
Wed, 18:31: The Weeping Angels of Mons, by Robbie Morrison, Daniel Indro and Eleonora�Carlini https://t.co/Gt1HKoZo5y

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2023-04-11T10:00:15Z

Mon, 18:03: December 2020 books, and 2020 books�roundup https://t.co/vNq27hQP78
Mon, 21:53: RT @nwbrux: My younger daughter and Magritte https://t.co/ErCLUYS3vV https://t.co/opFITg33gm
Tue, 10:45: RT @nialloconghaile: The European Union will very soon get a hard time in the British press. Are pro-Europeans ready for that. A 🧵

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2023-04-10T10:00:14Z

Sun, 12:56: RT @OddThisDay: Alas! It is the 397th anniversary of Francis Bacon dying because he tried to stuff a chicken with snow by the side of a roa…
Sun, 14:48: RT @AmIRightSir: Of the 651 MPs returned at the general election on this day in 1992, 30 are still in the House of Commons - 19 Conservativ…
Sun, 15:42: Sunday reading https://t.co/pY9xlK5Ml6

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2023-04-09T10:00:10Z

Sat, 13:24: RT @BSFA: 🚀 guest of honour interview: Kari Sperring interviewed by Juliet McKenna. https://t.co/ak8Cfelg29
Sat, 18:28: The Best of Ian�McDonald https://t.co/iCfsjFQUMz
Sat, 19:18: Won by Unraveller, by @FrancesHardinge. https://t.co/Pnm99H8GAo
Sat, 19:22: Hooray! Got my vote. https://t.co/8EAUgvB3wO https://t.co/e75PFqBxHn
Sat, 19:25: Hooray! Another one I voted for. https://t.co/fs7h8RMhvS https://t.co/FxxHq9KSS1
Sat, 19:28: RT @BSFA: And the award for Best Artist goes to: Alyssa Williams - a wonderful remote acceptance speech! https://t.co/OiGEDHRZ3F
Sat, 19:32: RT @BSFA: And the award for best novel goes to… … … … Adrian Tchaikovsky https://t.co/gWHGbyBebE
Sat, 20:51: Aliette de Bodard and Rob Wilkins after winning their BSFA awards this evening. @aliettedb @terryandrob https://t.co/7CZECZNiFW

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2023-04-08T10:00:11Z

Fri, 18:11: The HAVOC Files: The Laughing Gnome, ed. ?Shaun�Russell https://t.co/iss3OzWWSh
Sat, 10:45: Britain of the welcomes. https://t.co/KmT7JnqJpB

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2023-04-07T10:58:45Z

Thu, 18:13: The Secret to Superhuman Strength, by Alison�Bechdel https://t.co/UmkJ6Z20Fh

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2023-04-05T20:39:55Z

Wed, 18:22: Warring States, by Mags�Halliday https://t.co/J1yiKTHeJK
Wed, 20:48: RT @LordWeirDUP: 37 years ago today Jim Callaghan won the Labour leadership contest to become PM. Whatever you think of their politics the…

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2023-03-30T10:00:07Z

Wed, 12:56: RT @culturaltutor: You've seen this painting a thousand times before. It's American Gothic, painted by Grant Wood in 1930, one of the worl…
Wed, 16:05: Twitter is dying https://t.co/Fm8MSsrI71 Yep. Musk is killing it off.
Wed, 17:11: Relations with Africa, Asia are on brink of collapse — to Russia’s benefit https://t.co/LJAtrYQdNR Interesting article for several reasons!
Wed, 18:18: October 2020 books https://t.co/P3Xp5TY5hq
Thu, 10:45: Some Guy Bought the Flatiron Building and Didn't Pay for It https://t.co/slGADx9n05

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2023-03-29T10:00:08Z

Tue, 12:56: So, it occurs to me that if Andy Street wins a third term as Mayor of the West Midlands next year, he is likely to be the most senior elected Conservative politician in the UK after they lose the general election…
Tue, 16:05: How No�l Coward became the archetypal English success https://t.co/whwwwQFZdO Maybe the only person to have both written and appeared in a Best Picture Oscar winner. (Cavalcade, 1933; Around the World in 80 Days, 1956)
Tue, 17:11: RT @anandMenon1: Much excitement in the family whatsapp group this morning at the prospect of an Indian and a Pakistani bringing about the…
Tue, 19:03: BSFA Short Fiction https://t.co/8EAUgvB3wO
Tue, 20:48: RT @PGMcNamara: Wow - MASSIVE age gap between @Conservatives and @UKLabour MPs standing down at the next election: Average age of ##Conser…
Wed, 10:45: How a press release doomed Silicon Valley Bank https://t.co/kykd2XJXRT Fascinating. A lesson in controlling the message.

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2023-03-28T10:00:08Z

Mon, 12:56: Researchers Discovered a New 13-Sided Shape https://t.co/XbFjV2qleB
Mon, 15:15: Sad news. I last saw him at a splendid conference in Skopje, maybe 15 years ago. https://t.co/ODKae6CnvR
Mon, 15:27: RT @sundersays: Congratulations to Humza Yousaf, elected leader of the SNP and so to be next First Minister in Scotland. Born in Glasgow in…
Mon, 16:05: RT @MairavZ: @mehdirhasan I wrote about that precisely https://t.co/LdrOywCXfT
Mon, 17:11: RT @DietmarPichler1: 10 questions🧵 How in God's name does Ukraine's corruption problem justify an invasion by a dictatorship that is ranke…
Mon, 19:05: Elizabeth I and Ireland, ed. Brendan Kane and Valerie�McGowan-Doyle https://t.co/RQ7dn6c7rp
Mon, 20:48: John Curtice interview: how the Tories are “stuffed” https://t.co/FUX3qCkWEk "Curtice is not so much talking head as a headache for spin doctors."
Tue, 10:45: RT @apcoworldwide: Big news! APCO just completed the acquisition of Camarco, a leading financial communications firm. The addition of the f…

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2023-03-27T10:00:08Z

Sun, 14:48: RT @alexmassie: The last echo of an old, old psalm. On Kate Forbes, the Free Kirk, and the things that made Scotland, well, Scotland. http…
Sun, 16:05: RT @A_Zedig_Diboine: since this thread is popular i decided i'd share the worst case of middle and micro management i've encountered in my…
Sun, 19:22: Sunday reading https://t.co/DSdt1b6bfe
Sun, 20:48: RT @FXMC1957: PHOTO OF THE DAY: Two Daleks trying to board a London bus (1963). https://t.co/jDO3zkHk4Q
Mon, 09:37: If you think that only Americans can be trusted to run Worldcons, you could always try changing the rules so that nobody else is allowed to. Mind you, you’d have to change the name of the event.
Mon, 10:45: RT @cathalmalone: Why does it sound like the East Belfast UVF have hired Deloitte?! https://t.co/SCYrdLC7aa https://t.co/LE21rqFcPH
Mon, 11:48: RT @BrusselsTimes: Five planets are set to align with the moon in the night sky on Tuesday, which will be visible from earth after sunset.…

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2023-03-26T11:00:10Z

Sat, 12:56: RT @ATRightMovies: THE GODFATHER was released 51 years today. A landmark of American cinema, there's some interesting facts around the maki…
Sat, 14:58: RT @ClarkeAward: "Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!" Sign up for the official Clarke Award newsletter here: https://t.co/qRXu1u4VRs #scienc…
Sat, 15:17: RT @gerrylynch: @nwbrux Harold Macmillan was more sedate, and stuck to driving trains. https://t.co/iP36o9Bm4a
Sat, 15:38: The Shape of�Water https://t.co/Zvv8IDfQaA
Sun, 10:45: RT @David_McNair: If you’re looking for a free #piano the best place to be is #London. Just look on eBay or Gumtree and you’ll find beauti…
Sun, 12:56: Diddums. https://t.co/TJ2hifgpRS

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2023-03-25T11:00:06Z

Sat, 07:39: Because you needed to see this: King Philippe of the Belgians, on a skateboard in South Africa. https://t.co/wO59ZtOdSg
Sat, 07:44: RT @rogermacginty: @nwbrux This is precisely what the internet is for.
Sat, 10:45: RT @BrusselsTimes: King Philippe tried his hand at skating: he climbed onto a skateboard twice, which earned him applause, but also the vis…

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2023-03-25T04:07:00Z

Fri, 10:45: Lovely. https://t.co/rnUoHo9gFb
Fri, 12:56: RT @IrishTimesPol: DUP secretly warned against its own trade deal demand, letter reveals https://t.co/RQMvqOs5f5 via @IrishTimesPol
Fri, 18:15: September 2020 books https://t.co/Am8vDbsJeA
Fri, 19:42: Lovely view of earth light on the crescent moon this evening.

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2023-03-23T23:24:47Z

Thu, 10:45: The Ultimate Foe is currently ahead of The Lodger here, I think because voters either have not actually seen The Ultimate Foe or have forgotten which one it was. https://t.co/XEnl1EJwLW
Thu, 18:05: Lyra McKee, and why I split up with the News�Letter https://t.co/tuteuZV7jc

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2023-03-20T15:40:24Z

Mon, 12:56: Gary Lineker’s tweet, the BBC’s panic, and why I was left to “sort it out” https://t.co/VdQpLnSnU7 Lineker's agent speaks.
Mon, 14:46: Anyone in software development: The Foundation Together Albania @FondacioniT has issued a Request for Proposals for Service to create a mobile app for their online platform for mental health support, https://t.co/c3zHGEmKYi - further details https://t.co/RQwtZ91k9h… https://t.co/V514tuX3Gk

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2023-03-19T18:56:43Z

Sun, 18:13: Sunday reading https://t.co/cJ0N8tG5fi

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2023-03-18T16:09:13Z

Fri, 18:12: August 2020 books https://t.co/DFyj4j2Bmd
Fri, 20:48: RT @lithub: “I am always conscious of the fact that my voice will be the last voice the animal hears, and my touch will be the last touch.”…
Sat, 14:48: RT @PeterTatchell: St Patrick was many things – a Christian missionary, an “Apostle of Ireland” – but one thing he most definitely was not…
Sat, 16:50: Enoch Burke, attention-seeker: what the judges�said https://t.co/MLU5yuHaxP