SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 📎
@clairecopperman.bsky.social
Former teacher now temping. Proud mother of an autistic daughter. #CEV. Cat slave; bookworm; Doctor Who & Strictly fan. Unashamedly woke.
Same name on 🐦 and 🦣 She/her
🌍 South-West UK
Same name on 🐦 and 🦣 She/her
🌍 South-West UK
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This thread is a dizzyingly high benchmark for the rest of the year's shenanigans.
In "celebration" of thr Pepto Bismol ad now being on the radio, I took some popular radio-friendly songs and added the "Diarrhea" guy.
January 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This thread is a dizzyingly high benchmark for the rest of the year's shenanigans.
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I do want Ukraine to be heard and seen
(a hard job, believe me).
Saw this today and loved it.
There’s something very honest, perhaps even naive, in this painting.
🇺🇦 Viktor Zaretsky, My Guests, 1964
(a hard job, believe me).
Saw this today and loved it.
There’s something very honest, perhaps even naive, in this painting.
🇺🇦 Viktor Zaretsky, My Guests, 1964
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I do want Ukraine to be heard and seen
(a hard job, believe me).
Saw this today and loved it.
There’s something very honest, perhaps even naive, in this painting.
🇺🇦 Viktor Zaretsky, My Guests, 1964
(a hard job, believe me).
Saw this today and loved it.
There’s something very honest, perhaps even naive, in this painting.
🇺🇦 Viktor Zaretsky, My Guests, 1964
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"I have kindly removed this superfluous cover from your speaker. Who knows why it was there? I think you will find you can hear the sounds coming out of it more clearly now. You are welcome."
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"I have kindly removed this superfluous cover from your speaker. Who knows why it was there? I think you will find you can hear the sounds coming out of it more clearly now. You are welcome."
If you're looking for a book that's quirky, rambling, mystical, comforting and utterly compelling, do buy Everything Will Swallow You. I'm about 50 pages from the end, and am torn between wanting to race through it and not wanting it to end because I can't bear to lose the characters 🥺
Just to reiterate in case anybody else outside the UK is intrigued: Blackwell’s - amazingly - do free international delivery.
Just ordered “Everything Will Swallow You” from Blackwells. Can’t wait for it to wing its way to Oz.
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
If you're looking for a book that's quirky, rambling, mystical, comforting and utterly compelling, do buy Everything Will Swallow You. I'm about 50 pages from the end, and am torn between wanting to race through it and not wanting it to end because I can't bear to lose the characters 🥺
Hey, @biggreenbooks.bsky.social - any chance you can get me a copy of Villager?
THREAD. How A Publisher Almost Killed The Book I Waited My Whole Life To Write.
My novel Villager came out in 2022. It was published by Unbound, who had little marketing/sales power. But I was excited & proud, since I worked so f-ing hard on it.
Here's an extract: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
My novel Villager came out in 2022. It was published by Unbound, who had little marketing/sales power. But I was excited & proud, since I worked so f-ing hard on it.
Here's an extract: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Hey, @biggreenbooks.bsky.social - any chance you can get me a copy of Villager?
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Is this what Trump meant when he said we are "running" Venezuela?
Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens
giftarticle.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Is this what Trump meant when he said we are "running" Venezuela?
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Why you should have a cat
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Why you should have a cat
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BBC Verify and BBC Persian have verified over 100 videos in more than 50 towns and cities during 10 days of nationwide protests in Iran, showing that the demonstrations have now spread to the majority of Iran's provinces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iran anti-government protests spread to majority of provinces, videos show
Videos show that unrest has spread to more than 50 towns and cities, including pro-government heartlands.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
BBC Verify and BBC Persian have verified over 100 videos in more than 50 towns and cities during 10 days of nationwide protests in Iran, showing that the demonstrations have now spread to the majority of Iran's provinces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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this is, hands down, an absolute god tier of Online Stories. this is the top level of MicroBlog Lore. one does not beat the time swilua poisoned herself with her pants
buying French underwear online
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
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January 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
this is, hands down, an absolute god tier of Online Stories. this is the top level of MicroBlog Lore. one does not beat the time swilua poisoned herself with her pants
How could I forget it's #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay? Thanks to @TheMerl for reminding me - 75 years young and still an absolute unit ❤️
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
How could I forget it's #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay? Thanks to @TheMerl for reminding me - 75 years young and still an absolute unit ❤️
Some wonderful and some wonderfully bonkers theories here on the identity of the Secret Traitor. Perfect to whet your appetite before the big reveal tomorrow ....
#TheTraitors #Traitors
#TheTraitors #Traitors
An undercover cop! A Welsh hun! A revenge-hungry daughter! Er, Alan Carr! Who is the Secret Traitor? With the red-cloaked figure about to be unmasked, I've run through all the theories and candidates #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
From Alan Carr to a revenge-hungry daughter: who is the Secret Traitor?
Here are the wildest theories about who is beneath the red cloak. Brace yourself for handwriting analysis, Jekyll and Hyde vibes and crucial slips of the tongue
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Some wonderful and some wonderfully bonkers theories here on the identity of the Secret Traitor. Perfect to whet your appetite before the big reveal tomorrow ....
#TheTraitors #Traitors
#TheTraitors #Traitors
I knocked myself out on a towel dispenser in the loo on a moving train 🤷♀️
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I knocked myself out on a towel dispenser in the loo on a moving train 🤷♀️
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Winter turned up on the final day of 2025. Frozen sunrise on the River Brathay in the Lake District. Happy New Year!
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Winter turned up on the final day of 2025. Frozen sunrise on the River Brathay in the Lake District. Happy New Year!
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Look at this wonderful hourglass-shaped record of the way that night extends and recedes into our days as the year passes.
Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Look at this wonderful hourglass-shaped record of the way that night extends and recedes into our days as the year passes.
🧵 Gorgeous Oxford in the snow.
January 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
🧵 Gorgeous Oxford in the snow.
It was a glorious day today, after our first dusting of snow overnight. A glimmer of light in the sky as I left for work, and not fully dark when I got home. Hang on in there - brighter times will come. Wishing you all a peaceful night x
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It was a glorious day today, after our first dusting of snow overnight. A glimmer of light in the sky as I left for work, and not fully dark when I got home. Hang on in there - brighter times will come. Wishing you all a peaceful night x
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Sending my love to all my Catholic friends in Spain, the Philippines and Latin America who are awaiting a visit from the Three Kings with their gifts on this twelfth night of Christmas. For everyone else, this date is typically associated with merrymaking so make merry x
January 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Sending my love to all my Catholic friends in Spain, the Philippines and Latin America who are awaiting a visit from the Three Kings with their gifts on this twelfth night of Christmas. For everyone else, this date is typically associated with merrymaking so make merry x
Well said, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk 👏
Why is Labour giving Trump a free pass to break international law?
We know what happens when US Presidents launch illegal wars. It’s why the Liberal Democrats opposed the Iraq War and it’s why we condemn Trump’s law-breaking in Venezuela today.
We know what happens when US Presidents launch illegal wars. It’s why the Liberal Democrats opposed the Iraq War and it’s why we condemn Trump’s law-breaking in Venezuela today.
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Well said, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk 👏
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I saw it yesterday and loved it.
I want you to see it too.
A typical photo studio interior in Kyiv, late 19th – early 20th century.
Ukraine was more than the rural image you often get.
I want you to see it too.
A typical photo studio interior in Kyiv, late 19th – early 20th century.
Ukraine was more than the rural image you often get.
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I saw it yesterday and loved it.
I want you to see it too.
A typical photo studio interior in Kyiv, late 19th – early 20th century.
Ukraine was more than the rural image you often get.
I want you to see it too.
A typical photo studio interior in Kyiv, late 19th – early 20th century.
Ukraine was more than the rural image you often get.
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🚀 SATURDAY 28th MARCH! LONDON! To celebrate the launch of my brand new book series MEGALOMANIACS we’re doing another rather big event, and I’d love you to be there! I’ll be on stage, drawing an absolutely ridiculous comic based on audience suggestions 💖TICKETS: www.waterstones.com/events/megal...
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
🚀 SATURDAY 28th MARCH! LONDON! To celebrate the launch of my brand new book series MEGALOMANIACS we’re doing another rather big event, and I’d love you to be there! I’ll be on stage, drawing an absolutely ridiculous comic based on audience suggestions 💖TICKETS: www.waterstones.com/events/megal...
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We should surely be lobbying all schools to get off X. It's worrying to see how many are still there - and posting photos of students. It's a clear safeguarding risk.
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We should surely be lobbying all schools to get off X. It's worrying to see how many are still there - and posting photos of students. It's a clear safeguarding risk.
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This is CRAZY. Some guy actually took the fictional psych-folk album I made up completely in my head in my novel and recorded it in real life: rjmckendree.bandcamp.com/album/wallfl...
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This is CRAZY. Some guy actually took the fictional psych-folk album I made up completely in my head in my novel and recorded it in real life: rjmckendree.bandcamp.com/album/wallfl...
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