Polly Fiona
@coachpolly.bsky.social
Ex-TV Exec Producer, now an effective Life Coach: nottinghillcoach.co.uk Relishes popular culture, politics, and nonsense, I'm a broad church
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yes. it is like the Holocaust in this way.
you have never seen a truthful depiction of either of those things on screen because it is impossible to accurately depict them. you could not do it to actors, to children, you could not make it as bad as it was.
you have never seen a truthful depiction of either of those things on screen because it is impossible to accurately depict them. you could not do it to actors, to children, you could not make it as bad as it was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
yes. it is like the Holocaust in this way.
you have never seen a truthful depiction of either of those things on screen because it is impossible to accurately depict them. you could not do it to actors, to children, you could not make it as bad as it was.
you have never seen a truthful depiction of either of those things on screen because it is impossible to accurately depict them. you could not do it to actors, to children, you could not make it as bad as it was.
This is rather tragic and pathetic but good piece by @hughmuir.bsky.social I feel really sad about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pity the beat cops now they’re banned from dancing at the Notting Hill carnival | Hugh Muir
Britain’s top policeman seems to think violence will go unchecked if officers jig with the crowd. Risible, but hey, better to be stiff as a board than labelled woke, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir
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August 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is rather tragic and pathetic but good piece by @hughmuir.bsky.social I feel really sad about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes, riveting
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yes, riveting
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Bit of a long shot here, but: a friend is looking for a wrist support that you can attach to a computer mouse so it moves around with you -- apparently this used to be a thing (possibly made by Fellowes?) but neither of us can find any evidence of it still existing. Ring any bells? Any ideas?
August 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Bit of a long shot here, but: a friend is looking for a wrist support that you can attach to a computer mouse so it moves around with you -- apparently this used to be a thing (possibly made by Fellowes?) but neither of us can find any evidence of it still existing. Ring any bells? Any ideas?
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Last night's Perseid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stoenhenge. The best metoer shower of the year and this photograph proves it.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Last night's Perseid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stoenhenge. The best metoer shower of the year and this photograph proves it.
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omg omg omg it's happening right now:
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
omg omg omg it's happening right now:
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Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.
August 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.
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Today, apparently, is National Potato Day in America, so if you’d like an absurdly long thread of root-vegetable-native-to-the-Americas content, you’ve come to the right place. We begin with the potato monument in Biesiekierz, Poland, because, well: look at it. Of course we do
August 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Today, apparently, is National Potato Day in America, so if you’d like an absurdly long thread of root-vegetable-native-to-the-Americas content, you’ve come to the right place. We begin with the potato monument in Biesiekierz, Poland, because, well: look at it. Of course we do
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We live in an age of wonders
A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs.
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its...
First-Of-Its-Kind Cell Transplant Brings a Cure For Diabetes Closer
A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells.
www.sciencealert.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
We live in an age of wonders
I need next year's Olympians to bring this kind of energy
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Parental Advisory stickers, brought to you by the people who put a sexual criminal into the oval office
#nowplaying love that is so dangerous, it needs two parental advisory stickers
August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Parental Advisory stickers, brought to you by the people who put a sexual criminal into the oval office
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The BBC has footage of masked Israeli settlers attacking a Palestinian farm and burning vehicles and cars.
"Locals say this is happening almost every day now, and these are the tactics settlers are using to take the land, field by field." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Locals say this is happening almost every day now, and these are the tactics settlers are using to take the land, field by field." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The BBC has footage of masked Israeli settlers attacking a Palestinian farm and burning vehicles and cars.
"Locals say this is happening almost every day now, and these are the tactics settlers are using to take the land, field by field." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Locals say this is happening almost every day now, and these are the tactics settlers are using to take the land, field by field." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm going to be chatting later to James Glancy, who's on the Ukrainian front line about the rapidly changing nature of that war - do join us open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Front line Ukraine - with James Glancy
Starting Aug 18 at 1:00 PM EDT
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August 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I'm going to be chatting later to James Glancy, who's on the Ukrainian front line about the rapidly changing nature of that war - do join us open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Do you ever wonder how deep the ocean would be if sponges weren't in there?
August 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Do you ever wonder how deep the ocean would be if sponges weren't in there?
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Mosley for the 2020s. A posh bloke using knuckle dragging thugs for political advancement.
Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.
August 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Mosley for the 2020s. A posh bloke using knuckle dragging thugs for political advancement.
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Has anyone on here ever managed to use the search function to find one of their own posts?
August 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Has anyone on here ever managed to use the search function to find one of their own posts?
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Trump had this halfwit with him in Alaska whereas Putin had Lavrov in his corner.
Little wonder Trump achieved the square root of sod all.
Little wonder Trump achieved the square root of sod all.
Witkoff claims on CNN that Trump and Putin agreed to "robust security guarantees," such as "Article 5 protection from the United States." 🤔
August 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump had this halfwit with him in Alaska whereas Putin had Lavrov in his corner.
Little wonder Trump achieved the square root of sod all.
Little wonder Trump achieved the square root of sod all.
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I want to watch this series but only in German. It adds a special Ich weiss nicht.
Watching German Shopping cart archery can be very satisfying.
August 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I want to watch this series but only in German. It adds a special Ich weiss nicht.
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Nothing beats the studied nonchalance of a cat who just failed completely at some maneuver and is now pretending it absolutely never happened. 😆🐈⬛
August 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Nothing beats the studied nonchalance of a cat who just failed completely at some maneuver and is now pretending it absolutely never happened. 😆🐈⬛
😊
August 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
😊
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Terrific piece this. Culture has got to a weird point where pictures by Matisse have a nudity filter yet the language of porn is everywhere.
in this week's newsletter! a rant against this weird sex culture we seem to now live in: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/everything...
August 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Terrific piece this. Culture has got to a weird point where pictures by Matisse have a nudity filter yet the language of porn is everywhere.
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About 15 years ago, I wrote a story for Viz about exam results day and the Telegraph and Mail’s barely disguised boner for teen blondes jumping and smiling. And it got published, because I don’t think it had been skewered before. And now that appears to be a standard joke. And that feels quite nice.
August 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
About 15 years ago, I wrote a story for Viz about exam results day and the Telegraph and Mail’s barely disguised boner for teen blondes jumping and smiling. And it got published, because I don’t think it had been skewered before. And now that appears to be a standard joke. And that feels quite nice.
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I strongly recommend a listen to this episode - turned me around 180 degrees from my previous stance on the album. That’s a hell of a feat!
Did you dig One to One: John & Yoko, the new documentary about the duo's early '70s escapades? Then you might also enjoy this @eggpod.bsky.social on their grievously underrated double album Some Time In New York City (1972). We're all water, brothers and sisters! iamtheeggpod.com/2022/12/08/s...
Some Time in New York City – Andy Miller
Writer, author and Backlisted co-host Andy Miller discusses the 1972 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band (With Elephant’s Memory) album ‘Some Time in New York City’ with Chris Shaw.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I strongly recommend a listen to this episode - turned me around 180 degrees from my previous stance on the album. That’s a hell of a feat!
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Bit of a reach, but can anyone recommend an employment solicitor, please?
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bit of a reach, but can anyone recommend an employment solicitor, please?
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In charts: Private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race on.ft.com/45Rn0cw
In charts: Private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race
Data shows increasing popularity of science and maths, while boys overtake girls in top grades
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August 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In charts: Private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race on.ft.com/45Rn0cw