Sonia
@gigglesnort.bsky.social
Wiped out by *something* in 2003, and #pwME ever since.
Slave to a little cat and a big floofy dog.
Norfolk, UK
Slave to a little cat and a big floofy dog.
Norfolk, UK
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But also there needs to be nuanced discussion around knee jerk censorship, like Love thy Neighbour, and anything with Alf Garnet.
Because it doesn't pass the smell test today, doesn't mean it needs censoring. The racists WERE the joke, and people that thought it spoke FOR them were the idiots
Because it doesn't pass the smell test today, doesn't mean it needs censoring. The racists WERE the joke, and people that thought it spoke FOR them were the idiots
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
But also there needs to be nuanced discussion around knee jerk censorship, like Love thy Neighbour, and anything with Alf Garnet.
Because it doesn't pass the smell test today, doesn't mean it needs censoring. The racists WERE the joke, and people that thought it spoke FOR them were the idiots
Because it doesn't pass the smell test today, doesn't mean it needs censoring. The racists WERE the joke, and people that thought it spoke FOR them were the idiots
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I'm all about digital preservation, even of things I find objectionable.. because a lot of stuff got censored by bored middle class white people during Covid, but a lot of stuff is genuinely problematic and historical recording as a reminder tell us not to repeat the same mistakes.
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I'm all about digital preservation, even of things I find objectionable.. because a lot of stuff got censored by bored middle class white people during Covid, but a lot of stuff is genuinely problematic and historical recording as a reminder tell us not to repeat the same mistakes.
1. Who the picture reminded me of has been bugging me.
2. Save me a seat, internet stranger.
2. Save me a seat, internet stranger.
PFAS turned her into Gary Busey
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I am going to hell
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I am going to hell
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
1. Who the picture reminded me of has been bugging me.
2. Save me a seat, internet stranger.
2. Save me a seat, internet stranger.
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PFAS turned her into Gary Busey
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I am going to hell
.
I am going to hell
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
PFAS turned her into Gary Busey
.
I am going to hell
.
I am going to hell
Caught some episodes recently and not entirely sure why I was allowed to watch it as a child.
Ricardo Montalbán seen here as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant, Tattoo in the 🇺🇸 American television series “FANTASY ISLAND” (1977 - 1984)
📺 ABC
🎥 Columbia Pictures
📺 ABC
🎥 Columbia Pictures
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Caught some episodes recently and not entirely sure why I was allowed to watch it as a child.
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Ground floor: perfumery
Stationery and leather goods
Wigs and haberdashery
Kitchenware and food
Going up
First floor: telephones
Gents' ready-made suits
Shirts, socks, ties, hats
Underwear and shoes
Going up
Stationery and leather goods
Wigs and haberdashery
Kitchenware and food
Going up
First floor: telephones
Gents' ready-made suits
Shirts, socks, ties, hats
Underwear and shoes
Going up
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ground floor: perfumery
Stationery and leather goods
Wigs and haberdashery
Kitchenware and food
Going up
First floor: telephones
Gents' ready-made suits
Shirts, socks, ties, hats
Underwear and shoes
Going up
Stationery and leather goods
Wigs and haberdashery
Kitchenware and food
Going up
First floor: telephones
Gents' ready-made suits
Shirts, socks, ties, hats
Underwear and shoes
Going up
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!["Hey, why don't you post pics of yourself anymore?" - [pic of woman in her death bed] - mybodyistryingtokillme.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbzmdmsaz6lkhb4tv3culzme/bafkreictbzqnvlruvhfwpmbjrnotibomxjfgxo24pce3axsxdjzuawv4pi@jpeg)
In the whole "looking through cupboards" process of inheriting everything, I have found my childhood Duralex glass.
Because I have forever been clumsy.
Because I have forever been clumsy.
‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex
The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soared
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
In the whole "looking through cupboards" process of inheriting everything, I have found my childhood Duralex glass.
Because I have forever been clumsy.
Because I have forever been clumsy.
I did a visible mending thing to calm my brain (doggo is unwell) and maybe I'll put it online, but those silly ribbons they put in jumpers to hold them on hangers that I always clip off and hoard are actually useful.
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I did a visible mending thing to calm my brain (doggo is unwell) and maybe I'll put it online, but those silly ribbons they put in jumpers to hold them on hangers that I always clip off and hoard are actually useful.
I'm in the "bought a barely used pair off eBay" afterglow and must get some wonder balsam today.
1460 Serena Faux Fur Lined Boots in Oxblood | Dr. Martens
Shop 1460 Serena Faux Fur Lined Boots in Oxblood at Dr. Martens. Free delivery on orders over £90
www.drmartens.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'm in the "bought a barely used pair off eBay" afterglow and must get some wonder balsam today.
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oddly prescient of me to remind the solicitor last week that I'm not being weird about not trusting email, just realistic about the current internet.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oddly prescient of me to remind the solicitor last week that I'm not being weird about not trusting email, just realistic about the current internet.
Tubi have got me to create an account purely by serving up a very long documentary called "FPS:First Person Shooter"
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tubi have got me to create an account purely by serving up a very long documentary called "FPS:First Person Shooter"
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James Van Der Beek is selling Dawson's Creek memorabilia to pay for his cancer treatment.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
James Van Der Beek is selling Dawson's Creek memorabilia to pay for his cancer treatment.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
Imagine selling the tokens of your legacy for a chance to live.
Universal Healthcare. NOW.
Thinking "So this is like Dennis Pennis stuff?" makes me old, yes?
Wicked: Man who grabbed Ariana Grande in Singapore charged in court
Wicked: Man who grabbed Ariana Grande in Singapore charged in court
Johnson Wen rushed at the actress in Singapore, during the Asia-Pacific premiere of Wicked: For Good.
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Thinking "So this is like Dennis Pennis stuff?" makes me old, yes?
My Nan had one of these.
Nov 1963: Constellation ad from Hoover
«HOOVER MADE THE CONSTELLATION ROUND FOR EXTRA CLEANING POWER»
«HOOVER MADE THE CONSTELLATION ROUND FOR EXTRA CLEANING POWER»
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My Nan had one of these.
"The goal is simply to revive a historical name and rebuild it for the modern market – our focus has always been about preserving the Parravani's legacy."
And when there's so many invented names/histories for new brands, who's going to care outside of existing customers that this one is real?
And when there's so many invented names/histories for new brands, who's going to care outside of existing customers that this one is real?
New owners of Beccles ice cream firm vow to 'preserve its legacy'
Parravani's is being moved to Leicester after operating in Norfolk and Suffolk for 127 years.
bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"The goal is simply to revive a historical name and rebuild it for the modern market – our focus has always been about preserving the Parravani's legacy."
And when there's so many invented names/histories for new brands, who's going to care outside of existing customers that this one is real?
And when there's so many invented names/histories for new brands, who's going to care outside of existing customers that this one is real?
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Obviously, one of Owen Paris's ancestors was a children's television show personality. #quantumleap
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Obviously, one of Owen Paris's ancestors was a children's television show personality. #quantumleap
Disappointed to learn of a pen variant I did not have at school.
Orinoco Flow - the national anthem of that girl in school who always wrote notes to everyone using one of those pens with the five different retractable coloured inks. #totp
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Disappointed to learn of a pen variant I did not have at school.
I tend to not trust myself with mechanical watches that aren't skeletonized ehough to show the spring because I overwound my childhood blue Snoopy one, so of course the reissue is popping up again in my recommendations.
Pardon our interruption...
www.ebay.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I tend to not trust myself with mechanical watches that aren't skeletonized ehough to show the spring because I overwound my childhood blue Snoopy one, so of course the reissue is popping up again in my recommendations.
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Unfollowed Teen Vogue.
The kids are alright, but teen vogue ain't the kids no more.
The kids are alright, but teen vogue ain't the kids no more.
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Unfollowed Teen Vogue.
The kids are alright, but teen vogue ain't the kids no more.
The kids are alright, but teen vogue ain't the kids no more.
So yeah, Schrodinger's Pheasant.
The comment "Defra said the risk to the public was very low, but people should not touch or move any dead or sick wild birds." Okay if the gundog does it first?
The comment "Defra said the risk to the public was very low, but people should not touch or move any dead or sick wild birds." Okay if the gundog does it first?
Bird flu confirmed in Norfolk at commercial poultry unit
Protection and surveillance zones are set up around a commercial unit where poultry is being culled.
bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
So yeah, Schrodinger's Pheasant.
The comment "Defra said the risk to the public was very low, but people should not touch or move any dead or sick wild birds." Okay if the gundog does it first?
The comment "Defra said the risk to the public was very low, but people should not touch or move any dead or sick wild birds." Okay if the gundog does it first?