Ian Peacock 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇬🇧🇩🇰
@ianpeacock.bsky.social
Misanthropic idiot. Personal assistant to small dog. Manchester. You might have heard me on Radio 4.
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I HATE changing my bedclothes, especially my duvet cover, and I totally DO NOT experience the euphoria which people report upon doing so. I’m seriously considering employing someone to do it for me as it’s SHEER HELL.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I HATE changing my bedclothes, especially my duvet cover, and I totally DO NOT experience the euphoria which people report upon doing so. I’m seriously considering employing someone to do it for me as it’s SHEER HELL.
Apologies for not being topical but I’m so depressed by the news (UK and USA in particular) that I’ve imposed a news blackout for a few days. Torture, as a news junky and former BBC reporter, but I need to do it to prevent madness.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Apologies for not being topical but I’m so depressed by the news (UK and USA in particular) that I’ve imposed a news blackout for a few days. Torture, as a news junky and former BBC reporter, but I need to do it to prevent madness.
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The kind of vibes I bring to the function…
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The kind of vibes I bring to the function…
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If you go down to the woods today...
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you go down to the woods today...
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
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Today I learned that there are bike helmets for dogs.
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today I learned that there are bike helmets for dogs.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Painting by John Singer Sargent, ‘Corner of a garden’ 1879.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Painting by John Singer Sargent, ‘Corner of a garden’ 1879.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
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Excellent ancient Greek owl.
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Excellent ancient Greek owl.
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The 🇺🇸 American comedy film "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman and Walter Woolf King was released in the United States #OnThisDay in 1935
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The 🇺🇸 American comedy film "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman and Walter Woolf King was released in the United States #OnThisDay in 1935
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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A study finds that deep sleep rewires the brain to eliminate anxiety.
My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A study finds that deep sleep rewires the brain to eliminate anxiety.
My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep.
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This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
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Valearie Raines Sausage
www.findagrave.com/memorial/731...
www.findagrave.com/memorial/731...
Valearie Raines Sausage (1928-2002) - Find a Grave...
www.findagrave.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Valearie Raines Sausage
www.findagrave.com/memorial/731...
www.findagrave.com/memorial/731...
The weather’s so horrid that I’ve had the log burner on for three nights running 😮
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The weather’s so horrid that I’ve had the log burner on for three nights running 😮
Interesting selection of books for sale in the cafe at my heart hospital
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Interesting selection of books for sale in the cafe at my heart hospital
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Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Absolute carnage in the family group chat as my cousin posts a Christmas riddle from her fiancé’s office that no one can figure out, only to find that someone in the office got ChatGPT to make up the riddle and it’s gibberish that doesn’t have a solution
Cosy Eddie
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Cosy Eddie
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Delia Legacy Pigeon
United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Delia Legacy Pigeon
United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007
Well, #Lux by #Rosalia is the best, most futuristic album I’ve heard since OK Computer by #Radiohead
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Well, #Lux by #Rosalia is the best, most futuristic album I’ve heard since OK Computer by #Radiohead
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I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
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Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today [SATIRE] theonion.com/hungover-egy...
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today
CAIRO—Admitting he was unable to face a lengthy session of indexing artifacts after drinking too much the night before, hungover Egyptologist Henry Chapman confirmed Tuesday he was just gonna call in ...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hungover Egyptologist Just Gonna Call In Cursed Today [SATIRE] theonion.com/hungover-egy...
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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I really think what’s needed here is more gold.
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I really think what’s needed here is more gold.