MsPottingShed
@mspottingshed.bsky.social
Gardener, reader, observer, dreamer. Married to Mr Oh-I-Thought-It-Was-a-Weed.
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PUT IT BACK. PEBBLE IS NOT FRIEND.
The identification of a 'smiling' object found on Holy Island in Northumberland has been confirmed by BGS senior paleontologist Jan Hennissen.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
PUT IT BACK. PEBBLE IS NOT FRIEND.
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School building to become temporary charity hub
School building to become temporary charity hub
A former school building is set to be converted into a hub for multiple local charities. Homewood College, which taught kids with mental health issues and special needs, closed in 2024 after being rated inadequate by Ofsted. Brighton and Hove City Council, which owns the site, has now submitted a planning application to itself to […]
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February 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
School building to become temporary charity hub
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Anyone missing a Border Collie, N6 area?
February 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Anyone missing a Border Collie, N6 area?
Personal stuff I talk about here is mainly light-hearted stuff (I hope) about me and Mr Shed and our adventures now/over the years. Tomorrow somebody we care about very much is having surgery in one of the finest NHS hospitals in London. We know they'll be ok but it's been a hard week. I'm a wreck
February 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Personal stuff I talk about here is mainly light-hearted stuff (I hope) about me and Mr Shed and our adventures now/over the years. Tomorrow somebody we care about very much is having surgery in one of the finest NHS hospitals in London. We know they'll be ok but it's been a hard week. I'm a wreck
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We lost Andrew Weatherall 6 years ago to this day. Back in happier times at the very start of his game changing journey an indepth interview with John Robb 1990 louderthanwar.com/andrew-weath... via @louderthanwar.bsky.social
Andrew Weatherall interview
Andrew Weatherall interview in depth in 1990 about hopes for the future, club culture, punk rock, soul music, the Happy Mondays remix
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February 18, 2026 at 11:04 AM
We lost Andrew Weatherall 6 years ago to this day. Back in happier times at the very start of his game changing journey an indepth interview with John Robb 1990 louderthanwar.com/andrew-weath... via @louderthanwar.bsky.social
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It’s so manly-good they provided a tiny little glory hole with it!
we agree LLMs can be dumb, but ... so can humans?
February 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
It’s so manly-good they provided a tiny little glory hole with it!
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Class
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Class
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ICYMI: Campaigners call public meeting tonight in push for housing on Brighton General Hospital site
Campaigners call public meeting tonight in push for housing on Brighton General Hospital site
Campaigners are holding a public meeting this evening as part of their drive for low-cost homes to be built on the Brighton General Hospital site, at the top of Elm Grove. The meeting is due to start at 7pm at the Friends’ Meeting House, in Ship Street, Brighton, and has been organised by the Community […]
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February 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
ICYMI: Campaigners call public meeting tonight in push for housing on Brighton General Hospital site
Poor sleep for me last night due to Mr Shed's ("chainsaw", "freight train") snoring. For him too as he had to decamp to another room at 4.30 am when I was losing my mind with it all. We've been looking today at non-CPAP options and this sprung out as interesting www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-cli...
New clinical trial will test innovative anti-snoring device to tackle sleep disruption | King's College London
King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are leading one of the UK’s largest multi-centre clinical trials in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) with Zeus Sleep Ltd to test its d...
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Poor sleep for me last night due to Mr Shed's ("chainsaw", "freight train") snoring. For him too as he had to decamp to another room at 4.30 am when I was losing my mind with it all. We've been looking today at non-CPAP options and this sprung out as interesting www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-cli...
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My parents have bought the same car as their neighbours, who they share a drive with. Same colour and everything. It’s the most embarrassing thing they’ve ever done
February 18, 2026 at 10:32 AM
My parents have bought the same car as their neighbours, who they share a drive with. Same colour and everything. It’s the most embarrassing thing they’ve ever done
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Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.
February 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.
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Second wild beaver spotted living at Norfolk nature reserve
Second wild beaver spotted living at Norfolk nature reserve
Exclusive: Pensthorpe was believed to be home to just one individual but pair have been filmed grooming each other
No one knows where they came from or how they ended up in Norfolk. But one thing is certain: now, there are two of them.
Until last week, experts believed there was only one wild beaver living in Pensthorpe nature reserve, about 20 miles outside of Norwich. But just in time for Valentine’s Day, two were caught on camera going for a late-night swim together and grooming each other by the riverbank. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Second wild beaver spotted living at Norfolk nature reserve
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'Tisbury Court to Old Compton Street' by Peter Brown
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February 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
'Tisbury Court to Old Compton Street' by Peter Brown
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A synchronous moment where I saw the photo for this article and knew it was about yagé (ayahuasca). I'd watched the film "Queer" just 2 days ago - film based on the novel by William S. Burroughs and starring Daniel Craig. Yagé was an obsession of WSB's for a time www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Single dose of potent psychedelic drug could help treat depression, trial shows
Researchers find DMT – used in shamanic rituals – in tandem with psychotherapy has significant effect
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A synchronous moment where I saw the photo for this article and knew it was about yagé (ayahuasca). I'd watched the film "Queer" just 2 days ago - film based on the novel by William S. Burroughs and starring Daniel Craig. Yagé was an obsession of WSB's for a time www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Good appt with dentist today. Routine checkup but got to discuss (my prompting) on what happens should inevitable gum "failures" occur going forward over next few years. It's complicated but needed mentioning. I'm well aware of "tooth mobility" scores when they're spoken out loud to the nurse 😉
February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Good appt with dentist today. Routine checkup but got to discuss (my prompting) on what happens should inevitable gum "failures" occur going forward over next few years. It's complicated but needed mentioning. I'm well aware of "tooth mobility" scores when they're spoken out loud to the nurse 😉
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Even if my siblings and I had survived childhood diseases and infections, all three of us would have died in our 20s. My sister in childbirth, brother of appendicitis, and me from t1 diabetes.
Modern medicine is rad!!!
Modern medicine is rad!!!
People always ask, "What would you do if you were born in another time period?"
With my health the answer is almost always, "Die before kindergarten."
Medical progress is the real deal, buddies.
With my health the answer is almost always, "Die before kindergarten."
Medical progress is the real deal, buddies.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Even if my siblings and I had survived childhood diseases and infections, all three of us would have died in our 20s. My sister in childbirth, brother of appendicitis, and me from t1 diabetes.
Modern medicine is rad!!!
Modern medicine is rad!!!
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I was shoulder-charged quite violently by a complete stranger when walking down the street about 12 years ago. He targeted me, no idea why.
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I was shoulder-charged quite violently by a complete stranger when walking down the street about 12 years ago. He targeted me, no idea why.
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So shocking I couldn't even finish reading the accounts of extreme maltreatments inflicted on these MOST vulnerable patients in their direst hour of need. Privatising mental health care caused this and utter failure to regulate staff at all levels. My heart weeps for those patients.
Patients complain of ‘culture of abuse’ as fifteen hospital staff arrested —
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Fifteen St Andrew's Healthcare staff arrested amid abuse claims
Patients and their relatives say there is a culture of abuse at a mental health hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
So shocking I couldn't even finish reading the accounts of extreme maltreatments inflicted on these MOST vulnerable patients in their direst hour of need. Privatising mental health care caused this and utter failure to regulate staff at all levels. My heart weeps for those patients.
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Lay me place and bake me pie
I'm starving for me gravy
I'm starving for me gravy
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Lay me place and bake me pie
I'm starving for me gravy
I'm starving for me gravy
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Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
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Another leaf from the Trump playbook?
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
UK politics: Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – as it happened
Party leader tells FT journalist she should ‘write some silly story’ after press conference revealing roles for his top team
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Another leaf from the Trump playbook?
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
'Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act'
What would scrapping the act mean for you or a loved one? If you wish to write on this, then please email us at editor@centralbylines.co.uk
