OmandOriginal
@omandoriginal.bsky.social
Audiobook proofer for Games Workshop Black Library.
Erstwhile artist at https://www.omandoriginal.com/
The cake is a lie.
Erstwhile artist at https://www.omandoriginal.com/
The cake is a lie.
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youtu.be/4mw_xjucECI - Day Fifteen of my Remembrance Reads. Today featuring a Rudyard Kipling short story, Isaac Rosenberg poems, and Bernard Bergonzi's 'Heroes Twilight'.
Remembrance Reads: Day Fifteen Reading
YouTube video by Lokster Reads
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November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
youtu.be/4mw_xjucECI - Day Fifteen of my Remembrance Reads. Today featuring a Rudyard Kipling short story, Isaac Rosenberg poems, and Bernard Bergonzi's 'Heroes Twilight'.
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Over 60K women have signed our letter standing with the trans community. We've had enough of anti-trans rhetoric claiming to speak for us. If you agree...
📰 Read their article here: tinyurl.com/NION-PN-60K
✍ Sign our letter: notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share widely
#StrongerTogether
#TransAwarenessWeek
📰 Read their article here: tinyurl.com/NION-PN-60K
✍ Sign our letter: notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share widely
#StrongerTogether
#TransAwarenessWeek
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Over 60K women have signed our letter standing with the trans community. We've had enough of anti-trans rhetoric claiming to speak for us. If you agree...
📰 Read their article here: tinyurl.com/NION-PN-60K
✍ Sign our letter: notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share widely
#StrongerTogether
#TransAwarenessWeek
📰 Read their article here: tinyurl.com/NION-PN-60K
✍ Sign our letter: notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share widely
#StrongerTogether
#TransAwarenessWeek
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youtu.be/GSB_eribJmQ - Day Fourteen of my Remembrance Reads. Featuring John Buchan, Bernard Bergonzi and Isaac Rosenberg.
Remembrance Reads: Day Fourteen Reading
YouTube video by Lokster Reads
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
youtu.be/GSB_eribJmQ - Day Fourteen of my Remembrance Reads. Featuring John Buchan, Bernard Bergonzi and Isaac Rosenberg.
I've been pronouncing the storm name as "cloudier" to myself and giggling... it's been a long week.
Storm Claudia could bring wind gusts of 60-70 mph today for parts of northwest England and northwest Wales
This includes cross winds for some major roads such as the M6, which will result in dangerous driving conditions
Warnings are in force, so please take care ⚠️
This includes cross winds for some major roads such as the M6, which will result in dangerous driving conditions
Warnings are in force, so please take care ⚠️
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I've been pronouncing the storm name as "cloudier" to myself and giggling... it's been a long week.
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With severe weather warnings for rain in place for much of the UK, ensure that you’re #WeatherReady with some tips and advice from our partners on staying safe in heavy rain ⚠️🌧️
Read their top tips here 👉 bit.ly/3iEb7kd
Read their top tips here 👉 bit.ly/3iEb7kd
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
With severe weather warnings for rain in place for much of the UK, ensure that you’re #WeatherReady with some tips and advice from our partners on staying safe in heavy rain ⚠️🌧️
Read their top tips here 👉 bit.ly/3iEb7kd
Read their top tips here 👉 bit.ly/3iEb7kd
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A drawing in a very soft style of tall trees in an evening winter landscape. An original artwork, now available in my Folksy shop...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Landscape #trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #Christmas #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Landscape #trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #Christmas #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A drawing in a very soft style of tall trees in an evening winter landscape. An original artwork, now available in my Folksy shop...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Landscape #trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #Christmas #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#Landscape #trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #Christmas #ChristmasGifts #bsnm
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David Coverdale has announced his official retirement. Enjoy your time sir.
Whitesnake - Fare Thee Well (Important Announcement) - Official 2025 Remix 'Forevermore'
YouTube video by Whitesnake TV
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November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
David Coverdale has announced his official retirement. Enjoy your time sir.
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Disappearing from a loved one's life when they get dementia because you find it upsetting is not an excuse. Everyone finds it distressing so wise up and support them.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Disappearing from a loved one's life when they get dementia because you find it upsetting is not an excuse. Everyone finds it distressing so wise up and support them.
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#OTD in 1850 writer Robert Louis Stevenson was born.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#OTD in 1850 writer Robert Louis Stevenson was born.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Art of Living (and Dying)
"Trenton B. Olsen Explores How the Author Navigated a Lifetime of Chronic Illness"
lithub.com/robert-louis...
Stevenson at PG:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho...
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Archie Fisher obituary
Archie Fisher obituary
Leading figure in the Scottish folk revival from the 1960s who presented the radio programme Travelling Folk for 27 years
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Archie Fisher obituary
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On the cusp of WWII, in 1938, my grandfather Charles W. Bridgen shot a colour film of his journey to revisit the Northern Front. It documents a Europe on the brink of war, still scattered with the fragments of the last. The full film is on Youtube here: youtube.com/watch?v=esA9...
And in the Sky the Larks: 1930s Colour Footage of the Western Front & Northern France. WWI.
YouTube video by Flash of Splendour
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November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On the cusp of WWII, in 1938, my grandfather Charles W. Bridgen shot a colour film of his journey to revisit the Northern Front. It documents a Europe on the brink of war, still scattered with the fragments of the last. The full film is on Youtube here: youtube.com/watch?v=esA9...
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Soz for the break on proceedings.
My PC was configuring Windows.
That was boring.
I can now get back to #buyastrangerabook
My PC was configuring Windows.
That was boring.
I can now get back to #buyastrangerabook
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
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November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Soz for the break on proceedings.
My PC was configuring Windows.
That was boring.
I can now get back to #buyastrangerabook
My PC was configuring Windows.
That was boring.
I can now get back to #buyastrangerabook
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Hear me out. If ppl didn’t have political opinions, all social media would evolve into ppl just posting pictures of sunsets. After millions of years of evolution we’re all still fascinated by the sky…
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hear me out. If ppl didn’t have political opinions, all social media would evolve into ppl just posting pictures of sunsets. After millions of years of evolution we’re all still fascinated by the sky…
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Rooks shout the dying day. Spirits wake. Twilight as threshold engine for my magics. Twilight as a time of summoning. My tongue spills secret names. My tongue seduces the world to see things my way. I am a witch. Change is the wake of my walking. – #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Rooks shout the dying day. Spirits wake. Twilight as threshold engine for my magics. Twilight as a time of summoning. My tongue spills secret names. My tongue seduces the world to see things my way. I am a witch. Change is the wake of my walking. – #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky
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This was recorded 20 years ago and released in 2006 and I keep having this vainglorious notiin of other artists covering the songs.
So I’m going to set my brain to cringe and put it out there.
If it drops like shite from a donkeys arse so be it.
backboneshiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-ki...
So I’m going to set my brain to cringe and put it out there.
If it drops like shite from a donkeys arse so be it.
backboneshiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-ki...
The Kid Ain't Right, by Back Bone Shiver
12 track album
backboneshiver.bandcamp.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This was recorded 20 years ago and released in 2006 and I keep having this vainglorious notiin of other artists covering the songs.
So I’m going to set my brain to cringe and put it out there.
If it drops like shite from a donkeys arse so be it.
backboneshiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-ki...
So I’m going to set my brain to cringe and put it out there.
If it drops like shite from a donkeys arse so be it.
backboneshiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-ki...
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In Scotland " In a wee minute" is an elastic state of time and defies the laws of physics.
#ScottishThings
#ScottishThings
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In Scotland " In a wee minute" is an elastic state of time and defies the laws of physics.
#ScottishThings
#ScottishThings
I always remember the difference as Manet painted mannies and Monet painted trees.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I always remember the difference as Manet painted mannies and Monet painted trees.
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Ravens are kekklin’ prophecies o’ woe,
Pyots in black an’ white spiel superstitions,
The rooks mak’ bedlam i’ the elms below,
An’ saft-winged hoolets plan their midnicht missions…
—Helen Cruickshank, “Corstorphine Woods”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (2017)
#poem #poetry
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Pyots in black an’ white spiel superstitions,
The rooks mak’ bedlam i’ the elms below,
An’ saft-winged hoolets plan their midnicht missions…
—Helen Cruickshank, “Corstorphine Woods”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (2017)
#poem #poetry
asls.org.uk/publications...
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ravens are kekklin’ prophecies o’ woe,
Pyots in black an’ white spiel superstitions,
The rooks mak’ bedlam i’ the elms below,
An’ saft-winged hoolets plan their midnicht missions…
—Helen Cruickshank, “Corstorphine Woods”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (2017)
#poem #poetry
asls.org.uk/publications...
Pyots in black an’ white spiel superstitions,
The rooks mak’ bedlam i’ the elms below,
An’ saft-winged hoolets plan their midnicht missions…
—Helen Cruickshank, “Corstorphine Woods”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (2017)
#poem #poetry
asls.org.uk/publications...
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Just about sums it up.
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just about sums it up.
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An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
“The search for authentic Mexican food—or rather, the struggle to define what that meant—has been going on for two hundred years,” writes Jeffrey Pilcher at Guernica. Arguments over national cuisine f...
www.openculture.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
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youtu.be/hE9-usM0GRk - Day Eight of Remembrance Reads: Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms', Chapters 25-28 Mary Borden's short story 'Blind', Paul Fussell, 'The Great War and Modern Memory, Chapter 5 and a new entry 'The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919' by Mark Thompson.
Remembrance Reads: Day Eight Reading
YouTube video by Lokster Reads
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
youtu.be/hE9-usM0GRk - Day Eight of Remembrance Reads: Hemingway's 'A Farewell to Arms', Chapters 25-28 Mary Borden's short story 'Blind', Paul Fussell, 'The Great War and Modern Memory, Chapter 5 and a new entry 'The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919' by Mark Thompson.
Getting my muso fix with the latest More Songs patreon podcast from 4 Songs and a Dream. Incredible song choices this week... www.patreon.com/posts/more-s...
MORE Songs and a Dream - Daniel Ash (Teenage Waitress) | 4 Songs and a Dream
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November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Getting my muso fix with the latest More Songs patreon podcast from 4 Songs and a Dream. Incredible song choices this week... www.patreon.com/posts/more-s...
This is a sad one www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Quentin Willson: Former Top Gear and Fifth Gear presenter dies aged 68
The presenter and campaigner was described by his family as a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is a sad one www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you have even the slightest respect for your own work, don't touch this with a ten foot pole.