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Pip
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Loves life's awkward questions~Catholic Anglican~Loved by God, as are you~ CofE ordinand
Spoonie/AuDHD #faithfullylgbt 🏳️‍⚧️ affirming she/they Stuff here represents my views, not those of my employer.

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*Delighted* to finally have a car, a used Hyundai i30. Insured, but have to shelp to a large post office in a town to tax it as it won’t allow me to do it online (this happens sometimes), so that’s this afternoon’s job. Will make many future journeys easier, though, once I feel confident in it.
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This sound reminds me of my Nana exclaiming, “Ooh, err!” when she was shocked or horrified by something 😂
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Breaking News:
The Archbishop of York was forced to abandon a visit to a family in the Palestinian West Bank on Saturday, after Israeli police ordered the #CofE delegation to leave the area after heavily armed Israeli settlers had blocked the road, preventing them from leaving. 😡
#Israel #Palestine
Israeli police order C of E delegation to leave West Bank village after stand-off with armed settlers
Archbishop of York’s pastoral visit to the south Hebron hills was cut short
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
What did worship look like for you today?

#CofEPeeps
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I made a random compliment generator today because I wanted to make something nice :)
Compliments 💖
You deserve to hear this
dr.eamer.dev
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Wonderful evening at Aldeburgh cinema seeing The Choral. A reminder that joy can be found in the darkest of times, not as some clichéd ‘silver lining’ but in art and in music, in the midst of the messiness of life.
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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this is traditionally the day when I discuss how close we are, and we KNOW that we are, to the entire of Palace of Westminster just spontaneously going up in flames

again
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As a dyslexic student I’ve been given funding for an OrCam Learn Basic. I picked it up today.

I snap a pic of my book page, and reads it whilst I read along and/or make notes. And I can remember stuff?! Reading comprehension on the first, not forth, reading? This is WILD.
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Freezing fuel duty and abolishing the escalator has robbed the Treasury of billions of pounds.
No free buses for under-22s in England, “too expensive”

But wealth, subsidies, and perks keep flowing upward

Sustainable, fair societies invest in youth: affordable transport, education, and greener travel

www.bbc.com/news/article...
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment - BBC News
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
H has just be served the first part of an article from the Telegraph where someone wearing a £135 scarf in their large second house is complaining they ‘can’t afford to run their Aga due to their £400 electric bill’. Just bizarre.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Now just 4 spaces left...🌿🪶🗝️
There are still a few spaces on my Nov 8 Small Museums w'shop (zoom).
You'll learn:
🐚how collecting improves mental health,incl research showing how playing Tetris alleviates PTSD
🪶we'll make beautiful arrangements together
Incl 30% off my Etsy.My bio below:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Folks, there are enlisted members of our military who are dependent on SNAP for their families. The myth of the "Lazy Poor" is persistent, but false.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Listen up people.

I'm away all day on Wednesday, so as a special treat, #buyastrangerabook day is going to be held tomorrow instead!

Starts Midday(ish)

I've already got some great stuff to offer out.

If you want to join in early, you can do so HERE!

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
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
www.biggreenbookshop.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Beware the #WinterFuelPayment scammers. Here’s some helpful advice from #Which? Worth passing on to any pensioners you know who may be vulnerable:
www.which.co.uk/news/article...
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
God, forgive us when we avoid Your work of shaping us.
Forgive us when we hear Your Word and choose not to live it out.
Write Your grace on our hearts again, and renew us in the joy of following You.
Amen.
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I love it when someone introduces a new project at work and our side of it genuinely fits straight into a process that we’ve already co-created together and we know works well 😌 It’s rare, but I’m taking a moment to bask in it.

#TinyJoys
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Very distracted in my Hebrew lecture by the sound of sheep.

There aren’t typically any sheep near us 😬 Are they escaped sheep, and if yes, where have they escaped from?
October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No, *you* just forget you’d precariously balanced a cup of now cold tea in your lap whilst in bed, and just forgot, went to get up and soaked everything it 🙄

Oh, okay, just me then…
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Car I test drove wasn’t suitable due to gear stick position, but the owner was an absolute delight. I hope he manages to sell it soon.

Hearing from a family member after a long time and making arrangements to meet up

Chinese braised belly pork for tea (or rather my variation on it)

#3GoodThings
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Car I test drove wasn’t suitable due to gear stick position, but the owner was an absolute delight. I hope he manages to sell it soon.

Hearing from a family member after a long time and making arrangements to meet up

Chinese braised belly pork for tea (or rather my variation on it)

#3GoodThings
October 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Fascinating isn't it? The richest rarely have to defend their obscene levels of personal wealth on the Public Broadcaster. The political debate in this country is framed in a very particular direction.
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Inspiration: you’re having a better day than the head of security at the Louvre.

(Apologies to the head of security at the Louvre if he/she follows me).
October 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A bit niche I realise, but it’s astonishing the difference between a Blackwing pencil and the Staedtlers I used for years. I’ve had one sat in a pot for years but took it out to use recently, and my hands don’t cramp at all when I write with it. Will look at getting a spare.
October 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Louder for the folks at the back:

Disabled people, especially strangers, don’t exist to educate you on every area of their lives you don’t understand because you aren’t prepared to a do some reading.

#DisabledSky
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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How critical are we of the published material that we use with our children's groups and in schools? Three cautionary tales (all from a C of E context!) #CofEPeeps meristemweb.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/j...
Just because it’s published…
“I’m on the rota for the children’s group at church tomorrow,” said my friend Louise, one Saturday evening when we were round for supper. “I’d better have a look at the scheme and see what I’m mean…
meristemweb.wordpress.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM