Pollyaula
@pollyaula.bsky.social
Boardgames, dolls houses, writing, art, random stuff. Likes puns. I use a photo from a museum back room as my header as it's a bit like how my brain works. In the UK.
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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Goodnight from Tony Wrox, realising that stealing an item labelled ‘The Ghost Child’s mirror’ from the Crowhythe Museum of Curiosities was always going to be a mistake. Goodnight from Bethany Butterfield, eager for morning and its possibility of frost lace divinations. Goodnight from Hookland.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Goodnight from Tony Wrox, realising that stealing an item labelled ‘The Ghost Child’s mirror’ from the Crowhythe Museum of Curiosities was always going to be a mistake. Goodnight from Bethany Butterfield, eager for morning and its possibility of frost lace divinations. Goodnight from Hookland.
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"And lo, God did order Isaac to place his burning baby on the floor, and go make dinner"
The Old Testament God in the Bible is actually just a girl in her room playing the Sims where no one can see
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"And lo, God did order Isaac to place his burning baby on the floor, and go make dinner"
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In chapter one of my novel Villager, I described a fictional painting, painted 60+ years ago by a forgotten painter: a psychedelic swirl of moorland landscape, which later became the cover of a fictional psych-folk LP.
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In chapter one of my novel Villager, I described a fictional painting, painted 60+ years ago by a forgotten painter: a psychedelic swirl of moorland landscape, which later became the cover of a fictional psych-folk LP.
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
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All along the watchtower.
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
All along the watchtower.
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
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Dreamt that the entire world's fortunes were dictated by mindbogglingly corrupt & evil people negotiating to cover up evil things they had done & that the corruption was so powerfully impermeable & cunningly brazen, nobody could do anything to halt it. Thank fuck we don't live in a world like that.
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Dreamt that the entire world's fortunes were dictated by mindbogglingly corrupt & evil people negotiating to cover up evil things they had done & that the corruption was so powerfully impermeable & cunningly brazen, nobody could do anything to halt it. Thank fuck we don't live in a world like that.
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Actual lol at the suggestion Wes Streeting is capable of plotting. If this was an RPG he'd have a negative modifier on rolls for cunning.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Actual lol at the suggestion Wes Streeting is capable of plotting. If this was an RPG he'd have a negative modifier on rolls for cunning.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
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Groom at 1am on a stag night
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Groom at 1am on a stag night
No, the issue isn't Starmer's 'personal unpopularity', it's Labour's weak policies and swing to the right. Streeting would not be an improvement as he's a big part of the problem. And this is why we're all turning to the Greens.
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
No, the issue isn't Starmer's 'personal unpopularity', it's Labour's weak policies and swing to the right. Streeting would not be an improvement as he's a big part of the problem. And this is why we're all turning to the Greens.
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I like his mother too: “Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I like his mother too: “Art and museums are living spaces,” she said. “Life without art is not life.”
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
Also, "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." That's exactly the energy I needed. Especially from a 15-year-old French boy, in these uncertain times.
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I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
The Village Message Board
Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.
www.tom-cox.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
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I'm going to suggest less poking of the enormous spiderweb. Just as a precaution.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I'm going to suggest less poking of the enormous spiderweb. Just as a precaution.
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Just tried out the Monotropism questionnaire. Monotropism is a model of a key autistic trait - the tendency to focus intensely on a few interests. I answered honestly & scored pretty highly. It's an area with some research behind it & lots of community discussion.
dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just tried out the Monotropism questionnaire. Monotropism is a model of a key autistic trait - the tendency to focus intensely on a few interests. I answered honestly & scored pretty highly. It's an area with some research behind it & lots of community discussion.
dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
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What would we no longer have if fireworks were banned? Terrified pets, yet more pointless plastic released into the environment, antisocial moronic noise. Call me crazy but I reckon we can just about cope with that kind of loss, as a species.
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What would we no longer have if fireworks were banned? Terrified pets, yet more pointless plastic released into the environment, antisocial moronic noise. Call me crazy but I reckon we can just about cope with that kind of loss, as a species.
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It continues to amaze me that a qualified chemistry teacher isn’t allowed to do any experiment involving gunpowder on school grounds (too hazardous), but old-enough A Level students can trot to the supermarket, buy rockets and set them off at will.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It continues to amaze me that a qualified chemistry teacher isn’t allowed to do any experiment involving gunpowder on school grounds (too hazardous), but old-enough A Level students can trot to the supermarket, buy rockets and set them off at will.
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those once summer leaves
now dying beneath our feet
used to breathe for us
#haiku #haikuprompt #HaikuSaturday #leaves
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now dying beneath our feet
used to breathe for us
#haiku #haikuprompt #HaikuSaturday #leaves
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November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
those once summer leaves
now dying beneath our feet
used to breathe for us
#haiku #haikuprompt #HaikuSaturday #leaves
@leaflitter.bsky.social
now dying beneath our feet
used to breathe for us
#haiku #haikuprompt #HaikuSaturday #leaves
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Plus: what can leaseholders do in response to the "very aggressive" letters? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pressure-gro...
Pressure grows on Andrew Milne
Plus: what can leaseholders do in response to the "very aggressive" letters?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Plus: what can leaseholders do in response to the "very aggressive" letters? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pressure-gro...