Ruth
@ruthybeth12.bsky.social
60, fed up & foul-mouthed. Scouser exiled in Manc. Wife. Mother. Friend. #LFC #JFT97 #GenX #Music #Veggie #AmWriting #AmReading. I miss the seaside 🦀
I’m not entirely sure I’ll be able to go and see Wuthering Heights. I’m concerned about the accents. I’m relying on you lot to inform me whether they’re excruciating or not.
February 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I’m not entirely sure I’ll be able to go and see Wuthering Heights. I’m concerned about the accents. I’m relying on you lot to inform me whether they’re excruciating or not.
Ooh, that cape! 😍
1972: Fashion, Accessories and Bottoms from Freemans
(+Jon Adam Velveteen Trouser Suit; Stirling Cooper Coat; Jon Adam Trouser Suit; Jon Adam Chalk Stripe Tent Dress; Jon Adam Chalk Striped Three-Piece Trouser Suit; Scene Lengths Dress; Shirt And Tie; Slacks; Large Brimmed Hat; Cape, and more)
(+Jon Adam Velveteen Trouser Suit; Stirling Cooper Coat; Jon Adam Trouser Suit; Jon Adam Chalk Stripe Tent Dress; Jon Adam Chalk Striped Three-Piece Trouser Suit; Scene Lengths Dress; Shirt And Tie; Slacks; Large Brimmed Hat; Cape, and more)
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Ooh, that cape! 😍
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Barrington Levy performing Under Me Sensi on No. 73 in 1985. Yes, they had songs celebrating cannabis on kids TV back then. Also look out for Sandi Toksvig and Nicholas Parsons joining the audience for a joyous skank
February 11, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Barrington Levy performing Under Me Sensi on No. 73 in 1985. Yes, they had songs celebrating cannabis on kids TV back then. Also look out for Sandi Toksvig and Nicholas Parsons joining the audience for a joyous skank
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This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
I’ve remade last night’s disastrous soup and I’m happy to report that it’s looking delicious! Phew.
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I’ve remade last night’s disastrous soup and I’m happy to report that it’s looking delicious! Phew.
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im so tired of the dumbest ppl in society having the most say in society.
it's completely wrecked the place.
it's completely wrecked the place.
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
im so tired of the dumbest ppl in society having the most say in society.
it's completely wrecked the place.
it's completely wrecked the place.
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The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Great news amidst all the gloom. There have been a lot of beaver releases but these wild releases are really significant in England – finally we are giving this life-giving animal the right to roam. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers
Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Great news amidst all the gloom. There have been a lot of beaver releases but these wild releases are really significant in England – finally we are giving this life-giving animal the right to roam. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I made the most disgusting leek & potato soup ever last night. I forgot to bring it to the boil (distracted by other cooking) and it gently simmered without cooking properly. When I came to blend it, nothing was cooked properly and it was lumpy and raw tasting 🤢 Idiot. Trying again tonight.
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I made the most disgusting leek & potato soup ever last night. I forgot to bring it to the boil (distracted by other cooking) and it gently simmered without cooking properly. When I came to blend it, nothing was cooked properly and it was lumpy and raw tasting 🤢 Idiot. Trying again tonight.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Hot smiley guy at the top of the Big Air slope looks like he’s having the time of his life! #WinterOlympics2026 #BigAir
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Hot smiley guy at the top of the Big Air slope looks like he’s having the time of his life! #WinterOlympics2026 #BigAir
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February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The leader of the opposition approaching Mrs Bucket levels of affected poshness.
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The leader of the opposition approaching Mrs Bucket levels of affected poshness.
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY: this week's That's Life! topical song from Victoria Wood.
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
50 YEARS AGO TODAY: this week's That's Life! topical song from Victoria Wood.
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I like the govt's plan to ban smartphones and social media in schools but nobody's mentioned the glaring hole in it
![Scene is a spoof TV news item. The NEWSREADER is talking to camera from behind the desk.
NEWSREADER:
Now, here to discuss the smartphone ban in schools…
We have with us, YouTube Shorts.
[Pull back to show an anthropomorphised version of the YOUTUBE SHORTS screen, sat in the interviewee's chair across from the newsreader]
NEWSREADER:
Good morning.
YOUTUBE SHORTS:
Hi
NEWSREADER:
You Tube Shorts, you work in education...
YOUTUBE SHORTS:
Yes.
I work in schools across the country teaching Epic Dance
Fail, Try Not To Cringe Challenge and Al Slop.
NEWSREADER:
And will the proposed phone ban limit your ability to do your job?
YOUTUBE SHORTS:
No.
I'll still be on all school laptops because YouTube is vaguely educational and Google have made me impossible to turn off.
NEWSREADER:
So children are being asked to do their homework on...
...the most advanced distraction machine ever created?
YOUTUBE SHORTS:
Well-
I think a more constructive way to frame that question might be:
Can IShowSpeed jump over a moving Lamborghini?
[The newsreader silently looks at the screen on YOUTUBE SHORTS's front, where a YouTuber jumps over a Lamborghini. This continues for an awkward beat]
NEWSREADER:
Woah.
NEWSREADER [returning to awareness]:
What were we talking about?
YOUTUBE SHORTS [pointing at the next Short which has appeared on its own front]:
Look at this fat dog.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I like the govt's plan to ban smartphones and social media in schools but nobody's mentioned the glaring hole in it
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February 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz353bs
Every accusation is a confession.
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Every accusation is a confession.
In other news, I got my first mozzie bite of the year last night on my knee. In February. THROUGH MY JOGGERS!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
In other news, I got my first mozzie bite of the year last night on my knee. In February. THROUGH MY JOGGERS!!!
I’ll take being beaten by a better team. What I can’t stand is being beaten by cheats #119Charges
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I’ll take being beaten by a better team. What I can’t stand is being beaten by cheats #119Charges
I’ve put the olympics on now as I can’t bear to watch cheats prosper
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I’ve put the olympics on now as I can’t bear to watch cheats prosper