Samantha's Silver Earrings
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European Union. Never let them tell you it's not British.
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Goodnight from the Dabfoot Distillery, where the new nightwatchman is getting his ghost orientation so he knows not to disturb spectres if they’re rotating barrels. Goodnight from Cathryn Oxby, inadvertently painting pylon prophecies in her sketchbook. Goodnight from Hookland.
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Goodnight from the Dabfoot Distillery, where the new nightwatchman is getting his ghost orientation so he knows not to disturb spectres if they’re rotating barrels. Goodnight from Cathryn Oxby, inadvertently painting pylon prophecies in her sketchbook. Goodnight from Hookland.
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Oh my goodness, I would watch the hell out of this: fingers crossed it heads south! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The Devil’s Den review – folk horror opera with morris dancing and a sinister rabbit is an eccentric delight
Isabella Gellis’s first full-length stage work has the feel of a modern mystery play as it unpacks the legends surrounding an ancient Wiltshire monument
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Oh my goodness, I would watch the hell out of this: fingers crossed it heads south! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Yes. Austerity keeps everybody in their place.
If you see recent British politics as a way to manage unrest generated by austerity without empowering the left, it makes more sense. Brexit becomes an ersatz anti-austerity movement, Bojo an ersatz Corbyn, then Starmer a more desperate stage, having to just block the left bc the £ has run out.
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yes. Austerity keeps everybody in their place.
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He's Glasman's protégé: Glasman, whom Farage introduced to Bannon.
Blueshirt Labour is a Trojan Horse for Bannon, Putin/Dugin & co. It needs to be rooted out.
Blueshirt Labour is a Trojan Horse for Bannon, Putin/Dugin & co. It needs to be rooted out.
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
He's Glasman's protégé: Glasman, whom Farage introduced to Bannon.
Blueshirt Labour is a Trojan Horse for Bannon, Putin/Dugin & co. It needs to be rooted out.
Blueshirt Labour is a Trojan Horse for Bannon, Putin/Dugin & co. It needs to be rooted out.
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www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
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There are many factors at play in how the discourse of UK political governments became detached from (geo)political reality, but a key aspect is in how both Labour and Conservatives came to assert supposed Brexit benefits that much of the rest of the country knows are pure fantasy
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are many factors at play in how the discourse of UK political governments became detached from (geo)political reality, but a key aspect is in how both Labour and Conservatives came to assert supposed Brexit benefits that much of the rest of the country knows are pure fantasy
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Cousin it?-
Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cousin it?-
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November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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You don’t need to steal art from the Getty to have it at home. The museum is giving it away
You don’t need to steal art from the Getty to have it at home. The museum is giving it away
Move over, Louvre heist robbers. Roughly 88,000 Getty artworks can be yours to use however you want.
laist.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
You don’t need to steal art from the Getty to have it at home. The museum is giving it away
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It is madness that unelected Glasman and McSweeney can have any influence over the PM, ministers and policy (same with Cummings, Timothy etc etc) and especially so when linked to the vile and highly dangerous Bannon.
🔴Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...
Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager – one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidantes
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It is madness that unelected Glasman and McSweeney can have any influence over the PM, ministers and policy (same with Cummings, Timothy etc etc) and especially so when linked to the vile and highly dangerous Bannon.
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Day 23 is all about Michael Ondaatje. It’s one gorgeous poem, “The Cinnamon Peeler,” and I share it every April because, well, I think it’s the most gorgeous erotic love poem ever. If you haven’t heard him read it, then search it out on YouTube. He’s brilliant. Always. 🔥❤️
April 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Day 23 is all about Michael Ondaatje. It’s one gorgeous poem, “The Cinnamon Peeler,” and I share it every April because, well, I think it’s the most gorgeous erotic love poem ever. If you haven’t heard him read it, then search it out on YouTube. He’s brilliant. Always. 🔥❤️
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Downing Street ties itself in knots over ‘phantom calls’ * BBC hunts its hunters * Farage toasts Trump at Mar-a-Lago while Jaywick in his constituency tops deprivation list.
Read the stories and analysis from Pecksniff’s Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Read the stories and analysis from Pecksniff’s Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Pecksniff: Coup shock as Starmer bids to become prime minister
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Downing Street ties itself in knots over ‘phantom calls’ * BBC hunts its hunters * Farage toasts Trump at Mar-a-Lago while Jaywick in his constituency tops deprivation list.
Read the stories and analysis from Pecksniff’s Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Read the stories and analysis from Pecksniff’s Diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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The only thing I can offer you on #Bluesky is a distraction from you own sense of impending doom. Think 2025 is a bad year to be alive? Let me remind you of worse (medical) realities from the past. Smallpox! Bubonic Plague! Typhoid! It's all waiting for you on my timeline... 😂
Another mass Twitter exodus! Welcome, followers - old and new.
If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.
From the weird to the wonderful, I'm your gal for all things medical history!
If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.
From the weird to the wonderful, I'm your gal for all things medical history!
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The only thing I can offer you on #Bluesky is a distraction from you own sense of impending doom. Think 2025 is a bad year to be alive? Let me remind you of worse (medical) realities from the past. Smallpox! Bubonic Plague! Typhoid! It's all waiting for you on my timeline... 😂
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November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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"Restoring Order and Control"
The government has now published its policy statement on gov.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The government has now published its policy statement on gov.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Restoring Order and Control"
The government has now published its policy statement on gov.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The government has now published its policy statement on gov.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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"Leaving the ECHR would do nothing to halt small boat crossings, but it would deny British people hard-won rights."
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Leaving the ECHR would do nothing to halt small boat crossings, but it would deny British people hard-won rights."
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
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RNA sequencing revealed which of the woolly mammoth Yuka's genes were active when it died: "In the creature’s final panicked moments, its muscles were tensing and its cells were signaling distress—perhaps unsurprising since Yuka is thought to have died as a result of a cave lion attack." 🧪
World’s oldest RNA extracted from Ice Age woolly mammoth
Sequencing an ancient creature’s RNA opens up a new window into extinct life.
arstechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
RNA sequencing revealed which of the woolly mammoth Yuka's genes were active when it died: "In the creature’s final panicked moments, its muscles were tensing and its cells were signaling distress—perhaps unsurprising since Yuka is thought to have died as a result of a cave lion attack." 🧪
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Opposite of unit is tinu. @themerl.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Opposite of unit is tinu. @themerl.bsky.social
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At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
An Island of Strangers, Led by a Party of Strangers
A Labour government with a historic majority has somehow decided the best way to beat the far right is to imitate its homework. Badly.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At some point we have to stop pretending that Labour’s constant rightward drift is “grown-up politics” and call it out for what it is - governing by flinch.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
And if pointing this out gets me into trouble - then trouble can pull up a chair.
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM