Sonya
@sonyam.bsky.social
Love cats, wine, books & old things. Cotswolds via Vancouver, Toronto, San Francisco, Amsterdam & London.
Wowsa Paris traffic. Took me €10 just to leave Gare du Nord.
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wowsa Paris traffic. Took me €10 just to leave Gare du Nord.
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happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now
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Night Snow
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Night Snow
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Skye & Jonny were here for the weekend, so had some snuggles with Theo (pictured) & Archie (dislikes having his pic taken)
#proofofcat
#proofofcat
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Skye & Jonny were here for the weekend, so had some snuggles with Theo (pictured) & Archie (dislikes having his pic taken)
#proofofcat
#proofofcat
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A Northern Night
Franz Johnston
1917
Franz Johnston
1917
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A Northern Night
Franz Johnston
1917
Franz Johnston
1917
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This is actually a fantastic question. It’s always been my interpretation that Canadians tend to actually mean it to varying levels, whereas for Brits, it’s basically a filler word, and you convey your actual meaning via tone. Happy to hear from Canadians tho
Would LOVE to know how parallel British and Canadian "sorries" are/are not. Huge range of meaning, given context of the "apology".
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is actually a fantastic question. It’s always been my interpretation that Canadians tend to actually mean it to varying levels, whereas for Brits, it’s basically a filler word, and you convey your actual meaning via tone. Happy to hear from Canadians tho
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
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a lovely thread. a really good live theatrical effect has a magic that cinema just can't reproduce
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
a lovely thread. a really good live theatrical effect has a magic that cinema just can't reproduce
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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RIP Tom Stoppard who did so much incredible work, not least writing every single line of dialogue in Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard who did so much incredible work, not least writing every single line of dialogue in Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.
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RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
[FREE TO READ] Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
You know you live in the Cotswolds when the tyre garage has Horse & Hounds in the waiting area.
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You know you live in the Cotswolds when the tyre garage has Horse & Hounds in the waiting area.
This is startlingly accurate.
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is startlingly accurate.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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Cats often wandered across early medieval manuscripts, sometimes leaving inky pawprints, as in a Croatian example. One Dutch monk even noted a cat had peed on his page, adding: “Cursed be that wretched cat.”
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Cats often wandered across early medieval manuscripts, sometimes leaving inky pawprints, as in a Croatian example. One Dutch monk even noted a cat had peed on his page, adding: “Cursed be that wretched cat.”
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They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Charles Island, BC
Toni Onley
1980
Toni Onley
1980
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Charles Island, BC
Toni Onley
1980
Toni Onley
1980
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big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
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It remains very fun that the guy from the O.C. and Gotham became one of the biggest and most clearly spoken critics of crypto and is just chilling in the replies dropping the same gifs we would
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It remains very fun that the guy from the O.C. and Gotham became one of the biggest and most clearly spoken critics of crypto and is just chilling in the replies dropping the same gifs we would
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So my friend runs an estate sale company, and is finalizing the Harvey Glatt estate. Harvey was a Canadian music giant for 50 years. He first brought Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen to Ottawa in the 1960s. He worked with Jonny Cash’s manager
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So my friend runs an estate sale company, and is finalizing the Harvey Glatt estate. Harvey was a Canadian music giant for 50 years. He first brought Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen to Ottawa in the 1960s. He worked with Jonny Cash’s manager