Victoria Redfern
@victoriaredfern.bsky.social
Current location: St. Leonards-on-Sea, England
'You're one of us now.' - Doug Anthony All-Stars.
Made in Scotland from girders.
Any pronouns. Gender is a spectrum.
https://toriaredfern.wordpress.com
(photo: me & Foz Foster @ the 100 Club by Isabelle Adam)
'You're one of us now.' - Doug Anthony All-Stars.
Made in Scotland from girders.
Any pronouns. Gender is a spectrum.
https://toriaredfern.wordpress.com
(photo: me & Foz Foster @ the 100 Club by Isabelle Adam)
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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A big shout for fans of very funny comedy.
And fans of the classic BBC comedy Still Game.
They are making graphic novels of each season. Great books.
(I might be working on the 3rd book too)
Ask your local bookshop to get them
or www.officialstillgame.com/collections/...
or Jam can order too!
And fans of the classic BBC comedy Still Game.
They are making graphic novels of each season. Great books.
(I might be working on the 3rd book too)
Ask your local bookshop to get them
or www.officialstillgame.com/collections/...
or Jam can order too!
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A big shout for fans of very funny comedy.
And fans of the classic BBC comedy Still Game.
They are making graphic novels of each season. Great books.
(I might be working on the 3rd book too)
Ask your local bookshop to get them
or www.officialstillgame.com/collections/...
or Jam can order too!
And fans of the classic BBC comedy Still Game.
They are making graphic novels of each season. Great books.
(I might be working on the 3rd book too)
Ask your local bookshop to get them
or www.officialstillgame.com/collections/...
or Jam can order too!
The weather outside is downright Cornish. Went outside without my glasses, as I can see better without them than with them covered in drizzle. Normally only do that riding a bike. It's now so dark I need to put the lights on.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The weather outside is downright Cornish. Went outside without my glasses, as I can see better without them than with them covered in drizzle. Normally only do that riding a bike. It's now so dark I need to put the lights on.
I am currently being very distressed by YouTube videos of jammy 'influencers' getting to travel on the Orient Express and the Royal Scotsman and NOT EVEN WEARING A TIE AT DINNER.
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am currently being very distressed by YouTube videos of jammy 'influencers' getting to travel on the Orient Express and the Royal Scotsman and NOT EVEN WEARING A TIE AT DINNER.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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#ACMS
📆 Monday 1st December
🏰 The Phoenix
🎟️ £10 online from wegottickets.com/event/682752/
😻 hosted by @tombellforever.bsky.social (with @turlygod.bsky.social too, Swindon permitting), plus @jonathanoldfield.bsky.social, @vixleyton.bsky.social AND MORE
🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk
📆 Monday 1st December
🏰 The Phoenix
🎟️ £10 online from wegottickets.com/event/682752/
😻 hosted by @tombellforever.bsky.social (with @turlygod.bsky.social too, Swindon permitting), plus @jonathanoldfield.bsky.social, @vixleyton.bsky.social AND MORE
🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#ACMS
📆 Monday 1st December
🏰 The Phoenix
🎟️ £10 online from wegottickets.com/event/682752/
😻 hosted by @tombellforever.bsky.social (with @turlygod.bsky.social too, Swindon permitting), plus @jonathanoldfield.bsky.social, @vixleyton.bsky.social AND MORE
🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk
📆 Monday 1st December
🏰 The Phoenix
🎟️ £10 online from wegottickets.com/event/682752/
😻 hosted by @tombellforever.bsky.social (with @turlygod.bsky.social too, Swindon permitting), plus @jonathanoldfield.bsky.social, @vixleyton.bsky.social AND MORE
🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk
This is also a pretty good invocation of mid-1980s Midlands.
The colour palette of this photo perfectly encapsulates my Leeds childhood
Leeds — Peter Mitchell, 1980s
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is also a pretty good invocation of mid-1980s Midlands.
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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The colour palette of this photo perfectly encapsulates my Leeds childhood
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The colour palette of this photo perfectly encapsulates my Leeds childhood
That this whole thing is hideous has been very off-putting, obviously. But I steeled myself to read this and it is, indeed, unlike the nauseating output of Nuzzi and RFK, very entertainingly written.
I know everyone's already said it but this is absolutely outstanding.
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
That this whole thing is hideous has been very off-putting, obviously. But I steeled myself to read this and it is, indeed, unlike the nauseating output of Nuzzi and RFK, very entertainingly written.
It is NOT Black Friday, there is no such thing in this country, but the lights are going up, the B&Q sheds selling German sausage are being assembled and Noddy Holder is gargling, so it IS time to think about presents. Might I suggest this delightful tome? poniesandhorsesbooks.com/product/dick...
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It is NOT Black Friday, there is no such thing in this country, but the lights are going up, the B&Q sheds selling German sausage are being assembled and Noddy Holder is gargling, so it IS time to think about presents. Might I suggest this delightful tome? poniesandhorsesbooks.com/product/dick...
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I'm going with either the Ark of the Covenant or a Betamax VCR.
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I'm going with either the Ark of the Covenant or a Betamax VCR.
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Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
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This will give people of a certain age some very specific feels…
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This will give people of a certain age some very specific feels…
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Just published a book.
Think it's good.
People say it is.
But really need to sell more copies.
Please grab one. Cheap!
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com/product/vint...
Think it's good.
People say it is.
But really need to sell more copies.
Please grab one. Cheap!
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com/product/vint...
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Just published a book.
Think it's good.
People say it is.
But really need to sell more copies.
Please grab one. Cheap!
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com/product/vint...
Think it's good.
People say it is.
But really need to sell more copies.
Please grab one. Cheap!
davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com/product/vint...
I did not know this. Am I the only British person who didn't get the memo that 'smörgåsbord' means 'underwhelming' now? Did you all have a really bad experience with rollmop herrings or something?
Thanks, this actually made me laugh. But I think in British use has corrupted it, and it has come to mean a collection of small / moderate items that add up to be incoherent or underwhelming. Sorry Sweden!
ot.it
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I did not know this. Am I the only British person who didn't get the memo that 'smörgåsbord' means 'underwhelming' now? Did you all have a really bad experience with rollmop herrings or something?
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Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
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Update: just heard on the guardian politics podcast that ‘smörgåsbord is probably the wrong word cause it’s not very Christmassy’ which begs the question WHAT DO BRITISH PEOPLE THINK THIS WORD MEANS???
Everyone in British political punditry has decided to use the word smörgåsbord a lot lately and, given that it’s a word that includes two vowels that don’t exist in the English language, I find it a poor choice.
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Update: just heard on the guardian politics podcast that ‘smörgåsbord is probably the wrong word cause it’s not very Christmassy’ which begs the question WHAT DO BRITISH PEOPLE THINK THIS WORD MEANS???
I am having another fantastically tired morning where I still can't see properly.
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I am having another fantastically tired morning where I still can't see properly.
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All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Volunteers created blankets for elephants during a cold spell in Myanmar, Winga Baw Elephant camp #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Volunteers created blankets for elephants during a cold spell in Myanmar, Winga Baw Elephant camp #WomensArt
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
In more accent fun, the only thing I can say in a Newcastle accent is 'Jean-Paul Gaultier's inkjet printer' (thank you, Isabelle Adam).
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In more accent fun, the only thing I can say in a Newcastle accent is 'Jean-Paul Gaultier's inkjet printer' (thank you, Isabelle Adam).
I was once offered a 'complimentary Nutrigrain bar' on a Virgin train to Birmingham and I now +can only+ hear that in my head in that accent.
Were Kelloggs Nutrigrain bars always so claggy
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I was once offered a 'complimentary Nutrigrain bar' on a Virgin train to Birmingham and I now +can only+ hear that in my head in that accent.