Pete Rutherford
@asneakypete.bsky.social
ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this.
VLADIMIR: That's what you think.
VLADIMIR: That's what you think.
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We don't condone favouritism, but if there was a more exciting bookshop encounter than @witchmountain.bsky.social had today when Bert the tawny owl and his domesticated humans came into the shop for their winter visit, pray do tell.
We wonder what the tawny owls who live across the street thought?
We wonder what the tawny owls who live across the street thought?
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We don't condone favouritism, but if there was a more exciting bookshop encounter than @witchmountain.bsky.social had today when Bert the tawny owl and his domesticated humans came into the shop for their winter visit, pray do tell.
We wonder what the tawny owls who live across the street thought?
We wonder what the tawny owls who live across the street thought?
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Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet, ca. 1497
Engraving. Sheet: 4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in. (10.7 × 8.7 cm) The Metropolitan museum.
The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet, ca. 1497
Engraving. Sheet: 4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in. (10.7 × 8.7 cm) The Metropolitan museum.
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet, ca. 1497
Engraving. Sheet: 4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in. (10.7 × 8.7 cm) The Metropolitan museum.
The Lady on Horseback and the Lansquenet, ca. 1497
Engraving. Sheet: 4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in. (10.7 × 8.7 cm) The Metropolitan museum.
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Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
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Hey Nottingham Forest, why are you giving free tickets to far right bigots?
And why can't Lee Anderson afford to buy his own ticket, the scrounging twat
And why can't Lee Anderson afford to buy his own ticket, the scrounging twat
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hey Nottingham Forest, why are you giving free tickets to far right bigots?
And why can't Lee Anderson afford to buy his own ticket, the scrounging twat
And why can't Lee Anderson afford to buy his own ticket, the scrounging twat
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the day I met a blue whale
photo: Andrew Sutton
photo: Andrew Sutton
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
the day I met a blue whale
photo: Andrew Sutton
photo: Andrew Sutton
We'll get by without you.
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We'll get by without you.
Not quite as evocative as the candled, hollowed out swede at Halloween.
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Not quite as evocative as the candled, hollowed out swede at Halloween.
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Squeezing out some of the last, and best, of the late autumn sunshine in Grasmere.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Squeezing out some of the last, and best, of the late autumn sunshine in Grasmere.
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Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
Love you mate. X
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Love you mate. X
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We welcome the news that Mayors will be empowered to introduce an overnight stay charge to mitigate the impacts of tourism.
Read more here: https://loom.ly/xUWHHbI
#thelakedistrict #budget2025 #visitorlevy
Read more here: https://loom.ly/xUWHHbI
#thelakedistrict #budget2025 #visitorlevy
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We welcome the news that Mayors will be empowered to introduce an overnight stay charge to mitigate the impacts of tourism.
Read more here: https://loom.ly/xUWHHbI
#thelakedistrict #budget2025 #visitorlevy
Read more here: https://loom.ly/xUWHHbI
#thelakedistrict #budget2025 #visitorlevy
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November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Bertie is the very spirit of Christmas chaos
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Bertie is the very spirit of Christmas chaos
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As one of the BBC’s most extraordinary series returns to iPlayer to mark its fortieth anniversary, Jude Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically minded crime thriller
Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
buff.ly/nIF9mdh
Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
buff.ly/nIF9mdh
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
As one of the BBC’s most extraordinary series returns to iPlayer to mark its fortieth anniversary, Jude Rogers speaks to several key members of the team who made the ecologically minded crime thriller
Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
buff.ly/nIF9mdh
Why #EdgeOfDarkness makes so much sense in 2025
buff.ly/nIF9mdh
'I'm in love with a German filmstar
I once saw in a bar'
I once saw in a bar'
#RIP Udo Kier. One of those utterly unique actors who turned the act of ageing itself into a work of art.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'I'm in love with a German filmstar
I once saw in a bar'
I once saw in a bar'
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the moor, revisited
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the moor, revisited
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Had the pleasure this afternoon of listening to an orchestra of 216 Tyneside 10-18 year olds performing two pieces from Bizet’s Carmen, having only rehearsed together for a day, with my daughter somewhere in there on trumpet.
Youth music is amazing and should be supported everywhere.
Youth music is amazing and should be supported everywhere.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Had the pleasure this afternoon of listening to an orchestra of 216 Tyneside 10-18 year olds performing two pieces from Bizet’s Carmen, having only rehearsed together for a day, with my daughter somewhere in there on trumpet.
Youth music is amazing and should be supported everywhere.
Youth music is amazing and should be supported everywhere.
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Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
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Went to see North Shields’ new Mary Ann Macham statue this morning.
I love that she’s looking out to the mouth of the Tyne, signalling Shields’ maritime histories and those who arrived from distant ports.
She clearly echoes too the other ship figureheads in the town, our “wooden dollies”.
I love that she’s looking out to the mouth of the Tyne, signalling Shields’ maritime histories and those who arrived from distant ports.
She clearly echoes too the other ship figureheads in the town, our “wooden dollies”.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Went to see North Shields’ new Mary Ann Macham statue this morning.
I love that she’s looking out to the mouth of the Tyne, signalling Shields’ maritime histories and those who arrived from distant ports.
She clearly echoes too the other ship figureheads in the town, our “wooden dollies”.
I love that she’s looking out to the mouth of the Tyne, signalling Shields’ maritime histories and those who arrived from distant ports.
She clearly echoes too the other ship figureheads in the town, our “wooden dollies”.
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My opinion remains unchanged.
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My opinion remains unchanged.
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My dad John Barkham died recently. I mention it because some conservation scientists on here may have been taught or inspired by him. He inspired me. Thanks so much to everyone who attended or watched his funeral (it's still online) or donated to Norfolk Wildlife Trust 🙏 john-barkham.muchloved.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My dad John Barkham died recently. I mention it because some conservation scientists on here may have been taught or inspired by him. He inspired me. Thanks so much to everyone who attended or watched his funeral (it's still online) or donated to Norfolk Wildlife Trust 🙏 john-barkham.muchloved.com
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Labour MP for Stroud, Simon Opher, says his party should "stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Labour MP for Stroud, Simon Opher, says his party should "stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
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Worth a re-post.
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Worth a re-post.
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.