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I live in Norfolk and plan my walks around friendly cats and cups of tea. Avid Archers fan and keen reader. Not great at bios. NCFC #herGameToo Don't always reply to DMs.
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I might take up embroidery again....
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Someone's singing, Lord
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Just hanging out on my tower 🩵
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Still some colour left! 😁
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Because everyone needs a timeline cleanse and look... SHEEP!! 🐑 Also the captions 😂 xxxx
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.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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How lovely are these linoprint cut-outs by my mum, Jo?

I'm sending these out to the next 7 people from Bluesky who subscribe to www.tom-cox.com at the annual Villager or Help The Witch rates. (Which, along with the Yokel one, gives you full access to my writing.)

Let me know below if you do!
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Meet our pets of the week: Riff and Perchik!
Contrarian Pets of the Week
Meet Riff and Perchik!
contrarian.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The things you see on your walks in autumn!
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism 2026 is now open for entries.

Are you trying to make your name in arts journalism? Write a review of any new work in the arts for your chance to win £3000 and publication in the Observer.

Enter now: www.anthonyburgess.org/observeranth...
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Remember remember the 5th of November, which is traditionally the day we put that guy Faulks on top of the Bonfire (of the Vanities) 🔥🎇

#BonfireNight #GuyFawkes
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I have been telling everyone that there no trick ot treating when I was young. In my 1981 diary I mention them turning up and confusing my Dad. I was wrong!
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What's it like in your head?
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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“Of course, nobody believes in ghost stations - not even British Railways in their wildest dreams of economy": further BBC Archive joy just uploaded, or rather melancholy - the last days of operation on a Norfolk branch line & the sense of loss among passengers & staff

youtu.be/uke3Y43F-BQ?...
1969: The Vanishing Railway | Gone Tomorrow | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I was woken up from a lovely sleep Saturday morning by a man who sounded like he was coughing up a furball outside the house.
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Looking for the big hitters of bsky for the UK.

Who can help me get a petition that's currently at 79,000 to 100,000 to get a fair press in the UK.

Anyone, any walk of life, a well known name, a Threads account or reshare yourself.

THANK YOU. ❤️

Petition
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Every year my mom my mom carves a special pumpkin just fur Nash. Here’s this year’s. 🎃
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
QUote of the day is from someone out with their young children. In response to a man who was shouting and swearing very loudly by the Forum they said 'There's a time & a place for that sort of thing.'
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Get the news you can trust, from an eight-foot-tall space alien with a bin for a face. My latest bulletin is out now! Featuring Trump, Strictly, Clippy, Traitors, Caerphilly and more! open.substack.com/pub/countbin...
Count Binface's Newsround
Eat this, John Craven!
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Back from my visit to Chester. I always enjoy a visit to Chester Cathedral to see the hooved Elephant carving.
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Yes, this is me venting.

Yes, this is me hoping a few Bluesky users will subscribe to my newsletter.

But, yes, it's also posted so people are more informed about Substack.

I'd like to see more people - writer & readers - get away from it.

Substack is a capitalist machine. It's not your friend.
THREAD.
Some thoughts on moving a subscriber list away from Substack - for various reasons, some political, some personal, some about not wanting to give part of my income to venture capitalists - and something very very strange (and a little scary) that has happened as a result of it...
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Someone in my train carriage is a member of the Olympic snoring team.
October 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Still incredible.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I witnessed a crime against food earlier, my Mum's friend had a cheese scone with blackcurrant jam and clotted cream.
a stuffed monkey is talking to another stuffed monkey in a tv show
ALT: a stuffed monkey is talking to another stuffed monkey in a tv show
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October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Interesting sign in the bathroom of my Airbnb.
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM