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mark smith
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Still owned by a cat. Graphic designer-ish/illustrator, mainly within the model-hobby industry. Cow-botherer. Somerset badlands, twixt Bridgwater and Glastonbury. Am GCU Grey Area on theafterword.co.uk forum/blog.
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From the instructions of our new Hotpoint cooker, in steam-assisted mode. Ready-made water?
The text reads ‘Refrain from using distilled or filtered water. Use ready-made waters only.’
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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@cultureshipnames.bsky.social Antifa Uniform. GCU?
alexhh.bsky.social Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · Oct 25
Oh no! 😬 🐸🐸
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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@originstorypodcast.bsky.social Listening to Karl Marx - Part One, and am now singing to myself 'Young Hegelians' in A Bowie-esque voice.
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Huge @hookland.bsky.social vibes…
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Sep 12
The phrase “knock on wood” - or “touch wood” in the UK - is an ancient one deriving from the belief that tapping on trees awakes the gods and spirits that reside within them and brings good luck
A fabulous spooky tree I met while on a misty walk on Dartmoor in winter, while writing my novel Villager (2022). https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Villager-by-Tom-Cox/9781800756076
September 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The phrase “knock on wood” - or “touch wood” in the UK - is an ancient one deriving from the belief that tapping on trees awakes the gods and spirits that reside within them and brings good luck
A fabulous spooky tree I met while on a misty walk on Dartmoor in winter, while writing my novel Villager (2022). https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Villager-by-Tom-Cox/9781800756076
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Listening to the latest podcast, and Marie's idea that Dorian became an 'Existential News Reporter'. Dorian-'Dorian' Lynskey, perhaps?
A screengrab from the BBC series 'The Day Today', featuring commentator Jaques-'Jaques' Liverot (played by Patrick Marber).
August 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Scrumps - aka Little Puss, 2007? - 2025. We hope there's cheese in the cat afterlife. Any cheese will do. Oh, and butter...
Our late black and white cat, sitting and staring intently, hopefully and possessively at my cheese on toast, which she guided through the process of it being made, from freezer to small plate.
August 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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@dreadships.bsky.social You just got a name-check on the Tuesday issue of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social podcast.
July 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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@lakesstiles.bsky.social Went to Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary. Loved the donks, but the only photo I took was this gate/stile combo. With a dog hole!
A metal gate, with built-in metal plates at right angles forming a stile. Also incorporating a gap to allow dogs to pass through without having to go over the stile.
July 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Matthew 18.19

At this time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight o'clock.
#lifeofbrian
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Solitary bee, nesting in a Pelargonium in our back yard. She’s bringing privet leaves in, from our hedge.
June 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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@rosamundi.bsky.social The Wellington might have looked like this. If 'T' was the second aircraft in the line, then I think the serial number may have been DF460.
Profile artwork of the port side of a Vickers Wellington III, of 30 OTU at RAF Hixon. It is shown in Dark Earth and Dark Green on the upper surfaces, and black underneath. It carries the squadron codes TN, with the aircraft letter T aft of the roundel. These are in dark red, as is the serial number DF460. On the nose, is artwork of a bugler playing, and the name Top Note Tommy. Artwork is in flat colours. © Mark Smith. 2025.
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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@rosamundi.bsky.social The photo is of 30 OTU Wellingtons, at RAF Hixon. They have the earlier squadron codes of BT & KD. BT-T may have become TN-T. I can’t make out the serial. More in alt, increasingly nerdy…
A photo from the IWM showing 30 Operational Training Unit Vickers Wellingtons, at RAF Hixon, Staffordshire. The nearest air craft is being refuelled by an AEC 6x4 tanker. The aircraft would have been Dark Earth and Dark Green on the upper surfaces, and Night (black) underneath. The large squadron codes and the small serial number were dull red.
June 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Cat: TUNA!
Me: ?
Cat: 1 across!
Me: ?
Cat: 1 across. A nut is haphazardly a fish (4). Tuna.
Our small black and white cat helping with the crosswords. She sits with her legs folded up under her, half on the paper. She doesn’t really like me lying on the floor, and will pester me to sit up.
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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#proofofcat Cat hair in the coffee mug. Cat hair everywhere, bless her.
Looking down into an empty coffee mug, cat hairs stranded on the sides. Beyond the mug, the head of the cat is visible. So much fluff from such a small cat.
April 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Happy St. George’s Day.
Actor George Cole as Arthur Daley, in the tv series Minder. ‘The geezer with the bunny in the trilby hat, Reckons he’s legit, but he ain’t all that, Arthur Daley, a little dodgy maybe, But underneath? He’s alright.’
April 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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@beanygreen.bsky.social Another one seen in the wild…
happytoast.co.uk HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · Apr 13
A whole album? Dear god
It ain't half hot mum album
April 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Just seen a swallow flying around the house. Hurrah!
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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So looking forward to this dropping. Only problem is I don’t think I’ll be able to listen until Monday.
March 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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@cultureshipnames.bsky.social One for you?
March 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Earlier this morning. The cat starts her day as she spent the night. #proofofcat #catwednesday
Our small black and white is stretched out on my chest, me under the duvet, she on top. Her paws and chest are on top of my right hand and arm. Duvet is a flowery print from Ikea, and my partner made matching curtains.
March 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Chocolate pots for afters on the 25th. From ‘Nigella Bites’. @nigella.bsky.social
December 24, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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@quietriotpod.bsky.social I can do a pretty good 'Babs' from League Of Gentlemen, and also Papa Lazarou. Probably best if I only do them on a cooking show...
December 5, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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@quietriotpod.bsky.social My listening habits for the podcast. I listen to both, as streams via Apple podcast app on desktop computer. Usually listen to Sunday on Monday, other on day of release. Think I've listened to them all.
December 2, 2024 at 10:46 AM