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Gee
@geebone.bsky.social
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Retired, avid reader, grey haired with a streak of colour that changes with the seasons. Hat wearer a fedora or trilby usually. Long time player of DND. Loves a good puzzle and appalling puns.
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This is not a scam. This is a genuine appeal on behalf of desperate people. Please help if you can.
sirbenfro.bsky.social James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social · Aug 28
My brother and sister-in-law have been raising funds to help Layla Mohammed and her family escape the hell in Gaza. I know times are tight for everyone, but if you can spare anything, even a repost, it is much appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/layla-moha...
Donate to Help Layla Mohammed and her family leave Gaza, organized by Peter and Alice Oswald
Hi our names are Peter Oswald and Alice Oswald, from Britain. … Peter and Alice Oswald needs your support for Help Layla Mohammed and her family leave Gaza
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August 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
geebone.bsky.social
View from new apartment
March 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
geebone.bsky.social
Well, Shin and I now settled in our new apartment. I am distracted constantly by the view of the Pennines as the Sun and clouds move across the landscape.
March 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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@serenitybookshop.bsky.social well done on the shortlist for Bookshop Awards! You deserve it for your hard work. Revel in the recognition
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February 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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The second coming of 'Yosser' is looming on the horizon,
February 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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To preserve my sanity I have avoided all news broadcasts today and lose myself in a nice cosy [thanks going to Anthony Johnston] I may read another tomorrow as I continue to avoid the news. I will continue Mental Health reading for the foreseeable
January 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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January 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Enjoy yourselves, be Kind, read and write lots and see you at one of the festivals in2025!!
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December 31, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Please add your voice so I can shout louder by reading and sharing this: www.lep.co.uk/news/im-an-a...
I'm an award-winning author - now I'm fighting for life-saving treatment
Acclaimed crime novelist Christie Newport has triumphed over adversity to realise her dream - but is now facing a life-threatening battle due to the withdrawal of a vital treatment.
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December 28, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Powerful open letter, signed by 30 of the UK’s leading journalists, on leaving X.

“…it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion…we encourage other UK journalists to join.”
Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists As UK journalists, we have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse. Unfortunately that well is now poisoned. All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022. Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system. We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself. And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere. Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it. After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process. But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting. Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X. And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work. We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that …
November 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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OOOH this looks like a nice place, room for a crime reading unorthodox retiree?
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November 18, 2024 at 3:48 PM