Ian D Smith
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Ian D Smith
@iandsmith.bsky.social
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Hobby writer of adult stories, keen photographer, learning the guitar. Family includes two delightful horses and a lively dog. Retired scientist. Live in SW England. Support your choices and lives. No to bitcoin. Rejoiner. Would join Antifa if it existed.
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Katy Leeson @KatyLeeson We NEED to stop glamourising overworking. Please. The absence of sleep, good diet, exercise, relaxation, and time with friends and family isn't something to be applauded. Too many people wear their burnout as a badge of honour. And it needs to change.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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thepoliticschicks A trillion dollars is almost incomprehensible. If you had a trillion dollars and spent a million dollars every day, your money would last you more than 2,700 years. But yeah, it's the immigrants and SNAP recipients that are making your life hard,
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Andrew Parnall @dontbrexitfixit To be fair, Reform voters are a pretty amazing, selfless bunch, for their leader they are prepared to give up their human rights, their worker's rights, accept lower pensions, higher food and energy prices, pay more for less local services etc etc. I'm afraid I can't do that.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Gisele Navarro @ichbinGisele "Al is a direct attack on the way we verify information: Al both creates fake sources and obscures its actual sources. That is the opposite of what librarians do, and teachers do, and scientists do, and experts do."
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Do not seize the day. This will startle the day and may cause it to become aggressive and give you a nasty bite. Instead, approach the day calmly without making eye contact, pet it gently, and slowly enfold it in a careful embrace. If the day shows any signs of resistance to being engaged with, it is likely to turn on you. Back off and return to bed.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Underrated life skil asking for exactly what you want. Most people hint, hope, and wait for others to read their mind. Instead, state your request directly, explain why it matters to you, propose how it benefits them too, and give them an easy out. You'll be shocked how often the answer is yes. The worst they can say is no, which is exactly where you started. People actually respect clarity. Fortune favors the bold, but it adores the specific. @scottdclary
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisoneØverhere Oooh sorry, this weekend's not great for me. Friday I'm busy unclenching my jaw from *last* week, Saturdays are only 45 minutes long, and Sunday I'm totally tied up having a series of panic attacks about *next* week soooo...
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Your impact on other people is bigger than you think. Someone still giggles when they think of that funny thing you said. Someone still smiles when they think of the compliment you gave them. Someone silently admires you. The advice you give has made a difference for people, The support and love you've offered others has made someone's day. Your input and opinions have made someone think twice. You're not insignificant and forgotten. Your existence makes a positive difference, whether you see it or not.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Giselle @gisellestace4 Not gonna lie, when I was younger I always thought adults were being dramatic when they said "If it's not one thing it's another" but now as an adult I can confirm without hesitation that if it's not one thing it's another.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish Instead of waking up in the morning thinking "oh no, here we go again" I decided to start thinking "marvellous, another day to enjoy!" But being British, I can't help sounding sarcastic even in my own head, so it hasn't helped at all.
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Shoutout to everyone who hasn't felt okay lately, but you get up every day and refuse to quit. Stay strong
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Matt Haig @matthaig1 Got called 'gay' at school for liking books. A 'big girl's blouse' by a teacher for not liking Rugby. A coward for not wanting a fight Mocked as a 'girl' for wearing a yellow jacket. Told to be a man when nervous. The pressure boys feel to be unfeeling morons is intense. Resist.
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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#photography #leaves #autumn #fall

The November image from my own 2025 photo calendar.
Close-up photo of autumn leaves on the ground, from a variety of trees
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Simon Holland @simoncholland You know how pantry shelves are a certain size? What if we make our family size boxes just a little bigger than that. Cereal Executive: First of all, I love it..
November 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A Brian Bilston poem for Halloween....
Come, take this hand in yours Come, take this hand in yours - bury it beneath the trees, while I go and get the rest of him out of the deep freeze. Brian Bilston
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Controlling my mouth is the easy part. It's the subtitles on my face that's the problem.
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisoneOverhere The thing they don't tell you about getting older is that staying up really really late one night can ruin your entire month
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Society sold you a linear path: school, job, family, retirement. But that path was designed for an industrial era that no longer exists. You're following a map to a destination that's obsolete. Stop following the old map. Draw a new one. The old path leads nowhere you actually want to go. @scottdclary
October 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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The Heebie Bee Gees He danced like a man possessed one fevered Saturday night. He gave me the heebie bee gees so I left the floor in fright. Some blamed it on the Boogieman but it was a John Travoltageist Brian Bilston
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The cheat code nobody talks about: Being reliable. Answer emails quickly. Show up on time. Do what you said. Keep small promises. Remember details. In a world where everyone is flaky, reliability looks like genius. It's not talent. It's just doing what you said you'd do when you said you'd do it.
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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simoncholland I should put a bowl of this Halloween candy in my office in case anyone wants some. -Me, working from home. Alone,
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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The people who say you can't and you won't are usually the ones scared that you will.
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Fuck your mood. Seriously. You're not your feelings. You're not your fear, your tiredness, or your anxiety. Get up. Put your phone down. Do the work. Do it scared. Do it tired. Do it messy. Do it wrong. Do it anyway. Because waiting to feel ready is just another excuse, another way to stall.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM