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James Bell
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Overthinking folk singer and general Mr Fancypants. Lots of thoughts on serious issues but will try to avoid typing more than 0.5% of them. I came here to hi ho and fiddle de dee. And I'm all out of fiddle de dee. (He/him.)
Pinned
Where my head's at right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_J1...
How to make Art in a Dictatorship
YouTube video by James Bell
www.youtube.com
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This might be the most Oxford thing I've ever seen.
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop
Come and sing the melodious hymns and lyrics written by Mesomedes, Athenaios, and Seikilos!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is the way to do politics in 2025.
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.

Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Oxford is ranked 10th in the ‘best places in the UK for winter adventures', according to analysis by Go Outdoors, who shut their store in Oxford a year ago.
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk/winter-adven...
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Happy misinformation Friday everyone
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is not a drill: MOLLY TUTTLE ALERT youtu.be/2Z2-eKkbBPk?... @mollytuttlemusic.com
Molly Tuttle - Thriller (Live From Hulaween)
YouTube video by Molly Tuttle
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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At the
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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a “Space Force”, if you will
we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Make it a video game.
Motorists have been told to avoid travelling north on the A9 at Dunblane due to 'chickens all over the place'
A9 closed due to 'chickens all over the place' as motorists told to avoid area
www.thenational.scot
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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There’s a simple solution here: James Bond in Hell. He has sex with the Devil’s wife, kills the Devil by kicking him out of a helicopter, etc.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Now that you’re famous, @jaffa.bsky.social, are you going to remember your friends?
I'm looking forward to seeing Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail at the Oxford Playhouse on Friday... esp cos it reminds me of my all-time-favourite Wassail, which local residents did to the LTN bollards.

🎶 "Our bollard is made out of some sort of tree..." 🎶

oxfordclarion.uk/here-we-go-a...
Here we go a-bollarding
Active travel enthusiasts gathered in East Oxford on Saturday to ‘wassail’ the low traffic neighbourhood bollards across St. Mary’s and wish them good fortune in the coming year. Clad in a mix of hi-...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Oxfordshire County Council has clarified that the Ghostbusters hearse would not be exempt from the city’s Congestion Charge. A spokesperson told us “It’s not as simple as buying a hearse. In order to qualify for a permit, you must also be a funeral care business.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Holy shit this is amazing
Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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People in movies don’t say thank you enough
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Modern Life (digital, 2025)
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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FIFA has the chance to do the funniest thing. Just give it to Obama.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Going to write an "End Of The World As We Know It" style list song based on this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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If there's a movie about this New York City election, Jeremy Strong should play Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM