Jo Owen
@jobloobird.bsky.social
Retired due to Long Covid but still enjoying life in Malvern. Love books, gardening when I can & Birmingham City. Hate whats happening to our rivers & nature in general 🌳🦋🌻
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Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
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Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"
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Who’s going to crack an egg into Bob Mortimer’s bath now? RIP Chris Rea.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Who’s going to crack an egg into Bob Mortimer’s bath now? RIP Chris Rea.
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Spooner's career as a continuity announcer was short-lived
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Spooner's career as a continuity announcer was short-lived
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Since we can't do polls here on bsky, let's try this... If you believe that Donald Trump is guilty of child crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein - repost this.
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Since we can't do polls here on bsky, let's try this... If you believe that Donald Trump is guilty of child crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein - repost this.
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Ukrainian defenders sang Christmas carols beneath the walls of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
As the holidays approach, this is a powerful reminder: no enemy can steal Ukrainian traditions. Thank you to our defenders for this moving performance.
Support the 🇺🇦 military: u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
As the holidays approach, this is a powerful reminder: no enemy can steal Ukrainian traditions. Thank you to our defenders for this moving performance.
Support the 🇺🇦 military: u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
December 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ukrainian defenders sang Christmas carols beneath the walls of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
As the holidays approach, this is a powerful reminder: no enemy can steal Ukrainian traditions. Thank you to our defenders for this moving performance.
Support the 🇺🇦 military: u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
As the holidays approach, this is a powerful reminder: no enemy can steal Ukrainian traditions. Thank you to our defenders for this moving performance.
Support the 🇺🇦 military: u24.gov.ua/donate/defen...
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Tottenham v Liverpool match report (tl;dr version)
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tottenham v Liverpool match report (tl;dr version)
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
Goal.
Frank incensed.
Mirth.
Our Karen won Strictly! Up the Blues 💙💙💙
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Our Karen won Strictly! Up the Blues 💙💙💙
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Oh my god. It’s actually finally happened. Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Oh my god. It’s actually finally happened. Merry Christmas, everyone!
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I am urgently looking for a first-time buyer to chat to me about the state of the mortgage market. What fun! Come on, get in touch - felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk
Shares gratefully received
Shares gratefully received
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I am urgently looking for a first-time buyer to chat to me about the state of the mortgage market. What fun! Come on, get in touch - felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk
Shares gratefully received
Shares gratefully received
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🎬 F I L M P I T C H 🎬
A cyborg from the future is sent back in time armed with games to entertain schoolchildren on the last day of school in…
The EndOfTerminator
A cyborg from the future is sent back in time armed with games to entertain schoolchildren on the last day of school in…
The EndOfTerminator
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🎬 F I L M P I T C H 🎬
A cyborg from the future is sent back in time armed with games to entertain schoolchildren on the last day of school in…
The EndOfTerminator
A cyborg from the future is sent back in time armed with games to entertain schoolchildren on the last day of school in…
The EndOfTerminator
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When you're running the BBC website in 1533
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When you're running the BBC website in 1533
What have we just seen in the darts! Incredible!
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What have we just seen in the darts! Incredible!
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Seen this vibe before...
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Seen this vibe before...
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Come and join us at Imperial College to work a project looking at mechanisms in Long Covid and ME/CFS
We're looking for:
A keen, experienced Research Nurse
A gifted molecular immunologist with a strong bioinformatics background
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
We're looking for:
A keen, experienced Research Nurse
A gifted molecular immunologist with a strong bioinformatics background
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
www.imperial.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Come and join us at Imperial College to work a project looking at mechanisms in Long Covid and ME/CFS
We're looking for:
A keen, experienced Research Nurse
A gifted molecular immunologist with a strong bioinformatics background
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
We're looking for:
A keen, experienced Research Nurse
A gifted molecular immunologist with a strong bioinformatics background
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
www.imperial.ac.uk/.../descript....
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I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
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Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
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I worked at Argos while at sixth form, and a customer once brought in a slice of bread as evidence his toaster wasn't working.
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I worked at Argos while at sixth form, and a customer once brought in a slice of bread as evidence his toaster wasn't working.
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The ravenous, all-consuming narcissism that has rotted the mind of this man requires that every event, every tragedy, every circumstance be ultimately about him. Others in the world do not exist as fully human; they operate only to validate Donald Trump. This is a gross display of mental illness.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were murdered. This is how Trump decided to respond.
December 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The ravenous, all-consuming narcissism that has rotted the mind of this man requires that every event, every tragedy, every circumstance be ultimately about him. Others in the world do not exist as fully human; they operate only to validate Donald Trump. This is a gross display of mental illness.
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Will banning trans people from Labour conferences help literally anybody? No.
Will weakening human rights help literally anybody? No
Will deciding autism isn't really autism help literally anybody? No
Will putting up more flags help literally anybody? No
Yet on it goes. Day after day.
Will weakening human rights help literally anybody? No
Will deciding autism isn't really autism help literally anybody? No
Will putting up more flags help literally anybody? No
Yet on it goes. Day after day.
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Will banning trans people from Labour conferences help literally anybody? No.
Will weakening human rights help literally anybody? No
Will deciding autism isn't really autism help literally anybody? No
Will putting up more flags help literally anybody? No
Yet on it goes. Day after day.
Will weakening human rights help literally anybody? No
Will deciding autism isn't really autism help literally anybody? No
Will putting up more flags help literally anybody? No
Yet on it goes. Day after day.
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Burning wood doesn’t just pollute your home – it also pollutes your local community and harms the health of your neighbours.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning so we can protect the health of everyone in our communities.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning so we can protect the health of everyone in our communities.
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Burning wood doesn’t just pollute your home – it also pollutes your local community and harms the health of your neighbours.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning so we can protect the health of everyone in our communities.
This #CleanAirNight, share the facts about wood burning so we can protect the health of everyone in our communities.
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That news story about yer lad falling off a lamp post he was tying a flag to and dying using lots of euphemisms like 'a character', 'colourful' and 'well-known' when a perfectly-serviceable if robust four letter word was available.
December 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
That news story about yer lad falling off a lamp post he was tying a flag to and dying using lots of euphemisms like 'a character', 'colourful' and 'well-known' when a perfectly-serviceable if robust four letter word was available.
Oh marvellous I've had my Christmas disability bonus from the DWP (all ten pounds of it). What shall I spend it on? 🙄
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Oh marvellous I've had my Christmas disability bonus from the DWP (all ten pounds of it). What shall I spend it on? 🙄
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I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.
Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.