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Linda
@lindawhisky.bsky.social
Interests include art,gardens/gardening,medicine,science,history and general ’stuff’.
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Now I’ve got a new boiler … I’ve got to pay for it… I’ve worked out that I need to sell:

23 cat sofas or
80 foot stools or
199 lap mats

You know what to do.. craftysharp.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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THREAD.

3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Christmas ephemera originals from the 1940s, 1950s and 1970s.
www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/...
Shipping worldwide.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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New @pnas.org
"This work represents the most extensive study to
date regarding the effect of tattoo ink on the immune response and raises serious health concerns associated with the tattooing" including reduced response to Covid vaccination
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination | PNAS
Despite safety concerns regarding the toxicity of tattoo ink, no studies have reported the consequences of tattooing on the immune response. In thi...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I'm definitely here for shameless self-promotion @jeremyjenkins.net. As my friend @laurahallain.bsky.social always reminds me, 'it ain't boasting if you can back it up'.
A tiny bit of shameless self-promotion because the gifting season is creeping up on us. If you’re after something delicious, handcrafted, and ethical, my chocolate boxes, bars, and treats make really lovely gifts. Treat yourself, treat someone else, or both, I won’t judge! Reshares appreciated! 🍫✨
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The blanket Gill made for me is one of my favourite things. 😍
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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MORNING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS WITH SUPERB TASTE! PLEASE SHARE AND HAVE A LOOK AROUND @gailmyerscough.co.uk’s AMAZING ONLINE SHOP
Buying #Christmas cards or presents?

Shop with small independents (like me) instead of the big high street names.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Are you a small business? Reply with your link. Let's support each other this Christmas.
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.

(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).

www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Please support Kitmas if you can, a cause close to my heart. They buy football shirts for kids whose families can’t afford to: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kitmas-2025
Kitmas '25: the gift of football
Kitmas hopes to brighten the Christmas of many children in the UK, distributing football shirts to kids who may not otherwise receive gifts.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Shortly to start: Captain Dan’s laundry service for homeless and/or destitute asylum seekers and refugees.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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One for you Bob....
@bobfry.bsky.social
A selection of more than 100 varieties of apple grown at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, in Norfolk, displayed and labelled for its annual Apple Day.
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Ich have lookid at lyfe from both sydes now
From wynne and lose and yet somehow
It ys lyfes illusiouns Ich recall
Ich trewelye knowe not lyfe at all
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.

Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Two hospitals, the Freeman in Newcastle and Harefield in London whose leading cardiologists were paid consultants for the Medtronic device's manufacturer, continued to use that heart pump device for years after it was known the device performed badly v Abbott device

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients' deaths - but they kept using it
Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Some images of Salisbury's Peace Parade 1919, held to celebrate the end of WWI. We'll be looking at celebrations, carnivals, parades, pantos and Christmas in our next history coffee club salisburyhealthcarehistory.uk/event/histor...
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down.
He’s struggling to find any work at the moment.
He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more…

If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Thank you
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Ive just signed & donated to this petition re #COVID19Vaccines
c.org/QGjxhrxNrV
Sign the Petition
Make COVID-19 Vaccines Universally Available in the UK - Free of Charge
c.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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On his exile to Elba, Napoleon vowed he’d return to Paris the next year, just as his favourite flower, the violet, did each spring. Here, Jean Canu celebrated that return in March 1815 by hiding silhouettes of Napoleon, his son & 2nd wife Marie Louise in bunch of violets (clues at R)
October 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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My Etsy shop is very quiet for the time of year and it's making me a bit jittery! Do you fancy popping over and having a little look around? Who knows, it might trick the algorithms into making it more visible?! 🤔

Thank you! 😘
www.etsy.com/shop/SarahRo...
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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This thread is adapted from my substack "Heist of the century - could a simple maths problem have foiled the Louvre robbery?"
Please check it out.
open.substack.com/pu...
9/9
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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The worst kept secret is that in the new year, I’m (*very likely) leaving Public Health Wales for a different job (I’ll still be a consultant clinical scientist in virology) If there are clinical virologists looking for a job and Wales is on your list, please keep this in mind (*Pending paperwork)
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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So what did you get your cat for #NationalCatDay… it’s not too late to treat your favourite feline to a lap mat or even a cat sofa! All at sale prices! craftysharp.etsy.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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higgledygarden.com/2025/10/25/s...
Sweet peas in storage boxes. The Higgledy ‘no faff’ method.
(Autumn sowing version)
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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£155...
DUTCH AUCTION in support of salivaryglandcancer.uk

In my shop, this piece is priced at £165. At noon every day (BST) the price drops by £10, until it sells.

First DM gets it. UK shipping only.

Half of what you pay will go to SGC UK.

Please repost for widest coverage. Thank you :)
October 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM