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Lynda Clark
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Writer, reader, gamer. Still mostly bogling to Aswad. https://wouldyouliketochangethedifficultysetting.wordpress.com/
Any pronouns.
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There will be swears.
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When I rounded the corner this morning to find this I thought there had definitely been a murder.
A white temporary structure that closely resembles a coroner's tent pitched across 3 parking spaces in a residential area.
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Always pathologically early to graduation but it does mean I get to chill in the very understated McEwan Hall.
Two arched windows edged with stained glass. A very intricate mosaic floor. A flower display that is literally about five feet tall.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Just realised there's no alt-text in original image, so here ya go:
A picture of Anya Chalotra looking devastatingly beautiful, with the caption "Casting director Sophie Holland says Anya Chalotra's casting as Yennefer of Vengerberg in Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher was intended to "challenge" beauty standards.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Great panel on Collaborative Writing with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social, @davecook.bsky.social and the dynamic duo that is @mkhardywrites.com here at #Cymera
Lindz, Dave, Erin & Morag together on stage beneath a screen with their pictures and the title collaborative writing
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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"Failing to centre funding opportunities on straight white middle/upper class men may reduce likelihood of R&D support from said men". There, fixed your headline Times Education.
Times Education Headline & subheadings: Rise of EDI focus in UKRI grants ‘endangers R&D support’ Increase in projects featuring ‘progressive discourse’ likely to fuel criticism that academia is too left wing, study warns. Published on November 14, 2025 Last updated November 14, 2025 Jack Grove Twitter: @jgro_the
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Yesterday evening, rainbow over Leven and Largo beach.
One end of the rainbow. It's erupting up into the cloudy sky from between houses. Beneath is the beach and my dog, a black and white springer, snuffling right at the end of the rainbow. Is he the pot of gold? Probably not, he's a dickhead. The other end of the rainbow diving down into the sea. The sky is bluer on this side and the beach is stonier.
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Spotted near the Louvre.
It's Assane Diop (a tall black man in a flat cap and trench coat) from the Netflix TV series Lupin standing on a rooftop overlooking Paris.
October 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Today we went to Càrn Asoda. It's bloody steep and the higher we got, the more the mist obscured the views, but still, very pretty.
Driving away from Càrn Asoda. In the distance, the mountains look misty and magical. View from part way up Càrn Asoda. In the foreground, there's lots of rugged grass and Heather which drops away to a silver lake in a valley. As the surrounding mountains stretch into the distance, they grow fainter and fainter until they merge with the heavy white sky.
October 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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It has taken me far too long to buy this and now I finally have it will probably sit in my tbr pile for literal years but I'm glad to have it.
A hand holding a book, which is A Good Year by Polis Loizou. The cover has a turquoise frame around a stylised watercolour of a clawed, hairy hand. A vine loops around its index finger and circles the entire cover. Where the leaves are furthest from the hairy arm, they are green and lush, but the nearer they are to it, the more brown and withered they are.
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Please help keep Bluesky accessible for all, friends! It's really easy! Just choose Settings>Accessibility>Require alt-text & you'll get a reminder to add alt-text to your pictures.
You're all creative folks - describe your images clearly & completely to help screen reader users enjoy your posts.
The menu in bluesky, listing options for Explore, Chat, Notifications, Feeds, Lists, Profile & at the bottom, Settings which I've circled in red and added a big red arrow. The menu that opens when you select Settings, which lists Account, Privacy and Security, Moderation, Notifications, Content and Media, Appearance, Accessibility, Languages, Help and About. I've again circled accessibility in red and added an arrow. The menu that opens when selecting Accessibility listing Alt-text and Haptics. The button "require alt text before posting" has been circled in red with an arrow. There's also an option to display larger alt text badges and to disable haptic feedback.
October 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I'm rewatching Jordan Peele's Us for my vocal disorder project and I don't think I appreciated the beauty of the cinematography first time around. The darkness is so rich and textured, rather than those *very* dark horror films where you can barely see what's going on.
Adelaide, a young black girl, her hair in bunches, wearing an oversized black t-shirt that looks like dress. She's standing on a beach and the sand is dark and the sky is black but our eye is drawn to her because she stands in the centre of two sweeping halves of a roller coaster, illuminated in orange lights in the distance.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Proper Carpenteresque fog here in Leven tonight.
A grassy field. In the distance, smudged light barely visible through thick grey fog, under a heavy greyer sky.
October 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Sulking because he told me the post was here and all he got for his trouble was one tiny treat rather than the chew he feels he deserves.
A black and white springer lying on his bed looking absolutely forlorn.
October 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Yesterday's walk we went to Pittenweem. Possibly my favourite local placename? Although East & West Wemyss are also up there. Phil Jupitus apparently lives here, but I've never seen him.
Lots of red roofed houses lining a harbour, viewed from a hillside. In the foreground, there's foliage and overhead, the clouds are heavy and silver.
September 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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He. Is.
Ocular
Not very jo-cular
He jaunts around in a sheep, watches while you sleep
Planning your demise
Always got a plan
Looking for a man
Don't let him near your eyes!
You'll be ocular
He'll help you be oc-u-lar
The eyeball alien from Alien:Earth. He's basically an eyeball on tentacles who inserts himself into other animals, replacing one of their actual eyes. In this instance, he's in a sheep. You can tell because its left eye is twice the normal size and dripping blood.
September 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Fuck that park and all who walk in her, including me and especially this dickhead.
A black and white springer, unrepentant in a shallower part of the river, drinking water as if nothing happened and everything is chill. My hands, muddied and reddened holding the offending lead. My sleeve is wet. Wonder how that could've happened? My once nice boots, absolutely covered in mud. Leggings splashed with same.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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He doesn't like having the hood up, but other than that, he's into it.
Badger, a black and white spaniel with his paws up on a radiator. He's wearing a black dog coat which has a bat's head as a hood (but is currently rolled down) and blue patterned wings.
September 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Truly words (and my poor images!) cannot do this performance justice. What a privilege to watch Mallika Sarabhai in action. #meccsa2025
Mallika Sarabhai, an Indian woman, performing onstage. A closer shot of Mallika Sarabhai mid performance. She's gesturing and looks powerful.
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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But I *am* wearing my lucky t-shirt, so it's not all bad.
My Narrative Futures t-shirt designed by my cool as heck MSc students.
September 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Today's walk along the beach. The seals were very close in and the guy/gal in the second photo gave me a l'il wave.
Ludin Links beach. The sky is very blue and the sea is darker but still bright. The wet sand looks like a mirror with the sunlit rocks providing a gilt frame. A big grey seal on a rock, coyly raising one flipper.
August 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Seriously though, what a place to live.
Shell Bay beach, the sand rippled by the outgoing tide. The sky is bright blue and in the distance there's a tall and craggy hill.
August 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Today's walk was around the fields and in one of them the farmer had done some baling. Badger decided that the bales were ALIEN LIFEFORMS and definitely EVIL. Barked and growled the whole way round even after I took him up to a couple to sniff to prove they weren't alive. 🙄
An idiot black and white springer spaniel barking madly at a field of hay bales.
August 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I thought this was definitely satire, but after looking into this guy a little more, it seems it could be genuine. Unless he's just REALLY committed to the bit. I hope it's that. The fact I can't tell is why I hate LinkedIn.
Linked in post which reads: "How do you hold a spoon?" I start every interview with this. Most candidates visibly sweat. Only 0.00001% can answer confidently. Spoons are a mirror. They reflect emotional intelligence, resilience, and untapped sales potential. People often ignore this. They focus on 'experience' and 'results:' Think deeper. Every spoon tells a story. A trembling spoon = fear of KPIs. A tight grip = future CEO. Two hands = potential for greatness ;o, next time you interview.: Forget the resume. Forget the experience. Ask about the spoon. Remember you will die.
July 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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I let Badger choose his walking route today and he took us to the park we don't often go to because there are usually too many dogs. (which is not doubt why he picked it). But today it was quiet and the flowers looked lovely and he got to paddle in the river which he was very pleased about.
A very happy looking spaniel sitting on bright green grass in front of a vividly colourful flowerbed with a palm tree as its centrepiece.
July 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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For today's day trip we went to Killiecrankie and very nice it is too.
A black and white springer spaniel in a red harness sitting in front of a waterfall and a river with white water rapids, surrounded by trees. A closer image of the same spaniel, this time side on. He looks very intelligent and gallant despite being a spoiled idiot who went on to try to eat a rotten sheep spine.
July 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM