Mo
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It's me, Mo McFarland Photography, books, music, films, history and random stuff.
Are these my ultimate pyjamas?
Is this my final dressing gown?
I’m sending on this rhyme deep in injury time
When the evening sun goes down
Are these my ultimate pyjamas?
Is this my final dressing gown?
I’m sending on this rhyme deep in injury time
When the evening sun goes down
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Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Did you know, it’s 30 years to the day since the Financial Times killed one of Britain’s finest poets? They didn’t mean to. It’s just that Gavin Ewart was 79, and – according to legend – the day before they’d bought him a lunch that involved enough booze to fell an ox 🧵
Mongolia was such an adventure.
July 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Mongolia was such an adventure.
Pulp at the O2 were fantastic.
June 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pulp at the O2 were fantastic.
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God Only Knows (Remastered 1996)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I only know what I'd do without Brian Wilson.
June 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I only know what I'd do without Brian Wilson.
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SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
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“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
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You know what's more disturbing than starting a trade war with penguins?
The very real likelihood that the penguins are going to win.
The very real likelihood that the penguins are going to win.
Donald Trump just put a 10 percent tariff on the Heard Island and McDonald, which has a population of zero people and is inhabited only by penguins.
April 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
You know what's more disturbing than starting a trade war with penguins?
The very real likelihood that the penguins are going to win.
The very real likelihood that the penguins are going to win.
Great original caption here from 1934 "A dress shirt of rather startling appearance at the Men's Wear Exhibition at Dorland Hall, Lower Regent Street" I wonder what colour the "startling" shirt was. I imagine that Bertie would have worn this and Jeeves would have disapproved! #jeeves #wodehouse
February 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Great original caption here from 1934 "A dress shirt of rather startling appearance at the Men's Wear Exhibition at Dorland Hall, Lower Regent Street" I wonder what colour the "startling" shirt was. I imagine that Bertie would have worn this and Jeeves would have disapproved! #jeeves #wodehouse
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If #bluesky is an echo chamber, then let it be filled with the weirdest, nerdiest content!
The mummified hand of an executed criminal holding a candle made from human fat was once believed to render a person who carried it invisible. It was called the “Hand of Glory.” This one's from Whitby Museum.
The mummified hand of an executed criminal holding a candle made from human fat was once believed to render a person who carried it invisible. It was called the “Hand of Glory.” This one's from Whitby Museum.
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 PM
If #bluesky is an echo chamber, then let it be filled with the weirdest, nerdiest content!
The mummified hand of an executed criminal holding a candle made from human fat was once believed to render a person who carried it invisible. It was called the “Hand of Glory.” This one's from Whitby Museum.
The mummified hand of an executed criminal holding a candle made from human fat was once believed to render a person who carried it invisible. It was called the “Hand of Glory.” This one's from Whitby Museum.
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Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.
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Read the article. Jeebus.
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" to scrub websites under its control
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www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
February 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Read the article. Jeebus.
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Lovely encounter just now on the train. I was reading my book and a guy asked me what I was reading so showed him, ( richard russo the risk pool) He was reading a good man in Africa by William Boyd, and we started talking about that and other books
January 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lovely encounter just now on the train. I was reading my book and a guy asked me what I was reading so showed him, ( richard russo the risk pool) He was reading a good man in Africa by William Boyd, and we started talking about that and other books
Battersea Power Stations under construction in 1932 This picture shows part of the switching apparatus. Quite a mysterious image
January 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Battersea Power Stations under construction in 1932 This picture shows part of the switching apparatus. Quite a mysterious image
I love this picture from 1925 - this young woman with short cropped hair and wearing a suit looks so modern
January 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I love this picture from 1925 - this young woman with short cropped hair and wearing a suit looks so modern
Icy patterns this morning
January 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Icy patterns this morning
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President Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100. He was a symbol of what is best about America: kindness, compassion, duty and service. He will be missed, most of all by those who long for a return of that kind of country, led by a man with such strength of character.
December 29, 2024 at 9:15 PM
President Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100. He was a symbol of what is best about America: kindness, compassion, duty and service. He will be missed, most of all by those who long for a return of that kind of country, led by a man with such strength of character.
Great to see the legenday David Gedge from The Wedding Present perform an acoustic set with Rachel Wood at Kingston. His answers to the audience questio ns were very funny. Another great gig from Banquet records. Support from Pete Astor was excellent too
December 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Great to see the legenday David Gedge from The Wedding Present perform an acoustic set with Rachel Wood at Kingston. His answers to the audience questio ns were very funny. Another great gig from Banquet records. Support from Pete Astor was excellent too
Battersea Power Station with added Wallace and Grommet
December 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Battersea Power Station with added Wallace and Grommet
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Chat GPT may yet have its uses, but, speaking as a historian interested in how young people learn about the past, it utterly terrifies me. It is a bespoke garbage howitzer
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Chat GPT may yet have its uses, but, speaking as a historian interested in how young people learn about the past, it utterly terrifies me. It is a bespoke garbage howitzer
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People SERIOUSLY need to stop using neurodivergence as an excuse for being a cunt. It's grotesque.
December 8, 2024 at 7:29 PM
People SERIOUSLY need to stop using neurodivergence as an excuse for being a cunt. It's grotesque.
Munchmallow advert from 1953. I think I vaguely remember these. Were they the precursors to tunnocks tea cakes, or were they a rival?
December 5, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Munchmallow advert from 1953. I think I vaguely remember these. Were they the precursors to tunnocks tea cakes, or were they a rival?
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"If you ever want to see your Christmas presents again, leave £1million in non-sequential notes in a holdall at the edge of the woods. Don't try to trace this call".
December 2, 2024 at 12:21 PM
"If you ever want to see your Christmas presents again, leave £1million in non-sequential notes in a holdall at the edge of the woods. Don't try to trace this call".
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A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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November 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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