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polltyler.bsky.social
Poll Tyler
@polltyler.bsky.social
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Cat lackey and welfare rights adviser. Good at hiding and drinking tea.
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#caturday
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Apparently I'm wearing stripes today. #caturday
Mahogany chest of drawers with the bottom drawer open. There are clothes in the drawer and a tabby cat sitting on top of one of the piles of clothes.
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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When you have to put yourself in the naughty corner, because you've been told off for fighting with your sister.
Sheepish looking tabby cat is sitting, loaf like, in the corner of a room with green walls.
August 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
polltyler.bsky.social
#caturday
Black and white cat laying on her side on wooden floorboards. She has a shocked expression and is looking at the fluffy toy mouse and green and purple pompoms placed carefully on her back.
August 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Tried to take a picture of the first rose on my new plant. Got shouted at by the cats for not paying them enough attention.
Small white rose with hints of yellow. Single flower that has just bloomed. Two cats sitting on the grass. The tabby cat glares at the camera because he is not the centre of attention while the black and white cat has taken a break from shouting and is laying down and covered in the grass she has been rolling in.
July 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
polltyler.bsky.social
Melted cat.
Tabby cat stretched out on a bed with a yellow throw. His head and front paws are lolling over the end of the bed, between the bars, in complete exhaustion at having to sleep through the heat of the afternoon.
June 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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When you realise the government has learnt nothing in the last 200 years. #southwellworkhouse #welfarereform
A picture of a descriptive board in Southwell Workhouse detailing what happened to new arrivals to the workhouse. It states "How did it work? If a pauper had no choice but to enter the workhouse, they would go to the gate and ask to be admitted. New arrivals were searched by the master or matron according to their sex. Their clothes and any personal items were removed and kept aside. They had to take a bath and were then given a numbered set of workhouse clothing. They were held in a receiving ward, awaiting assessment by the medical officer, who checked them for disease or vermin before allocating them to a class, according to their age, intellect and state of health. The able-bodied were expected to work, the aged and infirm were not. They joined their ward and clotted into the daily routine. A pauper was allowed to go out to look for work, or could ask to leave for good, giving just a few hours notice. If they came with family members, all had to leave at the same time. Their own clothing was returned. Further descriptive board at Southwell Workhouse. It states "Inmates by choice. This was not a prison. Paupers were not sent to the workhouse. If people asked for help they were offered the workhouse - and then chose to submit themselves for entry. They could also ask to leave at any time. On the other hand the new system cut out-relief - the giving of food and money. The workhouse was provided as the only option. But the systems were inconsistently implemented. Many people, including the elderly, people with disabilities, and children, had no prospect of supporting themselves. This meant they were forced into a system designed as a deterrent to others.
June 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Dug these up from the back garden many years ago and they've been happily sitting in my porch ever since. Until an overenthusiastic milkman took them away. Called #modernmilkman to ask him to bring them back. And he did!
Two quite grubby vintage milk bottles on a table. One has NCS written on it and the other has Netherfield co-op.
June 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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#caturday
Close up of a tabby cat, nose to nose with the camera.
April 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Feeling like I'm in a psych experiment - how long will an entire theatre stare at an empty stage for?
Empty stage at the Theatre Royal Nottingham
April 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Productive day out in London with @gingerbreadcharity.bsky.social today.
Photo of the Shard. Bright blue sky in the background, scaffolding and a red crane to the left and London Bridge station to the right with a long row of arched windows.
April 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Happy #singleparentsday
"You are so great" in coloured letters on a black background.
March 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Just to detract from the sense of impending doom. Here is a random foot. I will be adding it to my collection of random feet found in my garden. #welfarereform
Small white ceramic foot with four toes. Broken from a larger ornament.
March 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Walter on my jammy dodger socks.
March 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Happy #caturday. Going to need a bigger basket.
Black and white cat and a tabby cat squashed into the same basket. The basket has a yellow checked rug in it.
March 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Happy Pi day people! #Piday
Jam tarts with Pi symbols on them. On a plate.
March 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Best book title for #WorldBookDay
Captain Coppernob by Lawrence R Bourne
March 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Quote post with four books that have shaped you. #WorldBookDay
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë The Path Through the Trees by Christopher Milne. Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf by Catherine Storr The Awakening by Kate Chopin
March 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The worst and best of my local graffiti.
Brick wall with Free Englad written on it in white graffiti. Street sign for Elm Avenue with an o graffitied at the end of Elm.
February 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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The main reason I work from home - I get to tuck the cats in for their nap.
Tabby cat tucked under a yellow blanket with sunlight on his face. Black and white cat tucked into a yellow blanket.
February 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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My plan worked. Everything is his now #secretweapon
Tabby cat sitting on a monopoly set.
February 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Teaching him all the rules.
Tabby cat watching a monopoly board intently.
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Forced to have a lie in by my #caturday entourage.
Tabby cat and black and white cat curled up on bed. Owner's feet pinned under covers.
February 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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They spent most of the morning battering each other round the face just to get a reaction. #siblings #FrankieandWalter
One black and white and one tabby cat curled up together in their basket.
January 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM