Pollyaula
@pollyaula.bsky.social
Boardgames, dolls houses, writing, art, random stuff. Likes puns. I use a photo from a museum back room as my header as it's a bit like how my brain works. In the UK.
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
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It’s SNOWING!!! ❄️
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s SNOWING!!! ❄️
Lord Dubs knows it's wrong www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs
Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Lord Dubs knows it's wrong www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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You are building a guild hall in 1357.
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You are building a guild hall in 1357.
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
What materials are you going to need?
60 trees from Bolton Percy for 27s. 6d., 100 oaks from Thorpe Underwood for £21, 14 tons of stone from Tadcaster and 20,000 bricks for £6 from the Carmelite Friars of York.
That should keep you going!
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a cold frost
charging the car
in the middle of the night
who’s this little dancer
come dancing to my door?
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#written #at #the #service #station @gavinwade.bsky.social #billyidol #tanka #micropoetry
🥶
a cold frost
charging the car
in the middle of the night
who’s this little dancer
come dancing to my door?
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#written #at #the #service #station @gavinwade.bsky.social #billyidol #tanka #micropoetry
🥶
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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a cold frost
charging the car
in the middle of the night
who’s this little dancer
come dancing to my door?
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#written #at #the #service #station @gavinwade.bsky.social #billyidol #tanka #micropoetry
🥶
a cold frost
charging the car
in the middle of the night
who’s this little dancer
come dancing to my door?
.
#haiku #tanskenga
@littleonion.bsky.social
#written #at #the #service #station @gavinwade.bsky.social #billyidol #tanka #micropoetry
🥶
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Right @mbalazo.bsky.social has informed me that in his hometown there's an English-themed pub called Bollocks. This would be like someone here opening a US-style diner and calling it Jerking Off or something.
bollockspub.com
bollockspub.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Right @mbalazo.bsky.social has informed me that in his hometown there's an English-themed pub called Bollocks. This would be like someone here opening a US-style diner and calling it Jerking Off or something.
bollockspub.com
bollockspub.com
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we're all very tired, and apparently nobody anywhere gives a shit about anything any more
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
we're all very tired, and apparently nobody anywhere gives a shit about anything any more
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Eleanora of Toledo in a glorious dress, with her son Giovanni de’ Medici. Painted in 1544, by Agnolo Bronzino. He was born OTD in 1503, in Florence.
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Eleanora of Toledo in a glorious dress, with her son Giovanni de’ Medici. Painted in 1544, by Agnolo Bronzino. He was born OTD in 1503, in Florence.
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’ | Russell Tovey | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’
One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a geek
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’ | Russell Tovey | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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Goodnight from Tony Wrox, realising that stealing an item labelled ‘The Ghost Child’s mirror’ from the Crowhythe Museum of Curiosities was always going to be a mistake. Goodnight from Bethany Butterfield, eager for morning and its possibility of frost lace divinations. Goodnight from Hookland.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Goodnight from Tony Wrox, realising that stealing an item labelled ‘The Ghost Child’s mirror’ from the Crowhythe Museum of Curiosities was always going to be a mistake. Goodnight from Bethany Butterfield, eager for morning and its possibility of frost lace divinations. Goodnight from Hookland.
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"And lo, God did order Isaac to place his burning baby on the floor, and go make dinner"
The Old Testament God in the Bible is actually just a girl in her room playing the Sims where no one can see
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"And lo, God did order Isaac to place his burning baby on the floor, and go make dinner"
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In chapter one of my novel Villager, I described a fictional painting, painted 60+ years ago by a forgotten painter: a psychedelic swirl of moorland landscape, which later became the cover of a fictional psych-folk LP.
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In chapter one of my novel Villager, I described a fictional painting, painted 60+ years ago by a forgotten painter: a psychedelic swirl of moorland landscape, which later became the cover of a fictional psych-folk LP.
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
"Do you fancy having a go at painting this?" I asked my mum.
So she did...
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All along the watchtower.
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
All along the watchtower.
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
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Dreamt that the entire world's fortunes were dictated by mindbogglingly corrupt & evil people negotiating to cover up evil things they had done & that the corruption was so powerfully impermeable & cunningly brazen, nobody could do anything to halt it. Thank fuck we don't live in a world like that.
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Dreamt that the entire world's fortunes were dictated by mindbogglingly corrupt & evil people negotiating to cover up evil things they had done & that the corruption was so powerfully impermeable & cunningly brazen, nobody could do anything to halt it. Thank fuck we don't live in a world like that.
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Actual lol at the suggestion Wes Streeting is capable of plotting. If this was an RPG he'd have a negative modifier on rolls for cunning.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Actual lol at the suggestion Wes Streeting is capable of plotting. If this was an RPG he'd have a negative modifier on rolls for cunning.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
He's Paddingon Bear if Paddington had spent years getting terfed by reading Mumsnet while the Browns were at work.
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Groom at 1am on a stag night
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Groom at 1am on a stag night