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cameronp.bsky.social
Writer, thinker, journalist, photographer, lover of languages and language. Fabulous tales and simple stories. A decade+ veteran of Twitter
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I have an unfortunate tendency to negatively ruminate, especially on past events. Sometimes I spiral off into very negative moods. But a new mantra is helping - "here and now" reminds me to focus on the present moment, to be here now, because now is all we have

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@effexcalibor.bsky.social Hey, I think your Twitter account may have been hacked

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The “lets tell anyone we dont like to kill themselves” crowd are not welcome here sorry

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A lot of the time these days I have a sense that this world is not real, it's just a stage setting, a painted backdrop over something else entirely

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Anglicans obsessed with the papacy (I’m one of them) are the ecclesiastical equivalent of Americans obsessed with the British monarchy - the strange phenomenon of people being obsessed with the one thing whose repudiation defines their existence

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The CEO of Microsoft has an iPhone. The world has changed

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Reading a story from Horncastle about how the Bishop of Lincoln once dropped in on some labourers threshing in a barn, and they immediately assumed he was the devil (from his black clothes and shovel hat) and fell at his feet begging 'Mr Devil' not to carry them off to hell

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The rapidly expanding South Asian community of my town is extraordinarily fond the classic puffer jacket. The women in particular are rarely seen outside without one

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@sankuperis.bsky.social What do Lithuanians think when linguists say the language is the most conservative in Europe? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuan...

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Years ago there was an intriguing film called 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. It was about a future world in which the technology existed to erase unwanted memories, and the possible effects that might have on the lives of users. I think about it sometimes. I certainly have memories /1

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I used to find talk about 'pet parents' and 'fur babies' and so forth rather cringe-inducing and anthropomorphic - until I eventually realised that such language sends an important message to some people. Animals are sadly abandoned on a regular basis or just abused

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After going cold turkey more than a year ago, my old liking for Duolingo unexpectedly came back to life recently, thanks to the new Chess course. How long I will linger though is very much still to be confirmed

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@dannybate.bsky.social Just six weeks away: May 27

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I feel seen 😹

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I just downloaded the Notion app to my phone: naturally he write-up crows about the inclusion of pointless, 'me too' AI features. The runaway AI hype train is still rollin' down the track it seems

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Why would my stomach be quite happy with a sugary chocolate bar but then churn unhappily when I eat an apparently healthy nectarine?? 🍫🍑 It's hard to eat virtuously when you body plays tricks on you like this :/

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Watching 'Blade Runner 2049' for the first time since the initial release. Just as compelling as I remembered, but it suffers from a common flaw of even the best science fiction: being set far too soon in the future. 2049 is just 24 years away: the world is not going to be threatened by /1

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Is or isn't it too late? Some days I really don't know

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One distinctive feature of Yorkshire English is the use of 'wor' for 'was'. This is a regionalism you can still hear on a daily basis. Earlier I got talking to a random dude in a grocery store and he told me about how he'd gotten into a fight once and /1

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A 🧵 About the most astonishing source I ever found: The Alpenpost, a handwritten anti-Nazi and anti-Stalinist newspaper edited and illustrated by two absurdly precocious girls from 1935 to 1940.

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🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 "Russia is an aggressor. Zelensky is a war leader whose country has been invaded, and we should all support him, not pander to Putin," — Starmer.

submitted 94 days ago • 6 comments

I am standing on the doorstep of a potentially difficult, intimidating transition period. No matter how much I might recognise that some things really need to change, the devil you know always has that powerful lure

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