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Before bed last night, baked a nice sourdough loaf for breakfast. Happy Sunday!

08.27am and someone is playing bagpipes outside my window. Dear God I wish I’d been born in a country where they play the triangle

Thank you Gary Lineker for using the platform you earned with your talent and charm to stand up for some of the most victimised people in the world. You're a shining example to us all.

@nataliesfergie.bsky.social Loving The Sewing Machine! Just got to the description of the brass plaques in the old Royal Infirmary showing who had endowed the beds. Passed those same plaques on a corridor wall in the new Royal just last week 😃

Fascinating!

I should be a natural Labour voter. But since the “island of strangers” speech I will NEVER vote UK Labour while Starmer is leader. Or for Scottish Labour unless they condemn those remarks

In the days of lovely Twitter I often put out a call for help with research in writing my books. So here goes, Bluskiers. I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better. Please share :)

During this years Guernsey Literary Festival I got to hang out with and capture in silver the wonderful @kitdewaal.com Passionate about photography it was an honour to make this tintype together. Here Kit is appearing through the fog of the fix. 1851 Wetplate 1871 Dallmeyer 3b 8x10 Tintype

Note there are only three holes as this instrument had to be played one-handed. (Musician got his arm broken while getting the bone)

You’re reborn as a cartoon character. Who are you?

Feel like a little bit of punctuation would have been helpful here

In Brazil, traditionally the first piece of cake is given to the most important person in life. The boy gave the first piece of cake to his little bro, an inseparable brotherhood for life. Then his little bro's reaction...

Football fans: Would you rather have a good season that tails off at the end, leaving you out of Europe? (Possibly Villa or Forest) Or have a poor season with a brilliant end that pulls you clear of the relegation zone? (Wolves)

Delicious minestrone!

Coming out of a nasty cold and my body is crying out for some healthy soup. Nothing smells quite like a lovely sofrito starting to cook!

Yes. So good to hear someone say this. Sick of the performative cruelty towards trans people

@rsno.bsky.social Wonderful, heartrenching performance of Mozart’s Requiem tonight. Did not expect a BSL performance but (as a non Latin speaker but fluent in BSL) it gave so much meaning and emotion to the performance. Genuinely brilliant. Thank you

Love that “Liz Truss” has now become a verb

🟢 NEW PAMPHLET 🟢 Haia Mohammed, The Age of Olive Trees Pre-order now / All proceeds to author www.outspokenldn.com/shop/haia In 2023, Joelle Taylor read the work of Haia, a young poet in Gaza, at the fundraiser we did. We stayed in contact (1/3)

On the worst people in the world having the best time of their lives, and the small, sacred mercy that Liz Truss just doesn't know how to do so. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Trump presidents like a learner driver on their first lesson. Engine screaming, lurching to a halt, swerving erratically and stalling the engine. 🚙 Problem is, he thinks he’s Lewis fucking Hamilton 🏎️

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

This is high art

I still don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well".

Had my first try at sourdough this week. It’s kind of worked! Not bad for my first try

Calling Edinburgh and Lothian folk! The very wonderful @kitdewaal.bsky.social is coming to @portybooks.bsky.social on 16th April. Come - It’s going to be fabulous! www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/kit-d...