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Daffodils on a stormy day at Glastonbury Abbey. This was taken on this day last year. The daffodils seem a bit behind where they usually are this year.

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Through their collective action, our sixth-form teaching members have secured funding for an above-inflation pay award, guaranteeing the integrity of their collective bargaining. A hard-earned win, well done! neu.org.uk/press-releas...

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Via Gary Younge (on a Zuckerberg platform, can’t see him here)

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Poster from legendary Pulp gig in Halifax 1991. Read about it in me book ‘So It Started There. P177.

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Our children deserve fully funded schools, not endless ‘efficiencies.’ Without proper funding, it’s students who suffer. #FundFairPay Read more about our pay campaign here 👉 buff.ly/4jnuBod

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When a linguistics professor has not met enough Irish people …

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Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals '“The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.”'

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Crows are never just crows. They are messengers, omens, and watchers at the edges of the seen and unseen. When they call, do you listen? #DivineFeminine #WitchSky #BlueSky #PaganSky #BookSky

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If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.

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Well, it's been a while since i've done this, but i've added NINE new signed books onto my website. I'm going to post about each one individually (aren't you lucky!), but if you want to see all nine now, here's a link. www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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Fantastic! German translator loses it live on tv during Trump’s rambling and shouts out in desperation: “How long do you guys wanna stay with this shit?” 🤣

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Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum

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This is a beautiful tribute.

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One of the great errors in the late 20th Century was not pushing back anything like hard enough against the notion that the primary purpose of education is preparation for employment.

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David Lynch’s death feels like one of those vast losses that devours the timeline. Where do you begin? “Lynchian” is as significant a way to see the world as Orwellian or Kafkaesque

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🚨 Reform UK call for NHS privitisation 🚨 www.spottednews.com/politics/mul...

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Ooh, new Jimmy Perez novel from the mighty @anncleeves.bsky.social coming this autumn! www.thebookseller.com/rights/pan-s...

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NEVER EVER ANNOY AN OAK TREE

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Wallsend 📸 Ian Hobson via Northern Soul

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'Launch Thunderbird 4...'

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Some great stories in this thread x

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NEW How the UK Supreme Court used simple contract law to undo a spiteful government move A recent appeal decision may lead to a historic damages payout for public sector trade unions My new "weekly constitutional" post at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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Here's Gary Gibbon #C4News explaining that the Conservatives amendment which was defeated was never about winning It was so Conservatives could campaign on doorsteps asking voters why Labour didn't support another inquiry Conservatives politicising child abuse - disgusting

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Repost for a chance to win two tickets for our extra date with Helen O Hara and the RNCM Session Orchestra Tickets on sale this Thursday (9th Jan) at 10am - no more dates to be added after this, so jump in quick 😉 Winner picked at random at 9am Thursday morning

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Hi folks, anyone for a 70’s music poll?! 😉 It’s time for #5albums70s1 this will be the 1st of 5 semi finals with 100 albums per semi, so 500 albums in total that have prequalified from our previous polls. Voting will commence on Friday 17th Jan, your task is to pick your top 5 from this selection…

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Spotted on a very sunny market day in a small city in Aotearoa New Zealand: A tiny human (2?) is sitting in a stroller with a big punnet of strawberries on her lap. She's cheerfully mashing them into her mouth with one hand while waving at passers by with the other. This is the BEST thing EVER! (1)

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Does anyone else’s family have superstitions about New Years Day? We were always told never to do laundry as it would ‘wash someone out of the family’ (basically if you wash your clothes on this day it will be your fault when a relative dies 😳) #folklore

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Having not read the sentencing remarks, I’m cautious about rushing to conclusions, but on its face Feathers McGraw appears to be a prime example of the rampant sentence inflation that has led to chronic overcrowding in our zoos and the unedifying spectacle of animals being released early.

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We’re celebrating Christmas the old-fashioned way (making a human sacrifice and worshipping the sun)

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It’s time! After 23 years of marriage, the in-laws are still putting us in the Peach Room of Doom, with the Formica Stool of Chastity, and new for this year, an ironing board for a splash of colour. #DuvetKnowItsChristmas #XmasAtTheInlaws and donate to Centrepoint via @rhodri.biz

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Nice decor ✅ Wood burner ✅ Airbed on the floor ✅ Peloton ✅ Electric piano ✅ #duvetknowitschristmas

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So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/

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Happy Hogswatch! Ho! Ho! Ho!

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Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere. The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back. A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year. Fiat lux! 📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social

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The perfect t-shirt does not exi-

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✨️🖤✨️ #witchsky #pagansky #wintersolstice 🫶

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On the Eve of the Solstice, wishing all my fellow humans, pagans, witches, druids, and heathens a Blessed Winter Solstice and Merry Yuletide /|\🎄🕯️❄️🌌🎶🌙 #DruidSky #PaganSky #WitchSky #AODA #HeathenSky

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"Woden, The Wild Huntsman" by Arthur Walter Berry from the Tamworth Herald, December 23, 1911. "'Tis Christmas eve, the falling snow "Wraps tree and spire like sheeted ghosts "This night the bitter north winds blow "A doleful dirge across our coasts." #GothicAdvent #CreepMas

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Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”

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Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum “The reward for toil had been more toil. If you dug the best ditches, they gave you a bigger shovel.”

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ANNOUNCING The Big Green Books Christmas Raffle! Tickets are just £2 each. All the money raised is going on books for three amazing schools. You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice. Details HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php Please share far & wide, ta.

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