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ms-lupin.bsky.social
Dickensian character and occasional binocularist.
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Not a Catholic any more, but I feel so sad for popes that they usually die in office rather than have a dignified and relaxed retirement.

"So how will seeing a clown cure me?" "I'm afraid you misunderstand. There is no cure; this is purely pagliative."

Going to a concert at the South Bank. We might as well enjoy ourselves while waiting for the world to end. 🎶🎵💥

"And you totally know how to paint a baby?" Artist: Yup "You're sure?" Artist: Don't worry about it "You know what a baby looks like?" Artist: Yes "It's just you always paint babies like they're 40yr old blokes called Colin" Artist: Not this time

I'm afraid I've had to mute mentions of Tr**p, M**k, Va**e and Far**e on here, just to stay sane. Will see all news I need to on BBC site.

It’s nearly spring so time to swot up on warbler identification.

“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.” This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time

"ENTER PASSWORD" *types 'snowflake'* "RE-ENTER PASSWORD" *types 'snowflake'* "ERROR. PASSWORDS MUST BE IDENTICAL".

"You're not my surreal Dad!"

Best description of Vance I've seen. bsky.app/profile/mrtr...

Not now, Russian drone hitting Chernobyl radiation shield www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy Valentine's Day to all those who choose to be single, for those who celibate.

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread. (From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate? www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

The entire world should now call America South Canada.

Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off

We absolutely cannot let James Watt achieve his ambition of becoming a serious media figure. If he wants to carry on making pineapple flavoured beer, he’s very welcome to. Anything and everything else needs to be immediately checked and throttled at the root.

- I can't even - have you considered evening classes?

[Anthony Burgess tries to tell a joke] It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman wanted to see me.

[Thomas Hardy tries to tell a joke] ... ... ... (I'm terribly sorry, there isn't a single laugh in this novel.)

Big day for me tomorrow. I'm the guy who trains waiters to intrude with a massive phallic pepper grinder at the most romantic moment of your Valentine's dinner date.

Liz Truss called solar farms a “blight on the landscape”, but researchers have found they are actually better for birds than farmland Solar farms in East Anglia had greater bird diversity & bird abundance than nearby arable land, a study finds Paper here later www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'Safety first' when sacking Rome.

When one door closes, lock it securely, along with all your other doors and windows, before any inspirational quotes get in.

Now that Elon is clearly running America and doing the same shit he did to Twitter it’s only natural to assume that there will be a new Bluesky nation that will gradually increase in size and become relatively normal but start off as a bunch of cannibalistic warlords

via Morgan Freeman

Have just finished 'Absolution' by Alice McDermott. Always a joy to read her books. Some interesting themes of sacrifice and love.

Very real chance you could be one of the last 150 or so. One of those people is going to get the pleasure of tipping Ireland over the threshold and seeing it turn green on the map. Before or after midnight?

Ladies do NOT date a man who says he'll treat you like a queen he WILL declare himself head of the Church and behead you for not producing a male heir

*toots horn* If you fancy giving a loved one a useful token of affection on Valentine's Day, I have some nice pottery bits and pieces on my website. *shuts up*

@norfolknats.bsky.social Hi, does anyone know how to get access to Warham Greens to try and see pallid harrier during day please? Thanks!