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Bob Johnston

@bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social

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'Our Big Day' LGBTQ+ award-winning picturebook published 2022. Currently subbing agents w/ a gay novel for adults. Husband, dog lover, cat misser, biscuit eater, previously @gutterbookshop ... he/him. linktr.ee/bobjohnstonbooks

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 20h

Mum insists she's 80 on the outside but 08 on the inside... A lovely day celebrating Mum's birthday at Fawsley Hall near Daventry in Northamptonshire (I think..) #BobsMum

Photo of Bob's Mum holding a balloon upside down so that it says 08.

Photo of a long lunch table in a private room at Fawsley Hall with 14 guests awaiting lunch.

Photo of Bob's Mum with a birthday cake with lit 80 candles.

Photo of us sitting in Fawsley Hall Grand Hall having coffee & cake. It's a huge Tudor building.

Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited nitpick?

Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We're off to 'Fawsley Hall' which sounds very Wodehouse... #lunch

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 1d

Visited the magical #AnotherPlace at Crosby Beach, Liverpool yesterday. Invigorating in every way. #AntonyGormley #artinstallation #sculpture #RiverMersey

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Nicolas Chinardet @zefrog.eu · 1d

Here we go... it was only a matter of time, as the far-right gets ever more vocal without check

Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district

A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs, a...

humanists.uk

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 3d

The Write Stuff is back!
This week featuring poet & multi-genre author @annebrookebooks.bsky.social

Join us for this fascinating interview as we chat about writing to aid mental health, the joys of editing, and confessions about unread books!

#interview #booksky

open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...

The Write Stuff Featuring Poet and Multi-Genre Author Anne Brooke

Interviews with Amazing Authors!

open.substack.com

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks lovely. Hope you're good. And hope your Mum would approve of the table settings. Bxxx

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Sundowner 🍋 @sundownerstudio.bsky.social · 1d

If we’re talking purely logos, España surely wins?

Quite like Polska too.

France is disappointing.

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 1d

National tourism logos of European

credit: @civixplorer.bsky.social

More about them: brilliantmaps.com/tourism-b...

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Ari wants Łink freed for aer birthday @raantuva.blacksky.app · 1d

someone made a MySpace replacement and it's just as chaotic as the original. spacehey.com

SpaceHey — a space for friends.

SpaceHey is a retro social network focused on privacy and customizability. It's a friendly place to have fun, meet friends, and be creative. Join for free!

spacehey.com

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all. Waiting for my airport bus, heading back to the UK for Mum's 80th Birthday lunch this afternoon. May the planes be in my favour.. #Saturday

Selfie of Bob at a bus-stop with a green hedge behind. I have a tired morning half-smile.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

While researching my novel 1983, which is based on the Nottinghamshire mining village where I grew up, I had a weird memory of a man who used to take his cow for a walk around the village, like it was a dog.

"Have I made that up?" I wondered.

So I checked my mum and dad's old photos.

I hadn't.

A man walking a cow through the Nottinghamshire countryside in the early 80s (this is also known as "grazing the long acre").

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, I don't really drink anymore but this cocktail looks like the perfect way to start a Friday night..

Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Pheasant doorstop makes an ideal pillow apparently... #doglife

Photo of Obie, a black German shepherd, asleep on the kitchen floor with his head resting on a pheasant shaped doorstop.

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Lara Alonso Corona (they/them) @laraacorona.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone know of any F/F retellings of Baba Yaga? Or in general lesbian stuff with Slavic folklore settings?

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Very arty student (NB Trains have windows, not mirrors... ;) ) Bx

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Post you from a different era

Literature Student Bob on the train to Liverpool.

Black & white photo of Bob on a rain wearing a big black coat and lots of hair and looking very young.

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Hugo Brady Brown @aodhbc.bsky.social · 2d

Croagh Patrick seen from Old Head Beach in the county Mayo.

A mountain by the sea at low tide under a high sky of blue and grey.

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 3d

I'm rooting for it.

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 3d

We should all aspire to this level of sheer swagger

A pot plant with a trunk shaped like a human upper body that looks like it’s ready to take on the world

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 3d

How have I only just heard about the Boston Cop Slide?! If you need a bit of amusement today, search Boston Cop Slide on Insta... (Back story: Numerous complaints about a dangerous playground slide in Boston so they sent a cop to investigate...) #WhatCouldGoWrong #BostonCopSlide

Still from Boston Cop Slide of a police officer being launched face down from a children's slide

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Howth.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social · 24d

Talked for an hour straight to the brilliant Allison Tyra on the Infinite Women podcast. Listen here 👇
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 4d

Extremely relevant numbers! (And this is *low traffic* by modern standards.)

hailey @hailey.at · 4d

an interesting note re: scaling image moderation. in the past 24 hours:

at least 500 thousand images in posts (not considering # of images, just if an image was in the post)
86 thousand avatars
500 thousand url thumbnails
58 thousand videos.

that's a lot to moderate!

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Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social · 3d

Launch of The Planter's Daughter! Free, but booking required
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...

Book Launch - The Planter's Daughter

Join us for the exciting book launch of "The Planter's Daughter" - a gripping crime novel about eco-activism and ancient feuds in West Cork

www.eventbrite.ie

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Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social · 3d

As well as all this, you'll also be able to get your hands on one of the beautiful limited edition #BooksAreMyBag tote bags!
And, if you need any more reasons to come along, there are SO MANY BOOKS! Please come along, it would be lovely to see you!

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