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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · Nov 23

I will follow you just for being a kind soul who uses #AltText on your images

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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 13h

If republicans thought only democrats would suffer, they FAFO.

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 14h

There is a difference between free speech and just being insulting . It adds nothing to anything .

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you for this thread! So well curated !

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 22h

Please use alt text. Guide dog partners require in for all posts with images

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UK Charity News @uk-charity.bsky.social · 1d

Can you help change lives? The charity seeks more puppy raisers in the Borders to support those with sight loss! �#GuideDogsogs https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/25524935.guide-dogs-charity-calls-puppy-raisers-borders/

Charity on the hunt for more Borders volunteers to help raise guide dogs

Guide Dogs seeks around 15 new puppy raisers in the Scottish Borders (TD postcode area) to volunteer and help train future guide dogs for people…

www.bordertelegraph.com

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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 23h

Yes it is but the Equality Act 2010 isn’t actually enforced by the Crown Prosecution Servuce, meaning that employers know there aren’t real consequences

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

And he’s a dancing machine. Passersby are either delighted or just move on like they see dancing frogs on Clark Street every day.

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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Clue is in the name

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 1d

So, corruption?

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Obama Nostalgia @obamanostalgia.bsky.social · 1d

President Barack Obama makes a statement on winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in the Rose Garden of the White House, Oct. 9, 2009. Source: Flickr

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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

A wonderful
classic

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

My grandma’s roast dinners

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 3d

19. What is something from your childhood that you wish could come back?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Fairy lights, daft jumpers, dancing and being giddy

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18. How do you show whimsy as an adult?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

A lawyer

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 3d

17. What did you want to be as a kid?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Playing silly games

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 3d

16. What childhood feeling do you miss the most?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

I am very clear on what kind of person, and parent I want to be

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15. How did your childhood impact your adulthood?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Magical and whimsical whilst also being very real and challenging

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14. What was your childhood like?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Olives

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13. What is something from childhood you didn't appreciate until you became an adult?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Headstands

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12. What was easier in childhood but difficult as you get older?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Hillsborough Stadium disaster

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11. What was the first event that disproved your childhood belief that the world is a safe place?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Deep snow, wooden sledges with rope handles made by my dad

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10. What is your favorite childhood memory?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

A. A. Milne - Now you are six

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9. When you think back on your childhood, what book comes to mind as your favorite?

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Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Sesame Street, even in
the UK

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8. What TV show defined your childhood?

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Gravy at Grandma’s house

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5. What is a smell that reminds you of your childhood?

Christmas Coffee @christmascoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Winnie the Pooh - A Blustery Day (first film I saw at the cinema)

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 3d

3. What is one film you always associate with your childhood?