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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 15h

Happy birthday, Buxton! He's 2 today, and has just alerted me to a robin on the seed feeder, via little chittering noises and some tail waving.

A fluffy cat with blue and fawn fur lies on a low windowsill. He's looking at the camera with lazy green/yellow eyes. One front paw is tucked under his chest, while the othe legs hangs down, the paw resting lightly on top of a radiator beneath the window.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 18h

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I like this version.

Not The Nine O'Clock News - Hand built, by.........

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 5d

Be hilarious if it turns out that the 'replica' part turns out to mean the gold.

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 7d

Gosh. I hope you didn't lose too much to the fire.
I have 5 Poul Andersons and it's about time I read some of them again.

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 7d

Is that a bettered Poul Anderson paperback on the bookshelf? He's an author who's sadly slipped into obscurity but should be better known.
See also Edmund Cooper.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 9d

Only Murders In The Building.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 12d

The spring onion is good, but I don't recommend the Canadian Ham. We were all disappointed with that one.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 13d

No. Fascists and liberals are pretty much opposites on the political scale.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 13d

You don't understand what the word liberal means, do you ?

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 13d

Why do you think liberals are against equity for workers ? That sounds pretty much the opposite of social equality.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 13d

Again, you make yourself sound biased and political by using the term liberal/libs. It's lost it's real meaning and become something mindlessly used to condemn. Find a better way to express yourself.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 13d

He's pretty well-toned for a couch potato who sits in a barrel day after day, living on handouts.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 14d

It's not just 'liberals' who want them banned though. That fact you want to make gun violence into an excuse to bash 'liberals' says a lot about you and your narrow-mindedness.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 14d

A majority of Americans are in favour of better gun control. 'Assault rifles' were actually banned for a few years, but pressure from the NRA & the politicians they fund, rolled that back & prevent real action from happening.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 14d

That's a similar in principle to the tv licence funding the BBC. It works, but you'd end up with people whing 'I don't listen to music/read books/buy art, so why should I pay to support it ?'

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 16d

That's just overexcitement. Studies have shown that it's not quantities of sugar that makes kids hyper, it's excitement and stimulation.
Sugar+party= hyper kids
Sugar+sit down storytime= calm kids.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 22d

In Norfolk we used to earn a bit of cash for strawberry picking. You just turned up at the field and picked until you'd had enough or earned enough to buy an lp, or whatever it was you wanted. We were paid by the punnet. It was really hard on the back though.

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 23d

Did anyone check to doctor's age and mental health.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 23d

I hope it's not too bad. Hugs.

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 24d

Timothee Chalamet still sounds like an overpriced brand of shampoo to me.

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 24d

Surely that's a female mallard ? The fact about feather iridescence still applies.

Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 24d

Writers write because we are compelled to by the people and ideas that form in our minds. Wrangling things into a workable story/poem can be a struggle, but solving the problem is satisfying. Giving hints to an AI doesn't produce the reward we need.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 27d

Frankly surprised I still have these. They're $24, handpoured and handpainted, and I know a bunch of you love orange cats.

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Hillary's The Communal Brain Cell: The Pendant | Peculiarity Shop

We love our orange cats around here. Sometimes, they've got one brain cell shared among all. Components: plaster of Paris, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, Mod Podge, stainless steel chain18" Can be paired ...

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 27d

RISQUE GALORE

Dozens of sex toys have been found washed up on a Scottish beach.

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Gillian Taylor @gillianftaylor.bsky.social · 28d

The reverse of the original Star Trek movies, then.