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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 8h

Hard “yes please” here

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10h

I learnt my lesson after making a lot of shrubs & syrups that these are just not ingredients I actually use (I did make the woodruffe syrup again this year but I also had a very specific plan for it and deliberately bought the beer to put it in). I wish I did have more space for cakes & cocktails.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10h

that has the pass I'm after but doesn't say what date it is!

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10h

(unsafe prisons aren't something to celebrate imnsho).

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 11h

Just so everyone knows this is entirely non urgent, i found the counterfoil of one in a second hand book I’m reading and I am really nosey.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 11h

Q: is there a way to find out when flight/route numbers changed? I'm trying to date a boarding pass from c.2000-2008 with a flight number and destination on it, but the flight number now matches a different route and I can't seem to find out when it changed.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 11h

Fascinating to discover how many of you have lifestyles, unimaginable to me, where you need more than one (ten year old, still half full) bottle of vanilla extract. (I don't really bake so...)

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 16h

For reasons I’ve ended up with a bunch of vodka minis that i’ll never drink. Other than penne a la vodka, are there any dishes you make that can use this spirit? Please, only reply if you’ve a specific dish name or recipe, I cannot do cooking based on vibes or food-genre suggestions w/out specifics

Two miniature bottles of vodka, one absolut one smirnoff, resting on a schwepps tonic carton

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

OK so tesco locally isn't offering covid stand-alone (I already have my flu booked in so don't want both). Has anyone in the Birmingham area not eligible for NHS treatment got the covid vacc for <£90? A lot of indie pharmacies are hinting it's cheaper but not advertising price online....

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

I got vaxxed today at Tesco. Tesco! Walked past some broccoli and some crème fraiche and some pork pies and some bread and biscuits and booze and kitchen roll, and into a small room where some dude stuck two needles in my arm in exchange for money and then I bought some ice cream and went home.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 15h

Oh that’s genius, I’m absolutely trying that.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 15h

Fascinating! I’m pretty good at pastry & have never seen a recipe with vodka in…

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 15h

I already have! That’s why I’m asking for cooking recipes, I’ve made all the flavoured/syrup stuff i can ever need.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 16h

For reasons I’ve ended up with a bunch of vodka minis that i’ll never drink. Other than penne a la vodka, are there any dishes you make that can use this spirit? Please, only reply if you’ve a specific dish name or recipe, I cannot do cooking based on vibes or food-genre suggestions w/out specifics

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 17h

I assumed horrible goose...

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 17h

I can't do that, as I said in the post.

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

yeah, I've been trying the local pharmacies but none of them show prices until after you've booked - that's why I'm asking for specific local advice on the prices.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

OK so tesco locally isn't offering covid stand-alone (I already have my flu booked in so don't want both). Has anyone in the Birmingham area not eligible for NHS treatment got the covid vacc for <£90? A lot of indie pharmacies are hinting it's cheaper but not advertising price online....

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

I got vaxxed today at Tesco. Tesco! Walked past some broccoli and some crème fraiche and some pork pies and some bread and biscuits and booze and kitchen roll, and into a small room where some dude stuck two needles in my arm in exchange for money and then I bought some ice cream and went home.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

Interesting, we can't get the covid separately locally, only the bundle of both.

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

This and the rat-at-al jazera post… once someone ignores comments telling them it’s fake they’re showing who they are. Do block, but you should also report as misinformation to bsky’s mod service first.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 20h

Looks like another messy day on the trains but once again the disruption bot’s random image picker is providing a fascinating distraction. Where does it source its images and why….

UK National Rail Disruptions Bot @natrail-bot.bsky.social · 21h

Major disruption between ##London Liverpool Street and ##Shenfield expected until at least 10:00

National Rail Disruptions

Major disruption between #London Liverpool Street and #Shenfield expected until at least 10:00

www.nationalrail.co.uk

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 1d

Today (date), the Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct. The first bird extinction on mainland Europe in 500 years — on our watch. Extinction is final. No going back. Think about that.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 20h

I hd to zoom to get the 12. Is it me or is this a case if “one of these things doesn’t beling here”? 👨‍✈️

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 20h

Particularly like this naming pattern: so here’s tall Ray, short Pete, bald Bob… and that is shit-head Steve.

Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 20h

Some dangerous snakes of Australia, helpfully indicated by Professor Frederick McCoy. Thanks, Professor!

1877 poster depicting a tiger snake, copper-headed snake, brown snake, black snake, and death adder, views of head and tail.

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 20h

@lizneeley.bsky.social's newsletter tonight: emails went out late on Friday notifying CDC workers that they had been laid off. "If the reporting is correct, the layoffs include nearly the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report."

#histmed people will immediately know what this means.

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 1d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

The linens. the blue and gold bathroom.

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