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Pat Winfield

@patbookworm.bsky.social

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Retired from editing but still struggling to find time to fit everything in that I want to do! Also on Threads, the prehistoric elephant and the hellsite...

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 13h

Never heard of it. Tesco and Matalan provide 90% of my wardrobe!

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 14h

Under £30 is my limit!

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editorspice.bsky.social @editorspice.bsky.social · 9d

Great story of absent proofreaders at a party conference, thanks @nataliehaynes.bsky.social
and @aiannucci.bsky.social They should have looked in the @the-ciep.bsky.social directory (www.ciep.org)
Excellent episode for #editors and #proofreaders
Gratias vobis ago

www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

BBC Audio | Strong Message Here | 09/10/2025

Armando Iannucci and guests decode the utterly baffling world of political language.

www.bbc.com

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 13d

Prepare a questionnaire
Q1: Were you born in England?
Q2: Can you prove it?
Q3: Where did your ancestors come from?
etc.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 13d

The seasons have gone crazy. The poor plants don't know what to do.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 13d

What is wrong with the ladybirds today? They've gone completely psycho. They've smashed into me every few seconds and the windows are covered in them. Also going crazy are the cowslips. They really shouldn't be flowering now.

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 15d

Rewilding successes were celebrated, nations slashed fossil fuel funding, and fracking was sent packing in the UK, plus more good news

www.positive.news/society/good...

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Rewilding successes were celebrated, nations slashed fossil fuel funding, and fracking was sent packing in the UK, plus more good news

www.positive.news

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 18d

Sorry, I apologise. I thought it was just one of those silly diet fads.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 18d

I prefer 3 healthy meals a day.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 19d

But, but... it's the greatest plan ever in the history of civilisation!

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 19d

When I first read that, I thought it said 'Dr Who' served in Gaza...

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 23d

What happens to people without mobile phones? Will they be provided with one plus the money for a contract?

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 25d

My ex-husband's family had it and my sister-in-law died. My husband luckily didn't inherit it. Awful disease.

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Clare M @clarem.bsky.social · 29d

It’s 7.25 now and getting dark and the AA are still not here.
Apparently they will be another 25mins.

Do not use the AA if you are a woman who travels alone.

Clare M @clarem.bsky.social · 29d

After holding on the phone for half an hour they’ve said they’ll get to me by 7.25pm. I asked the AA guy if he thought this was acceptable, if he would be happy for his daughter or sister or mum to be treated as I have after a car accident. He refused to answer.

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 29d

I'm so relieved to hear that.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 29d

Have they arrived yet?

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 29d

She certainly isn't. Like you I would phone the police or a garage.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · 29d

It's appalling. My car broke down at home in May. I called Green Flag and was told that as I was safe, I wasn't a priority. Fair enough. They arrived in 30 minutes.

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · Sep 18

It saves them having to think too hard.

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · Sep 18

When I was copy-editing, quite a few Americans were starting to use UK style as they found it more sensible.

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Dr. Kenneth A. Gould @enviroprof.bsky.social · Sep 17

Rather than trying to reproduce species we have already driven to extinction, we might put our efforts into preventing the extinction of existing species that we have driven to the brink.

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · Sep 16

This from @holliemcnish.bsky.social is wonderful

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Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · Sep 14

Cremation?

Pat Winfield @patbookworm.bsky.social · Sep 14

But doesn't that mean you'll have lots more live rats running around?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 14

Every decent politician should be ‘disturbed’ by Tommy Robinson’s fascist march in London and Musk’s calls for violence on our streets.
Every decent politician should stop claiming this horror is an expression of ‘free speech’.
It’s vicious, racist incitement.
DO something about it.

Scale of 'Unite the Kingdom' march shows free speech 'alive and well' in UK, says minister - UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not 'disturbed' by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police

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