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Craig Almond
@alarmingcod.co.uk
260 followers 1.2K following 430 posts
By day: Charity sector CRM wrangler. By night: Watcher of Crap TV At weekends: Rambler, BogHopper, HillBotherer, Ultra-dilettante. Lover of the Lakes, stuck in MCR. Generic Reply Guy account.
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 2h
We've caved!

Heating's gone on.
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 10h
Went out for a walk.

Found a brewery.

So there's a win.
Black and white sign lodged in a hedgerow. Drawing of a full pint glass surrounded by words Thornsett Brewery and Hopyard
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ghost crab @crabbydaddy.bsky.social · 6d
what kind of pants do ghosts wear?

just a paranormal trousers
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d
"Neutral" is the ne plus ultra of anagrams.
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Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 1d
It's World Mental Health Day.

This is all I got for you.

#worldmentalhealthday
Black text on a yellow background reading "It's probably best to just be nice to people." Dr Pete Olusoga eightypercentmental.com
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 1d
Right. I think I might just have found this year's "birthday present-to myself"

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time
www.theguardian.com
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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 1d
Any job can be a dream job if you have nightmares about work
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 2d
Watched it "live" the first time round.

Have the dvd somewhere, not sure if rewatching will spoil it.
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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d
My first Ghostwatch watch of the season yesterday. God, it's good. And absolutely horrible.
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 2d
🚨 New on Substack, my post on Interwar Council Housing in Lancaster: ‘Wait till I show my husband this house, it’s lovely’
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/interwar-c...
Addison Act semi-detached council housing Wheatley Act terraced housing
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 2d
Can't be arsed to look it up, but "John Lennon's Banjo" sounds like it should already have it's own entry in the Profanisaurus.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
John Lennon's banjo goes on show on what would have been his 85th
John Lennon's original band The Quarrymen will perform to mark 85 years since his birth.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 3d
Volunteering is a human gift of compassion, not a bureaucratic test of worth

The Home Secretary’s proposal to link volunteering to migration status doesn’t just miss the mark – it sets fire to the whole target

www.thirdsector.co.uk/debra-allcoc...
Debra Allcock Tyler: Volunteering is a human gift of compassion, not a bureaucratic test of worth
The Home Secretary’s proposal to link volunteering to migration status doesn’t just miss the mark – it sets fire to the whole target
www.thirdsector.co.uk
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3d
Cartoon. Two people in lab coats, one is showing the other a beaker. The person on the left says "Can| bortow your chloroform?". The other person replies "Go ahead, knock yourself out"
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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 4d
...and now we can add "snails" to "swifts, newts, bats, and allotments" on the list "Things that Starmer and his soulless billionaire-fellating shills hate"
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 4d
In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 6d
Fucking hell.

Some cunts really do get it sideways, don't they.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d
Rubs eyes. Looks again. Rubs eyes.

It's still there.
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 6d
After all the bluff and bluster of the last few days online, this is a personal and quietly moving piece on life in North Mancheter.

More quality writing from @manchestermill.bsky.social
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
manchestermill.co.uk
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 6d
Sounds like a fair trade off.
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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 6d
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JonDonDaDonDon @jononcomms.bsky.social · 6d
Starmers two pronged attack of being varying degrees of racist whilst using baseless ad hominem attacks on any progressive policy really isn't enough to deliver this kind of polling. Think he has to come off as a bit of a prick too. Masterful strategy really.
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 7d
Hit the off button quicker than when I hear the opening bars of the archers tune.
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R.L. Stine Cold Steve Austin @bolt451.bsky.social · 8d
Cant even have men Archbishops any more

Because of Woking
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 8d
In memoriam...
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 8d
Do we know her view on pens yet?
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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 8d
Sold out before Nick Clegg, but not like Nick Clegg
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 8d
Well, this news has finally got me round to hitting the donate button
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Rebecca MacKinnon @rebecca-mackinnon.bsky.social · 9d
We are not afraid. We at the @wikimediafoundation.org will keep doing our jobs defending and protecting the right of @wikipedia.org's volunteer communities to write, edit, and govern content on projects dedicated to sharing encyclopedic content across borders.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
The speech wars come for Wikipedia
www.politico.com
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Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 9d
Dreadful news. All thoughts with those affected, especially given the high importance of today for Jews. Prejudice, hatred, and violence against anyone for their identity is abhorrent and everyone in our country should be safe to practice their religion in peace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Manchester synagogue: Four people injured in car and stabbing attack
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says it's believed the suspect is dead, and that the immediate danger appears to be over.
www.bbc.co.uk
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