@andromedadurham.bsky.social
I've just stuttered through a piece of sight reading and they put a B# and a C next to each other. Totally threw me. Unless I'm wrong it's the same bloody note. Sneaky buggers.
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I've just stuttered through a piece of sight reading and they put a B# and a C next to each other. Totally threw me. Unless I'm wrong it's the same bloody note. Sneaky buggers.
I can't remember which of you said "Don't forget to order your repeat prescription" but I had forgotten. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS IS WONDERFUL.
(Just been to the chemist to collect a truckload of Christmas meds.)
(Just been to the chemist to collect a truckload of Christmas meds.)
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I can't remember which of you said "Don't forget to order your repeat prescription" but I had forgotten. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS IS WONDERFUL.
(Just been to the chemist to collect a truckload of Christmas meds.)
(Just been to the chemist to collect a truckload of Christmas meds.)
Bless. Disabled replies. Prick.
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Bless. Disabled replies. Prick.
They're also cutting Parish Council grants to the poorest areas. And I'm really not interested in seeing another smug prick saying "that's what they voted for." A lot of us fucking didn't.
"People on low incomes in County Durham
are about to be hit with a council tax bill for the first time
Reform-led Durham County Council has scrapped full exemptions
From April most of the poorest residents
will have to pay at least 10% of their council tax"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
are about to be hit with a council tax bill for the first time
Reform-led Durham County Council has scrapped full exemptions
From April most of the poorest residents
will have to pay at least 10% of their council tax"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
They're also cutting Parish Council grants to the poorest areas. And I'm really not interested in seeing another smug prick saying "that's what they voted for." A lot of us fucking didn't.
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*** PSA ***
If you are lucky enough to be able to afford a new console for your loved ones this Christmas then please, do me, you, and them a solid and UNBOX IT (carefully), CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET (to update it), and then RE-BOX IT before wrapping.
Servers will be slammed on Christmas Day x
If you are lucky enough to be able to afford a new console for your loved ones this Christmas then please, do me, you, and them a solid and UNBOX IT (carefully), CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET (to update it), and then RE-BOX IT before wrapping.
Servers will be slammed on Christmas Day x
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
*** PSA ***
If you are lucky enough to be able to afford a new console for your loved ones this Christmas then please, do me, you, and them a solid and UNBOX IT (carefully), CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET (to update it), and then RE-BOX IT before wrapping.
Servers will be slammed on Christmas Day x
If you are lucky enough to be able to afford a new console for your loved ones this Christmas then please, do me, you, and them a solid and UNBOX IT (carefully), CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET (to update it), and then RE-BOX IT before wrapping.
Servers will be slammed on Christmas Day x
Just had an email from Allergy Uk warning against Dubai-style chocolate. If, like me, you're anaphylactic, it might be worth reading the FSA statement.
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Just had an email from Allergy Uk warning against Dubai-style chocolate. If, like me, you're anaphylactic, it might be worth reading the FSA statement.
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Dunno what made me look at amazon (it's the only real-time indication I have) but there seems to be a Christmas bump of my book sales. Even though my long-promised fifth one in the series has been builder-delayed. They are a) perfect stocking fillers and b) available from anywhere other than there 🎶
The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series Archives – Farrago Books
Meet the Stockwell Park Orchestra: when they're not rehearsing for their next concert, they grapple with complex issues such as a priceless stolen cello, how to sweet-talk a disgruntled donor, and who...
farragobooks.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dunno what made me look at amazon (it's the only real-time indication I have) but there seems to be a Christmas bump of my book sales. Even though my long-promised fifth one in the series has been builder-delayed. They are a) perfect stocking fillers and b) available from anywhere other than there 🎶
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25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025
Here's my selection of the 25 Bluesky posts that most impressed me this year. They're quite varied, but doesn't that reflect the thriving, harmonious site this really is? Yes. It does. They've been anonymised anyway, who cares?
Here's my selection of the 25 Bluesky posts that most impressed me this year. They're quite varied, but doesn't that reflect the thriving, harmonious site this really is? Yes. It does. They've been anonymised anyway, who cares?
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025
Here's my selection of the 25 Bluesky posts that most impressed me this year. They're quite varied, but doesn't that reflect the thriving, harmonious site this really is? Yes. It does. They've been anonymised anyway, who cares?
Here's my selection of the 25 Bluesky posts that most impressed me this year. They're quite varied, but doesn't that reflect the thriving, harmonious site this really is? Yes. It does. They've been anonymised anyway, who cares?
I've just found @ianmartin.bsky.social 's
25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025.
So funny I almost tapped a sign.
25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025.
So funny I almost tapped a sign.
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I've just found @ianmartin.bsky.social 's
25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025.
So funny I almost tapped a sign.
25 'MOST BLUESKY' POSTS OF 2025.
So funny I almost tapped a sign.
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Reproducing one of the best pieces of parenting advice I have ever received: if you are giving any kind of electronica as a gift, set it up and do any necessary software downloads *before* you wrap it. And as below, make sure you have batteries.
Time to complete the holiest rite in the Dad Calendar: the Ordering of the Christmas Batteries.
December 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reproducing one of the best pieces of parenting advice I have ever received: if you are giving any kind of electronica as a gift, set it up and do any necessary software downloads *before* you wrap it. And as below, make sure you have batteries.
@adamroberts.bsky.social Happy Hanukkah all-the-Roberts x
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@adamroberts.bsky.social Happy Hanukkah all-the-Roberts x
Gloomy afternoon - perfect for watching Hercule Poirot's Christmas...again.
December 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Gloomy afternoon - perfect for watching Hercule Poirot's Christmas...again.
#Aglow in Bishop Auckland. Excellent display and so well organised. I was explaining the plot of the Nutcracker to the OH and accidentally gathered a crowd of little girls. I had to start again and WHAT WAS THE LITTLE GIRL'S NAME AND WAS IT CHOCOLATE CAKE AND ARE THE MICE NAUGHTY? Once a teacher...
December 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#Aglow in Bishop Auckland. Excellent display and so well organised. I was explaining the plot of the Nutcracker to the OH and accidentally gathered a crowd of little girls. I had to start again and WHAT WAS THE LITTLE GIRL'S NAME AND WAS IT CHOCOLATE CAKE AND ARE THE MICE NAUGHTY? Once a teacher...
I've just watched #STUFFED with Guz Khan. It's a perfect bit of Christmas telly. Funny and sad at the same time. Lovely to see such genuinely nice characters.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've just watched #STUFFED with Guz Khan. It's a perfect bit of Christmas telly. Funny and sad at the same time. Lovely to see such genuinely nice characters.
I don't know how florists do it. I've made 2 of these this afternoon and my fingertips are shredded.
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I don't know how florists do it. I've made 2 of these this afternoon and my fingertips are shredded.
Christmas nails!
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Christmas nails!
Same. I loved California with its natural beauty & friendliness. New England's history & museums were fabulous. And don't get me started on how much I adored New York. We'd be here all day. I'll never go again. Trump & his ilk have totally ruined my view of the USA.
OKay Trumpist America, I get the message. I will never visit again. I saw Manhattan, I saw Vermont, I rode a Greyhound bus, I spent 3 months in small-town Pennsylvania, I swam in Lake Erie, I ate in some decent diners, I shopped at the Giant Eagle, and got a sticker from Moma. That's enough.
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Same. I loved California with its natural beauty & friendliness. New England's history & museums were fabulous. And don't get me started on how much I adored New York. We'd be here all day. I'll never go again. Trump & his ilk have totally ruined my view of the USA.
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If you’re not thinking about what people actually want and need, and you prioritise pomp over dignity, then you need to have a little moment of reflection.
Poverty is horrible, not an opportunity to live out your Victorian philanthropist fantasy and feel all toasty with goodness.
Poverty is horrible, not an opportunity to live out your Victorian philanthropist fantasy and feel all toasty with goodness.
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
If you’re not thinking about what people actually want and need, and you prioritise pomp over dignity, then you need to have a little moment of reflection.
Poverty is horrible, not an opportunity to live out your Victorian philanthropist fantasy and feel all toasty with goodness.
Poverty is horrible, not an opportunity to live out your Victorian philanthropist fantasy and feel all toasty with goodness.
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A couple of years ago, a big company had been asking shoppers to donate gifts for children.
They phoned and said they could deliver what we needed.
They wanted to do a big photo shoot of the delivery, for their marketing.
Obviously, I told them to get stuffed. Bunch of ghouls.
They phoned and said they could deliver what we needed.
They wanted to do a big photo shoot of the delivery, for their marketing.
Obviously, I told them to get stuffed. Bunch of ghouls.
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A couple of years ago, a big company had been asking shoppers to donate gifts for children.
They phoned and said they could deliver what we needed.
They wanted to do a big photo shoot of the delivery, for their marketing.
Obviously, I told them to get stuffed. Bunch of ghouls.
They phoned and said they could deliver what we needed.
They wanted to do a big photo shoot of the delivery, for their marketing.
Obviously, I told them to get stuffed. Bunch of ghouls.
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A few days ago a local charity delivered a pile of presents to school for families finding Christmas tricky. Without fanfare. Quietly.
Since then my TAs have been working late wrapping them. No one has asked for overtime.
Everyone will get what they need.
This is gentle, behind the scenes goodness.
Since then my TAs have been working late wrapping them. No one has asked for overtime.
Everyone will get what they need.
This is gentle, behind the scenes goodness.
December 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A few days ago a local charity delivered a pile of presents to school for families finding Christmas tricky. Without fanfare. Quietly.
Since then my TAs have been working late wrapping them. No one has asked for overtime.
Everyone will get what they need.
This is gentle, behind the scenes goodness.
Since then my TAs have been working late wrapping them. No one has asked for overtime.
Everyone will get what they need.
This is gentle, behind the scenes goodness.
Has anyone had their eyes lasered? And if you did, did you go with Optical Express? I'd rather go somewhere recommended.
December 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Has anyone had their eyes lasered? And if you did, did you go with Optical Express? I'd rather go somewhere recommended.
Off work now till 7th January. Paid all the invoices a week early so all the suppliers love me lots.
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Off work now till 7th January. Paid all the invoices a week early so all the suppliers love me lots.
I've been wrapping Christmas presents. Broke a nail on the string. No idea how. Inside someone's parcel there'll be a sliver of forest green thumb shard.
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I've been wrapping Christmas presents. Broke a nail on the string. No idea how. Inside someone's parcel there'll be a sliver of forest green thumb shard.
The Andromedaville weather forecast was wrong, unless you like foraging for holly in a monsoon, which I don't. The utility looks like a youth hostel drying room.
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Andromedaville weather forecast was wrong, unless you like foraging for holly in a monsoon, which I don't. The utility looks like a youth hostel drying room.
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I do not get it.
I do not trust anyone who says they like this film.
Saying it's your favourite Christmas film is like saying New York Ripper is your favourite Donald Duck film.
youtu.be/r53s6T65EYw
I do not trust anyone who says they like this film.
Saying it's your favourite Christmas film is like saying New York Ripper is your favourite Donald Duck film.
youtu.be/r53s6T65EYw
Love Actually Pitch Meeting
YouTube video by Pitch Meeting
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I do not get it.
I do not trust anyone who says they like this film.
Saying it's your favourite Christmas film is like saying New York Ripper is your favourite Donald Duck film.
youtu.be/r53s6T65EYw
I do not trust anyone who says they like this film.
Saying it's your favourite Christmas film is like saying New York Ripper is your favourite Donald Duck film.
youtu.be/r53s6T65EYw