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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 12h

Choosing yarn online can be so difficult! 😩 These are supposedly the same yarn and colour - surely there wouldn’t even be this much difference between dye lots?? 🧶

Drops Air - Ruby Red yarn on the maker’s website. A lovely plum yarn with hint of purple

Drops Air - Ruby Red yarn on WoolWarehouse. This time it looks like a deep dark purple with hints of black

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@geoffmcgivern.bsky.social @gmcgiv.bsky.social · 19h

good time for Govt. to restrict free jabs to over 75s and the few eligible.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 1d

Done at Abbey Road Studio 2, no less. Vocal recorded to slowed-down backing track and then sped up for younger sound (Beatles trick). Ghostly guitar by Harpo. "Village green" reference an obvious nod to The Kinks.
soundcloud.com/thefamilyjul...

Underneath The Stars by Onionhead/Tenderloin transitional band

Recorded at Abbey Road studios in the early 90s by a band midway between being Onionhead and Tenderloin.

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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 1d

You can call political leaders fascist if you do it responsibly. But understand that fascism isn’t a fringe pathology. It’s one of the central ideologies in our culture.

You can’t declare fascists beyond the pale and move on. You have to confront them and defeat them politically.

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it’s cos the songs are so long - they get bored…

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Was he? Well Hackett is the one standing in the 73 concert then 😆

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm… I am unconvinced. This from ‘73, Wembley ‘87… Rutherford seems fairly fit to me 🤔 (Crimson I know almost nothing about)

Genesis Shepperton Studios Live 1973 16mm Film (HD)

YouTube video by G Music

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Did they sit down too? I’m pretty sure they were standing long after Mr H was

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

That’s macrobiotics for ya…

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Ohhhhhhhhh 🤦🏻‍♀️

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

(I should perhaps note, we’re not hearing a will being read, just wishing my mum happy birthday)

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, Steve Howe has had to have a stool for a couple of decades now, but that’s cos he’s old… 🤭

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

But even the band have to sit? Wow

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Shuffle on Doppler is playing me all the right tunes just now. This one also has a great video - hopefully my family dinner tonight will be more peaceful 😆

The Shins - Simple Song (Video)

YouTube video by TheShinsVEVO

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Why would security stop them from standing??

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Ba-doom-tish

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

youtube.com/watch?v=ajVW...

Is Mexican Coke Actually Better? Food Scientist Ann Reardon

YouTube video by How To Cook That

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

🙏

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Wow that’s quite a jump! Must be something involving people who can afford those rates??

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Andrew Long @closetotheedge.bsky.social · 1d

Sad to read that John Lodge has passed on, thanks to @davenewhouse.bsky.social for sharing

Longtime Moody Blues singer John Lodge dies ‘unexpectedly’

Bass player Lodge joined the band in 1966 with fellow singer Justin Hayward

www.independent.co.uk

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Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 1d

This is from much earlier. Different band. Radio session. It's about breaking up with Kate, my first long-term girlfriend. Jeez, were all my lyrics about love gone wrong? The "I'm trying" bit nicked off Syd Barrett's Opel. Harmonica by me. Guitar solo by Canadian Dave.
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Everything Is In Its Place [radio session] by Tenderloin

Birmingham radio session track, recorded some time in the early 90s.

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Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 1d

I like this one too, although I now wish the ending was less shouty. I like how I sing the verses though. It's about the same person as the other song. The verses are from her imagined pov, the choruses from mine.
soundcloud.com/thefamilyjul...

If You Want My Love (You Can Whistle For It) by Parachute

EP track by Parachute from 2000.

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Jules Gray @julesgray.bsky.social · 1d

Arguably the finest vocal/lyric/song I ever did. The band ended bitterly, but if I try hard enough I can remember the good times.
This song was about a night that I thought was the start of something special, but it turned out to be a false dawn.
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Natural Hyena by Parachute

EP track by Parachute from 2000.

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch

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Vlad Vexler @vladvexler.bsky.social · 2d

A short video on unsafety in chronic illness on the Vlads ME Diary channel - youtu.be/_6KSh9AKA-o?...

What “Unsafety” Feels Like in ME and Long Covid

YouTube video by Vlad Vexler ME Diary

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