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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Mar 12

I much prefer GNU to RIP, precisely because it lets the person live on in memories. My go-to reaction to hearing that a loved one or someone a friend knew has crossed the black sands is to GNU, which inevitably leads to confusion and explanations...

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Mar 12

GNU Sir Terry Pratchett, mind how you go.

(10 years?!) "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken." 🐢🦧

#SirTerryPratchett #Discworld

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Mar 5

Gool Peran Lowen! (Part II) #Kernow #Cornwall #StPiran #KernowBysVyken #JamFirst

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Mar 5

Gool Peran Lowen!
#Kernow #Cornwall #StPiran #saffronbuns #dreckly

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Feb 22

Happy World Thinking Day to all members of Girlguiding and Scouting. 😊 #WorldThinkingDay #WorldThinkingDay2025 #ThinkingDay #Girlguiding #Scouting

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Feb 14

Valentine's day gift from my husband: a box of chocolate pralines, accompanied by a card. ♥️
Valentine's Day gift from our feline daughters: A pile of vomit on the bedroom floor, accompanied by a hairball. 🤮

#ValentinesDay
#catparentlife

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Feb 13

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop cuts to Hampshire’s concessionary bus pass: Keep this lifeline for disabled and older people

These cuts will place more barriers in the way of disabled people trying to access work, volunteering, education, training, day centres, social occasions, and much more. The enhancements to the statut...

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Feb 2

Never underestimate the power of a stroll by the sea on a crisp, sunny, February day. Especially one with surprise giant bubbles en route. 😊 #brighton

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · Jan 27

As lonely as it feels when you’re struggling with your mental health, please know you’re not alone.
#allontheboard

Hello.
If you're reading this and you struggle with your mental health, please know you're not alone.
All on the board struggle too.
So does the person who has liked or shared this.
@allontheboard

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 24

Can I hear a Wahoo? 😁

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 22

Yes! Some years ago someone set up a club at work and whoever finished the book and reviewed it first chose the next one. It died because it was always the same, fastest readers picking books they liked, leaving the rest to struggle through books that weren't for them. 😞

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All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · Jan 20

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” - Martin Luther King Jr.

#martinlutherkingjr #mlkday #allontheboard

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 20

"Let there be goblin hordes, let there be terrible environmental threats, let there be giant mutated slugs if you really must, but let there also be hope. It may be a grim, thin hope, an Arthurian sword at sunset, but let us know that we do not live in vain." #TerryPratchett, A Slip of the Keyboard

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 18

Cute Cat Photo Failure...

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 17

In true #Discworld fashion I am about to MURDER A CURRY - and thanks to freezer-diving, it's not a Named Meat curry.

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 17

Ah, the irony of the extreme frustration caused by not being able to open this bottle because the lid/dropper is so firmly gummed up... 😔

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 13

Currently enjoying reading Terry Pratchett's short story collection A Stroke of the Pen, and finding I would rather like to visit Blackbury as well as Discworld. #GNUTerryPratchett

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 12

Going through the freezer and finding food older than Furchild Two (who is now ten)... 🙈

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 11

I'm the child who pointed and laughed at a CD player in a shop because those little silver discs would never replace records. I have likely over 100 cassettes still but I'm scared to play them because the last one I played had deteriorated so badly. At least my mountain of CDs won't do that. 🤞

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 10

Successfully survived the first working week of the year. I think I deserve a little holiday. 😁

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Jan 3

For the first post of the year, here is some actual blue sky - at Sandown, Isle of Wight, this morning. A welcome change from recent weather!

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Dec 30

Wonderful news! 😊

Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Dec 28

Big Wheel in Southampton

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Dec 24

Thank you, @channel4tv.bsky.social, for once again broadcasting The Snowman uninterrupted by commercial breaks. 👏🥳🎄☃️

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Emily Westcott @eswestie.bsky.social · Dec 22

Tonight's viewing. Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. 🎄🐷 #TerryPratchett #Hogfather

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