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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 13h

Post you from a different era

Hanging out on the estate with my bairn circa 1983

tiny louise - with a lego head hair do - in a fur hooded parka, posing with a tiny pram

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 16h

“Claire, it’s FRENCH”

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 16h

Today’s pondering: how many packets of gum have i forgot to pick up from the checkout, after paying for it?

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 1d

I’m having my leftover roast plums in my porridge and, honestly, I recognise this sounds like a posh-arse thing and I’m here for it.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 2d

How a young jonny vegas got started

Santana Abraxas @slime-golem.biz · 2d

The twinkification of hobbits in Jackson's Lord of the Rings is such a colossal shame. This is the hobbit form factor people crave.

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 2d

This made me laugh so hard the other day that I had to come back and look at it. Perfection

FrankenSnodes @mrsnodes.bsky.social · 5d

“Paul, you’ve got a funny story about a rabbit with the shits, haven’t you?” #TheArchers

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 2d

I recently bought on ebay an item listed as “REUSABLE METAL MESH FILTER FOR INVERTED AEROPRESS”
after purchase i got a long msg from the seller Jed telling me item is reusable; a metal filter; best used for inverted aeropress method & then a whole heap of other unnecessary info about coffee making

A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 3d

If one more man emails or DMs me irrelevant shit that could have been left unsaid or without my involvement, I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ABSOLUTE *AND* RELATIVE SHIT.

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 2d

we classify under 5 NF as “first facts” with a label above the dewey and put them in a section on their own. Not perfect either but slightly easier to point customers to

Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 3d

If you haven’t heard this episode
of Handsome, it’s a beautiful tribute to Andrea and their life. It’s also a very special example of how you can hold space for friends who are grieving

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Kristen Schaal asks about the afterlife

Podcast Episode · Handsome · 05/08/2025 · 57m

podcasts.apple.com

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 3d

ahhh @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social has books by poet Andrea Gibson, on Libby. I discovered their work during covid and I know a lot of people did. Some only hearing them due to their death recently. A great way with words.

screenshot of libby app showing ebooks You Better Be Lighting and Lord of th Butterflies by Andrea gibson

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 3d

i bloody love an em dash. ai pisses over aa thing!

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 3d

i once knew a sad person who said “you can never see the end of a rainbow, because it’s only ever superimposed into the sky”
every time i see the end i post it.

a beautiful end of a rainbow , shining onto an island and reflecting onto the sea ripples

Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 4d

i have a cone of new lanark ochre that wishes to be a cardigan, but it hasn’t told me what kind yet

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 4d

Shetland Islands Council has backed a motion from Scottish Greens councillor @alexjarmitage.bsky.social to boycott Israel.

The islands join the Scottish Parliament and Edinburgh City Council, which voted for Green motions on boycotts last month.

greens.scot/news/shetlan...

Shetland joins global campaign of boycotts against genocidal regime

Shetland joins global campaign of boycotts against genocidal regime - Shetland backs Green call to boycott Israel

greens.scot

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 5d

nutshell: Marky’s dog attacked Kenton. and he/members of his gang possibly poisoned his cat & set fire to pub sign
George knew someone inside connected to Marky’s gang & offered to speak to cops. George and this person aren’t on good terms - possibly now he’s fitting George up 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 5d

Noticing 5.10.25
never seen so much waar (seaweed) on this beach. Storm Amy surely delivered- possibly brought up by recent dredging too. There was seaweed over the fences too (out of picture)

small beach usually sandy is covered in brown seaweed over the high tide line

Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 5d

Today I am thinking about things

water colour palettes and strips of paper covered in splotches of colours

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 6d

Shoutout eternally to everyone writing - poetry, fanfic, entire novels - on their phones.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 7d

WHAT

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 6d

spoke to a person yday who was miffed that Shetland Ponies were referred to as “shelties” in a few books because they were looking for Shetland Sheepdogs, which they believed were the only sheltie.

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Laura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 7d

My attention was immediately caught by the claim that digital ID would help the 1 in 10 adults without a physical photo ID. Well ok, what about the 1.6m adults who don't have any kind of digital device? Or the 7.9m without basic digital skills? (Source: www.goodthingsfoundation.org/policy-and-r...)

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 8d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 9d

blyde you minded me of this I think i have all o da books on kindle

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Louise @louiselooklisten.bsky.social · 10d

oh minded me o da pork stroganoff! i need to make that . great book- all his others are too

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