Merrydholl
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· Sep 13
Near-Life Experiences: The Pillow Writers Anthology, Issue 2: Amazon.co.uk: Greenberger, Ann, Janzen, CJ, pagán teitelbaum, iliana, Gessert, Mary, Howard, Sol, Keogh, Martin, Solaris, Laila, Loehrer, ...
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Got a wee bit of exciting news. When well enough, I'm part of an international group of writers. Our second anthology has just been published. All proceeds go to @meactnet.bsky.social
I'll remind you all later that this would make an ideal C-word present 😁
#LifeWriting #ME/CFS
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I'll remind you all later that this would make an ideal C-word present 😁
#LifeWriting #ME/CFS
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When I took this photo I thought the tree had some strange pink fruit, or maybe Christmas decorations in it. But then I realised what they really were!
Look closer
#photography #urbangaze
Look closer
#photography #urbangaze
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
When I took this photo I thought the tree had some strange pink fruit, or maybe Christmas decorations in it. But then I realised what they really were!
Look closer
#photography #urbangaze
Look closer
#photography #urbangaze
Consider all your posts liked. MON bringing the magic ✨
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Consider all your posts liked. MON bringing the magic ✨
Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details? - BBC News share.google/ovLx5y9Xkfvj...
Our entire lives are on our phones. How do we protect ourselves?
Our entire lives are on our phones. How do we protect ourselves?
Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details? - BBC News share.google/ovLx5y9Xkfvj...
Our entire lives are on our phones. How do we protect ourselves?
Our entire lives are on our phones. How do we protect ourselves?
Boavista on the point of liquidation. 2003 doesn't feel so long ago.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Boavista on the point of liquidation. 2003 doesn't feel so long ago.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256438...
Balanced piece from Stephen McGowan on our current Mexican standoff.
Balanced piece from Stephen McGowan on our current Mexican standoff.
McGowan - Celtic AGM shambles suggests no one interested in burying the hatchet
McGowan - Celtic AGM shambles suggests no one is interested in burying the hatchet
www.heraldscotland.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256438...
Balanced piece from Stephen McGowan on our current Mexican standoff.
Balanced piece from Stephen McGowan on our current Mexican standoff.
Reading the comments below the article is depressing. People are so argumentative, instead of reflecting upon this woman's sacrifice and the obvious parallels Nazism has to much of today's rhetoric.
'Jane Haining left Scotland for Hungary to help Jewish children and rather than save herself she tried to protect them and died in Auschwitz'
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reading the comments below the article is depressing. People are so argumentative, instead of reflecting upon this woman's sacrifice and the obvious parallels Nazism has to much of today's rhetoric.
Oh so Patrick Stewart has been beamed up.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Oh so Patrick Stewart has been beamed up.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A sobering story and wake up call. Fund legal aid and simplify the asylum process.
A sobering story and wake up call. Fund legal aid and simplify the asylum process.
The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain
Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decision
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A sobering story and wake up call. Fund legal aid and simplify the asylum process.
A sobering story and wake up call. Fund legal aid and simplify the asylum process.
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Our freedoms are being eroded. My children and grandchildren don’t have the same freedoms I had at their age.
Is that your experience too?
heroesnotzombies.com/2025/11/22/l...
Is that your experience too?
heroesnotzombies.com/2025/11/22/l...
Lost freedoms
I was listening to Bob Harris the other day and in his section about The Old Grey Whistle Test he played an interview he’d recorded with Grace Slick back in the mid 70s. He asked her what cha…
heroesnotzombies.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Our freedoms are being eroded. My children and grandchildren don’t have the same freedoms I had at their age.
Is that your experience too?
heroesnotzombies.com/2025/11/22/l...
Is that your experience too?
heroesnotzombies.com/2025/11/22/l...
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This world carries darkness in abundance, shadows that stretch long and cold. Joy is the medicine that mends what breaks, the balm that soothes what aches, the light that refuses to be extinguished. Seek joy in each dawn that breaks—let it be your daily practice, your ritual.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This world carries darkness in abundance, shadows that stretch long and cold. Joy is the medicine that mends what breaks, the balm that soothes what aches, the light that refuses to be extinguished. Seek joy in each dawn that breaks—let it be your daily practice, your ritual.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
This is so desperately sad. Yet another Kennedy tragedy.
JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, criticizes RFK Jr as she reveals she has terminal cancer
JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, reveals she has terminal cancer
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is so desperately sad. Yet another Kennedy tragedy.
What are the white ribbons for that ChrisKris are wearing?
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
What are the white ribbons for that ChrisKris are wearing?
FT: 0-1 Literally only one piece of magic in the whole game, reserved for the the very end. Had to delete my depressed post! 🍀
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
FT: 0-1 Literally only one piece of magic in the whole game, reserved for the the very end. Had to delete my depressed post! 🍀
OMG!
Calmac screamer again!
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Calmac screamer again!
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November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
OMG!
Calmac screamer again!
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Calmac screamer again!
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Definitely got away with one there. If I was St. Mirren I'd be pretty aggrieved.
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Definitely got away with one there. If I was St. Mirren I'd be pretty aggrieved.
HT 0-0 Nothing-Nothing. Just a big load of nothing. ☹️
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
HT 0-0 Nothing-Nothing. Just a big load of nothing. ☹️
C'mon the hoops 🍀
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
C'mon the hoops 🍀
Craig Houston et al wishing to deny others an education.
'We will not tolerate strangers and vigilante groups coming into our schools ' 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Craig Houston et al wishing to deny others an education.
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Hello 👋 I'm an artist from Edinburgh who creates colourful art with paint and textiles.
julialaingstudio.com
julialaingstudio.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hello 👋 I'm an artist from Edinburgh who creates colourful art with paint and textiles.
julialaingstudio.com
julialaingstudio.com
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Helluva week in America... here are 5 minutes breaking down some of the key things you should know!
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
Undermining democracy this week in America
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Helluva week in America... here are 5 minutes breaking down some of the key things you should know!
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
All these actions and more available on www.trumpactiontracker.info
youtu.be/3xjl2U2QteY
Clues by Sam - Nov 21st 2025 (Hard)
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Clues by Sam - Nov 21st 2025 (Hard)
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I sat atop Scorrybreac at sunset,, being eaten alive by midges to get this shot of the Cuillin ridge. Don't think I've seen a sky with so many differing colours before.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I sat atop Scorrybreac at sunset,, being eaten alive by midges to get this shot of the Cuillin ridge. Don't think I've seen a sky with so many differing colours before.
Minute Cryptic - 20 November, 2025
"Ancestors of polar, grizzly, panda and teddy counted out loud" (9)
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"Ancestors of polar, grizzly, panda and teddy counted out loud" (9)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (58,748 solvers so far).
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Minute Cryptic - 20 November, 2025
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"Ancestors of polar, grizzly, panda and teddy counted out loud" (9)
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