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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 10h

Night all.

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Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 11h

Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?

A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 12h

Thoughts - is a car park where people who need the accessible space can only park for 3 hours regardless of payment but people who don't can park for as long as they like discriminatory?

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 12h

😬

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 12h

Eau d'Epstein.

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 13h

Quite possibly.

Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 13h

I suppose if you at the end of a bout of it...

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 13h

Blimey.

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 14h

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 14h

Tempting to appear and do some tactical and very public smiting.

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 14h

Anyone got good FOI knowledge? Does a request need to be made to a specific point of contact within an organisation or any of their points of contact?

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 14h

I have a lovely pic of E holding the Monkey Burglars book. x

Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 15h

BUY THEM! They are brilliant.

trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 15h

For anyone thinking about present buying X

(sharing appreciated)

trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · Nov 16

My kids books make nice presents.

Read one to a small person you know.

Keep kids reading ❤️

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 16h

Mwah!

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 17h

I DUNNO.

Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 17h

No thought seemingly to those kids, like T, who need tech to communicate or to those of us with roles that can been incredibly isolating and to whom on-line connections are so important.

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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 17h

Pesky tech.

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 17h

5) damn it. I'll just stand on this green hedge thing and wait for my turn
6) right, you've got yours. Creep forward 3...2...1
7) at last

fin

Underling on my arm (covered in green jumper), watching other coal tit select its seed

Other coal tit has big fat sunflower seed in its beak. Underling has hopped forward to my cuff, but still on jumper

Underling reaches forward and snaffles seed. PHEW. This all took about two seconds. It's all go

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 17h

Today in Coal Tit Adventures, a plucky underling's story in 7 parts:
1) approach from underside for stealth
2) peep higher to scope out sitch
3) all clear?
4) yes! the seed is MINE WHOA NOPE NOPE INCOMING ABORT GO TO SAFE HUMAN HEDGE

my hand holding sunflower seeds throughout
dominant coal tit currently eating on my palm. we can just see the head of Underling peeping over the ends of my fingers, which it is gripping from the underneath, having landed upsidedown on a black ops mission

Underling's shoulders now visible, while dominant finishes choosing seed

Dominant gone. Underling looks hungrily at seed on now hand empty of birds

Underling midflight as it was aiming for the seed but (out of shot) another dominant is coming in to land. It's all feathers and feet and confusion

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 17h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

I read the essay. There isn't a single study quoted to support the view that family life is being damaged by screentime. Also no mention of the use of technology for maintaining relationships over long distances or for people who find person interactions difficult. (1)