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Bob Fry

@bobfry.bsky.social

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Overly fond of oolite, stars, folklore, photography, beetroot, fossils & other old things (& The Fall). All photographs my own, unless stated or reposted.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2h

bah - pronounced ba (obvs)

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Mark Hayes @markhayes.bsky.social · 3h

I have no words....
#slothsocks

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2h

pronounced - gah ?

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2h

you crazy out-of-control madcap!

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2h

pronounced - arg

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2h

arg

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 2h

making that next week 😉

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly this
“It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.”

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 11h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

I ❤️ a tardigrade.

Rhapsody Angel @rhapsodyangel.bsky.social · 5h

Look at the rest of the entries as well. They are amazing.

Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · 1d

🔬🦠🧫🧪 #MicroSky
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

a person is holding a peas in pod with the words two peas in pod written below it

ALT: a person is holding a peas in pod with the words two peas in pod written below it

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

What was your first Stiff record? I am old enough for it to be this one

The cover of the first Damned album (1977). It depicts the band members covered in the remains of a cream cake.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

bah

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⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨
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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

Sleek, swift, streamlined ship,
Shield-clad and shining,
Tell to me the tale of your trip
When the limpest of men were your lining
O I know you were a ship of fools
O I know you were a ship of fools

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

As long as the driver didn’t invite you in.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

I just can’t take any more marrows! Even the pigs are refusing them.

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

Here is some musical Wyrd. Robert Calvert’s 1975 album depicts an alternative USA that was first settled by vikings. Put on your apocryphal horned helmet and play loud.

youtu.be/GYaOxYc2dRw?...

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

Do you know this scene from Dead of Night, Steve?

A horse drawn hearse from the classic portmanteau horror film Dead of Night, 1945. The man at the reins is about to look up and say “Room for one more inside sir.”

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 5h

I like beetroot, me. I am going to pickle some today.
Yet another chapter in my crazy, frenetic, thrill-seeking life! Woo. #WednesdayRootVeg

A washed and trimmed beetroot, photographed so that the light shows its shiny purple skin in a pleasing manner.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 7h

It is rather lovely, but I’m not sure I like it.

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 7h

Unless we cut production and distribution of plastic we will never get on top of the problem. Putting all the obligation onto consumers will never be enough.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...