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Hayley Stevens @hayleyisaghost.bsky.social · 14h

So this morning I had an own looking in my window and now my windows are covered COVERED in ladybugs. What is happening?????

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 15h

Nick Clegg is the Duplo Tony Blair.

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 14h

This is how I’ve felt about it for 30 years too. (My sociologist brother strongly disagrees though & like most sociologists very much argues for the power of language.) It’s the same when they keep changing NHS depts too though. Thousands wasted every time they have to throw out the old stationery 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 17h

“The changing of names in order to destigmatise these conditions has been done for a very long time... And in my opinion, it doesn't work... because history suggests that sanitising a name only works for as long as people don't know what that new name means.”

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 14h

Seems a lot to do in 2 hours? I’d love to have someone come and do that for me. So much clutter here, and in my head I can imagine sorting and clearing and it seems easy - then I remember my body disagrees 👎🏻

I hope this cleaner lasts for you 🙂

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 15h

Nick Clegg is the wrong un's wrong 'un.

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.

buff.ly

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 16h

The way the friends said not to worry definitely made me think that too

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 16h

🤣

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Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 1d

I choose to believe that this is the canonic medieval past of LazyTown.

Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a journey that courts great peril, but I think it’s time we all acknowledge that there once was a Burger King Kingdom, and it was a frightfully odd place full of disquietingly weird characters…

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus and John Wayne only goes back to about the 1940s if memory serves (certainly not before 1900) - still an excellent book though 🙂

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Recipe from this page:

30 Irresistible Ninja Air Fryer Baking Recipes -

Discover 30 delicious Ninja Air Fryer baking recipes that make whipping up sweet and savory treats easier than ever. Perfect for every home baker!

mymoneycottage.com

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Mmm… just had some fresh banana bread still warm from the air fryer… 😋

A banana loaf still in the tin on the cooling rack

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

TikTok’s new boss is a close ally of Benjamin Netanyahu
open.substack.com/pub/oligarch...

TikTok’s new boss is a close ally of Benjamin Netanyahu

The push to ban TikTok in the U.S. began with allegations that it was undermining the Israeli government. It now seems poised to end with tech oligarch Larry Ellison, a close ally of Israeli Prime Min...

open.substack.com

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Most places will remove the old and put the new one in place for a few extra pounds (I took out ao membership because it worked out that I was saving money on the delivery and installation costs with it). Good luck, and I hope there wasn’t too much flooding 😕

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 1d

Writing a weird story while in the house on my own, I have managed to scare myself.

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

🤭

Jamie Oliver DESTROY FRIED RICE AGAIN

YouTube video by mrnigelng

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Hayley Stevens @hayleyisaghost.bsky.social · 1d

To say I gasped is an understatement.

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2d

I’m pleased to say you can now pre-order my next book, ‘Fairies: A History’ (out in February 2026) from
@politybooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jeremy Harte, Simon Young, Jo Hickey-Hall and Owen Davies for such generous endorsements! 🌿📚 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Also: “blethering on about”?

a woman wearing a necklace and earrings is looking up .

ALT: a woman wearing a necklace and earrings is looking up .

media.tenor.com

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

This:

BBC Radio 4 - Uncanny, Halloween Countdown 2025, Case 6: The Blanket Seal

What fresh Uncanny horrors await today?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Even a portable radio?

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

I use music to distract me from realising I’m doing housework or whatever - ever tried that?

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

And if you’re listening outside the UK (or use a vpn that makes it think you are) you are treated to a 2m30s podcast, of which fully 2 minutes are adverts. I hope they scrap it next year. It really is pointless - any old tale included but mostly without enough actual story to engage with at all

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Ok I’ve made it to day 8 of #uncanny Halloween specials this year (about as far as I got last year). What a waste of time. Such rubbish… I’ll wait for the full length ones to return

Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

#uncanny The Blanket Seal appearing just as ‘a psychology student from another university breezed in’ - if it happened, it just *HAS* to have been part of a psychology experiment. 🤣

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

#uncanny The Blanket Seal appearing just as ‘a psychology student from another university breezed in’ - if it happened, it just *HAS* to have been part of a psychology experiment. 🤣

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you ☺️

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