James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social
Drinks tea. Writes a bit. Prone to accidental hibernation. Nests with @literatelady.bsky.social & a cat.
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"KEEP THE !@#$%* OFF MY FRIES!" 🤬
A vital new research finding in *the* major issue of our times.‡
‡ other major issues are available.
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
A vital new research finding in *the* major issue of our times.‡
‡ other major issues are available.
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
Seagulls don’t respect you until you speak up, according to science
You won't find us endorsing aggression towards animals very often, however, scientists have discovered that raising your voice to seagulls – especially if you're male – will make them think twice abou...
newatlas.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"KEEP THE !@#$%* OFF MY FRIES!" 🤬
A vital new research finding in *the* major issue of our times.‡
‡ other major issues are available.
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
A vital new research finding in *the* major issue of our times.‡
‡ other major issues are available.
newatlas.com/biology/seag...
Don't look up 😞
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Don't look up 😞
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It sounds a bit like the end of a John Le Carré or a Graham Greene, depending on whether being a spy or an adulterer weighed more heavily on the conscience
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Elizabeth Olsen believes she will die old and alone in a foggy English coastal town. Here are her options
While promoting new film Eternity, the actor outlined a specific end-of-life scenario that should be cold, wet and include one cheese shop
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It sounds a bit like the end of a John Le Carré or a Graham Greene, depending on whether being a spy or an adulterer weighed more heavily on the conscience
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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It’s not just pets that are distressed by all these sodding fireworks ALL week.
Wild life should have a right to live in peace too.
Wild life should have a right to live in peace too.
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s not just pets that are distressed by all these sodding fireworks ALL week.
Wild life should have a right to live in peace too.
Wild life should have a right to live in peace too.
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I absolutely love this. I do optimistic, central, and pessimistic forecasts for a living. Sometimes you can draw the spread nice and tight, sometimes uncertainty means it needs to be wide. This is … quite wide.
‘Al could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
percentage points’
Well that’s the best chart of the year in this @johnthornhill.bsky.social column and basically sums up where we are
on.ft.com/4qMMkJd
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I absolutely love this. I do optimistic, central, and pessimistic forecasts for a living. Sometimes you can draw the spread nice and tight, sometimes uncertainty means it needs to be wide. This is … quite wide.
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I am completely Team Susan on this. George is a dick but an ex-offender volunteering in a community shop is surely the best example of community payback he could do, isn't it? #TheArchers
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I am completely Team Susan on this. George is a dick but an ex-offender volunteering in a community shop is surely the best example of community payback he could do, isn't it? #TheArchers
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FEATURES // Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report
21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024, nearly three times as many as previous year.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/06/e...
21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024, nearly three times as many as previous year.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/06/e...
Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report - Exeter Observer
21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024, nearly three times as many as previous year, but council says nothing despite report publication during city homeless awareness week.
exeterobserver.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
FEATURES // Exeter homeless death rate highest among English cities featured in annual Museum of Homelessness campaign charity report
21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024, nearly three times as many as previous year.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/06/e...
21 people died while homeless in Exeter in 2024, nearly three times as many as previous year.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/06/e...
Exebridges snarls up a lot, but it's not helped by drivers who don't think yellow box rules apply to them.
They held up not just the bus full of passengers, and not just every car heading into the centre, but also possibly themselves by making it hard for gridlock to disperse. 🙄
They held up not just the bus full of passengers, and not just every car heading into the centre, but also possibly themselves by making it hard for gridlock to disperse. 🙄
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Exebridges snarls up a lot, but it's not helped by drivers who don't think yellow box rules apply to them.
They held up not just the bus full of passengers, and not just every car heading into the centre, but also possibly themselves by making it hard for gridlock to disperse. 🙄
They held up not just the bus full of passengers, and not just every car heading into the centre, but also possibly themselves by making it hard for gridlock to disperse. 🙄
Peaceful day on Exeter quay
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Peaceful day on Exeter quay
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Memories of family fireworks in the 1970s being a safety nightmare.
Nobody reading instructions... rockets in muddy soil... shoddy nailing of Catherine Wheels... a little plastic lighter... returning to fireworks after 2 seconds... kids waving dark metal sparklers near other eyes...
Memories of family fireworks in the 1970s being a safety nightmare.
Nobody reading instructions... rockets in muddy soil... shoddy nailing of Catherine Wheels... a little plastic lighter... returning to fireworks after 2 seconds... kids waving dark metal sparklers near other eyes...
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#TheArchers
Memories of family fireworks in the 1970s being a safety nightmare.
Nobody reading instructions... rockets in muddy soil... shoddy nailing of Catherine Wheels... a little plastic lighter... returning to fireworks after 2 seconds... kids waving dark metal sparklers near other eyes...
Memories of family fireworks in the 1970s being a safety nightmare.
Nobody reading instructions... rockets in muddy soil... shoddy nailing of Catherine Wheels... a little plastic lighter... returning to fireworks after 2 seconds... kids waving dark metal sparklers near other eyes...
#TheArchers
CHRIS: "Can I press you to some jelly?"
CARLY: (coyly) "Ooh you can definitely do that, Chris..."
CHRIS: "Can I press you to some jelly?"
CARLY: (coyly) "Ooh you can definitely do that, Chris..."
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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CHRIS: "Can I press you to some jelly?"
CARLY: (coyly) "Ooh you can definitely do that, Chris..."
CHRIS: "Can I press you to some jelly?"
CARLY: (coyly) "Ooh you can definitely do that, Chris..."
If "Oppenheimer" is anything to go by, Nolan's Odyssey will have amazing visuals; a terrific score; a gripping pace; subtle time games; a brilliant cast; 5 star reviews...
... an excessive runtime; trite muddy dialogue; underwritten women; & emotional remoteness.
www.denofgeek.com/movies/cinem...
... an excessive runtime; trite muddy dialogue; underwritten women; & emotional remoteness.
www.denofgeek.com/movies/cinem...
Cinemas Are Already Upgrading to Prepare for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan is going big with The Odyssey, and theaters are getting ready.
www.denofgeek.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If "Oppenheimer" is anything to go by, Nolan's Odyssey will have amazing visuals; a terrific score; a gripping pace; subtle time games; a brilliant cast; 5 star reviews...
... an excessive runtime; trite muddy dialogue; underwritten women; & emotional remoteness.
www.denofgeek.com/movies/cinem...
... an excessive runtime; trite muddy dialogue; underwritten women; & emotional remoteness.
www.denofgeek.com/movies/cinem...
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Was hoping Alan would quote more joy in heaven, sinner repenteth etc and flash his cross at Mick. Disappointed tbh #TheArchers
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Was hoping Alan would quote more joy in heaven, sinner repenteth etc and flash his cross at Mick. Disappointed tbh #TheArchers
What is it with these Little Englanders?!
It doesn't matter if the story is crime, health, housing, the roads or even the weather, somehow for the loons it's always about hating immigrants. 🤪
It doesn't matter if the story is crime, health, housing, the roads or even the weather, somehow for the loons it's always about hating immigrants. 🤪
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What is it with these Little Englanders?!
It doesn't matter if the story is crime, health, housing, the roads or even the weather, somehow for the loons it's always about hating immigrants. 🤪
It doesn't matter if the story is crime, health, housing, the roads or even the weather, somehow for the loons it's always about hating immigrants. 🤪
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I’ve lived in London for every year but one of my 76yrs.. & heartily agree with this article #London
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I’ve lived in London for every year but one of my 76yrs.. & heartily agree with this article #London
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Poor Henry, being forced to channel his inner Saffy Monsoon to his drunken mother and her pissed brother.
#theArchers
#theArchers
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Poor Henry, being forced to channel his inner Saffy Monsoon to his drunken mother and her pissed brother.
#theArchers
#theArchers
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I now appreciate Esme’s wandering accent At least I can tell who she is. #TheArchers
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I now appreciate Esme’s wandering accent At least I can tell who she is. #TheArchers
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How do the Brookfield spawn actually get paid? Do they have regular wages or just ask Ruuuf and Daveeeed for cash when they need it? #TheArchers
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
How do the Brookfield spawn actually get paid? Do they have regular wages or just ask Ruuuf and Daveeeed for cash when they need it? #TheArchers
In a generous gift to future historians, while the US government shutdown causes millions of Americans ongoing food poverty and lost healthcare, President Trump and his MAGA henchmen at a Gatsby-themed Mar-a-Lago party toast the White House receiving a gold and marble makeover and a new ballroom.
November 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In a generous gift to future historians, while the US government shutdown causes millions of Americans ongoing food poverty and lost healthcare, President Trump and his MAGA henchmen at a Gatsby-themed Mar-a-Lago party toast the White House receiving a gold and marble makeover and a new ballroom.
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Oh no. Oh no no no. We could have eliminated cervical cancer in this generation! This was one of my go-to examples of the triumphs of modern medicine. The chances of that are ebbing away, thanks to vaccine hesitancy and our collapsed public health infrastructure. Genuinely upset about this.
This is terrible
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Vaccinations to prevent cervical cancer have plummeted in Britain
Blame declining confidence, a lack of convenience and rising complacency
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oh no. Oh no no no. We could have eliminated cervical cancer in this generation! This was one of my go-to examples of the triumphs of modern medicine. The chances of that are ebbing away, thanks to vaccine hesitancy and our collapsed public health infrastructure. Genuinely upset about this.
Just bought a new kettle. There are no instructions about connecting it to the WiFi, so how on earth is it going to update its firmware to the latest version?!
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just bought a new kettle. There are no instructions about connecting it to the WiFi, so how on earth is it going to update its firmware to the latest version?!
The marketisation of higher education has been an abject failure, writes Prof Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
University finances and the elephant in the senior common room | Letter
Letter: The marketisation of higher education, like the marketisation of other public services, has been an abject failure, writes Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The marketisation of higher education has been an abject failure, writes Prof Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
I believe Steve Coogan when he says that his intention was to restore Philippa Langley's crucial role in the story of the discovery of the remains of Richard III. There's plenty of credit to go round.
But what if the film libelled someone in the process?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
But what if the film libelled someone in the process?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
I won’t apologise for The Lost King – Leicester University’s treatment of Philippa Langley is a profound injustice | Steve Coogan
I was sued over my film that gave a voice to the committed ‘amateur’ whose pivotal role in the search for the remains of Richard III was drowned out by louder voices in academia
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I believe Steve Coogan when he says that his intention was to restore Philippa Langley's crucial role in the story of the discovery of the remains of Richard III. There's plenty of credit to go round.
But what if the film libelled someone in the process?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
But what if the film libelled someone in the process?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...