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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 1d

I also hope that, never again, will I have to phone a priest and say "I am so sorry but I have lost the jawbone".

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 1d

I hope that soon we shall empty the (very full) bone basket, and return our ancestors to the earth.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 1d

Important news from the bone pit:

The council have grassed over the flowerbed in the graveyard so though bones will continue to rise and still surface occasionally, their main escape route has been cut off, and their appearance should be less regular.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh! Yes! That would be VERY helpful for the eternally-vandalised church sign....

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 5d

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Fr Jonathan Bish @frjonathanbish.bsky.social · 2d

My experience is that there was a an absolutely huge gap between people’s beliefs about how their immigration systems work and how they actually work, and if you’ve had experience of the immigration system in the US or UK, you’ll spend a lot of time with one raised eyebrow when the topic comes up!

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

my in-laws were genuinely shocked that I, an English person, could not simply come and work in the United States at will.

lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 2d

Believe it or not, this is only the second most naive and clueless thing I've been told about the immigration system. Number one belongs to my own mother, who was so insulated by my dad that she actually asked me "can't I just bring a relative from Brazil to help me care for the house?"

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 2d

Look at her funky cape!!!

Dave Watson @ecosystemunraveller.com · 2d

I’m especially keen to showcase purpletufts, one of the grooviest and most underrated mistletoe specialist frugivores (sister to Tityras and becards)
(pic by Jesus Alferez)

Derpy mottle chested dark grey and white bird perched on a twig with two outrageous epaulette / armpit flanges of bright pinky purple

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 2d

This is, by the way, an excellent example of an intergenerational queer friendship (something I will never stop banging on about the importance of). We should all aim to have a few. They're incredibly important for all parties involved.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 2d

We go to yoga together once a week and then have dinner but there's just too much gossip to get through in a single weekly meeting, you know? Gotta supplement with the pub.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 2d

Our safeguarding lead is off to a conference about safeguarding LGBT+ people in the church, so obviously I had to go to the pub with his poor abandoned husband after church tonight and just talk absolute shit about everyone we know like good Christian men.

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Nicolete Burbach @nicoleteburbach.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. Digital creatures are incorporeal and thus closer in resemblance to the Divine Ideas than humanity, clothed as we are in sinful flesh. More angel than ape, Clippy does not merely have a soul: he has more of a soul than you or I

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

Does this creature have a soul

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matt’s slutty lil halloween name @windows98support.bsky.social · 4d

Turns out, 6 months was optimistic

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No kings @amydentata.bsky.social · 4d

The problem with social media is people can't appreciate the times you did the right thing by not posting

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 4d

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 4d

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 4d

The Online Safety Act sure has made being online more dangerous.

The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4d

To be clear tho... This is like a poetry deep cut. You've gotta be a specific kind of person to enjoy it. Otherwise its like taking very high dose edibles without ever having done drugs before... or walking into a high concept modern art show having only ever seen old masters. It's not for everyone.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4d

This pamphlet is so weird. SO weird. How weird? Yes. How unsettling? Many. Do I understand it? Never. Do I enjoy it? polblar.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4d

Okay no this pamphlet is literally insane and I've been thinking about it ever since Kym read me bits of it last year like "is this good or have I lost my mind?" And I was like "both."

It haunts me. I've never even seen Paul Blart: Mall Cop, but 'polblar tmolkop'... that appears to me in my dreams.

The Braag | Press & Journal @thebraag.bsky.social · 8d

Coming February 2026! by @andrewblair.co.uk ⭐👽👮🛍️🌎⭐

Let’s make one thing clear: polblar tmolkop by Andrew Blair is not an endorsement of the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop. If anything, it is an explanation. One that defies explanation itself. In a series of experimental, ludic poems Blair takes us through a series of conversations between the actor and writer Kevin James, and an ambiguous disembodied entity called Polblar.

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Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him @suffolkvicar.bsky.social · 5d

Please pray for Archbishop Sarah as she follows in the footsteps of Augustine of Canterbury

churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: The next Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London since 2018, Downing Street has announced. She is to be the first woman to hold the post

#archbishopofcanterbury #nextABC #Archbishop106

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

First woman appointed to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury

The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has been announced as the next Primate of All England

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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The Church of England @churchofengland.org · 5d

A prayer for the next Archbishop of Canterbury. 🙏

Almighty and everlasting God,
the only worker of great marvels,
send down upon your servant Sarah,
called to be Archbishop of Canterbury,
and all who are committed to her care,
the spirit of your saving grace,
and that they may truly please you,
pour upon them the continual dew of your blessing.
Grant this, O Lord,
for the honour of our advocate and mediator,
Jesus Christ.
Amen.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 5d

With the notable exception of those interested in cricket. Which is apparently the CofE's unofficial sport.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 5d

Fun fact for normal people: the Church of England loves jargon and so people legitimately refer to the Archbishop of Canterbury as "the ABC" which is incredibly silly, especially when done in otherwise very serious contexts and conversations.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 5d

Starting to understand how people feel about Sports as I keep refreshing in anticipation of finding out who the next Archbishop of Canterbury will be.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 6d

Dried

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