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Alex Morris @asjmorris.bsky.social · 2h

Experiment successful.

The cast of TV sitcom Cheers, Cliff, Coach, Carla, Sam, Diane and Norm, but they're all been quickly faceswapped with Cher's face. The title above reads 'Chers'.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 57m

Taken my lurgy for a lie down with this for company.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 3h

Writers based in Scotland, teaching gig to apply for: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing (Prose)

The successful candidate will contribute primarily to the teaching of our MSc in Creative Writing (fiction workshops and seminars) and Literature courses (‘e.g. Acts of Storytelling’), and the supervi...

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 5h

What a day. Finally restored to wifi/television coverage (now to fight for lost days £). Upstairs having new boiler so a tonne of cascading water from roof to street. Downstairs having gardening done, hacking away a whole tree. Nonstop Southside action, kids. #GoingLikeAFair

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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 5h

Publication Day! 'With Love, Grief and Fury' is published in paperback today @canongate.co.uk - Thank you to all who preordered it, we launch tonight at Libreria! I'm officially on tour now and look forward to sharing my poems with you soon xx ww.salenagodden.co.uk / buythebook.online/salena-godden

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 20h

Might add Thought Landlord to my CV.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 20h

Soz gang.

I've been at a LONG parents evening.

Just got back.

I'm going to remind you of a couple of unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offers now.

Woohoo, etc!

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

The best of all the days.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

UK only

Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

www.biggreenbookshop.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 23h

It’s borrowed from something but I don’t have the reference to hand.

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Currently reading and it's FAB, a trait it has in common with Elaine's first two novels, which I also adored:

Author Elaine Feeney on left (blonde hair to shoulder, striped shirt, black blazer); cover of Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way to the right, mostly green with a blue horse galloping away behind white type

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Back to basics now that we are home.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

My pleasure

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Quick google threw up several options: libguides.st-andrews.ac.uk/c.php?g=5267...

easypersian.com

www.google.com/search?q=fre...

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 1d

Oh frabjous day! Thought after 65.9 years I finally had something wrong with my teeth but my lovely dentist confirms that my mouth is in fact healthy as ever, and I do not need A Procedure of any sort. Doing the dance of happiness.

a woman in a green dress is dancing and smiling

Alt: a woman in a green dress is dancing and smiling

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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 1d

Filming in the NGS exhibition at the RSA, this morning early for our third Thomas Riedelsheimer film about Goldsworthy. Two rooms have only natural light. The effect of the changing light is fascinating.

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 2d

Common grackle presents a gorgeous profile
#birds 🌿

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

*sigh* Dishy Engineer Ed has to go off climbing over someone else’s roof to find the feeder box for my fibre (insert lewd feeder box joke here). He’s promising to return.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 5d

Sound up! The audiobook of Baby's Breath is now available on Audible (£0.99 if you're a member)

Also on other platforms - Apple and so on (no idea what they charge, it's an occult mystery).

www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine caring what shade of skin another person has.

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 2d

My event at National Gallery in Edinburgh with Sara Sheridan ia sold out. But they’ve added a free livestream. Join us feom 1245 to talk art, live, class & queerness with The Two Roberts. www.youtube.com/live/T44S_tn...

Author talk | Damian Barr: The Two Roberts

YouTube video by nationalgalleries

www.youtube.com

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

Which, oddly, my parents took us to see in the cinema.

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

That tongue!

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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

Haha!

Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 2d

Engineer Ed is here. And he’s cute. Which is unusual and not at all a bad thing.

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