Lexx Clarke
@lexxclarke.bsky.social
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Lexx Clarke
@lexxclarke.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Good afternoon #cookingsky, a request for help, please. I'm looking for a particular French fish soup I recall my late father bringing back from France in the 80s/very early 90s. It came in a packet, in dry form, with a smaller packet of croutons inside. These were so fierce with garlic my mother
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The introduction to my series about Brexit and Why I'm Learning the Irish Language can be found here:
timwrite.net/factual-work/
timwrite.net/factual-work/
Factual work
What follows happened. In real life. Mostly to me. https://timwrite.net/on-being-questioned-about-the-death-of-my-child/ https://timwrite.net/t-morgue-with-my-daughter/ https://timwrite.net/factual-wo...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The introduction to my series about Brexit and Why I'm Learning the Irish Language can be found here:
timwrite.net/factual-work/
timwrite.net/factual-work/
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Just seen the word “spittoon” in print. Not a daily occurrence, but a reminder of the excellence of -oon words. Harpoon. Poltroon. Festoon. Contrabassoon.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Just seen the word “spittoon” in print. Not a daily occurrence, but a reminder of the excellence of -oon words. Harpoon. Poltroon. Festoon. Contrabassoon.
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Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
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An old cartoon which we've recently put back up on our website because it *feels* like the right time to do so i don't know why
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An old cartoon which we've recently put back up on our website because it *feels* like the right time to do so i don't know why
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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I've brought this up before but I think it bears repeating because it's a total non-factor in all the rhetoric: "Britain" hasn't been an island (or archipelago) at any time in its history. The last decade of drawing back behind our borders is a bizarre aberration.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I've brought this up before but I think it bears repeating because it's a total non-factor in all the rhetoric: "Britain" hasn't been an island (or archipelago) at any time in its history. The last decade of drawing back behind our borders is a bizarre aberration.
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The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.
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This is fake duck. It’s lucky it wasn’t named by the people who called fake bacon ‘Facon’.
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is fake duck. It’s lucky it wasn’t named by the people who called fake bacon ‘Facon’.
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Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Your occasional reminder, if you’re in the UK, that it is shaping up to be a hideous bird flu season, with many wildlife casualties (including resident birds, not just winter migrants), and, however soft your heart, it is a Really Bad Idea to handle sick or ‘injured’ birds or bring them inside.
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'We DON'T NEED to ask for directions Margaret...’
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
'We DON'T NEED to ask for directions Margaret...’
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
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HEY!
Get yourself a Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a new surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Books will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
Get yourself a Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a new surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Books will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
HEY!
Get yourself a Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a new surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Books will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
Get yourself a Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a new surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Books will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
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I think people would take the vow of silence in the quiet carriage more seriously if they were also required to wear a monk’s cape and a tonsure wig.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I think people would take the vow of silence in the quiet carriage more seriously if they were also required to wear a monk’s cape and a tonsure wig.
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I really wish every time someone complained of left wing bias in something they were asked the question:
'OK, what would this be like without left-wing bias? What would you leave out and what would you put in instead?'
Because that'd be a very good measure of what they actually mean.
'OK, what would this be like without left-wing bias? What would you leave out and what would you put in instead?'
Because that'd be a very good measure of what they actually mean.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I really wish every time someone complained of left wing bias in something they were asked the question:
'OK, what would this be like without left-wing bias? What would you leave out and what would you put in instead?'
Because that'd be a very good measure of what they actually mean.
'OK, what would this be like without left-wing bias? What would you leave out and what would you put in instead?'
Because that'd be a very good measure of what they actually mean.
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Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
Rosemary Remembrance Cake
The food we eat connects us so deeply to those we love and, perhaps, especially so when they are no longer with us. And this recipe is really in honour of my maternal grandmother, and not just because...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
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WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
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The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
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Under Milk Wood new print drop!
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Under Milk Wood new print drop:
Hello, my lovely friends! I just wanted to tell you that I've turned some of my Under Milk Wood art into mini prints. Actually it was the ideal of The Golden Sheaf Gallery, Narbeth who are the only s...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Under Milk Wood new print drop!
www.bhhawkins.com/so/5bPfVAV8q...
www.bhhawkins.com/so/5bPfVAV8q...
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"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
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A major barrier to NHS productivity is that it thinks of cost cutting in silos not value adding across systems. This means that lower costs in one silo can cause huge waste in other silos making the whole system far less productive...
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A major barrier to NHS productivity is that it thinks of cost cutting in silos not value adding across systems. This means that lower costs in one silo can cause huge waste in other silos making the whole system far less productive...
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It's up! My Guide to Food and Drinks Gifts Through The Post
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Kavey Eats » Food and Drink Gifts Through The Post
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November 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It's up! My Guide to Food and Drinks Gifts Through The Post
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www.kaveyeats.com/food-drink-g...