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Wendy

@londonesque.bsky.social

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Chronic illness, moderate nerdiness, mostly here to look at your pets. londonesque_ at the Other Place.

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · Feb 11

“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don’t need to justify that or earn it. You are allowed to just live.”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · 21h

Hurray, well done past self!

Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · 21h

Genuinely curious what Sainsbury’s are thinking playing David Walliams screaming at you every few minutes over the sound system. My first guess is they’re trying to drive everyone to internet shopping, my second guess is they’re trying to drive up alcohol sales

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve also pre-ordered the audiobook because Brendan McDonald’s narration is note-perfect. Pre-ordering a book twice should tell you how much I recommended series!

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Do you ever pre-order a book and then forget when it’s due to be released? It’s like buying yourself a surprise present! Anyway, can’t wait to get stuck into Ring The Bells, the latest in the brilliant Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell #booksky @caimhmc.bsky.social

A green hard cover book with a large illustration of Santa Claus’s head, the illustration is all in white except for a red hat and demonic looking red eyes. The title of the book is Ring The Bells and it’s written by C.K. McDonnell.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 3d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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three spooks pam 🎃 @threesteakspam.bsky.social · 6d

erm did you know if you have location services turned on on instagram it shows your exact location to everyone on a map so check that if you’re bothered or don’t x

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 6d

Timeline cleanse.

Newspaper clipping, 1906.

A newspaper clipping from 1906 that reads: "Noisy, Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer's Life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt."

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · 6d

Nobody did it like her 🤍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY2r...

Hyacinth's Hilarious Experiences With Dogs | Keeping Up Appearances

YouTube video by BritBox

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · 9d

People online are just constantly saying stuff, and I understand maybe 10% of it at this point. So this is what getting old feels like then

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 13d

Autism doesn’t need to be “fixed.” Fascism needs to be neutered.

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · 20d

A lady who works in skincare asked how old I was and when I told her she laughed uproariously and said, “Oh gosh I wouldn’t have said that at ALL”, and I was honestly too scared to carry on that line of conversation so changed the subject 👵

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations fellas, we’ve all moved one spot up on the world’s most handsome man rankings

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · Sep 8

The turkey neck I’ve developed between hairdresser appointments is genuinely alarming, perimenopause doesn’t f**k around (at the hairdressers is the only time I have no option but stare at my own reflection)

Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · Sep 7

*sits watching clock so I can be fully prepared when the energy alarm test goes off*

*shits self anyway*

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Sep 6

My sister trains with a Boot Camp on Bristol Downs but the council want to put up the license fee which could put some out of business. Would be GREAT if you could sign and share a petition to stop this. They’re a really important health benefit. chng.it/mvybffML6j

Sign the Petition

Stop Unfair Licence Charges for Self-Employed Instructors on Bristol Downs

chng.it

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Gold Yoshi @goldyoshi.bsky.social · Sep 4

enshittification definition covered in ads

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · Sep 4

My Good Omens graphic novel arrived! It’s so beautiful I can’t wait to get properly stuck in, but the whole team has obviously put on so much work to create this beautiful project, they’ve done Sir Terry proud! Thank you @terrypratchett.bsky.social @colleendoran.bsky.social #booksky

The ‘Good Omens’ graphic novel with a large blue folder saying Loot Pack 1, plus two red bookmarks and a postcard with artwork from the book.

A big messy pile of prints from the book, the top one is a beautiful verdant natural vista with the words “In the beginning it was a nice day”

The book sleeve folder over to show another version of the cover, two men standing in a stained glass window

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · Aug 31

Life is short and the hour of our death is a mystery, so no, I will not rate my transaction

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · Aug 31

Here’s one I wrote many moons ago

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · Aug 31

My car says it couldn’t load my user profile, but it is letting me drive it “as a guest”. The future is stupid.

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’ve been having a big purge of accounts I’m following on Instagram and the algorithm is freaking out, “What is it you want us to show you lady? Sports people? Atrocities? Ducks?”
“What about the accounts I still follow?”
“😂👎⛔️🖕”

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Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · Aug 30

Two people to take the Ring to Mordor? I can't explain it but they would manage.

A picture of Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston incarnation) and her husband Gomez (Raul Julia). She looks beatific in front of an elaborate tomb; he is adoring.

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Wendy @londonesque.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’m sure it’s a sign that everything’s fine that I log into BlueSky and every other post is ‘he’s still alive’