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Professor Stanley Unwin

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On a celestibole cloudy, with posthumole communicapers from the grale beyonder, whisperit worms of wisdy in the eardrobes there.

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 19h

Wiselymost worms.

Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 19h

See my pinned post, but the biggest "rip off" degrees are courses in things that are vocational or practical. Getting into tens of thousands of debt to saddle yourself with a qualification that limits your employment choices to what's written on your certificate is a scam that shouldn't be allowed.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 2d

The Holiday; Spencer Tracy, Barbara Stanwyck, Stewart Granger and Vivien Leigh.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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IG newberlinlibrary

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 3d

Goodly morlode. Kindlymost off-scram!

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 3d

Best 12th album?

Stormwatch by Jethro Tull

Cover of the Jethro Tull album “Stormwatch”

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 6d

Registered Trademark Kakukyo / Kakukyō Ritsu

Eingetragene Marke
E Kakukyo / Kakukyō Ritsu

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Robert Wilfort @robertwilfort.bsky.social · 6d

Two poems for #NationalPoetryDay The Martian by John Hegley and A Good Idea by Adrian Mitchell

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 6d

Registered Trademark Kakukyo / Kakukyō Ritsu

🌱KopHoogte🌳 @kophoogte.bsky.social · 6d

Can anyone tell Christoph was this says, please?
Repost would be nice.

christophgremmer.bsky.social @christophgremmer.bsky.social · 6d

Schwarm-Sinolog*innen, was steht da?

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s another poem for National Poetry Day. This one is called ‘A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry’.

A Brief History of Modern Art in Poetry

1. Impressionism
Roses sway in softened reds,
Violets swim in murky blues,
Sugar sparkles in the light,
Blurring into golden you.

2. Surrealism
Roses are melting,
Violets are too.
Ceci n’est pas le sucre.
Keith is a giant crab

3. Social Realism
Roses are dead,
Violence is rife.
Don’t sugar coat
This bitter life.

4. Abstract Expressionism
Are and.
Violets roses so.
You sweet blue.
Are are red is sugar

5. Pop Art
Roses go BLAM!
Violets go POW!
Sugar is COOL!
You are so WOW!

6. Conceptual Art
Roses are red,
Coated in blood:
A deer’s severed head
Drips from above

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 6d

Inspirakers!

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 6d

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.

This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

The Problem of Writing Poems
in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:

a comm n
pr ble whe writin
p ems in the shape of decid o s
trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t
sti rings of he new aut mn breeze, he
oems will begi to shake hemselves
ge tly ntil their letters loos n
d
like leaves, an
they
start
to
float
down
then

[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 7d

Delightymost

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 7d

Pinchly-punchit, firstly monthlode and whitelymost bunnyfloppers there.

Seasol of mistyfole and mellowy fruitlode - Greety-ho to Octoble!

Deep joy.

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 8d

Toadstooms, Flutterbobber and Cheggies!

Deep Joy

A Red Admiral butterfly on a sunny brick wall

Horse chestnuts littering a woodland floor.

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 8d

Beautymost painty by Stevely Rhodeloppers, but even more delighty in the eyebolder is the Alt Text.

Deep, deep joy!

ItIsStevenRhodes @400footghost.bsky.social · 8d

A drawing of mine (ink & coloured pencils), in a white frame, stood on a bookshelf.
The drawing is of seven very tall trees, in fact we can only see the trunks. The ground they are on isn't drawn, just implied, so it's just the trees resting on whiteness. The three trees Furthest away do not have black ink outlines or shading, just pencil colours, so they seem mistier and further away. Between the closest trees there is a serene, smiling human head, eyes shut, resting on its side. Hair is stylised clumps of blur, like little hills. The head itself must be pretty big because we see very small silhouettes of people dotted about the forest floor, taking an interest in this mysterious head. Impossibly, one of these tiny people is stood quite far up a tree trunk, pointing toward the head.
The bookcase the picture is standing on, if you're interested, shows Monstrous Regiment and The Wee Free Men, both by Terry Pratchett, and Seeing Things by Oliver Postgate. Also visible are a white wire and a human tooth.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10d

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Cartoon of a man asking a receptionist for directions to Mr Escher's office. The receptionist replies ""Up the stairs. Keep turning right."

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 13d

DING!

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 15d

A scene from Ted Lasso where the whole squad are touching a sign saying ‘Believe’

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 15d

L33t 5killz!

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 17d

Reciprofole.

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 17d

Thankly ho!

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 17d

Educapers of the constabulode in grammatifold wisdy.

Deep joy!

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 17d

'A Case for the Bishop', the first episode of The Secret Service, was originally broadcast on this day in 1969. Starring Professor Stanley Unwin, it ran for only 13 episodes.

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Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 18d

Deep joy!

Llawenydd dwfn!

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 18d

Folly folly.

Professor Stanley Unwin @professorunwin.bsky.social · 19d

Outstandifold!

The imaginapers of Quanty and artistymost geniole of Barker.

Christmole prezzies sortit.

Deep joy!

David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 19d

Coming soon from @christhebarker.bsky.social and me...

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