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ScotchMist31
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Writes a bit...acts a bit...

'Guess this world needs its dreamers.
May they never wake up...'
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The face of someone waiting silently, like a Seal Team 6 member, to make his move for Thanksgiving food.
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics. The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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He is risen
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The day ended here in Glastonbury in lilac loveliness. 💜
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The night tinkles like ice in glasses.
Leaves are glued to the pavement with frost.
The brown air fumes at the shop windows,
Tries the doors, and sidles past…

—Norman MacCaig, “November Night”
published in The Poems of Norman MacCaig (Birlinn, 2011)
#poem #poetry
birlinn.co.uk/product/the-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Watching The Wombles doing '...Wombling Merry Christmas' and Google the names. One heading has:

'Are the Wombles still relevant?' 😂

Well, obviously. If you were a wean brought up with them, you take your rubbish home if the bins are full.

EXCEPT on Wimbledon Common. So you get to meet them. 😂
a stuffed animal with the words remember you 're a wobble on the bottom
Alt: A tired and emotional Womble with the words remember you're a womble
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I feel seen. 😂
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The Ghost Story for Christmas Eve this year is M R James's "An Episode of Cathedral History".
It'll be livestreamed at 7pm (UK) but available to watch anywhere, anytime after that. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here
christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk

art by Paul Lowe
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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‘Demand is up, donations are down’: how food banks are helping families in Kent
‘Demand is up, donations are down’: how food banks are helping families in Kent
Since the pandemic, the charities have been forced to use cash gifts and grant money to cover their bills
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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When King Haakon IV blundered by using a flat 3000–5000-2000 formation instead of the tried & tested 4000-3000-3000
Writing tomorrow on how the victory at Hampden was a 'luminous moment' and the most important victory against Scandic forces since the Battle of Largs in 1263
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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i don't think your loan is getting approved
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Zoe Lyons, "There's such a massive gap now between the rich and poor in this country that if you are genuinely are on lower wages, and inflation is hitting you, it's really bloody hard to survive"

"There are people in this country working full time using food banks, that should never happen"
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
www.archpaper.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Slept wrong and now it hurts if I turn my head: the middle-aged story
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM