Kirsty
@snowythepyro.bsky.social
Legal Editor. Alto at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (on loan from BBC Symphony Chorus). Prommer. Brownie leader. Knitter. Reader. Loves to travel. 🐧=❤️
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Dick Van Dyke is 100 today.
Hooray!
The most extraordinary thing about his life is that in 2010 he fell asleep at sea on his surfboard, nearly drowned, but was rescued by porpoises (it’s true, Google it) and it seems no-one wrote the headline: HE WAS RESCUED ON PORPOISE. youtu.be/I_CE7GqqrvY?...
Hooray!
The most extraordinary thing about his life is that in 2010 he fell asleep at sea on his surfboard, nearly drowned, but was rescued by porpoises (it’s true, Google it) and it seems no-one wrote the headline: HE WAS RESCUED ON PORPOISE. youtu.be/I_CE7GqqrvY?...
Put On A Happy Face- Dick Van Dyke & Janet Leigh
YouTube video by Andrew Moats
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Dick Van Dyke is 100 today.
Hooray!
The most extraordinary thing about his life is that in 2010 he fell asleep at sea on his surfboard, nearly drowned, but was rescued by porpoises (it’s true, Google it) and it seems no-one wrote the headline: HE WAS RESCUED ON PORPOISE. youtu.be/I_CE7GqqrvY?...
Hooray!
The most extraordinary thing about his life is that in 2010 he fell asleep at sea on his surfboard, nearly drowned, but was rescued by porpoises (it’s true, Google it) and it seems no-one wrote the headline: HE WAS RESCUED ON PORPOISE. youtu.be/I_CE7GqqrvY?...
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As a teacher and a union member I have had this conversation with a lot of colleagues over the years. If you're bad at your job and you hate kids what we can guarantee you is due process and nothing more.
One thing I remember having to communicate a lot as a union shop steward was that the union does not protect you from being bad at your job (which being racist to your customers absolutely is)
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As a teacher and a union member I have had this conversation with a lot of colleagues over the years. If you're bad at your job and you hate kids what we can guarantee you is due process and nothing more.
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Many of the Glasgow children surveyed are native speakers of at least two *native British* languages, a concept that often fries the brains of London-based pundits
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Many of the Glasgow children surveyed are native speakers of at least two *native British* languages, a concept that often fries the brains of London-based pundits
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It's incredible this debate has even happened without seemingly a single mainstream British commentator noting that Scotland just made Scots and Gaelic official languages and *well over half* of Glaswegians speak Scots as their first language
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's incredible this debate has even happened without seemingly a single mainstream British commentator noting that Scotland just made Scots and Gaelic official languages and *well over half* of Glaswegians speak Scots as their first language
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"You want a chip?"
"Aye pal, gies here"
Congratulations you have just spoken to someone whose first language IS NOT ENGLISH.
Yet Reform's xenophobia and England's British exceptionalism has cooked brains so thoroughly they've forgotten they're even talking about Scotland.
"Aye pal, gies here"
Congratulations you have just spoken to someone whose first language IS NOT ENGLISH.
Yet Reform's xenophobia and England's British exceptionalism has cooked brains so thoroughly they've forgotten they're even talking about Scotland.
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"You want a chip?"
"Aye pal, gies here"
Congratulations you have just spoken to someone whose first language IS NOT ENGLISH.
Yet Reform's xenophobia and England's British exceptionalism has cooked brains so thoroughly they've forgotten they're even talking about Scotland.
"Aye pal, gies here"
Congratulations you have just spoken to someone whose first language IS NOT ENGLISH.
Yet Reform's xenophobia and England's British exceptionalism has cooked brains so thoroughly they've forgotten they're even talking about Scotland.
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Doing some stuff with Americans and having to explain to them why "it's my work Xmas Party" means I will be unavailable both all day today AND tomorrow. #britishness
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Doing some stuff with Americans and having to explain to them why "it's my work Xmas Party" means I will be unavailable both all day today AND tomorrow. #britishness
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"Atsmeawayranoopal".
Stanley Baxter, beloved actor, comedian, author, and the man who introduced the Glaswegian turn of phrase to the world through his Parliamo Glasgow sketches, has died at the age of 99.
Stanley Baxter, beloved actor, comedian, author, and the man who introduced the Glaswegian turn of phrase to the world through his Parliamo Glasgow sketches, has died at the age of 99.
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"Atsmeawayranoopal".
Stanley Baxter, beloved actor, comedian, author, and the man who introduced the Glaswegian turn of phrase to the world through his Parliamo Glasgow sketches, has died at the age of 99.
Stanley Baxter, beloved actor, comedian, author, and the man who introduced the Glaswegian turn of phrase to the world through his Parliamo Glasgow sketches, has died at the age of 99.
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My actual response would probably get me banned from Bluesky. So here's a less strongly worded version.
I already can. It's called having a heart and lovely, treasured childhood memories that are mine and mine alone. Now can you do us all a favour and go rot in hell where you belong.
I already can. It's called having a heart and lovely, treasured childhood memories that are mine and mine alone. Now can you do us all a favour and go rot in hell where you belong.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
My actual response would probably get me banned from Bluesky. So here's a less strongly worded version.
I already can. It's called having a heart and lovely, treasured childhood memories that are mine and mine alone. Now can you do us all a favour and go rot in hell where you belong.
I already can. It's called having a heart and lovely, treasured childhood memories that are mine and mine alone. Now can you do us all a favour and go rot in hell where you belong.
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FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
Honestly surprised they didn't choose Wingdings or Comic Sans
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Honestly surprised they didn't choose Wingdings or Comic Sans
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Night time in Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #royalexchangesquare #glasgowatnight #nightphotography
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #royalexchangesquare #glasgowatnight #nightphotography
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Night time in Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #royalexchangesquare #glasgowatnight #nightphotography
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #royalexchangesquare #glasgowatnight #nightphotography
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Our annual Loeb tree is up! It's topped with a 3D print of a 3rd century BCE terracotta figure housed in the library @palaeofuturist.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/la...
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Our annual Loeb tree is up! It's topped with a 3D print of a 3rd century BCE terracotta figure housed in the library @palaeofuturist.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/la...
Where's the lie? 🤣🤔🧶
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Where's the lie? 🤣🤔🧶
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On the one hand it is quite funny of Radio 3 to play “Sailing By” at just gone seven on a horrible dark December day of rain.
On the other hand, it made me think how much I would like to just turn over and go back to sleep…
On the other hand, it made me think how much I would like to just turn over and go back to sleep…
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
On the one hand it is quite funny of Radio 3 to play “Sailing By” at just gone seven on a horrible dark December day of rain.
On the other hand, it made me think how much I would like to just turn over and go back to sleep…
On the other hand, it made me think how much I would like to just turn over and go back to sleep…
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Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
mas é óbvio que ele iria se arriscar pra ir tirar um cochilo no melhor lugar
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
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I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
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All food groups covered
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
All food groups covered
I am here for the number of millenials whose answer is Philip Larkin...
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad
They may not mean to, but they do
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad
They may not mean to, but they do
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I am here for the number of millenials whose answer is Philip Larkin...
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad
They may not mean to, but they do
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad
They may not mean to, but they do
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you
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did… did the dog write this recipe
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
did… did the dog write this recipe
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When I finally had a GP appointment in July this year, Dr Amr exclaimed "why on earth have you waited so long to talk to us?"
But this. This is why. "Life being stressful doesn't equal mental illness" is going to lead to thousands not seeking appropriate help, because sure, but also, it can.
But this. This is why. "Life being stressful doesn't equal mental illness" is going to lead to thousands not seeking appropriate help, because sure, but also, it can.
The notion that visiting a GP for stress and receiving medical treatment is the easy route is so tone-deaf as to be almost ludicrous; the only thing more challenging than, say, depression is struggling with it on your own due to the stigma associated with reaching out in the first place. 4/
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When I finally had a GP appointment in July this year, Dr Amr exclaimed "why on earth have you waited so long to talk to us?"
But this. This is why. "Life being stressful doesn't equal mental illness" is going to lead to thousands not seeking appropriate help, because sure, but also, it can.
But this. This is why. "Life being stressful doesn't equal mental illness" is going to lead to thousands not seeking appropriate help, because sure, but also, it can.
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A police investigation. 🙄 This is a matter for the housekeeping team. I cannot imagine there has been actually any damage, even to the display case.
This kind of response makes this kind of protest more appealing. Look what coverage they're getting, for a trivial act
This kind of response makes this kind of protest more appealing. Look what coverage they're getting, for a trivial act
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A police investigation. 🙄 This is a matter for the housekeeping team. I cannot imagine there has been actually any damage, even to the display case.
This kind of response makes this kind of protest more appealing. Look what coverage they're getting, for a trivial act
This kind of response makes this kind of protest more appealing. Look what coverage they're getting, for a trivial act
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What a crap headline. Should read: “Cathedral bass sacked after protesting over job losses in song form.” This makes it sound like he did the Monty Python Penis Song at Matins…
BBC News - Cathedral music boss sacked after 'inappropriate' song row
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bangor Cathedral music boss sacked after 'inappropriate' choir song row
A protest at Bangor Cathedral came after it announced it was considering laying off two-thirds of its workforce.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What a crap headline. Should read: “Cathedral bass sacked after protesting over job losses in song form.” This makes it sound like he did the Monty Python Penis Song at Matins…
I love outside-London perspective...
me: can I beg a lift tomorrow morning to the Brownies' cinema trip?
L: oh, only got the 2-seater van & daughter's coming, I can do two trips
me: no bother, it's only 25 minutes' walk (1.5 miles from my end of Crosby to the Plaza)
L: no way!!
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me: can I beg a lift tomorrow morning to the Brownies' cinema trip?
L: oh, only got the 2-seater van & daughter's coming, I can do two trips
me: no bother, it's only 25 minutes' walk (1.5 miles from my end of Crosby to the Plaza)
L: no way!!
(1/2)
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I love outside-London perspective...
me: can I beg a lift tomorrow morning to the Brownies' cinema trip?
L: oh, only got the 2-seater van & daughter's coming, I can do two trips
me: no bother, it's only 25 minutes' walk (1.5 miles from my end of Crosby to the Plaza)
L: no way!!
(1/2)
me: can I beg a lift tomorrow morning to the Brownies' cinema trip?
L: oh, only got the 2-seater van & daughter's coming, I can do two trips
me: no bother, it's only 25 minutes' walk (1.5 miles from my end of Crosby to the Plaza)
L: no way!!
(1/2)