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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is precisely how we ended up with some delicious crackers in South Africa

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

TFW you really shouldn't have had that last slice of zebra

A big male lion lying on his back, legs akimbo, holding his fat belly with one of his front paws.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A story in three acts, Cape Town.

Flyers stuck to a bollard in Cape Town. They say "Bring Back Lost Lover • Penis Enlargement • Financial Problems"

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Dawn is breaking over Cape Town. There really is no more magnificent sight than giraffes at sunrise.

Cape Town docks at sunrise. There are half a dozen large cranes that look a lot like skeletal giraffes.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If the Salticrax didn't float your boat, perhaps the smoky kasi is more your style?

A bag of "smoky kasi" flavoured crisps from Woolworths in Cape Town.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Grumpy about: the pervasiveness of AI in society and its erosion of human-to-human interaction. Not grumpy about: having the tail of a completely different animal grafted onto his furry arse.

A piece of AI slop art that purports to be a coloured pencil drawing of a grumpy Winnie the Pooh. He is saying "I don't want trains without staff. I don't want to order food only through an app. I don't want supermarkets without cashiers. No matter how convenient AI may seem, I don't want a life without human connection."

Which is a noble sentiment, but the AI slop machine has given Winnie a fox's tail.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wes Streeting's ego, pictured earlier today.

Otto the autopilot from Airplane. Because not only is he a dead ringer for Wes Streeting but he's also inflated, so it's funny. Do you see?

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

First-time poster, long-time lurker as far as #SundayPix goes. But as I've just come back from #Morocco, here's my #SundayPixMosaic. A man making tiny tiles with a giant hammer, in Fez.

A craftsman in Fez, Morocco, making small tiles for use in mosaics. He is making them with a big metal hammer, which is the only tool they use to make the tiles.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

There's only one man for the job...

Ed Miliband, chaotically eating a sandwich

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We did! (there are two Williams in this photo 😊)

A photo of William the hippo, a small blue figurine from ancient Egypt who is the unofficial mascot of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Also pictured: my son.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

One of Wakefield's new Reform councillors.

A totally normal Facebook post by a newly elected Reform councillor. It says "I like to thank everybody in Ward 10 Normanton who voted for me in the local elections from the bottom of my heart I’m a man of my word and God has sent me down here to raise the vibration of this planet and help humanity get back into the divine frequency and that is exactly what I’m going to do and where better to start than in my local community." No mention of bins or potholes, though.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I'll see your Ulrhzar, Eviciv, Nhopeew and Akntzcs and raise you: TITQWOP

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Americans' knowledge of world geography continues to impress. Brussels *and* Belgium, you say?

Extract from a CNN article about rising travel costs and people's preference for cheaper destinations. It says "Internationally, London, Paris and Rome are being switched to Dublin, Brussels and Belgium."

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The sun popped out just in time to say au revoir.

A picture of Montmartre, Paris, at sunset.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I definitely didn't just freak out at the Oodie @lexidays.bsky.social left on the bed. Nope. Definitely not.

A dark grey Oodie on a bed. The Oodie has somehow taken the exact form of the Grim Reaper lying in the recovery position. And didn't scare me AT ALL.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Me too. Here's Young Master B (also William!) in the early stages of planning our heist a year or so ago.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

This was my personal favourite from last year's travels. It narrowly beat the black Danish Haribo that appeared to be called Salty Licks.

A packet of cooked pink meat in an Austrian supermarket. The meat is called 'Budget Knacker'. We didn't buy it.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I've seen this, so now you have to. Them's the rules. And I used the last of the eye bleach. Sorry.

Cover of The Economist showing a topless and heavily bemoobed Donald Trump riding a polar bear that looks far too cheerful. No, I don't know why either.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"This man was sacked by his boss over his plans to leave the company. You'll never guess what happened next."

Former Tory Robert Jenrick, pictured shortly before his Wikipedia article was amended.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I'm not saying this was an eye-watering juxtaposition of posts, but

Two Bluesky posts. One is a photo of a medieval-torture-looking antique lemon-squeezing device; the other is a story from New Scientist about frequency of ejaculation and success of IVF. It's funnier than it sounds.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

As a British person, I can't reasonably be expected to do this even in my own language, never mind someone else's. #duolingo

A screenshot from Duolingo. The theme of the current unit is 'Feelings: Express discomfort in situations'.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

@seismicshed.bsky.social Here are mine today, four weeks after the seeds were planted. I had to make carrot and coriander soup a couple of days ago because the coriander had gone nuts.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I still haven't forgiven Biggins for nearly running me over at Bradford Interchange thirty-odd years ago, so this news comes as no surprise. But why have they gone with a photo of Johnny Ball?

The Saturday Interview: Christopher Biggins: 'We should bring back the death penalty'

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

@alexhorne.bsky.social We found you! The #taskmaster advent calendar has been the most fun EVER. Merry Christmas! 🌲🤶🏼🥂

A cartoon image of Little Alex Horne from the Taskmaster Advent calendar, which has been EPIC.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

It's true, the spiders are enormous. We had to rescue Young Master B from this one in Adelaide last year.

A piece of playground equipment shaped like a gigantic spider. There is a child in the middle of it.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

"Trump - borderline insane"

One of the Epstein emails, from December 2018, in which Epstein describes Trump as 'borderline insane'.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Also a reality TV snob, but it's FABULOUS so far.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

How am I meant to get any work done when the British Newspaper Archive now has all of Jackie online?

Part of the Cathy and Claire advice page. Everything from zodiac sign incompatibility to tetanus.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Revelation said it would be horses, but apparently it's an Ocado van.

A notification from Ocado telling me that Destiny is on the way, in the Cherry van.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

President Vance, though.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Oh, dear God. Apparently she has a brother. We all hold a pen like that when we're scribbling on our track pad, right?

More AI slop from the same Facebook source as the original. This time it's a dude using a teeny tiny pen to scribble on his laptop's track pad, and sadly there's no rude café name.

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Alison B @akbea.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Just seen this charming illustration on a job advert for professional writers. Frankly, I'm a bit dubious about this woman's understanding of what 'writing' entails. Not to mention the name of the café.