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@alanglover.bsky.social
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Retired nerd, gardener, bird watcher, amateur photographer, northerner, bookworm, music lover. European.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 5h
I've written to Lisa Nandy at DCMS requesting another meeting about Everyone's Art. Progress has stalled. As I wrote in @thespectator1828.bsky.social 80% of our public art is hidden away in storage. spectator.com/article/muse... 'Top of the Wolds,' (1900) by Alfred East,' is stored in Northampton
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hardle 10/2/2026 | 4/10 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 1️⃣0️⃣ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 1️⃣0️⃣ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 1️⃣0️⃣ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0️⃣5️⃣ Play #hardle on hardle.org Oops
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Hardle | The harder word gameHardle
Hardle - The harder word game. Guess the word in 10 tries without knowing exactly which letters are yellow or green! | Hardle - Das härtere Worterrätsel. Errate das Wort in 10 Versuchen, ohne exakt zu...
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
septle.com A fluke first guess still didn't help. That ruined my statistics 😭
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Old man look at my life I'm a lot like you. I need someone to help me to get to the loo
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Is this the app for an argument?
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Remember when they had delivered counters on supermarkets?
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hardle 8/15/2026 | 10/10 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 2️⃣0️⃣ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 1️⃣1️⃣ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 1️⃣0️⃣ 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 2️⃣0️⃣ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 0️⃣0️⃣ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 1️⃣0️⃣ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 2️⃣0️⃣ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 0️⃣0️⃣ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 0️⃣4️⃣ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0️⃣5️⃣ Play #hardle on hardle.org First attempt. Very hardle
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Hardle | The harder word gameHardle
Hardle - The harder word game. Guess the word in 10 tries without knowing exactly which letters are yellow or green! | Hardle - Das härtere Worterrätsel. Errate das Wort in 10 Versuchen, ohne exakt zu...
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
squareword.org 1630: 6 guesses 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1630 Holy moly
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Squareword - Daily Word Puzzle Game
Play Squareword, the free daily word puzzle! Guess 5-letter words to uncover a 5x5 grid where every row and column forms a valid word. New puzzle every day!
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#MEXENG Prince Harry and the Duke of Bellingham. (Wish I could work this app)
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you set your alarm for the football this morning don't forget to switch it off again. This has been a public service announcement.
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
GRIDDABLE #377 I scored 24! 😊 Streak: 14 🐢 Today's Current High Score: 31 Ⓙ︎ Ⓤ︎ Ⓛ︎ Ⓨ︎ Ⓤ︎ Ⓛ︎ Ⓥ︎ Ⓐ︎ Ⓜ︎ Ⓞ︎ Ⓞ︎ Ⓡ︎ Ⓟ︎ Ⓐ︎ Ⓛ︎ Ⓓ︎ So RIBA is a word and JULY isn't
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
GRIDDABLE #376 I scored 32! 😊 Streak: 13 🐢 Today's Current High Score: 32 Ⓕ︎ Ⓡ︎ Ⓞ︎ Ⓜ︎ Ⓛ︎ Ⓘ︎ Ⓝ︎ Ⓞ︎ Ⓐ︎ Ⓑ︎ Ⓔ︎ Ⓣ︎ Ⓑ︎ Ⓐ︎ Ⓢ︎ Ⓗ︎ Didn't mean RIBA but hey?
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
GRIDDABLE #372 I scored 29! 😊 Streak: 10 🐢 Today's Current High Score: 32 Ⓡ︎ Ⓔ︎ Ⓝ︎ Ⓓ︎ Ⓔ︎ Ⓝ︎ Ⓞ︎ Ⓞ︎ Ⓐ︎ Ⓓ︎ Ⓓ︎ Ⓥ︎ Ⓡ︎ Ⓢ︎ Ⓔ︎ Ⓔ︎
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
squareword.org 1585: 7 guesses 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1585
squareword.org
Squareword - Daily Word Puzzle Game
Play Squareword, the free daily word puzzle! Guess 5-letter words to uncover a 5x5 grid where every row and column forms a valid word. New puzzle every day!
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
squareword.org 1571: 8 guesses 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟨 <6:🟩 <11:🟨 <16:🟧 16+:🟥 #squareword #squareword1571
squareword.org
Squareword - Daily Word Puzzle Game
Play Squareword, the free daily word puzzle! Guess 5-letter words to uncover a 5x5 grid where every row and column forms a valid word. New puzzle every day!
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
@andrewhaglington.bsky.social followed me. How did he know I was an Owls fan? Anyway up the owls and roll on next season. (Looking over my shoulder)
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Think my personal clock fell back instead of leaping forwards
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We do hope KINKY IS BEHAVING.
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Miss Havishambles @misshavishambles.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Listening to a book on audible = having a book read to me like I’m five.
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Give a man a compliment, he’ll blush for a day Teach a man to fish for a compliment, this guy sucks now, thanks a lot
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
America First, Russia second, China third and Europe last. America can eff off.
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
A Puffin and a Stonechat
Puffin flying low over water. Wings fully up.Male Stonechat standing on a fencepost in the sun. Black head, white collar and rusty red chest. Looks like he dressed for a night on the town.
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Curlews off to roost
Five curlews flying in a line across darkening sky.
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BlobStarrrr @blobstar.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
There's no I in idiot
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary: His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Hi Kiki
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This is not test cricket
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Sorry if I unfollowed you, nothing personal. I followed some packs and got overwhelmed with crap.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The key is to raise taxes enough to actually be able to do something with it, beyond placating the OBR and bond markets
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
What's it like being retired? I live mostly on croissants and latte. I spend a lot of time finding good places for coffee and latte. I will never be put into syndicate again.
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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson @keithwilson.eu · 26/09/2025
Crikey. I’m not sure I’m the right person to ask as I’ve only lived here for two years, but there’s plenty to do and you can certainly find some lovely places along the coast. The downside is the scarcity and high cost of accommodation—and healthcare—though that’s a problem with Ireland generally.
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Robert Fingleton 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @robertfingleton.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The man had many insights into life that I enjoy!
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
A small copper on our Joe Pie. Apparently the reason it's here is that it's caterpillars love dock which we're infested with and which I was planning to get rid of. It's a tangled web.
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Back from a few days pm Arran. Eagles. Hen harriers, deer and red squirrels, stone circles, cairns and standing stones and high seas. Triffic.
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Wordle 1,537 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A three can still be a fluke
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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I can
I can
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It's a big deadheading time for gardeners. Monday I deadheaded my left index finger. It can make things a bit awkward. Today I sliced my left middle finger cutting a red pepper 🌶️. Blood everywhere. My left hand knows what my right hand is doing, it's asserting it's dominant position.
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Rycar @rycar.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"And even when they built computers to do some thinking for them, they designed them not so much for wisdom as for friendliness. So they were doomed." Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions (1973)
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
No real idea why I like this picture so much
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Atmospheric day on the garden.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The Atlantic Divide.
Two maps showing‘absolutely certain God exists’ - US huge, Europe not so much
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

• Al Overview
The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
• Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone.
• Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass
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ARG @alanglover.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
One of those beautiful mornings
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"GRAMMA" @kalgalone.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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