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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 19h

They're somehow jollier than I imagined

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He's not wrong there. Nobody wants it.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So do I. I saw it when it came out without reading the reviews and wondered if I'd watched the same film when I did. I thought it was great.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He only lost because it was Wokingham

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Has he mentioned his ping pong career yet? He seems to find a way to drop it into pretty much every broadcast he does.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

$7 a US gallon works out at about £1.40 a litre. We're paying around £2.05 a litre here now for diesel, or around $10.26 a US gallon. Thanks a bunch, America.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ha. We have a very long-running radio drama (like over 75 years long-running) here called The Archers and a few years ago one of the characters scratched her hand on a rusty nail and died of sepsis and ngl, I've worn gloves for gardening ever since.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And deep, deep down, down in the depths of his hate-filled heart, he hates himself.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I suspect Harpenden has now gone full-in on London, due to the demise of TV aerials.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When I was a nipper in Herts, there was a dilemma as to whether it was better to point one's TV aerial towards Anglia (better reception, endless Look East stories about the Perkins diesel engine factory in Northampton, which might has well have been the moon) or London (terrible reception but cool)

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

By "US-backed" do you mean "puppet"?

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You're also probably able to slaughter and cook a pig now so no need to learn how to order in a restaurant.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They tried it in Brighton, may still be ongoing? I'm not sure about the logistics (not to mention the environmental consequences) of shipping thousands of kids 10 miles by bus when they have schools they can walk to. In cities in particular, where 10 miles could take an hour during rush hour.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You know, same way they wiggle out of all other scrutiny. Rely on the media's goldfish-level attention span until it moves on to the next thing.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tbqh, one of the things I like most about my kids being away for uni is that I *don't* have to worry about where they are all the time. No lying awake waiting to hear the key in the door.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I remember one school trip when one of the parents was posting screenshots from M6 cameras showing the coach the kids were travelling in on their way south passing. I admired the dedication but ohboy. Decidedly odd.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A look in certain crypto wallets and offshore bank accounts should give the answer to that I imagine.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You and me both. And unfortunately we can't fix Brexit with a single election. What a stupid mess of stupidity.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Think yourselves lucky. Diesel is now over $10/gallon in the UK (£2 a litre) so thanks very much America for electing that buffoon.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My brother takes kids from disadvantaged backgrounds out sailing on the Solent, teaching them sailing skills. I don't imagine the volunteers, or the kids, will be happy to do that with the RNLI station shut. Like Brexit, taking away opportunities for young people doesn't seem to worry them at all

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm glad everyone emerged unscathed though and that you can put your feet up now

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hahaha. One of my pals does occasional tour guiding on small cruises for well-heeled culture vultures. He says it's exhausting because you have to be "on" from breakfast till bedtime, and because one of them might get lost.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Waning international support, or waning GOP support?

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Interesting. I'm doing a slow read of AS Byatt's The Children's Book on Substack at the moment and holes feature heavily in the folk tales inside the story. And in the plot in general, actually.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Who exactly is stopping them from slowing down? Certainly not the public, who largely dislike the effects it's having on the workplace and are suspicious of their methods and intentions. They're over-leveraged and reliant on unpaid labour for large parts of the business model (not just copyright).

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Exactly. The *reason* they gave these obscene donations now is that they know they won't be able to do it if/when the legislation is passed.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And having left it so long, it will now inevitably be framed as them trying to block the poor old underdog.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Stable door something something bolting horses

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think I'm late to the party, but Things You Should Have Done on the iPlayer is marvellous.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 07/09/2026

"So a works van pulls up after a long journey, the door opens to reveal it is illegally packed with people all in face coverings, they scatter onto the streets, hiding from authorities, but here's the punchline..."

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Le Creuset are actually really good at replacing their pots. They give them a lifetime guarantee and if you send it back they will send you a new one (though the postage on a cast iron pot is likely to be about the same as buying a new one).

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I kind of feel that may not be the strongest defence argument I've ever heard.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Don't know about this lot, but the lot I saw in Glasgow city centre a couple of weeks ago looked like they had an average age of about 15. I can't understand (well I can) why the police don't close it right down. It seems there's a definite lack of will.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thanks. He did sound like he was particularly full of himself with his "if Nigel gets into number 10, you're talking to his Chief of Staff" schtick, so that may all have been hot air.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I didn't see the full C4 report but it looked like some of the clips mention by name other people who had donated in the same way (they were bleeped out in the BBC reporting, but that seemed to be what was bleeped, the names)?

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Have @cam.ac.uk or its Faculty of Divinity made any statement about their employee Dr James Orr yet?

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Top story on the 10 o'clock though.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Right? Boinging around in a non life-threatening way.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Some years ago I discovered that there is an animal called a pademelon, which is essentially a miniature kangaroo, and gave some thought to getting one to live in my flat in London.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm so sorry. I think Nutmeg's job interview is one of my favourite things on the internet.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My favourite line in the book!

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Apart from anything else, it's grammatically useful. We use "youse" in some parts of the UK for the same thing. I would, however, like to introduce a long prison sentence for anyone using the word "whimsy"

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Or ensure that HMRC don't answer the phones at all because if it takes you three hours to get through, you can't claim as many thirty quids per day.

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Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Almost worth buying a dog so that I can call it Mopsulus

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