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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 8h

I have now be waiting for nearly an hour. Sure I can claim my fare back but that’s a faff, I would much rather my employer claim back the hour of lost productivity- then I am sure all the delays would magically decrease in frequency…

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 9h

I am starting to wonder if they are doing it on purpose now as a way of weaponising incompetence to the point no one expects an adequate service.

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 9h

It’s really on me that I’ve been stuck at the station for half an hour because I didn’t anticipate @elizabethline would be so stupid as to announce platform alterations to around 200 people as the train was pulling in to the other platform TWICE after already disappearing several early services…

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And people laugh at me for my bird phobia…

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So - a vote for them is a vote to sacrifice teenagers? Seems harsh

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Riley Silverman @rileysilverman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think a really important thing to emphasize about Dolly’s generosity is that she was still rich. I’m not saying that as a criticism. I’m saying she’s proof that she gave so much money towards so much, and it didn’t impact her ability to live a glamorous, glitzy life most people only dream of.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dolly Parton becomes the only artist in history to occupy the entire Top 10 of US iTunes with different songs.

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Kathleen Alves @katalves18c.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dollyland employees, both part time and full time, receive 100% of tuition covered. Healthcare, medical, vision, retirement benefits, childcare. A saint that walked among us. Every other wealthy person should be ashamed of themselves if they don't live up to Dolly standards.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton on funding education and childhood literacy programs: My daddy was the smartest man I have ever known, but I knew his inability to read probably kept him from seeing all of his dreams come true. Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton spent 80 years proving you could have big hair, a bigger heart, a brilliant mind and absolutely no patience for anyone who underestimated you. She gave us unforgettable songs, free books for millions of children, and enough wit, rhinestones and kindness to light up Tennessee.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Still unbeaten. RIP

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I still think writing Jolene and I Will Always Love You in the same few days is one of the all-time highs in the history of creative inspiration.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 25/08/2026

I think the universal grieving comes in no small part from the fact she represented the best of what America could be, and that she never stopped chasing that ideal, artistically and socially

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com · 25/08/2026

if there’s a point to fame it’s to do what dolly parton did in the world

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I know I rarely take anything seriously on here but she was genuinely the only celebrity I have cried over. I love her and have always tried to live up to her example.

An in memoriam picture of Dolly Parton with the words ‘I will always love you’ written on it with Dolly’s signature

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/08/2026

imagine your whole thing, aside from the day job, being "reading and tits", imagine being this much of a legend

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am not saying the chuggers are phoning it in these days but I did pass one who asked if I felt ‘giving up some of my money’…

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ailbhe Rea on the New Statesman podcast is the first journalist I’ve ever heard explain to the masses (or at least listeners to the New Statesman podcast) that being disabled is much more expensive than being able-bodied.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2026

wrote about that ADHD documentary, my own life as someone apparently living the perfect life of the unmedicated ADHD poster child, and why no amount of "oh but the system should change, not the people" doesn't work: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Or they have the hook up with Kurt Vonnegut’s estate and he had weirdly small feet?

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you don't get what you hoped in your A-Level results today, don't stress about it! Worry instead that you're here to read a middle aged writer's posts on BlueSky. That's the thing that's really gonna fuck up your life.

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

That would be me but if people can’t name Britney’s first three albums…

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 31/07/2026

New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Has anyone asked Adele how she feels about her fate hanging on the Clacton by election…

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

ChatGPT requests are starting to turn up as evidence in criminal trials and these ones are going to be hard to beat

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Anyone after a second hand tiara?Yours for just £2.5k on Vestiare… The cost of living crisis must have reached the debutante ball circuit…. www.vestiairecollective.com/women-jewell...

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Good CaturDogDay Morning….

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Yes I have obviously already found ‘Will from Surrey’ on LinkedIn and no I am not sharing it here because there is no need to dox people for appearing on light entertainment shows in the 1990s

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I just try to give the people what they want…

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@jonnelledge.bsky.social did you know about this? I don’t know why I think that you would be the kinda person who knows about this?

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is a wild piece of political trivia from the BBC about Burnham’s wife that I am shocked @popbitch.bsky.social hasn’t clocked yet…

Screen grab of an article from the BBC News website saying his wife went on Blind Date in the early days of their relationship - with his blessing - and went on a date to Gibraltar with a guy named Will. Years later the couple ran into Will in parliament as he had just become the Conservative Director of Communications

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I think the people coming into A&E would be slightly concerned that their doctor barely knows her way around a stethoscope all of a sudden…

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It is starting to seem like the Norwegian team is Erling Haaland and 10 other blokes just tagging along #norvbra

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 05/07/2026

erling haaland is quite good at this

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Morning Kittens

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A groundhog named Chunk has been stealing a Delaware farmer's crops for four years and eating them in front of a camera

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Via @popbitch.bsky.social. Maybe it’s actually Harry Kane that is the source of the UK’s political instability? Has anyone asked him his opinion on lettuce?

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

These small primates 🐵 are pygmy marmosets, recognized as the smallest monkeys in the world snacking on peas 🫛

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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 22/06/2026

My daughter is about to see her fifth prime minister... and she's three 🫠

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I love it when the Elizabeth line makes sure to only relay the most minimal information so you hang around on the hot trains for longer while they continue claim tethered is a ‘good service’ - I admire their commitment to maximising the pain of their customers

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/06/2026

This is Baby. She is celebrating her first ever International Corgi Day today. Personally thinks she should be celebrated every day, but this is a good start. 14/10 (IG: cooperandbaby_corgi)

a tiny corgi puppy sits atop a wood table and tilts her head dramatically at the camera. she resembles a fluffy toasted marshmallow. her ears are a little rounded at the points, and her markings make it look like she’s wearing two perfectly matched white ankle socks. she’s surrounded by lush greenery in the background.

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat

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Caroline Mortimer @carolinmortimer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

How do they feel about moths? Because that’s my issue…

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