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Polly Fiona

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Ex-TV Exec Producer, now an effective Life Coach: nottinghillcoach.co.uk Relishes popular culture, politics, and nonsense, I'm a broad church

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
yes. it is like the Holocaust in this way. you have never seen a truthful depiction of either of those things on screen because it is impossible to accurately depict them. you could not do it to actors, to children, you could not make it as bad as it was.
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Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This is rather tragic and pathetic but good piece by @hughmuir.bsky.social I feel really sad about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pity the beat cops now they’re banned from dancing at the Notting Hill carnival | Hugh Muir
Britain’s top policeman seems to think violence will go unchecked if officers jig with the crowd. Risible, but hey, better to be stiff as a board than labelled woke, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir
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Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Yes, riveting
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j4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Bit of a long shot here, but: a friend is looking for a wrist support that you can attach to a computer mouse so it moves around with you -- apparently this used to be a thing (possibly made by Fellowes?) but neither of us can find any evidence of it still existing. Ring any bells? Any ideas?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Last night's Perseid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stoenhenge. The best metoer shower of the year and this photograph proves it. 📸 @Sebastian.Davies9966
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2025
omg omg omg it's happening right now:
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/08/2025
Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Today, apparently, is National Potato Day in America, so if you’d like an absurdly long thread of root-vegetable-native-to-the-Americas content, you’ve come to the right place. We begin with the potato monument in Biesiekierz, Poland, because, well: look at it. Of course we do
A large sculpture in a park, possibly, or at least an area of grass by a road, in Poland. An enormous pale blue stand, with four prongs, holds up a gigantic (metal?) potato, complete with knobbles
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StatsJew @statsjew.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
We live in an age of wonders
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Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Parental Advisory stickers, brought to you by the people who put a sexual criminal into the oval office
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 18/08/2025
The BBC has footage of masked Israeli settlers attacking a Palestinian farm and burning vehicles and cars. "Locals say this is happening almost every day now, and these are the tactics settlers are using to take the land, field by field." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I'm going to be chatting later to James Glancy, who's on the Ukrainian front line about the rapidly changing nature of that war - do join us open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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LIVE SOON: Front line Ukraine - with James Glancy
Starting Aug 18 at 1:00 PM EDT
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Mosley for the 2020s. A posh bloke using knuckle dragging thugs for political advancement.
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Gargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Has anyone on here ever managed to use the search function to find one of their own posts?
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Trump had this halfwit with him in Alaska whereas Putin had Lavrov in his corner. Little wonder Trump achieved the square root of sod all.
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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I want to watch this series but only in German. It adds a special Ich weiss nicht.
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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Nothing beats the studied nonchalance of a cat who just failed completely at some maneuver and is now pretending it absolutely never happened. 😆🐈‍⬛
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Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
😊
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Terrific piece this. Culture has got to a weird point where pictures by Matisse have a nudity filter yet the language of porn is everywhere.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
About 15 years ago, I wrote a story for Viz about exam results day and the Telegraph and Mail’s barely disguised boner for teen blondes jumping and smiling. And it got published, because I don’t think it had been skewered before. And now that appears to be a standard joke. And that feels quite nice.
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Tim Kocher @timkocher.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I strongly recommend a listen to this episode - turned me around 180 degrees from my previous stance on the album. That’s a hell of a feat!
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Berry @berryh.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Bit of a reach, but can anyone recommend an employment solicitor, please?
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/08/2025
In charts: Private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race on.ft.com/45Rn0cw
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In charts: Private schools lose ground to state rivals in A-level results race
Data shows increasing popularity of science and maths, while boys overtake girls in top grades
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Look at this beautiful display at Backstory in Balham
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
commission art about Palestine. commission art about Ukraine. don't wave flags or do statements, make the art that speaks in the highest and best ways to the horrors of the world and of human life. then make it available to as many people as you possibly can. that is your job.
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
fwiw my view on this is: arts organisations, please stop trying to do "here is a statement about an issue". you ALREADY MAKE ART. the art you commission and create is your statement; it is nuanced and subtle and most importantly you *know how to do it well* unlike this absolute shambles.
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Mi Julie ✌🏽 @dairycontrary.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Anyone else tried to use the Eventbrite support website and it just stops working after you type anything in? Also, anyone know someone who works for them?
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True Blue 🦋🛸🎶🎬⚾️🪬☮️ @coffeeandradar.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Happiest of birthdays to the one and only, Mr Steve Martin. My favorite comedian and one of my favorite actors. Happy 80th, Steve! ❤️
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It is a pity that we can't deport the far-right thugs. The country would be far better off without them, and they would find out what it's like being an asylum seeker. It might even teach them a basic bit of humanity.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It's honestly remarkable to get to a point where your opera house's official position is that literally everyone in Tel Aviv is not a fit a proper person to even be able to *listen* to your opera, but a chorus member waving a Palestine flag is also bad for some reason.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/08/2025
"Political parties need to stop setting their political strategy by the most intractable of the Reform curious voters." @LiamByrneMP shares his key takeaways from Decoding Populism, our newest study. Full research: www.bestforbritain.org/decoding-pop…
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The UK mostly has really good airports by the standards of their peers. I have never been to a British airport that was by any reasonable international standard 'bad'.
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Very fine stuff from Wayne Tucker and co at Pizza Express tonight. Live music played by experts – you can’t beat it.
Four musicians: a trumpeter, keyboard player, bassist and (just visible) drummer. Dark background, jazz club lighting.
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𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I think the word “broken” is politically toxic, breeding despair, feeding populism, and disparaging people who work in those sectors
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Sean Carroll @seanedmund.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Genuine people just being kind to nice people is the best thing about the internet
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Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 13/08/2025
Screen Slate have been doing the work for years now – as well as being the go-to for NYC cinema listings, you'll find whip-smart criticism on their hallowed webpages www.screenslate.com
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Screen Slate
Cinematic Excellence Est. 2011
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
so, in the course of a month, the New York Times reassigned four veteran critics, the Washington Post’s film critic took a buyout, Vanity Fair decided it doesn’t need a film critic at all, and the Associated Press got rid of book criticism altogether? Cool.
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
For those in SE London on Friday evening and so inclined, my son has a gig.
A flyer for a gig: “Taylor Mitchell and Olli Parikian. Friday 15 August, live jazz duet. Crofton Paek Tavern, SE4 2BT. Set time: approx 8/8.30. Free entry.”
Also a photo of two young musicians, Taylor singing into a microphone, Olli playing keyboards.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The Brits are experts in satire! A van is currently following JD Vance during his English vacations. So is JD now sure that there is no free speech in the UK?
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
NB has just occurred to me that no longer having to sun cream a highly resistant small person is the best thing about having teenagers
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
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Polly Fiona @coachpolly.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
😊
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Lorraine Meehan @gadhrach.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This couldn’t have dropped on a better day! Its too hot to do anything so I shall sit in the shade enjoying this
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Does anyone know anything about car parking facilities in or around Reading...?
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Harry Flowers @harryflowers.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This has to be the best job in the world.
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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This reminded me of probably my all-time favourite social media post
It's easy to have the courage of a lion, they're gigantic and have claws and no natural predators.

Have the courage of a guinea pig, a two pound meat potato with zero offensive or defensive abilities, that will scream at an ape 100 times its size if their lettuce is too wilty
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