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Carole

@crolla.bsky.social
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Occasional writer, forever a dog lover, runner, actor, theatre-goer, TV rerun watcher, reader and baker. 35+by quite a lot

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's very similar indeed to the situation with RT - but given its reach and influence and the active participation on it of UK politicians I'd suggest X is far more dangerous.
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW
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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 26/08/2026
I reviewed Spamalot in the UK with Tim Curry as King Arthur. I wrote that he was the single most charismatic performer I had ever seen onstage. The editor tried to delete 'I had ever seen', thinking I meant that night. Me: No. He is the most charismatic performer I have ever seen. Bar none.
Tim Curry taking a curtain call in Spamalot, dressed as King Arthur, arm in arm with Eric Idle. Unfortunately that dipwad John Cleese is in the background. Into every life a little rain must fall.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Carole @crolla.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
‘If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work.’ Prince Hal Henry IV Part 1 #ShakespeareSunday
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Homer Simpson's Relaxing Holiday Time
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Carole @crolla.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
‘My lord, they say five moons were seen tonight— Four fixèd, and the fifth did whirl about The other four in wondrous motion.’ King John #ShakespeareSunday Theme: Sun and Moon
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Star Trek: Ex Astris Starship Orbiting Earth
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Carole @crolla.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/s/zDwUWi
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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There a million things wrong with the EHRC guidance, as you all know, but for me the weirdest thing about it all is that its authors don't even seem to be aware of the possibility that someone asked to leave a "single sex" facility might refuse.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive
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They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive
I was the top student in my university class but when the Taliban took Afghanistan again I was forced to marry and my dreams of being a pilot ended
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
One of the many brilliant jokes in this weeks issue of Private Eye Make sure you get your copy now at all good newsagents (and not so good ones too) or subscribe at www.subsonline.co.uk
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My "on the record" column in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social features Nigel Farage having "an epic meltdown". I think it's what's called "timely"
Nigel Farage spoof column
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millions coochies @gentleness.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
shares appreciated i need help with the sudden vet bills of strays we took in/are caring for! snickers (cat) has an ongoing infection being treated and anakin (puppy) was diagnosed with blood parasites today. w future checkups all the bills will set us back $300 we can't afford ko-fi.com/hellbent
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
An early walk and a midmorning outing with her friend Juno for #sophiefromromania who is certainly looking a lot livelier than me today
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meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Bread Joggers is now available to preorder on my Patreon!! Get it at a discounted price 🍞🤎 only until next Saturday! www.patreon.com/meyoco/posts...
Flat photo of a cream joggers with bread printModel wearing cream joggers with bread print and bread themed varsity jacket
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WTSFan 🌻🇺🇦 @wtsfan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I'll have no father, if you be not he - As You Like It (A5, S4) #ShakespeareSunday
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
God I love this country. We're just so ridiculous.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
One detail in this fascinating BBC investigation into the Russia-instigated attack on Keir Starmer's home is the way it shows, in passing but very clearly, that Tommy Robinson is to all intents and purposes a Russian asset. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Stories like this about acts of heroism by people who are not white never go viral www.thesun.co.uk/news/3937252...
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Teacher 'stabbed while protecting pupils from knife-wielding girl' is pictured
A HERO teacher who was stabbed in the neck while shielding pupils from a “knife-wielding” girl has been pictured – as his wife reveals the “devastating” call she recei…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
After the events in Belfast over the last two nights, the BBC’s recent behaviour looks even more reckless www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbcs-t...
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The BBC’s ‘Two Tier’ Journalism Boosting Reform and the Far-Right
Why is our national broadcaster giving so much oxygen to the racist fantasies of the far-right?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The houses of ethnic minorities in Belfast didn’t ’go on fire’ last night - as my radio has told me - they were set alight
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/06/2026
The most inclusive World Cup ever? Tell that to Omar Artan, the Somali referee just banned by Trump’s US | Morgan Ofori
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The most inclusive World Cup ever? Tell that to Omar Artan, the Somali referee just banned by Trump’s US | Morgan Ofori
This episode feels symbolic of a World Cup where the global game has been sacrificed to Fifa’s cynical money-making – and Trumpian whim, says Morgan Ofori, reporter and subeditor for the Guardian’s The Long Wave
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Pasta with Mackerel, Marsala and Pine Nuts is #RecipeOfTheDay! I know it sounds a bit odd, but it tastes magnificent and is gratifyingly easy to make . (The mackerel in question is smoked, by the way.) www.nigella.com/recipes/past...
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Pasta With Mackerel, Marsala and Pine Nuts
This is a real hybrid of a recipe: I'm afraid it might even, in Anna Del Conte's parlance, be called "Britalian". But I defend it, because I strongly believe that its honest evolution needs no apology...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Henry Nowak's father told the nation that "We do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension. We want his story to help make our streets safer for everyone". Here's how Nigel Farage responded
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 02/06/2026
Hearing those words from Henry Nowak’s family is heartbreaking. It’s hard to imagine such enormous pain and grief.

No one should die like that. This was an evil murder made so much worse by the police response. 

The independent investigation must uncover how they got it so badly wrong, and all police forces must act on its findings to make sure nothing like this can happen again. - Ed Davey
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Carole @crolla.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
‘Accursed, unhappy, wretched, hateful day! Most miserable hour that eye time saw In lasting labour of his pilgrimage.’ Lady Capulet - Romeo & Juliet #ShakespeareSunday Theme: Time
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/05/2026
Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group
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Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group
Police investigate incident on Thursday evening after witness claims seeing Raise the Colours logo on side of vehicle Police are investigating an incident where a man was run over by a van after a group of people were taking down union flags put up by Raise the Colours in Birmingham. A man, in his 30s, suffered a broken leg that required surgery. He remains in hospital after the incident on Thursday evening in Stirchley, police said. Continue reading...
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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As a late diagnosed queer person the nostalgia in my art isn’t really decade specific but comes from the intersection of grief and “what could have been” and the bliss of being a carefree child that could just be a genderless blob and run around before the awkwardness and problems settled in
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The majority of the electorate doesn't want chaos. They want order, direction, good government, vision, and leadership. If Labour continue like this, they will get punished again and again and again until we end up with Prime Minister Nigel Farage.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Keir Starmer on his way to cabinet this morning
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Childrensillustrators @cillustrators.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A bookish bug and a curious caterpillar shares a quiet afternoon in this gentle illustration by Riyad Hossen Sajjad. 📖🐛🍃 Check out this artist's #portfolio 👉 childrensillustrators.com/mdriyadhosse... #childrensillustrators #childrensbooks #kidlitart
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Braverman - twice Conservative Home Secretary - in a period that saw record migration figures. They really do think people are dumb.
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🏳️‍⚧️ Miss 🏳️‍⚧️ Juniper 🏳️‍⚧️ Maxine 🏳️‍⚧️ @msjunebuggie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Lot's wife
Cats observing snow cat
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Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hi all! 👋🏽 I'm Aishwarya, a children's book #illustrator & #cartoonist from India. I'm currently open to work on #picturebooks, #chapterbooks, #covers & #comics. I also work as a #flatter & #colorist. 😊 I'm rep'd by @draper-claire.bsky.social. 🎨: www.aishwaryatandon.com #PortfolioDay #kidlitart
Digital illustration of a group of animals on a picnic. Published in Champak Magazine (India). Illustrated by Aishwarya Tandon.Digital illustration of a spread from THE GUEST, written by Mamta Nainy, illustrated by Aishwarya Tandon and published by Smile Train.A page from the graphic novel GHOST ROAST, written by Shawneé Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs, art by Emily Cannon and colors by Aishwarya Tandon. Published by HarperCollins US.Illustration of a spread from WHERE IS BENJI'S BLUE BONE? by Dr. Aruna Shekar and Aishwarya Tandon.
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meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
First sample of the reworked Bread Joggers! 🥖🍞🥐
Close up of a person wearing cream colored joggers with bread print
Close up of a person wearing cream colored joggers with bread print
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Tale as olde as tyme Song as olde as rhyme Wastinge tyme onlyne
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/04/2026
‘This craving to go viral is tiresome’: the artists who’re sick of the pressure to promote on social media
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‘This craving to go viral is tiresome’: the artists who’re sick of the pressure to promote on social media
From Stewart Lee in his wolf costume to Werner Herzog’s big steak sizzle-up, artists are now under huge duress to ‘chase the algorithm’ and reach audiences. Many of them are hitting burnout – and hitting back
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shanley @shanley.com · 14/04/2026
I was attacked by members of the PayPal Mafia, Auerenheimer, Yiannopoulos, Breitbart, 4/8 Chan in 2014-2015, after I criticized Marc Andreessen in the MIT tech review, ultimately resulting in me closing one of the only independent tech critical magazines that existed at this time.
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Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I'll delete this later but I made this. ✨☺️ (Sorry I couldn't find how to mute it!)
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Aishwarya Tandon @toondoon1010.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I love coloring comics!!! Pls hire me to color comics!!! 😭❤️🙌🏼 #comics #GN #art #kidlitart ✏️💛
Interior page from GHOST ROAST. Interior page from GHOST ROAST. Interior page from HELLO-HI OVER POHA. Interior page from A DEMONIC CHOICE.
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Carole @crolla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Hero: ‘Why how now? do you speak in the sick tune?’ Beatrice: ‘I am out of all other tune, methinks.’ Much Ado About Nothing #ShakespeareSunday Theme: Medical
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Carole @crolla.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
‘Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends; I have a strange infirmity, which is nothing To those that know me.’ Macbeth #ShakespeareSunday Theme: Medical
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Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Stone and Sly Paperback Release day - Hooray! Be the envy of everyone else on your bus/train/tandem! geni.us/StoneAndSky www.benaaronovitch.com
The Paperback cover for STONE AND SKY by BEN AARONOVITCH
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carly! (socmed hiatus) @n9evepulgas.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
😪😖😙🤤😌
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
You know what would be bloody brilliant? If King Charles got replaced with a fox on the new British banknotes. Let's make it happen!
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords seems increasingly appealing as a basis for a system of government.
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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 13/03/2026
Starting the weekend with a pear and dark chocolate clafoutis.
A pear and dark chocolate clafoutis in a pie dish. A golden Miffy cake slice next to it.
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