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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thanks for letting me know. I shall follow your recommendation.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

First prize? A golden jobbie. A bookcase-sized version of the excrescence in Edinburgh’s St James quarter.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So sorry to hear of this. The most recent Which scam warning email highlighted this type of scam. The emails are free & v helpful.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Toddling along but feeling my age. Church life is good & our new (female) bishop is good news. Hope all is well with you and yours.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I switched off at that point. I think it was American.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The BBC News is wittering on about the Duchess of Sussex’s (irony alert) desire for privacy and an award-winning fat brown bear. These are not important enough to merit coverage.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bon voyage et bonnes vacances. I fluked a 3.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you @alcs.co.uk for today’s payment. Already earmarked for the new biography of M R James by @profdarryljones.bsky.social Now I don’t have to wait until Christmas.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thought of putting it in my Christmas list but not sure I can wait that long.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

That excellent series of TRIH has me wondering whether Magdala Crescent in Edinburgh was named after General Napier’s exploits.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The visiting cleric began, unforgettably: “I first knew my wife when she was 16.” Badly suppressed mirth from the teachers who were familiar with the Authorised Version. The colleague on my left whispered “Legal, but only just”.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So that’s what he’s giving Trump as a present.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Question: how easy would it be to keep the triple lock for those whose only income is the state pension & abolish it for those who also have occupational pensions?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nancy Mitford updated.

Sign with arrow in one direction saying Non EU and the other EU.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Coming soon to seminary exams:“Theodicy is even more difficult if you think of God as a driver rather than as Creator” Discuss.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interesting. Wonder if Governor Dronov will get a row from Putin.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Daughter asked a friend in RE if she was 'Catholic or prostitute'.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I just heard a BBC journalist interviewing a chatbot and then thanking it. Can we have more human intelligence at the BBC?

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The BBC’s coverage of the dangers of AI pussyfoots round the fact that the companies developing it are owned by extremely wealthy men who are hoping to make even more 💰💰. Competitive greed is a significant part of this story.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I foresee a dystopian version of Passport to Pimlico.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wordle 1,913 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fluked a 2 for the second day running.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Might Burnham call a snap General Election so that the spending rules would kick in immediately & stop Reform using much of the crypto billionaires’ donations until after the election?

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The ability of the richest & most powerful men in the world to position themselves against "the elite" - a category that excludes the world's richest man, its biggest media magnates, the UK's richest party & the biggest donors in UK history - may be the most effective lie in modern political history

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I must have missed that bit in the Gospels where Jesus hands out cash to demonstrators.😉

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

British? No such thing until the Act of Union.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As a grad student who did supervisions they happened in my digs. Happy days.

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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was James Orr on The Moral Maze on Wednesday? Asking for a friend … 🤣🤣🤣

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Lily Fiore @lmfiore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wendell Berry, prophet and poet. Rest in peace.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Any chance @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social that the profiteers you have allowed to litter the city with hire bikes could be persuaded to label all of them with the message WHEN YOU PARK THIS DON'T BLOCK A PAVEMENT? A pedestrian can sidle past these, a wheelchair user cannot.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thanks for sharing that great example of good teaching technique. Look forward to the book.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Agree 100%. And it’s an embroidery, not a tapestry.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Wordle 1,898 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Since when was that a word rather than an abbreviation?

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 29/08/2026

Following the example of the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, I have decided to change the name of our local river here in the West End of Glasgow. I have signed an executive order to change its name to the RIVER KELVIN. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

RIP Tim Curry, Old Kingswoodian. His talent was already evident in a school production of Wm Golding’s The Brass Butterfly in which he starred as Phanocles.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So they’ll know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Hard Times are coming.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Chuffed to hear my punch needle Rooster is heading to Turkey once the St Martin's Art Exhibition closes. The exhibition is on this week, 12 noon - 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am - 2.30pm on Saturday. Cafe with home bakes. St Martin's Episcopal Church 232 Dalry Road Edinburgh. Admission is free.

Circular punch needle embroidery of a rooster.

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

At Princeton the joke was that Unitarians believed in the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man, and the Neighbourhood of Boston

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social For the second time in a fortnight pavements at this corner have been blocked by the bikes hired out under the Council initiative to inconsiderate & in some cases reckless cyclists. How was my wife supposed to get past in her wheelchair? Answer - take to the road.

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David Warnes @davidjwarnes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks for highlighting this. As the accompanist of my wheelchair-using wife I sometimes have to move them to give her enough pavement width. And don’t start me on Voi bikes blocking pavements.

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