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this bout of Covid has made me miss 2 choir rehearsals (some of my happiest hours of the week!), a work social and my rosacea laser treatment 😭 such is life - onwards! Laser treatment is re-booked for NOVEMBER

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 21h

In Greek mythology, who was condemned to stand in water that receded whenever he tried to drink? If you know you’ll do better than me : 🧠 Quiz of the Day - Sep 29 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ 🟩 My Score: 5/10 quizoftheday.co.uk

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Quiz of the Day | Daily General Knowledge Quiz

The UK's premier online general knowledge quiz. Challenge friends and colleagues with our 10-question daily quiz. Original & hand-curated trivia since 2015.

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 23h

is it weird to close your eyes at the dentist?!

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

black #cats and shadows on an autumnal evening of rhubarb crumble

Black cat sitting on someone’s lap in a softly lit, cosy living room, with warm lamps, candles and sunflowers in the background

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UK: "The COVID wave in England continues to grow fast. As of 20 September, 1 in every 306 people were infected, up 24% on the previous week." "COVID is an airborne virus. This means that it mainly spreads in the air that you breathe."

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Covid-19 Risk Assessment for England #290

Week Ending 20 September 2026

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The Bank of England was set up by Tony Blair" It's easy to forget that Tony Blair had been in power since 1694 when the Bank of England was founded. Good job Brain of Britain Liz Truss is here to remind us.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“A unique voice, tone and heart.” Everything Will Swallow You has been chosen as one of the top ten paperback releases so far of 2026 by this week’s Bookseller Magazine. Free international delivery here in case you’ve not got yours yet: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

A round up of the year’s best paperbacks, beginning with my latest novel.

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

an extra lazy #caturday as I tested positive for Covid earlier this week and am trying to rest up as much as possible - Boy Cat wasn’t happy that I wanted to lay on the bed 🤣

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

EXCITING BOOK NEWS. I have SIGNED copies of Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social new book "Curious Events Lately Occurring in the Neighbourhood". And what's even more exciting is that you can buy them from me! HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Front cover of Tom's book. It's illustrated by Joe McLaren, in three colours. Black, red and cream. There are images of a helicopter, an old style telephone, a hand holding a stone with a hole in the centre of it, a building with a tree either side of it, and various other things!

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cherish your weirdos. Pushing through that initial cordon of awkwardness reaps such rewards. Weirdness gifts us all unique shades of humanity.

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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fresher air spreading into region we see this by dew point temperature dropped to 8C at Heathrow was 16C earlier in morning.

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Join up to patreon.com/robinince - coming this autumn interviews and bonus stuff with Jen Brister, Nina Conti, Alan Moore, Hollie McNish, Lucia Osborne Crowley, Melinda Gebbie, Dean Burnett and loads more

patreon.com

Robin Ince — conversations and blog posts about creativity

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m still using the stand in Versa 4 after 8 years of Apple Watch - the battery life is, er, life altering. Huge ➕➕➕ Also it’s so much better at auto recognising a walk & logging for me no integration with Apple Health & my WhatsApp notifications not working are still frustrating

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“what’s to be done, other than run with open arms towards the autumn and throw ourselves, even somewhat reluctantly, into the return to routine” rosiebirkett.substack.com/p/butter-roa...

rosiebirkett.substack.com

Butter Roast Apricot and Almond Croissant Pudding

Aka a match made in heaven. Plus a revelatory new tequila cocktail

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Is this the first POTS-focused paper (as opposed to ME-focused paper) to acknowledge post-exertional malaise as a limiting factor for physical therapy? Encouraging to see that consideration included at all, even if it’s only mentioned in a table and not the main text.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Couldn't lay into it on the radio tonight, but if anyone was still unaware of my stance on 'The Great #ADHD Myth?', please see following links podcasts.apple.com/u... theneuroscienceofeve... theneuroscienceofeve...

podcasts.apple.com

Some Questions for Channel 4 and its ADHD Documentary

Podcast Episode · The Incomplete Shambles Podcast · August 14 · 1h 2m

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

recommendation 👍🏻 2 excellent podcasts on “The Incomplete Shambles Podcast” (available on usual platforms 📻) covering *that* Ch4 ADHD documentary. Features @robinince.bsky.social , @drdeanburnett.bsky.social , Prof Gina Rippon, Dr Camilla Pang, & Dr Sarah Turner

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

hahahaha, I reckon the classic email footer will now say “please think of the environment and PRINT this email, then delete all trace of it online to prevent unnecessary cloud storage”

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MetJam @metjam.co.uk · 22/08/2026

This is what it looks like year by year - 2026 is an unprecedented spike, well over triple the 1991-2020 average.

Line chart titled "UK: longest annual run of daily maximum ≥25°C, 1959–2026." The x-axis runs by year from 1959 to 2026; the y-axis shows the length in days (0 to about 55) of the longest unbroken spell each year during which the UK's daily maximum temperature reached at least 25°C somewhere in the country. A black line with small markers traces each year's value, fluctuating strongly year to year — typically between about 5 and 30 days, with earlier notable peaks including 1976 (30), 1983 (30), 1990 (26) and 1995 (40, the highest before 2026). The final point, 2026, spikes far above everything else to 52 days, marked with a dark red dot and a red "2026: 52 days" label. A red dashed linear-trend line rises gently across the record at +1.3 days per decade, and a black dotted horizontal line marks the 1991–2020 average of 16 days. The overall impression is large year-to-year variability around a slow upward trend, with 2026 as a dramatic outlier roughly three times the long-term average.

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

actual #caturday today - boy cat being a cat 🥊

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

'The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer.'

theguardian.com

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding

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LondonDiscuss @londondiscuss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

That thinking thing, turns out it's useful.

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🌑☀️Does anti-system thinking correlate with disregarding official advice? Those who'd rather see our 'political and social institutions burn' than 'preserve and improve them' were more likely to look at the sun directly during the eclipse.

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Dorothy Porker @dorothy-porker.com · 18/08/2026

French vegetable production is down by “a very significant extent” compared with previous years, French growers have said, with shortfalls put at 25% for courgettes, 35% for lettuces, 40% for peas, 60% for broccoli and 50% to 100% for artichokes

theguardian.com

European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves

Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

my Apple Watch is definitely for the tech-heaven place - and I paid £13 EXTRA on parking to find this out 😔

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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/2026

29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

it’s not #caturday but I couldn’t resist this pic of our beautiful girl cat this evening 🐾

black fluffy cat with pert ears, green eyes looking at camera, brown tinged “mane” sitting on a black and white swirly dress

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16/08/2026

A lot of people don't know this, but when you brush a cat, you are legally required to show them the wad of cat hair that came off of them and tell them "this is enough for another whole cat"

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

NEWSFLASH/FUCK IT. I am giving away 5 signed copies of the paperback of my latest novel, Everything Will Swallow You. To enter, simply repost this & pop a reply below. You might like it if you like any of these things: Community Knitting Folklore The sea Dorset Silliness Old records CONTINUED...

Five copies of the new paperback of my third novel, Everything Will Swallow You, leaning on a shelving unit full of 20th-Century Penguins. If you are in the UK and would prefer to purchase the book direct from me, just drop me an email at hello@tom-cox.com. I am happy to sign and personalise each copy and will also send you a linocut bookmark handmade by my mum, Jo, who does a lot of the illustrations for my books.

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve been closely following a campaign against a solar farm proposed very near to my parents’ house - v pleased to have this info 🌱

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 16/08/2026

I mean sure, I could go to bed early and get a good night of sleep before starting another working week, but equally I could also make 5,000 posts

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

If you’re living with tricky mental health, chronic illness,not good thought pathways caused by others’ behaviour, a trickily wired brain,you’re worried about climate change or you’re just feeling shite today, then hi, me too. This photo’s for your brain-a miniature posy from my garden in a thimble:

A post of tiny flowers from my garden in a thimble

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

this focus on “disposable” BBQs - serious Q: I saw someone with a non disposable bbq they’d wheeled to a very dry park, was fanning it to make the flames larger, right by some trees - that’s ok is it because it’s not disposable? 🤦🏼

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

anyone in UK with a smartphone

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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s 31st day of year hitting 30C in London. Think about that an entire month’s worth that’s 8.5% of the year. It well excels 1976 by 11 days, much more often than not judging by outlook this would be the final day but it’s hard to be sure in these unprecedented times.

static.klipy.com

Dog Wiping Sweat with Paper Towel

ALT: Dog Wiping Sweat with Paper Towel

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I was too unwell to teach for many months so retweeting my post below about my workshop relaunch with the link to my first illustration & mental health class will help so so much if you have a moment👇 Thankyou x🌿

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

booked for Nile Rodgers & Chic, was really looking forward to my fave 6music DJ too, but Craig Charles didn’t turn up - apparently a flight delay (but apparently this isn’t unusual?) - the Chic band are FLAWLESS! Gorgeous evening with my wife & in-laws 🪩

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Dee @deeruddock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I “discovered” a band about 1am last night, goosebumps at an IG post of rehearsals & disappointed in myself for being late to the party; confused how they passed me by. Promptly told my friends & asked if they knew of them - reminded I saw them live in 2014 🙊 🤣 🫠

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