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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Alan!!!! Forgetting that you have a shield!!! #CelebrityTraitors

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The end of an era! (Summary of story from very useful DTG newsletter)

News story that TiVo is ending production of consumer DVRs

Miranda from Sex and the City lovingly clutching her TiVo remote.

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

“You can have a car outside your home, but that doesn’t take you everywhere you want to go. It only takes you to other car parks”

A quote from a resident who is not in favour of 300 homes being built on High Barnet’s station car park which has 160 parking spaces. Residents of the new block won’t be allowed to own a car, she does not think that having a train station next door is adequate “because that doesn’t take you everywhere you want to go. It only takes you to the other stations.”

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I always thought I was a Julia, but turns out I am an Amanda #Amandaland #COlab

Three screen grabs from BBC's Amandaland, with the following script:
Boss: "Let's start with your shirt." He hands her a burgundy polo shirt.
Amanda: "Um, my colour palette is very much spring-summer and this is autumn-winter, Daniel"

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

“Why aren’t you looking me in the eyes?” #TheTraitors

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Leanne whenever someone suggests that she is a Traitor #TheTraitors

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Honey wake up, new Breakfast Room meme just dropped #TheTraitors

Miles entering the Traitors breakfast table and looking shocked because Diane is ‘alive’

Frankie entering the Traitors breakfast room and looking shell shocked because she knows something

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

When one of you is rooting for the Traitors and the other is for the Faithfuls #TheTraitors

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Linda when she finds Anna crying in a coffin #TheTraitors

A screencap from Ja’mie Private School Girl saying “I am so random. I can’t believe I just did that”

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Why does Livi look a little bit like the boy from US Wife Swap #TheTraitors

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

POV: You are trying to trick Apple AI into misreading your headlines

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

This is how I was explaining all the drama to Ben when he joined me on the sofa yesterday

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Why am I getting 'Boxing Day Sale' messages now

Demi Lovato's iconic Instagram comments, which say: "Get a Job", "Stay away from her"

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This ‘wrapped’ culture is getting out of hand.

My natural birth control app telling me that I tracked 12 menstrual cycle this year… which tracks!

Gousto, a recipe kit company, telling me that I cooked 104 different meals this year.

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Top 0.05% of listeners? Spotify just outed me.

A screenshot from Spotify wrapped which says that I was the top 0.05% listeners of Chappell Roan’s Good Luck Babe

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Quick question, do we think Maxine Peake’s Say Nothing scenes were filmed after The Traitors was aired earlier this year?

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Me: Ok night night, time for bed. My brain:

This is from Duolingo’s year in review. The psychotic green owl is pictured with a speech bubble that says “You made 848 mistakes this year”

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

It is often said that TikTok is the emerging search platform for Gen Z and under. What worries me about this is that it ‘suggests’ searches for you that are completely made up. How does this happen? Is it generated from other searches? From misinfo? In this example Tom Jones isn’t even 95!

This is a screen grab that shows TikTok suggested searches. The first is ‘Tom Jones dies at 95’ the second is ‘Lily Allen Confirms Divorce’

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Great news for parents of spoilt tweens

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Is this a good time to share the St James’ Park cake that my uncle got for his birthday?

A birthday cake in the shape of St James’ Park - Newcastle United’s home ground

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Here are my grandparents on their wedding day, looking like movie stars ✨

A black and white photo of a wedding day in 1955. The bride and groom are getting into a car, and are smiling at the camera.

The groom and bride stand for a formal picture at their wedding in 1955.

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I am really sorry to all the London history fans following me

Withnail and 'I' standing in the rain, the famous quote has been replaced with "I've been added to a starter pack by mistake". This is a joke because the post author has been added to a 'London local history' starter pack.

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The 2013 phenomena of putting festive alcohol in little coats

Two bottles of alcohol from a supermarket in 2013. On the left, a bottle of Lanson champagne wearing a little jacket that makes it look like a snowman. On the right, a Polish vodka wearing a mini puffa jacket.

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I will fight anyone on the internet today who wants it.

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This was the rate of estate duty (the precursor to inheritance tax) when my grandfather inherited his farm in 1952. It was worth £151k so he was taxed at 55%.

This is the schedule of estate duty rate of tax upon death. Ranging from 1% of estates worth £3,000 to 80% of estates worth £1,000,000

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This made me crack up this morning

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Today I went for a walking tour at Waltham Forest Town Hall (originally Walthamstow Town Hall) would really recommend for any locals, so you don’t have to rely on my terrible photos.

Waltham Forest Town Hall Council Chamber

The communal gardens and Waltham Forest Town Hall

East staircase at Waltham Forest Town Hall

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Ali and Marcello being the last two remaining housemates #BBUK

Two bros sitting in a hot tub, six feet apart

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Dora Somerville @doraexploring.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Last month, we had to put down our beautiful bossy girl Coco. She had diabetes and kidney disease but the end was still very sudden. Since then we have been fostering Cookie a very sweet and playful adolescent, who has become very attached to me. Not the same at all, but it has been a balm ❤️‍🩹

Coco, our recently departed 12 year old cat. Staring at me because I was 5 mins to feed her.

Cookie, a 1 year old foster cat sitting on my lap

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