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River Cavy ♿️ @rivercavy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Found Lynda in the paper #TheArchers

Lady in tweed holding two llamas with harnesses.

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Jo @jobowandarrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

‘After Russ’. Is Lizzie worried she’ll have to fund another 3 temp kettle #TheArchers

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#TheArchers A mix of Motown classics and noughties indie vibes? Of course it's Freddie who's doing the music for the wedding.

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I missed the viral "multitasking mom at a San Francisco Giants game with her selfish husband". www.instagram.com/reel/DdrbfwC... I love that she's written her side of the story themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The wonderful @georgemonbiot.bsky.social has been talking on LBC about the plight of those with ME/CFS (which is often referred to informally as "chronic fatigue", and which can overlap with Long COVID). Huge thanks to him and to @natashadevon.bsky.social for her support. youtu.be/H2rRf_f2hJs

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LBC | Natasha Devon interview with George Monbiot

YouTube video by Broken Battery

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Beautiful autumn day here…the melancholy of the light …

Black poodle on coastal path above blue sea

Yealm Estuary from above - blue inlet, red bracken, green trees

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#FrontRow The series Station Eleven is brilliant. Perfect one-season story.

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Dr Meri C Dickson @earbyfae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The so-called witch Meg Shelton was buried face down in Woodplumpton graveyard with a giant boulder on top for good measure. Wonder if Anna has that in mind for Carol??? #TheArchers

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#TheArchers In a terrible mix-up that lands Alan in the bishop's bad books, the music for Carol's funeral consists of Silk Chiffon and Pink Pony Club; while at the wedding Pip goes up in a blaze to Fire Leap from "The Wicker Man". Somewhat surprisingly, the respective congregations approve.

Florence Pugh in Midsommar, garlanded with flowers and (added) flames

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#TheArchers Anna & Stella representing the thoughtful no-nonsense lesbian archetype.

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#TheArchers Anna coping with grief by turning into her mother. It'll end in tears.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#TheArchers A couple of tweets from the past. RIP Carol

#TheArchers Carol: "I can sometimes still hear John's voice... 'Get that pillow off my face' is what I hear most often"
7:20 PM · Feb 28, 2016

"Is Carol selling her herbal tea at the Ambridge Christmas Fair? (Contents: Camomile, Ginger, Hemp, Nettle, Laudanum, Lemon) #TheArchers"
7:07 PM · Dec 14, 2014

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OleBiscuitBarrel.bsky.social @olebiscuitbarrel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oooft, that last 10 mins of #TheArchers hit hard, as I'm sure it did for many others 💔

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#TheArchers ANNA: "Did she have any last message for me?" ALAN: "Ye-es... She made me write it down..." *reads* 'I probably should've said this to you before, but it's never too late: Never forget that I need you to look after the bats.'

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Jon Reed @jonreed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tony: “Are we doing a #RepairShop crossover again this week?” Leonard: “No, I think it’s #DoctorWho this week.” Tony: “That reminds me: Tom’s greenhouse is bigger on the inside. As my old dad used to say.” #TheArchers

Patrick Troughton as the 2nd Doctor, leaning over the TARDIS console. Patrick Troughton was the father of David Troughton, who plays Tony Archer, and grandfather of William Troughton, who plays Tom Archer. Which explains their ability to regenerate (from Colin Skipp and Tom Graham respectively).

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.

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St Thomas Food Fight @stthomasfoodfight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Help us keep St Thomas Food Fight going!

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, there you are: official UK govt figures confirm it costs £3,000 a year more to teach the average undergraduate than they're willing to pay us. www.gov.uk/government/p... Now, they'll explain how that's our fault for greedily having almost no pay-rises for a decade...

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Nick @checkyoursheds.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New cat just dropped!

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Fr Edward Barlow @edwardrhbarlow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Alan, I wouldn't do that without a third party to witness that it isn't financial coercion! #TheArchers

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Watto Star Wars: Big Red Flag Meme

ALT: Watto Star Wars: Big Red Flag Meme

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very sad news. Always interesting. Great on Newsnight Review. Full of engaging intelligent curiosity. I interacted with her on Twitter (as-was) a few times, which I found a delightful thrill.

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Connections Puzzle #1193 was terrible today. *MILD SPOILERS* Tim Curry shouldn't be a red herring. Three clues require knowledge of US slang and culture.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans

Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#TheArchers I know Carol seems an ungrateful cantankerous self-damaging old bat, but she's struggling to come to terms with regrets about her son, with the frailties of old age, and with loss of agency. And her relationship with her daughter, always challenging, isn't helped by dependency.

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Trudie (Erms) @trudieerms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

To be fair this is good at highlighting the difficulty relatives have getting reliable information in hospital. #TheArchers

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#TheArchers HARRISON & FALLON (smugly): "We're handling this really well" *minutes later* FALLON (hyperventilating): "HOW WOULD YOU LIKE SCALDING RISOTTO OVER YOUR HEAD YOU F*CKING CREEP?!"

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Jules Charrington (#MKHG) @juleschao.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think the Carol and Anna story is being done very well. I feel so sorry for both of them. And I find I like both of them. They are realistically both good on parts and flawed in others. #TheArchers

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.

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Doug Clow @dougclow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a great report about a desperate and disappointing situation. Extra resources are going in to A&E but improvements are small. The report highlights patient flow throughout the system, incl primary care, community care, and social care. There's no fix to the NHS without a fix to social care.

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Freya @freyawalks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What’s the betting that the next time we hear from Carol she’ll be telling someone that Anna never calls her and that Richard would never have treated her like this. #TheArchers

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Ian @worcesteryokel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The Anna/Carol thing is a good portrayal of a mother daughter relationship where the dead son could do no wrong and the daughter has to negotiate the real life indignities of caring as her mother becomes more dependent. #thearchers

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#TheArchers Twinkle, twinkle, little bat; How I wonder what you're at. Sad that Carol's lost the plot; Boy, old age is such a lot. (with apologies to Lewis Carroll)

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#TheArchers "Oh hello officer. Could you give me a hand with these old chairs?" The plots of porn movies are so surreal these days. 🧐

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On the face of it, this article would appear to be grossly offensive. Because of ME/CFS I do not have the capacity to read this article, let alone critically evaluate it. So I got an AI to summarise. I won't be linking to it.

A screenshot of a Telegraph post on X promoting an article titled “How having a disability became cool.”

The post says that a group of young people, “somewhat cruelly dubbed ‘sickfluencers’,” talk publicly about their medical conditions, adding that without the visible “accessories” of illness their conditions would be impossible to perceive.

Below the text is a red Telegraph graphic showing a hand holding several rolls of blue-and-white wheelchair-symbol stickers, reinforcing the article’s focus on disability and visible markers of illness.

Screenshot from ChatGPT.

I ask "Summarise the article's claims in no more than 50 words."

ChatGPT replies:

"The article argues that rising disability and chronic-illness diagnoses, especially among young women, are partly driven by social media, self-diagnosis, overmedicalisation and "sickness identities", encouraging unnecessary treatment, welfare dependence and economic inactivity while sometimes obscuring psychosomatic or relatively minor problems."

Screenshot from ChatGPT.

I ask "Is this article fair and accurate?"

ChatGPT replies:

"Not really. The article contains some accurate statistics and raises a few legitimate questions about overdiagnosis and the effects of social media, but as a piece about chronic illness and disability it is poorly balanced and repeatedly turns uncertainty into insinuation. Several of its medical claims are misleading or simply unsupported."

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Stephanie @stephanieoffer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It would be good to see Esme take on Akram to help with the farm, he could actually help develop the place &run it, not just milk the cows. A far better prospect for him than polytunnel skivvy at Bridge Farm #TheArchers

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#TheArchers LILY: "So we're agreed: Nothing will happen between us." HARRISON: "Agreed." Next morning... HARRISON: "I'll make us breakfast shall I?"

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#TheArchers Justin is "glowing", you say? That'll be the radium.

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last day of the holidays yesterday, at Budleigh Salterton

Estuary. Blue sky with white clouds. Stand of trees in the distance, sea beyond. Fence post in the foreground, showing tree rings

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Reverend Eric Rew @chocolate-vicar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#TheArchers Dwindling congregations means more work for clergy, not less, alas. Uncharacteristic short temper suggests to me that he is a few weeks or less away from a nervous breakdown. Alan needs a break - three to six months at a minimum.

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#TheArchers USHA: "Good morning Pat. He asked me not to say anything, but I have to say I'm disappointed at how you spoke to Alan yesterday about how he spoke to Henry." TONY: "Ah I'm glad you're here, Usha, because I need to speak to you about how you spoke to Pat just now about how she..." etc

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James A @exeterdormouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#TheArchers "Every Friday evening after work, Mr. Elliott undergoes a series of medical treatments designed to cheat death for another week."

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've been revisiting my 2021 book How to Argue With a Racist, in light of the Cofnas situation - i didn't name him or the scientifically illiterati with who he breaks bread. But I thought these sections from the end might be of interest.

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