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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I think the narrator may have inadvertently identified who the "animal" is here...

Trump then followed that with another AI-generated video comparing himself to a lion fighting hyenas while a narrator describes the animal as the “king of the jungle”.

Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The door she slid down has this poster on it (so old that I brought it up north with me when I moved to Manchester in 1987)...

A poster showing a cat with its head in a vase.

The caption reads:

The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

She then sat there looking perplexed, while I feared for the safety of my bowl of soup on the desk beneath her. Eventually, she slid a bit from the dusty top of the door and jumped down...

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today she ventured upwards, via the shelf above my desk and the IKEA Bennys behind it, to the study (box room) door.

A small cat perched on a very tall door.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think the caption to my photo from 2012 (while tidying my parents' book collection) sums up my views. It's entirely legitimate to speak ill of his literary output.

Photo of an array of Jeffrey Archer hardback books. Caption reads:

"One aspect of the estate the family will not be arguing about when the time comes."

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Mine showed on the map as Lake Ontario yesterday but has been re-labelled overnight.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It doesn't let up here until 10 September...

Campaign ad for Green Party candidate Doud Nawaz, for Burnage ward.

To replace Bev Craig, who replaced Andy Burnham.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

He'd do better to take a load of fire engines around the country, tbh. Looking over to Wales across the Bristol Channel, somethings on fire over there...

A sea view from Clevedon, Somerset, showing a pall of smoke on the Welsh hills across the Bristol Channel.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Same evening from mine (i don't have your height advantage).

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We had a Rocketeer standee in the Film Society office at Mcr University. This is me and the Late Beloved posing with the TWO awards we won that year (I wish I'd washed my hair that day😆)

Two students hold Film Society prizes. A Rocketeer standee is on a shelf behind them

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Because that's worked so well in the past, hasn't it?

Quotation from King Lear by William Shakespeare:

The worst is not

So long as we can say, "This is the worst."

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The last year I was involved with Manchester University Film Society (where I met Paul) we chose this still from Death in Brunswick for our season booklet cover. Now all three are no more,which makes me very sad.

A booklet cover shows Sam Neill looking menacing with a knife in his hand in a still from the 1990 black comedy Death in Brunswick.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This was our sunset last night, as the smoke from the Dovestone wildfire drifted over Manchester. We're 13 miles west of the fire.

A street scene with clear blue sky to the left but a huge plume of orange smoke moving in from the right in front of the setting sun.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This is why, according to a friend in the industry, civil engineering companies are reluctant to take on big, multi-year projects.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I just opened a drawer and found these - what are these strange garments?

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It also means that the Uber which he would like to get for the 2.5 mile journey from York Station to the venue is currently costing a bit more than usual (and of course only some vehicles can accommodate a wheelchair).

Uber fares for a two and a half mile journey listed as between £18 and £20

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Yikes! This is in the conservatory, but the adjacent kitchen (south-facing) is reading at 27°C with the double glazed back door shut and the very shaded front hall is showing 26.6°C.

A thermometer shows a temperature of 46°C in a conservatory in Manchester, UK.

The surround is made of Welsh slate.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Son is supposed to be coming home for a couple of days,with original plan to travel today. As a wheelchair user, with body temperature regulation issues, and reliant on public transport, I suggested he travel late evening... until I checked the forecast.

Weather forecast showing temperatures of between 29° and 25° from 7pm-11pm

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's still 25° in the (shady) downstairs hall. I took the thermometer down to the cellar, though, and it's a lovely 18° there!

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Jenny Wright as Mae in Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark (1987)

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you

Screen grab of opening titles of an obscure British TV series from 1986 called Wilderness Road, starring the late Gary Olsen, Robin Driscoll, and David Sibley.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Currently Cat-scrolling (trying to read Bluesky feed over sea of fur).

A hapless human whose left arm is pinned down by a small calico cat, who is sleeping soundly

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

That's nearly 22°C Indoors. In shade. North-facing. A week ago it was 15° and I was forced to put the heating on for a short while.

An indoor thermometer reads 21.8°C

Lola and Moomintroll look on, wondering why some humans deny climate change.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Just off to the protest in St Peter's Square against the #LabourBathroomBan

Cis woman,wearing a 'You Will Have to Go Through Me' T-shirt.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Labour MPs trying to be trans allies right now are a bit:

"Can she have some wafer thin ham, Barbara?"

Context: misunderstanding the nature of vegetarianism.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

February: Unity, not division May: Just kidding #LabourBathroomBan

The words "Unity, not division", the meaningless slogan of the Labour Party for the Gorton and Denton bye election.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

On days when I have to Do Stuff™️ on the computer, it's nice to have some company. (And yes, she does have one of my old jumpers to sleep on).

A small calico cat sleeps next to a laptop.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Yes, wind turbines are the issue...

A wind turbine next to the M62 in West Yorkshire, surrounded by lorry trailers being used as advertising hoardings (billboards aren't legal on UK motorways).

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This keeps popping up when I open the IMdB app. I keep mistaking it for a late 80s Dave Lee Roth video.

A promotional image for "The Vampire Lestat" which shows a man with long blond hair and a bare chest.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Butter wouldn't melt... The cat has been enjoying the sun with me. She looks very contented, doesn't she? You would not believe the pungency of the silent fart she's just emitted...

A calico cat lies in the sunshine, her beauty hiding her crimes.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Terfs: "Women's toilets are sacred single-sex spaces which must not be defiled by The Awful Transes ™️ Me: "Oh yeah?" Two different women's toilets at a tourist attraction today...

Toilet surrounded by discarded toilet roll

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Staggering that you didn't ask about it

Picture of Keir Starmer with headline:

'Staggering' I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Seems to be working fine already. Rose's has been Lime Marmalade for as long as I remember.

A jar of clearly labelled Lemon and Lime Fine Cut Marmalade already in circulation.

The world has not ended.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Northern Rail is currently running this ad, boasting about "Levenshulme to Manchester in 8 minutes!" Unless you're a wheelchair user, of course... #TravellingWhileDisabked

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Does this win the Most Useless Broken Thing award? Dad kept this for 40 years, meaning to "turn it into a novelty lamp for your sister."

A coffee mug, broken in 1972, transported 250 miles from Kent to Devon in 1993 in order to sit in a workshop until 2012.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Said cat is currently affecting to have been pushed into an uncomfortable position by @crisisincarnate.bsky.social but is, in fact, exactly where she chose to sit!

A calico cat sits on a bed, looking slightly uncomfortable.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Mother's Day gift from the cat (technically @crisisincarnate.bsky.social 's cat, so I am nominally 'grandma')

A pair of novelty 'Crazy Cat Lady' socks, with a note that reads:

"These didn't come in 'Angry' but they are Matt Goodwin blue?"

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

You'll note she only mentions *working* people. Rach, you didn't copy the bit where @greenpartyhan.bsky.social said that those who aren't able to work deserve a nice life, too.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I was going through some old screenshot yesterday and found this from a few years back. Not sure what it might be about or if I ever sent it, but I was clearly cross about something 🤣 (I think i may have just cancelled my membership instead)

Screenshot of a Labour Party complaint pro forma,with responses to initial questions.

Name of person you are complaining about: Keir Starmer

Do you have reason to believe this person is a member of the Labour Party? Please provide reasons:

Yes. He keeps telling us it's *his* Party.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

About as honest as the whole Starmer Project. Vote Green in #GortonAndDenton today: 1) to keep Reform out 2) to keep these liars out 3) to get a brilliant Green MP because you want a brilliant Green MP (the best reason).

A Labour graph shows Labour on 28%, 1% ahead of Reform, without mentioning the Greens, who are also on 28%

Labelled 50% True

A leaflet quoting a non-existent tactical voting organisation, Tactical Choice, claiming that "a new predition published in the last 24 hours" recommends voting Labour to keep Reform out.

Labelled 100% False

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

In non politics-related news, son is having a bit of a day #TravellingWhileDisabled This is apparently Disabled Access.

Alleged disabled access comprises a narrow strip of white hatching over a loose manhole cover with two car parking spaces at right angles to each other at the end of it. One car is partially blocking the hatching.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Who can manufacture a giant version of an unpicker?

A seam ripper/unpicker, which has a j-shaped blade comprising a long piece to slide under the iterm to be cut and a sharpened, curved section with a cutting blade.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I know a lot of folk aren't keen on tactical voting because it's a negative, defensive action. And a vote for Labour would be just that. A vote for Hannah Spencer, however, is a chance to vote to keep Reform out AND for something you actually want! 2 for the price of 1! #VoteGreen

A graphic showing that 3 separate tactical voting sites are recommending a Green vote on 26th February

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

That's a lot of people to *not* influence... From @manchestermill.bsky.social who are really earning their keep this election. #GortonAndDenton

Excerpt from a Manchester Mill web page:

There is a little over a week to go until the Gorton and Denton by-election and, as of this weekend, all three of the key contenders have been referred to either the electoral commission or the police for possible law-breaking. The latest is the Labour Party, reported for allegedly bribing voters with free dinners. 600 people were hosted at a south Asian restaurant My Nawaab in Levenshulme and served a three course meal. This has been reported as “treating”, an abstruse electoral law that bans using food and drink to influence voters. When we asked Angeliki Stogia, the candidate for whom the dinner was organised, she said: “we are running a clean campaign, we were invited to an event by a supporter. I don’t think we have done something outside the rules”. Treating can only be proven if there is evidence the food and drink was provided with the intention of corruptly influencing someone’s vote. A Labour spokesperson called it a “desperate politically motivated move.” It hasn’t been reported who referred Labour to the police.

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