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Holly Norton

@hollyn.bsky.social
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Texas gal living in the UK 30+ years, married to a Very Tall Scot, slave to 2 Russian Black Terriers, trad fiddler, sports conference producer, cocktail enthusiast, and sporadic but ever-hopeful gardener.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When Amadeus first transferred from London to Broadway in 1980 the Broadway production starred Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri and I would like to go back in time and watch that.
Tim Curry and Ian McKellen in Amadeus.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
the best of america
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DTwyman @dtwyman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We have found the next Marvel Universe Hero. “Live fast, die young, wear a pair of indestructible heels!”
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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Technically I think this is a Mondogreen?
Person in an overcoat and beanie walking down a wet street. A horse is beside them saying "Hi".
Caption: Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job,
but I get no offers ---
Just a come-on from 
the horse on seventh avenue.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
'Last night I dreamt I went to Orkney Library again.' Happy Birthday to Daphne Du Maurier, born 119 years ago (on the 13th May) in 1907. 🎂 Remembering that time we made a Daphne Du Maurier Biography #Bookface in the Orkney Room.
A bookface photograph with a copy of Daphne Du Maurier by Margaret Foster lined up with a member of library staff
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Happy Friday everyone. Our Daphne Du Maurier post yesterday reminded us about some of our favourite #Bookface photos from back when #BookFaceFriday was a thing.
A collage of bookface photographs where book covers are lined up with people or settings so they merge into a single image
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Calf says he looks good in gold
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
This is a statue, now standing at Doral, that was commissioned by a large group of political supporters who just wanted a statue of yours truly. I very much appreciate their support, and all that they went through to get it done! They are very good people. Those playing the Blue Monster, at Doral, are absolutely in love with it. Congratulations to all involved. With time, it will become a Landmark! President DJT

[picture: huge golden statute of Trump]
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Things may be terrible, but we still have Willie! Happy 93rd birthday to our beloved American treasure. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdly...
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Willie Nelson / On The Road Again
YouTube video by willietribute2000
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy #StPatricksDay everyone. See if you can split the Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ☘️📚🍺
A pint of Guinness made from black Penguin Classics with the top few books turned around to look like foam
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
What goode ys sittinge alone yn thy roome? Come see the felynes playe. Lyfe ys a cat ballet olde chum Come to the cat ballet.
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Things that happen in Scotland. 🙌🙏🫶👇
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Updated version of the "Grand Old Duke of York" - as of 8.30pm on Sunday 22nd Feb, charting this week's royal #PrinceAndrew news - with ukelele, violin, and djembe for some 🎶 variation. youtube.com/shorts/DHLi8...
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"Former Duke of York" - updated parody by The Marsh Family about Prince Andrew / Mountbatten-Windsor
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just LENT this book to someone. Due back in 40 days. #AshWednesday
The novel Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Women are supposed to disappear after 30. Sophia Chang does an excellent job explaining why style matters as we age. “You may not like what you see, but you *will* see me, motherfucker.”
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
In reference to some group of men getting their knickers in a twist about something (I forget what it was...there are SO many things!) I just saw this comment, and it made me laugh out loud: "They are testerical and having mantrums!"
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Shana The Harpy! @shanahipharpy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In my timezone it’s still Robert Burns Birthday. So take a break from your woes, listen to my brother in law read Burns, and hear @chaski85.bsky.social play the tune. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Chaski presents the poem and music of "The Banks o' Doon" by Robert Burns
YouTube video by chaski85
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/01/2026
can we please fast forward to the part where Kristi Gnome is in prison for her crimes against humanity
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 14/01/2026
Famous Poems Rewritten as Limericks
The Raven
There once was a girl named Lenore
And a bird and a bust and a door
And a guy with depression
And a whole lot of questions
And the bird always says "Nevermore."
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A nobel peace pryze doth not worke lyke the One Ring. It ys not about who ys physicallye holdinge it.
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Michael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In Minneapolis
A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation
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Ghost Dansing ☠️ 👻👽🐸 @ghostdansing.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Battle Hymn of the Donald youtu.be/hAGr6J3ID3Q?...
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Battle Hymn of the Donald
YouTube video by NM RagingGranny
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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ETA @etainsurance.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We're looking to name our gritter bike...only terrible puns need apply
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/01/2026
The conversation on Threads
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Dr Beccy Scott @beccyscottuk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Oh my goodness, YES! Why don't more people write musical covers of their papers??!
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17/12/2025
This audience member might have just broken Jon #AfterTheCut
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 12/11/2025
If releasing the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It’s that simple.
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Halloween around here. Black dogs for the win!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Tech wythout heart ys harmful. For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye. We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART: H umanityes E thiques A rtes R hetorique & the crafte of T eaching
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Robert is Tired @robertistired.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This. Always this.
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
-Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
James Talarico: I don’t see politics as left versus right. Billionaires are using their wealth to rig our political system. They own the media and they own politicians in both political parties. They’re using that wealth to divide us, and I think people are tired of being pitted against each other
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We had our RBT Club Open Show this week in Yorkshire, mostly in the rain. Maude did us proud, winning Best Veteran in Show, as well as 1st in both the Good Citizen Class and the Fancy Dress Class. How can you not love a Big Black Dog dressed as a Nun!?
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Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4USpresident @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Pete seeger or woody guthrie style. Definitely the birth of an anthem
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
As a reminder, I put together a No Kings Day Playlist on Spotify to help keep you focused, encouraged, and positive, not just today but every day we fight against authoritarianism and for the people and place we love. open.spotify.com/playlist/5n0...
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John Pavlovitz's No Kings Day Playlist
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally. Print it. Put it in a frame. Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
First they came for the woodwind section, and I said nothing ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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Suchiz-Life @suchiz-life.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Good work, all ye frogs. ⚓️
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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Bring your army; but, I think, you'll find They've not prepared for us. - Coriolanus (I, 2)
The Portland protest frog stands up to a line of POS ICE goons.
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Maude and I encountered a magical leaf during our morning walk, on this grey and chilly Sunday. Having had a good sniff, and determining that it was not edible, she quickly lost interest. But I couldn't resist filming it dancing around in the air, seemingly with a mind of its own - full of delight.
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Maude...comin' atcha!
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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
So exhausting..
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
A guy on tik tok onside kicks into random things
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Blimey. They kept that quiet.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This is why they’re deleting studies
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Holly Norton @hollyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Celebrating 7 years with our sweet girl Maude, who stole our hearts from the moment we saw this puppy picture of her. She is Our Lady of the Significant Glance and has very revealing (and often hilarious) facial expressions. She is goofy, and funny and so loving, and we absolutely adore her.
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