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Jane

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Middle aged maker of assorted things. Adequate tap dancer.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10h
There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth
Marc Haynes’ story: As a 7 year old in about 1983, … I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore Sitting at the departure gate, ... told my granddad i'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. …so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and signs the back of my plane ticket... I'm ecstatic, but …I glance down at the signature. … it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. ...I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, … so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore...
"he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. …he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone …and thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said.
I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many years later, I was working on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him the story. He …had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."
I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what if we just get Man City to pay for the National Care Service
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Did you know Disney's The Little Mermaid almost got delayed because some of the bubbles in the sea got caught up in the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Alexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You and me both, Anthropic, you and me both.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“Commas are important”
Diflako: that imitation crab is banging my wife and I love it


User replies: commas are important
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Jane @jms5708.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Tough day for "don't speak ill of the dead" types
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Amy Clements @amyclem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Because this has come up on here, if you see an animal in distress in a hot car, 📞999, ask for police www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwel... Related: if you see a dog in trouble in water, 📞 999 & ask for fire or coastguard. Do NOT try to rescue the dog yourself as you may both end up needing rescuing.
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Dogs Die In Hot Cars | RSPCA - RSPCA - rspca.org.uk
Find out about the dangers of leaving your dog in a car, conservatory or caravan, and learn how you can help if you find a dog in a hot car.
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My dad was a poet so I could never really join in when the other boys would argue about whose dad could beat up the other dads, but I was confident that my dad could make your dad feel seen in ways that would quietly devastate him.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nothing says 'man of the people' quite like a politician calling a by-election at public expense on the issue of whether or not he should have the right to secretly take donations from Thai-based crypto billionaires and a convicted fraudster
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 04/07/2026
new metaphor just dropped
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
*a dog bites me, causing profuse bleeding and tissue trauma* julie andrews, stoned off her gourd: have u tried,, thinking about mittens. or kettles. that helps me in these situations me: im bleeding julie: think about wet flowers
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Quite a lot of people lost someone, maybe an elderly relative, during the heatwave. My Aunt Barbara, very ill with advanced dementia, died yesterday aged 91. She was unmarried, no kids and I had been taking care of her affairs for the past few years. That’s the least interesting thing about her. 1
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Qsy @qsy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/
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spooky kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My neighbor told me a cat keeps eating his british prime minister so I asked how many PMs he has and he said he just goes to the commons and gets a new PM afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding PMs to a cat and then his daughter started crying.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/06/2026
During a ballet performance of “Romeo and Juliet” in Izmir, Turkey, a cat unexpectedly joined the actors in the final scene of the show and completely stole the show with its antics.
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The AI rollout is an incredible test case for the power of capital to overrule everything in its way. An overwhelmingly stupid, obscenely polluting, and wildly dangerous set of technologies are being brute-forced into every part of our lives because money says so.
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 12/06/2026
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Love this kid so much, love his school for letting him show off like this, love the children for being so enthusiastically into it, love the pride in him that leads people to film him and post his work. I just love it
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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!
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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I don’t know who wrote this (sorry if it was you) but I saw someone a few days ago say “why is AI inevitable and not renewable energy” and it just really laser focussed the private sector money narrative for me. Corporate interests always. Anyway back to the treadmill everyone.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
“Could you fucking NOT?!”
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
JK Rowling now being represented by a non-binary South Asian MSP named ‘Q’ is like something out of a movie. I can’t stop cackling about it.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 08/05/2026
Man I'm so angry at Labour. As if moving to the right was going to do anything other than destroy them. What absolutely fucking stupid dickheads. Doing all this evil shit for nothing
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead? bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...
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#Politics Who gets heard – and who doesn’t – on UK broadcast? | Be Broadcast
New analysis of 1.5m mentions reveals which UK parties are overexposed or underrepresented on broadcast – from Labour and Reform to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
It’s the time of year to be sharing this.
An infographic flow chart describing what to do if you find a baby bird. Some key points:
– if the baby bird is injured, remove it from danger and contact local wildlife rescue
– if it is featherless, you can find the nest, and the nest is undamaged, replace it in the nest and observe from a distance
– if it is featherless and you can’t find the nest or the nest is damaged, contact local wildlife rescue
– if it has lots of feathers, it’s normal for it to be on the ground, so look to see if the parents are around. If they are, and if they’re feeding the fledgling, then all good. If not, you can gently shoo the fledgling under cover and observe to see if the parents return.
– whether the baby bird is featherless or feathered, if the parents don’t return to feed it (or if a predator turns up and starts attacking it), contact local wildlife rescue
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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 02/05/2026
My favourite correction:
Correction
THERE was an error printed in a story titled
Pigs float down the Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.
The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said
"more than 30,000 pigs were floating down the Dawson River".
What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Eve-ringham actually said was "30 sows and pigs", not "30,000 pigs"
The Morning Bulletin would like to apologise for this error, which was also reprinted in today's Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was known.
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Jane @jms5708.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
media.tenor.com
a woman wearing sunglasses and a flower in her hair is smiling in a black and white photo .
Alt: Audrey Hepburn wearing sunglasses and a flower in her hair is smiling in a black and white photo .
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DrEddful @eddedmondson.eurosky.social · 28/04/2026
Check your Sertraline if you're on it in the UK www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Precautionary recall of antidepressant medication due to manufacturing error
The MHRA has advised healthcare professionals to stop supplying the affected batch of Sertraline 100mg and return all remaining stock to their suppliers.
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The Map Center @mapcenter.com · 26/04/2026
It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you."
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Curious Iguana @curiousiguana.eurosky.social · 25/04/2026
I've just been screened for prostate cancer. I have no symptoms, but 1 in 8 men will get it and it's curable before it spreads. The NHS doesn't do screening. But CHAPS does and could save your life. All middle aged men should go. I was in and out in 5 minutes It could save your life chaps.uk.com
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I am absolutely shite at recognising when someone is flirting with me. Like, comically bad at it. My mates would mock me about it. But something happened today that made me so happy. 1/?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Good morning! Here is a three-day old sea-otter pup, snoozing on their Mama. The image is by one my favourite wildlife photographers, Suzi Eszterhas, who runs girlswhoclick.org - an organisation that mentors girls and young women interested in nature photography. Feel free to share.
A little fuzzy, dark brown sea-otter pup, sleeping peacefully on top of their Mama's belly, as she floats on her back.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19/04/2026
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Well, happy thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony at the library day to all who celebrate
PETERBOROUGH STANDARD - Friday, April 18th, 1980
The memories live on
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But for the second week running Durant had to leave the field injured, this time suffering eye trouble.
The winning goal was another 25-yard shot - again from Blackstones' central defender - coming from their second chance of the game.
Gary Cooper, recently signed from Old Boys, had a good debut.
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