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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The trapped, helpless expression on his face.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you see this we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without an explanation.

Bright yellow chair shaped like the outline of a human figure, with two black ovals for eyes and a target design on its 'chest'.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Remember! Ghosts are not just for October. They are for Christmas, the anniversaries of unavenged murders, and really any time you least expect them.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What happened to tying the tooth to a doorknob and then slamming the door?

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

United Nations plan for sustainable development.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I haven't yet seen it, but after reading an article that gave away the big twist I think it sounds more interesting than the trailers made it seem. My dad is a big fan of One Way Pendulum!

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yep, obviously not the main issue here but it bugs me when people use 'medieval' as a snarl word. There's literally nothing medieval about a live-streamed firing squad.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Spotting the Star Trek/ Columbo actors is fun. I like Arlene Martel who played Spock's intended bride and was one of Columbo's repeat guest cast. France Nguyen, who was married to Culp, is also nice trivia.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One reason we stopped doing this, aside from the moral one, is that it doesn't serve justice. It turns punishment into a circus and the condemned person into a martyr/folk hero.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes. An audio recording misses out in one of the main advantages of reading aloud with a child, being able to associate the spoken word with its written form.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

All I know about Ertz is that she was one of the first ten Penguins. Will definitely look out for this!

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

POV: you find a forgotten classic and now you get to bring it back to life - Book: Woman Alive by Susan Ertz - Art work by @tomgauld.bsky.social - Introduction by Graham Norton We turn our favourite bookcovers into limited edition signed art prints - exclusively at manderleypress.com

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a lovely interview (and by someone who clearly knows the show well). Love them.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Why are healthy people trying to poison us? Do the police know about this?

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There's a long history of millenniarian thinking in Christianity. There were peaks around 1000 and 1033 CE, when some believed the Second Coming was scheduled to occur. Another at the time of the Black Death, when plague seemed to be causing an unstoppable chain reaction.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I admit I knew her best from her guest appearance in Frasier (as Roz's mother). Need to catch up with her classic roles.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I agree that Trump and Kennedy would be poor at dealing with a serious health emergency, but serious outbreaks of plague are unlikely in reasonably sanitary conditions. Human to human transmission isn't the main way it spreads.

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Radio Times @radiotimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Christmas is coming... and so is another spine-tingling Ghost Story from Mark Gatiss. ❄️ This year, Martin Freeman and Jim Broadbent lead the cast of The Bride's Chamber, based on one of Charles Dickens's darkest tales. www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/mark-…

Martin Freeman as Goodchild in A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber, sitting in a chair in a dimly lit room with a big bushy beard wearing a smoking jacket.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'We are on the verge of final victory! Pay no attention to those supposed troops marching into Berlin.'

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Though I'm not sure why anyone would need to employ a professional to manage a library of 2000 books. I have almost that many myself.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My dream job is basically 'Private librarian to an eccentric castle-dwelling squillionnaire, who leaves me mostly alone to read, catalogue and dust bar occasional messages through a speaking tube telling me to "Ride out and find the last known copy of the Necromicon"'.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Iron Comb: grooms missiles out of the air Iron Foam: extremely heavy padding on all targets

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some of those are definitely better than others! (Angusina sounds like an ailment.) The daughter of Prince Rupert of the Rhine was named 'Rupertina'; she was illegitimate so maybe it was the easiest way to give her her father's name?

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh, yes. I long remembered that section of tunnel in which they almost get wedged.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The chittering giant beetle-things in The Dark Crystal.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If clarification is necessary, this isn't about defending the current Israeli government or its actions in Gaza (both of which are appalling). The way to oppose those things is not to make what in my view is a clearly antisemitic statement, nor to make Jewish members of our party vulnerable.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks. (Obviously, my personal feelings are the most trivial part of the issue, but it's still lousy.)

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've just cancelled my @greenparty.org.uk membership after many years. Feeling pretty emotional right now. Continued good luck to our Green MPs. You've been one of the political bright spots of the past two decades.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Her: You got a father? Me: Yes. Her: Where's he? Me: He doesn't live here. Her: You got a sister? Me: No Her: Brother? Me: No Her: You've got no one! I came away not knowing whether to laugh or cry; I felt like I'd encountered some truth-telling sybil in the wilderness.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There's an eccentric older lady around town who embraces random people on the street and starts talking to them. I met her today, and in between telling me her life story, she asked very direct questions about mine: Her: You got a husband? Me: No. Her: You got a mother? Me: No.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes, as a long-time party member I'm pretty nauseated (while having admittedly done nothing about it, because I'm not taking part in the conference).

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is he hankering to be an MEP again?

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Interesting because someone from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands is British but not from the UK.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UK = the nation state comprising England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Britain = the island comprising England, Scotland and Wales England = England

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This one goes immediately onto my Reading List. The book has a great theme (stories in honour of Ursula Le Guin), a great editor, and an sterling list of contributors.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thank you for reporting on this. I hope @thetimes.com also covers it in print. It boggles the mind that our government brought in laws to stop protesters gluing themselves to pavements, yet this gang seems to get away with violent confrontation.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes, it gives an air of treating the interview like a hangout. Sipping water to stop your throat getting dry while talking should be fine, though.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Agreed. I think that was my reflex instinct to qualify any opinion.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

SI is the abbreviation for the International System of Units, which is arguably more important in STEM fields.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes, I don't remember all the details of Colley's argument but she definitely finds the congruence of dates significant.

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wish the claims were itemised. How much are we paying Truss to hang around Trump?

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Gemma Bristow @konallis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

That total is over the past few years, so it's more like 3x the median salary. Still disproportionate to her service, though.

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