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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

9 years between these two pictures but I have finally done it! All 153 miles from Farnham to Dover (via the Canterbury loop, ofc)

The end marker of the North Downs Way in Farnham

The finish/start line for the North Downs Way in the ground at Dover

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Spent the morning looking for an anthem for our Holy Cross evensong in September - something pretty, liturgically appropriate, and accessible for my choir (most of whom do not read music) on very limited rehearsal time. Oh, and we have no budget!

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Currently looking at the new liturgical resources for "Creation in Christ" For those of us who sing the gospel acclamation, HOW are we supposed to point this? "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things."

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Weekend adventures: singing at Brecon Cathedral as half of a visiting "choir" with a friend. The Chaminade mass went down well and we have been invited back next year! Turns out "can the two of us come and be a visiting choir at your cathedral?" is a question worth asking... 😁 Now where next?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I honestly think banning MPs' second jobs is the single most powerful immediate thing the Govt could do to dent Reform support. It's the right thing to do. It would be a strong move (and message) in cleaning up politics. And it would shine a light on the person hit hardest: Nigel Farage.

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Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him @suffolkvicar.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Your annual election 🗳️ reminder from @davewalker.bsky.social @cartoonchurch.bsky.social If you don’t go out and vote You don’t get to talk about your community. P.S. spoiling your vote 🗳️ also counts as a vote

A cartoon about different responses to voting:
‘I can’t be bothered to vote’
‘My vote won’t count in any case’
‘I don’t see the point in voting to be honest’
‘What difference would my vote make?’
‘My vote won’t change anything anyway’
Person with a flyer saying ‘Vote Extremist Party’ - I’ll be voting!

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It most certainly is not convenient for me, I have work. Who do I contact?

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I would love to know where the Archbishop is staying on her pilgrimage... having done most of the North Downs Way I still haven't made it to Canterbury due to a distinct lack of convenient campsites/hostels Then again there isn't space in her bag for a tent so that's probably not the plan!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Reform UK’s share of BBC and ITV coverage is ridiculous given their number of MPs & considering opposition parties that polled higher (such as Lib Dems) receive such poor coverage. www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/after-w...

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I don't know how to function in a world that is so continuously cruel. Where so many will celebrate this pointless, pointless harm. This will devastate a tiny minority. It will benefit no-one. So many across our country will comply with this violence. So many others will stand silent.

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I am beyond angry at the way trans children are being systematically persecuted. The full power, violence and force of our state is smashing down onto them, making their life impossible.

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic. There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition. There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot. This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Just wondering... Anyone I know on here done interrailing recently? Trying to get my head around planning a trip to Italy and figuring out the best options!

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My new year's resolution is "scales". On which note, I would like to know why G melodic minor insists on being way more problematic than it has any right to be... 😡

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

A Pastoral Letter on LLF (Living in Love and Faith) and the Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the Church of England from The Provincial Council of the Society of Catholic Priests (SCP) Europe. www.societyofcatholicpriests.com/scp-news/liv...

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A Pastoral Letter - LLF & Inclusion — The Society of Catholic Priests | European Province

Pastoral Letter on Living in Love and Faith (LLF) and the Inclusion of LGBTQIA+ People in the Church of England   Copied to all Diocesan Bishops in the Church of England On 15th October, t...

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Brett Gray @bcgray.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

If you are clergy or a congregant in the CofE, you could sign this. www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...

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LLF Open Letter – Inclusive Church

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Recently I met the organist who plays at a group of local village churches, he told me where some keys were kept and invited me to try them anytime. Well my friend and I went to a couple today and they were cute and quirky and a lot of fun! Got a nice walk in too between them.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21/10/2025

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on Standing with Immigrants
Oct. 21, 2025
My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigrant communities. Families are being torn apart. Children are left in fear, and communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants.
We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with the father who labors in silence to build a better future. We stand with the young person who dreams of safety and a better future. Our parishes and schools will not turn away those who seek comfort, and we will not be silent when dignity is denied in the enforcement of the law, it is essential that we respect the dignity of every human being.
Now I want to say something directly to those immigrants without documents. Most of you have been here for years. You have worked hard. You have raised families. You have contributed to this nation. You have earned our respect. As the Archbishop of Chicago, I will insist that you be treated with dignity. Americans should not forget that we all come from immigrant families.
You are our brothers and sisters. We stand with you.
God bless you all.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Helena L. Martin @helenalmartin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Massive institution run by men gets run into the ground in some profound way ➡️ figurehead resigns so people will stop yelling at him ➡️ First Woman Figurehead is appointed to the impossible task of uniting and cleaning up an institution whose wounds have been left to fester for decades/ centuries.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 03/10/2025

Who the fuck is doing anything whatsoever with a spreadsheet where the accuracy of the output is immaterial??

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Ride and Stride day! The weather is disgusting, I forgot my knee support, wish me luck..! 😬 Goal is to walk about 25 miles and visit ~16 churches. Georgina is coming too for social media purposes. Sponsorship: www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-... www.justgiving.com/charity/suss...

Sitting on the bus with a walking pole, a map in a waterproof bag, and a teddy in a backpack.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 18/08/2025

“Europeans were not present for the conversation.”

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

For a few years every bus cost £1 and I caught them all the time, it was great! Then they doubled to £2, which was okay, especially as it capped at £5 for the day. But £3 for a single (including short distances) and it's now a factor in making plans.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

More data centres are coming to the UK, with British citizens being expected to foot the electricity and water bill. A textbook example of socialism for corporations, cutthroat capitalism for the public.

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Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount - BBC News

The number of data centres is set to jump by a fifth in the coming years, figures seen by the BBC suggest.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Somehow managed to accidentally find a portal to a galaxy far, far away... (No ewoks were spotted. Probably for the best given we know how they feel about visitors!)

A wooden gate and stone retaining wall with woods behind and a sign saying "Moon of Endor - Ewok Village"

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Helen Style @helenstyle.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Removing our human rights will affect us all, not just asylum seekers. And I’m quite attached to my human rights.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Pride was a joy, as ever. And regardless of what one angry commenter might insist, the LGBT+ community in Brighton was happy we were there, and welcomed our presence with so much love! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Off to march with Christians at Pride in Brighton. Because pride is still a protest and I will take any opportunity to remind the bishops that for some of us, our strongly held theological beliefs are that every human is made in the image of God and that discrimination is a sin!

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Acknowledge, we humbly beseech thee, a sheep

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Thank god they aren’t bad people like the old ladies being dragged off to cells at the Palestine marches.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Yesterday’s London Trans Pride was the world’s largest Trans Pride - EVER - ANYWHERE - possibly the largest gathering of trans & NB people in human history! Mentioned in The Guardian, The Indie, LBC and… …the BBC News local London page. Transphobic media bias in the UK is staggering.

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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

The BBC News website has pages & pages of coverage related to farmers protesting inheritance tax, including events where only a few hundred turn out. In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing. Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Mandatory Dogs of Pride photos.

A black scruffy dog with a Pride bandana licking its nose as it marches.

A beagle with a Pride bandana wishes to be friends.

A dog with a rainbow-coloured garment puts its best foot forward.

A basset hound with a Pride scarf trips over its own feet in the hurry to make friends.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Lovely to celebrate Sea Sunday this morning! My parents used to spend all of their free time volunteering at the Mission in Rotterdam, and when I was born the sailors there gave my mum a union flag which she proudly flies at jubilees.

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Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him @suffolkvicar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

For friends on @churchofengland.org #Synod and elsewhere whose parishes are welcoming of all. If you offer the Prayers of Life and Faith please tick the box saying that you do so on your ‘A Church Near You’ page youtube.com/watch?v=FuTe... @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social

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Adding PLF to ACNY page

YouTube video by The Inclusive Church network

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Just planned and conducted evensong for the first time and people said nice things afterwards! We haven't done one at church for well over a year so started with pretty much a blank slate. (Next project might have to be "get more copies of the music"...)

A row of music books and loose sheets on a choir desk, with a small BCP on top. The books are "the Oxford book of easy flexible anthems" and "Common Praise", the sheets are a psalm with plainsong chant and canticles from the Parish Psalter, as well as the RSCM ferial responses card.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

If anyone knows how to stop Google and Microsoft and Facebook and the rest of the internet forcing AI responses on me when I didn't ask, PLEASE tell me!

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Today's discovery: those "Wild" plastic free deodorant refills come in a little cardboard applicator which means you don't really need the expensive case! (The plastic to deodorant ratio of most products has been annoying me for a while but the full £16 seemed a lot for a very small untried product)

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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

You know that awful shriek dogs make when someone steps on their tail? I once knew a dog who learned that if he quietly placed the fluffy part of his tail under someone's foot and shrieked, he'd get a treat. Anyway totally unrelated but I hear transphobes are still finding things to be upset about

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

From May 2024 to May 2025 Earth’s CO2 increased by 3.6 ppm. That’s an acceleration, and even if it’s temporary, it’s concerning. For reference the growth rate in 2024 was 3.33 ppm and in 2023 after COVID was 3.36 ppm… before that it was closer to ~2.5 scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

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Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone

For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I made it! ... cathedral is shut all day 😭 The guy at the door says there are no services today but the website says there is evensong. Woo communication!

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Chichester Cathedral here I come! Goal is Saturday evensong, so about 15 miles a day! (Didn't go in Winchester because it was expensive and I don't approve of expensive cathedrals.) Thanks to the British Pilgrimage Trust for the route idea: www.britishpilgrimage.org/portfolio/ol...

Me wearing a cap and carrying a backpack in front of Winchester cathedral

A view between some trees looking back down the hill towards Winchester. It's very sunny with a few lingering clouds.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Pretty (and very windy) walk ☺️

Porch of a small flint church with roses growing up each side of the door

A path curving down a sunny valley, in an open area of grass with trees on each side and hills rising back up in the background. The sky is blue with a range of different types of small clouds.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Looking for ideas for the best way to hang a hanging basket here such that it doesn't slide... 🤔

Bent metal bar attached to the side of a house to support a satellite dish

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

There is also the fact AI only "knows" a lot about topics we know nothing about. It can't even solve exponential equations correctly so I have little hope for it doing anything else of value! Oh, and the environmental impact. We don't talk enough about the environmental impact.

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

On the train home from a music and spirituality conference in London, which has been a lovely reminder that learning new stuff is FUN actually. 😁 ...now disappearing down a rabbit hole of researching part time remote post-grad degrees in music and liturgy. I can dream right? 👀

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Leonore @leonore2.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Pope Chocolate Truffle VII

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Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

if you're interested in getting a sense of the new Pope's background, personality, etc, here's a sit-down Q&A he did about 9 months ago #PopeLeoXIV www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U3y...

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Evening of Reflection with Cardinal Prevost and Mass

YouTube video by LIVEMass StJude

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