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Oho! All going very well, is it?

If you are anywhere near my house at any point in the future I will lay on a small tasting session. At least if you come before I retire to the far West...

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But, if it has been that empty for any period of time it has likely gone off somewhat, which would affect things materially.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh, madam. If you don't like Talisker I am required to reevaluate our friendship.

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Sooner Camden Symphony restarts on Tuesday evenings the better, it would seem

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gotta be careful when those are mentioned

Pᴜʀᴇ Dᴇᴀᴅ Gᴀᴍɪɴɢ @puredeadgaming.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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Fair play to Danny León, the Spanish Olympic skateboarder. This shot may never be eclipsed.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/08/2026

It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sorry, I'm going to stick with my old Boyd Neel.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

See also: crying your heart out

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

You know the English always outsource the problems.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Then they should spend a liddle time reflecting on what they write.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

and which you were probably saving for use as sexual metaphors forgive me it was irresistible they were so brash and so loud

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cannot believe it's taken me this long to log on to the Dyfi Osprey Project live feed

A screenshot of the life webcam feed from the Dyfi Osprey Project. The nest is in the foreground, with (I think) one parent and chick. Behind is a perching post with two more osprey sitting on it. In the background is the broad expanse of the Dyfi estuary, looking upstream towards the Tarren hills. The whole is indescribably lovely.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Still haven't worked out how to keep up with people on this site! Hope you're having a grand time in Auld Reekie.

Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Snark out of Cowley Poly? Never.

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I have just seen a poster urging me to "discover the world's best mango vodka" and I cannot help thinking that this has to be a contradiction in terms

We put salt in our kettles all the time. It's called Hard Water.

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There is I believe a movement to celebrate it as Good Riddance Day

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I have the highest respect and affection for the good doctor but if you have made tea in a microwave you have not, in fact, made tea.

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Dwi'n deall. Diolch am eich ateb gwybodus.

Dych chi eisiau hefyd lladd pob cwningen? Pob paun? Tramor hefyd ydyn nhw. (Apologies for pidgin Welsh, if I got it wrong.)

The wisdom of Solomon The strength of Heracles The flight worthiness of...Icarus?

I note the OED allows both pronunciations. But I have only ever heard "schismatic" pronounced one way.

Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I will skedule a debate on the subject

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I loved this conversation, even the inconclusivity felt like part of its value

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY 🚨 If you are an Exeter alumnus, and wish to express your horror at the proposed cuts to the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, please sign the Google Doc petition below. Not an alumnus? You can still help by signing the Exeter UCU petition at c.org/msXfsb2g5b 🗃️

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Alumni petition against the cuts to the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Any Exeter alumni who wish for their names to be added to the petition below should please complete the form at this link: https://forms.gle/SpdYvmmsCaJbmZft6. If you are not an alumnus, but still wis...

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just as long as one is not Kossil.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Adore this recording. And also the Vixen suite.

Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Which used to get me every time I watched Mary Poppins. Every. Single. Time. It was just rude.

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Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Aleksandra is such a good partner. Have a ball!