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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 16h

Have they mistaken us for food?

Cloud-covered sky - some dark, some bright - with a hole in the middle showing a glimpse of the bright blue world we are denied

Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 18h

Dreamed I was in a 5 person art collective/marriage and responsible for ALL admin. Rented a tiny, haunted flat that spoiled our comestibles overnight. Art Venue was bright with a Sgt Pepper’s vibe, but their giant, possessed lawnmower tried to murder me. Our art sucked; I pretended not to notice.

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Harry Taylor @harrytaylor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Coventry Market confirmed as getting £1.5m in funding gives a good excuse to share this Harry Hill clip about it. youtu.be/pMh-i31VZCE?...

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Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule | Coventry Market | ITV

YouTube video by ITV

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s wasp news: I have determined that hangry dudes are just a couple of hours from death. If I leave them be, I need only clear up the bodies later. (Except for the bodies that get eaten by desperate hangry dudes.) I’d rather help them to escape my kitchen, but not at the cost of being stung.

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Justin Hopper @oldweirdalbion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know a guy…

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This morning I have mostly been gathering empirical evidence: 1. at this time of year wasps are no longer chilled out dudes 2. one pissed off wasp will instantly call in the troops 3. I’m not (currently) allergic to wasp stings 4. an ice pack calms the sting reaction really quickly

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s 11pm on 29th September and we’ve just turned on the AC in the car because it’s still 21C. In England. Nothing makes sense any more. OTOH we’re on the way home from a Lavinia Blackwall gig that was brilliant and everything I needed.

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The joys of being a grownup: - fried potato & poached eggs for lunch - ignore the To Do List - lounge on the bed to read the afternoon away - cake for tea - wine, books, bed by 7pm Apart from the wine, that’s pretty much the life I dreamed of as a child.

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It blows my mind that something constructed in my lifetime can be so mysterious and almost unknowable www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffol...

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IRGON research solves Orford Ness mystery

Volunteer researchers solve mystery of 50m concrete ring on Orford Ness

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A small clothing brand I follow online is launching a new design, Double Diamond. They keep telling me about it and, because I am English and of a certain age, I am now earwormed with ‘works wonders, works wonders’🍺 nostalgiacentral.com/television/t...

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Double Diamond – Nostalgia Central

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

46 years ago today the Pure Land Peace Festival took place in Willen Lakeside Park, Milton Keynes. Here's the wonderful poster for it, shared for #MKMonday!

A poster depicting the Willen Lake Pagoda surrounded by cherry trees in a watercolour illustration. The sunset is reflected in the waters of the lake. At the top of the poster is the phrase 'Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō', (Devotion to the Mystic Dharma of the Lotus Flower Sutra). Beneath the drawing is an excerpt of the Lotus Flower Sutra Chapter VXI, with the text below it saying 'Pure Land Peace Festival / Willen Lakeside Park, Milton Keynes Bucks / 21 September 1980 - BE 2524'.

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trying to resist the lure of someone being wrong in the internet, but ‘to cast up one’s accounts’ really is a bookkeeping thing. To cast (up) means to add up and was still in ordinary, late C20 accounting use. Yes, it does also refer to puking - that’s how you create an amusing euphemism.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

'The Labour peer and former deputy leader will operate alongside Palantir’s UK and Europe chief executive, Louis Mosley, as the company attempts to fend off pressure on Burnham’s government to axe its £330m NHS contract.'

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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bad news at lunchtime, but this book got me through the afternoon. Recommended.

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When you choose a bright and colourful phone case, so you never lose it.

multi-coloured phone case on plain red fabric, looking absolutely unmissable

same phone case but in stealth mode on four other fabrics

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

No, that’s not a ball, it’s a leaf

Old brick wall with a string of shadow bunting

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I think we’ve cracked the whole passing for human thing \o/ Made all the right noises at news of Grocery Delivery Guy’s new(ish) twins and ended up being shown photos of them. (tbf, they do look like interesting people, despite being only 7 months old.)

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

sleeveless summer dress weather again

Pink cosmos viewed from behind with the light shining through

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sudden desire to become a model train enthusiast:

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Me: Why have I never worn this shirt much? I’d expect it to be a favourite. Shirt: Behold, the underarm holes of excessive wear! Me: 👀🤯 Me: I still don’t think I’ve worn it often.

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s an Enid Marx and raspberry sorbet kind of day

At the edge of a lake with tall grass/reed things in the foreground and a giant cedar and an ancient bridge in the background

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My surveillance device (fitbit) cannot distinguish between sleep and hyperfocus. Reading and watching sometimes register as sleep, but a really interesting thread with linked articles is guaranteed to increase my ‘sleep’. (Admittedly, pulling away from such a thread does feel like waking up.)

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Marvellous Ways @marvellousways.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I hate* how I can’t tell if all the empty shelf space in local food shops is because of climate crisis, financial crisis, or political crisis. *am terrified by

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