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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm reading it at the moment and loving it. It manages to be so absurd and so real at the same time! And very funny.

Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Another Manchester Half completed on Sunday! An improvement on last year and I ran negative splits, so I'm very pleased. I'll never be more than average, but I'm getting closer to where I was before all the shenanigans 🙂. What a beautiful day and fantastic support!🏅 #running #runsky

A tired-but-happy-looking person in green and white running gear proudly holds up a medal. In the background other race+finishers can be seen

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I should clarify: a great solvent in the lab context. Absolutely do not put it on your skin.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I used to use it in a lab. It's a great solvent for things that don't dissolve in other stuff but you have to be very careful if you've got anything harmful in solution because it's very bioavailable. Also if you do get it on your skin you can immediately taste it. Not recommended.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I highly recommend The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Science says the nasal sprays have a small preventative effect, so bring the probability down a little, and can reduce severity. Mask on him will be more effective than on you, better still, both. Good ventilation and hand hygiene.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So they have received these donations in the knowledge that under proposed legislation they may be considered unlawful.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

No. They are being disingenuous It was announced in parliament on the 25th March. Which is when the backdating would go to. Reform staged a walkout of parliament on that day.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Electoral commission 7th April www.electoralcommission.org.uk/guidance-can...

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Issue 4! I'm excited, but Captain is underwhelmed. @unchcrosswords.com

Captain, a black and white cat, is sleeping with her paw tucked around her face. Behind her is a crocheted blanket. Propped up on Captain's side is issue 4 of Unch crossword magazine.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Aww. He's gazing at you the way my cat looks at me when I've got cheesecake.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Did exactly that and then had to go find the message in my notifications history to read it calmly

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

But the noise was so awful that I dismissed it before I had read it in full, just to stop the sound. I had to go to my notifications history to read it again 😄.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's in the construction of the pocket. Particularly welt pockets. You whipstitch it closed so that it lines up correctly and doesn't go misshapen when you are completing the garment. I guess they might leave the stitching in once it's finished for the reason you say, though.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

UK partial eclipse times below! Get your colander or pinhole camera out (which can be a piece of cardboard with a hole in it made by a pin) and enjoy this show of celestial clockwork, 6-8pm-ish. Please *don't* look at the sun directly unless you have eclipse glasses made to the official standard.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The tune/backing track is National Express by the Divine Comedy.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I'm disappointed by the turnout but encouraged by the result given that low turnout usually favours the likes of Reform. The second choice system is a bit more representative than fptp even with a poor turnout.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A chunk of the voter population in Manchester are students so the timing has affected turnout. And voter ID is known to suppress voter numbers (by up to 5% in a recent paper). Also there was a weird lack of press coverage, even locally. Turnout was bad, but there are a few caveats.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I realise that's not the whole story. There was a weird lack of press coverage, even locally. I'm encouraged by the result, given that low turn out usually favours Reform. At least the second choice system means a more representative result than fptp even with lower turnout.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I agree that it's disappointing. It would have been higher if the election was in term time. The student population in Manchester is significant. Also a research paper published last year showed that voter ID trialled in 2018 in a local election in London reduced turnout by between 4 and 5%

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It was not hard to understand. It was set out clearly in the ballot. It is the system originally used for elected mayors in the early 2000s. Many people will just have chosen to not select a second candidate - which they are fully entitled to do. Fptp is less representative.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I agree it's shockingly low. But not helped by the fact that a chunk of people resident and registered to vote in Manchester are students and they are mostly not here at the moment. Also I suspect significant recent voter fatigue in the region (no excuse, I know) and weirdly muted press coverage.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Agree dog breeding is for the most part horrific, but apparently dogs with short spine syndrome can adapt well and live relatively normal, healthy lives with a little adjustment.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Dolly wears another Margo pinafore in a lovely mossy corduroy from The Cloth Fox in Lymington www.theclothfox.co.uk - Pattern by Merchant & Mills. I took the time to bind the seams on this one: you could almost wear it inside out!

A red dress form wearing a pinafore in moss green corduroy. Left: front view, the dress has dungaree clip straps, a large bib pocket and side pockets. Right: back view showing back pockets.

A red dress form wearing an inside-out pinafore in moss green corduroy. Left: front view, showing large side pockets, waist facing and bound seams and edges in floral patterned cotton. Right: back view showing bound seams and edges.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I think that was Rebublica. Great tune.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Road tax isn't a thing any more, though, and hasn't been since the 30s. Roads are funded through general and local taxation so we all pay. Vehicle Excise Duty is a tax on the vehicle, not road use, and is based on emissions nowadays.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Before, got to do the carb loading properly!

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Beautiful. For me it was pausing my run yesterday to watch beautiful Northern Lapwings circling overhead. Then spotting the young fledglings in the field below. A moment of absolute joy.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries at the Cluny www.musee-moyenage.fr/en/home

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Musée Cluny is my favorite. Highly recommended if you haven't already visited. Usually not super busy.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is how my sister found one of her cats. She named him Lemmy 😄. It's a warm hiding place under the bonnet! She rescued another of her cats from a bin.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The H2O2 would have been pretty diluted in such a large volume of water. And breaks down in the light and warm conditions into oxygen and water so probably won't do much harm, thankfully. But it will have been ineffective at tackling the algae in the amounts they seem to have used.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The guy behind you may have been surprised to learn that the first woman in space had happened 19 years earlier: Valentina Tereshkova in 1963.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The first American woman. The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, 20 years earlier in 1963. An amazing achievement for both women.

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Unch Crosswords @unchcrosswords.com · 09/06/2026

Keep it quiet but UNCH ISSUE FOUR PRE-SALES ARE OPEN NOW unchcrosswords.com#shop

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Unch Crossword Magazine

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Similar, but mine is falling over at random while out for a run. I don't need to trip over anything, I just... fall.

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

When you show them you might want to credit the actual photographer, Edsel Batuigas www.instagram.com/p/COs0e2eAUL...

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The real photographer is Edsel James Batuigas, the image is from 2021, British Columbia www.instagram.com/p/COs0e2eAUL...

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thanks, yes all good now. Just under follow up surveillance for the next few years. Very thankful for wonderful NHS

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

That said, on the day of my colonoscopy when they found the tumour and diagnosed me (and I saw it grinning at me on the screen) Garmin told me I had had an easy and low stress day and suggested I do some yoga 😄

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Moss Piglet @mosspiglet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm torn because I do agree with this, but then my Garmin picked up on changes that turned out to be cancer. It kept saying I was overreaching/strained with normal training for me. Turns out a colorectal tumour was making me anemic. I'm better now and trying to wean myself off the stats watching!

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