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Chris Ward

@mostxlnt.com
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Writer since I was 6. Earned my living writing for 25 years. Now teach for a living & write for fun in the South of France. @mostxlnt everywhere. mostxlnt.com for longer meanderings. Naive art, landscapes, beaches, opera esp. Mozart, cook, pride.

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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 22/09/2026
Farage would be a shoe-in.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 22/09/2026
Good morning.
Sunrise, Palavas beach.  Croissants for breakfast.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Your regular reminder 👇 🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS 🏫 78% want publicly owned schools 💧 73% want publicly owned water 🚂 70% want publicly owned rail ✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail 🚍 67% want publicly owned buses 💡 65% want publicly owned energy
leftfootforward.org
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 16/09/2026
Was this reply written by an editor?
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 15/09/2026
Ha! DHL in France used to send your 2FA by POST.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 13/09/2026
Well done!
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 12/09/2026
Steve Buscemi's 9/11 story has always stuck with me, but this is the first time I've seen this video of him talking about it. Great guy.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 11/09/2026
Big mistake with the listening watch and probably same with listening AirPods. Fanbois seem happy with the phone’s name but then they probably never heard of Windows phones.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 11/09/2026
PowerBook Duo too? You’re right, tech companies have a hard time being original. They should be like Renault and just make up words. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... - their lorries are particularly good, just a single letter! iPhone X? Wait….naming your phone after a lorry?
en.wikipedia.org
List of Renault vehicles - Wikipedia
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 11/09/2026
More assholes out themselves.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 11/09/2026
Oh god yes! STFU!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026
You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The RNLI's 2026 Christmas cards are now available - some beautiful designs to share with loved ones and an important revenue stream for such a vital service run by some of the very best of humanity. shop.rnli.org/collections/...
shop.rnli.org
Christmas Cards | RNLI Shop
Every purchase of our charity Christmas cards from the RNLI makes a lifesaving difference. The profits will help to prevent tragedies at sea for years to come.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 10/09/2026
MacBook Core 2 Duo. 2006.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 10/09/2026
Apple 17” CORE 2 Duo. For all the fanboys telling me that AksUAllY Duo was a Windows phone Apple does nothing original….I bought my MacBook Duo in 2006 AKSUALLY. So there.
First Apple Duo.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 08/09/2026
Apricot!
Apricot computer with screen and keyboard
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 06/09/2026
I write a letter every month to a stranger, telling them about my past struggles and encouraging them to know that they are not alone in theirs, and that other people care about them. Nowadays I see a lot of performative cruelty, and this is one way we can all show others that we care.
reasonstostay.org
Home | Reasons To Stay
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 05/09/2026
Always been partial to Rozzers myself.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 05/09/2026
Good choice.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 05/09/2026
Yes physical key on keyboard. Touch screen Macs rumoured for Real Soon Now as always.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 04/09/2026
Mac works like iOS - press and hold a key to see the choice of accents.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 03/09/2026
Ditto.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 03/09/2026
More of a bush, really.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 03/09/2026
I said it was too good to check.
snopes.com
Phony Carpark Attendant Collects Parking Fees
Urban legend claims a phony carpark attendant collected parking fees outside the Bristol Zoo for over twenty years.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 03/09/2026
PS: Feel free to block me now, obv.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 03/09/2026
Ditto. I block people for asking stupid questions they could find with a search engine, for giving stupid answers, or just for being stupid in general. Or being nasty. Or a clever dick. THE NITE 'R' US.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 03/09/2026
I heard this story but in reference to Bristol Zoo. As we used to say back when I was a tabloid journalist, "Too good to check".
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Ray Charles Santana Jethro Tull L’Orchestre National de Montpellier Massive Attack Black Sabbeth Rainbow Joe Jackson Kodo Drummers Miles Davis
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 30/08/2026
Zoe, science-based health advice and very compelling; Original Story for decent leftish history; The Moment with Miles Jupp, clever comedy.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 29/08/2026
Are Ladbrokes giving odds yet on him being PM at the next election? Gone by Christmas?
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 28/08/2026
www.tonyhart.co.uk - Mr Hart thinks he died in 2009.
tonyhart.co.uk
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 28/08/2026
Any help, @jonworth.eu ?
traintracker24.com
TrainTracker24: Live Train Tracker - Real-Time Train Map
TrainTracker24 — live train map for passenger rail. Real-time positions inferred from official feeds, starting with France.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 27/08/2026
The National Rebirth Party in all their glory.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 27/08/2026
Boo! I was really looking forward to seeing it!
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 27/08/2026
Social media haters - attention! Incoming!
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 26/08/2026
One for @scalzi.com perhaps?
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John Ryan @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She didn't die. She sailed West, to the Undying Lands and remained Galadriy'all.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 25/08/2026
He’s never been funny.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 24/08/2026
Yes please !
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/08/2026
C'est bcp plus facile de diminuer l'immigration que de gérer les 3 sujets en question, qui sont complexes, probablement pas solubles en 1 mandat et demandent des arbitrages (J'ai pas dit qu'il fallait pas le faire, hein, juste que les politiques préféreront pas se mouiller)
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 23/08/2026
Another alternative, @marypcbuk.bsky.social ! No excuses!
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 23/08/2026
Well done @thelancet.com
thelancet.com
Attacks on LGBTQ+ health are a threat to all
The health of LGBTQ+ people has long been an indicator of wider advances in human rights and health equity. Modern LGBTQ+ liberation movements have achieved substantial progress towards the decriminal...
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 20/08/2026
Montpellier has already banned electric scooters in the town centre. Hopefully electric bikes are next.
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 20/08/2026
I see Julie Burchill is still earning a crust as an obnoxious assshole. “Psychiatric disorders now account for 39% of PIP claims….It makes me furious to think how many of these are fake, and which may be bringing genuinely disabled people such as myself…under suspicion. “
liveapp.inews.co.uk
I deserve every penny of my PIP – most people don’t
Julie Burchill: I spend my PIP on the expensive business of being disabled
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2026
wrote about that ADHD documentary, my own life as someone apparently living the perfect life of the unmedicated ADHD poster child, and why no amount of "oh but the system should change, not the people" doesn't work: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 19/08/2026
Meanwhile in the Telegraph comments: THIS IS ALL RUBBISH
4 out of 5 commenters on the story in the Telegraph say the story's rubbish because I DONT BELEEVE IT MY REIGHT tu DRIVE IS aaaaarrrggghhh I can't breeve kev
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 19/08/2026
The bomber was convicted in January but apparently hasn't been sentenced yet, www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/man.... I'd forgotten that another person actually cut down the camera before the bomber arrived, and he has been sentenced: courtsentences.co.uk/woolwich-cro...
cps.gov.uk
Man who destroyed ULEZ camera with explosive device is convicted | The Crown Prosecution Service
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 17/08/2026
Old joke: We thank you for your blood donation, but why is there so much of it and why is it in a bucket?
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Chris Ward @mostxlnt.com · 15/08/2026
Most excellent.
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