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Lyndsey Goddard

@pinklibrarian.bsky.social
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Librarian. Singer. Writer of pantomimes and murder mysteries. Crime fiction devotee. All views are my own.

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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 3h
Pretty sure not everyone in Leverington is a dyed-in-the-wool Reform supporter, but seems they were the only ones interviewed by the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The penultimate sentence though...
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Could 200 asylum seekers be housed in Cambridgeshire fens?
After protesters marched thorough a village, what are the plans for asylum seekers in Fenland?
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As a beginner pianist I love my Roland Go Piano - lightweight, with simple and easy to use features. Got mine with a gig bag for added portability. Roland - GO:PIANO | Digital Piano (GO-61P) share.google/k6xXdfLNYWrc...
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Roland - GO:PIANO | Digital Piano (GO-61P)
GO:PIANO: Digital Piano (GO-61P) - The quality piano you can play anywhere
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That looks very much like an old BT cabinet, though it may have been outsourced to another firm providing broadband in the area - try searching for alternative networks that operate locally e.g. CityFibre.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026
This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Their excuse was that the stage at Peterborough Cathedral couldn't accommodate a ramp. They would have had to build a stage! Specifications should have included a ramp. And to have no BSL interpretation as well... #Fail #Discrimination #Ableism
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ableism at work... BBC News - Lack of disabled access denies Peterborough winner a stage moment - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lack of disabled access denies Peterborough winner a stage moment
Julie Fernandez is recognised at the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce Awards.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Threads like this are the reason I pack pants, socks, deodorant, toothbrush and toothpaste in my hand luggage if flying with BA.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Re the fire at the Grand Burstin in Folkestone... "the "very severe" fire had raised concerns about the structural integrity of the building," (BBC News) Clearly they hadn't seen the Burstin before the fire. Grand it is not. Deserves demolition.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
read this as "don't bring a unicorn"🦄 and thought, "well, fair enough, there's probably really awkward access". Definitely bring a union rep, or a witness, because the employer should respect your need for support. It's scary being in that meeting by yourself.
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World Of Woe @worldofwoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@danherb10.bsky.social
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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This made me smile, attached to an ordinary cast iron drainpipe on a house in Durham. #TinyJoys
A cast iron drain pipe going down the side of a white-painted house.  A crest of red feathers and a bright orange beak made from something solid have been attached around it.  It looks remarkably like "Feathers McGraw", the evil criminal penguin from The Wrong Trousers.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If the UK govt can't agree on assisted dying, can they at least agree on assisted living? Or will they wash their hands of the burden of palliative care and pretend that people are not suffering with the woeful state of end-of-life care? A good death is just as important as a good life.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#CoyoteVsAcme was a joy from start to finish. A bold satire on corporate America, with added Looney Tunes.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
There will never be another Dolly Parton #WeWillAlwaysLoveYou
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hmmm, if it has to be British films, made in Britain, with British money, this is why the list has so many old films on it. Where is The Life of Brian, The Man Who Never Was and Kind Hearts and Coronets? I've seen three on this list (and I did Media Studies A Level).
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Emergency alert hits my phone 3hrs after my husband's...
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Now, Ely is touristy (cathedral) but it is a small traditional market town with free parking and free public toilets because it needs to attract both tourists and trade. Cambridge is so bloody famous it never needs to tout for business.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I was in Cologne in April. Cathedral conveniences €1.50. Other facilites €1. All coin and contactless. However, urinals often free (clear genital discrimination) whilst "ladies" = cubicle = and acessible were charged. Staffed rail station loos €1.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
As toiletgate seems to have exercised many (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) this is a timely reminder that many European cities popular with tourists do not have free public toilets. There are a lot of tourists in the Silver Street area so it makes sense to charge a fee for staffed toilets.
bbc.co.uk
Cambridge City Council defends £1 charge for new public toilets
The toilets, near the Mathematical Bridge, replaced flood-prone facilities at a cost of nearly £1m.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Pondering ways of telling the AI zealots at work reasons why I will never use the technology. Then thought of the Sort Your Life Out mantra: Do you love it? Do you need it? Is it purposeful?
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
And this is why I am against AI, as well as the environmental concerns and the intellectual property theft and the dumbing-down of society. THERE ARE ENOUGH HUMAN-GENERATED CONFECTED SOURCES OUT THERE ALREADY. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Anyone in government responsible for the benefits system should have more understsnding of it, and preferably have experienced it themselves. Only by talking to people with experience of the systematic failings of PIP will change ever be made.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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[TV show titles]:
SORT YOUR LIFE OUT

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[STACEY SOLOMON and the team are outside NIGEL FARAGE’S house with Nigel and his girlfriend LAURE FERRARI]

STACEY:
So Nigel - you're a politician aren't you?

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FARAGE:
Yes Stacey but I also have a hobby...

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LAURE [proudly, but slightly worried]:
Nigel collects nutters.

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[Interior - Stacey and the team entering Nigel and Laure’s house. It is crammed with weird-looking people]. 

STACEY:
Oh my goooorsh

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STACEY:
Look at all the weirdos!

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STACEY:
Where do you sleep?

NIGEL:
Over there 
on the pile of racists 

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[Nigel is showing Stacey his collection of lunatics]

NIGEL:
This one talks a lot about UFOs in Doncaster 

[He gestures to councillor Kieran Lay standing in a display case]

STACEY:
Wowww...

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[Showing her Reform councillor Steven Lewis, standing behind a lamp]:

NIGEL:
This one thinks we are in a simulation made by Satan called ‘the Matrix’

STACEY:
So many types!

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STACEY [voice over]

But Nigel is worried his collection is affecting his electability at work.

[Nigel is starting to cry]

STACEY [putting hand on his shoulder]:
Oh babe...

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[They are now in THE WAREHOUSE where Stacey puts all the belongings out into zones. Each zone is full of weird looking people. They are labelled: RACISTS, ANTISEMITES, PLANDEMICS, MISOGYNISTS etc]

STACEY:
So listen Nigel, 

We can't leave leave the warehouse...

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STACEY:
Till you've donated half of these to Restore. 

NIGEL: 
I CAN'T DO IT STACEY

[ends]
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Oh wow, Binface has the chance to do the funniest thing
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Apparently some men played a football match last night. Top story on news for 15 minutes. Can't seem to remember our women's team getting this amount of coverage and they've won two tournaments.... if they win the thing they'll probably all get knighthoods... ridiculous.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Just back from watching Supergirl at our local cinema. Now, I don't usually like DC films because of the reckless property damage, but this was good - probably because it wasn't about men saving the world, but about women saving other women (and a dog).
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I hear the spire of Salisbury cathedral is worth a look after seeing this house...
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I spy in the small print.. wondered why it was shared ownership...
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Current workplace feels... #Sauna youtu.be/WK3HOMhAeQY?...
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KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu | Sweden 🇸🇪 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2025
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have experienced heat exhaustion (early 2000s) and a second-degree sunburn (2025). It's very easy to get complacent about the dangers of the sun. Wear sunscreen. Drink lots of water. Keep in the shade. Know the risks. #Heatwave #ClimateChange #Summer
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Another brilliant debunk from @monkemma.bsky.social regarding the nostalgia of bygone heatwaves...
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
To counter nostalgia, it was never this hot in the UK when you were at school if you are over the age of 30. Image taken from BBC News website article www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More info on UK heatwaves: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Br... #heatwave #hot #ClimateChange #NeedMoreFans
Scatter graph from BBC News showing maximum recorded temperature by year, 1970-2026. Temperatures rise from circa 2003 onwards. 1976 reached 35 degrees Celsius. 2022 registered 40 degrees Celsius.
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Frank Swain @frank-swain.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's probably time European journalists wrapped their heads around Heat Index (temp + relative humidity). In high humidity, sweating is less efficient, making heat worse, e.g.: Experiencing 35°C in London UK (70% RH) is more dangerous than 50°C in Phoenix Arizona (15% RH)
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 23/06/2026
Nigel Farage pocketed a £5 million Brexit reward. When he promised we would be better off, he clearly only meant himself. 10 years on, it's time to end the chaos and fix our broken relationship with Europe, starting by joining the single market.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/06/2026
We can't afford another lost decade. It's time to turn the page.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/06/2026
nobody in British politics seems to want to say it but the single biggest driver of their inability to keep a prime minister for any length of time is that Brexit was stupid and ruinous and made everyone’s lives worse
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Says the most professional of professional politicians. Leader of not 1, not 2 but 3 political parities and before that he was a Tory. Stood 8 times for parliament and served 5 terms in the European Parliament. Farage is the establishment. Never let him tell you otherwise.
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Fair play this is a great ad from IKEA Canada
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
ah, you've seen our History department... #tweed
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This week: "Staff, please feel free to wear shorts and cooler clothing if you would find that more comfortable." www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkFP...
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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) | 'Heatwave' | Marilyn Monroe {HD}
YouTube video by Classics
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
That's... mad, then I see it's published by Springer and it works out at 24p a page. Takes me back to students disputing fines as "I could have bought it for that". No, you couldn't.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Larry the Cat for Prime Minister.
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spooky kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My neighbor told me a cat keeps eating his british prime minister so I asked how many PMs he has and he said he just goes to the commons and gets a new PM afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding PMs to a cat and then his daughter started crying.
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Lyndsey Goddard @pinklibrarian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
There's still mileage to be had out of dear old Brenda from Bristol... media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...
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General Election Uk GIF by BBC - Find & Share on GIPHY
GIPHY image by BBC
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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