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Gayle Wood

@porthmeor.bsky.social
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Words, birds & music. Writer living in West Cornwall. Rights for Nature 👍🏼. Planetesimalising.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 22h
Two successful new drug trials offering hope to people with Parkinson's, but which is most important? Find out more at 8 by subscribing to my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
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Rory’s Always On Newsletter | Substack
A tech notebook with a focus on health - and occasional glimpses of a dog called #sophiefromromania. Click to read Rory’s Always On Newsletter, by Rory Cellan-Jones, a Substack publication with tens o...
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m partway through. Even having read the 2 volume version, this is a fantastic book
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The roof starting to go onto Tina’s hospital. I still genuinely don’t feel like it’s real. All I can think of is the 1000s of street dogs who will have their lives changed here. Tina would just love it 🎾❤️
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 06/10/2026
Ten years ago the Tories published new regulations forcing schools to feed kids unhealthy foods - meat and dairy. They took away choice. Driven by lobbying of the big food sector, maybe. buff.ly/EAvCq9K
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At 6pm on Tuesday join @sociabledog.bsky.social and me for a webinar where our fabulous dog trainer will explain how he persuaded #sophiefromromania to come out from behind the sofa. Sign up at patreon.com/sociabledog - all proceeds go to Cure Parkinson’s
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, aesthete, said when interviewed “while promenading ma mère started quoting un poème by a bloke called Keatsy. It was all about le misty misty et les pommes. Moi préfères les poetry of Monsieur Rosen et Monsieur Lear. They are super drôles et make moi giggly giggly.”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEWS:Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, happy dog, said when interviewed “moi is chuffed that mes parents are at chez nous. Ma mère met un kingy kingy en Espagne et had un meal fancy fancy. She would préfère to mange du fromage avec moi sur le canapé et watch monsieur Revel Horwood be très stricty stricty.”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The look of love - I think #sophiefromromania is happy we’re home…
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, happy girl, said when interviewed “mes parents are back! Moi is chuffed. Mon père is watching Angleterre do le trouncey trouncey de Croatie. Ma mère is watching Strictly. Moi is doing le flitty flitty entre les télés. Le foot is exciting mais it’s semaine du cinéma.”
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He spent his entire life tangled up on a short chain. That’s why I called him Rusty. To see him now is a thing of beauty. One of the nicest and most gentle dogs you could ever wish to meet
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, watcher of The Traitors, said when interviewed “moi is going to watch la télé avec moi’s companion. Moi’s journaliste thinks monsieur Grant is trés dishy dishy mais peut-être un silly billy. Nous are excited. Moi is eating des fromage et des saucisses. Moi is OK.”
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Little Espresso Martini nearly lost her life but look at her now. Love always wins over hate ❤️
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#SophiefromRomania is so happy that #strictly is back and her favourite people are here
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Margaret, the dingo gets a bad rap, there are of course some bad apples but in terms of harm to humans they are really way down on the doggy danger list. However, they are super smart, and fun fact, they can rotate their wrists (most canids can’t) so are able to turn door knobs and climb trees!
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When #sophiefromromania Is on border patrol we remember why we got the garden fence heightened
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When I found her like this she could no longer move. She had 1000s of fleas on her and her life was about to end. Just look at her now. She has everything a dog could ever want! Beautiful little Skye
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’d be surprised if any dog lover disagrees?
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEWS:Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, chatty dog, said when interviewed “moi was parlaying avec mon oncle Si et moi asked him about going sans harnais comme Juno. He said it was about ‘recall’.Apparemment this means toujours coming when moi is called.That seems très restrictive there must be another way.”
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Sociable Dog @sociabledog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A Dog Is Never "Just a Dog": How to Form Deep and Kind Bonds | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
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A Dog Is Never "Just a Dog": How to Form Deep and Kind Bonds
In "More Than Just a Dog," Simon Wooler stresses compassion, kindness, and the importance of demystifying the science of dog behavior to understand what they are asking of us.
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The running was one thing but the 48 guys and girls out there in the Thai heat building Tina's hospital are working just as hard. And none of this would be possible without the money donated from around the world. She's coming along nicely now ❤️
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, chatty dog, said when interviewed “moi was telling mon oncle Si about la plage et how moi did les splashy splashies! He was super proud of moi! He told moi that they have les plages en Écosse et ma cousine Ripley goes there tout le temps! Moi would like une plage.”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/movers-and... We’re back! A new series of Movers and Shakers begins with an episode about “Parkies” writing about Parkinson’s
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Movers and Shakers: “Parkies” on Parkinson’s
We’re back - after a short break Movers and Shakers, the podcast about living with Parkinson’s, starts a new series today and we can promise you some major excitement over the coming weeks.
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEWS:Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, trim dog, said when interviewed “moi was triste pour mon père as he likes un petit boozy boozy avec his dîner.Moi has to say moi can’t have des boozy boozy et since going to la vétérinaire who said moi was un peu porcy porcy (wrongly) moi has been given less fromage.”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEWS:Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, caring daughter, said when interviewed “mon père has un back dodgy dodgy so moi took care of him quand nous promenaded. Moi aussi would like to put sur le record moi did not do un petit pipi sur le tapis. Moi thinks moi is being framed by le chat maléfique up la rue.”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, intellectual (starter level), said when interviewed “moi hears beaucoup about l’économie from ma mère quand she does les talky talkies d’equipes. Moi hears about ‘GDP’. Moi thinks this might be un anglais thing meaning ‘Good Dog Points’. Moi has beaucoup de those.”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
share.google/AWA0QowotTF2... The RNLI is one of those institutions that make me proud to be British - join me in donating to show your support
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, loving daughter, said when interviewed “whether la météo is bonne, ou whether la météo be not, moi will weather la météo et take mon pére pour un petit trot, whether he likes it ou not. Besides les puddly puddles are délicieuses. Moi still thinks he should try them.”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Sophiefromromania sat through my interview with Times Radio apparently unconcerned about the existential threat posed by AI . Perhaps she thinks the robots will team up with the dogs...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/google-and... Google and Apple have a stranglehold over the mobile internet and complain bitterly about foreign governments trying to regulate them - but when Trump tells them to jump, their only question is how high?
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Google and Apple - Studies in Spinelessness
They were dubbed a few years ago the Magnificent Seven, the seven giant American tech companies* whose growth seems unstoppable .
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEWS:Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, thinker, said when interviewed “ma mère said aujourd’hui was busy busy et moi liked les snackies et moi adores la compagnie de mes parents mais moi thinks they are trying to distract moi from doing une strikey strikey.La page 3 of Monsieur Marx’s livre pop up is bon.”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, suspicious girl, said when interviewed “moi is beginning to think mes parents told moi un porky porky when they said I might play avec un chat quand nous were less busy busy. Moi is thinking of doing une strikey strikey. Moi has read Monsieur Marx (pop up version).”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My brilliant friend and podcast colleague Paul Mayhew Archer wrote a romcom about Parkinson’s a few years ago - and it kept nearly being made. But now here it is: a proper movie with a fabulous cast in cinemas in November. Can't wait to see it! youtu.be/MR5Nkdndv18
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Onwards and Sideways (2026) Rhys Ifans, Laura Linney
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Love “banquey banquey”* *for overseas readers Monday was indeed a Bank Holiday here, hence the presence of the Prof who is even now at 5:25am on Tuesday preparing to head off to Cambridge
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, girl, said when interviewed “moi saw beaucoup de chats. Moi remembers quand mon père said moi might play avec des chats quand nous are not busy busy. Aujourd’hui is un jour banquey banquey! It was parfait! Moi asked mes parents they did un petit giggly et said non.”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, clever girl, said when interviewed “mes parents tried to do les tricky trickies on moi. Moi was not tricky trickied. Moi said non, no, nein, nyet et pas question José! Unless mes parents tell moi honnêtement that une plage has been installed moi is not budgy budgy.”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, fashionista, said when interviewed “moi is wearing moi’s nouveau collier. It is très sophistiqué comme Madame Coco Chanel’s petite robe noire. Parfois les classiques are le meilleur. Moi looks comme Madame Audrey Hepburn, doesn’t moi?”
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, expert, said when interviewed “ma mère has made des chutney de pommes, moi likes it avec du porc et des potatoes roasty roasty (pas des haricots verts). Moi thinks moi mère’s chutney is super bon et un peu mieux than those of Mesdames Delia Smith et Nigella Lawson.”
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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Felon will always do what benefits his own interest.
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 27/08/2026
ON the radio Alexandra Pringle, apparently the former editor in chief of Bloomsbury is asserting that of course memoirs aren't true stories and no publishers are not responsible for checking books. This well spoken lady is achieving tech bro level of don't be so naive it's not MY business
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, excited girl, said when interviewed “mon père said moi might play avec that chat on un jour quand nous are not busy busy. Moi is thrilled! Moi will ask again demain et tous les jours until mon père says oui! Moi needs un plan rapidement. Moi can’t wait to, er, play.”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/... please support my pal Mike Hally who is being bonkers enough to cycle all over the Trossachs to raise money for Parkinson's UK
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Mike Hally
I’m challenging myself to take part in Pedal Trossachs for Parkinson’s UK in August 2026 and would really appreciate your support! Please help by sponsoring me with whatever you can. All the money ra...
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Gayle Wood @porthmeor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, sad girl, said when interviewed “moi is super triste about Madame Dolly Parton. She was un super bon œuf. She did beaucoup de travail pour helping les petits people do le ready readies (et moi knows they need that) et pour la nature. Nous will toujours love vous.”
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the most remarkable comebacks ever. A longer watch but come see Rocky in his new home. This will put a huge smile on your face! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5x8...
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The Senior Blind Dog Everyone Gave Up On
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Very excited about this!
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Last romp on the beach for #Sophiefromromania before saying au revoir to this lovely place and heading home
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El @ell17.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, content girl, said when interviewed “nous had beaucoup de fun en vacances, mais maintenant mon père has gone to le foot, allez Les Abeilles! et ma mère et moi are going to do les snuggly snugglies sur le sofa et watch ‘Paddington’ plus tard. Moi adores chez nous.”
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/joy-on-a-w... I know it’s a bit off topic for my healthtech Substack but I’ve written about our adventures getting #sophiefromromania onto the beach
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Joy on a Welsh beach - a dog overcomes her fears
Every now and then, this Substack, which is supposed to be about health and technology, veers wildly off course and I end up writing about our Romanian rescue dog Sophie.
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