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English nice. English funny. English teeth. Whimsicologist and were-hamster. Same on TwiX (🤢)

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨 Overfishing concerns have reached such intense levels that 58 of the world’s largest seafood businesses have just issued warnings to the UK Govt & the fishing industry to act sustainably. It's time to #EndOverfishing 🐟 insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
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Retailers Warn Europe’s Fishing Industry to Stop Overfishing - Inside Climate News
European supermarkets say the industry needs a long-term sustainable solution to keep mackerel and herring stocks healthy.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Following mad tory Rob Buckland trying to skewer Labour over jury trials, we now get Jeffrey Archer 'commenting' on Labour policies on flagship BBC radio show. "Yes, Sir!! Can bally well do! How long?" And for 'balance'? Lady who wrote 'Vera'. I see. By Heck.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 18/09/2026
Worried about AI Robots? All you need is more ram, and a dogged determination to overcome.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ah, migraine aura: how do I love thee? Let me count the ways .... 0
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Interesting read in the i paper today: Emma Barnett to leave R4 Today after just two years (though she has recently recovered from surgery). The (mutual) friction with Robinson must also be a factor in her decision. I agree she would be better used as a lead, whilst Today continues its sharp turn
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well said, Miliband. A thoughtful speech in which not only certain Israeli interests are targeted but also those outside Israel which strive to cause Israeli bloodshed, too. The crucial concept of a two-state solution would be lost without readdressing the current situation, as other nations concur.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Have to see if I've got this right: Labour officials are 'hounded from office in disgrace'; Conservatives are 'reshuffled'; Reformists 'step down' after criminal activity is evidenced? OK, then ...
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here’s some shitty etymology
Cream-colored etymology infographic titled “Polite Company.” It traces the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root **skei-*—“to cut, split, separate”—into three English words: shit through Proto-Germanic and Old English; science through Latin scīre and scientia, then Old French; and schism through Ancient Greek skhízein and skhísma, then Latin. The graphic contrasts the words’ modern meanings: excrement, systematic knowledge, and a formal religious division.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Post your getaway vehicle
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I've just read that Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library have given away 332 million books to children as at present. Take her name out your mouth, Trump: you're not worthy.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Norah is the best little piano player out there. She's amazing, playing by ear. Alanis Morissette certainly approves!
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Always Struck Me as Odd (#78) Why, when lovingly filmed in an actual church or cathedral, are the two actors in a motion picture or TV prog not married in the eyes of God, where the formal lines of the marriage ceremony have been recited? After all, He permits it between two who detest each other?
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The current rash of quarter-baked proposals and sob-stories from Reform is surely to be expected from a party taking their inspiration (and possibly orders) from Trump in obfuscating and displacement of embarrassing, unwanted press and peer attention. Pitifully, the media is playing its part, too.
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Rebecca @rebeccafpainter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A commission from a few years back that I really love. I think she looks defiant and beautiful. Commissions are currently open for July/August. My contact details are in my bio. Grateful for any shares! ✨
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
@durhamwriter.bsky.social Ah! If you like beach glass, then this lady makes rather beautiful things from it. Also, Shetland wildlife and weather features quite a bit! You may even follow her so please forgive me if you do ☺️ @catherinemunro.bsky.social
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Bluesky
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Blue Sky.
Very hungry crocodile puppet wondering why he gets such bad press for pinching a few sausages: honestly, no-one else wanted them but now it's WWIII all of a sudden ...  I COULD HAVE GONE FOR THE KIDS FOR GOD'S SAKE
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Just because Trump habitually uses the term 'Deal', it does not mean that journalists and broadcasters should use his term for deathly serious and difficult negotiations and formal agreements: ending wars, for instance. 'Agreement' or 'Treaty' are leagues above 'deal' in the scheme of things.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Would I change history to cancel any one person? Yes: the person who decided Velcro was suitable for closing back pockets in combat pants. I am sick and tired of getting up from a chair only to have a cushion stuck to my bum, with its cover in threads. I HATE you, anonymous Velcro proponent.
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Hedge Wytch @hedgewytch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I found a very special badge. I would like to find its owner. Could you help me ? Thanks
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Can you help my friend and I identify what's made such lovely, neat holes in her leaves? Also see the bug hotel! We *think* we know, but would welcome your opinions, too — thanking you 🙏
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
What have you done, Bluesky? I can't see videos any longer, just a blank space or a 'Play' button, which doesn't work? 🤷🏻
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It appears to be 'Wankadoodle Day' ... why don't my calendars remind me? BBC stroking this for all it's worth. Can we have a moment's silence for Chris Mason being out of the country at this sad time? That's quite enough.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@cloudhead.bsky.social Hello - nice to see you back — I hope whatever it was has been well-and-truly banished 😊
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yes, that's right, Admin: if you continue to show an account in your 'Suggested for You' for more than three months, despite my lack of interest and hiding it, then my subsequent muting will change to 'Block', as I've just done. I'm sure they are perfectly nice but 'not interested' means just that.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@dorsetang.bsky.social Here she is! She hasn't left us for 'better quality engagement' elsewhere: she's just gone to work for Jason in Department 'S' for a bit! 😊
Actress Adrienne Corri pretending to be @dorsetang, Jason King's new 'secretary'
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Incredibly, 50 years have passed since the delightfully bucolic Derek & Clive gave us their first ever album of live folk ditties. Veering somewhere between Pride & Prejudice, the jolly couple brought nothing to mind more than 'The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady'. Or part that title thereof 🤔
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Why on earth do people still go on 'Today' on R4 when, right-wing excepted, they are not permitted to finish an answer in the face of unnecessarily rude and aggressive questioning? Even Anna Foster's at it now. We learn nothing from this approach other than the editor's own politics.
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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
NEWS!! Here's the poster for my forthcoming solo exhibition of caricatures at @quirkyfox.bsky.social. Entitled 'Divine Comedy', it's themed around comedians and comedy actors. Show opens July 1st. More details and a link to follow in due course. Reposts much appreciated. #caricature #art
Poster for caricature exhibition 'Divine Comedy' at Quirky Fox Gallery, from July 1st. Illustration shows a caricature of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, framed by a magnifying glass.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I have very flat ears - No 'Shrek' type 'wingnut', I: Of course, this all means that I cannot hear the sky.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I know it's radio, but please may I have subtitles for Aston Villa's Unai Emery's post-match interviews? * asking for c. 16 million others ** not a clue
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
@cornettofairy.bsky.social In case you missed it ...
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
That's right, Mr Diamond, do presume to speak for the rest of the world in blaming Iran for Hormuz and the current conflict with Israel and the US on TWatO - do you think we are so stupid as to be taken in by your nonsense? Your guest wasn't. As a BBC presenter, you are expected to be neutral.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Montague toiling away at the shit-face, picture of Starmer marked 'Enemy of Reform' taped to her microphone stand. Come Hell or high water, she, her BBC cronies and the many political-opponent-guests will do everything in their power to remove and destroy Starmer. "WatO: Cheaper than Reform Subs!"
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Such a lovely day, made even better by a lonesome blackbird's glorious song from my chimney. So I nipped in to find my Observer book of British Bird Song and here's what it said:
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
With all the armed, existential conflicts acting out, BBC World at One devotes its entire opening 30 minutes to the number of raging angels dancing on the Mandelson pin-head and makes damn sure Starmer's opponents get 90% of it to imply, smear and lie without a bit of evidence. Rien ne change, alors
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Coffee never tastes better than just after eating black grapes. (You have not been charged for this valuable piece of wisdom)
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Well judged searchlight on the MO of the right-wing media. Well worth a few minutes to read, imho:
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm finding it hard to stay calm at every BBC news programme: today's irritant is that second-rate Nick Eardly claiming Jim Ratcliffe's contention re immigrants is actually valid because Farage and Stride say it is. To be corrected by Sarah Montague over the scale of immigration is for shame.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I wonder if it's occurred to Chris Mason that the reason Team GB haven't yet bothered the Olympic scorers can only be Starmer? How can he cling on to power in warmth and luxury whilst those brave battered Brits break and bleed for us? It should be good for a week or two, anyway. Hey ho.
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Jen S.A. Qkwouagh www.thexstitcher.co.uk @thexstitcher.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Anyone want this baby? Printed for a craft fair but the audience were not my type of people!!
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
@cloudhead.bsky.social Might I suggest these when Madame dons her salopette avec le T-shirt au jardin? Porquoi? Parce que le jardinage est une affaire sérieuse, bien sûr!
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
@dorsetang.bsky.social Well, I reckon you'd have been about 2 when it was on, but 'Nuts in May' is on BBC4 iPlayer, and as it's mandatory for all Darzet folk to have seen it, you have to, too - it'z the law. 'Tis how I imagine you speak, see ... 🤭
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Will @willgarcia820.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Like most of us, I'm a frequent user of Wikipedia and often 'trail' through the articles via links. This is one of my favourite entries, on some breathtakingly beautiful little things ☺️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake
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Snowflake - Wikipedia
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Of all the things I never thought I'd share, preferring 'In The Factory' with Greggggg Wallace rather than its star vehicle reboot comes close to the top.
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
It's becoming more annoying. BBC radio ends every news item in a bulletin on a phrase baiting listeners to dislike the government or anyone who bends no knee to the right-wing. So doctors were against online appts, Lammy goes against the golden thread of jury 'justice', and Gary Lineker left ...
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RickyBee @rickybee.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned: Marina 1800 Cavalier GSI 2000 Rover Vitesse BMW 535i Individual E39 V8 VW Golf Plus drove assorted company cars.
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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Please sign ✍️ Please repost ♻️ Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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