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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️

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Politics (red/green) Convinced Remainer. Enjoy reading, particularly crime fiction and C19th literature. Love Italy and Yorkshire. Can get ranty about car culture. Have Vasculitic neuropathy and Parkinson’s #facciamorete Born 310ppm

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 2h
How wonderful Jackson dropped a cake into Stourbridge Junction… WITH MY FACE ON IT! Naturally, I inspected it. Handsome, ginger, slightly judgemental. Uncanny resemblance! Huge thank you to Jackson! 🧡 One question… WHO AUTHORISED THE CONSUMPTION OF MY FACE?
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 6h
The Room Next Door - Kemi Badenoch
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The Room Next Door - Kemi Badenoch
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.
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Leeds United - unofficial @lufc-unofficial.bsky.social · 4h
📰 A battling display but it ends in defeat at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon. #lufc
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Leeds United - unofficial @lufc-unofficial.bsky.social · 4h
JUUUUSSSSSTTTIIIIINNNN!!!!! IN FRONT AT THE EMIRATES!!!! #lufc
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Graham Smyth @grahamsmyth.bsky.social · 5h
HT Arsenal 0-0 Leeds United Away end delighted with what they've seen from a really organised and at-times dangerous Leeds side. Home sections frustrated with what they've seen. #lufc
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 9h
🐦‍⬛🎶 The 22 birds whose calls I heard early this morning (October 10th) by the river Tees. 🐦 A great selection of birds today, including the Kingfisher, the Stonechat, the Siskin, the Redwing and the Grey Wagtail.
A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 9h
🌬️ It’s a cool, windy morning by the river Tees. 🐦‍⬛🎶 Lots of birds are out chirruping today …
Looking upstream from Yarm Wharf towards Yarm Bridge. A clear sky and the water being moved slightly by the breeze.
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 11h
Good morning & welcome to #Caturday 🐾🐈 Life isn’t about hitting every note perfectly. Sometimes the wrong notes make the most wonderful melodies. 🎶 So be brave, have a go, make mistakes and never be afraid to look a little silly.
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 11h
Highly recommend this interview with Yanis Varoufakis
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Introducing Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
Podcast Episode · Weekend · 3 October · 53min
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 11h
Made it to my chair just a few minutes late for @matthew-wright.bsky.social - owed a rest now!
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 11h
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: has releasing prisoners on tag to ease jails’ crisis been a criminal failure? Should the Greens dump leader Zack Polanski? And will you watch a livestream of America executing a mass murderer? 📞 0345 6060978
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 16h
Happy weekend Bluesky! Mine not off to a great start so returned to bed for a short while to get my brain fully functioning & my body following instructions (as far as it can these days!) I blame Trump. Good news is that it’s @matthew-wright.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk at 7…
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 22h
Tony: Where's me charts, ah there we are. Let me see now, the time is five past three, yes, according to the chart the north star should be approx 2ft 9 to the left of Mrs 'iggins TV aeriel. Yes, there she is, the sailors friend. Bill: The north star? Tony: No, Mrs 'iggins!
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Finished and racked washing - feeling shattered but at least it’s done. Need to work out a new timetable now that , physically, things take me twice as long to do!
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@henryriley1.bsky.social Given up my early morning World Service for LBC!
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Henry Riley @henryriley1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨 BY ELECTION TIME🚨 I’m reporting throughout the night for LBC & LBC News, from Camden Council for the Holborn & St Pancras by election Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali is hoping to fend off a challenge from Green Party leader Zack Polanski to retain Sir Keir Starmer’s old seat
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Must try and see that film. Saw Ian Charleson on stage several times in the 1970s and 80s #r4Today
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very good piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social on why Kemi Badenoch’s idea of exempting family homes from inheritance tax makes no economic sense for a variety of reasons. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tony: Don't think we're unaware of the real reason for this unwarranted outburst. It's class distinction isn't it? You don't think we should be in here do you, first class, people like us? You think we should be travelling up the front with the coal! #TheTrainJourney
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Cath Staincliffe @cathstaincliffe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Looking for a new read? I've just put some recommendations up www.cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/ SO many great books out there... Happy reading!
Cartoon line drawing of pile of books with woman on top, arms raised in invitation.
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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 07/10/2026
Models which have the Conservatives ahead of Reform may be jumping the gun. See how Britain Predicts compares... www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
11 o’clock. And I appear to be on the WRONG SIDE OF THE WINDOW FOR ACCESSING ELEVENSES. 😾 Pfft. I think we need a team chat about this. Immediately.
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The Parkinson's Foundation @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Have you checked out our new and improved online store? Each item is designed to spark conversations about Parkinson’s disease while supporting the Parkinson’s Foundation. Check it out! ➡️ Shop.Parkinson.org
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Dave Denison @dayvdee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A long shot, but ….does anyone have a recommendation for a specialist law firm that deals with issues in community law ie resolving disputes between clients and the local authority social care teams?
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🐦‍⬛🎶 The 15 birds whose calls I heard early this morning (October 6th) by the river Tees. 🐦 A great selection of birds today, even though I could only stay for a short time. The Redwing was back after a very long absence and the Great Northern Diver was a newcomer to me.
A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🌫️🌧️ It’s a misty morning by the river Tees, with some light drizzle. 🐦‍⬛🎶 Lots of birdsong today, but I could only stay for a while as the rain got heavier …
Looking downstream from Yarm Wharf towards Preston Park. Mist in the air and some light rain falling. Autumnal foliage on the opposite bank.
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Remembering Ray Galton OBE who passed away #OTD 5 October 2018. Ray & Alan Simpson worked with Hancock for 10 years, including writing over 160 radio and TV episodes of Hancock's Half Hour and Hancock and The Rebel. Ray loved The Bowmans, let's enjoy in his memory.
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tony: I'm just going to shout my last defiant message to the world. You're doomed, all of you! Return to nature before it's too late! Kenneth: Go to bed you old drunk! Tony: I am not drunk sir, I have seen the light! Kenneth: You'll see my fist if you don't shut up!
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Simon Clarke MP was born on 28 September 1984. That's all you need to know. #r4today
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🐦‍⬛🎶 The 20 birds whose calls I heard early this morning (October 5th) by the river Tees. 🐦 Another wide variety of birds today, with the Stonechat back after a long absence.
A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌬️⛅️ It’s a warm and windy morning by the river Tees. 🐦‍⬛🎶 Lots of birds were out twittering and squawking today …
Looking across the river from Yarm Wharf towards Egglescliffe village. A touch of gold as the sun rises with a mixture of blue sky and grey clouds.
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I hate the Conservative Party Conference. I hate hearing endless uncritical interviews with them. Played some of Andy Burnham speech to cheerr myself up!
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🐦‍⬛🎶 The 20 birds whose calls I heard early this morning (October 4th) by the river Tees. 🐦 A fantastic array of birds today, all heard within 25 minutes. The Nuthatch was back after a long absence and the Spotted Flycatcher was around again.
A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🍂 It’s a cold, clear morning by the river Tees and I wandered upstream for a change. 🐦‍⬛🎶 A fantastic variety of birds were out calling today …
Looking across the river through the trees from the back of St. Mary Magdalene church towards the Aislaby bank.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: has the Burnham Bounce flattened Polanski’s Greens? Should King Charles apologise for slavery on his Caribbean tour? And do you back Tory plans to give rich people taxpayer help with their childcare? 📞 0345 6060973
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Not a bad night - fell asleep after the football. Do hope @matthew-wright.bsky.social is feeling ready to get a shift in and the cold has been stopped in its tracks! Looking forward to it (7am on @lbc.co.uk )
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
love Saturdays, best day of the week. No work, the weekend to look forward to, and Saturday night coming up! The big night! The one bright spot in a week of unrelieved gloom! The one part of life's tragic panorama that I can really put up with! #SaturdayNight
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fell asleep with @lbc.co.uk on the radio - surfaced to find Vanessa Felz talking rubbish about the 1970s - all the usual tropes about strikes, dinner by candlelight and curly British Rail sandwiches. My only problem with the 70s at the time was that they weren’t as good as the 60s!
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Watched episode 2 of #CelebrityTraitors. I’m not sure I will stick with it … Probably just part of my general depression at the moment
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 03/10/2026
"I'm telling you those cameras need to go!" Caller Edward believes the ULEZ bomber is a 'hero' and his 15 year prison sentence is harsh.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🐦‍⬛🎶 The 21 birds whose calls I heard early this morning (October 3rd) by the river Tees. 🐦 Lots of regulars today, along with less frequent visitors like the Grey Wagtail, the Kingfisher and the Rook.
A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species. A list of the bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🌤️ It’s a promising morning by the river Tees following some overnight rain. 🐦‍⬛🎶 A lovely collection of birds were out calling today …
Looking across the river from Yarm Wharf towards Egglescliffe village. Blue skies with wispy white clouds and the opposite bank clad in autumnal trees.
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Listening to the news is an exercise in decoding these days : ‘arrived in a small boat’ - aha! Bloody illegal in’ee. Why do we need to be told, before he has any trial, how he arrived here? Is it true?
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good morning & welcome to #Caturday Whatever this week has brought you, you made it to today. So be a little kinder to yourself. Take your time. Notice the good things, however small they might be. You don’t have to make today extraordinary.
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From 7 @lbc.co.uk: 15 years for ULEZ camera bomber: has justice been served? If neither nationalisation nor privatisation works for customers what does? And Trump wants our diesel to buy votes in the US midterms. Should we tell him to do one? 📞0345 6060973 Aaron in background!
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Phew! Just finished Saturday morning jobs and am all ready for @matthew-wright.bsky.social at 7 (knackered, but ready)😅
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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tony: I feel a right Charlie sitting here sometimes.  Every other bed in the ward piled high with visitors. And I have to sit up with my headphones on, smiling as if I don’t care. I’ve heard them. "Nobody visiting him again today, poor man, take a biscuit over to him!"
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Pat Oddy 🇪🇺📚📻🎙️ @rossaverde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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BBC Sounds - The Traitors: Uncloaked - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of The Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC Sounds.
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Jan @geminicat7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌬️⛅️ It’s a blustery afternoon by the river Tees - sunny one minute and cloudy the next. 🐦‍⬛🎶 Just a few birds were out calling to keep me company …
Looking across the river from the back of St. Mary Magdalene church towards the Aislaby bank. One mute swan is swimming past and the trees are beginning to look autumnal. A list of the 7 bird calls identified by the Merlin Bird ID app, with a stock photo of each species.
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