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Sam

@samdeane.eurosky.social
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I don’t do drama or tea and I don’t like cats - no, not even yours. I like France, colour, sun, podcasts, language, wit, cities, NYT games, #TheArchers, walking, baking, knitting, dogs, general snark. If I want your advice I’ll ask for it.

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Gfrancie (Benevolent Siren) @gfrancie.bsky.social · 46m
Just saw a discourse and thought, "not today. I am too pretty and talented for that."
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 1h
I think someone might have just patted me on the arse…
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 2h
At my beloved French friend’s retirement party. I know 6 people including him. There are lots of French technical men. I am rather lost. But champagne cocktails so
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Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 6h
No tittering at the Dutch potatoes.
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 5h
I am reminded of learning that the Russian leader has someone who’s job it is to collect what he produces in toilets when away and take it back to Russia to avoid it being DNA analysed. I got NO credit for saying they transported it in a Poo-tin
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 5h
Today I think I might finally unlock economic growth by doing the same things that haven't worked for 18 years.
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 22h
Walked 9.25 miles. Unfortunately, eaten approx 92.5 miles worth of cake
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 23h
Accidentally went to the French jumper shop. Seems to happen every time I set foot in the country. Weird
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
View from the other side of the river
A view across the river Garonne to the Les Chartrons district of Bordeaux. The river is wide and muddy but the beautiful limestone buildings gleam in October sunshine. There are a few high clouds in a blue sky
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
@robonabike.eurosky.social I’ve had a chocscident…
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Don’t we all, my dear
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Enjoy this chain of French bakeries
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
I won’t spam you with photos btw. I take that shit to Insta where it belongs
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
‘Which’, obvs
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
My friend talks to me as if I were French too, who is flattering but my ability to talk politics, economics, electronics or environmental issues is limited!
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
No, they were en masse here with a police presence too. Have moved to the back streets to avoid
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
The lycéens are out again
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
For obvious reasons I no longer speak French every day as (occasionally) once I did. And good god does it show. I am being tested to my limits here… Understanding - no problem. One might almost say nickel. But replying…
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh I am as well
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Delighted to report that the centre of Bordeaux appears to still be there and just as beautiful as ever. I’ll have a better look tomorrow
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WooooOoOooOendy 👻 @wednesdaygj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Babe, wake up. A new ‘die of beaties’ just landed
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Final Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Michael claims to be Welsh but I thought Mr Sheen was Polish.
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s happened. Been in the country 20 hours and trying to find French words in all the puzzles instead of English ones
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
I shall be following along with #Strictly via your posts. Give me your very best snark, and do it for me
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
I walk past this house on one of my yomping routes. Can confirm, is excellent
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Elizabeth DeLoria, Pope of Chili-Town @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026
A two panel meme of the Simpsons. The top panel has kirk van houten gesturing to a race care bed. The text reads "im an AI guy. How many local models do YOU run?" The bottom panel is homer with a pope hat photoshopped onto his head. The bottom text reads "I run the catholic church."
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Hurtling south on the top deck of a TGV, with JB’s favourite songs in my ears. This is at least 75% of the life
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
COME TO MAMA YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARDS
I am reunited with a bag of Bret’s salt and vinegar crisps. I might have a little cry
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Would it kill them to play SpongeBob SquarePants cartoons on screens as you go past?
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
I AM UNDER THE SEA
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
I have a pet one now too, PLUS the one in charge. We are blessed
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Everyone needs a chippy northerner. I am new to this revelation
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
At St Pancras…
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
There should be a health limit of one SAW song per episode #TOTP
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
JB bought me beautiful flowers last weekend and whilst I obviously want to see my friends and be in France I am genuinely upset at not seeing the flowers through to their end. Have put the roses in the airing cupboard to dry
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Friends fear she's on her second wine-glass size serving of leftover champagne and at this rate will miss every one of her five planned trains tomorrow
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyone discovered any Bluesky tool that tells you about your interaction with a particular account - when you started following each other etc?
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly this. I'm going away tomorrow. Looking forward to being there. NOT looking forward to getting there
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
I am mostly packed. Eight perfumes for a 7-day trip is absolutely normal and I will fight anyone who claims otherwise
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
YES. Why are frames so expensive? I do not understand this at all
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
The annual addition of the diopters continues apace, and I will need new glasses. How many kidneys will that cost me?
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Running round all morning, I'm only now sitting down to have a coffee and so it'll have to be a DECAF FFS
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
I've had one glass and got all maudlin. Damn my stupid brain
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Someone reminded me earlier of the existence in my fridge of the part-drunk bottle of champagne that JB and I opened last weekend
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
(To the tune of the theme from the A Team) Annual leave! Annual leave! I’ve earned a reprieve Annual, annual, le-eave!
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
In case it interests anyone else, there’s a rewatch podcast for The Diplomat from the people who brought you The West Wing Weekly. Find it on their feed
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Got some lily pollen on the sleeve of my very best, very favourite cashmere jumper. Brushed off what I could, cried a bit, soaked it, washed it - stain was still there when it came out of the machine. Hung it on the rack to dry and today, 3 days later, stain miraculously gone. I’m a believer
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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Got the last one of bakery’s Thursday croissant club batch. Today - blackcurrant cheesecake
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Wool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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"When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig.
One of the archeologists asked those kinds of 'getting to know you' questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What's your favorite subject? And I told him, 'No, I don't play any sports. I do theater, I'm in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes.' And he went, That's amazing!' And I said, 'But I'm not good at any of them.' And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind: 'I don't think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you've got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.' And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn't been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could 'win' at them."
- Kurt Vonnegut
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