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Sarah Todd Taylor

@sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social
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Author of the Alice Éclair and Max the Detective Cat series and Arthur and Me. Loves singing, cats and guinea pigs.

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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The story of the Penlee lifeboat. The RNLI are the best of us.
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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A handy conversion chart: 1 Wales = 20,782 km2 1 Deciwales = 2,078.2 km2 1 Centiwales = 207.8 km2 1 Milliwales = 20.8 km2 1 Microwales = .021 km2 or 20,782 m2 1 Nanowales = 20.782 m2 1 Picowales = 0.21 m2 1 football pitch = roughly 344 nanowaleses
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Winny 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇸 @winny3001.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Grumpy Cook website has a ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme where you can pay for a range of meals for people who may be struggling. These range from a small breakfast through to a family pack lunch and also including a child’s meal. The prices are suggested and start at £2.00. grumpycook.co.uk/shop/
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Shop – The Grumpy Cook
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Neil Taylor (digidol) @digidol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Come to iOSDevUK the UK's longest running iOS conference, taking place between 7th and 10th September. For info and tickets, see www.iosdevuk.com
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iOSDevUK
Aberystwyth • 7th-10th September 2026
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Neil Taylor (digidol) @digidol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Come and find out about Swift concurrency with Anne Cahalan at iOSDevUK in September - Inside the Actor Studio. With over 10 years of experience making iOS apps, Anne will helping you make sense of Swift concurrency and Swift actors. www.iosdevuk.com
Picture of Anne Catalan with talk title Inside the Actor Studio.
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cabinet announcements:
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My brother blurting out 'That's so ******g CUTE' when the mice sang Blue Moon in Babe was.....an experience that left the rest of us sinking under our seats amidst the glares from angry parents.
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well that game was FUN.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 18/07/2026
One more and we keep the Bayeux Tapestry!
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.
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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Spot on from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social in ‘Who Cares About Wales?’ I’d say you can extend the argument UK-wide. So many people in Government, HE, and wider society have lost sight of what Universities are and should be in a political-economy.
There is no way you can have a prosperous Wales without prosperous universities. More than ever, a highly educated workforce is vital and it is universities which play the biggest part in providing this.
But if we view universities merely as places for people to gain qualifications for their career and life advancement, then we, much like successive governments, miss the true value these institutions should offer.
They are economic engines in their own right, and they should be centres for creative and open debate and places that can address societal challenges, drawing in talent from around the world and building international connections. In a world where Wales is very small, they are one of the greatest forms of soft power. They should also drive positive change in the communities where they are based. Added to this, the benefit of learning for learning's sake - for the pure curiosity of it - is a fundamental part of being human.
In a Welsh context, our unis are also vital for nation-building. A nation is that idea of an imagined community brought together by shared narratives, culture and language. All of these things are incubated, protected and developed within our academic institutions - or at least should be.
In Wales, our universities are in crisis. Thousands of jobs are being cut across the sector. The conversations I have had with those still working there have been bleak,
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 15/07/2026
Independent children’s and YA publisher @fireflypress.bsky.social has acquired children’s book Shelby and O’Hare: Pop Went the Weasel by Emer Stamp. 👇
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Firefly Press to publish Emer Stamp’s ‘fun and addictive’ children’s book
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Melanie Lynskey @melanielynskey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I won an award at Sundance years ago and Sam Neill, whom I did not know, tweeted to me “we’re all so proud of you, sweetheart”. I can’t even express what that meant to me. That our most beloved national treasure, a man I worshipped, would take the time to write to me!
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ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰 ☽|☾ 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰 @chaospriestess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.
Screencap of Sam Neil in Event Horizon, his flight suit features an Australian flag with the union jack replaced by a yellow circle on black and red, the Australian aboriginal flag
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Best “remove glasses to look at something unbelievable” in cinema history.
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Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise
Alt: Jurassic Park: Dr. Grant's Surprise
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a stick figure saying, "Everyone has demons."
The second panel shows the same stick figure saying, "And we must FIGHT them!"
The third panel shows Sarah (the protagonist) sitting with one of her inner demons having a tea party.
The fourth panel shows Sarah and the demon looking at each other in panic.
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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Norman ships were projected onto the White Cliffs of Dover as the Bayeux Tapestry arrived at the British Museum last night. #MedievalSky www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
But the creative industries are one of our most successful and among our biggest exports! This makes no sense.
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hamsters are often (wrongly in my view) touted as 'starter pets' for children, but it's grown ups who can best appreciate these fascinating and complex tiny creatures.
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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please Use AI
PLEASE USE AI
Shawn Smucker
Be sure to use Al when making your next, I don't know, meal plan, for example. Definitely do not call your friend who loves to cook and ask her for her favorite recipes or tips or ways to save time making meals, because you will end
up talking for longer than you had hoped, hearing, perhaps, about her father's cancer diagnosis or how lonely she's been or even what she's planted in her spring garden and then lost with the early frost.
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
UK authors! If you haven't done it yet (I haven't) it's time to update your PLR account! The deadline is June 30th!
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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 26/06/2026
Tesco is extending its Kids Eat Free scheme to 7 days a week over the summer, where children get a free meal with an adult purchase, but honestly, this detail about how small the adult purchase can be broke my heart.
The Café and The Coffee Shop in Tesco will be offering one free Kids Hot Meal Deal, Kids Breakfast or Kids Pick ‘n’ Mix deal with any full price adult purchase when they scan their Tesco Clubcard. **The adult purchase could be something as small as an apple costing just 65 pence.** And with no limit to the number of Kid’s meals you can redeem, families of all sizes can benefit too.
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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Unbelievable. I’m in central London, and I can’t find a mulled wine ANYWHERE. Tsk.
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Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Do you read romance or “spicy” books? Could you spare a few minutes, please, to help our excellent student Zoe Coulahan with her dissertation survey? (Feel free to share, too — thanks!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Okay, UKsters, the media is useless re: extreme heat, so let’s do this. I’m from Southern California, spent the last ten years living outside Seattle, which has a similar climate to Scotland, where I am now. Here’s what I know. 1. Heat exhaustion and sickness are no fucking joke. Do not tempt them.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Want to know what it's like to work in museums? Simply watch the Indiana Jones films, and then dismiss everything you've seen
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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Waterstones: “Imagine your favourite book! Quick! BUY IT FROM WATERSTONES.”
Waterstones later: “It turns out most of you already have a copy of your favourite book. We haven’t thought this marketing campaign through.”
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'M MAKING A LIST!!!!
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“This freight train is fully loaded!” “But m’sieur, it’s just one more wafer-thin mint…”
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
No lies were told 🤷‍♀️
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
YES! I have never actually played D&D and probably missed loads of references, but that film was a JOY from start to finish.
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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Life changing #booksky
Dont let anyone talk you out of buying that 1 book at the bookstore. Those 3 books could be the most life changing 10 books you’ve ever gotten
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This ludicrous policy would have prevented my local Methodist church from selling their unsuitable and crumbling building to developers and building a new, more flexible centre that better serves the congregation and the community.
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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Someone has put up an umbrella over the goose nest at the pond round the corner from me to protect it from the heat and I think this is the sweetest thing ever. It’s possibly the pub next to the pond that has done it not sure. I will miss this place when we move 🪿 🐣❤️♥️🥰
Photo of a Canadian Goose sitting on a nest next to a pond there is a garden umbrella next to them shading them from the sun
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Neil Taylor (digidol) @digidol.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It was a visit to the vet today for Fergus (front) and Logan. Just a top-up of some medication. A photo of them waiting to see the vet is this week’s photo. #Wheeknesday
Two guinea pigs sat in a pet carrier.
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Whyyyyyy do my points never match up when I do patchwork. Whyyyyyyyyy. I have tried SO hard to measure, press, get a neat 1/4 inch seam and every square is a total dogs dinner 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 26/05/2026
This:
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This book is GORGEOUS!!!!
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Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
the world needs more guinea pig cartographers
A guinea pig cartographer works amongst his maps, using his instruments, with a quill and ink next to him on a wooden table; he looks at the viewer obliquely with a black background in a style that is reminiscent of early modern portraiture. The artist enjoys exploring the histories of art through homages to previous paintings in his whimsical works.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/05/2026
Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
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Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds
Emma Thompson among voices supporting anti-ageism campaign, which has uncovered striking findings in top-grossing UK films over past three years Box office hit films are four times more likely to star a talking animal than a woman over 60, according to a new survey by Age Without Limits. The anti-ageism campaign studied the 100 highest performing films released in the UK in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and found that while five starred an older woman, about 20 featured creatures who chat. Continue reading...
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Have now introduced @digidol.bsky.social to one of my favourite movies.
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'Strictly Ballroom' Final Dance
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Neil Taylor (digidol) @digidol.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Celebrate your local cinemas. We are lucky enough to have three in this area. And the Commodore has just reached its 50th birthday / anniversary. Congratulations to the Commodore Cinema. www.commodorecinema.com
Picture of the commodore cinema in Aberystwyth. With the text Happy 50th Birthday Commodore Cinema Aberystwyth
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Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Never wrong a knitter
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
So what happens when Reform take over your local council? This. #KentCountyCouncil
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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
It would have been Bernard Cribbins' 97th birthday today. My class made a video to go with his 'Right, Said Fred' and I gave him a copy. He asked for the names of every child involved. A couple.of weeks later, the school received a box of goodies and handwritten notes for every child. A legend.
A photo of Bernard Cribbins. On it is a note saying 'Thank for the DVD. Super. Bernard Cribbins.
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Neil Taylor (digidol) @digidol.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For this wheek’s #Wheeknesday image, I have gone for a mini photoshoot with Fergus. He had to have some medicine by syringe last week. A bit more resistance towards the end of the week, but he was very good about it. A few photos as he recovered from one dose. Cekery leaves were provided.
A collection of 9 photos of a grey guinea pig sat on a pink fleece.
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