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Talpa

@shedspace.bsky.social
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Cats, books, gardens, poetry. Democracy not authoritarianism.

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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Someone knocked my cat down and left her convulsing and dying on the end of my drive. Now every time I think of her I see her little black body lying there. She was the best cat.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Definitely
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Totally agree. I don’t read present-tense books. I also don’t like hearing people talk about things that they have already done in the present tense. That has to be endured though
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Its prophetic
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
She’s got lovely big feet ❤️
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice. Nothing. Literally nothing.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I hope the same goes for Rupert Lowe.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Really important that this story gets out there. Classic Kremlin disinfomation and smear campaign and lots of people even on this site fell for it. inews.co.uk/news/starmer...
inews.co.uk
Starmer was targeted by sex worker conspiracy straight from Putin's playbook
It was a conspiracy shared by a handful of social media accounts and ultimately ended up in Russian state media
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Terry Pratchett said cats used to be worshipped as gods by the Egyptians; they have not forgotten this.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Cats too
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
They are causing even more distress to his family who particularly asked for this not to happen. They are utterly disgusting
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Average of 300 words to a page (my small writing) so a 3000 word assignment meant writing 10 pages, by hand, and no internet to look things up easily.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Unbelievable!
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
They obviously haven’t heard of London’s pea soupers that caused so many respiratory illnesses
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
How do Lowe’s Restore policies compare? There’s a lot of “news” about Farrage but Lowe seems to be making headway and I feel he’s as bad, if not worse than Farage 😧
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
He obviously hasn’t had “a good look into” anything he’s advocating. He’s just gone with the politics of hate and envy
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Apologies if I’m being ignorant. I’ve never read any analysis of the poem but learned it some years back so I could keep it in my head!
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Why is Boots a portmanteau for Bonnets and Hoods? Wouldn’t it be Boods? He can’t have included the Beaver as a hunter (although it does go with the Butcher) as he says about the Butcher “the last of the crew” and then the Beaver as a pet, “a tame one he had as his own”
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I’ve got around 2000 and I still regret the ones I got rid of when I moved
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Mary Wesley published her first book aged 70 (she started writing at 68). Christian Lamb travelled to every continent in her 80s and 90s and started writing and publishing books in her 80s. Grandma Moses started painting in her late 70s. My mother started a degree in her mid 60s and graduated at 71.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I’d like the demise of Rupert Lowe too.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
That’s not in the book!
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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#Iran #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Unbelievable, stupid humans!
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
6 weeks to 20 years. Miss him so much
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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’m so glad other people feel the same. I really hate the “hooman” stuff
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Where would their money go? Into the pockets of more billionaires, the ones we don’t hear about (the likes of Thiel and Musk in America, the Farages and Lowes in the UK). Who could guarantee that that money would go to the people who really need it? At least we know where it is
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
If we didn’t have a royal family Thatcher would have sold off all those historic buildings to China, India and the Arab states. We would have no access to a big part of our history. The general public would have no benefit from the money, only billionaires.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
There are bookcases in all my six rooms (not the bathroom). I have 11 bookcases, seven of them are floor to ceiling.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
They know and they carry on enabling him for their own gain 🤮
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I’m choosing a toy
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Already please!
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Let’s hope Lowe goes the same way.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
And cats
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Not wearing shoes in the house is a relatively recent thing in the UK.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thank you ☺️
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There’s a Lidl hessian bag in the middle of my floor, always.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It’s not so great when they stare fixedly at something invisible behind you 😱
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I think you’re right more than likely. I like “Regret”
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And stop Restore getting anywhere too
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Well it sure looks like Epstein that he’s trying to revive.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
💔
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
People want to turn everything a public figure that they don’t agree does, into something to be outraged about. You are so right about respect and decency
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“had to do Red Cross”. Didn’t know Red Cross was an action: hang in there I’ll just Red Cross you.
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Gives with one hand (for the camera), takes away with the other. Strange there happened to be a camera just for this moment 🤔
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We like him:
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Talpa @shedspace.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The man who’s having his head patted looks like Epstein
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