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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think we’re both pretty used to me working in children and families’ ministry by now. Me: You’re probably wondering why there’s 120 weetabix on the table. Andy: I figured you had your reasons.

A giant 72 pack of weetabix and two 24 packs.

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just needs alt-text:

How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE*

sexual violence centre cork

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE.

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM.

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU.

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘suspicious farmer foils terrorist plot’ is the most Gloucestershire headline ever.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What about monks and nuns who want to play?

Clothes with ropes and cords are not allowed in the play area.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dropped child off at school on time, looking smart with all the requisite equipment. Told the teacher “have a lovely weekend” 🤦‍♀️.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Botley Road has reopened at the railway bridge after 1,258 days. The new bridge includes cycleways on each side and enough headroom for a full-height double decker to pass. An extra rail span on the western side will give access to a forthcoming Platform 5 at Oxford station.

Botley Road rail bridge seen this morning (from the carriageway) with a bus about to pass underneath

Botley Road rail bridge seen this morning (from the cycleway)

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

when the bus is really crowded but you have to get to work in the autumn vibes factory 🍂

a work in progress picture of a bunch of small clay sculptures of pumpkins, black cats, crows, skulls and a few foxes and raccoons

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Nothing like some of the comments from atheists after a tragic accident at a Christian festival to remind me that, despite the fact that Christians can be truly awful, I have in fact picked the right side.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Nothing scarier than when you make a bank purchase before 9am and the banking app asks to see your face for verification. Offended it recognised me, frankly.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I know I have a screen addiction, but something isn’t right here.

A screen time average of 25 hours per day.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Personally I have no intention of being remotely normal.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Did not have a Harry and Meghan UK return on my 2026 bingo card. Has anyone told them the weather‘s changed since they left? Also are they aware of the VAT charge now on private schools?

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/08/2026

oh is prince harry returning to england? the same year we've got a tyrant beefing with the Pope? STOP MAKING MEDIEVALISTS RELEVANT

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Nick Gould @profng.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The VC of the Uni of Greater Manchester has just been sacked for misuse of over £1m of university funds. Hardly a mention in the media. Not black so not newsworthy.

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Scuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Remember when Caroline Flack was hounded to her death by the British media and we were told never again?

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I came to Bluesky for emergency alert text message solidarity and I was not disappointed.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Look, I didn’t go to all the trouble of giving a southern Californian citizenship on this rainy isle for him to relive his childhood with wildfires, emergency evacuationsn and grab bags.

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Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️‍🌈 @thomasmsharp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Was that our first climate change / crisis national security alert?

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’ve got to the “how quickly can you run around the garden ten times?” stage of the holidays.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Can I please win a trip to Rome but not have to do the running?

A poster advertising a competition to win a trip for the Rome half marathon.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Watching people frantically scan my husband for clues that he is the good kind of American is basically a full time occupation these days.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

People say “I recognise you” quite a lot and I have to quickly guess depending on contextual clues why that might be.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

One of my memories as a kid is going to the beach with all my cousins and my mum and aunts just talking about how expensive it is. “It’s actually such an expensive day, isn’t it, when you add up parking, ice creams…” Yes and me saying that will probably now also be my children’s memory 🤦‍♀️.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Whoever said to bring a little palette of watercolours to the beach because it will keep the kids busy has not met my kids.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Happy the kids kept requesting Shakespeare… … until I realised they thought it was “double double, toilet trouble” and that’s why they liked it so much 🙄.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you need a sign that AI can be wildly inaccurate, please let it be this. I can’t even begin to tell you the extent to which this misrepresents my sporting contribution. “Stand out” well yes, by the side of the pitch, mostly.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I thought: “Sports Day has been moved to tomorrow, please bring your own camping chair and gazebo” was Internet satire until I received that exact email.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m not a specialist in these matters! Can offer basic house blessing but depends on level of spiritual threat.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The marketing is very “whether you hold a deep nostalgia for British school assembly tunes of the 90s or whether this will be a new experience for you…”

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Neighbours of Bluesky, please help me out. I’m planning a 70s-90s school assembly tunes com and sing event at church. Which Come and Praise (or similar) classics should definitely be included? Which ones do you remember? I’ll go first: Who Put the Colours in the Rainbow Thanks 🙂

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Everyone else: The country is at a standstill. Schools are closing, rail lines are disrupted. The vulnerable are at risk. The climate emergency is here. Church marketing departments (I.e. in most cases the vicar on Facebook): HAVE YOU CONSIDERED COMING TO OUR COOL STONE BUILDING?

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Nothing like the passive aggression of a toddler glaring at you until you also wish them a happy weekend, when their whole life is one giant weekend.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ok if you have a giant second born son and a small to medium first born son with a two year age gap, perhaps don’t buy them matching jackets.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Baking with a toddler is really more process than product.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I am a cuddle up under a blanket when it’s raining type of person and the toddler is a run around in all weathers in a puddlesuit type of person.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Never seen a child look as confused as my preschooler when the sports coach told the group “now get into pairs”. He just stood there vaguely looking around for a giant piece of fruit.

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Sorrel Shamel-Wood @sorrelmay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Me: If ever you get lost, if we’re at the park and you can’t find Mummy, I need you to find another Mummy with children. Ok? The Preschooler: Ok. Will there be the same toys at the new Mummy’s house? Will it be the same bike? Wow.

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