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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Thank you. This is wonderful.

James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

City I like: Gothenburg City I love: Chichester City I think is overrated: Brighton City I think is underrated: Gloucester City I feel most myself in: Oxford City I still need to visit: Rome City I dream of living in: Seattle Most inspiring city today: Kyiv Favorite city of all time: Cambridge

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Sunset even making our scrubby trees rather glorious tonight. #tinyjoys

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Strength and courage. Anyone juggling priest school, job and family is an absolute hero.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The church remembers him today. I think of him as the patron saint of second chair leaders - the gentle wise voices who problem solve and get things done. His prayers help me as I try to be half as good a dad as my own Dad. He made stuff, and didn't break stuff.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I flirted with St Thomas, because his feast is my birthday and I'm good at doubt. But on a whim I chose Joseph of Nazareth, Jesus' step dad. And what an inspired nudge that was.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thread: When I was confirmed, a childless 20-something, my parish priest asked me if I was going to take a confirmation saint. I didn't know what that was. For Anglicans, it's a bit niche even for those of us in the Catholic corner of the big tent.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”. The man is a fraud.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Wonderful 48 hours at Douai Abbey. Feels apt to share this photograph of their beautiful blessed sacrament chapel - the altar is dedicated to Jesus Christ the prince of peace.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Andrew Davison on sacraments is excellent.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Can you post the list? I'd be more than happy to post you anything on it I have on a long and Ill-defined loan...

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Back to work after half term. Ecclesiastes at the Office of Readings was, erm, bracing... #trainoffice

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Who had "Arizona's attorney general accusing a sitting president of staging a coup" on their 2025 bingo card? Less flippantly, this is very well said indeed. youtu.be/jrE0DOEcbRE?...

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Ongoing Coup | Attorney General Kris Mayes

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ah, tricky to immobilise so no wonder it hurts. I would take as much codeine as your GP will let you. They're likely to be pretty conservative prescribers.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Are you in a boot? Where on your foot is the fracture? Good splintage is worth a lot in reducing pain but there's also sometimes just a period when taking lots of analgesia is the right thing to do. Prayers for healing from here too.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 15/02/2025

Presented without comment. www.ft.com/content/a7c9...

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Excellent commuter sunrise this morning. Happy Monday everyone.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We’ve been watching Wolf Hall, a fascinating study of how the fragile male ego of a fickle, greedy despot creates a culture of deep cruelty and mistrust, where everyone lives in fear of saying the wrong thing. Thank goodness we’ve moved on from those times.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Here, I always would if praying the modern language Common Worship office, but not if saying/singing the Book of Common Prayer office.

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Kevin 🚀 @astro-kevin.com · 01/02/2025

This could win a Pulitzer

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This morning I submitted my tax return. In the prevailing climate it feels important to say that I'm proud to pay the tax I do. I'm incredibly fortunate to do the job I do, and under no illusions that it was public infrastructure that makes that possible. So I'm happy to pay my share.

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Patrick Dexter @patrickdexter.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I've just read the statement to her diocese from +Bev, confirming that she's the second complainant in the +Liverpool case. It's absolutely breathtaking. Jesus wept.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

(2/2) short form. Any of the many primers on Christian prayer will give you more.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Because prayer doesn't change God, whose nature is perfect and so unchanging. It changes us - our hearts and consciences are formed to fight on to do better and different. Sorry - tricky to compress(1/2)

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Just out of interest, Rik, how do you know what I'm doing myself?

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I'm sorry that I can't find the person who posted this prayer on Bluesky yesterday. I'm making it my prayer tonight - thanks for offering the words I'm too tired and angry to find .

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The world and the church feels completely broken, but it was a beautiful morning beside the River Thames at Cookham.

A beautiful misty sunrise with a mature tree silhouetted in the foreground.

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 28/01/2025

One of my favourite stats is that there are at least a dozen UK universities with bigger revenues than the entire British fishing industry

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Very helpful explanation of his to rename a body of water...

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This cannot be too widely shared.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

put it this way, it's not a hand signal you'd do if you very much wanted people *not* to think you are a Nazi

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Tamara Bumps in the night @moiness.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Good Morning. “Blue Monday” is a made up phenomenon to sell holidays. Dips in mental health happen at any time. And the shit hurricane that is about to explode in the US is going to cause pain to a lot of people. Maybe not today Here is a list of UK resources. www.mind.org.uk/information-...

mind.org.uk

Useful mental health contacts

For further support or information about mental health in general, find contact details of Mind's services and other useful organisations here.

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Put not your trust in princes, nor in any human power for there is no help in them. Ps 146 #morningprayer

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

To lessen the dread of tomorrow's inauguration, I've just been to hear a splendid youth orchestra play Faure, Holst and Bartok, conducted by a very talented student conductor. If my generation can just avoid blowing up the world, the future looks bright, not orange.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Not Anglican, but Anglican adjacent, I ended up using the excellent office book published by the RC Ordinariate.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Wonderful quiet day with my cymbrogi (think cell group) from the Order of the Mustard Seed at the equally wonderful monastery at Crawley Down. God is very good indeed. And who doesn't love silent meals where you're actively encouraged to read...

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Prayers from here. Don't panic - God is actually in charge.

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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Well, since every other social media platform seems to have caved in to a Trumpian "fact-check-free" future, here I am, back in what I fear may be a bit of a centrist echo chamber. What did I miss?

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