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Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

From the A section of the new book: ‘Britain According to Very British Problems’, my new A-Z of Britain. geni.us/VBPBritain

Aggression (passive)
Brits are the world leaders in passive aggression. If you encounter any of the following statements from a Brit, either in person or via email, you're being assaulted:
• With all due respect...
• As per my last email ...
• Happy to discuss ...
• An email ending in 'Regards' when 'Kind regards' has been used in a preceding email.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A very chilly day in Glasgow. If you are struggling to stay warm, remember that Glasgow Libraries have the heating on and offer free hot drinks. No need for a library card to snuggle up on a seat.

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📼 Jonathan Hammer-Slay (Halloween '26 edition)👻🎃🧛🦇🔪 @jhammersley.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:

meme showing ma looking at 2145661(1) PDF file while other girl named 2145661.PDF looks on angrily

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Hadas Kotek 🦄 @hadaskotek.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I had to commit crimes in order to get out of bed this morning

POV: I’m lying in bed, my arm is stretched out. There is a gray cat snuggling up against me, his head is on my arm. A second, tabby gray cat is laying on his side on a pillow nearby, my hand is against his belly and head. Both kitties look blissed out.

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Passing through London on my way to Norfolk and it’s brightening into a lovely day.

A view across London taken from London Bridge and looking towards Tower Bridge. It’s early so sky is still brightening after the sunrise and the sky is pale blue with wispy clouds but with a yellow tinge as it gets closer to the horizon. The water of the river Thames is grey blue and rippling. There are some small boats on one side of the river and in the far distance are the office blocks and skyscrapers of London as well as several cranes working on adding to that skyline.

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 18/11/2024

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Snow is falling in the UK & that’s means only one thing - it’s gritter tracker time! Our friends north of the border have done a great job naming their gritters & we can all login & admire the creativity on the Traffic Scotland Gritter Tracker www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac... #grittertracker

A screenshot from the Traffic Scotland website showing their live tracking of all the gritters across Scotland. The gritters are all marked with their names such as “Grit and Bear It”, “Skid Vicious”, “Gritty Gritty Bang Bang” and “Licence to Chill”. As this is a live map it may not be easy to read the names with a screen reader but there are lots of articles online listing more of the names if you search google for “List of Scottish Gritters”

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I have 1000s of cat photos on my phone & have just noticed over 1000 of them are of a cat who does not even live with me! Introducing Tilly who lives next door. I have the joy of looking after Tilly a few nights a month & sometimes take my ruffians along to entertain her. #cats

Tilly a cat with mostly white fur and then patches of black fur on her head and back. She has green eyes, long white whiskers and is wearing a red collar with a bell. Tilly is sitting on the back of a grey sofa and peering round as she is about to catch a toy being waved so only the front half of her body can be seen. She has plush fur and is clearly a pampered princess who should be given as many treats as she wants whenever she wants.

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Had an eye test yesterday & optician traumatised me with the news that I need varifocals or reading glasses. Joys of only being 3 years off the big 5-0 Thankfully I had a lovely sales person & I get 100 days to see if I can tolerate them. Anyone experienced varifocals wearers out there with advice?

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th” When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn

The excerpt from William and the Werewolf showing singular they spelled with a Thorn

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Scorpionturtle @scorpionturtle.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Working Edible typewriter for @mishacollins.bsky.social #Gish I could go for some of the creativity that got me through the pandemic as we now live through the rise of hate in USA & all over the world

Typewriter made of gingerbread painted gold with the words we create therefore above the keyboard and galliewags! on the spacebar.with a paper that say Gish in it.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 14/11/2024

This is always acceptable and perfectly fine to do. Protect your own sense of peace and engagement that only you can define. Never let anyone tell you you’re wrong for doing that just because *they* want negative attention or to be seen.

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Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @friendsofbear.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

hello Bluesky! My name is Haley and I'm the founder of Friends of Bear Cat Rescue, a 501(c)(3) serving the SF Bay Area. I'm excited to share my rescue shenanigans and cute pics of janky cats with you all! Thank you to everyone who has followed already! 🥰

A small brown tabby kitten named Big Angus hams it up for the camera, surrounded by her other cute brown tabby siblings.

Marvin, a large fluffy brown tabby, enjoys some scritches after getting his ointment applied on his big honkin' neck wound, which is healing wonderfully!

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Kakistocracy: Government made up of the least competent and least suitable people in a society. See also: Trumpism

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This #buyastrangerabook day offer from last week was unclaimed. So, we go again! @mrsbooga.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of The Time-Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. It's a cracker! If you'd like it, get in touch.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

It's Wednesday, so it's "Buy A Stranger a Book" day on Bluesky! I'll give away two books. FOR FREE. If there's a book you want let me know. If YOU want to "Buy a Stranger a Book" too get in touch! #buyastrangerabook Here's what it's all about. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Labelers are one of the coolest features here! One of my favorites is the pronoun labeler. Subscribe and follow the instructions to indicate your pronouns. Then they will show up under your name when you chat and reply to people and you’ll be able to see other people’s! bsky.app/profile/pron...

Screenshot of my handle. Underneath it says she/her and Buffalo Bills

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

For the newbies, one of the great features on here is that when someone has tried to quote-post dunk on you, hit the … and select “detach quote” and nobody will see the post or who wrote it and they will look like an asshole. (Blocking works like this too.)

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Pretty sure I should own shares in this brand of catnip toy. Started buying them for my cats and now also the supplier for Tilly who lives next door. Always waiting for the day she falls back off the sofa when she gets into rainbow destruction mode! #catsofbluesky

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Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 10/11/2024

BOOKMARKS! How do we do them? Use this emoji 📌 (pushpin emoji)! BUT FIRST: Click this link. Like/Follow the feed. It'll take you to a bookmark feed where all of your bookmarks are in one place! Pin it, and you'll be able to access them easily. Then, you can 📌 with ease! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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G.H.Moore @ghmoore.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

The best Bluesky version of booking for now is replying to posts with the 📌 emoji! This adds all the posts to a custom, only visible to you feed that you can click on like your other feeds, and access whenever you need. I have found it very useful (if imperfect)

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Like many other new (or returning) Bluesky users I have felt compelled to google how Alf fits in. Sadly I have now seen THE PIC - if you have not yet gone looking here is the story behind Alf on Bluesky #alf faineg.substack.com/p/how-i-acci...

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How I Accidentally Ruined Bluesky With Pictures of Sexy Alf

Yeah, it was me. And I haven't had this much fun on the Internet in years.

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Just realised I haven’t been back here for a while but given the past week I think my faves are leaving X so I’ll be posting here and on Threads as well (if my scatty brain remembers!) Dan will be monitoring as always. 😁

A slightly fuzzy picture of Dan, a black cat with green eyes wearing a bright orange collar and behind him a partly obscured human trying to see the screen of her phone.

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Sarah Washford @swashford.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Many thanks to @rainbowitup.bsky.social for the invite! Starting my profile here with my favourite subject - my cats. Meet Danny (the sleek one) and Murray (the fluffy one) my beautiful grumpy old men ❤️

Danny, a handsome black cat sitting politely upright on a grey wooden floor. He is staring up to the camera with big green eyes almost as though the person behind the camera might be waving a pack of treats.

Murray, a majestic fluffy black cat with long white whiskers, white fur on one side of his face and on his neck and white paws. He is outside sitting on a brick wall and staring into the distance because he is so used to being admired that he barely notices it anymore.

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