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Not sure how I should feel about knowing so many 😬 Met Myers for a drink once years ago, he started an argument with me about Thatcher being a feminist? I think I was probably too old for him.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 5h

Finalising next week's Fair Warning newsletter... Subscribe here! fairwarning.substack.com Sorry my face is really big, I've spent ages trying to make it less big, to no avail

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Fair Warning | Soph | Substack

Data journalism, data vis, and storytelling, by a British journalist and nerd. Click to read Fair Warning, by Soph, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 5h

do i understand what all of the new settings on Substack are? nope.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 5h

Finalising next week's Fair Warning newsletter... Subscribe here! fairwarning.substack.com Sorry my face is really big, I've spent ages trying to make it less big, to no avail

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Fair Warning | Soph | Substack

Data journalism, data vis, and storytelling, by a British journalist and nerd. Click to read Fair Warning, by Soph, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10h

I hope so! I feel like I've regressed a bit because it never used to bother me

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah I don't know why I get so anxious and nope out It's not like I've had absolutely dreadful experiences?

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10h

I tried to cancel but they were gonna charge me £10 to cancel so I thought eh I'll go, at least I'll get a nice lunch out of it Had a roast, affogato, and met some nice people 🙂

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

Omg you weren't kidding It's the completely wrong way!

Google maps showing a journey from Cardiff to Aberystwyth

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

A small village somewhere which does not help.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

I keep doing this thing where I sign up (and pay for) events where you're meant to meet new people and then on the day just not doing it because there's too much pressure 😫

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

I dunno, in a way it could be perceived as charming I guess

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

I hope he strolls back in later - sending you a massive hug x

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

Also if you want to traverse Wales north<>south, it's literally easier to go into England, go up or down in England, and then pop back into Wales I drove straight up to north Wales a few years ago, absolutely stunning but took so many hours..thing is you couldn't just plonk a motorway down

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 17h

I went to Norfolk in the last year and it's like modern life never happened there. Accommodation options are like scuzzy pub and/or racist middle aged man BC chains dare not go there, the roads are tiny, everyone is mad in some way Can't help but feel like better infrastructure might help?

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The strawberry picking one is for sale as a print and I honestly think it's adorable

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm so happy you posted the source cos I just saw that pic and was immediately like I need this in my life

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh...

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm super happy to be back home faffing about in a dressing gown by myself No need to decide by committee what I'm watching or doing Bliss

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In the kinda mood where every easy pasta recipe is too complicated I just want a recipe to say it's ok Soph, pasta and butter and cheese is a full meal

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My sister has a photo of Kaspar and Henry on her wall. It's very cute but hilarious that Kaspar looks like a demon I hope they're chilling and playing together somewhere 🌈🐱🐶🌈

Photo of a tuxedo cat and chihuahua chilling together in blankets. The cat is yawning so has really wide jaws and almost looks like he's hissing

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Teaching your nibling how to plait hair pays off eventually

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have a full day to myself so I'm clearing out some of my stuff at my parents' Emptied a box, Kaspar's fur is all at the bottom Been a while since I saw his fur 🥹

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It doesn't even mind that you are calling it names! Look at it. It's so cute.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My favourite kind of celebrity interview is when the interviewer asks a misogo question like "how come this is funny but women aren't funny" and the guy being interviewed is like "women are funny" and the interviewer is like "but they're not THAT funny tho are they" and he just shuts that shit down

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yeah although in this one they were like we WILL nudge you to stop you making noise and to be fair to them they did (I've been to one where they said same thing at the start but someone snored their head off the whole way through. Awful)

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Why must I be so predictable 😭

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just went to a sound bath where you lie in a hammock and it was very cool except I think I've realised that I am bad at relaxing when I think I Should Be Relaxing, because it feels like a lot of pressure And my stomach was grumbling the whole time 🙃

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No - they're my mum's, she has a bookshop and she collected a lot of fashion magazines etc

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My favourite one was "you know, some people believe the earth is flat" - the kind of thing that you'd only say if you were entertaining it yourself, which to me signals a lack of understanding about how things look when they are very far away which is like, you do you bro but I'm done with this conv

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Don't you hate it when you're starting to like someone and then they casually throw in some ridiculous conspiracy theory and you immediately lose any respect or rapport you might have been building

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I have no idea but I have reported spam and blocked them

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Personally I do not think it's cool to want to get in touch with someone because of their job but somehow get their personal email, send them repeated emails, get a response explaining they can't help and to not email them again, continue emailing, and add them to a mailing list But that's just me.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I managed to organise 1990 to 2019, gotta go back to do the 50s-80s

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today's job: organising Vogue magazines

Six shelves of Vogue magazines sorted in order, 1990 to 2019

More Vogue magazines dating from the 1970s and 1980s

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*taps the map*

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thank you! I think I did it in one of the first Fair Warnings that I sent out...

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is me pretending to be a pile of stuff on a sofa, to surprise my niblings when they got home from school today Nephew jumped on me thinking I was soft, screamed and then realised it was me 😆

Photo of Soph under a pile of blankets, pillows and toys

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I mean...you couldn't mistake it for anyone else

Close up of a statue of Karl Marx's head on his grave. Beneath, "workers of the world unite"

Photo of things people have left at the grave of Karl Marx

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm doing a tour around Highgate which is exciting because I've never been there before!

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I booked a few days off w/ late notice when I was already booked to go in to office Colleague: are you in the office tomorrow? Me: I am in a cemetery tomorrow Took me a long time to realise that he thought - as anyone would - that I was going to a funeral and not just... hanging out at a cemetery

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I just want the benefits of being in a big city where fun things happen but also be able to go home and pretend I'm the only person who exists Is that too much to ask!?!

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've just remembered that my neighbours in Brooklyn had two reactive dogs that they left outside *all the time* so I have definitely experienced worse but it would be nice to just be able to live in peace and forget that other people exist

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't love sleeping in London because I'll be knackered and go to sleep at 11 or 12, the neighbours will slam a door, wake me, and then I'm up until 3am. Idk if it's the sound or the vibration. Idk why you'd slam doors after midnight. Idk why I can sleep through literal earthquakes but not this.

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Soph Warnes @thatsoph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This stuff is like ooh it comes from plants that grow in the arctic and because they only have a short window to grow they're actually stronger and I don't feel confident enough in my horticultural knowledge to really know if that's bollocks or not although I suspect it is But it does smell nice 🤷🏻‍♀️

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