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Josie H

@trombonejo.bsky.social
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Barely practising trombonist/ proud trade unionist/ professional environmentalist/ late diagnosed neuro spicy feminist/ unrepentant geek/ loves posts of beautiful art & cute pets/ loves kids/ childfree by choice/ happily married to a bass playing engineer

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Miss Lemon's Dresses @szzn1225.bsky.social · 15h
This is a lino cut by my friend Beth (I hope this is allowed). I absolutely ADORE it. I bought one, you should too. www.etsy.com/listing/4515...
A hand holding a lino cut of a black cat playing a tuba with the words "Funk Engine" emblazoned on the tuba.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Percy is determined to get his stick home: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I thought we solved this youtu.be/9XOt2Vh0T8w?...
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Man Park - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#BookSky If you only buy one book this year, make it this one. Utterly unique, beautiful storytelling, with a warm humour and full of kind generous characters who are just trying to do the best they can with the life they have, and have the sort of eccentricities I recognise in myself.
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I always wondered about the science of cat's drinking.
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What if they’re fighting on the wrong side?
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Ellie B. Spookypants @brynstar7.xyz · 16/07/2026
Low T this, male loneliness epidemic that. As a mother, I’m still waiting for the hard-hitting exposé of the real threat facing today’s young men. But nobody wants to talk about the house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun, even though it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
And the dog is sticking with the story that it was "discarded"
Dog rescued from Ben Nevis suspected to have eaten discarded cannabis
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Please enjoy this sketch I just did of our local herring gull Rod eating the salt’n’vinegar Hula Hoop I gave him.
My quick sketch of Rod Gull enjoying a Hula Hoop (he - quite rightly - hates the Beef ones)
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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 09/07/2026
Did… did a cat write this
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Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds
Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 29/06/2026
Finally realised why I don't like voice notes. People do them because they find typing tedious -- it takes too long. But because speaking is easier, they say FAR more than they need to, meaning recipient has to listen for ages, mostly to waffle. It's shifting the extra effort onto the receiver.
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 09/08/2025
This is why physical media is still so important.
A kitten napping on a shelf of DVDs.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of excellent cats I have met on walks. You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.
A cat on a wall, ranting relatably to me about the way modern TV documentaries are so frantically, pathetically worried about losing the viewer’s attention, employ endless precaps and recaps, lazily emotionally manipulate the viewer with overplayed songs and talk to that viewer as if that viewer is a small child, rather than a fully grown human, or cat.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 25/06/2026
The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Autism PSA (and for other Disabilities) Caretaker Burnout is real. Therapy is a *great* place to talk about that. There are also Caretaker forums dedicated to Caretakers. Autistic spaces celebrating being Autistic is not the time or place to say that Autistic people are a burden to you.
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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
the way the dog turns his head halfway in sent me
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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Apologies today's #vss365 poem is a little too long for x but every time I tried to cut it down it lost something. Although it's deeply personal I hope it also has a wider resonance for anyone who has lost a loved one. #falling #poetry #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
All of this is brilliant, not least the way he throws them to one side when he’s done with them
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In the 90s I dumped a lovely guy I was dating because he had a Whitesnake tape in his van
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I am a blind lady in my 40s with a Seeing Dog as my guide assistance dog. I have never had a male before and their toileting is much louder than my females. However I have discovered his wees are quite tuneful and rhythmic and now I sing along.
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Peter Magyar, the new Prime Minister of Hungary, is a cat guy!
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Our local council (in the UK) has just introduced an extra food waste bin for every household. Admittedly the comms from our Reform council havent been great but the local facebook groups seem to be losing their mind over having one small extra bin. I don't know what the fuss is about, as we used
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 11/04/2026
Humanist and author Kurt Vonnegut died #OnThisDay 2007. So it goes. Here's Kurt on the humanist approach to life, as featured in #TheLittleBookofHumanism ❤️
Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - god damn it, you've got to be kind.' Kurt Vonnegut. Author and humanist.
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A little bit of silliness for the intentionally childfree. What's the one thing stopping you having kids? I'll start - the child eating troll who lives in my attic.
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
the British trans mafia did not steal KitKats, Liz. they would have stolen Cadbury Eggs.
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Listening to the wonderful new album by Raye 'This music may contain hope'. I love its unashamed sumptuous storytelling and the theatrical scale. What am amazing singer, song writer and arranger.
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Finding Serenity 🌱🏳‍🌈🦄 @mysticcrainbow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The cause of rape is the rapist.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
asking autistics - do you consider yourself social (in your own way)?
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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
There was once a Law Lord called Lord Salmon of Sandwich.
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Jackie Kashian @jackiekashian.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
i don’t have a credit but its from IG @queen_astraea
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I hate that protest is still needed but I'm loving the creativity and absurdity of the protests. Question for @whoresofyore.bsky.social have sex toys ever been used in protests before or is this a first?
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Finally, a book for the people who ruin my jokes? jk
a penguin books book that is called - your joke is factually incorrect - a guide to dying alone - complete (penguin) unabridged
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Auggie, Segrentarri of Nip & Vine @auggiethebeck.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Iz found tha artikul! spoon-tamago.com/cats-to-blam...
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Cats to Blame for Octopus Deity Enshrinement Delay
Hayasuhime Shrine in Oita prefecture is a rarity in Japan because it is dedicated to the octopus. When local sculptor Kousei Hashimoto was tasked with creating a new deity to be enshrined, he expected for it to be completed by the end of the year. But the neighborhood cats had different plans.
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
- waitress/ dishwasher - receptionist - administrator - business support - accounts clerk
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Quite an apt article for any American right now.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
As an accidental roommate of two of these venomous little fuckers, I can confirm everything about this
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Channeling Michael Collins, purveyor of fine chaos and mayhem @baroqueguitar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“Nostalgia is not a strategy.” Well done, PM Carney. This is worth a listen, if anything, to catch a glimmer of hope that there are still adults in the room. www.reddit.com/r/videos/s/M...
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From the videos community on Reddit: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Speech at World Economic Forum
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
@yrfatfriend.bsky.social @michaelhobbes.bsky.social one for Maintenance Phase
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Suffolk Broad (aka Anna) 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇪🇺 @annadamski.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Top trolling from the TUC! 👏
On Twitter, in response to Kemi Badenoch firing Robert Jenrick, the Trades Union Congress writes:

"Robert Jenrick, do you need a union rep x"
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The River Ribble
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Allan @darkredbirds.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#NowPlaying First play of this one - thanks to @dimorphodons.bsky.social and @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social for putting the project together.
I'm now listening to the album Wallflower by RJ McKendree.
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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
We see your Humble Jumble Lane and raise you Crack-brain-court and New Martin Street a.k.a. Shall-I-go-naked-street! These are from Whitechapel, London, in the early 1700s. Does anyone have any more stupendous street names, from #OnePlaceStudies or elsewhere, to share on #OnePlaceWednesday?
Extract from an old publication found at Google Books, showing names of streets in Whitechapel. They include Gurls-garden, Red Lion-street, Lemon-street, Hog-yard, Blue Anchor-yard, and of course Crack-brain-court and Shall-I-go-naked-street or New Martin-street.
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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 07/01/2026
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning. After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Fun fact. The 20 C artist Alexander Calder built a whole minature circus made of tiny trapezes and the like, and wire figures who he manipulated in performances lasting up to 2 hours. You can see more at Understanding Alexander Calder through 6 Pivotal Artworks | Artsy share.google/Hmzcka41d1Dz...
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Understanding Alexander Calder through 6 Pivotal Artworks
From wire portraits to hanging mobiles, these works trace the development of a pioneer of 20th-century sculpture.
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I'm reading the dense but fascinating book 'The making of the English Working Class' by EP Thomas, which is pretty much the definitive guide to the development of Trade Unionism in England. Its startling to compare how self evident working class politics actually is as opposed to how today's (1/n)
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
#archives #museum I have been given a varied selection of vinyl records and one of them is a recording of the Danish Bacon advert from the early 1970s ("Yummy, yummy, yummy"). Does anyone know if there are any museums or archives would be interested in this?
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Josie H @trombonejo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The alt text are a must read
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