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Wilde

@wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social
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Whimsical pessimist. Novice coder. Work in social housing. Choral chorister. Lover of comedy, music in general and being a solivagant. She/her

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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The difference between my two choirs is if I say that in the one we're singing the Mozart in I won't get scoffed at for being low culture. Someone at the other choir still hasn't forgiven me for saying Holst's Christmas medley was awful (it is though).
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Fulfilling a teenage emo dream and singing 'that choral bit from the Evanescence song', i.e Mozart's Lacrimosa.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Should finally get hot water today! There's only so long one can live on Tesco meal deals.
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Elmo Dancing Joyfully
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Haha yeah it's the right mix of twee and isolation for me. Unfortunately maintenance can be a huge pain, but potentially cheaper to buy than a house (even with mooring fees)
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm from Bristol, it's the home of pirates! Would quite like to live on a narrow boat for a bit at some point
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am curious to see if I would like cruises so this is a good test. I adore boats and routine but the thought of being trapped in a floating box full of old people and (likely) norovirus makes me somewhat wary
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Booked my (what has now become annual) Scandinavian adventure for next year. Uppsala and Helsinki with an overnight ferry between the two. Should be fun!
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ultimately none of the work stuff matters in the grand scheme of things. It's nice to have something to channel whatever this is into something constructive
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As a fellow control freak, I get it. But either you want the analyst to analyse or you don't. And why they thought an end of quarter survey deadline was a good idea I don't know
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Angry Pingu in Pink Hat
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It would be fine but they are also control freaks so they're not letting me do what I need to do and pestering me about it at the same time. My 2 year old niece is more patient.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Meanwhile I have had 3 papers to write, a presentation to finish and the neediest department's survey results to analyse with a 24 hours deadline. Going surprisingly well but if OD give me any more grief I will eat them (along with my feelings and lots of Jaffa cakes)
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dad has been giving the three of us updates every day, think it's helping him more than anything. Genuinely this is the longest I have spoken with him since I was a young child.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mum's unlikely to leave hospital this side of the week, recovery from surgery is proving tough. Considering the amount of stuff the doctors stole from her insides I'm not surprised
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mum's surgery seems to have gone well. In ICU for now but should be placed in a ward soon. Now to hope there was no spread before they joined everything out
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scottish folk- what's a good city to spend a couple of days in after the fringe? Went to Glasgow last year but want to see more of Scotland.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great evening seeing Nish Kumar, was well needed. It's nice to see someone who cares SO much about things even if things are a bit bleak at the moment.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think the right need a new issue to be distracted by before we go back (also gets some space from remain floating). Plus from an EU perspective it's not sensible to let us back in very easily, sets a precedent. So there will be compromise and I don't know if we know how to do that atm
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I would be thrilled to be wrong. I just think the environment is so toxic at the moment (and things weren't great back in 2016). Attempted pogroms were being carried out not too long ago.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What would be good is to build closer ties though for sure.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also I kind of think it's too soon and it runs the risk of constant reruns depending on the government of the day
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I want this more than anything but this, now, is a bad idea. As a country we are not in the right place to have a sensible discussion about it
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Still no bed though ☹️
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I still have no hot water in the kitchen and a massive hole in the ceiling, but I will enjoy this temporary stability while I can
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finally. After two weeks of drip, drip, drip and my ceiling falling through, the leak has been stopped. Third repair callout's the charm it seems.
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Nyika @puzzledbyadream.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I love it when parents let children lean HEAVILY into their enthusiasms. It’s my favourite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Henry superfan from Melksham shows off 35-strong vacuum collection
Ted, from Melksham, is gifted a limited edition cleaner to mark the company's 45th anniversary.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*not rather. That said, I can't use my kitchen properly until then so hoping they can sort over the next week or so
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Waiting for the repair agency to get a new water tank so they can take the old one out. They need to build a floor in the ceiling to get to it and then patch the ceiling - glad I'm paying for it!
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It would be good if one non-shitty thing could happen at some point
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I would but the rent has stayed cheap! May go to a hotel for a few days though tbh. The choir guy thing is more upsetting to me as there were so many mixed messages. He's never had a relationship so is likely unaware but yeah it's a dick move tbh. At least I don't have to see him at choir anymore
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Think I have officially hit my limit.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well. Ceiling has fallen through and choir guy is seeing someone now. Fucking great.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I mean, if it was going to be anywhere..
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
great advice in general but doubly so if you're going to spend any significant amount of time on social media
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am finding most of this more amusing than anything else thankfully
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kitchen ceiling still very much a problem and they will have to take it down, but they have now removed the water tank at least. Can't do anything about the mum thing but everything else seems to be slowly looking up a bit if I squint a little.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finally got my mattress! Best lunch nap in a very long time
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thanks 💜 No I don't, that would have been a great idea! Been using my duvet on the floor and then my heated throw as a blanket. Can't wait to get my new mattress tomorrow, my back is not happy!
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Haha with how old this flat is I wouldn't chance it! Yeah it's a bit much tbh. I have had it lucky up until now though so it's fair enough I suppose
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Between sleeping on the floor, mum having stage 4 cancer and my kitchen ceiling growing mushrooms and close to falling down, things are going great right now
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This Is Fine Meme Dog
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If anyone is thinking about getting a new bed, I wouldn't recommend Dreams. They pushed back my delivery so I've had 3 weeks sleeping on the floor. Now, the day before the rearranged date, they forgot to pack the bedframe so only gettythe mattress. Not sure how it can be that difficult
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a brain. The brain is saying "I'm 30 and YOUNG! I only recently fully developed!"
The second panel shows a heart. The heart says "I hear ya! I can keep going for DECADES more!"
The third panel shows a spine's face. It weakly says, "I am old".
We zoom out and the spine is using a walker. It continues, "so very old".
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, this didn't end up materialising. As always it's the hope that gets you.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Working in an office with an am-dram person is annoying. Every conversation projects across the entire floor. I respect it but god I also want to throw them out of the window.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My plan is to cram my time with as many semiquavers as possible so I don't have time to think about anything else
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This term's music is absolutely perfect for what I need at the moment. A Bach mass and Handel's Messiah. Lovely.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Brother finally knows about mum's cancer. Feels wrong to be relieved that he is now sad, but at the rate things are going I was worried he'd find out when things were at the end. Hope he learns to keep hold of a phone for more than 5 minutes
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Ultimately I am fine being patient if it's right but I don't know at what point it's just harmful to the old self esteem more than anything.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The choir guy thing is possibly dead in the water (again) but I did know this was a possibility going in. Maybe one day I will like someone who is emotionally available.
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Wilde @wildeaboutoscar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In theory I should also be starting a weekly pub quiz thing with new choir friends (Inc choir guy) but who knows if that's happening. Could do with some light relief at the moment though so fingers crossed.
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