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woolhatwoman Jean C @woolhatwoman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I am extremely sorry to say that my mam, Woolhatwoman/Jean, passed away on the 25th of January. She had come to terms and was quiet, peaceful and comfortable, surrounded by her family and cared for by excellent NHS staff (who had all become immediately fond of her). Woolhatdaughter/Kathryn.

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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

More interesting reading in the @bmj.com on how a combination of geography and circumstance created the Scandinavian society we see today. Higher taxes, in some ways. But a more egalitarian society and a sense of “dugnad” where everyone mucks in and pulls together. Could we do this in Scotland?

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Gav @socialistdawn.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’m snowed in. But don’t worry, one of the cats has gone to get help

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Neil Slorance @neilslorance.com · 04/01/2025

not now babe I’m watching the gritter tracker

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Good day, Kitchen Inspector here to undertake the first mandatory inspection for 2025 Please be so kind as to let me in so I may cast my murder mittens over the leftover roast potatoes, chicken and gravy

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Why do my cats pose for photographs like they’re 18th-century aristocracy?

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Tomorrow's Independent front page revealing Brexit's catastrophic cost - five years after the UK left the EU. - New bureaucracy - Weaker UK exports - Labour shortages in key sectors - Less cash for public services - Huge divorce bill - 15% long term hit to UK trade This is the price of populism.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Government should seize the moment, while Musk and Farage are at odds, to close the loophole on foreign donations to UK parties. The danger was always that introducing legislation would trigger a donation. So do it now, before they kiss and make up.

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Kiran Acharya @whoismrbishop.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello 👋 By way of introduction, wallpapers of two images from the series 'Aurora²', unreleased before now. Both are single-exposure photographs, made in the unique darkness and solitute of remote Scandinavia. Please save and enjoy!

Single-exposure photograph of the Aurora Borealis by Kiran Acharya

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woolhatwoman Jean C @woolhatwoman.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Go carefully, people in the USA where the storm hits -

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John Kampfner @johnkampfner.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Berlin this evening

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Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

One cool thing re-reading Livy is how he explains the foundations of Roman temples. To him, most were originally the site of a bubbling spring or ancient oak or sacred grove. Things that later writers would call "Celtic" ideas about people's relationships with their gods.

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Kιƚƚყ ₜₕₑ ᵥₑgₐₙ ₛₒcᵢₐₗᵢₛₜ 📎Ⓥ🌱💚🦇🌍🐠🇬🇧🇪🇺 @sparklykitten.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Happy #Caturday lovely phone family 🐈‍⬛ How is everyone doing? This is something I'm going to try and do much more of in 2025. Whether that's a bit of extra volunteering at my happy place or even a change of job, we shall see... Have a fabulous day and of course always #HaveCourageAndBeKind 🥰

Photo of an old ginger cat being stroked by a human hand. Text reads: May your hands be an extension of your heart and may you do the work of love with them.
-Aja Monet

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

My new year’s resolution generator for @theguardian.com. Let me know what you get!

Title: Still haven't made a new year's resolution? Let us help you generate one!

Image: a diagram which asks you to input “The year of your birth added to the number of pets in your home”, “The number of days in the current month plus your shoe size” and “The sum of the first three digits in your telephone number” which will seemingly make a random resolution but actually always* makes “support your local bookshop”.

*Unless you have size 68 shoes or a negative number of pets or some other nonsense in which case you will get the silly outcome you deserve.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

As others including Carole Caddwaladr have flagged, X/Elon Musk has registered a new UK company Having a UK company (which is trading) is essential to being able to donate to a UK party Could be other reasons, but the timing is a significant red flag...

New company recorded on Companies House, X.AI London Ltd

Elon Musk is listed as the sole person with significant control

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woolhatwoman Jean C @woolhatwoman.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This sounds like fun, if you're in the USA

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Anne Murphy @drannemurphy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Some of the effectiveness of hospice care comes from its strong local links, and from connecting to ‘people’ many years before they become ‘patients’.

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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

100% facts,

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Marion Boddy-Evans @marionbe.eurosky.social · 04/01/2025

Also the emergency carers who I could phone as needed. www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/social-care-...

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Unplanned or urgent care at home - Aberdeenshire Council

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Just remembered this For those citing C4's Swiped as 'proof' of the dangers of phones Many relevant experts (myself included) who offered to explain the nuanced, evidence-based reality were in discussions beforehand We were all ultimately ignored The 'findings' of the show were an active choice

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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 01/12/2024

. Bach to the future...

Panel 1, a photo of the 19th century German-born French composer & cellist, Jacques Offenbach (known for composing among other things, "Orpheus in the Underworld" - so you know he's okay in MY book). Panel 2, a painting of the ever-popular Johann Sebastian Bach. Jacques says, "I am Offenbach." Johann says, naturally, "I am always Bach." Hey - sometimes a meme is just a meme, you know? I came across this one, created by Inge Boulonois, in one of my hunting grounds - and just had to have it. It's adorable, no? I love a good pun. Especially one with a Bach-beat. It's time to get Bach to basics, you know? Like the Bach-Street Boys, maybe... Okay, okay, I'll Bach down now. Oops. Bach to my old tricks. I'll just Bach slowly out of the room now... I think I see a Bacchanal I'd like to join. 😎

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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

We had a lovely walk this afternoon. I called it a “hike” on Strava because I wore my boots, even though we just went out of the front door and along the road a bit to the Braid Hills. Lots of ice underfoot, but the Pentland Hills were looking magnificent in the snow. #Edinburgh #VisitScotland

Woman and man wrapped up in warm clothes and hats.

Edinburgh Castle on horizon. Firth of Forth behind.

Arthur’s Seat. With grassland in foreground.

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feistandstyle.bsky.social @feistandstyle.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Newspapers die in cowardice.

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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/01/2025

Musk is claiming so many people and places are pedophiles, so I begin to wonder if he is projecting.

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Just imagine him bounding along after you, barping

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LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Worth a repost…

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Morning. Today’s avian tootler is the wren. The wren is a tidgy little bird, but its song is much louder than it has any right to be. I call it the Tiny Shouter.

A wren, clinging to a Reed. Smash and brown, it is the definition of energy,.

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woolhatwoman Jean C @woolhatwoman.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

We live in hope. Cleaning it up would be good though.

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Camilla Nord @camillanord.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Great take as ever from @garwboy.bsky.social “where the majority of children own a smartphone, then if a chunk of that population ends up requiring mental healthcare, then the majority…will also own a smartphone. It does not logically follow that smartphones are the cause of mental health issues”

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Roweena @r2ph.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Some #photography from my cycle this morning. It was short because it was totally freezing. #SouthTyneside you beauty.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/01/2025

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

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David Bealer 🗽🇺🇸🐸🚫👑 @bealer.net · 03/01/2025

I looked it up, thus stat is actually true. WTF, our system designed to keep people in poverty is to blame!

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Bravo to Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett for speaking out about how the delegates representing the US Virgin Islands, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico are unable to vote for Speaker of the House.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Very cool 😎 The Napoleon Hat Shape Piano, which is one of the earliest surviving upright pianos, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1853, and made in England as a wedding gift for Napoleon III. Made of walnut wood, it's now housed at the Museum of Musical Instruments in Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world." ~ John Milton

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I know I did a robin a day for December and I know January has already begun, but it occurred to me that I hadn’t done a month of tits before (I don’t think I have… 👵🏼) Therefore, I have made the executive decision to do this. Today’s Tit of the Day is the Sultan Tit. 📷 Sopheak Lim

Photo of a Sultan Tit, black winged, yellow bellied, black tailed, yellow crested beauty.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Night night sweet dreamies You, my dear, are infinitely worthy of being loved. By yourself and by others. Always and forever

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Listen to Prof. Snyder. Please.

Close-up of Timothy Snyder with a quote discussing how foreign leaders could manipulate Americans to undermine national sectors, listing Trump’s proposed appointments as examples.

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woolhatwoman Jean C @woolhatwoman.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

And "They" say USAians don't do irony ...

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John Carpenter’s The Alex Nevil @thealexnevil.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Me: Who’s a good boy? Dog: This forgetfulness of yours is really starting to worry me.

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Chris Jones @salopchris.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

A short 28 second timelapse over 20 minutes of the New Years day aurora taken from my Shropshire garden between 5.40 and 6pm, watch as it develops and explodes in colour ❤️ #aurora #auroraborealis #astronomy #timelapse

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