Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 1hPoor books. Poor you. Miserable. I'm going to conjure a new kind of Voodoo doll, where I walk it to your place (after making it read all the details, of course), and leave it there. Then it's human has to buy the house ✅ 110
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 2h“Problematises”, to quote from my 2nd-year uni English textbook; there is no verb that can't be nouned. #linguistics #EvolutionOfLanguage 020
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I have a new goal for French fluency: to be able to faultlessly answer mansplaining with sarcasm. 190
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Honestly some days, I just want to stare into a hole in the ground too. 071
Reposted by Leigh ForbesRadio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Episode 170 - Night murmuring in Tenby (60 mins) This is a long, *sleep safe* episode. Let the sound of the wind in the trees, lull you to sleep.radiolento.podbean.com170 Night murmuring in Tenby (sleep safe) | Radio Lento podcastTenby. A seaside town on the South coast of Wales. End of May into early June. Late sunsets, followed by warm, springtime nights. It's 1am and the mics are recording alone. Capturing the atmosphere of... 23510
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Moment robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m record in China” … is a stupid headline (BBC). That’s like saying Concorde beat the World Land Speed record 🙄 130
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What could possibly go wrong?! River – home to 500 crocodiles – chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...bbc.co.ukRiver that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe eventsA river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games. 320
Reposted by Leigh ForbesAlex Walters @alexwalters.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Since a couple of posts today in which Piddington has been autocorrected to Paddington. Not sure what to conclude from that. 011
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Your local library announces a freeze on fines for late returns… time to take back that 132-year-overdue loan, obviously 😁 bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comMagazine that was 132 years overdue returned to US libraryConcord Public Library said it would have incurred a $12,055 overdue fine, had there not been a temporary fine freeze in place. 030
Reposted by Leigh ForbesDrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 11/09/2026This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? 38d.gs/jpcf #petition #RNLI38d.gsAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 0106
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It certainly sounds like she doesn’t care, or she is that out of touch… And I suggest any politician who answers any question with, “they just need to…” is indeed *that* out of touch. My advice would be to (a) stop stereotyping the poor, and (b) listen. 120
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Also, I wonder if Badenoch realises the financial value of having an established support-network, in terms of savings to both the economy and to healthcare services. Does she not realise that you lose that network when you move? 151
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Loss of income (to take time off for moving logistics), and/or increased stress/depression/anxiety, loss of support network, massive disruption for children, and so on. This all supposes you can find somewhere cheaper. If only we still had a working social housing system… 000
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Badenoch did herself no favours today… “just move somewhere cheaper” 🤔 120
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Kemi Badenoch says if you can’t afford your rent (because they’ve cut your housing benefit), you should just “move somewhere cheaper”. Didn’t some politician once tell us to sell our pearls if we were struggling? (I can’t find a reference now, and am wondering if I’m gaslighting myself… anyone?) 572
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Wood pigeons. Still shagging in my neighbour’s tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours #UKBirding 040
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I am so glad to hear that 😃 I’ve noticed a big difference wherever average speed cameras have been installed near me. I love them! 120
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I’ve lived on both the A24 and the A29. Nightmare. I sympathise. 120
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Nepal-Tibet flash flood: Two workers pulled alive from hydropower tunnel nine days after disaster: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... 016439
Reposted by Leigh ForbesBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Today’s poem is called ‘Fall’. 325749
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 02/09/2026static.klipy.comChyler Leigh: I'm Just Here for the FoodAlt: Chyler Leigh: I'm Just Here for the Food – A young white woman with bob-length brown hair and a dark blue vest top (with the word STRONG in white sans-serif all caps on the front), is laughing and saying "I'm just here for the food". 010
Reposted by Leigh ForbesDr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 02/09/2026Me, typing: ‘Well done’ Word: Are you sure you don’t want a comma after ‘Well’ Me: Well, this is ironic 0172
Reposted by Leigh ForbesGemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Formatting is so wildly important. Please follow submission guidelines about formatting to the letter. Reading 400+ stories is hard enough without scanning through tiny fonts, terrible line spacing, weird justification etc. Help my old eyes read you more easily. 738911
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hope you have regathered all your spoons now 110
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’ve thrown a dirty towel in the washing machine. Does that count? 210
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yeah. Last year I found Easter eggs on Boxing Day 😤 111
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ugh. We have it here too… Rosie’s boyfriend sent her this yesterday 🧐 110
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Order your recliner chair now, to get it in time for Christmas. That will teach me for looking at daytime TV 🙄 220
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I have never before felt so inclined to worship a breeze #UKweather 020
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Even with an exposure time of 1/4000th of a second, less than 8% of the sun’s light is still too much for my camera – only the lens flare gives it away! #OctoEclipse @OctopusEnergy 040
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I know a joke about Zeus, but it’s (man)whoreful 031
Reposted by Leigh ForbesHelen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 18/07/2026Me, out here expertly reconstructing the discourse like some kind of forensic scientist. If only this was a marketable skill 😅 1171
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I’m fine, thank you! Was pulling through a parking space and (incredibly gently) kissed a gnarly curb. I’m guessing the tyre was pinched; it was much too slow to have been just the impact 😕 The silver lining was the guy in the recovery truck, who was absolutely lovely ☺️ 000