A few moments of peace for those that need them.
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A few moments of peace for those that need them.
There was an old woman from Ryde Who ate some green apples and died The apples fermented Inside the lamented Ans made cider inside her insides
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
Here’s a poem!
Save the Date: Salmon Run is on 20 September 2025. A relay run up the river plus lots more. New activities this year include The Gathering, a fishy festival at Sideshore, Exmouth, with art, music, talks & games. And more activities at the finish in Dulverton, with @exmoornp.bsky.social
'Will Ferrell solve the immigration problem" would have been funnier.
Fascinating to learn a little of the history of @welcometowillerby.bsky.social beyond the published stories. @wyrdfolkpod.bsky.social will be interested to read this.
I think that apart from the Magritte gag (which is rather good), this will be simply perplexing to anyone unfamiliar with Willerby. Which is, to my mind, a good reason to become familiar with Willerby. @welcometowillerby.bsky.social willerby.substack.com/p/a-short-un...
@welcometowillerby.bsky.social
That doesn't sound great. You OK?
I am.
What about the ramekin of casserole with a disc of separately baked pastry to the side?
I'd go for C.
Mat Tobin talking about reading, becoming a writer and the importance of high quality books in primary classrooms, has been the most downloaded #PrimaryFutures podcast episode of all time! If you haven't listened already, now is a great time to catch up! www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/primary-futu...
That's lovely and almost completely reliable. They are so keen to propagate and so hard to kill. But if thirty year tens make thirty new plants, how many years before the whole world is spider plants?
Spider plant. Unkillable.
Is Reacher a 'good' person?
My hugs to Betty!
You inspired me!
#UniversityChallengeKlaxon 1. Jane Austen 2. Hedy Lamarr 3. Ann Widecombe Bonus: 42nd Street
Who's going to arrest him?
#BackToSchool and taking this to heart this year #SelfCare is going to be central and already set some clear boundaries for myself to start as I mean to go on! #ScoEdu #EduSky
Love this so much!
That's a good enough excuse to get some
Can you still get that Heather Ale 'Friolch' or something like that. My wife an I LOVED that stuff back in our Edinburgh days.
Ep 37-40 and more excellent guests! @mejessop @rosBIGWRITING @Mattpayne22 @mrkeys_dht Great topics ranging including integrating tech, writing, music and relationships. Incredible again not to be missed 🚨🎧 please share #PEV podcasts.apple.com/gr/podcast/p...
No. I quite agree.
@midnightpals.bsky.social never fails us! 😂😂
Nice!
It's A level results day! So this message is going out to all those students getting their results: What are you doing on Bluesky? You're 18 years old! Get back to discord or snapchat or whatever. Let us make our terrible dad jokes in peace.
Yum!
God that sounds good. I'll have one of those when I've finished my negroni.
Say you could have any drink in the world for a nightcap and any snack in the world to accompany it. What would you have? I think I'll have a negroni and a bowl of really nice olives please.
A skinny man in black jeans and vest top. A heavy bag of groceries dangles from one hand while the other supports a box of Heineken tins balanced on a shoulder. The phone in his back pocket blasts muffled death core metal. As I step into the road to pass him, he emits a shrill, trumpetlike fart.
Well done Ed! What an important cause Help @edfinch.bsky.social reach his target by donating to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social here: www.justgiving.com/page/swimmin...
WTAF? West Cumbria Mining Ltd want compensation from UK taxpayers for failure of their coal mine plan. The mine was approved unlawfully. The Coal Authority wouldn't give it a licence. Nobody wanted to buy the coal. It was a bad project from the start, we should NOT compensate WCM for their losses.
With just £146 to go, my Alphabet of Swims fundraiser for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social is running close to its total. The race is on - will we meet the target or complete the challenge first?
Strong recommendation for Rae Snapes 'The Headteacher's Handbook'
Out today in paperback! open.substack.com/pub/sammywri...
I'm trying to get all my Hungarian Composers out of the way before school restarts. #ClearTheLiszt
Yes, I can screenshot or save the image then import that into lens. Much quicker if people just post the ruddy link!
Supposedly built in capability on Canva Ah well...
Ha!! Thank you!
Hilarious work by canva- thank you for checking.
Out of interest. Does this take you anywhere? Just generated it on canvas so keen to know if it works.
Don't think that works on my phone.
Is it really! Well, tell her to look out for me if she's passing through. I'll most likely be playing ukulele or teaching linocut I think. I'm with Nick Corston and his Steamco wagon.
It is except that I probably wont think to look there.
My dudes, folks, people of all denominations, we have climbed the hill of FOUR THOUSAND EURO together. A team effort. Thank you all. Every cent goes to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. And there's loads more on offer! Check us out: www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine @rurooie.bsky.social
Listen up, posters. If you put a QR code in your post, it's useless to me. I'm already on my phone - I can't use it to zap the QR, it's just a picture now. Just put the link in your post. Seriously. Public service announcement.
No!! What is she doing? Where shall I seek her out?
I'm looking forward to lots of fun teaching people to make her own linoprint record labels this weekend at Lakefest - as well as hearing from Echo and the Bunnymen, Faithless, Busted and many more. We have a few discount tickets available if you fancy joining us. Give us a shout.
Our Dun Cow episode with the marvelous @wyrdfolkpod.bsky.social is out tomorrow! Tune in on any of your usual podcasting services.
the term is so poorly understood/defined as to be mostly useless. I bet grammarly is AI assisted now - it's almost the perfect use for it. I hear people talking about AI when they mean CGI. Your course stipulations were almost certainly written with generative LLMs in mind. They should say so.
Yes, if its built into Google, Microsoft, oak and everything else then even people who don't think they are using AI will be using AI.
The blog recording my #AlphabetOfSwims is up to date and, now, enriched with lovely photos. Do have a read. Reposts welcome. Swimming For Palestine – Mr Finch share.google/rHyZH4dvyEFm...
Sonia Thompson, is the Head at St Matthew’s CE Research School. Speaking to Ed Finch on the #PrimaryFutures podcast, Sonia shares her experiences as a headteacher, discussing the benefits of being a research school and the collaborative ethos that drives their success.
If you live in the Kendal area, check out Crosthwaite C.E. Primary School's fantastic event, Crosthwaite Open Gardens. (Edu peeps on here might know this is Matt Jessop's school). This 2-day event is raising money for @parkinsons.org.uk ! 👇 #Parkinsons #Charity #Fundraiser #CrosthwaiteOpenGardens
Meanwhile in the UK; Ella Baron - The Guardian Palestine action, proscribed and approved. #bluelabour #action #Palestine
This is a beautiful call to action
Yey! That story has stayed with me for months. A really special piece of writing.
#@wainwrightprize.bsky.social I'm so happy to see Ettie and the Midnight Pool on this shortlist. Thank you! Nurturing a love of the natural world is very dear to my heart #storiesthatconnect #wainwrightprize
Recommended tea break read! @edfinch.bsky.social's blog on his fundraising swims for Palestine. Descriptions of 19 (so far) wild swimming spots in Devon, and thoughts provoked thereby. Guest appearances by me. #wildswimming #Devon #salmon #nature #Palestine
I bet!
Have you been following my #AlphabetOfSwims? You might enjoy my blog all about the locations I've swum at. Some great reccomendations and some, er, not so much. mrefinch.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/swimming-for-palestine/
Yes!!! Could be something like the 28th or 29th of August I think.
Updated the justgiving page. Then I'll make a cup of tea and update the blog.
I've updated the graphic - twenty out of twenty-six swims complete and over a thousand pounds raised. I would LOVE to make it £1500 before I finish the challenge. Link to donate: www.justgiving.com/page/swimmin...
I have put less literary effort into my own blog. One day this summer I'll go through and get rid of the typos. mrefinch.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/s...
My brilliant sister Sarah Finch (the one that challenged big oil and won) has written a blog of the day she joined me for my #AlphabetOfSwims for @MedicalAidPal - she captures the day beautifully. sarahfinch.co.uk/?p=165
I'm about fiftyish. Little bit more maybe.
I'd love to read it. I didn't know she'd written.
I adore Lou Sanders. Proper crush.
Delighted to announce Dan from the village will be on @wyrdfolkpod.bsky.social next Thursday talking about our Dun Cow. Once our blessing. Now our curse Available in all the places you usually get your podcasts.
If I go for Jacob's Ladder, then I can pick up the river Otter on the way. Great shout. 👍
@alicewoolley.bsky.social Thank you!!!
Today I'm accompanying my bro @edfinch.bsky.social on his swim challenge for Medical Aid for Palestine. We're aiming for five swims today.
Ed Finch is fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians share.google/6yqgZBkZcUNR...
G for Greysands completed! #AlphabetOfSwims
'G' for Greysands complete! #SwimmingForPalestine #AlphabetOfSwims
Got it!
You make a convincing and persuasive argument.
Does sound lovely doesn't it. And maybe I can find an excuse to slot in a visit to Sidmouth too while im at it.
Oh well found!!!! That's perfect. Really not so far from me at all.
I'm sure I probably can. I mean, it only needs to be a foot deep for me to do a sort of shuffle...
Long way north!! Hoping for something a little closer to home!
Thanks for the repost @joshuaseigal.bsky.social !
Hey #Cornwall and #Wildswimming people. I'm getting close to the end of my #AlphabetOfSwims raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians - and I need your help. I still have to find locations for J N O U and Z. 'Z' for Zennor seems obvious, but can you think of somewhere for any of the others?
I spent a few hours today with the super-smart Isaac Amon - previous guest on the @whojewthinkur.bsky.social - who is attending the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) event in Oxford. We covered a LOT in a short time+ whojewthinkyouare.substack.com/p/unity-thro...
Rule 54. NEW WILLERBY STORY COMING SOON. An AirBnB with a lot of rules. Surely they don't need to all be taken seriously?
Hold their bladder for about eight hours?
"Children don't learn when they are emotionally distressed, if they are hungry, if they are tired. Why are we not thinking this way about our teachers? It's something that must change."
Who's going to arrest him?
