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Yorkshirewoman pestered by a guardian devil! Read my adventures: #ThePriceOfTime #TheEveningLands #TheTwistedGrain #Fiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Prosopagnosia #Tea

created November 13, 2024

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Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Also does ot 'control' for women who take the hormone tabs to help against other problems like heavy periods or pms?

4/9/2025, 9:15:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yes but that wasn't a proper russian-style 'referendum' with gunmen going house-to-house making sure people filled in their papers correctly.

4/9/2025, 8:40:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Most are written by nigel farage. Well, he gets ppl to write them anyway.

3/9/2025, 9:13:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

"brought forward" - will now happen earlier (nearer to you) "Pushed back" - will now happen later, ie further away.

3/9/2025, 9:10:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Here in York they've put up little notices everywhere, with a graphic of a person with crossed legs and some words about fines. The loos on the main drag were demolished years ago to make more room for the Christmas market.

3/9/2025, 9:02:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anon Opin (@anonopin.bsky.social) reposted

Nothing says "We Are Doing This Violent Racist Riot To Protect Women And Children" like a third of those arrested having previous for violence against women and girls.

14/8/2025, 6:55:05 PM | 230 29 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Jfc ^ 2 !

3/9/2025, 8:57:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Jfc...

3/9/2025, 8:53:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Yup I noticed that and think the same.

3/9/2025, 8:53:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I live in York. Trust me - many of our pubs are genuinely haunted. Ofc they may have the reflective thing going on too, just to confuse you :)

3/9/2025, 8:51:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anon Opin (@anonopin.bsky.social) reposted

Those love locks on bridges are awful. Not only do they look ugly and cause damage, but love is supposed to be voluntary and freely given, not locked up and constrained. So they're a shit metaphor as well.

25/8/2025, 3:55:05 PM | 264 12 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

It is the absolute best poem, and I know it by heart.

3/9/2025, 6:47:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

It dates back to the times when summers weren't so damn hot!

3/9/2025, 2:38:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Nestle have been sh!te ever since the African Baby Milk Scandal - and probably even before that. I think I last bought something of theirs in about 1981.

3/9/2025, 2:33:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Ya beat me to it with the Tones thing. People would have to start learning while still at nursery school.

3/9/2025, 2:22:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Han-wen bi Ying-wen nan xue-xi! (And I've probably got that wrong)

3/9/2025, 2:20:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Orcspiration (@orcspiration.bsky.social) reposted

SHELVE YOUR SPIKES, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DEHYDRATION. AND YOU WILL WIN.

3/9/2025, 1:50:02 PM | 22 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Nope. Our nextdoor neighbour has an obese cat.

3/9/2025, 1:34:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

No sugar. Simples. #WestonPrice

3/9/2025, 1:32:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anon Opin (@anonopin.bsky.social) reposted

If you're middle-aged, fat, and you smoke and drink, who the fuck do you think is going to give you health insurance if your pal Farage gets in and demolishes the NHS?

1/9/2025, 11:55:05 AM | 368 53 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

It's also a very good way to lose your keys!

3/9/2025, 1:28:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Anon Opin (@anonopin.bsky.social) reposted

That billionaire who funds the climate crisis denial you've been conditioned to repeat has built himself a bunker to retreat to when the climate crisis becomes intolerable to human life.

3/9/2025, 10:55:05 AM | 176 23 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Xi is likely thinking of a particular Chinese emperor who, having died while touring the Middle Kingdom, was 'preserved' so as to try and avoid an uprising.

3/9/2025, 1:22:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Quite. It makes no sense.

3/9/2025, 1:07:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm too wide to go for a walk in this village...

Pretty village view along a road. The pavement is about a foot wide.
3/9/2025, 7:58:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Over 80% of reform ltd's income is from the hydrocarbon industries. You get what you pay for, I suppose.

3/9/2025, 7:21:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Getting Europe to embrace Renewables.

2/9/2025, 10:13:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Genghis managed :)

2/9/2025, 10:10:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Belarus was kind-of invaded too - didn't russia sabotage their most recent election?

2/9/2025, 10:02:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Also #UnexpectedIambicPentameters

2/9/2025, 9:28:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

He sounds on his last legs. One good dose of the 'flu and it's time for a new Health Secretary!

2/9/2025, 9:24:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Numbers don't lie!

2/9/2025, 9:18:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Could you remind me of what the team is for the fact the ppl don't know they're in the majority?

2/9/2025, 9:16:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I forgot to include that if, when you find it online, the image proves to be copyrighted, you prob can't use it.

2/9/2025, 9:12:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

#HotFuzz πŸ˜€

2/9/2025, 5:23:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

You might google a description of the image, eg "immigrant biscuit cartoon" and find one that you can save to your phone or pc. Then use cable to transfer it to a memory thumb and take the thumb to a shop like Timpson's to print it. HOWEVER, first find out who made it so you can credit them!

2/9/2025, 5:17:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social)

Here in the #UK as well :(

2/9/2025, 5:11:06 PM | 6 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Minerva47874627.bsky.social (@minerva47874627.bsky.social) reposted

ThisπŸ‘‡. Knowledge is power.

28/8/2025, 6:37:43 AM | 13 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I live in #York where the whole thing started and the place is infested with them.

2/9/2025, 5:03:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that McArthur Park?

2/9/2025, 4:40:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

He... Kant have written that!

2/9/2025, 2:08:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

#MinistryOfDefenestration

1/9/2025, 8:22:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I get the impression he's not actually leading, tho'. He's just the figurehead the fasch have chosen.

1/9/2025, 8:02:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

They also forget the land take of mining and refining, and of waste disposal.

1/9/2025, 7:55:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

A propos of nothing in particular, why does the seatbelt go round her neck? #InvisibleWomen

1/9/2025, 7:48:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

If there's even a whiff of 'competition', I'm out.

1/9/2025, 7:41:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Honestly i think the people who live there may well be better off for it. Back in the day, in some places, life expectancy rose after the Romans left.

1/9/2025, 5:44:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Evergreen post πŸ†

1/9/2025, 5:19:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

For those of us with lifelong heart problems, walking *is* vigorous exercise! (Ie I get your point, but the folk who benefit most from an increase in exercise are those who at present do the least)

1/9/2025, 5:10:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Almost an #accidentalHaiku 😊

1/9/2025, 5:04:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cycleway my arse! (@issaddlethereis.bsky.social) reposted

β€œJust leave the roads as they are!” says angry motorists driving on roads that weren’t left as they were when they were pleasant places to be on, enjoyed by people on foot, bicycle and horse, before the car was even dreamt of.

8/8/2025, 11:23:52 AM | 58 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Quantick (@quantick.bsky.social) reposted

"I just walked in on two of those troll warriors rom Lord of the Rings with no clothes on." "Orcs." "It was a bit embarrassing, yes."

17/8/2025, 7:09:24 PM | 101 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

πŸ†

1/9/2025, 2:14:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

The people who most need exercise can't jog, anyway.

1/9/2025, 7:29:27 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Have you met @garyseconomics.bsky.social ?

1/9/2025, 7:27:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social)

Aurora incoming tomorrow?

31/8/2025, 9:59:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Sourdough bread is delicious!

31/8/2025, 2:54:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

To be fair, that poster could just as well have said "Join A Union" - but a better design would have more people in it.

31/8/2025, 11:49:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

She never backed Brexit. She literally wore blue with yellow flowers/stars when she had to announce the legislation, and she wore 'day dress' rather than the usual ceremonial gear.

31/8/2025, 11:47:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social)

There's Petty. And then there's trump Petty.

31/8/2025, 11:42:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. Reclaim it 😊

31/8/2025, 11:40:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Weird length of dress.

31/8/2025, 11:34:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Jesus - as portrayed in the actual Bible - was a sandal-wearing hippie communist refugee (with long hair). It's about time more christians realised this.

31/8/2025, 11:30:16 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Teacher should confiscate it.

30/8/2025, 11:58:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

#UnexpectedIambicPentameters

30/8/2025, 11:41:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I miss our Bulgarian plumber :(

30/8/2025, 11:32:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

He was a Catholic. Hustle Culture is protestant. Probably explains it.

30/8/2025, 11:27:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Our neighbour Bernie's son Zac is a Guy. He can fix cars, build pergolas etc, and does a wicked bbq.

30/8/2025, 11:24:46 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Rents, too.

30/8/2025, 11:20:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Putting a hex on them?

30/8/2025, 11:12:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

A lawyer is saying he hasn't got a leg to stand on.

30/8/2025, 11:10:06 PM | 28 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Also the reaction on occasions where they are politely requested to take them down. Is it, "oh all right then" & a bit of a grumble, or does it go completely non-linear "THEY'RE BANNING THE FLAG!!!" ?

30/8/2025, 6:40:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean, my 'go-to' for this sort of thing is 'twazzock', but it's pretty niche #Yorkshire

30/8/2025, 6:21:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

This is an interesting and informative post. #TIL lots. What words, in ordinary conversation, would you use to describe the people who do these things?

30/8/2025, 6:13:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social)

😊

29/8/2025, 8:33:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

And een 1917 was ignited by Germans.

29/8/2025, 8:13:55 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Chelsea Tractors

29/8/2025, 7:58:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

So that basically means "don't work at all".

28/8/2025, 7:26:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Apparently Fujitsu (of Post Office Scandal fame) are still there.

28/8/2025, 8:45:58 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Wind and solar seem, tho', to be going from strength to strength regardless 😊

28/8/2025, 8:42:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

The words "charm" and "donald trump" shouldn't appear in the same sentence.

27/8/2025, 8:13:32 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

We need to send farage there, as he appears to agree with them!

27/8/2025, 8:01:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

They've obviously read Hunger Games.

27/8/2025, 7:53:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social)

Spread the Word:

27/8/2025, 7:53:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Allah? (I presume the shooter's a white guy, right?)

27/8/2025, 7:51:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

#satire is lost on the ill-informed.

27/8/2025, 7:48:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's still a bit feudal out there:

27/8/2025, 8:10:55 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

If they think new nuclear will lower energy prices, I have a nice bridge to sell them.

27/8/2025, 8:07:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good morning 🌞!

27/8/2025, 8:01:49 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Vranyo.

27/8/2025, 7:51:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As the lad said - it's part of the necessary process of buying time.

27/8/2025, 7:34:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a biggie, but there is progress. Panels are now twice as efficient by area as they were 10 years ago - and about a third the price. My country is teeming with rooftops that haven't yet been 'enhanced'. Batteries are now being sold with them, and folk are buying. ⚑ cars are also batteries...

27/8/2025, 7:32:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Ironically, the russians have a word for it: "samovar gold".

27/8/2025, 7:28:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nuclear power stations...

26/8/2025, 9:59:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

They'd probably enjoy it. Trump hates dogs. And btw woody allen is a sick git and his films are boring and all have the same plot.

26/8/2025, 9:53:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And saltwater seeping into the soil, sabotaging farming.

26/8/2025, 9:49:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Many countries no longer posting goods to the USA #tariffs

26/8/2025, 9:34:24 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Lol that might take some time!

26/8/2025, 9:31:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

"likez" πŸ˜€ The Academie Francaise are going to hate that!

26/8/2025, 9:25:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Verity Imelda Player (@verityplayer.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes - like 1976!

26/8/2025, 9:20:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view