Please know, my friend, it is completely understandable if today you are finding that it is impossible to focus on your normal routine, indeed, my friend, what is harder to understand is that today so many people are somehow continuing to just go about their routines.
This BBC News Online piece will be the most effective publicity my new documentary about Flight into Danger gets. So if you have enjoyed the programme, think you may enjoy it, or are just a kind soul, if you could please share this anywhere you think it may be worth sharing, I'd be very grateful!
The Luton writer behind the original Airplane!
How a play broadcast live on Canadian television in 1956 became the famous comedy film Airplane!.
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Are we suffering from benevolence debt? As a Covid-Conscious person, your choice to continue with masking and mitigations is part of the legacy you're building. It matters more than you'll ever know. guinesspig.ghost.io/a-little-gol...
A Little Gold Dog, A Not-So-Little Legacy
There’s a little figurine of a dog I keep on a shelf in my home. It’s painted gold, mounted on a weighted piece of wood, and has an embedded metal hook. I assume it’s to hold a leash, since it came w...
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Idea: clone of that pressure washing game but you’re removing crudely spray-painted England flags
My joke about numbers usually does well in Scotland but it was one too twee for Fife.
You may win! Let's be honest, the chances are slim. BUT YOU MIGHT! However, tickets are just £2, and whatever happens, if you buy a ticket or two, you're helping out two brilliant schools. If you fancy sharing this with your friends, enemies, followers etc, that'd be ace. tinyurl.com/37nb7fae
All the books are SIGNED! @susiedent.com @bobmort.bsky.social @richardcoles.bsky.social Josie George, Jeremy Renner and more! (including me) You can win them all. You're also supporting 2 brilliant schools! Buy a raffle ticket HERE! Just £2 tinyurl.com/37nb7fae Ta.
Hello. I'm doing another raffle. You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice. All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools. Tickets are just £2 each Details HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... PLEASE Repost (ta).
This 3yr anniversary that won't be in the news! When the UK government rolled out the "Living with Covid" policy it simply scrapped protections and shifted to personal responsibility. For most, it meant "back to normal." For Clinically Vulnerable people, life became harder. 1/🧵
[at the zoo] Friend: … are you *sure*? Me: Yep. That's a male over there. Friend: A "zebro"? Me: That's what they're called. Zeb-broooo. Friends: I'll ask the zoo keeper [2 minutes later] Friend: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET ME ASK THE ZOO KEEPER!
I always say any of our moggies can come back to the shelter any time, but this one was hard. 2.5 years after @lisybabe.bsky.social adopted our gorgeous visually-impaired ginger boy Biscuit, we found out last night that Lisa had passed away in her home.
Lizzie@lizziecharlton.bsky.social · 2y agoBiscuit has been found safe and well, and @hollyqueenofspayeds.com will be taking care of him, as Lisa requested. Further details about funeral arrangements to follow
Vegan Julie Andrews walks into Starbucks and orders the Do Re Mi Fa Soy Latte.
Eversneezer Scrooge is such an asshole that he almost ruins Christmas for his best employee, Bob Maskit. Can the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future intervene and turn things around? Find out in 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a story for our times. guinesspig.ghost.io/a-covid-chri...
A Covid Christmas Carol
“Bah humbug!” shouted Eversneezer Scrooge as he pulled into the parking lot of his corporation’s headquarters. Even though the parking space nearest the front entrance was clearly marked ‘Reserved for...
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There is a certain genre of news story that is starting to wind me up. It's the "I thought I had Long Covid, but then I found out I had [insert symptom of Long Covid]" genre.
We need #CleanAirInHealthcare urgently. Anyone based in the UK can sign this petition. Forward to friends & family, see how many signatures you can gather in your network, see if you can bump your area up the leaderboard... ⬇️✍️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't cure a disease by pretending it doesn't exist.
