It started off with the cat bringing in birds but now it’s got completely out of hand…
Nicky Getgood
@getgood.bsky.social
Postgrad #arthistory & #creativewriting OU student. #Hyperlocal veteran. Scribbler. Lucky Orkney ferry-louper. Mum and Museum Custodian. Getgood on 🧵 📷 too 🏴🎨📚🏛🖌
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things The bookshop Artist: Harry Wingfield (1964)
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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We hope everyone has recovered after last night’s lively parade for StromnessShoppingWeek.co.uk In other news, we appear to have acquired a new traffic cone.
My son Rowan would gift his younger brother the Neolithic Skara Brae Buddo figurine @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social “because it would make him laugh”. #mftadventure @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c
When Trent Reznor goes orca spotting in Orkney and gets confused between small and far away… Nine Inch Whales
Father Ted Explains Small vs. Far Away Cows
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Kitty@kittyfisher.bsky.social · 3w agoTrent Reznor gets the measurements wrong at harvest time Nine inch bales
You know it’ll be a nice mass when the priest enters the church with his pet whippet. Meet Artemis. The priest also has a pet cat and bunny. Only a man of God could make this work. 🐾 🐈⬛ 🐰
“No one cares” #farage www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Nigel Farage resigns as MP for Clacton, triggering by-election which he says he will stand in
The Reform UK leader's statement follows reports he failed to declare financial support from an ally. He has also faced questions over an unregistered £5m gift from a donor.
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@walkingscotland.bsky.social struggling with the platform. I’ve apparently created two teams but can’t sign
P7 school leavers cheesecake by Rowan for his younger brothers end of primary school party 🎈
Mary Parry of Llanfechell, Anglesey, north Wales, c.1875, photo by John Thomas (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/National Library of Wales).
The Ladybird fan. Mind your fingers Artist: Gerald Witcomb (1976)
Stromness Baptist Church Weekend in Hoy: sea swimming, Kirk singing, a furry new friend and memento mori 🌊 🎶 🐾 ☠️
It's hard to believe it's been a year since we became a registered charity. We've come so far - but there's still so much more to do as we work toward our memorial's permanence. We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.
Spent the bonus bank holiday exploring Elvie, drinking coffee in the New Mistra Store and enjoying a walk around the Broch of Gurness! 🌊 ☕️ 🐾
Living on an island can affect you in strange ways. I had a mad dream that I was on an out-of-control ship with no-one at the helm, and woke myself and Carl up in middle of the night by shouting, “Someone needs to f**king steer!” 🚢⚓️
Okay, do we all remember Charlie the Unicorn and how brilliant it is?? 🦄 here’s a refresher: youtu.be/CsGYh8AacgY
Charlie the Unicorn
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Colchester Museums@colmuseums.bsky.social · 2mo agoEver wondered what inspired the legend of the Loch Ness Monster? Watch our latest video with our curator Chris for clues about a real-life creature on display in Discover: Museum Wonders with four powerful flippers and a neck that could stretch for days.
OMG #tiptoe! The acting was amazing. The last episode kinda pushed the chain of events beyond plausibility but David Morrissey was a revelation. Men bitter & blaming the world for the life they felt cheated of are kicking off all over the UK now & he encapsulated them all with terrifying precision.