I have a new goal for French fluency: to be able to faultlessly answer mansplaining with sarcasm.

Honestly some days, I just want to stare into a hole in the ground too.

Episode 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.

170 Night murmuring in Tenby (sleep safe) | Radio Lento podcast

Tenby. 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...

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“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 🙄

What could possibly go wrong?! River – home to 500 crocodiles – chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...

River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events

A 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.

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Since a couple of posts today in which Piddington has been autocorrected to Paddington. Not sure what to conclude from that.

Your local library announces a freeze on fines for late returns… time to take back that 132-year-overdue loan, obviously 😁 bbc.com/news/article...

Magazine that was 132 years overdue returned to US library

Concord Public Library said it would have incurred a $12,055 overdue fine, had there not been a temporary fine freeze in place.

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This 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 #RNLI

An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI

This 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...

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Also, 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?

Leigh Forbes@writeleighso.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kemi 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?)

Kemi 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?)

James O’Brien@mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Listening to Kemi Badenoch and feeling almost envious of a life lived entirely undisturbed by reality.

Wood pigeons. Still shagging in my neighbour’s tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours #UKBirding

Persiflage@persiflage.bsky.social · 3w ago

First birds of my day: a ghostly Barn Owl, shrieking in a ghastly manner as it hunted along the railway line, and a lone Robin singing sweetly from the back garden fence. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #UKBirding

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: Two workers pulled alive from hydropower tunnel nine days after disaster: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Today’s poem is called ‘Fall’.

Riddler

Me, typing: ‘Well done’ Word: Are you sure you don’t want a comma after ‘Well’ Me: Well, this is ironic

Formatting 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.

Just seen a Christmas ad on the TV 😕

I have never before felt so inclined to worship a breeze #UKweather

Even 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

I know a joke about Zeus, but it’s (man)whoreful

LA Guettler is not feeling very clever@laguettler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I had a joke about the labyrinth but it was hard to follow.

Me, out here expertly reconstructing the discourse like some kind of forensic scientist. If only this was a marketable skill 😅

Breakfast view 😊

Toyota: “No one needs a spare tyre these days. We’ve given you a reinflation kit!” My car:

Check out my breakfast spot ☕️ 😍

Do I win the prize for best reading spot ever?

My view right now

I bloody love being at sea 💙 Morning!

Jobs I have been putting off in the heat: Nice, easy, computer-based work, in the shade by an open window. Jobs I have NOT been putting off in the heat: shovelling eight barrow loads of wet sand from the front to the back of my house, in full sun. TF is wrong with me?

Hark! Is that thunder I hear? 😃🙏🏻⛈️🌧️⛈️🙏🏻😃 No… it’s someone putting the bin out 😕

Still just about my favourite thing I’ve written ❤️ www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Game-st...

Just a Game: But is it still a game when you're gambling with your heart

Buy Just a Game: But is it still a game when you're gambling with your heart by Forbes, Leigh (ISBN: 9781900929172) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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