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Also thank you @zoegrunewald.bsky.social this is a great recommendation www.sensibleprepping.co.uk !

Local Wiki will show you all the interesting things within a 30 minute walk from you. www.neil-scott.com/localwiki By @neilscott.substack.com

How to tell if it is Autumn: - butter is hard & tears the bread - duvet tog transition - sleeves are back - everything is golden - books accumulate - snacks are stored under the sofa & bed - nose tip is always cold - blanket in each room - squirrels have changed your WiFi password - dark

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👏 Rupa Huq MP: "I think a lot of people think that Ofcom is just not doing its job." Sign our petition calling for Ofcom to investigate Farage's show for breaking Ofcom's own partiality rules 👇 https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/

Ugh… Such waste! Our supermarkets bin around 238 million meals' worth of edible food a year WHY??? France made that illegal We could too …with your help. Please sign - takes 30 seconds! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/781821

If you’ve never watched this sci-fi classic, give yourself a treat and settle down on the sofa at 4pm.

Sky wants to take over ITV. It could mean 86% of the UK's news run by either the BBC or Sky & spell disaster for UK media. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is thinking about intervening - tell her to stick to her guns & stop this deal. Sign the petition now: 38d.gs/xvqd

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The 30th lottery ticket in our collection was issued in 1952. We love them www.instagram.com/p/DeRVq4JRx0a/

Merry Christmas! Alternatively, you could get this. The new Only Connect quiz book is out today. (Warning: contains startling personal revelation from the host.)

The 1924 sketchbook of Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-born French artist & textile/fashion designer #womensart

What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?

'Storm light' by UK contemporary printmaker Mikki Bowers #WomensArt

Heronry, 2022, etching by UK printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt

Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...

View across Morecombe Bay from Grange Over Sands. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #landscape

"My hope is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here." Jim Henson (1936-1990) was born on this date.

If you love to write with a fountain pen… #writing #fountainpen #stationery open.spotify.com/episode/2n21...

Sign our petition to call for climate action here: buff.ly/IrLHG0f

Pick: 'Blithe Spirit' is on Talking Pictures TV at 1900. @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social The classic but apparently troubled 1945 version; while critically well regarded, it seems like everyone involved found it a frustrating production and/or were rather displeased with the result.

To Torquay tomorrow for the International Agatha Christie Festival. Will be in the audience for “The Mousetrap”. No spoilers please! 😉

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...

In Amsterdam, residents can apply for the city to remove the pavement stones and prepare a narrow planting bed helping Dutch streets become greener, cooler and better prepared for heavy rain. #ActOnClimate #Smartcities #ClimateActionNow

That would be our lovely friend Simon Harris, dont think he is on bluesky but this is his fscebook page: gofund.me/afec47077

This beautiful dictionary of colours found in nature dates back to more than a century before Pantone. 🎨 Werner's Nomenclature of Colour was an indispensable resource for Charles Darwin, helping him describe new species. We love these natural colours - which page do you like best?

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Lydia Hardwick, contemporary UK ceramics artist #WomensArt

Kate Westbury suggests a sextet of midcentury tales set under the dreaming spires. crimereads.com/6-classic-an...

My TBR pile keeps getting taller… #reading #books #bookworm substack.com/@thejoyofold...

TRANSFER WINDOW LATEST! Priti Patel➡️Reform Chris Mason➡️GB News Donald Trump➡️Greenland Rupert Lowe➡️Third Reich Berlin FC Nigel Farage➡️Anywhere But Clacton Ben Stokes➡️‘Shags’Nightclub Basildon Andrew Windsor➡️San Quentin Penitentiary BBC➡️Sky TV Carol Kirkwood➡️El Niño.

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Writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92. Here's @AssociatedPress's tribute to the author and poet. Below is the text of one of his most famous poems, "The Peace of Wild Things." https://flip.it/IMwWDb #Books #Bookstodon #WendellBerry

Mobile bookshelf! 😀❤️ #books #booklovers substack.com/@booksmaysav...

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live. David Bowie Zoot & the Roots Eurythmics U2 Paul Young Joan Armatrading The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain Thompson Twins The Pretenders The Fureys

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We should put this sign on every politician's desk

Noooo! 😢 RIP #DollyParton

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This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

Analisa Bollini, contemporary Italian freelance illustrator and textile artist #Womensart

Does anyone know of anyone that would benefit from stitch embroidery, lacemaking text books? My dad is trying to re-home mums collection, some of which are rare and expensive very niche techniques like medieval plumping (dont ask me). If anyone's interested please DM me

I need to shift 60 last tickets for my Fringe show to break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in Scots My shows are 21 and 23. Any support/reposts would go a long way. ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif

🇬🇧 For my British friends... 👓 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

RAIN!! 😀