We are sitting with our son and his partner in their tiny house in Somerset and watching the 1939 film Goodbye Mr Chips, and having a thoroughly wonderful afternoon!
We say goodbye tomorrow and won't see them again until the New Year!
#PalestineAction hunger strikers 📌Monday Dec. 8th 📌
Bombard the BBC for our hunger strikers
1️⃣Step one: save the BBC WhatsApp number +447756165803
2️⃣Step two: copy and paste the below message and send to them.
3️⃣Step three: share and repeat ✊🇵🇸
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***** EMERGENCY *****
BBC — your *silence* is deadly.
Six UK political prisoners are now in the *critical stage* of a hunger strike.
Why as a state sponsored broadcaster, are you not reporting on this?
Is anyone watching the doctor who spin off, "The War Between the Land and the Sea".
I quite like the first episode!
I quite like the first episode!
Nursery Rhymes for Christmas
The following nursery rhymes all mention Christmas, and are taken from the book
THE NURSERY RHYMES OF ENGLAND:
Collected by
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL.
which was first printed about 1854
I want a news aggregator to:
Only show recent stories
Don’t show things I never consider news, such as sport, fashion, much history, recipes…
Block or mute for a while things I’m bored of or have no interest in
Understand geography and have a way to find local news
Aggregate stories on the same news item so I can compare and contrast or skip past when I’ve read enough
Filter out low quality sources
Never show ads or use selling / influencing algorithms
Micropay journalists for what I read
Only show recent stories
Don’t show things I never consider news, such as sport, fashion, much history, recipes…
Block or mute for a while things I’m bored of or have no interest in
Understand geography and have a way to find local news
Aggregate stories on the same news item so I can compare and contrast or skip past when I’ve read enough
Filter out low quality sources
Never show ads or use selling / influencing algorithms
Micropay journalists for what I read
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Just watching the film The Railway Man and a quote by Colin Firth, which made me chuckle, was
'"if you think Warrington is interesting, wait until you get to Preston!"
I'm using the #Moshidon app on my Android phone. Can anyone tell me why my Settings won't save?
Please boost for further reach. Thanks
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I was told about this incident by my son, who lives opposite where the incident took place!
Thank goodness Preston North End improved their performance in the second half!
We came away from Hillsborough with a win, Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 3 Preston North End.
With the scores level at 2-2 our goalkeeper Daniel Iverson saved a penalty and then a little later we got the win!
#EFLChampionship #PrestonNorthEnd #PNEFC #SheffieldWednesday #SWFc
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Headland
Stokksnes on the south-eastern #Icelandic coast, including Vestrahorn mountain.
October 2025.
#SaturdayScenery #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #WeatherPhotography #Photography
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Ooh, supper! Crisp butties.
Just seen the BBC's Political Editor, Chris Mason, talking again about the Budget saying it is a leftward tilt by Starmer's Govenment!
Why have I never heard him talking sbout all the rightward tilts over the 15 years of Tory governments?
My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…
“English *folklore*, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
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wandering.shop/@Catvalente/115…
Bonus: I HAD to boost but I captured the status at 69 boosts
My 7 year old just reached for a piece of pizza fresh out of the oven and exclaimed, in the same tone as an adult swearing…“English *folklore*, that’s hot!”
I choked laughing ENGLISH FOLKLORE AS A SWEAR? WHO ARE YOU?!?
@catmisgivings Thanks! I'd reposted this on Bluesky but didn't know she was here too. Between "English folklore" and the cat's "vacuum" it's an amazing season for random swears @Catvalente
@CppGuy
According to Wikipedia, it was published in an academic book in 1841, which gives Carroll plenty of time to read it before he publishes Through the Looking Glass in 1871. Although since ‘tokl tobl’ also works as onomatopoeia, it might have taken a while for people to think of applying the substitution cipher to it; I don't know what the 1841 book says about it.
It's conceivable, since the phrase was in use in the 15th century, that it was continually in use through the 19th century, but if so then it wasn't in print. (The OED dates ‘snick-snack’ to 1925 and ‘snicker-snack’ to 1871, with Carroll. Note that the OED doesn't seem to consider Flees Flies and Friars, which is more than half in Latin, to be an English source; it dates ‘fuck’ only to 1513.)
I am concerned about Russian interference in UK domestic politics and have signed this #petition asking for a public enquiry.
petition.parliament.uk/petitio…
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
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The irony, the hypocrisy, …..
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#photography #water #weir #abstract
Looking down on a weir, calm water on the right flowing over and to the left.
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Over the generations, families are having fewer and fewer children.
That's called a receding heirline.
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Watching a film we had seen before (we hadn't), and the closing music we both said it's the Hovis music (largo from Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - which I looked up)
Who says advertising doesn't work!
Shame Hovis has just been sold!
Who says advertising doesn't work!
Shame Hovis has just been sold!
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in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •Little Jack Horner sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb, and he took out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas
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in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •Bounce Buckram, velvet's dear;
Christmas comes but once a year.
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas
Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird!
in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •Dame, get up and bake your pies,
Bake your pies, bake your pies;
Dame, get up and bake your pies,
On Christmas-day in the morning.
Dame, what makes your maidens lie,
Maidens lie, maidens lie;
Dame, what makes your maidens lie,
On Christmas-day in the morning?
Dame, what makes your ducks to die,
Ducks to die, ducks to die;
Dame, what makes your ducks to die,
On Christmas-day in the morning?
Their wings are cut and they cannot fly,
Cannot fly, cannot fly;
Their wings are cut and they cannot fly,
On Christmas-day in the morning.
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas
Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird!
in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •The first day of Christmas,
... Show more...My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.
The second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The third day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The fourth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The fifth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The sixth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The seventh day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tre
The first day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.
The second day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The third day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The fourth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The fifth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The sixth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The seventh day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The eighth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The ninth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The tenth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Ten pipers piping,
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The eleventh day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Eleven ladies dancing,
Ten pipers piping,
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
The twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Twelve lords a leaping,
Eleven ladies dancing,
Ten pipers piping,
Nine drummers drumming,
Eight maids a milking,
Seven swans a swimming,
Six geese a laying,
Five gold rings,
Four colly birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves, and
A partridge in a pear tree.
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas
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in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •Although not mentioning Christmas, this was apparently part of a tradition in Lancashire.
[A Christmas custom in Lancashire. The boys dress themselves up with ribands, and perform various pantomimes, after which one of them, who has a blackened face, a rough skin coat, and a broom in his hand, sings as follows.]
Here come I,
Little David Doubt;
If you don't give me money,
I'll sweep you all out.
Money I want,
And money I crave;
If you don't give me money,
I'll sweep you all to the grave!
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas
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in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •On Christmas eve I turn'd the spit,
I burnt my fingers, I feel it yet;
The cock sparrow flew over the table;
The pot began to play with the ladle.
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas
Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird!
in reply to Nae King! Nae quin! Nae Laird! • •St. Thomas's-day is past and gone,
And Christmas is a-most a-come,
Maidens arise,
And make your pies,
And save poor tailor Bobby some.
#NurseryRhyme #Christmas