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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 1d

O Death, where is thy string?

Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1d

Day 13 of #31DaysOfGraves - Skeleton

On the leg of a magnificent 18thC table tomb in Liberton Kirkyard, Edinburgh, is carved the figure of death as a skeleton, standing upon a skull, firing a dart at the soon-to-be-deceased while cutting the cord of a weight dangling over the unlucky person's head!

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 1d

I love this, now wondering when the first joke shop opened.

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Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social · 2d

Where they send people to wean them off cockfighting.

Sudden Deth ☠️ @youreacuntmate.bsky.social · 3d

Found the worst playground in England

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 5d

The picture on the left gives us a rare view of a dog without its trousers on.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

This is Sandy. She landed in a shelter with a dislocated hip and luxating patella after being hit by a car. Thanks to your support of our merch, @15outof10.org was able to cover her surgery and physical therapy. She has found a forever home and is healing beautifully ❤️‍🩹

a blond and white pup named Sandy looks up at us from inside a vet kennel. her left hind leg is shaved from surgery and bandages cover it and her right front leg. an empty tray of dog food is also in frame.

the pup Sandy sits on top of a purple towel next to a human. the human wears protective goggles and holds a medical machine to the pup's left hind leg. the human smiles and the pup looks at the camera with alert eyes.

the blond and white pup Sandy stands next to a seated person in a black shirt. both are smiling up at the camera, now family.

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 5d

I think the 3rd option covers that.

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 7d

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 8d

I like the awful wallpaper, designs that feature gravy boats must be a real rarity.

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 10d

Totally agree, and on top of everything you've mentioned holding the umbrella costs you the use of one of your hands.

Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, 901 and 910 were my absolute favourites too. I generally seem to vote for the bears that look most like cuddly toys.

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Yard Gone Wild @yardgonewild.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s all new episode in the series:
How Much Opossum Can Fit in this House?
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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 15d

I see Raynor Winn's found a new hobby.

Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 16d

In the words of Mrs Miggins: “He’s pretty down on his luck. He’s made that horse’s willy last all morning”

Nottingham gardener breaks world record for longest aubergine at show

More than 65,000 people are expected to flock to the Three Counties Showground this weekend to catch a glimpse of the giant produce on display

www.nottinghampost.com

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 20d

Why did this particular font come to be used so ubiquitously on 'Launderette' signs?

I haven't read the article, it's just a photo that caught my attention.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20d

Starmer gambles on ‘levelling up’-style initiative to tackle Reform threat

Deprived communities to be given tens of millions to patch up derelict shops, pubs and libraries and ‘restore pride’ Deprived areas of the UK will be given tens of millions of pounds each from a new fund that Keir Starmer hopes will help Labour tackle the threat posed by Reform UK. The prime minister will launch the regeneration initiative on Thursday, gambling that an updated version of “levelling up” will address anger about Britain’s broken communities. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 21d

Where would older people be any more likely than households of other ages to only consume gas in winter? I'm not suggesting that you're wrong I just can't see a reason why this would be true.

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 22d

Here in Edinburgh the bank work hasn't disappeared at all , what's changed is that the jobs that were once open to school leavers now only accept graduates.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 22d

Funny juxtaposition in the timeline

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, airing something simply to tell you that it's wrong can be so counterproductive.

A schoolteacher once told us to remember

'In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue'

then added it was not

'In 1493 Columbus sailed the deep blue sea'

I've had both versions stuck in my mind for decades.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 22d

GMB has given extensive coverage to the Trump/paracetamol/autism story. Guests have rightly said how wrong it is.

But after a while, I worry about the extent of this coverage, recalling the adage 'if you're explaining, you're losing'.

There's one headline: 'Trump talks bollocks on Paracetamol'.

Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 24d

What really struck me about this clip is how lifeless his eyes are, he looks like Davros' evil cousin.

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 25d

Perhaps this is a silly question, but why would anybody want a sparrow's ghost?

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 25d

My nomination for weird opening lines would be "I'll watch you crumble, like a very old wall" from Bros' 'I Owe You Nothing'. Imagine writing that and not being able to come up with anything better.

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 26d

Bring On the Trumpets!

youtu.be/AK4d9FNohTU?...

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Anna 3️⃣🫒🌳 @scosthrop.bsky.social · 26d

People had enormous difficulty in believing that our Old English Sheepdog was the same creature in his wooly and his shorn incarnations. I was once even told that it was an odd choice to have given 'both dogs' the same name.