Olwen
@borsetshireblue.bsky.social
Here for BBC Radio 4 show The Archers. She/her. 🇬🇧🏳️🌈🇪🇺
DO NOT SPAM ME. REQUESTS FOR MONEY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BLOCKED AND REPORTED. ⛔️
DO NOT SPAM ME. REQUESTS FOR MONEY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BLOCKED AND REPORTED. ⛔️
Going to stay with a friend for a few days while face heals. Au revoir
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Going to stay with a friend for a few days while face heals. Au revoir
In A&E. Suspected broken nose after tripping on a doorstep and encountering tarmac with face. I’m a clumsy idiot 😬😒
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In A&E. Suspected broken nose after tripping on a doorstep and encountering tarmac with face. I’m a clumsy idiot 😬😒
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My health insurance premiums will more than double in January. I pay a little less than $500/month for my current silver plan.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
Equal pay for women and men
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Equal pay for women and men
Looks like the inflatable Santa outside the student house down the street has had another heavy night lol
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Looks like the inflatable Santa outside the student house down the street has had another heavy night lol
Wild!
A snow (or sleet) shower approaching Upper Loch Torridon from the north west about an hour ago.
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Wild!
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Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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“There are some very harsh and unnecessary things, which are bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government... They are very different to the sorts of things the party supported when we were in opposition. We cannot defeat Reform by trying to outdo them.”
#R4Today
#R4Today
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“There are some very harsh and unnecessary things, which are bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government... They are very different to the sorts of things the party supported when we were in opposition. We cannot defeat Reform by trying to outdo them.”
#R4Today
#R4Today
Listening to #bbcaq and wondering whether the ‘electric cars are more unreliable’ claim made and repeated more than once in the programme is really true? 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Listening to #bbcaq and wondering whether the ‘electric cars are more unreliable’ claim made and repeated more than once in the programme is really true? 🤔
OK, if anyone else has decided Brad Horrobin is autistic merely as he’s not a stereotypical laddish person, please unfollow me now, because you’re talking bollocks. Lads can be diffident, underconfident, good at maths etc without being labelled for it through mistaken prejudice. Ta.
#thearchers
#thearchers
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
OK, if anyone else has decided Brad Horrobin is autistic merely as he’s not a stereotypical laddish person, please unfollow me now, because you’re talking bollocks. Lads can be diffident, underconfident, good at maths etc without being labelled for it through mistaken prejudice. Ta.
#thearchers
#thearchers
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Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and plastics is the only way we can save the planet, our only home, and make sure our children and grandchildren have a future.
This is not a partisan issue. Each of us should be doing as much as we can and pressuring our leaders to act on the climate crisis.
This is not a partisan issue. Each of us should be doing as much as we can and pressuring our leaders to act on the climate crisis.
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and plastics is the only way we can save the planet, our only home, and make sure our children and grandchildren have a future.
This is not a partisan issue. Each of us should be doing as much as we can and pressuring our leaders to act on the climate crisis.
This is not a partisan issue. Each of us should be doing as much as we can and pressuring our leaders to act on the climate crisis.
Badenoch is incredibly ignorant of history.
The Bible teaches that the poor, the sick, the old, the young and the stranger should be cared for.
The Roman Empire had a pensions system
Monasteries in medieval times offered food and medicine to travellers & those in need
Just a few of many examples
The Bible teaches that the poor, the sick, the old, the young and the stranger should be cared for.
The Roman Empire had a pensions system
Monasteries in medieval times offered food and medicine to travellers & those in need
Just a few of many examples
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Badenoch is incredibly ignorant of history.
The Bible teaches that the poor, the sick, the old, the young and the stranger should be cared for.
The Roman Empire had a pensions system
Monasteries in medieval times offered food and medicine to travellers & those in need
Just a few of many examples
The Bible teaches that the poor, the sick, the old, the young and the stranger should be cared for.
The Roman Empire had a pensions system
Monasteries in medieval times offered food and medicine to travellers & those in need
Just a few of many examples
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in 1st century Judea, the corners of every field had to be left for the poor to pick crops for themselves, every seventh year *all* of the crops from fields and vineyards and orchards belonged to the poor, and all debts of all types were cancelled every 50th year.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
in 1st century Judea, the corners of every field had to be left for the poor to pick crops for themselves, every seventh year *all* of the crops from fields and vineyards and orchards belonged to the poor, and all debts of all types were cancelled every 50th year.
Just re-listening. So Ed *didn’t* hit his head. #thearchers
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Just re-listening. So Ed *didn’t* hit his head. #thearchers
Happy Buy Nothing Day, pals. You know what to do. 🌍
#Buynothingday #blackfriday
www.buynothingday.co.uk
#Buynothingday #blackfriday
www.buynothingday.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Happy Buy Nothing Day, pals. You know what to do. 🌍
#Buynothingday #blackfriday
www.buynothingday.co.uk
#Buynothingday #blackfriday
www.buynothingday.co.uk
Hang on a minute. Did Gawwge hit Ed? #thearchers
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hang on a minute. Did Gawwge hit Ed? #thearchers
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An update: I’m informed that Santa’s deflation is wind-related. Apparently he’s affected by strong wind
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
An update: I’m informed that Santa’s deflation is wind-related. Apparently he’s affected by strong wind
The student house down the street has a giant inflatable Santa in its front garden. I was alerted to its presence this afternoon when a loud hissing noise drew me to the window. However, they seem unable to keep Santa inflated. He’s lying on his side in the gutter under a street lamp at the moment.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The student house down the street has a giant inflatable Santa in its front garden. I was alerted to its presence this afternoon when a loud hissing noise drew me to the window. However, they seem unable to keep Santa inflated. He’s lying on his side in the gutter under a street lamp at the moment.
Tracey’s wise. Of course boys shouldn’t ’tough it out’ when they’re down #thearchers
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Tracey’s wise. Of course boys shouldn’t ’tough it out’ when they’re down #thearchers
Brad and his mum have such a sweet relationship #thearchers
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Brad and his mum have such a sweet relationship #thearchers
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Get him out of any public position and into the obscurity he deserves.
Vile specimen.
Vile specimen.
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Get him out of any public position and into the obscurity he deserves.
Vile specimen.
Vile specimen.
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...