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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 3h

The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4h

Here's a very niche question: does anyone here study ancient languages and has experience in the pronunciation of Akkadian words? And before a million randos tell me that we don't know what dead languages sound like, there are scholars who spend their whole lives on this stuff.

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 2h

The only reason I escaped alive is cos we're outside the midge season (the name is not metaphorical)

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 2h

Hey that reminds me, I walked past your secret Yorkshire hideout earlier. But don't worry, I didn't tell anyone about it

An OS map screenshot showing a waterfall, Falling Foss, next to a house called Midge Hall

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 6h

I might even have a pint of Wainwright's

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 6h

Boots in the water. Cumbrian quartz pebble consigned to the North Sea. The Wainwright coast to coast is DONE and I might have

a little

sit

down.

The beach at Robin Hood's Bay with the tide going out

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 8h

Nearly there

Rocky cliffs overlooking a calm North Sea

Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 10h

"Hi! Do you have, or could you be, food?"

A load of chickens behind some... chicken wire

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 12h

An acorn and Alfred Wainwright's initials carved into a tree stump

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 13h

Whitby!

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 14h

For one final time this walk: mornin'

A stone road bridge with high arches over a peaty brown river

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Chewbacca But A Wolf Man @jason1749.bsky.social · 1d

I maintain, Daniel Craig's delivery of "the Nazi child masturbating in the bathroom" is the best line read of the century.

Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 1d

Every time the horrible young Republicans group chat stuff is mentioned, I think of Jacob Thrombey. (I should really rewatch Knives Out. It's even a good autumn movie.)

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zuzak 🦭 @zuzakistan.com · 2d

Glasgow City Council has a whole sovereign citizen FAQ

whoever wrote this was so very tired

glasgow.gov.uk/whyyouneedto...

Why you require to pay Council Tax - Glasgow City Council

Information about why you are required to pay Council Tax.

glasgow.gov.uk

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 1d

All glory to Past Me, who not only booked a B&B room with a massive bathtub several months ago but, importantly, also swiped a couple of sachets of hot chocolate from a previous B&B last week on the basis I'd certainly want them at some point #OwMyFeet

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 1d

Not to mention an "intimate object" made of silicone. Zut alors

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Romenzo Mallas @rommallet.bsky.social · 1d

EXPLOSION DE LA CRIMINOULITÉ EN FRANCE

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 13d

WHITSTABLE VERY DISAPPOINTING.

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm Tony Gilroy, creator of #Andor. I am urging you with everything I have to get out on Saturday for #NoKings day.

"Go to NoKings.org and find the location nearest you where you can go out and protest nonviolently.

"Democracy is up for grabs, and it's up to us to protect the thing we love."

"We Have Friends Everywhere" — October 18 — NoKings.org

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A Kentish Word-bot @kentishwordbot.bsky.social · 1d

SCROUGE [skrou•j], SCROOGE [skrooj] vb. To squeeze or crowd; to push rudely in a crowd.

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Jon Canning @joncanning.com · 3d

The belly is a trap: 10/10 for the bait and switch @thecatreviewer.bsky.social

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 1d

spoiler: the answer is "fish"

Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 1d

They know how to deal with Auditors in North Yorkshire

A sign on a garage saying "This is a private sign: do not read"

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 1d

His system of ‘Roud Numbers’ now serves as the definitive way of tracing a song’s many different versions and titles, across books, recordings, and other sources.”

Full episode: youtu.be/i_0rN8XPJGA

Folklore Fragments Podcast 43: Indexing Folklore with Steve Roud | Blúiríní Béaloidis

YouTube video by UCD - University College Dublin

youtu.be

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 1d

and put USB sockets in the shower head

Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.bsky.social · 1d

Mornin'

Faint early sun over a moorland ridge, with a stone forecourt in the foreground

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