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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1h

Probably just going to roast them and eat them with salt as snacks

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 2h

Im veggie 😅

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 3h

Doing some very spikey foraging

Hand holding six large, glossy brown sweet chestnuts

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, search has been throwing errors of various kinds for a while now - seemed to start up just as Jay had her meltdown, which might be coincidence but suggests they are playing with search limitation techniques for trending/hot topic phrases

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10h

Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky

retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

retractionwatch.com

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 8h

'Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19h

Hard “yes please” here

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 21h

I learnt my lesson after making a lot of shrubs & syrups that these are just not ingredients I actually use (I did make the woodruffe syrup again this year but I also had a very specific plan for it and deliberately bought the beer to put it in). I wish I did have more space for cakes & cocktails.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 21h

that has the pass I'm after but doesn't say what date it is!

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 21h

(unsafe prisons aren't something to celebrate imnsho).

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 22h

Just so everyone knows this is entirely non urgent, i found the counterfoil of one in a second hand book I’m reading and I am really nosey.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 22h

Q: is there a way to find out when flight/route numbers changed? I'm trying to date a boarding pass from c.2000-2008 with a flight number and destination on it, but the flight number now matches a different route and I can't seem to find out when it changed.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 22h

Fascinating to discover how many of you have lifestyles, unimaginable to me, where you need more than one (ten year old, still half full) bottle of vanilla extract. (I don't really bake so...)

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons I’ve ended up with a bunch of vodka minis that i’ll never drink. Other than penne a la vodka, are there any dishes you make that can use this spirit? Please, only reply if you’ve a specific dish name or recipe, I cannot do cooking based on vibes or food-genre suggestions w/out specifics

Two miniature bottles of vodka, one absolut one smirnoff, resting on a schwepps tonic carton

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

OK so tesco locally isn't offering covid stand-alone (I already have my flu booked in so don't want both). Has anyone in the Birmingham area not eligible for NHS treatment got the covid vacc for <£90? A lot of indie pharmacies are hinting it's cheaper but not advertising price online....

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

I got vaxxed today at Tesco. Tesco! Walked past some broccoli and some crème fraiche and some pork pies and some bread and biscuits and booze and kitchen roll, and into a small room where some dude stuck two needles in my arm in exchange for money and then I bought some ice cream and went home.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that’s genius, I’m absolutely trying that.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating! I’m pretty good at pastry & have never seen a recipe with vodka in…

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

I already have! That’s why I’m asking for cooking recipes, I’ve made all the flavoured/syrup stuff i can ever need.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons I’ve ended up with a bunch of vodka minis that i’ll never drink. Other than penne a la vodka, are there any dishes you make that can use this spirit? Please, only reply if you’ve a specific dish name or recipe, I cannot do cooking based on vibes or food-genre suggestions w/out specifics

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

I assumed horrible goose...

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

I can't do that, as I said in the post.

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, I've been trying the local pharmacies but none of them show prices until after you've booked - that's why I'm asking for specific local advice on the prices.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

OK so tesco locally isn't offering covid stand-alone (I already have my flu booked in so don't want both). Has anyone in the Birmingham area not eligible for NHS treatment got the covid vacc for <£90? A lot of indie pharmacies are hinting it's cheaper but not advertising price online....

Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 1d

I got vaxxed today at Tesco. Tesco! Walked past some broccoli and some crème fraiche and some pork pies and some bread and biscuits and booze and kitchen roll, and into a small room where some dude stuck two needles in my arm in exchange for money and then I bought some ice cream and went home.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting, we can't get the covid separately locally, only the bundle of both.

Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

This and the rat-at-al jazera post… once someone ignores comments telling them it’s fake they’re showing who they are. Do block, but you should also report as misinformation to bsky’s mod service first.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like another messy day on the trains but once again the disruption bot’s random image picker is providing a fascinating distraction. Where does it source its images and why….

UK National Rail Disruptions Bot @natrail-bot.bsky.social · 1d

Major disruption between ##London Liverpool Street and ##Shenfield expected until at least 10:00

National Rail Disruptions

Major disruption between #London Liverpool Street and #Shenfield expected until at least 10:00

www.nationalrail.co.uk

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