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James Bell
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Overthinking folk singer and general Mr Fancypants. Lots of thoughts on serious issues but will try to avoid typing more than 0.5% of them. I came here to hi ho and fiddle de dee. And I'm all out of fiddle de dee. (He/him.)
Pinned
Where my head's at right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_J1...
How to make Art in a Dictatorship
YouTube video by James Bell
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I was right he did need a top hat.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Gary Stevenson's speech to the SOAS Class of 2025
YouTube video by SOAS University of London
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Why do they keep making new music when the best stuff all came out when I was a teen?
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Ooooo!
The ribbon has been cut on East Oxford Community Centre, marking the end of the construction phase of its development, a £5.9m project. Next door, the city council is building 12 energy-efficient flats for social rent, due for completion in the new year.
www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
PHYSICS
5 Lego Tracked Vehicles vs 6 Obstacles
YouTube video by Brick Experiment Channel
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November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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This might be the most Oxford thing I've ever seen.
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop
Come and sing the melodious hymns and lyrics written by Mesomedes, Athenaios, and Seikilos!
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is the way to do politics in 2025.
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.

Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Oxford is ranked 10th in the ‘best places in the UK for winter adventures', according to analysis by Go Outdoors, who shut their store in Oxford a year ago.
blog.gooutdoors.co.uk/winter-adven...
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Happy misinformation Friday everyone
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is not a drill: MOLLY TUTTLE ALERT youtu.be/2Z2-eKkbBPk?... @mollytuttlemusic.com
Molly Tuttle - Thriller (Live From Hulaween)
YouTube video by Molly Tuttle
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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At the
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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a “Space Force”, if you will
we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Make it a video game.
Motorists have been told to avoid travelling north on the A9 at Dunblane due to 'chickens all over the place'
A9 closed due to 'chickens all over the place' as motorists told to avoid area
www.thenational.scot
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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There’s a simple solution here: James Bond in Hell. He has sex with the Devil’s wife, kills the Devil by kicking him out of a helicopter, etc.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Now that you’re famous, @jaffa.bsky.social, are you going to remember your friends?
I'm looking forward to seeing Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail at the Oxford Playhouse on Friday... esp cos it reminds me of my all-time-favourite Wassail, which local residents did to the LTN bollards.

🎶 "Our bollard is made out of some sort of tree..." 🎶

oxfordclarion.uk/here-we-go-a...
Here we go a-bollarding
Active travel enthusiasts gathered in East Oxford on Saturday to ‘wassail’ the low traffic neighbourhood bollards across St. Mary’s and wish them good fortune in the coming year. Clad in a mix of hi-...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM