@shazmo27.bsky.social
Blow in Brummie
Retired
Married
Birmingham Knitting and Crochet Guild coordinator
Archers fan
Retired
Married
Birmingham Knitting and Crochet Guild coordinator
Archers fan
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
Watching the new NYC mayor on the BBC news. He looked young, smart, a good speaker. Then they showed trump..he looked like a doddery old man.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Watching the new NYC mayor on the BBC news. He looked young, smart, a good speaker. Then they showed trump..he looked like a doddery old man.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
@gordoncorera.bsky.social I'm reading Damascus Station. I was not expecting David to write raunchy scenes 😲
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@gordoncorera.bsky.social I'm reading Damascus Station. I was not expecting David to write raunchy scenes 😲
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
@anitaanand.bsky.social I'm 2/3 through"the patient assassin" what a life he had
October 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@anitaanand.bsky.social I'm 2/3 through"the patient assassin" what a life he had
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The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
@billybragg.bsky.social I've just listened to the radio4 programme about Paul Simon and the making of Graceland. What you said was just how I feel. Paul Simon is the soundtrack of my life, I love his music. I love Graceland. but!! I feel uncomfortable about his arrogance in breaking the boycott
September 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@billybragg.bsky.social I've just listened to the radio4 programme about Paul Simon and the making of Graceland. What you said was just how I feel. Paul Simon is the soundtrack of my life, I love his music. I love Graceland. but!! I feel uncomfortable about his arrogance in breaking the boycott
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
I'm just on this thread to take a breath and see that there are nice things going on in the world.
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I'm just on this thread to take a breath and see that there are nice things going on in the world.
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
A corner of the baby blanket I made. Knitting in the middle using the dragon scales pattern from Lavish Crafts and the edging is my own imagination (keep going until it looks big enough)
September 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A corner of the baby blanket I made. Knitting in the middle using the dragon scales pattern from Lavish Crafts and the edging is my own imagination (keep going until it looks big enough)
@ppfideas.bsky.social I wouldn't go back and kill Hitler. I would make sure he got into art school 😊🎨
September 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@ppfideas.bsky.social I wouldn't go back and kill Hitler. I would make sure he got into art school 😊🎨
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Miss Babs: “Mrs O, fancy helping me solve some murders, with DCI Jane Tennison, James Bond and Mahatma Gandhi?”
Mrs Overall: “Oh, I am pleased!” 🍰🔪 #AmbridgeAntiques #TheArchers #TheThursdayMurderClub
Mrs Overall: “Oh, I am pleased!” 🍰🔪 #AmbridgeAntiques #TheArchers #TheThursdayMurderClub
August 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Miss Babs: “Mrs O, fancy helping me solve some murders, with DCI Jane Tennison, James Bond and Mahatma Gandhi?”
Mrs Overall: “Oh, I am pleased!” 🍰🔪 #AmbridgeAntiques #TheArchers #TheThursdayMurderClub
Mrs Overall: “Oh, I am pleased!” 🍰🔪 #AmbridgeAntiques #TheArchers #TheThursdayMurderClub
@holland-tom.bsky.social I help out with a long distance running race along the grand union canal. It's 145 miles non stop. The fastest people do it in 24 hrs, so I do not believe your Scottish bloke walked 110 miles through mud in 19.5 hrs.
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@holland-tom.bsky.social I help out with a long distance running race along the grand union canal. It's 145 miles non stop. The fastest people do it in 24 hrs, so I do not believe your Scottish bloke walked 110 miles through mud in 19.5 hrs.
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
@gregjenner.bsky.social why are they called vikings?
August 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@gregjenner.bsky.social why are they called vikings?
@ireland-mediagb.bsky.social are you using this?
August 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@ireland-mediagb.bsky.social are you using this?
Can the SWs somehow arrange for Amber to meet Alice, ideally with Martha. #thearchers
July 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Can the SWs somehow arrange for Amber to meet Alice, ideally with Martha. #thearchers
@mostlyjazz.bsky.social thank you (again) 😊
July 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@mostlyjazz.bsky.social thank you (again) 😊