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jillcollier16.bsky.social
@jillcollier16.bsky.social
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Justified and Ancient. I do like to be beside the seaside.
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birmingham81.bsky.social
Happy birthday to John Cooper Clarke. Here's Beasley Street, performed with The Invisible Girls including Vini Reilly on guitar. It's taken from the 1980 Granada TV documentary "Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt" which you can watch in full at
📺▶️ youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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daffodilmallet.bsky.social
Appalling behaviour, if you are able drop some pennies to the #Wasdale Rescue Team I’m sure they’d be grateful. There’s a link to their page at the bottom of the #BBC page.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill
The mountain rescue team says it feels obliged to settle the debt on their behalf.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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May Liberty meet wi’ success!
May Prudence protect her frae evil!
May tyrants and tyranny tine i’ the mist,
And wander their way to the devil!

—Robert Burns, “Here’s a Health to them that’s awa” (c. 1792)
In advance of #BurnsNight #C18th
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertb...
Here's a health to them that's awa Robert Burns Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa; And wha winna wish gude luck to our cause, May never gude luck be their fa'! It's gude to be merry and wise, It's gude to be honest and true; It's gude to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue. Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to Charlie, the chief o' the clan, Altho' that his band be sma'! May Liberty meet wi' success! May Prudence protect her frae evil! May tyrants and tyranny tine i' the mist, And wander their way to the devil! Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa; Here's a health to Tammie, the Norlan' laddie, That lives at the lug o' the law! Here's freedom to them that wad read, Here's freedom to them that wad write! There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard, But they whom the truth wad indite. Here's a health to them that's awa, Here's a health to them that's awa; Here's chieftain M'Leod, a chieftain worth gowd, Tho' bred amang mountains o' snaw; Here's friends on baith sides o' the Forth, And friends on baith sides o' the Tweed; And wha wad betray old Albion's right, May they never eat of her bread!
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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lizstokoe.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse from Ynys Llanddwyn #YnysMôn for St Dwynwen’s Day 25th January and the Welsh patron saint of love and lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️
Sunset clouds in darkening blue skies behind a lighthouse on a hill and the sea, with a boat sailing in the background
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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itistherealjas.bsky.social
They are trying to remove this PICTURE of an execution!

DO. NOT. LET. THEM.
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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britishweather.bsky.social
Dog walker on the River Tone this morning by the submerged withy beds. The Somerset Levels regularly floods, this year things are a bit hiked from normal levels.
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
I love how they went from "Guns Don't Kill People" to "A Gun Can Kill People Even If You Don't Use It!"
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.

Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever

Bessent: But he brought a gun!

Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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antartica81.bsky.social
Very sad to hear about the passing of former colleague Mark Tully, the "voice of India" and also a wonderful presenter of "Something Understood."

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Sir Mark Tully obituary
BBC correspondent and author whose sensitive reporting from India made him a revered public figure in the subcontinent
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇 Please do not disturb hibernating bats. Not only is it illegal to do so but it can endanger their chances of survival as they can use vital fat reserves when they become active unnecessarily.
If you find a bat in an exposed location please follow the advice on our website: www.bats.org.uk/advice
January 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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darrenharingey.bsky.social
I love the fact that the wardrobe Sid and Bernie used for this film was the same that James Bond used in OHMSS, filmed in Pinewood around the same time.
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social
"What kind of creature bore you
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you
But I can

Twat!"

Happy 77th birthday to John Cooper Clarke , Born today 25th January 1949

#photooftheday #punkpoet

📸Antonio Olmos
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'Lime Tree Shade.' (1913) Like many talented women artists, Amy Browning has been overlooked by art historians. She's a compelling painter, much of her output was impressionistic, aimed at catching the subjective experience of light and fleeting fragments of perception.
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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hollyqueenofspayeds.com
After MANY requests, I've revived Smol Paul's Instagram. And this picture is 1000% worth the click 😆

www.instagram.com/p/DT6PqJXiEe...
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
jillcollier16.bsky.social
Strands #692
“A work of art”
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January 24, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Christian Adam of Lübeck, Germany, holds the current world record for cycling backwards with a violin: 60.45 kilometers (37.56 miles) in 5 hours, 9 minutes.
Photo of a man in a tuxedo playing a violin while riding a bicycle backwards.
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 AM
jillcollier16.bsky.social
Today we have been mostly celebrating the last minute reprieve of daughter’s 18 year old cat who, on his last legs with heart failure, confirmed by a scan 5 days ago, was about to be helped along the way by visiting vets when he got up from his fainting couch, walked upstairs and ate breakfast.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
jillcollier16.bsky.social
Fab-u-lous! Thank you for sharing.
wildobliquities.bsky.social Grise l’Indécis @wildobliquities.bsky.social · 2d
OK I've read the "time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted" thread and am obviously now singing that to the tune of Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds
Michael Nyman - Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds
YouTube video by depixier
m.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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salimotxo.bsky.social
The charity vid has always been my favourite thing on the internet, nothing else comes close.
Flight of the Conchords - Feel Inside (and stuff like that) - official Cure Kids long version
YouTube video by CureKidsNZ
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM
jillcollier16.bsky.social
Oh my! 😍
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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leighsus.bsky.social
Truly legendary headloss in West London today.

One for the ages.
Screenshot of the live score between QPR and Wrexham. The score is 2-3 in the 96th minute. QPR had a red card in the 90th minute, and Wrexham scored inthe 93rd and 95th minutes.
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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kruger.bsky.social
Today is my birthday, and the best gift for me will be a retweet. My name is Vitalii. I am from Ukraine and open for commissions, so if you would like to get #SciFi artwork (spaceships, vehicles, dystopian future), I will gladly do this. You can contact me here or via [email protected]
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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jenneke1961.bsky.social
Close up of the hallway in the dollhouse my mother made 25 years ago and which
I inherited 👌🏼❤️
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekCforCloseUp
A detailed dollhouse hallway with textured walls and a wooden staircase on the right. A small black door labeled “Toilet” stands at the back, with a cat figurine sitting on a scratching post in front of it. Miniature household items such as gardening tools, a watering can, a bucket, and a small bicycle are scattered around, creating a cozy, lived-in atmosphere.
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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jonnelledge.bsky.social
I know it's not within the hundred most awful things here, but... the nearest penguins to Greenland are in the Galapagos, five thousand fucking miles away
January 24, 2026 at 11:19 AM
jillcollier16.bsky.social
Is it just me or is the new Tesco ad like something out of the living dead? #AIIsRubbish
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 PM