La Crapule
@lacrapule.bsky.social
Geraldine in real life, teaching languages in the North West. Education, bit of politics, some tennis, occasional pictures of my dog and worries about my kids, random stuff I think is funny. Football when we're winning.
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We've had a pleasing flurry of online and offline orders.
We're down to last twenty or so copies. We'll probably reprint but plan is to change these a little so this might be the last chance to get a genuine first edition of the first 100. If you want one, order now.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
We're down to last twenty or so copies. We'll probably reprint but plan is to change these a little so this might be the last chance to get a genuine first edition of the first 100. If you want one, order now.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We've had a pleasing flurry of online and offline orders.
We're down to last twenty or so copies. We'll probably reprint but plan is to change these a little so this might be the last chance to get a genuine first edition of the first 100. If you want one, order now.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
We're down to last twenty or so copies. We'll probably reprint but plan is to change these a little so this might be the last chance to get a genuine first edition of the first 100. If you want one, order now.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
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Let me buy you a book. It will make us both happy.
Hey #buyastrangerabook day fans!
I have another offer to tell you about.
@lacrapule.bsky.social has sent me a tenner to buy someone the book of their choice.
So, if there's a paperback that you've been desperate to get hold of, this may be your chance.
Get in touch!
UK only
I have another offer to tell you about.
@lacrapule.bsky.social has sent me a tenner to buy someone the book of their choice.
So, if there's a paperback that you've been desperate to get hold of, this may be your chance.
Get in touch!
UK only
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day!
The grooviest day of all.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day!
The grooviest day of all.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Let me buy you a book. It will make us both happy.
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I’m back at my own Primary School 😮 Grove Vale Primary, where all 120 Year 1 & 2 kids have created work based on the book “Somebody Swallowed Stanley” by Sarah Roberts. Their fabulous display was inspired by the beautiful illustrations by Hannah Peck 😁
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #skyart
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #skyart
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I’m back at my own Primary School 😮 Grove Vale Primary, where all 120 Year 1 & 2 kids have created work based on the book “Somebody Swallowed Stanley” by Sarah Roberts. Their fabulous display was inspired by the beautiful illustrations by Hannah Peck 😁
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #skyart
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #skyart
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"In 2026, please try to share the work of real, living artists . . . the dead ones really don't need the publicity like we do." 😆👍
www.darrellwakelm.com
#edusky #UKEd #artists #art #artist #sculpture #artistinresidence #artteacher #artteachers #creatives #inspire
www.darrellwakelm.com
#edusky #UKEd #artists #art #artist #sculpture #artistinresidence #artteacher #artteachers #creatives #inspire
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
"In 2026, please try to share the work of real, living artists . . . the dead ones really don't need the publicity like we do." 😆👍
www.darrellwakelm.com
#edusky #UKEd #artists #art #artist #sculpture #artistinresidence #artteacher #artteachers #creatives #inspire
www.darrellwakelm.com
#edusky #UKEd #artists #art #artist #sculpture #artistinresidence #artteacher #artteachers #creatives #inspire
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Good old football
Macclesfield pull off FA Cup’s greatest shock by knocking out holders Crystal Palace
Macclesfield pulled off arguably the greatest FA Cup giantkilling of all time, stunning Crystal Palace, the holders, 2-1 in the third round
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Good old football
And we are over the moon.
Congrats to Macclesfield's Silkmen, beating Crystal Palace in the biggest FA Cup shock of all time. Macclesfield was once the world's largest producer of finished silk, with 5,000 looms and 71 mill factories. Photo of Paradise Mill, now part of the Silk Museum.
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
And we are over the moon.
The pitch at the Moss Rose is covered in year 11s who ought to be revising for their mocks 🤣🤣
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January 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The pitch at the Moss Rose is covered in year 11s who ought to be revising for their mocks 🤣🤣
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Moss Rose on the TV. Wayne Rooney in Macclesfield. You can see my house on the BBC. I know we're about to get hammered, but the excitement in Macc is fantastic. Go Silk Men ⚽️🥅
January 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Moss Rose on the TV. Wayne Rooney in Macclesfield. You can see my house on the BBC. I know we're about to get hammered, but the excitement in Macc is fantastic. Go Silk Men ⚽️🥅
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Hello lovely people, I need your help.
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 2 bedroom retirement property for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom retirement property for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer, NR27 for £160,000. Marketed by William H. Brown, Cromer
www.rightmove.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Hello lovely people, I need your help.
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
We still haven’t found a buyer for Mum’s lovely retirement house near the sea in Cromer on Norfolk coast. It really is time someone else was making happy memories there.
I’d really appreciate everyone sharing it widely 😁
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
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Tough first week back?
Fancy coming to work in a 7-16 SEMH school in Nottingham?
We've got vacancies for English Lead, a science teacher and a class teacher: recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Tru... #TeamEnglish #EduSky
Fancy coming to work in a 7-16 SEMH school in Nottingham?
We've got vacancies for English Lead, a science teacher and a class teacher: recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Tru... #TeamEnglish #EduSky
Westbury Academy | SAMpeople Recruit
recruit.sampeople.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Tough first week back?
Fancy coming to work in a 7-16 SEMH school in Nottingham?
We've got vacancies for English Lead, a science teacher and a class teacher: recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Tru... #TeamEnglish #EduSky
Fancy coming to work in a 7-16 SEMH school in Nottingham?
We've got vacancies for English Lead, a science teacher and a class teacher: recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Tru... #TeamEnglish #EduSky
My fave. If you've yet to read any, maybe start here.
The Roman Running Club.
A Willerby Story.
Jamal runs in the mornings with three timeslipped legionnaires.
willerby.substack.com/p/the-runnin...
A Willerby Story.
Jamal runs in the mornings with three timeslipped legionnaires.
willerby.substack.com/p/the-runnin...
January 8, 2026 at 7:26 AM
My fave. If you've yet to read any, maybe start here.
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The whole recent set of Events has persuaded me that there's not really a majority for the new right authoritarianism in the Anglophone world. The public don't actually like it when they see what it is these people revel in. But also various failures in our democracies mean that might not stop them.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 AM
The whole recent set of Events has persuaded me that there's not really a majority for the new right authoritarianism in the Anglophone world. The public don't actually like it when they see what it is these people revel in. But also various failures in our democracies mean that might not stop them.
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What just happened ...
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
What just happened ...
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
Comedy: Jamie Kaler
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Hello Bluepals, we are open.
a cartoon character wearing a hat and a blue shirt is waving .
Alt: Windy Miller waving hello (or goodbye. It's hard to tell).
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Hello Bluepals, we are open.
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"I stayed on Twitter through Nazi-ism and the owner causing 600,000 Africans to die so if you think a bit of child pornography is going to get me to leave you are barking up the wrong tree my friend"
Some people apparently
Some people apparently
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
"I stayed on Twitter through Nazi-ism and the owner causing 600,000 Africans to die so if you think a bit of child pornography is going to get me to leave you are barking up the wrong tree my friend"
Some people apparently
Some people apparently
Baking fine almond biscuits, just to tuile something.
Storming a fortress in Revolutionary France, just to Bastille something
Finding wild boars in the forest just to squeal something
December 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Baking fine almond biscuits, just to tuile something.
Having a stellar NBA career just to Shaquille O'Neil something.
Searching for prehistoric fish, just to coel something
Making Kholodets, just to congeal something
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Having a stellar NBA career just to Shaquille O'Neil something.
Crushing little red insects, just to cochineal something.
Starting a provocative new artistic movement in the early twentieth century, just to surreal something
Painting the wall a rich blue-green shade, just to teal something.
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Crushing little red insects, just to cochineal something.
Painting the wall a rich blue-green shade, just to teal something.
Heating up and cooling down metal or glass under controlled conditions, just to anneal something
Making Kholodets, just to congeal something
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Painting the wall a rich blue-green shade, just to teal something.
Purposely ≠ purposefully
[on my tombstone]
disinterested ≠ uninterested
disinterested ≠ uninterested
[on my deathbed] that’s actually not what “begs the question” means
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Purposely ≠ purposefully
I admired a man's dogs today near the post box. I was being polite because they were not a sort of dog that I am keen on.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I admired a man's dogs today near the post box. I was being polite because they were not a sort of dog that I am keen on.