sleepywillowgirl
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Wife, Mum, Gran, Pagan, Reader, Genealogy, Music… Nottingham born… usually found at a protest, on a picket line or handing out leaflets 💕
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
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Staff are leaving in their droves and aren’t replaced, leaving classrooms overcrowded and pupils without the support they need.
On 28 Feb, our indicative ballot on pay, funding, and workload opens.
It’s time to act – get ready to vote to #SaveEducation
Check your details are correct👉 myNEU.org.uk
On 28 Feb, our indicative ballot on pay, funding, and workload opens.
It’s time to act – get ready to vote to #SaveEducation
Check your details are correct👉 myNEU.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Staff are leaving in their droves and aren’t replaced, leaving classrooms overcrowded and pupils without the support they need.
On 28 Feb, our indicative ballot on pay, funding, and workload opens.
It’s time to act – get ready to vote to #SaveEducation
Check your details are correct👉 myNEU.org.uk
On 28 Feb, our indicative ballot on pay, funding, and workload opens.
It’s time to act – get ready to vote to #SaveEducation
Check your details are correct👉 myNEU.org.uk
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“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H.L. Mencken
H.L. Mencken
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H.L. Mencken
H.L. Mencken
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“We’ve just thrown a live grenade into the room but it would be highly unseemly to throw it back”
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 AM
“We’ve just thrown a live grenade into the room but it would be highly unseemly to throw it back”
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So how should Europe divvy up the USA after conquest? Imho the Welsh should get Pennsylvania, keep the tradition going.
January 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
So how should Europe divvy up the USA after conquest? Imho the Welsh should get Pennsylvania, keep the tradition going.
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The Long Neolithic is continuity with our fundamental nature. To step into a stone circles is to know we are pattern makers, season markers. It is a knowing we have always looked to sky, always had our rituals and mysteries of death. We are lithic. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The Long Neolithic is continuity with our fundamental nature. To step into a stone circles is to know we are pattern makers, season markers. It is a knowing we have always looked to sky, always had our rituals and mysteries of death. We are lithic. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
January 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
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Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“It’s an unfair world, child. Be glad you have friends.”
“It’s an unfair world, child. Be glad you have friends.”
Discworld QOTD, from Eric
“‘There’s a door.’
‘Where does it go?’
‘It stays where it is, I think.’”
“‘There’s a door.’
‘Where does it go?’
‘It stays where it is, I think.’”
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Hero
January 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“It’s an unfair world, child. Be glad you have friends.”
“It’s an unfair world, child. Be glad you have friends.”
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Never far from my mind, this poem.
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Never far from my mind, this poem.
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"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."
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You know that "When will we know when a line has been crossed?" thing...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
You know that "When will we know when a line has been crossed?" thing...
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I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
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I'll be closing my jewellery order book tmrw at 10pm-
LAST CHANCE to order my individually handmade silver casts of real flowers & tiny wearable sculptures of birds in time for🌲(I ship to the US too)
Designs include blackbird, snowdrop,wild carrot, bluebell, jay feather:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
LAST CHANCE to order my individually handmade silver casts of real flowers & tiny wearable sculptures of birds in time for🌲(I ship to the US too)
Designs include blackbird, snowdrop,wild carrot, bluebell, jay feather:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I'll be closing my jewellery order book tmrw at 10pm-
LAST CHANCE to order my individually handmade silver casts of real flowers & tiny wearable sculptures of birds in time for🌲(I ship to the US too)
Designs include blackbird, snowdrop,wild carrot, bluebell, jay feather:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
LAST CHANCE to order my individually handmade silver casts of real flowers & tiny wearable sculptures of birds in time for🌲(I ship to the US too)
Designs include blackbird, snowdrop,wild carrot, bluebell, jay feather:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
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Excellent thread as always from Emma
🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
October 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Excellent thread as always from Emma
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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It's the first day of astronomical autumn. 🍂
The apple tree. Ink on Saunders Waterford HP.
A piece I did back in 2014 as a sample for Crabtree & Evelyn on an apple wassail theme. In the event, C&E decided on a different direction and I didn't get the gig (boo). Still, I got an artwork out of it.
The apple tree. Ink on Saunders Waterford HP.
A piece I did back in 2014 as a sample for Crabtree & Evelyn on an apple wassail theme. In the event, C&E decided on a different direction and I didn't get the gig (boo). Still, I got an artwork out of it.
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's the first day of astronomical autumn. 🍂
The apple tree. Ink on Saunders Waterford HP.
A piece I did back in 2014 as a sample for Crabtree & Evelyn on an apple wassail theme. In the event, C&E decided on a different direction and I didn't get the gig (boo). Still, I got an artwork out of it.
The apple tree. Ink on Saunders Waterford HP.
A piece I did back in 2014 as a sample for Crabtree & Evelyn on an apple wassail theme. In the event, C&E decided on a different direction and I didn't get the gig (boo). Still, I got an artwork out of it.
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Jarvis Cocker is 62 today. He's 19 here.
youtu.be/mimTbzWkps8?...
youtu.be/mimTbzWkps8?...
My Lighthouse (Remastered)
YouTube video by Pulp - Topic
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Jarvis Cocker is 62 today. He's 19 here.
youtu.be/mimTbzWkps8?...
youtu.be/mimTbzWkps8?...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done?
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[lute solo] 🎶
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[lute solo] 🎶
September 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done?
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[lute solo] 🎶
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[lute solo] 🎶