FFS, I am *TRYING* to watch the telly.

Can I please just get watching episode 2 of Francis Durbridge’s ‘The Doll’ on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social?

Thank you.

I remember Blair writing about this on Deadbird, long ago. She's written so many moving, interesting things, but there is something special about a team of dogs trusting Hari, the one dog who needs his pack to run safely, to lead them all to safety.

Was thinking today about trusting differences.

Don't Eat
That Yellow Snow
Zappa

Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.

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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...

The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie Intro (1971-1977).

I urge people to check this out. Every week. It never fails to introduce me to great music in many genres. Do yourself a favor.

If you follow me but don’t listen to these, please do me a favour and let me know why that is? Every week, I put together a playlist of superb, in the main, just released music - some of which I then see you guys discussing in my timeline, oblivious that I’ve played it. Any feedback appreciated! Ta!

YouTube video by Albert Mitton DIRTY OLD TOWN ORIGINAL

James Henry Miller AKA Ewan MacColl. Born OTD in 1915, Broughton, Lancashire. Died 22/10/1989, London
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YouTube video by Ewan MacColl - Topic Brave Honest Jack Tar

Born 111 years ago today: Ewan MacColl (d. 1989).
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A grey lizard is sitting on a white surface. The sides of the head, the neck, the body and the feet are all partly covered in orange splotches. The one visible eye is white/silvery with a network of thin dark lines and a vertical pupil. The lizard is on its way to the left in the picture.

🦎Gargoyle gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus).

Max size ~20 cm (7.9").

Found in the southern part of New Caledonia.

Threatened by habitat lost because of deforestation.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by KingsInnPhotography on Pixabay

Me and all my friends...

Out Now

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 755 (2026 Vol 4)
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Brilliant music!

7 New LPs of the Week
2 CBQ Items
7 Back Catalogue LPs of the Week
20 Other Items New Into the Library

Grab your pen and paper to jot down top sounds you want to investigate further!

If you are the captain of an Icelandic trawler and decide to have a game of deck cricket, whatever you do, don't field first upon winning the toss. Your crew will likely mutiny and it is easy to make your fall look like an accident. It's cold down there.

It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.

A gull at Elliot Bay marina, very pleased with itself after finding a yummy mussel!

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #FeedingTime #Gulls #PugetSound #PNW #Boating #Photography #Seattle #ElliotBay

Happy Birthday Edgar 🖤 🐦‍⬛ 🖤

Smashing Pumpkins

"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick. "I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day." Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game

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YouTube video by MFSL Uploads The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) (1994 RM, MFSL UDCD-606)

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in case you stan Pluto and you didn’t click through on my other post you really have to see this.

Benny male fawn greyhound laying in front of a blue recliner. His face is under his bed…

I’m being told I’m not allowed to sit in my chair…

A sea lion, eating a fish, pushes another away by their face.

“Not tonight dear, I’ve got a haddock.”

Two orange cats standing upright on a bed, with a framed photo of children on the wall in the background. A bright light through the window is reflected on the wall.

“The mothership has returned. Gather your things and inform the others.”

A black and caramel Nubian goat looks in a tall rectangular window at the humans in the house. Her facial expression is somewhat imperious.

Y'all got any more of that coffee cake or

Uggi the dog lying on a sofa watching tv

Evening

Panel One. Two figures walk up a hill in a park. One walks in front and the other is walking a dog Front "My new year's resolution is to stop lending books" Dog-walker "Really?" Panel Two. Front, becoming agitated "It's just not worth the risk: cracked spines! Bent corners! Torn pages! Grubby fingers! Crumbs! Baths! Burglars! Rats! Children!! I can't allow such precious artefacts to fall into the careless hands of clumsy philistines!" Panel Three. Dog-walker "And how do the other librarians feel about this?" Front "Less supportive Than I'd hoped."

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Breaking news: New baby alpaca born a few hours ago. So we moved the moms & young ones to another prairie so the big boys—male llamas and horses—don’t play too rough with the baby.

Please accept our timeline cleanse as you battle to preserve the 250-year old experiment of American Democracy.

Out Now

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 754 (2026 Vol 3)
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Brilliant music!

7 LPs of the Week
2 CBQ Items
7 Back Catalogue LPs of the Week
20 Other Items New Into the Library

Grab your pen and paper to jot down top sounds you want to investigate further!

A juvenile black-headed gull perched on a grey riverside wall giving me a look.

Juvenile black-headed gull giving me an *appraisal*...

Image description: A profile shot of a wading bird standing in a marshy wetland. The bird has chocolate-brown plumage heavily speckled with bright white, tear-shaped spots across its back and wings. Its long, slightly de-curved bill is a dull orange at the base, fading into a dark grey tip. It stands on long, spindly grey legs amidst green marsh grasses and dried reeds. Clue: "Known as the 'crying bird' for its haunting wails, this speckled resident of the warm wetlands of the Americas uses a specially curved beak to pluck apple snails from their shells." Fun fact: They are named for their unique gait. When they move across uneven marshland, they appear to walk with a distinct limp, giving them their common English name. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Source: Gemini 3 (Edited) 📷: Photo by Veronika_Andrews via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/users/veronika_andrews-16688553/

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌎 #whatbird #mybirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜