Elizabeth Heighway

Very clear that for Starmer, 'sectarian voting' is when British Muslims don't vote Labour, and for many others, it is just when British Muslims vote.

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INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

God, Small Prophets is gentle, kind, fond loveliness ❤️ Also, all the care home scenes are just 👌

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Just had a baked potato from my oddbox and it was a behemoth with fantastically leathery skin and amazing flavour that took me back to childhood potatoes (🥲) and now I'm wondering a) where do these potatoes end up cos it sure as heck ain't the supermarket and b) why does Big Spud hate us so?!?!

Yes, totally. It's fascinating seeing which errors reach critical mass, so to speak, and tip over into being accepted. I think "and I" is well on its way, though, so batten down the hatches and stock up on Kalms 🙂

This one does get my back up, but I have a very high tolerance for 'Me and so-and-so went to...' so really I have no reason to object

This is really great, from @minnierahman.bsky.social 👇

In other news, there's a Chinese New Year party at the home on Friday so they've got a flamenco guitarist coming (?).

I hate dementia so much I may have to sign up for a sodding 10k fundraising hell run at this rate and anyone who knows me realises how drastic that would be.

The curling is up there with Test Match Special and the shipping forecast for background audio when working 👌

Roses are red
"Wordness" is debatable
So let's reconsider
How we use "untranslatable"

30-odd years since i started Georgian and I still don't know the order of the last 10 or so. Its just a pile of discarded gutturals and weirdness.

God yes

They should offer tandem halfpipe where they strap you to a snowboarder. I'd pay big bucks.

Sorting parental belongings has fried my brain. On my third watch of The Seven Dials and still have no idea what the plot is beyond posh people and a Hobbit.

Last week I bought a bag which came with an instructional video on how to 'build' it, which it turns out means 'open flap & put things inside' & today I bought a notebook which came with a leaflet on how to 'build' it, i.e. 'write stuff in it' & honestly I can feel my grandmother's scorn from here

Sitting in an empty bungalow and god it's bliss. Seriously considering becoming one of those annoying extreme minimalists that only own a macbook and an AeroPress, only with me it'll be a book about terrapins and a nice pebble.

What a beguiling curve

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A naive representation of an owl on a small flat slate sheet. The body is depicted in alternating white and dark triangles. Crucially, this owl is not playing American Football.

It's Superbowl Sunday! So here's our traditional, and predictable Superb Owl.
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#SuperbOwl #SuperbOwl2026

My complete lack of interest in growing salad leaves has been bothering me lately, as if it's some sort of character flaw.

The garage in which I am storing all the stuff I am sorting for all the people who can no longer sort their own stuff is damp and enthusiastically mouldy, which is also my brain. I am not built for sorting. I hate stuff.

Today's really not selling itself, what with the cold, the wind, the dark and the wet.

Super helpful! Thank you, son says through the sobs 😃 Putting in a bulk order for manga, A2 paper and marker pens haha

In my half-sleep I was euphoric, *giddy* with how hilarious it was 😀 Happiest I've felt for ages ahaha 😭🤦‍♀️

Woke myself up laughing last night from a dream in which I received a government voucher for 4 vasectomies for the price of 3, non-transferable.

Small metal lapel pin, three slightly curved 'ribbons', one each in red, blue and yellow, forming a hollow triangle shape

Anyone know what this little pin is from? Found among load of 1960s-1980s stuff. There are a couple on etsy but no identification beyond 'metal pin badge'. Intrigued.

That's really helpful, thank you! The collocations book looks like just the kind of thing he was after 👍 and yeah, some new manga can't hurt, can it? 🙂