I *love* all those festive sounds of Christmas ๐
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๐ป Santaโs jolly laughter
๐ถ Village carol singers
๐ฅ Crackling open fires
๐ฏ The THUD THUD THUD of my sonโs dartboard because the WDCโs have started
#WDC #WorldDartsChampionship
15.12.2024 20:35 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
What an inspired replacement. Kelly has the warmth, charisma and knowledge to do a brilliant job ๐๐ผ
15.12.2024 18:14 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
question the limits of their appetitesโand your intentions.
ChatGPT said:
It's December 1stโtime for Festive Fanny! Roast a duck until golden, basting with sticky honey. Fry stale bread to a crisp and place the duck on top. Scatter bruised grapes around, letting them weep their juices. Serve on a stark white plate, leaving guests to ponder your intentions and appetites.
It's December 1st and it's Festive Fanny time!
Our first offering is Honey-Glazed Duck on Fried Bread with Grapes, served in the traditional Hammer style on a coffin of fried bread.
Serve with contempt
01.12.2024 09:52 โ ๐ 46 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 1
โWomen of a certain ageโ ๐คฎ
A phrase that over the centuries has evolved from the polite to the pejorative
Oft used by creeps like Ggreg-with-Three-Gees to intimidate and invalidate
01.12.2024 10:33 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Decent selection of books ๐
17.11.2024 12:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Had to write a response to Zappa quote: โRock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't readโฆโ
17.11.2024 11:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
At Manchesterโs Louder than Words music and literature festival with my son, whoโs won runner-up prize in the Wilko Johnson Writing Award ๐๐
@louderthanwar.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social #louder2024
17.11.2024 10:59 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Kettleโs on. Bone china mugs. Yorkshire Tea. Milk in second. Colour of caramel
17.11.2024 10:26 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Iโll have a dark chocolate Digestive, pleaseโฆ
17.11.2024 10:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Current status: human mattress for post-op cat sporting baldy back and Cone of Shame ๐
Gizmo is doing fine. Tumour removed and prognosis hopeful ๐ฝ
#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
16.11.2024 10:58 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Nope, unless I want my blood pressure to hit the ceiling ๐ฌ
16.11.2024 10:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Unlistenable nowadays. But I canโt get on with R5/LBC/Times at brekkie either. Took someoneโs advice to turn the dial to R3 and havenโt looked back. Hard news updates on the half-hour and music to soothe me into the day ๐๐ผ๐ป
16.11.2024 10:27 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
* Never to be substituted with Black Jacks. The devilโs chew
16.11.2024 08:47 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
Ultimate Saturday morning 10p mix c. 1979
Chocolate spanner
Bazooka Joe
Jelly beer bottle
Flying saucers x 2
Fruit Salad x 2*
Swizzels necklace
Fizzbomb (blue, contains E133)
16.11.2024 08:39 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 0
Instant follow ๐
15.11.2024 15:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Iโm workingโฆkeeping myself nice and busy x
14.11.2024 12:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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13.11.2024 20:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Hello Moz! Nice to see you on Bluesky ๐ฆ
13.11.2024 08:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Follow back please!
13.11.2024 07:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Another chapter in the bag โ๏ธ
Iโm done for the day
Time to put on my girdle, pull up my garters and head off to Stockport for my Christmas Girlsโ Night Out
01.12.2023 17:45 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Excellent ๐๐ผ
05.11.2023 22:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pleasure!
05.11.2023 21:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
BREAKING NEWS: inspired by the Bletchley Park Summit, a group of Mancunian scientists have developed their own machine to simulate Northern human intelligence
When asked if it was going to be a game-changer for the region, Professor Bezina Ryder-Gallagher said โEh, ayeโฆโ
03.11.2023 09:01 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Can we all spare a thought for the Halloweโen apostrophe? She always feels a little unloved at this time of yearโฆ
31.10.2023 12:24 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
She deffo asked for a Bonnie Tyler
27.10.2023 21:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
The official Bluesky account of Manchester City ๐ฉต
Retired Scuba & Karate Instructor ๐๐ฅ Photographer of enchanted realms.
Website: https://raybilcliff.com/
My pics are free here. https://www.pexels.com/@raybilcliff/
#photography #poetry #photo #landscape #art #beach
A selection of festive recipes throughout December from the doyenne of dubious food, Fanny Cradock
@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
A celebration of arts in the beautiful town of Buxton every July. An open-access festival; bring your thing!
8th-26th July 2026 ๐งก
https://linktr.ee/BuxtonFringe
buxtonfringe.org.uk
https://machcomedyfest.co.uk
Fri 1st - Sun 3rd May 2026
A weekend of stand-up comedy in the heart of Wales.
Run by @Littlewander.bsky.social
Comedy Writer - creator of #CarShare and #MeetTheRichardsons
Podcast: Fist Of Firsts
Speaker on #Creativity, #Innovation and Humour as a creative tool
My Comedy Scriptwriting Course - www.timreid.co/fist-of-funny/
edtech and digital /cyber strategy/ advisor against tech enabled harm/ domestic abuse #edtech #education #harmreduction she/her
Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Discrimination Barrister, Railway, Car and Flying Nut. Trans woman.
Crime fiction festival in the North West. Saturday 31st January 2026 at Stockport Masonic Guildhall
Writer. Reviews non-fiction for the Sunday Times, edits The Author magazine. Books about the Kamasutra, Conspiracy Theories, Nepal and, next, a Himalayan mountain. Books, singing, wildlife, languages, running...
Radio, TV, DJ, Speakerโฆ
Heard @hitsradiouk.
Believe Achieve ๐
๐ Cornwall, UK
๐Book Reader and Reviewer
โ๏ธTea Drinker
โค๏ธBookworm of many Genres
๐โโฌCat Mum
๐CR : Escape for Christmas ๐
Scottish crime writer. Second psychological thriller, THE WEEKEND GUESTS out now in the UK; Jan 28 in North America. Also love (in no particular order): Scottish beaches, Edinburgh, cats, my kids, fancy gin. Agent: Camilla Shestopal
Vice-president of the World Liberty Congress. Founder & Chair of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Board of the Human Rights Foundation. Father, activist, author, speaker, 13th World Chess Champion.