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Paul Leake

@thedurhampaul.bsky.social

Co Durham. Freelance info analyst. Interests: history, mental health, bipolar, politics, disability, cricket, trivia, SEND. Views v much my own.

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Have you ever seen a wild hamster?? ๐Ÿ˜Š #bluesky

15.08.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12076    ๐Ÿ” 1688    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 322    ๐Ÿ“Œ 126

Sit there and infect your beloved coworkers...

03.08.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Joseph Stella : Nocturne, 1918

10.07.2025 05:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 200    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like the idea of popup dachshunds

10.03.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those are so beautiful

01.03.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well hello ๐Ÿคฉ

01.03.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow, February 15, is the 60th anniversary of Canadaโ€™s maple leaf flag.

15.02.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3775    ๐Ÿ” 760    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 150    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79

Beautiful

14.02.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hegemony โ˜น๏ธ

10.02.2025 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is just bonkers - deleting mission critical documentation because they include (in a different context) 'woke' words like 'privilege' and 'injustice'.

10.02.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It amuses me that you have all these horny men now and they only have your word for it ๐Ÿคฃ

10.02.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Aqua blue heart on heart UNISON background. Text: Roses are red, violets are blue, a better life at work is coming for you!

Aqua blue heart on heart UNISON background. Text: Roses are red, violets are blue, a better life at work is coming for you!

Roses are red
Violets are blue
A better life at work
Is coming for you!

It's #HeartUnions week! ๐Ÿ’œ
#HeartUNISON #ABetterLifeAtWork
unison.org.uk/ERB

10.02.2025 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Live updates: Trump says he wants to overhaul or get rid of FEMA while visiting North Carolina Get the latest news on President Donald Trumpโ€™s return to the White House and the new Congress.

Anthony S. Fauci, whose high-profile role in helping lead the nationโ€™s coronavirus response made him the target of threats, has been stripped of his government security protection.

Follow live updates here.

24.01.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 219    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

There's even been a Christian St Lucifer (of Cagliari).

09.01.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People don't need me to fix things for them, in fact, I cannot fix things for them. People only need me to be as present as I can and as love them as much as I can in any given moment. Show up. Love people and support them in ways they want. That's the deal.

09.01.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@foggyknitter.bsky.social was getting worried about you as hadn't seen many posts from you - relieved it's because you are over here! Hope you had a good Christmas and best wishes for 2025

09.01.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's also the problem of people sticking fake QR codes onto signs and scamming you. Hmph.

09.01.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly, it's nothing wrong with you, it's down to him!

08.01.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That likely says more about him than you though.

08.01.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love seeing things develop!

07.01.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's beautiful!

07.01.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kemi Badenoch's Refusal to Distance Herself From Elon Musk is an Act of Moral Cowardice The Conservative Party leader's refusal to criticise the X owner's dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high office

โ€œThe Conservative Party leaderโ€™s refusal to criticise the X ownerโ€™s dangerous misinformation campaign against the UK should exclude her from ever returning to high officeโ€ @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/06/k...

06.01.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 301    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Trying to move over from eX Twitter and realising how long it will take to find everyone again.

06.01.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please RT if you are interested in history/heritage! I need to find my people ๐Ÿ–ค

19.09.2023 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 181    ๐Ÿ” 191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Meme. Line drawing of a Victorian-era street showing four characters around a cart in the street selling coffee. On the left, a man with something like a cowboy hat is holding up a cup on a saucer, either to offer it to someone or to smell it. He looks a bit like he just came the range . A heavy man in a top hat and coat is pouring coffee from a big pot, like you'd see at an Episcopal church coffee hour. A sad woman behind him holds and empty cup, and a lucky fellow next to her, with a top hat and stylish beard, is drinking his coffee and contemplating the ills of capitalism. Likely one of these folks is the coffee vendor, but it's impossible to tell which one.

We can read these characters as embodiments of the 4 humors: the cowboy, calm and poised, is Phlem. The heavyset man, with his lurking rage, is Yellow Bile. The sad woman is Black Bile, & the sassy, sanguine fellow in the back is clearly Blood.

Meme text reads:
"I need my coffee
before I can think
about eels and dog meat"

Meme. Line drawing of a Victorian-era street showing four characters around a cart in the street selling coffee. On the left, a man with something like a cowboy hat is holding up a cup on a saucer, either to offer it to someone or to smell it. He looks a bit like he just came the range . A heavy man in a top hat and coat is pouring coffee from a big pot, like you'd see at an Episcopal church coffee hour. A sad woman behind him holds and empty cup, and a lucky fellow next to her, with a top hat and stylish beard, is drinking his coffee and contemplating the ills of capitalism. Likely one of these folks is the coffee vendor, but it's impossible to tell which one. We can read these characters as embodiments of the 4 humors: the cowboy, calm and poised, is Phlem. The heavyset man, with his lurking rage, is Yellow Bile. The sad woman is Black Bile, & the sassy, sanguine fellow in the back is clearly Blood. Meme text reads: "I need my coffee before I can think about eels and dog meat"

It used to be eels were the sort of food a king would serve at a feast. But they developed a lower-class rep., & by the 19th C. most eels imported to London went to street vendors.

But they stayed popular: eels were the most purchased street food after coffee, tea, & dog meat.*
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19.09.2023 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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