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Eau de state of it

The buildings were, clearly, marked. They struck them, anyway.

“blue shield signs – denoting historical treasures under the 1954 Hague convention for the protection of cultural objects in war – had been put on the roofs of important buildings.”

a cartoon dog wearing sunglasses is waving his paw Alt: Bluey the cartoon dog

Isn’t slang for £5 a Bluey?

Game, sett, match.

Made me laugh 🤣

Minute Cryptic - 12 March, 2026
"Car weaved into his rear parking spaces?" (6)
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a woman with blonde hair is making a funny face . Alt: a woman with blonde hair is making a “whatever” face

Wordle 1,727 6/6

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Minute Cryptic - 11 March, 2026
"Caretaker watching ‘Scrubs’ with nurses starts to take inspiration" (6)
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Got there eventually

Cc @olivermills.bsky.social

The thought experiment can be extended by looking at these side by side. What if we had the resources to teach much smaller groups based on their individual “starting points” )which is starkly different than “ability”)? What kind of education are the 5 children in the mixed year 6 class getting?

@paulclinepsy.bsky.social totally overthinking all clues #thatsretirementforyou 👆🏼

Now I struggled with fabled - surely legendary?

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.

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I suppose if you misuse by completely overspending so you’ve got no money left to pay loan repayments on time … 🤷🏼‍♀️

Something… something… chess with a pigeon

Sad news for the voters of Clacton who were hoping Farage would be able to bend the POTUS’ ear about fortnightly bin collections.

two men are sitting at a table with a broom in their hands . Alt: Trigger’s broom sketch from only Fools and Horses - the paradox of Theseus

And during this time, things are constantly changing : your cohorts move through; staff leave; policy changes …

I reckon you ought to go to a busy shopping mall and ask 100 people …

Were any solutions found for the litter problem? A14 in particular is appalling.

‘It’s International Women’s Day. Why aren’t you smiling?’

I used to think the capital I in LinkedIn was a lower case L so I pronounced it Lin-ked-lun for ages, like some kind of IKEA flat-packed bookcase. NOBODY TOLD ME! 🙈

#internationalwomensday

Minute Cryptic - 8 March, 2026
"Blemish turning part of white rose yellow" (7)
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a close up of a woman 's face with a shocked look on her face . Alt: a close up of a woman 's “whatever” face

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Decant into jars?

@bethgg.bsky.social thread 👆🏼

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Their band names certainly are (Blobbie Williams etc)

It’s a pretty boring example, but I don’t know how I learned to crochet yet I can do it really well 🤷🏼‍♀️

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