My radio highlight of the week, Gloucester town crier Alan Myatt performing selected highlights from Amol Rajan's Instagram Feed on Radio4's The Naked Week
"HEART EMOJI!"
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Eggy Pop
Proud to present my lo-fi solution to the threat of legal action and corporate reputational damage arising from the fast-moving saga of The Observer vs #TheSaltPath author Raynor Winn.
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Sandwich Band
#BeatlesBread
@ianfraser.bsky.social for anyone filling out the IPSO complaint form, this link to the Telegraph article as syndicated on MSN - and still live - will come in handy www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
Romaines of the Day
Just lazy journalism isn't it?
Why do you say this story is vile clickbait Genuinely don't understand what the problem is
Another cracker! It's the way you tell 'em, Ian
Love this quote from the skipper who spotted #Nessie "The sonar doesn't lie, the boat hasn’t been on five whisky distillery tours before going out on the loch" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10...
#LochNessMonster
Just checked the value of an old workplace pension. It *could* be worth as much as £99 by 2031. You can imagine how smug that makes me feel.
I wonder how that went down with swivel-eyed loons
In case you missed the recent press coverage about this text message parking fine scam, here's an example of what to look out for #dvsa #block&report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Thank you Orkney for putting on a fantastic show for us these last few days
Engage Core? Sounds like something a Pilates instructor would say
As everyone else is having some fun with the new video function, here's a taste of South African a cappella group The Joy's amazing warm up gig in London last night #HelloLondon
If you live in #Edinburgh or are just passing through, do go and see Stephen's amazing kayak at the #RoyalBotanicGarden part of an exhibition of furniture, craft and #design celebrating Scottish ash.
Hands up if you heard Trump's "I have concepts of a plan line" and immediately thought of that scene in Annie Hall where a minor character says: "Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea."
www.cnbc.com/video/2024/0...
In Downing Street!!! How very dare she!!! #ToryClickBait #Telegraph #AngelaRayner
Because nothing says fearless like a pair of argyle socks
Interesting piece by Helen Rumbelow in The Times today suggesting many of the "self-proclaimed experts" offering online advice to victims of narcissism are dangerous, attention-seeking narcissists themselves www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
Booked myself in for a flu jab today. It's a lot less hassle than slathering yourself in mustard, lard and goose fat. But then they did make their own fun back in 1959 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiAz...
Good to be here @bsky.app
Full disclosure. I amassed just 78 followers at the other place. And 76 of them were pornbots #RIPTwitter