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2026-08-30 21:55:52 UTC

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“For a long time I used to go to bed early, sucking the remnants of Bernard Manning off my fingers.”

2026-04-10 15:28:25 UTC

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I think @npub1nuu…gjr3 might be able to help you out with that one.

2026-04-05 17:21:08 UTC

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He was amazing. There’s an enjoyable biopic of his life starring Tahar Rahim that came out a couple of years ago. Also, if you don’t know Désormais, you’re in for a treat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=zEsdY1wjCxzv9dRG&v=-859ZyC19sw&feature=youtu.be

2026-04-05 16:50:32 UTC

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There’s also this banger from Charles Aznavour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4gwR_WpN0I&feature=youtu.be
and this by Douglas Dare
https://youtu.be/nc7okTv175A

2026-04-05 16:35:48 UTC

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Bat for Lashes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrITOPUCytw&feature=youtu.be
I haven’t listened to this for ages but it’s great.

2026-03-23 22:10:42 UTC

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Oh yeah, i think I’ve seen those before. Nice. I drive a Smart - it means i have more room in my garage for bikes and clutter.

2026-03-23 22:05:17 UTC

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There’s an account on Instagram, a French car firm that refits old Citroëns, and while I have no interest in cars at all, theirs are so stunningly beautiful I want to buy them all.

2026-02-27 09:00:27 UTC

Waking up to good news in #UKpol for the first time in ever is a bizarre feeling.

2026-01-02 14:50:32 UTC

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2025-12-28 11:43:31 UTC

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I’d like to open a coffee shop next to the Ticketmaster offices, and if any of the bosses come in to buy a drink I’d charge them for the coffee, plus insurance in case they drop it, plus a transaction fee, plus a handling fee for me to hand their coffee to them over the counter. The coffee that should cost £3.75 will set them back £17.89. Seems reasonable, no?

2025-11-16 21:18:28 UTC

Watched Tampopo (1985) for the first time today, and it’s not what I expected, but I guess nobody expects a Japanese Western about ramen do they? It’s terrific, anyway. #Films #Movies

2025-11-02 13:24:42 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-11-01 17:10:15 UTC

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It’s the greatest number of glasses-wearers I’ve ever seen assembled on a stage.

2025-11-01 17:05:03 UTC

Just saw a matinée show by Public Service Broadcasting, a band I have barely listened to. It was fantastic; they had a great set, and they were joined by the London Contemporary Orchestra. it was a proper show. #Gigs #Music #London
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2025-10-25 11:14:32 UTC

If you want to watch a live stream of the gig I’m at, here’s a link. https://www.daylightmusic.co.uk
Coming up, Ibukun Sunday and Liz Hanks but right now musical tap dancer Petra Haller. Yes, that’s right. #London #Gigs #Music

2025-10-25 09:42:16 UTC

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Yeah, she’s great. I had a ticket to see her but then there was a Tindersticks show on the same night so I saw them instead. If you need to talk about French pop I am here for it!

2025-10-24 22:19:03 UTC

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Oui, c’est ça. There’s also an app for iOS and Apple TV, as well as the ARTE website, if that’s applicable. No idea about Linux, I feel I’m forced to say… 🙄

2025-10-24 20:50:12 UTC

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There’s a concert of hers with an orchestra on Arte at the moment, which is worth watching.

2025-10-23 11:19:32 UTC

Hello. My name is @npub1r5p…dlep but you can call me the Fediverse Chick. I am definitely the real James Cameron, yes sir, and not some terrible grifter. Please ask me about Avatar or Star Wars or whatever else I definitely directed.

2025-10-15 20:55:57 UTC

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She’s lovely. Has she always been blind?

2025-10-15 19:13:37 UTC

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I do like a Staffy. How old is she?

2025-09-28 18:28:58 UTC

This bit from Graydon Carter’s memoir made me laugh out loud. #Books
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2025-09-23 10:25:41 UTC

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Ah, I had a soft Geordie accent when I moved down south and people constantly thought I was Irish. I’m probably 80% RP now. My home accent might come back if I’m angry/in wine. I do have to out it back on more when I talk to my mam, cos she’s hard of hearing so I sort of have to put on a Geordie accent so she can understand me better.

2025-09-22 18:08:57 UTC

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Here ya gan, marra. Larn yersel’ Geordie. https://youtu.be/0C1jbnBB6nc?feature=shared

2025-09-22 16:34:09 UTC

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I’ve been in the south so long my accent is vaguely ‘posh’, but if I need to get something sorted I can call on my Geordie accent, if needed.

2025-09-16 21:41:00 UTC

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I watched Three Days of the Condor last night, and he was excellent in that.

2025-09-03 08:48:58 UTC

When you’re watching a thriller and someone gets in a car and turns on the ignition do you too think the car is going to explode?
#Films #Movies

2025-08-21 21:33:39 UTC

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Snitches get stitches

2025-08-17 14:07:52 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-08-09 09:38:47 UTC

0815 – wake up
0825 – do a five-minute warm-up
0900 – start ParkRun
09 something – realise I’ve just broken my 5k PB.
I got stuck at the start fiddling about with my watch – no, I’m not doing a weightlifting session! – so got stuck behind the pack, which meant I couldn’t go off fast, which meant I was able to go faster later. Really pleased with that today.
#Running #ParkRun

2025-08-03 13:56:21 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2025-07-26 09:39:08 UTC

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Yeah, it’s been like that for a few years now, ever since I started picking them. I have to remind myself that they’re mid-late summer fruit, rather than autumn ones. I’m in south London. They’re just coming out now.

2025-07-25 13:38:59 UTC

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Lovely. Is it a theatre? It looks like it’s in some sort of stately home.

2025-07-24 16:38:03 UTC

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Where is that?

2025-07-03 20:28:40 UTC

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Miki’s book is terrific.

2025-07-03 20:28:05 UTC

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I liked Tom Lake a lot.

2025-06-22 17:52:51 UTC

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I’m fully OS/iOS and I use Mona. You have to pay a few quid for it but it’s solid, and I wouldn’t use anything else.

2025-06-18 18:52:31 UTC

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I’m so glad you said that. I’m kinda suspicious by nature, and seeing lots of mutual aid posts, and giving them the skunk eye often makes me feel a bit bad. But unless I ‘know’ someone quite well I can’t put my hand in my pocket. FWIW Substack (I know, I know but I follow a couple of accounts there) is FULL of grifters. It’s sickening.

2025-05-02 09:31:30 UTC

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Jones, without a doubt

2025-04-24 18:40:15 UTC

Just listened to lovely segment by @npub1nuu…gjr3 while doing the washing up. 😉 https://fosstodon.org/@obbardc/114393583774522805

2025-04-23 19:28:44 UTC

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Thanks. That was a terrific read. In an ocean of badly written slop that was fantastic.

2025-04-15 11:32:05 UTC

It rained earlier. My wife asked the name of the smell you get after a rain shower, cos she couldn’t bring it to mind.
Me, also struggling to bringing it to mind: “Terpsichore.”
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2025-03-31 09:12:18 UTC

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Thank you for posting those. I love seeing your photos.

2025-03-16 17:36:36 UTC

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Ha ha. I didn’t want to wade in, but… there were the usual questions about Chabrol , Godard, “I love you” etc etc. Then I asked “What were you doing in Arnaud Fleurent-Didier’s music video?!” which had come out a couple of weeks earlier.
She was really surprised and laughed: “Wow, I didn’t expect that question!”
Basically… she went on to say he’d asked her, as she just said yes. He’s a French musician I got friendly with a few years ago after I interviewed him, and she appears in this video - https://youtu.be/PKbulzm7cwU?feature=shared

2025-03-16 17:17:10 UTC

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She did a Q&A at the French Institute in London a while back, and I asked her a question that surprised and delighted her!

2025-02-25 19:36:28 UTC

Email: “Dear victim, we mugged you outside the off-licence at the weekend. We’d love to hear your feedback about the twatting you received. Would you recommend other people get the shit kicked out of them by us? Your opinion is valuable to us…” etc etc

2025-02-19 19:15:07 UTC

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Met her at a signing in Stockmann’s dept store, Helsinki. I told her my name, and she said: “Like Adrian Mole?”
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2025-02-19 15:11:55 UTC

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Have I shown you my signed copy of November? If not I’ll post a pic when I get home. Her signature is amazing.

2025-02-19 14:02:09 UTC

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Yes, I see that. I was being hyperbolic, I suppose. There’s an amazing sense of absence that pervades the book.

2025-02-19 13:53:06 UTC

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The final Moomin book, Moominvalley in November, is so desolate. It’s her Sister Lovers, her Turin Horse.

2025-02-08 15:04:39 UTC

#ParkRun was another complete mud bath today. But I can't rave about my DexShell waterproof socks enough. Kept my feet dry and warm despite the conditions. #running

2025-01-21 21:40:55 UTC

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Nice. Who played you?

2025-01-09 12:17:34 UTC

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Ha ha. I wasn’t thinking about your music at all.

2025-01-09 11:18:37 UTC

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Oh, I can think of quite a few songs I’d like to hear without audio… 👀

2024-12-27 17:34:59 UTC

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I never watch them, but that’s probably because the artists I like don’t have the budget to do Duran Duran-level videos. I do watch live shows on TV channels such as Arte, however.

2024-11-28 22:23:33 UTC

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It’s definitely a big dog.

2024-11-23 21:08:11 UTC

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There’s also Vaela https://vaela.cc

2024-11-23 21:03:05 UTC

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I think they’re now owned by Sportpursuit. It might be worth signing up to that website – it’s free – because you can get great cut-price bargains on it.

2024-11-23 20:57:33 UTC

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With the major caveat that I’m not a woman you could check out Vulpine. They came up in the UK cycling wave, went under, got taken over a couple of times, but did prioritise womenswear, and sponsored a pro women’s team. I’ve had a pair of their water-resistant trousers, and they’re solid. Anyway, ‘diamond gusset’: https://www.vulpine.cc/collections/womens-trousers-jeans
They also do padded undershorts, which are very good.

2024-11-21 21:21:49 UTC

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Talking about running, what do you do when you’re feeling a bit coldy, sniffly, tired? I did a 9km tempo run this morning, and felt better for it, it I’ve got a 21.1km run lined up for Sunday and I’m (literally) getting cold feet about it, heh heh.

2024-11-19 16:44:06 UTC

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I know I could look it up but what’s a frog cake?

2024-11-08 16:20:54 UTC

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Oh yes, absolutely, not do I. I’m aware of the reasons why. But anything that can stop people becoming victims of scammers is a good thing. And again yes, the billionaires are the worst.

2024-11-08 15:09:36 UTC

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You can often tell if it’s a Bangalore call centre cos of the delay, and the sound quality. I try to string them out as long as I can so they can’t phone defenceless people. An elderly relative got scammed this year. There’s a great YouTube channel called Scammer Payback in which a US guy helps to get people’s money back, and infiltrates the call centres.

2024-11-08 09:53:16 UTC

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I lover her and her films so much.

2024-11-08 08:30:00 UTC

Good morning everybody! #Films #Movies
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2024-11-07 12:16:57 UTC

I have discovered a new way of dealing with phone scammers. Concerned that they may be recording my voice to try to scam automated services, I have taken to wailing/moaning, unintelligibly, in the style of Pingu’s dad having a stroke.
For example:
Scammer: Hello sir, I am calling from [your mobile phone provider]
Me, faintly: Wojdh ghboeghbhhh!
Scammer: Uh, can you speak up a bit please?
Me, louder: WOJDH GHBOEHBHHH!
I recommend it.

2024-11-05 18:07:43 UTC

I’m in a deload week in half-marathon training, so that means it’s OK to eat crisps and drink wine, right? #running #carbloading

2024-10-27 21:40:17 UTC

#films #Movies #Horror #HorrorFIlm #halloween https://mastodon.sdf.org/@AnneBillson/113381500241340678

2024-10-24 21:33:18 UTC

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But how will you know that Carol from number 27 is totally off her chump now?

2024-10-08 14:09:11 UTC

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Glad you know about it. I figured you would but you never know. It’s very good.

2024-10-08 13:02:45 UTC

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I presume you’ve read this?
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2024-09-30 21:03:03 UTC

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Good luck!

2024-09-23 10:52:28 UTC

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Pero si hubieras comprado un coche, le hubieras quitado el techo y hubieras metido las bicicletas en él, no habría habido ningún problema...

2024-09-23 10:48:47 UTC

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Yeah. I find listening to In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg sends me off when I can't sleep. But BBC Sounds runs episodes into each other so I start leaning about Martin Luther, then wake up and they're talking about whales, or Emily Bronte, or the history of papryus or something. So I wake up befuddled and confused.

2024-09-21 14:13:00 UTC

Websites, let’s just take it for granted that I want to reject all cookies, OK?

2024-09-21 07:17:11 UTC

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I Romaine on the fence on this subject

2024-09-17 07:30:07 UTC

Good morning everybody!
#FIlms #Movies
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2024-09-12 15:08:12 UTC

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I’ve and it on here before so sorry for repeating myself but 40 minutes into the film the fire alarm went off in the cinema. It was a false alarm but we used it as a chance to get the hell away from this terrible film.

2024-09-12 14:48:39 UTC

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Absolutely not. It’s utter dogshit. Even on whatever morphine-like drugs they pumped you full of in hospital yesterday you’ll be annoyed at the stupendous stupidity of it.

2024-08-08 15:22:45 UTC

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Every time I go along the tunnel to the Barbican I think of the little rat artwork he did that used to be there until the City of London sand-blasted it off.