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I work with universities to help them work better. #HigherEducationPostcard #FreyaDog Liable to proselytize about #ClimateChange #HigherEducation #Consultant #Swansea #Deltiologist #SWFC

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So our evening just included trying to remember when Brotherhood of Man won Eurovision, so that’s how things are going down in Swansea

07.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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#TheRugby

07.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A monochrome β€˜spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage

A monochrome β€˜spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?

From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please β€˜like’ or share this one?)

07.03.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 1235 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 69

Never had to deal with those!

07.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'Tis the season for plucking sycamore shoots out from the garden before they get problematically big

07.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

lol!

07.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,722 3/6

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Late into the night, and the Professors Dott - Dolly and Dotty - were in their lab, staring at the inscription, trying to make sense of it

07.03.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

anybody?

06.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
The 15th Anniversary Escape Pod book, but the typefaces makes it look a bit like ESCAPE POO.

The 15th Anniversary Escape Pod book, but the typefaces makes it look a bit like ESCAPE POO.

I think one of these books would benefit from a different font.

06.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

I always find it hard to pin down precise shades - I need a pantone chart!

06.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Its a lovely blue - and also quite close to Oxford Blue, to my eyes anyway!

06.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Why do you want to have a 1970s music pavilion at the Shakespeare festival?"

"It features wine made by the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party!"

"But how does that make it anything to do with Shakespeare?"

"Mao is the vintner of our disco tent!"

[Exit, pursued by a bear]

12.10.2023 14:57 πŸ‘ 264 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

Can confirm - this is the A40 just before Monmouth after you come off the M50

06.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump now requiring Iran's "unconditional surrender"

But I thought that the US hadn't declared war - how can you unconditionally surrender when no formal state of war exists?

Further evidence that the US government does not give two hoots for international law or the norms of diplomacy

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2 photographs of a biography of Marty Feldman. One has googly eyes added but it looks virtually the same.

2 photographs of a biography of Marty Feldman. One has googly eyes added but it looks virtually the same.

Every time we see this Marty Feldman book it reminds us of that time we stuck googly eyes on it but all that happened was it looked even more like Marty Feldman. πŸ‘€

06.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 500 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Β£453k per year all in

06.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is great πŸ₯°

06.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 6649 πŸ” 1304 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 93
Image from Twitter

Image from Twitter

06.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I think they'll be playing increasingly down the right wing but struggling to get it into the centre

06.03.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is streaming within comprehensives a better approach?

06.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly!

As a policy, giving each child the best education for them is laudable

Do grammar schools do that?

For some, yes

And what about the others?

06.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting discussion

Does the 11+ reliably select the brightest?

06.03.2026 10:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
a white hand with black nail varnish holding a linoprint in black on thick paper. A stylised crow is strutting along carrying a tiny human skull between two trees and beneath a moon

a white hand with black nail varnish holding a linoprint in black on thick paper. A stylised crow is strutting along carrying a tiny human skull between two trees and beneath a moon

✨check out this strutting fella: "Skull thief" - limited-edition linoprint on thick deckled-edge Fabriano paper

shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/skul... #art #artsky #printmaking #witchsky #crow

06.03.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I propose an exhibition match between Spurs and Sheffield Wednesday

Although the chance of a 0-0 draw is high, it might give one of the sides the boost they need

#swfc #wawaw

06.03.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
HQ - Howard Jones - New Song - Top of the Pops 1983
HQ - Howard Jones - New Song - Top of the Pops 1983 YouTube video by 80smusicdude

youtu.be/x8JskI33wzU?...

06.03.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll only win if we have Howard Jones's gimp-dancer

06.03.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Q: What do you call a Mercian king who has reduced his prices?
A: Special Offa

06.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œEvery gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”

-Dwight Eisenhower 1953

06.03.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 3196 πŸ” 1160 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 37

What a knobhead!

06.03.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0