Happy International Coffee Day! A German word that describes a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It essentially means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe any weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"

Glorious

"It's terrifying." 🚨 AUDIO ARTISTS LIVING IN FEAR OF AI This weekend's article in The Telegraph featuring Equity Audio's #MarcusHutton and @equityuk.bsky.social Screen & New Media's #LaurenceBouvard. Thank you to both for highlighting this issue so eloquently. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/actors-...

“That’s a whole different kettle of fish” in other languages... 5. This is flour from another sack (Spanish) 4. That’s another pair of sleeves (French) 3. These are another pair of wellies (Polish) 2. That’s a cousin from a different auntie (Malay) 1. This is a different dish of cabbage (Hungarian)

"You must come and see our dugout. It is a treat as we have a wooden floor in it and cover the ceiling and walls with canvas to prevent the mice throwing soil on us." For the rest of this letter from George in a #WW1 #WesternFront #dugout see georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/l...

In the last few years my workplace has lost a lot of staff with international heritage. It’s less interesting, less delightful.

"Whistling for London taxis was banned, people were forbidden to loiter near bridges, it was an offence to buy alcoholic drinks for other, and fines were issued for making white flour instead of wholewheat." More on crime in #WW1 georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/9...

Letter from George in the trenches to his seven-year-old brother "The Huns sent a few shells over this afternoon searching for our artillery and smashed our ration cupboard and dirtied our clean plates." georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/l...

Acting is mostly auditioning, so turn yer phone off…

'On reaching the German trenches, the British were naturally pleased to find coffee, which had been kept hot in a huge Thermos flask, as well as cognac, cigars and cigarettes.' More on the #LiverpoolScottish on the 1915 #FWW #WesternFront at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/3...

An English phrase for describing two things (or people) that are completely different is “like chalk and cheese.” A similar phrase in Czech is jako nebe a dudy. It means “like heaven and bagpipes.”

Killing children. Starvation as a weapon of war. Targeting aid workers. These are all RED LINES. Many more have been crossed by Israel. As the UK gvmt breaks for summer, we demand it takes action to end its complicity in these atrocities in #Gaza bit.ly/RedLine__Mosaic#Gaza 📸 Andy Aitchison / Oxfam

Left London 23rd 5am At Lpool 10am George is home on leave for the first time since November – hoorah! More at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/2...

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid

Equity President, Lynda Rooke, shares some wise words outside the High Court this morning. We now wait for the judgement in the coming weeks. Win or lose, Equity will always keep fighting for our members.

Today is the day. We're at the High Court as Equity's case against Spotlight's fees is heard. Read about the case: tinyurl.com/EquityCourtCase

Lovely info here on how British soldiers used local place names in the trenches

Why are Spotlight's fees a 'tax on hope'? Ahead of our upcoming legal case against Spotlight, Equity Vice-President Jackie Clune breaks down exactly what the ‘tax on hope’ is and why we’re fighting for fairness in our industry.

Needing a duvet is a distant memory

Fine sunny morning Heavy rain in the afternoon Move off to firing line at 7pm Long weary march up to the line through teeming rain. Enter through long commun ication trench many chaps miss floor boards + fall in mud + water. [...] More at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/1...

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

Ugh

OTD 1915 one British soldier in Flanders was eating, fishing, sleeping and appreciating art. Being able to compartmentalise may have helped him to cope with the constant sonic reminders of the horrors of the continuing war.

How to entrap me

📣Behind the Scenes: share your story of working as an actor or stage management in the current climate Take the Actor’s Benevolent Fund (ABF) survey now: surveysconnect.co.uk/WebProd/cgi-... To thank you for your time, you can enter a prize draw too!

PLEASE SIGN @equityuk.bsky.social's OPEN LETTER TO #PACT - DEMAND *BETTER* IN AI. Takes 30 secs and will send a strong message during our current negotiations with PACT. Thank you. 🙏🏻✊🏻 www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/op...

Feels like a metaphor for my life haha

Turns out Scotland’s midsummer sunset is about an hour later than London’s. Take that, London.

Indulging my Scottish genes. The walk on the Road to the Isles from Corrour to Rannoch is glorious.

Numbers vs Words, round 3! We’ve had fun doing these: hope they are just as enjoyable to watch. Let us know your favourite here 👇🏻 tomrocksmaths.com/2025/06/10/num…

New Adam Curtis series incoming! I love his style youtu.be/AQc8625Y03g?...

The Two Ronnie’s reference in Doctor Who made me hoot.

Ah, the good old days. Making my way home on a Saturday, late for Doctor Who. All is right with the world.

Essential advice for members: www.equity.org.uk/campaigns-po...

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER UNETHICAL AI EXPLOITATION EquityAudio calls on @readspeaker.com - who claim to "empower accessibility & inclusion" - and #ScotRail to reconsider selling and using Gayanne's voice without her consent. #StopAIStealingTheShow✊🏻 @equityuk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is basically me

There’s a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is. Thank you, Douglas Adams. #TowelDay

+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+ We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items. hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

Few whiz bangs + rifle grenades on Q1. Out at night in front of trench cutting the long corn which would give good cover to an attacking enemy Corn, poppies and venturing in front of the trenches - this day on the 1915 #WW1 #Western Front at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/2...

Fun linguistic fact of the day. We used to speak of 'messagers' and 'passagers' before they became 'messengers' and 'passengers', since they were borrowings from French. Speakers in the Middle Ages decided to throw in what linguists call an 'intrusive n' to make them easier to say.

Yusss. This week’s Doctor Who is wonderful in every way. Thank you, @junodawson.bsky.social and all involved!

#AUDIBLE TO ROLL OUT END TO END AI VOICE NARRATION ON THEIR AUDIOBOOK CONTENT. We call on Audible to engage with us over this decision and its repercussions. Read our statement below and PLEASE RT if you agree. 🙏🏻 #StopAIStealingTheShow @equityuk.bsky.social

I cannot even begin to express how disappointed I am by this announcement. Make sure you use the term "-virtual_voice" when searching for something on Audible. Alternatively, visit publishers who are still supporting human narrators, like Penguin and SNR Audio. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

This is just short-sighted and frankly insulting. There are books I've discovered and cherished BECAUSE of the readers. I wouldn't have gotten into the Reacher or Berlin Noir books if not for Jeff Harding; I cannot imagine the Baroque Cycle without Simon Prebble's exquisite sardonic tone.

Very foggy in the morning which cleared up + gave place to very hot day. Scene from trench of innumerable patches of yellow flowers of the turnip going to seed. Plenty of heavy shell fired into our Reserves. Word about havoc of German Gases (D+C) georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/4...

I’m late to the party, but I’ve just learned the term Vertical Drama

Just shared a couple of minutes enjoying the sunshine with the local cat. Priceless

Parliament to debate ban on Spotlight and other casting directory fees A proposed amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, which would close the loophole that allows casting directories to charge work-seekers, is scheduled to be debated in the House of Lords.

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