Interested in which demographic feels they need a watch this accurate.

Reading people showing outrage about the USA attack on Venezuela being illegal is like reading about Piggy shouting "I've got the conch' again and again. We're beyond this now.

Shortcuts. A Willerby Story. The village shortcuts aren't safe. Stay out. willerby.substack.com/p/shortcuts

I think everyone needs to have a snowday party on sort of literal ice these days. As in a no messing schedule of activities beginning with a wholesome snowman construction and finishing with mulled wine/hot cocoa. These days they are too rare not to have a plan.

Reading people showing outrage about the USA attack on Venezuela being illegal is like reading about Piggy shouting "I've got the conch' again and again. We're beyond this now.

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever been given was by a friend who told me that Orion by Metallica is exactly that right length to tidy and clean a messy kitchen to as long as you really commit to it.

Minus 6 here tomorrow. I love this. I like to post about it loads and send messages to my American friends so everyone can go "MINUS 6 IT GETS TO ABSOLUTE ZERO HERE HOW DARE YOU SAY YOU ARE COLD?"

It is possible to think someone is a despot and also think the manner in which they were removed is wrong. Not getting that is just childish.

I suppose the thinking point is how much do we believe of the ending is real? Which I like. It's sort of choose your own adventure. Which fits with the D and D theme a bit.

Well I loved the last Stranger Things.

#FridayFive. New year, more beginnings etc. 1. Just Like Starting Over. John Lennon. 2. Apply Some Pressure. Maximo Park. 3. First Day of My Life. Bright Eyes 4. This Is the Day. The The. 5. Feeling Good. Nina Simone.

#FridayFive letting the new in. 1. Let it happen. Tame Impala. 2. It's not up to you. Björk. 3. The Sun Rising. The Beloved. 4.Better Things. Massive Attack & Tracey Thorn. 5. Anew day. Mary Margaret O'Hara.

#Fridayfive thanks to #TrackOfTheDay players for these ❤️ She Rises and She Glows - Linhy Best Day of My Life - American authors Living my Best Life - Ben Rector How Beautiful Life Could Be - The Lathums Be yourself - Audioslave 2025 started so badly but ended brilliantly so here's to 2026!

1. Shake it off. Taylor Swift 2. Wake up boo. Boo Radleys 3. Ready or not. Fugees 4. Don’t stop me now. Queen 5. Show’em whatcha got. Public Enemy #FridayFive is getting ready for back to school!

Happy New Year @bennewmark.bsky.social & the #FridayFive crew! 2026 promises me a new year, new job & a new house - so these seem appropriate. 🎈 "Feeling Good" - Nina Simone 🪴 "The Climb” – Miley Cyrus 🎉 "Brave” - Sara Bareilles 🌱 “High Hopes” - Panic at the Disco ✨ “Bad Day" - Daniel Powter

1. Here comes the sun - The Beatles 2. Movin on up - Primal Scream 3. Keep on running - Spencer Davis Group 4. Turning of the Tide - Richard Thompson 5. This is the day - The The #FridayFive

Happy New Year to #FridayFive & @bennewmark.bsky.social 2026 promises a new year, job & a house for me, so these seem apt. 🎈 "Feeling Good" - Nina Simone 🪴 "The Climb” – Miley Cyrus 🎉 "Brave” - Sara Bareilles 🌱 “High Hopes” - Panic at the Disco ✨ “Bad Day" - Daniel Powter 🤔 What would you choose?

#Fridayfive new beginning * "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel * "Here Comes the Sun" - The Beatles * “January” - Pilot * “Mr Blue Sky” -ELO * “Dog Days Are Over” - Florence + the Machine

1. What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong 2. Show must go on - Queen 3. Heroes - David Bowie 4. Lovely Day - Bill Withers 5. Just Fine - Mary J. Blige #fridayfive

#FridayFive. New year, more beginnings etc. Just the vibe is fine. 1. Moving on Up - Primal Scream 2. Feeling Good - Nina Simone 3. Rise - Superfruit or Katy Perry 4. Beautiful Day - U2 5. Shake it Off - Florence & the Machine

#FridayFive 1 Beginning – Durutti Column 2 It’s The New Thing – The Fall 3 Start! – The Jam 4 A New Career In A New Town – David Bowie 5 Try Again – Big Star

#FridayFive 1. New Life. Depeche Mode 2. Juice. Lizzo 3. A Little Less Conversation. Elvis 4. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. Daft Punk 5. Something Good. Utah Saints

#FridayFive 1. New Shoes - Paolo Nutini 2. I'm A Believer - The Monkees 3. Yes - McAlmont and Butler 4. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield 5. New Beginning - Tracy Chapman

1. First Day of My Life, Bright Eyes 2. Don’t Stop, Fleetwood Mac 3. Something Changed, Pulp 4. I’m Coming Out, Diana Ross 5. The Distance, CAKE. #newbeginnings

#FridayFive 1 One Day - Bjork 2 If Not Now, It’s Soon - Self-Esteem 3 Magnificent (She Says) - Elbow 3 High Hopes - Shed Seven 4 Start Beginning - Nizlopi

1. Who’s afraid of little old me? - Taylor Swift 2. I'm on my way - The Proclaimers 3. Here comes the sun - The Beetles 4. The Universal - Blur 5. Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield #FridayFive

#FridayFive 1. (Just like) Starting Over - John Lennon 2. I can see clearly now - Jimmy Cliff 3. Build something better - Grace Petrie 4. I'm on my way - The Proclaimers 5. Another year - Labi Siffre

#FridayFive 1. Waking up. Elastica 2. Eye of the tiger. Survivor 3. Let me see. Morcheeba 4. Moving on up. Primal Scream 5. Good luck. Basement Jaxx

Brand New Start - Paul Weller A New England - Billy Bragg Getting Started - Sam Fender Begin the begin - REM We’re going to be friends - White Stripes #fridayfive

#FridayFive. New year, more beginnings etc 1. Imagine - John Lennon 2. Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland 3. New Morning - Bob Dylan 4. Here Comes The Sun - Beatles 5. I can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

Really feeling today’s #FridayFive as I start to gear up for starting a new job 🤩

1 Returning to myself again - Brandi Carlile 2 The New Year - Death Cab 3 Turn the Page - The Streets 4 A new career in a new town - Bowie 5 January hymn - Decemberists #FridayFive

#FridayFive new year ish 1. Shine David gray 2 blue Monday new order 3 go break the ice band of holy joy 4 silver lining first aid kit 5 I’m beginning to see the light velvet underground

#FridayFive 1. Good luck - Basement Jack 2. Great Things - Echobelly 3. The Best is Yet to Come - Tony Bennett & Diana Krall 4. Autobahn - Kraftwerk 5. Going for Gold - Shed Seven

#FridayFive. New year, more beginnings etc. Just the vibe is fine. 1. Wide Open Spaces. The Chicks. 2. Back to Livin' Again. Curtis Mayfield. 3. Finest Worksong. REM. 4. Unwritten. Natasha Bedingfield. 5. So fresh so clean. Outkast.

Running around a frozen reservoir while listening to For Emma.. this is going to put me in a very good mood.

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I don't miss twitter. Moving here has been absolutely fine. I use social media less as a result. That's also fine.

"From a phone booth in Vegas, Jesse calls at 5am, to tell me how she's tired, of all of them."

A test that's all: 'What do you do if a child tells you something of concern? a) Bake scones b) Tell the DSL c) Organise a trip to Alton Towers for Yr6'

I just wrote this for a project I am working on and it basically sums up the last 4 years of my life working in school improvement

What is the noise you make when you see your cat running towards the cat flap with a "present" as you sprint to get there first so you can lock it?

The problem with being against *everything* as the M**l is, is that when you get what you say you want, you're still unhappy.

Energy dip mid "it's got to get worse before it gets better" stage send help.

"I could totally live on my own in a cabin in Alaska. I'd hunt caribou and listen to For Emma on repeat in the evenings."

Doing The Big Tidy today. Always starts with little decisions about which specific box that marble should go in and by the end I'm wondering whether it would be easier to fake my own death and move to a remote island.

Saw this and was absolutely thrilled because I thought the Serie A award for player of the month was a customised shirt with the player's face on it

Brilliant games. Cleverly plotted, funny and actually scary. Point and click excellence.

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