Please know, my friend, it is completely understandable if today you are finding that it is impossible to focus on your normal routine, indeed, my friend, what is harder to understand is that today so many people are somehow continuing to just go about their routines.

This BBC News Online piece will be the most effective publicity my new documentary about Flight into Danger gets. So if you have enjoyed the programme, think you may enjoy it, or are just a kind soul, if you could please share this anywhere you think it may be worth sharing, I'd be very grateful!

Don’t you just love a typo

Are we suffering from benevolence debt? As a Covid-Conscious person, your choice to continue with masking and mitigations is part of the legacy you're building. It matters more than you'll ever know. guinesspig.ghost.io/a-little-gol...

Idea: clone of that pressure washing game but you’re removing crudely spray-painted England flags

My joke about numbers usually does well in Scotland but it was one too twee for Fife.

You may win! Let's be honest, the chances are slim. BUT YOU MIGHT! However, tickets are just £2, and whatever happens, if you buy a ticket or two, you're helping out two brilliant schools. If you fancy sharing this with your friends, enemies, followers etc, that'd be ace. tinyurl.com/37nb7fae

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Hello. I'm doing another raffle. You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice. All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools. Tickets are just £2 each Details HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... PLEASE Repost (ta).

Would you like to win a summery Cornish care package? My latest novel ("a captivating tale" - HEAT), Cornish tea, honey and Parmesan thins. Just repost this and I'll put you in the draw! Ends Sunday 22 June, then I'll draw the winner. (UK only, sorry!) #Cornwall #books 💙📚

This 3yr anniversary that won't be in the news! When the UK government rolled out the "Living with Covid" policy it simply scrapped protections and shifted to personal responsibility. For most, it meant "back to normal." For Clinically Vulnerable people, life became harder. 1/🧵

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[at the zoo] Friend: … are you *sure*? Me: Yep. That's a male over there. Friend: A "zebro"? Me: That's what they're called. Zeb-broooo. Friends: I'll ask the zoo keeper [2 minutes later] Friend: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET ME ASK THE ZOO KEEPER!

Anyone in the uk want some individually sealed alpha solway duckbill ffp2 masks? They’re too small for me (a fattie) and I ended up with the 3m duckbill ones instead, while my partner swears by 3m Aura. Free to a good home - expiry date April 2026. #covid #masks #ppe

I always say any of our moggies can come back to the shelter any time, but this one was hard. 2.5 years after @lisybabe.bsky.social adopted our gorgeous visually-impaired ginger boy Biscuit, we found out last night that Lisa had passed away in her home.

Vegan Julie Andrews walks into Starbucks and orders the Do Re Mi Fa Soy Latte.

Eversneezer Scrooge is such an asshole that he almost ruins Christmas for his best employee, Bob Maskit. Can the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future intervene and turn things around? Find out in 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a story for our times. guinesspig.ghost.io/a-covid-chri...

There is a certain genre of news story that is starting to wind me up. It's the "I thought I had Long Covid, but then I found out I had [insert symptom of Long Covid]" genre.

We need #CleanAirInHealthcare urgently. Anyone based in the UK can sign this petition. Forward to friends & family, see how many signatures you can gather in your network, see if you can bump your area up the leaderboard... ⬇️✍️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't cure a disease by pretending it doesn't exist.