florence pew: thread

Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“care”

Niche. @quiresandplaces.com

Ready for Halloween 🥺

Extraordinary batting performance in India-Aus semi final at the moment

Thought the Times had been hoaxed. Turns out to be so much better than that

I’m loving the celebrity traitors, but I’ve been saying from the start that it’s such an interesting case study on unconscious bias and race. This piece by Elizabeth day articulates it better than me: theelizabethday.substack.com/p/what-celeb...

Someone’s ready for a party

My glitterball cake

Afghanistan's Cricket Board says three players were among those killed as violence continues despite extended truce.

Stunning harvest flowers and loaf at church today

There's a big online maker sale today, a lot of my favourite indie brands are participating. It's not all seconds, but it is all bargains! Excellent for discovering new makers and early Christmas pressies. #SuperSecondsFestival

🎬How World Cups were built www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3rA...

A must-read about a landmark moment not just in women’s sport but in SPORT.

On the Thameslink and some absolute hero has just gone and asked someone else watching loud videos if they could use some headphones 👏🏾

SL would have been better off sending in Sanath Jayasuriyah for this super over

Watching the Proms and the *sound engineering* for the typewriter piece 👌🏾

This is an incredibly upsetting, important read

Stripping Palestinians of the ability to enter a safe country while being denied the most basic human rights at home is blatant collective punishment and a clear deprivation of dignity and humanity. Millions are forced to live under occupation, without water, electricity, or

🎥 Gaza’s Vanishing Stadiums The football story that is being ignored. Hundred’s of footballers killed, stadiums destroyed, illegal matches in occupied territories and almost complete silence from FIFA. Please watch and share our latest film here 👇 youtu.be/cfjDXFif8Yw?...

Another day, another facepaint request from Clementine

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif. He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza. Speechless.

Gave my sons @nigella.bsky.social “how to eat” with an instruction to choose a recipe and go buy the ingredients. They chose roast lamb. Almost came a cropper when they then saw it needs 30 hours marinade but we left it overnight and ate it today - delicious!

@soozuk.bsky.social I think it was you chatting about this a couple a months ago? 7-Up is apparently returning for a 70-Up.

People are starving to death, or being gunned down while desperately trying to access food at aid sites — even journalists are in grave danger. This abhorrent situation cannot be allowed to continue www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues. Food prices have increased 40 fold. UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza. Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

My lovely daughter turns 5 today and I will never not share my ridiculous labour report. I look back on it now and kind of laugh but it was deeply distressing to not be believed by the midwife that the baby really was very shortly on her way.

The new cat bed arrived

At a narrow bridge I noticed the car flashing me through had an reg ending in LBW. Rather than giving the standard hand raise of thanks, I gave an umpire single finger "out" signal. They replied with a 4 runs arm wave. One of the greatest human interactions of my life.

Still time to enter the 2025 MCC Young Female Broadcaster of the Year competition. #cricket www.lords.org/mcc/the-club...

11 years since Ezekiel made it into the press box at Lord’s

Got to be happy for SA and Bavuma there 🏏

Me: “I’m going to have such a nice non-working day as I’m not doing drop-off today! Bit of a sleep-in, relaxed morning!” Child 2, leaving house without his violin on the day of his lesson: “the heck you will”.

"This isn't aid. It's a mouse trap." - important, harrowing piece this:

Even the cat knows it’s too wet to play

King / Queen / KING

on point meme by Abhiram Krishna.

Ezekiel’s birthday cake

This is the strongest, most unequivocal language on Gaza I think I’ve heard out of the UK and France. And Canada’s position has notably changed this year too www.gov.uk/government/n...

As ever, the Omar El Akkad quote sums up Palestine the best. “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside, everyone will always have been against this”

As someone who has experienced pregnancy loss on multiple occasions, I can barely think of anything more traumatising at that time.

Happy Barber Day to all the pensions industry folk!

Xenomorph head, for Ezekiel’s party.

Job alert: Project Archivist, St Paul's Cathedral www.stpauls.co.uk/vacancies/pr...