MUTATE: silence a toxic YouTube 'influencer' POSTURE: Ultravox after Midge left PRELATE: on time

To be honest, I've never really understood why it isn't called an "n-turn".

A batch of Catholic orders of service with study notes has been confiscated at the border, as international treaties forbid the Vatican from possessing guided missals. #LunchPun

Hitching a lift. For #BirdOfTheDay which is swans #ukbirds #photography #EastCoastKin

It’s blowing a gale out there. Not a good day to land at Bilbao airport.

Electron: to bring democracy to the grid. Neutron: Jared Leto Boson: sweaty offspring

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary MUON: To continue imitating a cow.

#BirdOfTheDay #posts A young kestrel on a lamp-post in San Pedro de Alcántara, near Marbella.

Good morning. The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #swans and the alternative is #posts birds perched on any type of post. Obviously I am so skilled at the art of concealment neither swan saw me. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

I tried to pay cash at the plagiarism store.. but they only take credit.

Right I'm going to leave these Kingfishers here, seeing as my Co-Host of BOTD @alan678.bsky.social loves them so much 😂 He's obsessed with them but never found out where they live, so I have to share some of mine to keep him happy 😂 Off to a JLS Concert to keep the boss happy #birds #EastCoastKin

It just hits different... ...when a Curve-billed Thrasher 'looks down his nose' at you. 🫠 🌿 Enjoy the judgement on #ThrasherThursday! 🤘😶‍🌫️ 📸 Toxostoma curvirostre 🪶 #Mimidae #BirdLovers #Photography

Spot the pied wagtail in Getxo this morning. #birds

Incoming mallards. #birds

A lesser egret under a bridge on the River Gobela in Getxo this morning. #birds

A very distant kingfisher. I only managed one pic before it dived into the water & then shot off up the flood relief culvert towards the river. #birds

Just room for one sandwich tern on each buoy on the bay in Getxo. #birds

A kestrel I spotted yesterday but just couldn't get a clear shot of. #birds #stickhappens

A couple of pictures from short walks. First, a grey wagtail on the River Gobela in Getxo yesterday. #birds

On today's on board menu! @edcarver.bsky.social @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social 🤔🤔🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

To quote one of the comments under the YouTube video, "my guitar doesn't do that". Sheer wizardry. youtu.be/QnUG-SgILy8?...

Porrón europeo Parrulo euroasiático Common pochard Tafeleend (Aythya ferina ) Laguna de El Taray . Toledo #birds 🪶 #aves #nature #naturaleza #CastillaLaMancha

Promiser : professional skinflint. #UxbridgeEnglishDictionary

When my friend was a P&O crewman he was really distracted. He was always away with the ferries. #LunchPun

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary CADILLAC: a shortage of golfers' assistants.

#BirdOfTheDay #DucksOutOfWater A couple of Christmas-dinner-for-twelve-sized Muscovy ducks on the banks of the River Gobela in Getxo, northern Spain.

“It's five thousand miles to Rome. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.” “Hit it.”

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary LAMBENTLY: A luxury car for sheep farmers.

Paul Butterfield & John Sebastian - Amazing Grace (harmonica duet). Just digitising this LP found in a 2nd-hand record shop last week & this last track is making the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Wow. youtu.be/nBpPx0lVHZQ?...

It’d be easy to shoot someone while they’re having their portrait painted. They’d be a sitter. #LunchPun

The 🪶Mandarin Duck - IMO the most BEAUTIFUL duck in the world! This one was #paddling with the Mallards in the National Botanic Garden in Dublin and close enough to me to capture with my iPhone. #BirdOfTheDay #IrelandBirds

#BirdOfTheDay #paddling A common ringed plover in Leioa, northern Spain.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary CABINET: A social media platform for taxi drivers.

Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds with any yellow colouring. I’ve went with paddling and this Little Egret. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A importancia da colocación dos adxectivos, porque non é o mesmo un falso negativo ca un negativo falso.

Eric Bogle revisiting his own song 38 years after writing it. There are lots of great covers (The Pogues, June Tabor & The Dubliners for instance), but this is the version I keep coming back to. youtu.be/cnFzCmAyOp8?...

For today's birds #OnTheGround theme set, let's go with an American Coot with its weird Coot Feet, a Sandhill Crane baby with wings akimbo, an (underrated) Spotted Towhee, and a quail on snowy ground. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography

Mallard of the day. #birds

...but black redstart nº 2 was even cuter. #birds

Black redstart nº 1 of the day was particularly cute... #birds

I'm not sure what this magpie has found in the grass, but it looks well pleased with it. #birds

Lesser egret 2/2 #birds

Today's lesser egret was foraging on the River Gobela in Getxo. 1/2 #birds

#BirdOfTheDay #BirdsOnTheGround A common redstart in a children’s play area in Getxo, northern Spain.

I keep a CD of my songs among my collection of ancient flint tools so I can tell people I’ve got an album in the cherts. #LunchPun

Eric Bogle - No Man’s Land (The Green Fields Of France) youtu.be/M-38PB_5ozc?...

For Armistice Day. youtu.be/GRj4DR5JTdY?...

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary FRIGHTENERS: To cook banknotes in hot oil.

This has always been my favourite track from Bert Jansch’s Heartbreak album. I had no idea there was a live version of it out there. It’s wonderful. youtu.be/ydqIiLPxMmg?...