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Andrew™

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But wait! I’ve remembered three more! 😁

Alison Wonderland
Alpine
Tegan and Sara

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers 🎧

Amanda Palmer (twice)
Kate Miller-Heidke
Suzanne Vega
Martha Davis

Deplorably, that’s all!

Ten years ago, my annual month listening to only female singers was a struggle. Now I listen to women more than men, so I have progressed on that front.

Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social · 14h

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers

Alison Krauss
Emmylou Harris
Aimee Mann
Belly
Loretta Lynn

January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM

Andrew™

@anxovert.bsky.social

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers 🎧

Amanda Palmer (twice)
Kate Miller-Heidke
Suzanne Vega
Martha Davis

Deplorably, that’s all!

Ten years ago, my annual month listening to only female singers was a struggle. Now I listen to women more than men, so I have progressed on that front.

Nellie Cubed @nelnelnellie.bsky.social · 14h

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers

Alison Krauss
Emmylou Harris
Aimee Mann
Belly
Loretta Lynn

Courtney Wilson @moonsoar.bsky.social · 21h

Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers

The Beaches
Tegan and Sara
Emm Gryner
Dala
Alanna Myles

January 24, 2026 at 5:03 AM

Andrew™

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#NowReading

A dark book cover featuring a large, deep red dahlia flower in full bloom at the centre. The background consists of dark, draped fabric resembling black silk.

Over the flower, the title Frayed Silk is written in a large, elegant, cream coloured script font. At the top of the cover, a tagline in small capital letters reads, "secrets have a way of unraveling... one thread at a time." The author's name, Ella Fields, is printed in a clean, modern font at the bottom.

January 24, 2026 at 4:34 AM

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Andrew™

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Comic-style illustration of a woman with bright lipstick and a single tear rolling down her cheek. The text above her reads, "He says he loves all my imperfections...but I didn't know I had any!"

Artist credit: @PHAEDRAPEER

January 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Andrew™

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#kindlequotes 📚👀 #rombks 💙📚🌶️

A quote from Suze E Prescot on a dark blue background with a silhouette of a person reading under a tree in the bottom left corner. The text reads:

I saw you, in the crowd; felt you rather, watching me and when I saw you, well. I was drawn tae you and wanted tae meet you; then when I met you, I wanted tae touch you; when I touched you, I wanted tae kiss you. After Id kissed you, I wanted, no, needed tae get tae know you better. Thas why I invited you to dinner. His accent was now full-blown Scottish.

The bottom right corner includes the author name Suze E Prescot, the book title Age Perfect: An age gap romance with a twist (Age Perfection Book 1), and the hashtag kindlequotes.

January 24, 2026 at 12:33 AM

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Andrew™

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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh

A photo with the text "ATTEMPTED MURDER" overlaid on a picture of two black birds standing close together on a wooden rail in a grassy field.

January 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM

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Andrew™

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#kindlequotes 📚👀 #rombks 💙📚

A quote from Julia Quinn's "An Offer From a Gentleman" captures the intensity of love at first sight: "Then he'd turned and seen her, and he'd known she was the reason he was there that night; the reason he lived in England; hell, the very reason he'd been born."

January 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM

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Andrew™

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Heads up, ladies (and hot bottoms)!

A sign posted in what appears to be a staff kitchen or break room.

The sign reads "IMPORTANT NOTICE. Will ladies please rinse out teapots, then stand upside down in the sink. ON NO ACCOUNT must hot bottoms be placed on the bench top."

A "50" decoration is partially visible to the left of the sign.

January 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM

Andrew™

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#ACNH #DodoCode

Come leave a notice on my Bulletin Board!

Dodo Code: 4SNMM

#AnimalCrossing

In a bright outdoor plaza from the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the musician K.K. Slider plays an acoustic guitar for Kyle, a yellow wolf villager. To the right, the player character is dressed as the Charlie Brown persona Mr. Sack, wearing a brown paper bag over their head and a yellow shirt with a black zigzag stripe. The character holds a small purple, white, and green flag, matching a design on a wooden box in the foreground. In the background, Freya the pink wolf walks past a shop, while a nearby sign displays a colourful drawing of characters from the show Steven Universe. The scene features a mix of brick paving, green grass, and stone paths.

January 23, 2026 at 11:04 PM

Andrew™

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🎨 @chrissimpsons.bsky.social

A digital illustration in a surreal, cartoon style featuring a pink, quadrupedal human creature standing in a grassy field. The creature has a pale, bald human head with small blue eyes and a slight smile, a large bulbous pink body, and four human legs. A large, vibrant rainbow arcs across a light blue sky filled with white clouds, with green hills in the background. Black text to the right of the creature reads, if you are seeing this the curse has been lifted have a nice day.

January 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Andrew™

@anxovert.bsky.social

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I fell in love with both Anthea and Shay, and their rich girl/poor girl interracial dynamic was a joy to read. This is a slow burn romance with a delicious payoff that is all the sweeter when it comes.

🌈📚👀 #rombks 💙📚🌶️ #lesfic

Andrew™ @anxovert.bsky.social · 9d

#NowReading

Book cover for Car Pool by Karin Kallmaker. The top half features a photograph of a red car with the passenger door open. A person wearing a red high heeled pump is stepping out of the car onto the pavement. The title Car Pool is written at the top in red cursive and block lettering. The bottom half of the cover shows the author name in large black letters against a grey asphalt background, with a subtitle identifying her as a Lambda Literary Award winning author.

January 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM

Andrew™

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Frank Turner and Esmé Patterson sing about the Challenger disaster and Christa McAuliffe.

For a decade this song has been stuck in my head.

There is no official video, so this fan made one will have to do.

youtube.com/watch?v=wrgN... 🎧

Frank Turner - Silent key (Unofficial Music Video

YouTube video by Data FromStarTrek

youtube.com

January 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM

Andrew™

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#NowWatching 📽️ 🎧

Watch Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line online – Prime Video

It was them against the world. Midnight Oil brought a political understanding to a musical generation. We examine the life of the nation through the prism of the 40 year history of a unique rock band ...

app.primevideo.com

January 23, 2026 at 6:53 AM

Andrew™

@anxovert.bsky.social

Contractors working on our roof today. Being hyper-vigilant listening for people knocking on the door, even after they have agreed not to, is exhausting.

January 23, 2026 at 3:18 AM

Andrew™

@anxovert.bsky.social

An image featuring a quote* and a classical depiction of Pythagoras. At the top, black text reads: Every triangle is a love triangle when you love triangles. Pythagoras.

Below the text is a painting of Pythagoras, a man with a long brown beard wearing a white and yellow toga. He stands between stone columns, holding a white three dimensional triangle in his right hand. In the background, there is a blue sky with a smaller triangle containing dots, as well as classical architecture and various scientific instruments like a globe and scrolls.

*of dubious historical accuracy

January 23, 2026 at 2:48 AM

Andrew™

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#ACNH #DodoCode

Come leave a notice on my Bulletin Board!

Dodo Code: 8R0GN

#AnimalCrossing

A screenshot from the video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons featuring a sunny day on a grassy island. On the left, a pear tree frames a view of the brick town plaza, where the character Kicks stands under a blue umbrella and Kyle the wolf villager walks past. A Resident Services building is visible in the background alongside a flag with lavender, white, and green stripes. On the right, the player character stands beside a wooden sign with a colourful custom artwork. The character is dressed in a yellow shirt with a black zigzag and a brown paper bag over their head, a look inspired by Charlie Brown in his Mr. Sack persona. Green trees and a blue sky with light clouds complete the scene.

January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM

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Andrew™

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Do it today and avoid the rush!

Three cartoon pigs engaging in different activities, presented under the header "Self Care Day Ideas."

On the left, a pig in a yellow dress is crying with tears shown flying from its eyes.

In the center, another pig in a blue outfit is lying on its back with closed eyes, appearing to be asleep.

On the right, a pig dressed in yellow and blue is holding and eating a pickle.

Each activity is labelled below the respective pig: "Have a cry," "Take a nap," and "Eat a pickle."

January 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Andrew™

@anxovert.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=ne3D... 🎧

Frank Turner - No Thank You For The Music (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Frank Turner

youtube.com

January 22, 2026 at 5:50 AM

Andrew™

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Seeking: Paper-bag hood

I *need* to get my hands on this #AnimalCrossing clothing item! If you have it in your catalogue and are happy to let me pick it up (or to drop one off to my island), please let me know so we can do the 🦤 thing.

#ACNH #NintendoSwitch #Nintendo

An info box from the game Animal Crossing New Horizons featuring the Paper bag hood. The item is a brown paper bag designed to be worn over a character head, with two uneven, hand cut eye holes. The top edge of the bag is slightly crumpled. Below the image, a table lists the buy price as 140 Bells and the sell price as 35 Bells. It notes the item is obtained via Mabel or the Able Sisters shop. The styles category is listed as Cool, the Label theme as Goth, and the primary and secondary colours are both Beige.

January 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM

Andrew™

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#NowWatching 📽️

www.imdb.com/title/tt1981...

Pitch Perfect (2012) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy, Music, Romance

1h 52m | PG-13

www.imdb.com

January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM

Andrew™

@anxovert.bsky.social

#NowWatching 📽️

www.imdb.com/title/tt0095...

Hairspray (1988) ⭐ 7.0 | Comedy, Drama, Family

1h 32m | PG

www.imdb.com

January 21, 2026 at 6:54 AM

Andrew™

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An illustration divided into two panels by a vertical line. The left panel shows a vertical battery icon that is almost empty, with only a small sliver of red at the bottom. Text above it reads, "YOU WOULDN'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR PHONE."

The right panel shows a cartoon woman with dark hair tied back, looking exhausted with heavy bags under her eyes. Her feet are replaced by small red battery icons, also showing a low charge. Text above her reads, "DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU EITHER."

At the bottom of the image, centered text states, "SELF CARE IS A PRIORITY. NOT A LUXURY."

The handle itsahappyworld is written near the woman.

January 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM

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Jeff Vande Zande

@jeffvandezande.bsky.social

I’m on our local @npr.org station helping raise funds for programming. For a $40 donation, you can get a signed copy of my #gothic #horrorbook, The Dance of Rotten Sticks. A donor will add $50 to your donation. Get a book and support truth!

#booksky

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