Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale)
@belovedsnail.bsky.social
reads, walks & occasionally eats.
Likes conversations. Posts pictures of her pets.
Retailer. Mentor. Sometime MeFite. Perpetually restless.
Living in the Hague. She/her. 🇳🇱/🇺🇸
Opinions are my own.
Likes conversations. Posts pictures of her pets.
Retailer. Mentor. Sometime MeFite. Perpetually restless.
Living in the Hague. She/her. 🇳🇱/🇺🇸
Opinions are my own.
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Shylights, Studio Drift. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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My rent is due today, and I am about 100USD short
I was hoping some of the clients would clear out my payment 🥲
If you can comfortably commission me for something, from stories or buying high res versions of my photograph.
#MutualAid — I'd rather you get something from shop (than just donate!) ❣️
I was hoping some of the clients would clear out my payment 🥲
If you can comfortably commission me for something, from stories or buying high res versions of my photograph.
#MutualAid — I'd rather you get something from shop (than just donate!) ❣️
February 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
My rent is due today, and I am about 100USD short
I was hoping some of the clients would clear out my payment 🥲
If you can comfortably commission me for something, from stories or buying high res versions of my photograph.
#MutualAid — I'd rather you get something from shop (than just donate!) ❣️
I was hoping some of the clients would clear out my payment 🥲
If you can comfortably commission me for something, from stories or buying high res versions of my photograph.
#MutualAid — I'd rather you get something from shop (than just donate!) ❣️
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It's a beautiful day to organize the working class 🌞
February 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
It's a beautiful day to organize the working class 🌞
Let people enjoy things. We don’t get enough things to enjoy these days.
February 20, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Let people enjoy things. We don’t get enough things to enjoy these days.
I had a dream that Meghan Markle’s ghost warned me to run from a serial killer.
February 20, 2026 at 6:54 AM
I had a dream that Meghan Markle’s ghost warned me to run from a serial killer.
Okay, this is borderline cliche, but I would need to go with Walking and Falling.
February 20, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Okay, this is borderline cliche, but I would need to go with Walking and Falling.
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miss lola peaches, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1903
February 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
miss lola peaches, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1903
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While we celebrate the arrest of the privileged man child, the bigger question is: why did he get away with it in the first place, and how do we make sure this never happens again?
(The obvious answer is “burn it all down”)
(The obvious answer is “burn it all down”)
February 19, 2026 at 8:49 PM
While we celebrate the arrest of the privileged man child, the bigger question is: why did he get away with it in the first place, and how do we make sure this never happens again?
(The obvious answer is “burn it all down”)
(The obvious answer is “burn it all down”)
The petting zoo thinks I should be sick more often since I do much less gadding about.
February 19, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The petting zoo thinks I should be sick more often since I do much less gadding about.
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Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Prince Andrew's Arrest
Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter
open.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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I don't think it's more important for you to be able to grow some vegetables than it is for people to live affordably in your neighborhood.
That's just how I feel about this. It's a very NIMBY argument which puts your own desires in front of the needs of the community.
That's just how I feel about this. It's a very NIMBY argument which puts your own desires in front of the needs of the community.
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I don't think it's more important for you to be able to grow some vegetables than it is for people to live affordably in your neighborhood.
That's just how I feel about this. It's a very NIMBY argument which puts your own desires in front of the needs of the community.
That's just how I feel about this. It's a very NIMBY argument which puts your own desires in front of the needs of the community.
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this is cool
this is cool
this is really, really cool
this is cool
this is really, really cool
**Important update**
Some new details on what property owners can build by right on land zoned for residential under Pritzker's plan:
≤2,500 sq ft: 1 unit
2,500–5,000 sq ft: up to 4 units
5,000–7,500 sq ft: up to 6 units
7,500+ sq ft: up to 8 units
Some new details on what property owners can build by right on land zoned for residential under Pritzker's plan:
≤2,500 sq ft: 1 unit
2,500–5,000 sq ft: up to 4 units
5,000–7,500 sq ft: up to 6 units
7,500+ sq ft: up to 8 units
February 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM
this is cool
this is cool
this is really, really cool
this is cool
this is really, really cool
Looping back to "The Distance Between Us". A trope I have long hated in storytelling is the interesting and soulful white guy dating a pretty blonde who is nice to him and he's somehow gotten tricked into the relationship and then falls "really" in love with an interesting woman with dark hair.
February 19, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Looping back to "The Distance Between Us". A trope I have long hated in storytelling is the interesting and soulful white guy dating a pretty blonde who is nice to him and he's somehow gotten tricked into the relationship and then falls "really" in love with an interesting woman with dark hair.
I finished The Distance Between Us by Maggie O’Farrell
This is my second by her and I liked Hamnet rather more than did some of my friends. The Distance Between Us is a mixed bag.
The descriptions of Hong Kong drew me in immediately. She’s lived there, I thought. (She had.)
💙📚 🧵
This is my second by her and I liked Hamnet rather more than did some of my friends. The Distance Between Us is a mixed bag.
The descriptions of Hong Kong drew me in immediately. She’s lived there, I thought. (She had.)
💙📚 🧵
February 19, 2026 at 7:27 AM
I finished The Distance Between Us by Maggie O’Farrell
This is my second by her and I liked Hamnet rather more than did some of my friends. The Distance Between Us is a mixed bag.
The descriptions of Hong Kong drew me in immediately. She’s lived there, I thought. (She had.)
💙📚 🧵
This is my second by her and I liked Hamnet rather more than did some of my friends. The Distance Between Us is a mixed bag.
The descriptions of Hong Kong drew me in immediately. She’s lived there, I thought. (She had.)
💙📚 🧵
Laphroig 10 is possibly the universal cure.
February 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Laphroig 10 is possibly the universal cure.
It's kind of a relief to have a no-good-rotten-very-bad-day for reasons unconnected to politics.
February 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It's kind of a relief to have a no-good-rotten-very-bad-day for reasons unconnected to politics.
In a former career moment, I had to appear on a Hong Kong morning talk how to judge a game segment.
Ok so the obverse of yesterdays celebrity thread. When have you become accidentally famous? I’ve had my tweet published in the NYTimes and at International Passive House conferences
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
In a former career moment, I had to appear on a Hong Kong morning talk how to judge a game segment.
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🔍👀IN SEARCH OF BLOSSOMS🗺️🌸
Plum blossoms (梅 'ume'/aka the 'Japanese apricot') herald springtime in Japan, arriving a few weeks before the first cherry blossoms (桜)🙌
Here is a handy thread about some of the best places to catch ume in Kyōto...
#Kyoto #京都 #梅 #plumblossoms #ume #梅の花 #Japan
Plum blossoms (梅 'ume'/aka the 'Japanese apricot') herald springtime in Japan, arriving a few weeks before the first cherry blossoms (桜)🙌
Here is a handy thread about some of the best places to catch ume in Kyōto...
#Kyoto #京都 #梅 #plumblossoms #ume #梅の花 #Japan
February 18, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I passed my driver’s test at least in part by deliberately wearing a peasant blouse and bending over a lot. I tracked where that Dude’s eyes were, and reader— not on the road.
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I passed my driver’s test at least in part by deliberately wearing a peasant blouse and bending over a lot. I tracked where that Dude’s eyes were, and reader— not on the road.
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✨Striking copper miners, Ducktown, Tennessee September 1939✨
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
✨Striking copper miners, Ducktown, Tennessee September 1939✨
Can’t. I’m taking him down to Paradise City.
Can't. Walking 500 miles (and 500 more).
Can't. Carrying on waywardly.
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Can’t. I’m taking him down to Paradise City.
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Solutions abound.
February 18, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Solutions abound.
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Update: 🚨🚨 Juan Nicolás has been found.
lidiaterrazas.bsky.social has found Juan Nicolás, the two-month-old ICE deported today to Mexico. She crossed the border into Mexico to find 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his family and see him to a doctor.
www.instagram.com/p/DU4s-TyDL-...
lidiaterrazas.bsky.social has found Juan Nicolás, the two-month-old ICE deported today to Mexico. She crossed the border into Mexico to find 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his family and see him to a doctor.
www.instagram.com/p/DU4s-TyDL-...
February 18, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Update: 🚨🚨 Juan Nicolás has been found.
lidiaterrazas.bsky.social has found Juan Nicolás, the two-month-old ICE deported today to Mexico. She crossed the border into Mexico to find 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his family and see him to a doctor.
www.instagram.com/p/DU4s-TyDL-...
lidiaterrazas.bsky.social has found Juan Nicolás, the two-month-old ICE deported today to Mexico. She crossed the border into Mexico to find 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his family and see him to a doctor.
www.instagram.com/p/DU4s-TyDL-...
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De slaappillen die je online kunt bestellen, bevatten zelden wat er op het etiket staat. Toch liggen ze nog steeds binnen no-time op de deurmat. Zelfs na de val van webshop Funcaps, die tientallen dodelijke slachtoffers maakte, verkopen andere aanbieders gewoon door, met alle risico’s van dien.
Labtest laat zien dat online designerdrugs nog altijd levensgevaarlijk zijn
Met één klik liggen ze op de mat: pillen die als ‘rustgevers’ of ‘slaapmiddelen’ worden verkocht. Webshop Funcaps werd vorig jaar opgerold, maar andere aanbieders zijn nog altijd actief. De middelen d...
www.ftm.nl
February 18, 2026 at 6:45 AM
De slaappillen die je online kunt bestellen, bevatten zelden wat er op het etiket staat. Toch liggen ze nog steeds binnen no-time op de deurmat. Zelfs na de val van webshop Funcaps, die tientallen dodelijke slachtoffers maakte, verkopen andere aanbieders gewoon door, met alle risico’s van dien.
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Snow and Snowdrops, Ann Arnold.
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Snow and Snowdrops, Ann Arnold.
On a better note, Ramadan Mubarak to my friends who celebrate.
February 18, 2026 at 6:25 AM
On a better note, Ramadan Mubarak to my friends who celebrate.