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.
I am flying to Manchester later today in trip where I will see nothing except a rental car, a hotel and an office.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I am flying to Manchester later today in trip where I will see nothing except a rental car, a hotel and an office.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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robertson peaches, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1899
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
robertson peaches, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1899
While I’m being crabby— people who romanticise working tills have never worked in retail.
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
While I’m being crabby— people who romanticise working tills have never worked in retail.
Why do so many Dutch businesses call instead of whatsapping or texting? Super annoying.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Why do so many Dutch businesses call instead of whatsapping or texting? Super annoying.
My cardigan wearing neighbor in his late 70s puts on black leather trousers and motorcycle boots to go out at night.
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My cardigan wearing neighbor in his late 70s puts on black leather trousers and motorcycle boots to go out at night.
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Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
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Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
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I think I caught the green flash - no filter. Goodnight from Kailua Kona.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I think I caught the green flash - no filter. Goodnight from Kailua Kona.
My poor younger dog ate something he should not so I have gotten my exercise tonight taking him up and down the stairs and doomscrolling in between.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
My poor younger dog ate something he should not so I have gotten my exercise tonight taking him up and down the stairs and doomscrolling in between.
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I have so many more Atwater Market food pictures but I’m tired so I’ll post more tomorrow.
Look at all these cranberries!
Look at all these cranberries!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I have so many more Atwater Market food pictures but I’m tired so I’ll post more tomorrow.
Look at all these cranberries!
Look at all these cranberries!
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Chestnut coloured velvet with cushion like sleeves designed by the fashion house of Worth for your autumnal wardrobe. Mid #1890s, so expansive in proportions and embellishment, all tied up with a big silk bow @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Chestnut coloured velvet with cushion like sleeves designed by the fashion house of Worth for your autumnal wardrobe. Mid #1890s, so expansive in proportions and embellishment, all tied up with a big silk bow @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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🍶😵💫THE TEMPLE OF ABSTINENCE🙏✨
Jizō-in (地蔵院) hasn't survived the ravages of time well, but it has some extraordinary tales to tell.
Many know the tiny temple as 'Tsubaki-dera' (椿寺) after a camellia shrub that was smuggled from a Korean castle and later gifted by a warlord.
#Jizoin #地蔵院 #Kyoto #京都
Jizō-in (地蔵院) hasn't survived the ravages of time well, but it has some extraordinary tales to tell.
Many know the tiny temple as 'Tsubaki-dera' (椿寺) after a camellia shrub that was smuggled from a Korean castle and later gifted by a warlord.
#Jizoin #地蔵院 #Kyoto #京都
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Cinderella’s sisters.
Name a villain you sympathize with.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Cinderella’s sisters.
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Clingendael autumn foliage with @minhishi.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Clingendael autumn foliage with @minhishi.bsky.social
Went for a walk today with @minhishi.bsky.social and found this creepy bloody doll with a card. Pretty sure it is a Halloween leftover.
November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Went for a walk today with @minhishi.bsky.social and found this creepy bloody doll with a card. Pretty sure it is a Halloween leftover.
Still a bit of hanging and unpacking to do, but it is starting to look like a dining room/work space.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Still a bit of hanging and unpacking to do, but it is starting to look like a dining room/work space.
This morning I was reading through the old MetaFilter Kaycee threads and it made me sad.
2001 the Internet held so much promise of connection. I met friends, lovers— heck— even celebrities online. Things felt authentic and homemade.
2001 the Internet held so much promise of connection. I met friends, lovers— heck— even celebrities online. Things felt authentic and homemade.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This morning I was reading through the old MetaFilter Kaycee threads and it made me sad.
2001 the Internet held so much promise of connection. I met friends, lovers— heck— even celebrities online. Things felt authentic and homemade.
2001 the Internet held so much promise of connection. I met friends, lovers— heck— even celebrities online. Things felt authentic and homemade.
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peron apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1904
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
peron apples, painted by amanda almira newton, 1904
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I baked bread. 🍞🍽️🍜
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I baked bread. 🍞🍽️🍜
It was briefly pretty today before the murk resumed.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It was briefly pretty today before the murk resumed.
Nap time.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nap time.
Saturday = laundry day. The exciting and wild life of an international woman of mystery.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Saturday = laundry day. The exciting and wild life of an international woman of mystery.
One of the things I resent most about aging is that when I reached the point of being able to afford good wine, I can no longer drink it with my meal without paying for it the next day.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
One of the things I resent most about aging is that when I reached the point of being able to afford good wine, I can no longer drink it with my meal without paying for it the next day.