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Bobbins.bsky.social
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Mostly here to read/learn/laugh/find amazing art & photography.
UK to JP immigrant. Freelance bid writer. Dreadful social skills.
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samwhyte.bsky.social
The true metric by which you can judge English social class is "some of that nice ham".

If you go to make lunch and someone says, "ooh, there's some of that nice ham in the fridge", you're middle-class.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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geftokingmongoose.bsky.social
Better late than never
A Zohran Mamdani style sign image that reads "No bless yous for giacomo"
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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markpopham.bsky.social
there's a German board game called Waldschattenspiel that we always start playing around this time of year. You place wooden trees around a board, then one player lights a candle and places it somewhere. They close their eyes and the other player places eight gnomes behind the trees, in the shadows
Photograph of a simple game board on a table. There are a number of green triangular "trees" and you can see some little wooden peg gnomes behind them. At the far edge of the board is a tealight candle Same photo as before but now the lights are off. Everything is black except for the candle, the light it casts and the hard shadows of the trees Photograph of the game board - a childs hand is using a wooden tool to move the light
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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mrkravin.bsky.social
Shutter Story - Examine A Family's Photo Album To Reveal The Paranormal, New Horror Game Demo by @frostwood.bsky.social

This is such a cool idea, I'm really excited for the full release!

Watch: youtu.be/JvN33wp8GBo
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3798860/...
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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kateaveryart.bsky.social
Just finished this piece and I think it’s one of my favorites of the whole year!
And yes, it’s included in my ongoing 50% off sale!!
Summer Marsh at Lord’s Cove
Old Lyme, CT
7x5” oil on board
Available!

kateaveryart.com/oil/summer-m...
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
bobbinsu.bsky.social
Great thread!
Also, I urge all of you to seek out Jim Al-Khalili's documentaries, many available on YouTube..some of the best 'awesome history of awesome science' stuff I've ever seen
mcnees.bsky.social Robert “The Baste God” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Nov 6
Deflection of starlight by the Sun’s gravitational field, measured during a solar eclipse and confirming a central prediction of Einstein's general relativity, was announced at a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society #OTD in 1919. 🧪 🔭
Black and white photograph of the 1919 solar eclipse taken by Arthur Eddington on one of the expeditions. The disc of the moon completely obscures the sun so that only the corona is visible, flaring out in all directions.
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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newschambers.bsky.social
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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revdaniel.bsky.social
Also worth a watch: the full 17 minute TED Talk on YouTube from Carole Cadwalladr on digital coups and the totalitarian dismantling of democracy.

Here’s a short clip.

youtube.com/shorts/C8Iwv...
"We are already living inside the architecture of totalitarianism.” – Carole Cadwalladr #TEDTalks
YouTube video by TED
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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creativeuk.bsky.social
🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.

At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.

🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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somewherein.jp
Quick reminder that I'll be guiding an instructive/experimental walking workshop in Akabane (Tokyo) on Saturday, focused on exploring new ways to interact with and understand the city.

Learn more and sign up here:

luma.com/9swgdubh
Akabane Exploration · Luma
This will be a 3 hour workshop introducing people to concepts and practices that enhance our understanding and experience of the urban environment. Grounded in…
luma.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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kendrawrites.com
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
bobbinsu.bsky.social
Gosh
dorsalstream.bsky.social RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 6d
Richard Siken’s new poetry collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS is so very good.

Take, for example, “Hearsay”
HEARSAY They say that I was born in February, in a hospital in Midtown, while it snowed. It is legend. There are photographs. They say the blue bathing suit with the little green frogs was my favorite. They say that those are my mother's sunglasses, pointing at a naked boy wearing nothing else, in a Polaroid, laughing. My first birthday and the big stuffed dog I remember that dog but I don't remember getting that dog. It seems like I always had that dog. She would sleep in bed with me—endlessly vigilant, black plastic eyes flashing hallway light if anyone opened the bedroom door—along with a real cat named Good-For-Nothing Layabout Cat. That's you, they say, pointing at a photograph—a little boy at his first rodeo, in a baby-blue cowboy outfit with suede fringe, standing awkwardly and squinting into the sun—but they aren't pointing at a photograph, they are pointing at a story, how this and that and something something. What does it take to own the myth? Why build a self from this? It makes me uncomfortable, my story—part insight, part anecdote-started by unreliable people at cross-purposes. And which photographs didn't get saved? And which photographs didn't get taken? I never figured out who named the cat but everyone took
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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amutepiggy.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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gaijinmommy.bsky.social
Hey 高木神社, moon.
The green and gold ornamental roof of a shrine, inadvertently framing an almost full moon. Fading blue sky.
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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pauljwillson.bsky.social
Moods
Passing scenes in Norway
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
bobbinsu.bsky.social
Any Jimi Halloween threads out there this year?
The main thing I miss from The Other Place...
globalvillageschool.org Global Village School @globalvillageschool.org · Oct 29
🥱Tired of the same old costumes?

How about an outfit so ambiguous and ordinary that it demands explanation?

𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗶 '𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗲' 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
https://bit.ly/3NJOGGz
@dailyportalz

#halloween
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Three color photographs arranged in a triptych of individuals and their mundane costumes. From left to right: a person trying to learn to the next song up on karaoke by listening to it on their cell phone; a woman back from vacation with a bag of odd gummies as a souvenir; a subway commuter who absolutely refuses to hold onto anything for support.
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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weeder.bsky.social
Saved you a click: it's performing the charade of life in a spiritual wasteland
Beard and glasses man yawning in modern office BuzzFeed Doctors Warn This Common Daily Habit Is Making You Feel Exhausted All Day 18 hours ago. By Leigh Weingus
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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sunlightafterdark.com
I challenge you to open this in your browser and not be impressed and sucked in messenger.abeto.co
Messenger
It's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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gojeffgo.com
All of my neighbors pumpkins "disappeared" this morning and they're all blaming me because my pet hippo Chompers got loose again.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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manningkrull.bsky.social
When the one guy is standing there with the bat, why don't all the other guys rush him? He can't hit all of them.
March 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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francesmeh.reviews
bringing in my pinch viewer
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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dreamkid83.com
You’re staring into the sunset with a tear in your eye, wondering what the future holds for you 🌊🌅💔

#80s #nostalgia #retro #synthwave
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Hey folks, there's a Halloween Steam Sale this week, who wants a few spooky suggestions to make you scream (in delight!) and settle in with the skeletons and spookums? Well, step right up because I'm gonna do an all HORROR recommendation thread. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
a woman with a surprised look on her face is behind bars
Alt: a woman with a surprised look on her face is behind bars
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October 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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paulsinha.bsky.social
I think it's appalling that Britain's most enduringly popular family don't pay income tax or VAT, but it's hard to deny how much joy they bring to the general public. That chandelier gag alone...
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM