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Vicki Smith
@eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
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Gen X Brit based in the USofA.

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Banner is the target used by The Archers; I am nothing if not a product of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
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clairewillett.bsky.social
so the answer is no, no one can pull off a lampshade hat
msemilyedwards.bsky.social Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 2d
i just wanna know what in my internet history made the computer think i was in the market for a $12,000 horse lamp
it’s what it says on the tin, i’m not kidding. a large black fiberglass horse with a lampshade coming out of its head and it is priced at $12,140. with 10% los angeles sales tax, that’s $13,354 worth of horse lamp.
January 6, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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themerl.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky, send us your best ducks

(Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)
January 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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samadams.bsky.social
thoughts/prayers to everyone who made their “most anticipated TV shows of 2026” list before finding out that Kumail and Armando Iannucci were on the new season of Taskmaster
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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rmd1023.bsky.social
Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
Screencap of post from tumblr user nitewrighter Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now? The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances. Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW. Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Made another scrappy, scruffy puffin based on Jill McDonald’s Puffin Post illustrations.
A lovely things about these not being “for” anything is that it allows them to be imperfect & hamfisted: there being no pressure on them means my sewing is actually slowly slightly improving a bit with each one
A cartoon puffin made from felt with wings outstretched and a rainbow heart on its chest, it is lying on a page of puffin post magazine with the illustration it is based on in the top right corner
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 PM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
In The Holiday (2006), Arthur (Wallach) tells Iris (Winslet) that Cary Grant was born in Surrey. WRONG!Archie Leach was, quite famously, born in Bristol, several counties away. I couldn’t watch this, otherwise delightful, film for years because it made me angry, now I fast-forward through that bit.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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brianlibby.bsky.social
Tonight’s highly pleasurable viewing: the great Powell & Pressburger’s The Small Back Room, from 1949. Gorgeous b+w cinematography, a brilliant dream sequence mid-film, & great repeat pairing of David Farrar and Kathleen Byron from Black Narcissus. This also gets me closer to being a P&P completist.
January 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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tomasjmurray.bsky.social
It’s Julian’s birthday tomorrow.
Julian Sands in ‘A Room with a View’ (1985)
January 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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lostcitymagic.bsky.social
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are call your senators and pronounced gaheegahuhah gahluhlahdee deegahlahweekee
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie.
Photo of a black “friend sock” inside a dryer. The sock has wee arms with magnets in its hands and big, fabric googly eyes. The magnetic hands are attached to the back and side of the dryer, like it has been backed into a corner. The expression of the eyes very much indicates that the sock has seen some shit and is freaked - the fuck -out.
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
@say-hey.bsky.social STUNNING photo shoot!
beatgrrrl.bsky.social Beatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 14d
Rama Duwaji is a Syrian-American animator, illustrator, and ceramicist who is set to become the First Lady of New York City on January 1, 2026

I am obsessed with these photos of her for The Cut by photographer and art director Szilveszter Makó
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Made another bockety little Jill McDonald style party puffin: no idea what for but that’s the joy of it.
Absolutely stink at sewing but I hope this no pressure making for pure pleasure might improve my non-existent skills & I truly do love the mental peace of pottering away at these felt fripperies
A felt cartoon puffin wearing a purple part hat with orange and yellow bobble and holding a purple and yellow flower against a pale yellow background
January 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
What book is sacred enough to be sworn in on?

I’m going for a First Folio. 🎭
Image of the title page of a first folio edition of the collected works of William Shakespeare. It features the folio portrait taking up most of the page.
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
Okay. I can think of a few exceptions though.
Screenshot of Merriam-Webster’s New Year gif featuring my word for 2026: Compassionate.
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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condimentgrrl.bsky.social
Here’s an excellent 90s Rom Com that gives Bill Pullman his due as a hottie. #TCMParty #SleeplessInSeattle
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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marcmancuso.bsky.social
Running my hands over some bells just to peal something.
fodder650.bsky.social Fodder650 @fodder650.bsky.social · 7d
Getting some mail together just to seal something
December 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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tobytram.bsky.social
What I will see the New Year in with. I’ll attempt to time it so, at the moment of midnight, Pamela Brown - with her wonderful face of secrets and shadows - suddenly falls into frame to warn Torquil that “she’s running away from you!”
My hand holding the new criterion collection BluRay of I Know Where I’m Going.
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
How I am walking* out of 2025:

*running
December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
Mark Ruffalo is American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has received several awards throughout his career including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, six Critics' Choice Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne. The Oscars weren't the only entertainment awards this weekend. The Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation gathered on the eve of Hollywood's big night to celebrate the worst in film. Among the big losers at this year's Razzies: Worst Actor, Rob Schneider for Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo,
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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mjdavis1988.bsky.social
..and always great to run into a fellow Prince fan! 💙
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December 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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sireviscerate.myatproto.social
Seeing an enjoyable movie or TV show, by generation:

Boomer: "that's that girl from the other movie, what's her name?"

Gen X: Buys the DVD for the commentary track

Millennial: Buys a car window sticker showing their family as characters

Zoomer: Draws yaoi fan art to make the boys kiss.
October 28, 2023 at 11:52 AM
eclecticmayhem.bsky.social
Bringing this one back for today’s anniversary and adding their resting place.
Photo of a tomb at Forrest Lawn, Hollywood Hills. It’s the final resting place of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher.
December 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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citizenscreen.bsky.social
One-of-a-kind, brilliant, original. Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016)
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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tobytram.bsky.social
A food delivery truck parked outside an alleyway into town, giving the impression of a portal from the drab to the magical - only open for 15 minutes on Christmas Eve.
Brick lined tunnel - a footpath between shops and into town. What would normally be a sight of the cold market square is instead a glimpse of a landscape of bright warm colours, a painting of a bucolic green and pleasant land, only - because it’s a food delivery truck - everything is made out of vegetables: the distant mountains are bread, the lone cloud is a cauliflower floret, the trees are broccoli.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. "They're not the same at all!" YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. "Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—" MY POINT EXACTLY.
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM