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Lynn Dunlop
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Very particular about tea-making.
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lukesteuber.com
I bet Amazon’s website has layers of technical debt so deep that there’s a balrog
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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mirandakeeling.com
Little boy in a shop: I want sweets!
His mum: No.
Little boy: Mustafa will let me. Mustafa?
Owner: Ah. No. You cannot buy sweets. They are, they won’t work at all, not now on this day.
Little boy: (narrows his eyes)
Owner: (tries not to smile)
Little boy: Ok.
Mum: Thank you.
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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rickywlmsbong.bsky.social
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
tweet by @gerryadamssf: "This house is like Santa's Grotto. Takes half an hour 2 switch off fairy lights and assorted Yule illuminations. Feel like a grinch now." reply by @realnannysheila: "Surely you know someone who can fit a timer."
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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durtmchurtt.bsky.social
Oh you like nirvana? Name the four truths one must accept before ascending to a plain of peace and tranquility.
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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adampype.bsky.social
hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.

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December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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chronicleflask.katday.com
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Saved by Stoppard Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec I), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: "If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?" With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of "adjuvant systemic chemotherapy", and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients' survival. Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia. Michael Baum Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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weratedogs.com
This dog was spotted politely waiting by a pizza truck. He doesn’t have to say what he wants. They already know his order. It is pizza. 13/10 (IG: lauren.bardini)
a vertical shot of a placid, cloudy day. on the left, a barren tree reaches up to the overcast sky. on the right, a boxy white food truck has parked with its little window propped open for business. you can just make out the word “pizza” in black curly lettering on the front of the truck. in the center of the photo, sitting squarely in the middle of a green bike lane, a rather large dog that resembles a golden retriever or great pyrenees is sitting patiently in profile, staring expectantly at the food truck’s window while basking in the glow of its lights.
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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vickyhaddock.bsky.social
Day 1 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this c. 1902 Laferriere evening gown of silk satin with a silk lace overlay. The gown, hand-embroidered with metallic thread, artificial diamonds and sequins, belonged to Queen Maud of Norway. Nasjonalmuseet collection. #fashionhistory
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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samwhyte.bsky.social
They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
RFK Junior claims he can diagnose children by just looking at them. Headline with picture of RFK Jnr.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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dhanendran.co.uk
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.

It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Learning from Stoppard By Mike Fitzgerald, June 13, 2016 Comparing two drafts of a script can be hugely instructive, revealing point-by-point how a writer went about improving the story. When I stumbled upon an earlier draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I discovered a dazzling, glittering trove of lessons as nourishing as eternal life itself. Well, nearly so. Last Crusade was written by Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. So say the opening credits. Boam’s final draft, dated March 1, 1988 (ten weeks before production) differs drastically from the published script which reflects the released version of the film. Differences come as no shock, but with Last Crusade they aren’t just a few deleted scenes and some line changes. Whole sections of the Boam draft were reimagined, major set pieces were added, and the pacing and tone were markedly transformed. Whoever made these changes possessed a profound grasp of story craft. Screenshot from https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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notwebsafe.bsky.social
they call me Captain Pedantic, although technically i'm not a captain
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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danielgray.com
“David, who shall we invite to the wedding?”

“Bono. Ono. Eno.”

“I love you, you unstoppable conceptual bastard.”
October 28, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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mattleys.bsky.social
So here's a thing. I help run my local food bank, and we're doing this: 12 Days of Christmas Giving.

It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.

I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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politicdormouse.bsky.social
Mary ‘Molly’ Fergusson 1st woman fellow ICE Engineers. When she ‘retired’ worked as consultant, using her fees to support fund for #engineering students. Long time @wes1919.bsky.social member. National Grid named Tunnel Boring Machine after her. d. #OTD 30 Nov 1997 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fe...
Mary ‘Molly’ Fergusson in later life, smiling happily. B&W head and shoulders photo #WomenInSTEM
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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itsabbyyep.bsky.social
What idiot called that little narc Elf on the Shelf and not Police Navidad?
November 15, 2023 at 9:55 PM
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arthropodlegs.bsky.social
Nipple clamps are a necessary tool in veterinary science 🧪
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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robertshrimsley.bsky.social
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:

His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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ncdominie.bsky.social
"We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march."

RIP Tom Stoppard.
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Part of our 2025 Advent Calendar, a black and white line drawing showing my version of Bigfoots wearing wintery clothes and bearing various wrapped Christmas presents.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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russincheshire.bsky.social
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.

So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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alyssaharad.bsky.social
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 8d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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maimonidesnutz.bsky.social
The Jewish version is you give your name as "Baruch atah Ad!nai, m'chayeh…." and half answers "hameitim" and the other answers "hakol"
Tweet from Cath @cathjmag Just gave my name in Starbucks as 'The Lord be with you. When the barista shouted my 'name', half of the customers yelled 'And also with you!' and the other half shouted 'and with your spirit!' and it was a right ecumenical mess. Try it.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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hollyqueenofspayeds.com
I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
Moggies looking for homes
After hearing 50,000 times that we should put the available cats on the website, we’ve made a page! Hooray! However, it is still just me doing most of the work in the shelter. So there’…
hollysmerrymoggies.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM