Pellegrina Stoat
@pellegrina.bsky.social
Rare books librarian at Hogwarts-on-Thames. Ghastly, grim & ancient, reporting from the Night’s Plutonian shore. Ridiculous living arrangements while failing to learn to drive. Lifelong unspecified neurodiversity.
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My favourite bit is
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My favourite bit is
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One must imagine Sisyphus doing laundry.
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One must imagine Sisyphus doing laundry.
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Oh the weather outside is frightful
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
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I dunno, convert some of the endless paved space reserved for cars into green space that can absorb water, maybe?
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Is there anything we can do to alleviate flash floods in the West Midlands
Experts say housebuilding and concrete drives are making floods worse, but that there are things we can do.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I dunno, convert some of the endless paved space reserved for cars into green space that can absorb water, maybe?
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
Sorry, forget it. That could result in a car owner being inconvenienced, which would of course be far worse than the flooding of our cities and towns.
TIL 👇
RIP Tom Stoppard who did so much incredible work, not least writing every single line of dialogue in Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
TIL 👇
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Pretty much the same as I already do, but in a better, less feral society.
Probably enjoy the art being made, smile at the kids with more security in their lives, shop at the stores made more viable by there being more money in their customers’ pockets.
Probably enjoy the art being made, smile at the kids with more security in their lives, shop at the stores made more viable by there being more money in their customers’ pockets.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Pretty much the same as I already do, but in a better, less feral society.
Probably enjoy the art being made, smile at the kids with more security in their lives, shop at the stores made more viable by there being more money in their customers’ pockets.
Probably enjoy the art being made, smile at the kids with more security in their lives, shop at the stores made more viable by there being more money in their customers’ pockets.
Funny AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH as opposed to funny ha ha
It's funny to me how the political priority of Westminster is "economy above the dignity and well being of natives" but at the same time "removing the dignity and well being of non natives above the economy"
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Funny AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH as opposed to funny ha ha
I feel seen
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I feel seen
My inner Sir John Soane is wincing at Dickens’s treatment of architectural education in Martin Chuzzlewit. “Hi, welcome to architectural school. Here, draw me a grammar school while I go to London. Now bugger off.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My inner Sir John Soane is wincing at Dickens’s treatment of architectural education in Martin Chuzzlewit. “Hi, welcome to architectural school. Here, draw me a grammar school while I go to London. Now bugger off.”
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German is a beautiful language.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
German is a beautiful language.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- hare (near Rheinberg, Germany)
- nutria a.k.a. coypu (Florence)
- otter (Cliff Island, Portland Bay, ME)
- bald eagle (near Clinton, IL and over Waterville, ME)
- and of course, stoat (Beadnell, Northumberland)
- hare (near Rheinberg, Germany)
- nutria a.k.a. coypu (Florence)
- otter (Cliff Island, Portland Bay, ME)
- bald eagle (near Clinton, IL and over Waterville, ME)
- and of course, stoat (Beadnell, Northumberland)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- wildcat (in Scotland. Yes it was a wildcat)
- stingray (in South Australia)
- hare (both times on international borders, they are liminal creatures)
- skunk (near Boston. Man called it a ‘stink badger’)
- muntjac deer (Essex)
🐈 🐇 🦨 🦌
- wildcat (in Scotland. Yes it was a wildcat)
- stingray (in South Australia)
- hare (both times on international borders, they are liminal creatures)
- skunk (near Boston. Man called it a ‘stink badger’)
- muntjac deer (Essex)
🐈 🐇 🦨 🦌
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
- beaver (in Scotland)
- platypus (in Queensland)
- skunk (in California)
- raccoon (in Massachusetts)
- boar (in Italy)
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- hare (near Rheinberg, Germany)
- nutria a.k.a. coypu (Florence)
- otter (Cliff Island, Portland Bay, ME)
- bald eagle (near Clinton, IL and over Waterville, ME)
- and of course, stoat (Beadnell, Northumberland)
- hare (near Rheinberg, Germany)
- nutria a.k.a. coypu (Florence)
- otter (Cliff Island, Portland Bay, ME)
- bald eagle (near Clinton, IL and over Waterville, ME)
- and of course, stoat (Beadnell, Northumberland)
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The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits
TFW you make a pumpkin pie and accidentally invent pumpkin spice treacle tart, and make up for it by decorating the pecan pie…
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
TFW you make a pumpkin pie and accidentally invent pumpkin spice treacle tart, and make up for it by decorating the pecan pie…
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This morning was a classic railway 'real time' case study:
If it says "4 minutes late" you KNOW it's running ✅
If it says "On time" you have no idea if it'll even run ❌
Only drove to Bicester once I saw the 10:12 to Oxford was +4 late so knew it was actually running! 🤷♂️
If it says "4 minutes late" you KNOW it's running ✅
If it says "On time" you have no idea if it'll even run ❌
Only drove to Bicester once I saw the 10:12 to Oxford was +4 late so knew it was actually running! 🤷♂️
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This morning was a classic railway 'real time' case study:
If it says "4 minutes late" you KNOW it's running ✅
If it says "On time" you have no idea if it'll even run ❌
Only drove to Bicester once I saw the 10:12 to Oxford was +4 late so knew it was actually running! 🤷♂️
If it says "4 minutes late" you KNOW it's running ✅
If it says "On time" you have no idea if it'll even run ❌
Only drove to Bicester once I saw the 10:12 to Oxford was +4 late so knew it was actually running! 🤷♂️
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Which breed of dog can create print-ready proofs?
A Type Setter.
A Type Setter.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Which breed of dog can create print-ready proofs?
A Type Setter.
A Type Setter.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The “debate”.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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A charming story about Thanksgiving and clashing cultures (both US and U.K. and, more specifically, US Army versus British Army).
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A charming story about Thanksgiving and clashing cultures (both US and U.K. and, more specifically, US Army versus British Army).
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Decatur, Illinois
Pop: 87,236
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107913948
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107905604
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107913357
Pop: 87,236
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107913948
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107905604
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107913357
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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This is genuinely fascinating
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair
Thirty years ago, an entire section of the Northern line had to be replaced because it was under attack from acid, and hardly anyone noticed that it was happening.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is genuinely fascinating
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I have to confess I’m a huge fan of LLMs
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I have to confess I’m a huge fan of LLMs
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
LOW
LEVEL
MARTINS
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“Graduate linguists are interdisciplinary thinkers who approach subtle nuances with a sophisticated awareness of societal and historical context". (Megan Bowler) 2/3
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“Graduate linguists are interdisciplinary thinkers who approach subtle nuances with a sophisticated awareness of societal and historical context". (Megan Bowler) 2/3
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This is a fair point but for Britain I firmly blame Henry VIII for nationalising the monasteries then privatising them (giving them to his mates, like all privatisations).
We were never going to survive Reagan and Trump is a direct result of that awful presidency. But in all honesty this goes back to the Compromise of 1878 where we let the Confederate traitors back into government and prematurely ended Reconstruction. The Confederacy is stronger than ever now.
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is a fair point but for Britain I firmly blame Henry VIII for nationalising the monasteries then privatising them (giving them to his mates, like all privatisations).