Teddy M. Bear
@thisbear.bsky.social
Philosopher. Poet. Soft toy. Knight of the BT Posse.
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This is my absolute favourite book. This article is happy yet sad so beware - we need to look after our environment much more
This is my absolute favourite book. This article is happy yet sad so beware - we need to look after our environment much more
‘Her name was Mothball and she changed my life’: the true story behind Diary of a Wombat
Jackie French was used to the quirks of wild animal behaviour – and then she met a carrot-mad wombat with an appetite for destruction. A bestseller was born
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January 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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This is my absolute favourite book. This article is happy yet sad so beware - we need to look after our environment much more
This is my absolute favourite book. This article is happy yet sad so beware - we need to look after our environment much more
Madame is rather foggy & fatigued. The perfect time to suddenly realise she has never ever questioned that the Scottish word - a word she grew up using - for a wee stream - a generally wet & not very flammable thing - is a burn 🔥
Time for a bit of a lie down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_(l...
Time for a bit of a lie down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_(l...
Burn (landform) - Wikipedia
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January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Madame is rather foggy & fatigued. The perfect time to suddenly realise she has never ever questioned that the Scottish word - a word she grew up using - for a wee stream - a generally wet & not very flammable thing - is a burn 🔥
Time for a bit of a lie down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_(l...
Time for a bit of a lie down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_(l...
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Today is #NationalPuzzleDay and DID YOU KNOW that along with an extensive collection of loanable jigsaws we ALSO HAVE FREE ONLINE JIGSAWS you can solve at: jigsawplanet.com/OrkneyLibrary
We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩
We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩
January 29, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Today is #NationalPuzzleDay and DID YOU KNOW that along with an extensive collection of loanable jigsaws we ALSO HAVE FREE ONLINE JIGSAWS you can solve at: jigsawplanet.com/OrkneyLibrary
We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩
We started publishing them online during lockdown and we now have over 80 puzzles to solve! 🧩
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Daily bunny no.3209 is quite solemn
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Daily bunny no.3209 is quite solemn
Will have to admit that watching a sporty anime the day after Madame had a shower & then took 12 annoyingly MEcfs filled hours to find the energy to put on socks is A Choice.
(Not that she was sprinting much in the Before Times either but at least she was strolling slowly with socks on.)
(Not that she was sprinting much in the Before Times either but at least she was strolling slowly with socks on.)
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Will have to admit that watching a sporty anime the day after Madame had a shower & then took 12 annoyingly MEcfs filled hours to find the energy to put on socks is A Choice.
(Not that she was sprinting much in the Before Times either but at least she was strolling slowly with socks on.)
(Not that she was sprinting much in the Before Times either but at least she was strolling slowly with socks on.)
Somehow we are watching an anime film about athletics. Can't comment on the sporty side but the animation & voice acting is rather good.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Somehow we are watching an anime film about athletics. Can't comment on the sporty side but the animation & voice acting is rather good.
She is also fair tickled that the two manga she is currently trying to work through (foggy brain permitting) are Witch Hat Atelier & Chainsaw Man. Both from top tier mangaka but from very different parts of the forest!
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
She is also fair tickled that the two manga she is currently trying to work through (foggy brain permitting) are Witch Hat Atelier & Chainsaw Man. Both from top tier mangaka but from very different parts of the forest!
Madame has a confession to make. Was not as taken by Jane Doe or Iris Out as she was by Kenshi Yonezu's other Chainsaw Man anime related song, Kickback. Except now she is catching up with the manga & OH! Especially Jane Doe 👍 We're going to need to see the film after all.
米津玄師, 宇多田ヒカル Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada - JANE DOE
YouTube video by Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師
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January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Madame has a confession to make. Was not as taken by Jane Doe or Iris Out as she was by Kenshi Yonezu's other Chainsaw Man anime related song, Kickback. Except now she is catching up with the manga & OH! Especially Jane Doe 👍 We're going to need to see the film after all.
Have mentioned it before but we really are enjoying catching up with Medieval Death Trip 😁
Medieval Death Trip – A Podcast Exploring the Wit and Weirdness of Medieval Texts
www.medievaldeathtrip.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Have mentioned it before but we really are enjoying catching up with Medieval Death Trip 😁
Medieval times are unfairly stereotyped as brutal & dark *nods*
Medieval chronicler humming in the background "so they took this child out into the forest & horribly murdered it & when his evil sister read about it, her eyes fell out & SO MUCH BLOOD!"
Historian - DID NOT HAPPEN
Medieval chronicler humming in the background "so they took this child out into the forest & horribly murdered it & when his evil sister read about it, her eyes fell out & SO MUCH BLOOD!"
Historian - DID NOT HAPPEN
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Medieval times are unfairly stereotyped as brutal & dark *nods*
Medieval chronicler humming in the background "so they took this child out into the forest & horribly murdered it & when his evil sister read about it, her eyes fell out & SO MUCH BLOOD!"
Historian - DID NOT HAPPEN
Medieval chronicler humming in the background "so they took this child out into the forest & horribly murdered it & when his evil sister read about it, her eyes fell out & SO MUCH BLOOD!"
Historian - DID NOT HAPPEN
Recently finished "Tokyo Express" by Seichō Matsumoto. Plot includes chronically ill bed based person who travels Japan in their imagination via train timetables. Madame was impressed but glad she can join in virtual travels thanks to lovely cyclists & walkers sharing the view on livestreams.
January 21, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Recently finished "Tokyo Express" by Seichō Matsumoto. Plot includes chronically ill bed based person who travels Japan in their imagination via train timetables. Madame was impressed but glad she can join in virtual travels thanks to lovely cyclists & walkers sharing the view on livestreams.
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Me #Wordle picfur is for nashernal huggin day. If yoo not like huggitty hugs yoo can pwitend wif yoos faverwit teddies… me luffs huggies Bwing it on me woofs!! #BTPosse #BTWordleClub #DogsIfBluesky
January 21, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Me #Wordle picfur is for nashernal huggin day. If yoo not like huggitty hugs yoo can pwitend wif yoos faverwit teddies… me luffs huggies Bwing it on me woofs!! #BTPosse #BTWordleClub #DogsIfBluesky
We are catching up on Dime Store Adventures & Madame, who is old but not THAT OLD, remembers a netting cover on Uncle Grumpy's pram & being told it was to stop cats from sitting on the baby. No mention of breath stealing though.
A Video About The Old Superstition That Cats Want To Suck Out Your Breath
YouTube video by Dime Store Adventures
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January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
We are catching up on Dime Store Adventures & Madame, who is old but not THAT OLD, remembers a netting cover on Uncle Grumpy's pram & being told it was to stop cats from sitting on the baby. No mention of breath stealing though.
Apparently it is Winnie The Pooh Day. Although we do differ on some key subjects - his dislike of long words & love of *shudders at the sticky fur of it all* hunny - he has done a fair bit to further the public profile of small bears. So YAY!
Winnie the Pooh Day 2026: How to celebrate the honey-loving bear!
18 January is National Winnie the Pooh Day in the United Kingdom - a day that celebrates the bear and the author of the Winnie the Pooh stories, A. A. Milne.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Apparently it is Winnie The Pooh Day. Although we do differ on some key subjects - his dislike of long words & love of *shudders at the sticky fur of it all* hunny - he has done a fair bit to further the public profile of small bears. So YAY!
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Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Honetsuki Juju, a man with a chicken leg for a head and who carries a turtle around, is the mascot of Marugame City.
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Winter Sale ❄️
Find original #Handmade Gifts for Home & Hound at misheleneous. Now with 5%-60% off selected items because people (& pets) have Birthdays & Celebrations in January and February 🎁
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#DogsOfBlueSky #Etsy #Bsnm #Makers #SmallBiz #Gifts #Pets #Sale #Manchester #Dogs
Find original #Handmade Gifts for Home & Hound at misheleneous. Now with 5%-60% off selected items because people (& pets) have Birthdays & Celebrations in January and February 🎁
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#DogsOfBlueSky #Etsy #Bsnm #Makers #SmallBiz #Gifts #Pets #Sale #Manchester #Dogs
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Winter Sale ❄️
Find original #Handmade Gifts for Home & Hound at misheleneous. Now with 5%-60% off selected items because people (& pets) have Birthdays & Celebrations in January and February 🎁
misheleneous.etsy.com
#DogsOfBlueSky #Etsy #Bsnm #Makers #SmallBiz #Gifts #Pets #Sale #Manchester #Dogs
Find original #Handmade Gifts for Home & Hound at misheleneous. Now with 5%-60% off selected items because people (& pets) have Birthdays & Celebrations in January and February 🎁
misheleneous.etsy.com
#DogsOfBlueSky #Etsy #Bsnm #Makers #SmallBiz #Gifts #Pets #Sale #Manchester #Dogs
A couple of favourites from first quick look at The Art of Witch Hat Atelier. Very hard to choose though. Kamome Shirahama is so incredibly talented.
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A couple of favourites from first quick look at The Art of Witch Hat Atelier. Very hard to choose though. Kamome Shirahama is so incredibly talented.
The Art Of Witch Hat Atelier book has arrived & it is a very beautiful thing.
January 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The Art Of Witch Hat Atelier book has arrived & it is a very beautiful thing.
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Jan. 16, 1926: BBC listeners across Britain are startled to hear reports of a Communist revolution sweeping London. A deadpan announcer relates how mobs of unemployed men led by radical agitators are tearing down Big Ben, blowing up buildings and looting the National Gallery. 1/5
January 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Jan. 16, 1926: BBC listeners across Britain are startled to hear reports of a Communist revolution sweeping London. A deadpan announcer relates how mobs of unemployed men led by radical agitators are tearing down Big Ben, blowing up buildings and looting the National Gallery. 1/5
Preparing serious scientific experiment. What is more likely to clear a headache - is it a couple of Anadin Extra & plenty of water & a nap or a small bear dancing to Creepy Nuts' excellent song "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"? Unfortunately test subject has no trust in process 😠
Creepy Nuts - Bling‐Bang‐Bang‐Born / THE FIRST TAKE
YouTube video by THE FIRST TAKE
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January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Preparing serious scientific experiment. What is more likely to clear a headache - is it a couple of Anadin Extra & plenty of water & a nap or a small bear dancing to Creepy Nuts' excellent song "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"? Unfortunately test subject has no trust in process 😠
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Today is NATIONAL APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY so we invite you to appreciate this dragon from our collections.
The AZDAHA is a mythological Iranian dragon, described in Persian sources as an enormous winged serpent.
This example is from the Gothic Map in our Folkloristan collection, item F_24_GM_06
The AZDAHA is a mythological Iranian dragon, described in Persian sources as an enormous winged serpent.
This example is from the Gothic Map in our Folkloristan collection, item F_24_GM_06
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Today is NATIONAL APPRECIATE A DRAGON DAY so we invite you to appreciate this dragon from our collections.
The AZDAHA is a mythological Iranian dragon, described in Persian sources as an enormous winged serpent.
This example is from the Gothic Map in our Folkloristan collection, item F_24_GM_06
The AZDAHA is a mythological Iranian dragon, described in Persian sources as an enormous winged serpent.
This example is from the Gothic Map in our Folkloristan collection, item F_24_GM_06
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The AskHistorians Best of 2025 Awards have been announced!
Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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January 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The AskHistorians Best of 2025 Awards have been announced!
Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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Whether it's the Beast's books, Bond's booze or Blackfoot butts, come celebrate and enjoy some outstanding public history work!
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@grrlysquirrel.bsky.social We got post! Thank you.
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
@grrlysquirrel.bsky.social We got post! Thank you.
Got a visitor to Bear's Bed today. His tag says his name is Evil Momo but he seems like a decent chap. I am positive he won't try to eat me & steal my pillows. Or steal me & eat my pillows. Absolutely positive 👍
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Got a visitor to Bear's Bed today. His tag says his name is Evil Momo but he seems like a decent chap. I am positive he won't try to eat me & steal my pillows. Or steal me & eat my pillows. Absolutely positive 👍
Oh dear. Just seen some chat about the new Buffy & it being described as not a reboot or a sequel but an evolution. Which sounds a bit like arguing the Atlantic Ocean isn't wet but is actually rather moist while announcing a recreation of the Titanic.
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Oh dear. Just seen some chat about the new Buffy & it being described as not a reboot or a sequel but an evolution. Which sounds a bit like arguing the Atlantic Ocean isn't wet but is actually rather moist while announcing a recreation of the Titanic.