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Eleanor G
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Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT
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Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · Nov 26
I really couldn't ask for a better review 😊 #TheWisdomOfTea #EveryDayAGoodDay 🍵
#NorikoMorishita

(Thought it was time I advertised my work here)

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
Me with the original edition of Every Day a Good Day and the Australia/NZ edition of The Wisdom of Tea Cover of the British edition of The Wisdom of Tea Quote from The Wisdom of Tea "When you are living through difficult times, when you have lost all confidence and the world seems plunged into darkness, Tea teaches you one thing above all else: live in the moment with an eye to the future." Noriko Morishita Quote from the Daily Mail review of The Wisdom of Tea: 'Delightfully quirky...this is a book of wisdom and joy.'
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sassypolitico.bsky.social
Celebrating the start of Ramadan (month of charity) by donating to Kroad Community Kai who are providing free hot kai every week at Kevin’s arcade. You can find info on their insta.

There’s enough food in this world to ensure no one goes hungry. Maybe we can collectively play a small part to help.
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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gingertotty.bsky.social
Fink it’s #randomactsofkindnessday

So let’s do a thing… I’ll send one of my cheery boz-eyed bug cards to a random person who might need some happy post (can be you or a friend).

SHARE dis post and nominate your person below (I’ll draw a name out of a hat tonight)

Uk postage only (soz) #bsnm
Silly schoolyard rhyme card featuring boz eyed shiny arsed bug Available as card, postcard or print in my dippyfishcards.Etsy.com shop Poem reads: I wish I were a glow-worm, A glow-worm's never glum. How can you be unhappy, When the sun shines out yer bum? The reason I did this card in the first place on the backstory (inside of card blank but all my cards feature a bit of added value on the back) READY, STEADY - GLOW I DREW THIS DAFT WEE GLOW-WORM FOR MY FREND WHO WAS FEELING BLUE. HED SENT ME THE POEM YEARS BACK WHEN ID BEEN SAD. SO THIS WEE FELLA HAS THE MOST LOVELY OF BACKSTORIES. HE WAS CREATED PURELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING PEOPLE SMILE. BESIDES. THE POEM HAS THE WORD "BUM IN IT. THAT SHOULD CHEER ANYONE UP THE SCIENGE WINGLESS LARFORM FEMALES AND LARVAE OF BIOLUMINESCENT BEETLE SPECIES ARE KNOWN AS GLOWWORMS. WINGED MALES MAY OR MAY NOT BE ALL GLOWY AND SHZZLE. YOU GLOW. GIRLS. SORRY FOR THE SHOUTING it all comes up in caps cos of the font I use! Xxx
February 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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cyberstalin.bsky.social
Call me evil but lol and lmao. Bem feito. Remembering when Japan paid Brazilian and Peruvian immigrants the equivalent of 2000USD to leave the country and never come back during the 2008 financial crisis. Lol.
unseenjapan.com Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 57m
Team Mirai wants to replace foreign workers with AI. They didn't address that most foreign laborers here work in blue-collar, physical industries like construction, nursing care, and transportation that would collapse without immigrant labor. A minor detail, I'm sure.
English article from Japan Times. Headline: AI could replace foreign workers in Japan, Team Mirai says Team Mirai did not identify which specific sectors or industries it thought AI might soon replace foreign workers. But Anno says that, regardless of nationality, the introduction of the latest AI technologies means all working white-collar workers could find themselves out of their current jobs and needing to retrain. “It’s not so much people out in the field, but rather the work of those in office-based jobs — the so-called white-collar positions — that AI finds easier to handle. Jobs that involve gathering information and providing responses are the areas where AI can work most effectively,” Anno said in a campaign video on Team Mirai’s plans to reform the labor force with AI.
February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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sonofbengt.bsky.social
When these two got together..it was MOIDA!
Tabby cat hiding behind a blue watering can, staring in disgust at a brown doberman pup who is eating from a silver bowl
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
zaichishka.bsky.social
A pox on Japanese websites that insist on redirecting me to their English pages. I want the original information in Japanese without having to use a VPN, dammit!
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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dorotapawlak.bsky.social
Signs of spring.

#Stunday #EastCoastKin #FlowersOnSunday #nature #photography #bloomscrolling #crocus #VancouverIsland #PhotographersOfBlueSky
February 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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chloelewis.bsky.social
River Meavy, near Burrator

#Dartmoor #Devon #water #nature #stone #moss
River Meavy, near Burrator, Dartmoor, Devon, February. Fallen trees. Mossy rocks.
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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mydearvelvie.bsky.social
I took a pic of alfie from under the door 😭
a photo of a cat looking down at the camera under the door, his face slightly obscured by his fluff
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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gaijinmommy.bsky.social
Kid came home from school today confused about what 適当にやらないで means & while explaining it I couldn’t help feeling that, when it comes to words that also mean their opposites, やばい gets all the love and attention while 適当 is unjustly overlooked like its name is Barb in S1 of Stranger Things.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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domesticanimal.bsky.social
More extreme weather more often. What do our leaders think we should do? In a word, not much.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate
Cartoon. Title: “Boys’ Trip” The image shows a flooded landscape, with hills, trees, a dead cow, and a car plowing through the muddy floodwaters. In the car are Deputy PM David Seymour, NZ First leader Winston Peters, and PM Christopher Luxon. Seymour is saying, “We’ve gotta be realistic - we can adapt. Well, the ones that matter can” Winston Peters is saying, “It’s climate hysteria! It’s just a bit of rain” And Luxon, who is driving, says, “Hey, anyone wanna hear my Spotify?”
February 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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400footghost.bsky.social
Something a bit different today - I felt like making a drawing based on someone else's work.
Dennis the Menace & Gnasher, as created by David Law for The Beano in 1951.
Ink drawing with pencil colours on white paper. A drawing of the Beano character Dennis the Menace, a boy perpetually around 10 (I've always thought). He has a mass of wildly unkempt hair, a stripey jumper and long socks. He is in the process of using a catapult; the handle for it is very long and his other arm is exaggeratedly long to reach up and pull back the bit of a catapult you put your ammo in (I don't know what you call it). Dennis's dog, Gnasher, was always drawn like Dennis's wild hair but with a face and limbs, so I have drawn Dennis' hair a bit taller than usual so as to add Gnasher's face at the top - where the dog ends and the hair begins, we just don't know. Dennis' hair, shorts and every other stripe on his top are usually black but I have coloured them dark blue for this. The other stripes - as usual - are red.
February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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celestineandthehare.com
Shrews celebrate the old ways. Today is the new moon and Imbolc from the time before human calendars. They lit a candle in the earth to welcome in Spring
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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mrphilnorman.bsky.social
A passionate defence of ITV's early broadcasts of Sesame Street, from the producer of The Beast Must Die.
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
The Roman Pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 me

#Archaeology
My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a central arched opening (doorway) at ground level. On the upper three levels, in line with the doorway, there are narrow rectangular window openings. The lighthouse stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro, which can be glimpsed on the right-hand side of my photo. The lighthouse is dated circa 1st century to early- 2nd century AD. It was one of a pair originally built on each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). The other does not survive. This lighthouse stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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korimakoecology.bsky.social
Less than 4 weeks ago 6 people died in landslide at a Council owned campground. Surely Stuff has a responsibility here to not give these views oxygen?

"He said he’d be happy to continue living there and did not believe the risk was as great as the council made out."

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘This was their home’: Tears as 90-year-old campground closes over landslide danger
Expert assessment paints a stark picture of the threat to life at Hawke’s Bay landmark.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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victorianlondon.bsky.social
just came across a Samuel B. Sharp in a press article; presumably Samuel C. to his more intimate acquaintances
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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samadams.bsky.social
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”

The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.

www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The answer is a rewrite experiment, backed by AI. We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories. The role will require an evolving expertise in prompt writing for an AI chatbot, to get the quality stories you might want to read. This is not a one-and-done kind of thing. We envision the rewrite specialist tweaking the stories a good bit with additional prompts for refinements. I see this as a writing role.
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
Hitting the discover page, a short story:
I repost an image of a Dutch psychiatric hospital with some bad art. A woman who doesn’t follow me comments “religion is killing your country” I reply “tf are you talking about” She replies “RELIGION. IS. KILLING. YOUR. COUNTRY.” I ask her which country. She goes: the us. I say well I’m British and OP is Dutch so once again tf are you talking about She replies “how the fuck would anyone know that. You check profiles of everyone you engage with?” I sa yes
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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aplante.com
finally painted the dumbest 3D sculpt i’ve made to date #art
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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kmale.bsky.social
Wake Up, It’s Tomorrow.
The Mersey at sunrise.
February 17, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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kazcooke.bsky.social
Solidarity with Vanessa Turnbull Roberts. An old, shitty story that keeps happening. The real 'cancel culture' is women's careers being cut short or derailed when they need to choose safety. Because apparently we're not always entitled to both.
abcnewsbot.bsky.social ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 20h
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts says she stepped down as the ACT's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner to prioritise her safety after being subjected to sexual harassment and sexual assault by a public servant.
Former ACT commissioner alleges sexual assault and harassment
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts says she stepped down as the ACT's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner to prioritise her safety after being subjected to sexual harassment and sexual assault by a public servant.
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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pickwick.bsky.social
Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake

And a happy year of the whores to you all
BBC News screenshot with the subtitle "Welcome to the year of the whores. People around the globe celebrate..."
February 17, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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nzeiteriuroa.bsky.social
Running the government is a lot like playing recorder – it doesn’t work if you suck.

#makeitstop by letting those in power know just how many people care about primary education in NZ. Share this film, sign our petition, or just make some noise for teachers & educators at makeitstop.co.nz
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Embroidery design by May Morris (1862-1938) influential English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor #WomensArt
Floral patterns embroidery with orange blossoms and green-blue feathered leaves on a light brown background
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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ceefaux.bsky.social
VIEWER'S COMPETITION SHORTLIST: we're posting two fave #ceefauxviewerscompetition entries each weekday and will count up the most likes/comments/reshares in 24 hours. 14/20 by @ian64.bsky.social
17.30 COLUMBOT Another case for the brilliant yet shabbily-dressed an unkempt metallic automaton and his snake like chrome tendrils dispensing laser beam and small destructive missiles.
February 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM