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Squiddy
@dr-squiddy.bsky.social
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Undercover museum curator, actual certified doctor of museum stuff, accidental catalyst for change, educator, newt botherer, and spooky idiot. She/Her
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Just look at this beautiful baby, with all of his over active stem cells!
Photograph of an axolotl with three front legs.
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Cheating this #FossilFriday with a cast of a claw from Theriznosaurus Chelonformis. These lads probably had the longest claws of any land animal (but they were tubby and ate plants).

I saw a CGI of one looking like Roger from American Dad with an extreme manicure, so that's where we're at.
A claw, which is maybe 30cm long, with a hand for scale (no bananas available in the museum). This is medium size for the species, BTW.
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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A tuxedo cat raising a paw with the caption 'would'.
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Phil Ellis rocking looks on #Taskmaster tonight that have made me all nostalgic for proper 90s WGW (which is something that current WGW could never do). Someone bring me a big bag of tubular crin, some springy New Rocks and a horrible alcopop - stat!
Nice boots and a customised black suit with some home made cyb0r style spikes, Phil's been off down Camden and is ready for some tasty 90s industrial on the main stage. All he needs now are the goggles. All ready for 80s night, Phil would not look out of place in Adam and the Ants. Waistcoat, bouffey hair, big blousey shirt, a lovely necktie (and a bottle of lube because it's all that was left in Bargain Booze).
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Without downloading new pics, describe your gender:
A comic by @extrafabulous.bsky.social showing two sailors on a boat. The older man in the hat advises "Yar! Beware of the siren's song, lad. 'Tis said to be a melody most sweet to men's ear." On a rock in the sea, a mermaid sings "Hello! Lemme get that dick" The old sailor is captivated. He says "Looks like this is the end, lad"
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Good afternoon. Please enjoy this epic yet misleading poster for Neil Morrisey classic 'I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle' (1990) that I found in A Bulgarian art gallery.
A poster with a splashy red background showing a vampire face with one yellow eye and massive fangs. There is a wheel where the tongue would be and handlebars sticking out like horns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Dress for the job you want

Me:
Artemisia Gentileschi: 'Judith Slaying Holofernes' (Hell yeah, Artemisia! I chose this version because if you want to know what a hacked off woman hacking up a man might look like, you ask a woman to create it.) Very stabby, much blood. Judith is really going for it with the sword in neck action, and Holofernes (who thought he was going to get some sexytimes) is VERY confused. The maid is, of course, on Team Girl.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Wishing you all a very good #MosaicMonday! Can anyone tell me what this little leggy thing is meant to be? (Approx 4AD.)
Two birds perching on plant (?) pots (?) with a small tripod thing between them and a fountain (?) above. Who knows really? The birds are the only identifiable bit...
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Trapped in a retro gaming bar by the crew of an action movie filming complicated fight scenes, there was nothing to do but drink cocktails and play Toejam and Earl on the Megadrive.
#Jammin #OhNoWhatAShame
Brightly coloured gaming booths seen through a door shaped like a ring from Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone.
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I made an important purchase today:
A small plush zip up purse in the shape of an angry cooking knife.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Me flirting
Pandora by Iren Horrors. Open the box. I have such sights to show you. ;)
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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This is where they ought to be. It's wonderfully designed to allow visitors to see the marbles up close in their originally intended configuration - You look from the outside in, not the inside out. And the architecture is complimentary, not overshadowing. 😍
Casts of the Parthenon Marbles at the Acropolis Museum Long gallery showing casts from one side of the Parthenon at the Acropolis Museum.
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Did some online training today.
A picture of a dog trapped in the matrix, with subtitles saying: "Now imagine that dog isn't really a dog but instead, is somebody's personal data." Chris Morris reading the news on The Day Today
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Awww, yis!
A glass of red wine, the book 'Free Radicals', and a black sheepskin throw.
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Glorious cactussing continues.
A Christmas cactus completly laden with pink flowers on a windowsill.
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The Village has gone all in on guising tonight. Thought these two were having a chat with my neighbour - but he's indoors!
A couple stand on the pavement looking at a garden full of purple lights and spooky inflatables there are also a couple of mannequins dressed as horror movie characters.
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Eep! Arrived home to postal treasures 😍 which included new spooky pins! 🦇 For Halloween! 🎃 Yay! 🖤
An enamel pin. Red heart-shaped old-fashioned chocolate box. The open lid has gold decoration and says 'I only have eyes for you' and inside there are cute little eyeballs where the chocolates should be. A teeny tiny enamel pin in the shape of a black bar with yellow eyes. A safety pin has been included for scale (I know it's a poor choice as they come in lots of sizes) and there is an extremely small certificate that says 'the tiniest pin in the world'.
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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A visit to Tower Hamlets with @cemeteryclub.bsky.social this weekend leads me to reading 'Recollections of the Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants', written by fearless Victorian explorer Lucy Sherrard Atkinson.
Two ivy covered gravestone illuminated by the light of a torch.
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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My cactus has exploded with flowers this week.
A pensive iron frog sits underneath the pink bloom of a Christmas cactus.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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In the age of AI, it's harder to find an answer to this question than I expected.

What's behind this door at Eltham Palace? Have you been? Did you open it?

(And yes, you can do a little drawing of superheroes in rubber suits drinking cups of tea. I'd like to see that.)
A dark wooden door that says 'Batmen' on it in a fancy gold font.
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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First thought, best thought. From 'Tacky' by Weird Al!
A lady clutching her busom in an empty warehouse. She is wearing gold jewellery, an orange hat, and a red shirt.
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Today is being far kinder to my head (although my feet are starting to disagree).

As such, I have been hit with a flash of inspiration only an idiot would agree to, and I am going to do something ridiculous with my afternoon.
No idea what this is. Some sort of delicate pink trumpety type flower. A fiery orange flower, of the type a child would draw. Some lovely red autumn leaves. One I actually know! Some lovely red holly berries.
October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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When you have possibly the second most commodified "street art" brand in the world, but you've got to stick to your original concept.
Shepard Fairey print with the tagline "OBEY Awake from the trance of conformity". (A nearby sign advertises that the prints can be purchased.)
October 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Ooh, this is better.
A squirrel, who expects to be fed. The back of a gravestone with leaded decoration which says 'Music, Arts, Drama'. The name has worn off the front.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Yessss...
Excellent Halloween decor. A crow with red eyes and bloody beak perched on the railings outside a house.
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM