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Hester
@hesterkw.bsky.social
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Drink beer, ride bikes, do nerd things. She/Her.
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weratedogs.com
This is Uni. She has ridden to work with her human every day in their bike basket for the last seven years. Has been offered many other forms of transportation, but refuses them all in favor of the Honey Baked Ham Express. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: unihalo)
a senior shiba inu is bundled into a basket on the front of a blue bicycle. the bottom of the basket is wicker, but the top two-thirds is a wide wire mesh. the dog’s fluffy fur pokes through the squares of the wire, giving her back and booty the distinct appearance of a golden honey glazed ham. her front paws stick up over the top edge of the basket, and she’s looking forward toward the next adventure.
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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seanedmund.bsky.social
The right: Bluesky is a angry liberal echo chamber

Bluesky: Everyone is furiously agreeing about toasties
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
I actually love this one, because so many of London's names come from odd origins, including my home town of Romford which comes from "rum fort" (ford) as in a wide (rum) shallow place to cross what was the "le Markediche" which means "boundary ditch"
fesshole.bsky.social fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 1d
When I moved to South London from Asia, I thought Stockwell was pronounced St Ockwell and celebrated a local saint from the European middle ages. I believed this for almost eight years.
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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tkingfisher.com
This is so accurate it causes me mild physical pain.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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jamiesmart.bsky.social
If you haven’t read this issue yet, it’s basically what comics were invented for. Neill’s tentacles smash through the entire comic, invading other strips (including Bunny Vs Monkey), and breaking every wall. It’s a glorious deconstruction of what makes comics so great 🤩
neillcameron.bsky.social Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 1d
ELDER GOD TENTACLES FROM BEYOND REALITY ARE INVADING THE PHOENIX! THE VERY STRUCTURE OF COMICS IS BREAKING DOWN! CAN REALITY BE SAVED FROM THE INSANE WHIMS OF A VENGEFUL BAGEL?

Find out this week!
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
Genuine question. What invasion of privacy will you choose to determine biological sex
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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zomda.bsky.social
Just booked a taxi. The AI interface on my phone read the confirmation email, added an event called "bus" to my calendar, set it for 2 hours ahead of the time I'm actually travelling and then alerted me that I need to start driving NOW to make my appointment at my home, the place where I already am.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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burnyourbones.bsky.social
It is the most shattering experience of a young man's life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself "I will never play Uncle Monty". When that moment comes one's ambition ceases.
jimllmixit.bsky.social Jimgle Bells @jimllmixit.bsky.social · 2d
Richard Griffiths was 38 when he started recording as Uncle Monty in Withnail & I
A black & white still of Richard Griffiths as Uncle Monty in Withnail and I, sat in front of the range smoking a cigarette.
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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hesterkw.bsky.social
New pub on King street, run by brewer of excellent beer, Baron. baronbrewing.co.uk/taproom/
Taproom and The Handsome Prince - Baron Brewing
Our bar in Cambridge, The Handsome Prince, is now open! Serving a range of our beers as well as a huge variety of other beers, wines and spritzes. Please
baronbrewing.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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camcycle.bsky.social
"If there was a better route between Girton & Histon ... it would transform the way we communicate between these two villages. We are really close and we should be better connected."

Support this campaign and DOUBLE your donation today at camcycle.org.uk/BigGive2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdU8...
Girton to Histon & Impington active travel route: donate NOW via the Big Give Christmas Challenge
YouTube video by Camcycle
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December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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orkneylibrary.bsky.social
Just putting up the Christmas decorations in the staff room.
A microwave with a picture stuck on the front showing Bruce Willis from the movie Die Hard, crawling in a ventilation duct
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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moonjam.com
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.

I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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beardynoise.bsky.social
The DM started describing a thieves cant symbol

I got this far into drawing it, at his instruction, before realising what it was and getting So Mad
Three horizontal lines above three more horizontal lines, the bottom of line 1 connecting to the top of line 2 below it It's the start of the fucking "Cool S"
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
hesterkw.bsky.social
teeth?
Word cloud visualization for 2025 showing your 50 most-used words, sized by frequency. Top 10: "kids" (14×), "books" (14×), "reading" (11×), "loved" (7×), "season" (6×), "childrens" (6×), "teeth" (6×), "free" (5×), "argument" (5×), "children" (5×) (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest)
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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tubemapper.bsky.social
Lady In Red, Green Park

I love the Mondrian colours on the Jubilee Line platform at Green Park station.

Dancer Viola was wearing a red dress, so I couldn't resist taking a quick photo of her at one of the most colourful locations on the London Underground
Dancer in red
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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lottelydia.bsky.social
(It’s here:)
www.royalmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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lottelydia.bsky.social
Royal Mail have written a GDPR policy for their letter to Santa scheme that is a) pitched at children explaining how their data is used and b) fully committed to the existence of Father Christmas and it’s just… really cute
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
On further reflection everyone needs to be appreciating the lawn of the RadCam a lot more
oldenoughtosay.com ❄️mari-lwyd odent❄️ @oldenoughtosay.com · 4d
So that’s how churches used to fit a lot more people back when attendance was mandatory. Gratuitous tower views since I was there anyway and it’s a lovely day for it
View of the round Radcliffe camera from the air View of the east high street, with Magdalen tower visible View of west high street, Lincoln library visible
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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markgoodrich.bsky.social
If people are interested in joining this, I have just discovered that Hogfather is currently only £0.99 on Amazon and Kobo!
teakayb.mathsy.space Tommaths (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @teakayb.mathsy.space · 7d
I've decided to re-read Hogfather over the festive period (starting on Dec 1th) and thought there may be others doing the same thing.

If you're a @thestorygraph.com user, join me in a buddy read, if you like?

app.thestorygraph.com/buddy_reads/...
Sign In | The StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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msemilyedwards.bsky.social
GUYS

GUYS

MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
four white plastic muppet-style busts of dante, moliere, aristotle, and shakespeare, 3d printed in the style of the muppet christmas carol
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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johanvinet.com
Also, here's a glimpse at my rotoscoping process... #LUNARK #pixelart
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
Recently, as I was doing some deep breathing exercises in the vestry to cope with some nonsense at church, someone came up to me and said "these days I have to ask God for patience, because if I ask him for strength I'll deck a bitch." and honestly? Biblical levels of wisdom there.
December 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
6 Panel Comic Panel 1: A Purple Dude and a Green Dude in an electronics shop. The Purple Dude is holding a box containing a new laptop. Purple Dude: You’re all set. Here’s your new AI laptop and your guy. Green Dude: My what? Panel 2: A severe looking Red Dude in cap and shades has appeared behind Green Dude. Purple Dude: Your guy. Every new AI laptop comes with a guy. Panel 3: Green Dude is back at home. We see him through the window working at his new laptop. Panel 4: Interior of kitchen. Green Dude continues to work at his laptop. The Red Dude is standing next to him. Panel 5: Close up of laptop screen. Green Dude is about to turn off the AI features. Panel 6: Red Dude produces a gun and presses it to Green Dude’s temple. He hisses: Don’t you fucking dare.
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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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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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons
Panel 1. A character holding a mobile phone. Ping! An alert arrives: "Your order has been received!" (Image of happy-looking book) Panel 2. Ping! "Your item has been dispatched!" (Image of happy-looking van, driving along) Panel 3. Ping! "Your package has been delivered!" (Image of happy-looking box on doorstep) Panel 4. Ping! "Your book has been neglected: left on the shelf, unread and forgotten, gathering dust for several months." (Image of unhappy-looking book, dusty and covered with cobwebs, accompanied by a spider) Panel 5. The character looks sad and guilty about the unread book. Panel 6. Ping! "Your order has been received!" (Image of new, happy-looking book)
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM