@hullaballoon.bsky.social
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Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
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**Top Ten Images of the Year · #5 of 10**
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
December 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
**Top Ten Images of the Year · #5 of 10**
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
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Therefore my age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly.
Frosty, but kindly.
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Therefore my age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly.
Frosty, but kindly.
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For this relief much thanks. ’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
For this relief much thanks. ’Tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.
And I am sick at heart.
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#FolkyFriday 🦊 #PhantomFriday 👻
In Japanese folklore, the Kitsune no Yūrei—the ghost fox—haunts lonely roads & forest paths. These spectral foxes are said to appear on misty nights, their glowing tails flickering like lanterns, leading travelers astray or send eerie messages from the spirit world.
In Japanese folklore, the Kitsune no Yūrei—the ghost fox—haunts lonely roads & forest paths. These spectral foxes are said to appear on misty nights, their glowing tails flickering like lanterns, leading travelers astray or send eerie messages from the spirit world.
September 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#FolkyFriday 🦊 #PhantomFriday 👻
In Japanese folklore, the Kitsune no Yūrei—the ghost fox—haunts lonely roads & forest paths. These spectral foxes are said to appear on misty nights, their glowing tails flickering like lanterns, leading travelers astray or send eerie messages from the spirit world.
In Japanese folklore, the Kitsune no Yūrei—the ghost fox—haunts lonely roads & forest paths. These spectral foxes are said to appear on misty nights, their glowing tails flickering like lanterns, leading travelers astray or send eerie messages from the spirit world.
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'Not Even the Ghosts'
for @spookyellisreed.bsky.social 's story by the same name, which you can read here: northwesthorror.com/2023/11/04/n...
for @spookyellisreed.bsky.social 's story by the same name, which you can read here: northwesthorror.com/2023/11/04/n...
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
'Not Even the Ghosts'
for @spookyellisreed.bsky.social 's story by the same name, which you can read here: northwesthorror.com/2023/11/04/n...
for @spookyellisreed.bsky.social 's story by the same name, which you can read here: northwesthorror.com/2023/11/04/n...
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SCHNABELPERCHTEN Austrian Folklore figures with long beaks, equipped with a basket on their backs, large scissors, needle & thread & a broom. The Schnabelperchten make their way through town on the 5th of January, on the eve of Epiphany #GothicYuletide
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
SCHNABELPERCHTEN Austrian Folklore figures with long beaks, equipped with a basket on their backs, large scissors, needle & thread & a broom. The Schnabelperchten make their way through town on the 5th of January, on the eve of Epiphany #GothicYuletide
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Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
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You have won a happy victory
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
You have won a happy victory
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All that glitters is not gold
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
All that glitters is not gold
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
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found a new image to burn into my personal philosophy
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
found a new image to burn into my personal philosophy
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Thank you for helping me spread a bit more positivity out here 🩵🩵🩵
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thank you for helping me spread a bit more positivity out here 🩵🩵🩵
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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this is a deeply unsettling fact to have learned at 1am
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
this is a deeply unsettling fact to have learned at 1am
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Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And recks not his own rede.
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A short horror comic inspired by my little guy keeping me company in a new apartment
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A short horror comic inspired by my little guy keeping me company in a new apartment
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Let him have time to see his friends his foes,
And merry fools to mock at him resort;
Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow, and how swift and short
His time of folly and his time of ;
And ever let his crime
Have time to wail th’ abusing of his time.
And merry fools to mock at him resort;
Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow, and how swift and short
His time of folly and his time of ;
And ever let his crime
Have time to wail th’ abusing of his time.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Let him have time to see his friends his foes,
And merry fools to mock at him resort;
Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow, and how swift and short
His time of folly and his time of ;
And ever let his crime
Have time to wail th’ abusing of his time.
And merry fools to mock at him resort;
Let him have time to mark how slow time goes
In time of sorrow, and how swift and short
His time of folly and his time of ;
And ever let his crime
Have time to wail th’ abusing of his time.
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Fair is foul, and foul is fair
November 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
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Nobody ever talks about how weird this was
![[Scene is a boardroom in the headquarters of the board game manufacturer, Parker Bros. The year is 1966]
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[show exterior of a factory building with 'PARKER BROS BOARD GAMES' written on the top]
PARKER 1:
Ok brothers - a quick run through our manufacturing schedule...
2
[Switch to interior scene of the boardroom, in which the three Parker Brothers are having a meeting].
Parker 1:
So this year we'll be making: Monopoly, Cluedo, Risk, the portal to Hell thing,
Scrabble, and Tiddlywinks.
3
Parker 2:
What was that?
Parker 1:
Tiddlywinks!
Parker 2:
No the bit about Hell
4
Parker 1:
Ah yes - we're manufacturing ouija boards now
Parker 2:
What
5
Parker 2:
Parker… we make *board games*...
Parker 1:
Yes, Parker! And this is a great family board game which may or may not be a portal to the Other Place.
6
Parker 1:
You know, 2-6 players, summon a loved one, might be a daemon - great fun
7
Parker 2:
Whose idea was this?
Parker 1:
Well I believe it was... Mr Shimmer?
8
Parker 2:
Who is Mr Shimmer
[voice from off-scene]:
shimmmerrrrr...
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[Cut to a figure who is also sat at the boardroom table. It is a horrifying eldritch wraith, eyeless, pale, with a gaping, hissing black mouth drawn open in a foul, silent, endless grimace]
Mr Shimmer:
*sssshimmmerrrrr*...
10
Parker 1:
Our new creative director! I met him at a seance, because it's 1966.
11
Parker 1:
Mr Shimmer says he hopes there may soon be a set in every home in the land!
12
Parker 1:
Come - shall we play?
[he shifts his body forward in his chair slightly, and we glimpse behind him the terrifying eyes of another demon sat behind him, a la this iconic bit in Insidious]
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidv33wk63t53zkipuqnv43g7ly5axykznx3nc2325vv6mrtztne4e@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Nobody ever talks about how weird this was
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By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
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Witch stones—also called hag stones, fairy stones, and other names—are stones with naturally occurring holes, believed to be protective talismans against witches and other dark forces. They can be worn around your neck, hung above doors, tied to bedposts, or attached to ships. #LegendaryWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Witch stones—also called hag stones, fairy stones, and other names—are stones with naturally occurring holes, believed to be protective talismans against witches and other dark forces. They can be worn around your neck, hung above doors, tied to bedposts, or attached to ships. #LegendaryWednesday
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Be sure to keep it lit 🕯️
My piece for the upcoming "Over the Garden Wall" show at Gallery Nucleus 🍂
My piece for the upcoming "Over the Garden Wall" show at Gallery Nucleus 🍂
October 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Be sure to keep it lit 🕯️
My piece for the upcoming "Over the Garden Wall" show at Gallery Nucleus 🍂
My piece for the upcoming "Over the Garden Wall" show at Gallery Nucleus 🍂
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Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so,
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
October 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Prevent it, resist it, let it not be so,
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!
Lest child, child’s children, cry against you woe!