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Jean Waddie
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Lurking for scraps of history, linguistics and cute animals (mostly sheep)
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floatingvoter.bsky.social
Absolutely. The response to the Supreme Court decision should have been to legislate to correct any contradiction in law. In 2008 Parliament clearly intended that a trans-woman should be a woman, and a trans-man a man, for all purposes.
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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lastpositivist.bsky.social
The Holy Father heard you had some objections to the filioque clause and he just wants to discuss them
The Pope. On a plane. With a baseball bat.
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
Road sign for 'Skirmish Paintball'
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
Further thoughts on social media stopping being like the pub, and the hollow weirdness of it all.

open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
This is not my beautiful pub...
The strangeness of social media as it stops being a social hub.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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komisarnym.bsky.social
1930-34

xkcd.com/1688/large/
xkcd.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3104 does not have a map
An intrepid bunny creeps through a labyrinth or dungeon, arranged in a grid like an old videogame. There is a snake and a skull in the bunny's path, as well as a spike pit. The bunny has a small sword.
October 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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hownottodraw.bsky.social
this got recommended to me by YouTube, and it deserves to have one billion views, so I'm showing it to you in the hopes that you will also watch it and share it, because it is so lovely

youtu.be/bV-2KfJtthE?...
Steve, Socks, and Spleen Surgery - An Animated Story
YouTube video by william snekspeare
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October 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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nome.bsky.social
Some things I've learned in my first few weeks:

1) There is a grey market candy swapping racket between janitors, TSA agents, CSRs, and everyone else who has to stand someplace all day at the airport.

Hi-chews, sour candies, and gummy anything are in highest demand.
October 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Found a secret door in the back of my washing machine. Behind it a tiny room with rows of mice fast asleep in odd-sock sleeping bags.
September 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller.

Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch.

No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2
🗃️🧪
Meme. Painting of St. Hildegard, from the shoulders up. She is dressed up in her nunnish finery. Her wimple is white and very creased, so that she looks a bit like a mummy and her veil is the dusky black of that suggests it's been through the wash many times. She has something like a crown on her head, with little spikes that look for all the world like duck feet. The saint's eyebrows are hard lines like windshield wipers, & her nose is ski-jump smooth. Her head is surrounded by a nimbus of blue with a white outline, set against an orange background. She is looking up and towards your right, as if she's watching a possum that's about to drop onto the person sitting next to you. Her mouth is set in a tight smile. She's likely thinking about sex again. And maybe not just eel sex. Hildegard provided us with the first written description of the female orgasm, so it's quite possible that she's got that on her mind. Meme text reads: "Medieval Eel Truth: It's all about the Bingen's, baby!"
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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naomialderman.bsky.social
I love London so much. So much.

Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?

Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
london.gov.uk Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Sep 17
In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
jmwedi.bsky.social
Everyone's talking about Wubbo, but I'm wondering what's the benefit of the guide to pronouncing Chandra "Ch-an-dra"? What other options are there?
metoffice.gov.uk Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · Sep 1
Latest storm names announced❗
Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?
Amy, Bram, Chandra (Ch-an-dra), Dave, Eddie, Fionnuala (Fee-new-lah), Gerard (Jer-ard), Hannah, Isla, Janna (Yah-nah), Kasia (Ka-shaa), Lilith, Marty, Nico, Oscar, Patrick, Ruby, Stevie, Tadhg (Tie-g), Violet, Wubbo (Vuh-boh) Keeping you safe when it matters the most.
September 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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ajlanes.bsky.social
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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levparikian.bsky.social
What you need – and you probably didn’t even realise it – is grebes running on water

vimeo.com/43951114
Birds Running on Water! - Conservation Media
Clark's and Western Grebes are the heaviest animals to run on water. How they do it is as mysterious as the supposedly-impossible flight of the bumblebee.…
vimeo.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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nattrustarch.bsky.social
#MondayMotivation from all of us at Bodiam Castle!

#yoga #wellbeing #archaeology
@nationaltrust.org.uk 🏺🧘‍♀️

#Bodiam100
August 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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romanpalace.bsky.social
It's #InternationalTrafficLightDay.
romanpalace.bsky.social Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · Mar 20
Denmark have installed these traffic lights to celebrate their Viking connections, and we've never wanted to be Danish more.
The green light of some traffic lights, but instead of the traditional "green man" walking across the road, this green man is wearing a Viking hat, and carrying a shield and axe, all Viking-like. The red light of some traffic lights, but instead of the traditional "red man" standing to attention, this red man is standing to attention, defiantly, wearing a Viking hat, and carrying a shield and axe, all Viking-like
August 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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papawoof.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
jmwedi.bsky.social
I am a verified adult. This means I can have my pudding first, any time I want 😄
July 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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juliebalt.bsky.social
New dog cross breeds The following new cross breeds are now recognized by the Kennel Club - allegedly! Collie + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up for easy transport. Pointer + Setter Poinsetter, the traditional Christmas pet. Pekingese + Lhasa Apso Peekasso, an abstract dog. Irish Water Spaniel + English Springer Spaniel Irish Springer, a dog fresh and clean as mountain air. Terrier + Bulldog Terribull, not a good dog. Bloodhound + Labrador Blabador, a dog that barks incessantly. Malamute + Pointer Moot Point, owned by...oh, well, it doesn't matter anyway. Collie + Malamute Commute, a dog that travels to work. Deerhound + Terrier Derriere, a dog that's true to the end. Bull Terrier + Shitzu You figure this one out
July 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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oldenoughtosay.com
like there's something incredible about an ancient and historic landscape- site of countless battles and deaths, fought bitterly by uncountable sides over centuries- now marked by gleaming white pillars stretching closer to the heavens than our ancestors could have dreamed
July 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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dreadships.bsky.social
Hear me out here: pangolins are nothing more than the Clangers' warrior caste...
A very fierce looking pangolin. The shared ancestry with the pink knitted space whistlers is undeniable
July 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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natesmith.dev
English is just three Germanic languages in a French coat
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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happytoast.co.uk
also, Yay! Wimblepong again #wimbledon
June 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM