Kimberley Campbell Thornton
@kimthornton.bsky.social
I write about dogs, cats, and other animals, and sometimes about cocktails and travel. Love to read, travel, and be outdoors. Tea maven. Collector of shoes and purses. Slave to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She/her.
You just died.
The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
I knew she would get underfoot once too often.
The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
I knew she would get underfoot once too often.
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You just died.
The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
I knew she would get underfoot once too often.
The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
I knew she would get underfoot once too often.
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Congratulations @hildur.bsky.social! Ja onnekkaita olemme ensi keväänä, kun Hildur Knútsdóttirin Yöjuoksu (Haamu 2026) ilmestyy suomeksi! Teoksen suomentaa Eeva-Kaisa Suhonen. 📚 Odotamme kirjaa suurella innolla!
The Night Guest has been longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award!
"Despite being firmly within the psychological horror genre, The Night Guest operates with literary restraint: spare prose, precise imagery, and a calculated withholding of resolution."
@maryrobinettekowal.com
"Despite being firmly within the psychological horror genre, The Night Guest operates with literary restraint: spare prose, precise imagery, and a calculated withholding of resolution."
@maryrobinettekowal.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Congratulations @hildur.bsky.social! Ja onnekkaita olemme ensi keväänä, kun Hildur Knútsdóttirin Yöjuoksu (Haamu 2026) ilmestyy suomeksi! Teoksen suomentaa Eeva-Kaisa Suhonen. 📚 Odotamme kirjaa suurella innolla!
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🌊 If you are in #yyj on Dec. 9 be sure to see @fraass.bsky.social of @seos-uvic.bsky.social at the next Cafe Scientifique
Tiny ocean fossils are fundamental to our understanding of the climate system and how it has changed over the past 150 million years.
Join us at our next Café Scientifique to hear all about the world of micropaleontology!
📅 Dec. 9, 2025, 7 p.m.
📍 The Mint
🔗 Details: https://ow.ly/56Sx50XxTlA
Join us at our next Café Scientifique to hear all about the world of micropaleontology!
📅 Dec. 9, 2025, 7 p.m.
📍 The Mint
🔗 Details: https://ow.ly/56Sx50XxTlA
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🌊 If you are in #yyj on Dec. 9 be sure to see @fraass.bsky.social of @seos-uvic.bsky.social at the next Cafe Scientifique
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Obligatory promotion post.
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
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If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Obligatory promotion post.
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
If you enjoy Beauty amd the Beast, werewolves, eldritch monster noises, savvy butlers, hot farmers, and cake, please enjoy:
www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
three men dressed as mariachis stand in a dirt field
Alt: In the 1986 comedy Three Amigos, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short are three out-of-work silent film actors mistaken for real heroes by the desperate inhabitants of a small Mexican village under threat from a notorious bandit and his gang. Here, they are wearing black mariachi suits with red cummerbunds and ascots and large black sombreros with silver detailing, pistols in holsters at their side.
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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Spectacular - and scary - eruption in Ethiopia. This is a volcano in the famous Afar Triangle, where the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the African Rift meet in a triple point, where the Arabian, African, and Somalian plates are pulled apart.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Spectacular - and scary - eruption in Ethiopia. This is a volcano in the famous Afar Triangle, where the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and the African Rift meet in a triple point, where the Arabian, African, and Somalian plates are pulled apart.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Done.
Blanched, candied, fried, and salted pecans. The salt is a mix of table salt, smoked paprika, allspice, white and black peppers, and garlic.
Blanched, candied, fried, and salted pecans. The salt is a mix of table salt, smoked paprika, allspice, white and black peppers, and garlic.
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Done.
Blanched, candied, fried, and salted pecans. The salt is a mix of table salt, smoked paprika, allspice, white and black peppers, and garlic.
Blanched, candied, fried, and salted pecans. The salt is a mix of table salt, smoked paprika, allspice, white and black peppers, and garlic.
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All credit to Mr. Dickens! #booksky #literaturesky
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
All credit to Mr. Dickens! #booksky #literaturesky
At the dentist after losing a crown to a jellybean on Friday.
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
At the dentist after losing a crown to a jellybean on Friday.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
From the animal trivia quiz cards that were a birthday gift:
Standing at 5 feet, what is the tallest bird native to North America?
A: Whooping crane
B. California condor
C. Great blue heron
D. Emu
Standing at 5 feet, what is the tallest bird native to North America?
A: Whooping crane
B. California condor
C. Great blue heron
D. Emu
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
From the animal trivia quiz cards that were a birthday gift:
Standing at 5 feet, what is the tallest bird native to North America?
A: Whooping crane
B. California condor
C. Great blue heron
D. Emu
Standing at 5 feet, what is the tallest bird native to North America?
A: Whooping crane
B. California condor
C. Great blue heron
D. Emu
Let's have this be not a first, not an only, but a start.
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Let's have this be not a first, not an only, but a start.
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#1 on our best Mexican restaurant list = LA CASITA MEXICANA ~ BELL
What really sets La Casita apart isn’t just the technical brilliance or critical acclaim; it’s heart.
See all 43 of the best Mexican restaurants on our list: lataco.com/best-mexican...
What really sets La Casita apart isn’t just the technical brilliance or critical acclaim; it’s heart.
See all 43 of the best Mexican restaurants on our list: lataco.com/best-mexican...
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#1 on our best Mexican restaurant list = LA CASITA MEXICANA ~ BELL
What really sets La Casita apart isn’t just the technical brilliance or critical acclaim; it’s heart.
See all 43 of the best Mexican restaurants on our list: lataco.com/best-mexican...
What really sets La Casita apart isn’t just the technical brilliance or critical acclaim; it’s heart.
See all 43 of the best Mexican restaurants on our list: lataco.com/best-mexican...
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If today's a slow one, how about a stroll along our planet's longest mountain chain?
No, not Himalaya. And not the Andes either.
This one's...65,000km long.
(That's nearly a fifth of the way to the Moon!)
How about a 2-day journey (first part today, second tomorrow) along some of it?
1/
No, not Himalaya. And not the Andes either.
This one's...65,000km long.
(That's nearly a fifth of the way to the Moon!)
How about a 2-day journey (first part today, second tomorrow) along some of it?
1/
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If today's a slow one, how about a stroll along our planet's longest mountain chain?
No, not Himalaya. And not the Andes either.
This one's...65,000km long.
(That's nearly a fifth of the way to the Moon!)
How about a 2-day journey (first part today, second tomorrow) along some of it?
1/
No, not Himalaya. And not the Andes either.
This one's...65,000km long.
(That's nearly a fifth of the way to the Moon!)
How about a 2-day journey (first part today, second tomorrow) along some of it?
1/
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Oh wait this is actually a good idea
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh wait this is actually a good idea
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Want to dive into 17th century Bern (Switzerland)? The House of Barbary is fantastic historical fiction telling a unique story of a murderous cult, conspiracies and bloody revenge. A 5-star read! #BookReview #HistFic 📚💙 books.beledit.com/the-house-of... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
The House of Barbary | Isabelle Schuler - REVIEW - BelEdit Book Reviews
The House of Barbary is a highly original, gripping and immersive novel telling an intriguing, vivid and gory story.
books.beledit.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Want to dive into 17th century Bern (Switzerland)? The House of Barbary is fantastic historical fiction telling a unique story of a murderous cult, conspiracies and bloody revenge. A 5-star read! #BookReview #HistFic 📚💙 books.beledit.com/the-house-of... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Even more sourdough discard crackers! Added ingredients: nutritional yeast, mixed herbs, chilli powder, poppy seeds, chia seeds and brushed with chilli oil plus Himalayan pink salt and ground black pepper. I used Marriage’s very strong Canadian white flour. #sourdough #crackers #baking #canadian
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Even more sourdough discard crackers! Added ingredients: nutritional yeast, mixed herbs, chilli powder, poppy seeds, chia seeds and brushed with chilli oil plus Himalayan pink salt and ground black pepper. I used Marriage’s very strong Canadian white flour. #sourdough #crackers #baking #canadian