@ladybookwyrm15.bsky.social
Bookwyrm, magpie, SCAdian, history nerd, devotee of the ridiculous.
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My rotator cuff is now so buggered that it hurts when I sneeze. I cannot imagine how anyone over 40 in possession of knees and shoulders could believe in Intelligent Design.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My rotator cuff is now so buggered that it hurts when I sneeze. I cannot imagine how anyone over 40 in possession of knees and shoulders could believe in Intelligent Design.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer on a flake of limestone, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer on a flake of limestone, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Renaissance cakes.
Very evil...
Very evil...
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Renaissance cakes.
Very evil...
Very evil...
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Sadly, Gordon Lightfoot is not around to write about how NOAA has been quietly saving lives and preventing disasters through science for 50+ years
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sadly, Gordon Lightfoot is not around to write about how NOAA has been quietly saving lives and preventing disasters through science for 50+ years
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo
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World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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“Be glad that you are here”
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
“Be glad that you are here”
Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷
📷 Corning Museum of Glass
#EpigraphyTuesday
#Archaeology
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Be glad that you are here”
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Ah, it's that time again...
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Ah, it's that time again...
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"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
October 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"The English profs keep sweeping our work under the rug, but that rug is about three feet off the floor by now, and things are coming out from under it and eating the English profs."
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Prospects for Women in Writing, 1986)
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Happy
Science Proves Fucking With Clocks -Either Way - Makes Us Tired
Day
Science Proves Fucking With Clocks -Either Way - Makes Us Tired
Day
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Happy
Science Proves Fucking With Clocks -Either Way - Makes Us Tired
Day
Science Proves Fucking With Clocks -Either Way - Makes Us Tired
Day
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
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This is the thought I woke up with if anyone is wondering what my mind is like...
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is the thought I woke up with if anyone is wondering what my mind is like...
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I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse
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This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Via Friends of Acadia! 💙 #SupportShadowSystems
We know many visitors want to support Acadia by purchasing a park pass, but simply have no way of doing so right now. In lieu of a pass, visitors can support Acadia by donating the value of an entrance fee at:
friendsofacadia.org/membership-g...
We know many visitors want to support Acadia by purchasing a park pass, but simply have no way of doing so right now. In lieu of a pass, visitors can support Acadia by donating the value of an entrance fee at:
friendsofacadia.org/membership-g...
October 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Via Friends of Acadia! 💙 #SupportShadowSystems
We know many visitors want to support Acadia by purchasing a park pass, but simply have no way of doing so right now. In lieu of a pass, visitors can support Acadia by donating the value of an entrance fee at:
friendsofacadia.org/membership-g...
We know many visitors want to support Acadia by purchasing a park pass, but simply have no way of doing so right now. In lieu of a pass, visitors can support Acadia by donating the value of an entrance fee at:
friendsofacadia.org/membership-g...
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almost got me lol
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
almost got me lol
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Thank you @bobfry.bsky.social and Mr Bradbury.
October 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thank you @bobfry.bsky.social and Mr Bradbury.
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Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
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Paris turns the Seine into an air conditioner. Beneath the city, 100 km of pipes now channel river water through heat exchangers to cool 800 buildings. The way the system works is by transferring heat through closed loops until it disperses back into the Seine. buff.ly/r3kL6K4
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September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Paris turns the Seine into an air conditioner. Beneath the city, 100 km of pipes now channel river water through heat exchangers to cool 800 buildings. The way the system works is by transferring heat through closed loops until it disperses back into the Seine. buff.ly/r3kL6K4
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo