Pode1958
@pode1958.bsky.social
I buy books I don't want to read.
I live with an excellent dog called Ruby.
Mostly here to read agreeable things.
Not here to date.
I live with an excellent dog called Ruby.
Mostly here to read agreeable things.
Not here to date.
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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KEEP BANGING ON
I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment.
Take a look at my wares and please retweet.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thanks!
Take a look at my wares and please retweet.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thanks!
March 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
KEEP BANGING ON
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Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
January 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
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Very niche tweet but Dan has reminded me how much it really annoys me when in film and TV at train stations they claim that a train goes somewhere that it definitely doesn’t go to from that station
December 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Very niche tweet but Dan has reminded me how much it really annoys me when in film and TV at train stations they claim that a train goes somewhere that it definitely doesn’t go to from that station
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Time to remember the best HR hearing of all time.
December 14, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Time to remember the best HR hearing of all time.
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✨That feeling you have when you've always wanted to see a place because of its remarkable continuity and survival, a place that held the bones of Saxon saints and kings - and you get the 1st glimpse and it's everything you imagined. The C9th crypt at St. Wystan’s, Repton.
December 13, 2024 at 6:57 AM
✨That feeling you have when you've always wanted to see a place because of its remarkable continuity and survival, a place that held the bones of Saxon saints and kings - and you get the 1st glimpse and it's everything you imagined. The C9th crypt at St. Wystan’s, Repton.
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This is another banger of an apartment design by Sahar Kamaleddin and Nima Safdari in Iran (Urmia)
December 12, 2024 at 7:51 AM
This is another banger of an apartment design by Sahar Kamaleddin and Nima Safdari in Iran (Urmia)
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#TinyJoys: it's the time of year when walking around Uppsala is like walking around in a Bergman film. This photo was taken about 35 minutes before (our 8:40) sunrise.
December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
#TinyJoys: it's the time of year when walking around Uppsala is like walking around in a Bergman film. This photo was taken about 35 minutes before (our 8:40) sunrise.
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A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.
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The first and most important step when using an oven is to preheat all the pans you store in there to 425.
December 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The first and most important step when using an oven is to preheat all the pans you store in there to 425.
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OK- here we go. Sorry for the delay, I was not prepared for the exertion required in the thrill-a-minute adventure that is… CACAO FERMENTATION.
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
November 10, 2024 at 2:33 AM
OK- here we go. Sorry for the delay, I was not prepared for the exertion required in the thrill-a-minute adventure that is… CACAO FERMENTATION.
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
Yes, this will actually take 5 days. After that two days of drying. I’m not making this up. Nothing happens. Really. You’ll see.
Anyway, off we go!
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According to Flemish folktales, bloodthirsty birds flew through the cold air during the winter months. In one tale, someone whistled at the birds and one of the feathered fiends shouted: I will torture you until the last drop of blood in your heart has disappeared.
🎨Maud Earl
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Maud Earl
#WyrdWednesday
December 4, 2024 at 8:37 AM
According to Flemish folktales, bloodthirsty birds flew through the cold air during the winter months. In one tale, someone whistled at the birds and one of the feathered fiends shouted: I will torture you until the last drop of blood in your heart has disappeared.
🎨Maud Earl
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Maud Earl
#WyrdWednesday
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around 42% of all marriages end in divorce. that is a very high regret rate for people committing to life changing decisions. the state should do something, ultimately we should ban marriage entirely
December 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
around 42% of all marriages end in divorce. that is a very high regret rate for people committing to life changing decisions. the state should do something, ultimately we should ban marriage entirely
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Hey, instead of accepting the challenge of posting 20 fucking books that have influenced the person none of us have learned to love, why not soak the books in molasses and dark spirit for a month, then find a quiet corner and eat them all, quietly.
December 3, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Hey, instead of accepting the challenge of posting 20 fucking books that have influenced the person none of us have learned to love, why not soak the books in molasses and dark spirit for a month, then find a quiet corner and eat them all, quietly.
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Please shop independent this #Christmas and buy from small creative businesses (like me) who really need your support right now.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
gailmyerscough.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Please shop independent this #Christmas and buy from small creative businesses (like me) who really need your support right now.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Honestly, I couldn't care less in this case. It seems like Hunter has been relatively forthright about his wrongdoing (which was fairly minor) and he's living a better life now. This is what pardons are for. We have to change our attitude toward the carceral system. Revenge isn't justice.
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Honestly, I couldn't care less in this case. It seems like Hunter has been relatively forthright about his wrongdoing (which was fairly minor) and he's living a better life now. This is what pardons are for. We have to change our attitude toward the carceral system. Revenge isn't justice.
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If there is a vote for bluesky comment of the year, this has my vote.
I don't love it either, but I'm not sure how you tell a man that he should let his only surviving son rot in prison to respect norms, institutions, and the rule of law, when the country you devoted your life to serving just pretty comprehensively voted they don't give a shit about any of that.
December 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
If there is a vote for bluesky comment of the year, this has my vote.
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It's worth the hypothermia this morning
November 28, 2024 at 8:38 AM
It's worth the hypothermia this morning
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Think of this one every single time I take a shower
November 28, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Think of this one every single time I take a shower
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My editor dislikes my use of contractions but it's what it's
November 27, 2024 at 2:25 PM
My editor dislikes my use of contractions but it's what it's
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Meet Louise of Prussia. Politician, diplomat and beloved queen and wife. Rode into battle while pregnant. One of my heroes.
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Meet Louise of Prussia. Politician, diplomat and beloved queen and wife. Rode into battle while pregnant. One of my heroes.
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
Famously described by Napoleon famously as "the only real man in Prussia"
Gonna ask you to think a bit about that in a sec, but first you need to know about her life. /1 🧵
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (25th November 1957). Harry H. Corbett and Geoffrey Bayldon are among the familiar faces lurking the greenwood today.
November 25, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The Adventures of Robin Hood (25th November 1957). Harry H. Corbett and Geoffrey Bayldon are among the familiar faces lurking the greenwood today.