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Tom Bagatelle
@tombagatelle.bsky.social
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Neurodivergent, but all mistakes my own

I probably don't fancy you
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You know those guys who watched Fight Club or Joker or whatever and thought 'So cool I'm gonna do that', completely missing the point? Ugh, so annoying.

Anyway completely changing the subject ever since I saw Sapphire & Steel 1 I've wanted a house like that and someone just gave me another clock so
A large sitting clock, early 20th Century, vaguely Art Deco in design.
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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These days I often think about 'A Very Peculiar Practice'
The title card for the '80s TV show 'A Very Peculiar Practice'. Look at it and imagine Elkie Brooks singing that great theme song.
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Why it's Thomas Magnum and Jessica Fletcher, and they look unimpressed
October 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel' Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel' Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel' Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel'
August 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Well here you go then
Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel' Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel' Sendak's storyboards from 'Hänsel und Gretel'
August 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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There's something very late '90s-album-cover about this billboard.
A campaign billboard for Ahuriri's mayor, Kirsten Wise. She is in front of a blank white background, and she looks unimpressed and capable.
August 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Here's the free-to-use image for Hawkes Bay Māori wards. You can contact maoriwards@gmail.com to get placards of various sizes for a koha.
A sign in Magpie black and white, saying: 'For Wards Hawke's Bay Keep Māori Wards' And then the email address of the campaign, maoriwards@gmail.com.
August 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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A definition from Wiktionary: 'WHISTLE PAST THE GRAVEYARD verb 1. To attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation; to proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome. 2. To enter a situation with little or no understanding of the possible consequences.'
July 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I just saw a blog called 'Far Beyond the Stars' and got all excited about the '70s 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' before I realised that was 'Far beyond the world/my time', and 'Far beyond the stars' is DS9

Still, Buck Rogers!
Buck and Wilma in their boss dress uniforms!
July 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I keep hearing people refer to the tv show The Bear, and all I can think about is Marian Engle's classic novel, and frankly I blame @savagespiel.bsky.social
The BEST cover to that classic Canadian novel, 'Bear' by Marian Engel. It was suprisingly tricky to get a clear image of.
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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All(?) five of T. Pratchet's Tiffany Aching books in nice hardcovers!
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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I don't think Bluesky allows outside gifs, but here you go
Okay so, it's Marlene Deitrich in tails and a top hat, and she's smoking a cigarette with great intensity.
June 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Dana Delany as Colleen McMurphy, in an army-issued tight olive t-shirt.
May 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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A still from China Beach, with Dana Delany and Marg Helgenberger as Colleen McMurphy and KC Koloski, sitting at a bar.
May 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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A paperback of Jack Schaefer's 'Shane', with an illustration of Alan Ladd on the cover.
May 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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@br3nda.bsky.social
200g from 500g of cream, so not quite cost-effective. But it was fun, and surprisingly quick and easy for a first go!
A jar with a lump of butter in it.
May 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Wouldn't it be so weird if adult children living at home were suddenly to be counted as boarders?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Under the change, every boarder a person has will be taken into account, when their accommodation supplement is calculated by Work and Income. Currently, only those with three or more boarders have their supplement reduced.'
May 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Last few days with this very old man

(Yes, he's been given the good drugs)
A very old black lurcher lies flat on a blue couch like the bad boy he has always proudly been.
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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I have scored some new shoes!

Because MY SON is now too big for them
Some dark red high-top canvas shoes.
May 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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FYI, This is now a Laura Branigan stan account
It's Laura Branigan. Idk what you want, she's smiling and looking at the viewer.
May 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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I don't ever want to become the main character.

Like, this ⬇️ is a joke but it's also one of the truest things I've ever come across.
A shot of Ripley from 'Alien'. She's at an airlock and looking back with an apprehensive expression. And jesus if anyone has a right to an apprehensive expression it's her. Underneath is a post from kanoa saying "accidentally became important at work n its ruining my life"
May 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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@calico-gf.bsky.social
A small tabby and a long black lurcher. A small tabby and a long black lurcher. A small tabby and a long black lurcher. A small tabby and a long black lurcher.
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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iwpr.org/the-impact-o...
"Findings from this analysis include: ● Nearly 60 percent of women would earn more if working women were paid the same as men of the same age with similar education and hours of work. Nearly two-thirds (65.9 percent) of working single mothers would receive a pay increase. ● Providing equal pay to women would have a dramatic impact on their families. The poverty rate for all working women would be cut in half, falling from 8.0 percent to 3.8 percent. The very high poverty rate for working single mothers would fall by nearly half, from 28.9 percent to 14.5 percent. ● For the 15.3 million single women—divorced, widowed, separated, and never married women living on their own—equal pay would mean a significant drop in poverty rates from 10.8 percent to 4.4 percent. ● Approximately 25.8 million children would benefit from the increased earnings of their mothers if they received equal pay. ● The number of children with working mothers living in poverty would be nearly cut in half, dropping from 5.6 million to 3.1 million. ● The United States economy would have produced additional income of $512.6 billion if women received equal pay; this represents 2.8 percent of 2016 gross domestic product (GDP)."
May 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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If you see this post your getaway vehicle
The omni, a brass handheld time machine from Voyagers!
May 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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For godsake RNZ, this is what you come up with? The woman's name is LITERALLY Stella Rimmington!

Oh well. It's a dangerous way to live, RNZ, but as long as people buy it, I suppose it gets the job done.
Screenshot of a Saturday Morning podcast. It's an interview with Stella Rimmington entitled 'The Name's Rimmington. Stella Rimmington'.
May 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM