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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy

@jrbee.bsky.social

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I wanna WRAC! (Write, Read, Art, Craft) Introvert. Owned by one cat. Dogs are also pawsome. Writer of books, haver of a bookish YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jrbee (She/ her)

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · May 28

I chat about #nature, #bugs, #cats, #sewing, #knitting, #crotchet, #writing, #art & odd stuff.

I do #BookTube deep dives on rabbit holes that #Books have taken me down: youtube.com/@jrbee
I've written a kids' book set in the world of bugs:
Zon: mybook.to/TheRaindropR...
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jrbee/shop

Cover for The Raindrop Ramblers. It has bright green posterised grass, a ladybird is crawling above the title, a centipede is sneaking out of the shadows towards a rambler (a small green guy with antennae) at the bottom of the page. And an ant is crawling towards a rambler at the top, who's wearing a cowboy hat, and a rope around his shoulders. Both ramblers are oblivious to the danger.

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 54m

Blugh- they bloomin’ well ought to!

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, I’m good ta. All moved in - things are in chaos still for a bit (we are lacking in storage) but all in all perty good, ta.
How you been? Brain gremlins behaving?

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 2h

Incredibly understandable!
We’re happy to hear from you when you feel up to it. Take care, mr

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 12d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 5h

Lending weight to the argument that owning physical media/objects is crucial.
This is why I keep dozens of real, almost identical, flesh and blood apes in my loft.

onion person @junlper.beer · 6h

NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 1d

She has all these toys and yet it’s the envelope with the plastic window that crinkles that she loves the most 😂

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 2d

Aww! Ours likes to sleep between legs too. Or pressed firmly up against the crook of a knee

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 2d

She truly is 😊

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 2d

Excuse me, but please look at my cat.
She’s curled up next to me whilst sharing my blanket

Face and front arms of a sleeping black cat peeking out from under a brown blanket.

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 3d

I’m glad you’ll be able to get outside in some capacity at least. It’s tough when you get into a rhythm you’re happy with and it gets snatched away.

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 3d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

Fleetwood mac
Pink Floyd
Tori Amos
Queen
The eels
Suzanne vega
Mika
System of a Down

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 3d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

The National (Matt Berninger)
Josh Ritter
Gregory Alan Isakov
Sam Tinnesz
Anais Mitchell
Angus and Julia Stone
Breaking Benjamin (Benjamin Burnley)
Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)

Your turn! 🎶🎧

⛦Biki⛧Nhog⛥🔞 @bikinhog.bsky.social · 4d

Define your music taste in eight artists.

Korn
Disturbed
ICP
Twiztid
Linkin Park
Skynd
Gojira
Slipknot

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 3d

Oh honey, I hope you feel better real soon

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 4d

If Winnie can do it, you can too!

a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting on a table in front of a window in a kitchen .

Alt: a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting asleep in front of a window in a kitchen. His ghost form floats off and drifts through clouds

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 4d

“Do not enter body while blowing equipment is in operation”

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Yellow sign on the back of an orange truck - the text for which is in the post

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 4d

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

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Signe Maene @signemaene.com · 5d

One of my favourite Flemish folktales is that of a witch who lived near the sea in a derelict cottage that the locals avoided. They were thrilled when a storm destroyed it. The witch went to the sea and kept herself occupied by conjuring storms and capsizing ships.

🌙See thread for more witchery🌙

Art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Black and white illustration of a witch standing in the pouring rain near a lake. Mountains in the far distance.

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Gil @guy-normal.bsky.social · 9d

Ughh boss? You're gonna wanna take a look at this (i wordlessly hand you a large, golden, beautifully crisp fallen leaf from the forest floor)

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

I tried phone and email, and they both referred me to the chat - so it was the last option.
Still, got it sorted in the end. So that’s something I guess.

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

Your work is absolutely stunning!

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

I hope it was a good and restful sleep

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely stunning!

Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

The cycle of life

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 6d

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

It should not be legal to make you pay to change your home address for car insurance, which is something you legally ’have’ to do!

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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy @jrbee.bsky.social · 6d

On hold waiting for a human to turn up to a chat, been more than 30 mins by now, but if I give up I'll have been next in line, right?

Le sigh.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 6d

Good heavens, I didn't know this fabulous video is on YouTube. It's lovely to see my friends and neighbours Brian and Wendy Froud when they were still so very young! I've spent the last year helping them with a new book (we're not allowed to reveal the subject yet), which will be out in autumn 2026.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 9d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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