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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 1d

The thread under the Unsolicited Hick Pic is superb.

Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited diptych

Photo of Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza (c. 1473 – 1475) by Piero della Francesca

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Paul Brown @foolmentaljoker.bsky.social · 4d

'Making people pay for retail goods would kill the shoplifting industry.'

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 4d

I like B for the bookmark, but A for the bag - sorry if that's not very helpful 🤦

Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 5d

Today I got down my 1986 copy of Rider, in honour of Jilly. I was far too young to be given the hardback from the library by my mother 😳 but I couldn't wait to get my own copy.
I normally keep my books pristine, no broken spine. But this one has been so well read and loved, and it shows it.

Front cover of Jilly Cooper's book Riders. The picture is of a lady's bottom, she is wearing skin tight white jodhpurs and a man's hand is cupping her right buttock. She is also holding a riding whip held loosely across the back of her legs.

Picture showing the spine of Jilly Cooper's book Riders with the famous picture of a man's hand on a lady's Jodhpur clad bottom. The book spin is creased and curved showing it has been read many times, the top pages are brown with age and crinkled from much use - a bit like this reader.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Aug 11

Close, intelligent, in some cases near lifelong friends are starting to talk casually about the use of ChatGPT in their lives or in some cases are clearly getting paid/perks to promote its use and it’s like watching your social circle slowly, and with a big smile on their face, all join Scientology.

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 9d

#WriteCBC The lounge was more like a dentist's waiting room; hard, bright surfaces, sharp angled chrome furniture, cold white light. But behind the stinging scent of bleach something else lurked, catching in her throat, recalling a memory of biting into a crisp apple, only to find the centre rotten.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 19d

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

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furby hancock @furbyhancock.bsky.social · 19d

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 19d

Great thread, thank you.

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 19d

There are plenty of books at your local libraries and bookstores to read and learn about autism that do not focus on Tylenol. Best of all, more and more books are being written and illustrated. More and are being published! 📚

😊 Here are a few:

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Veda Scott @vedascott.bsky.social · 19d

You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 21d

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.

Slightly fluffy ginger and white cat curled up in a perfect circle, her paw over her nose and eyes, clearly saying "you can't see me, I'm not here" or basically "world, please ignore me".

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 21d

I've just added a couple of Maureen Duffy books to my wish list. I knew her name but hadn't read her - yet.

Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 21d

Bravo to Bernadine Evaristo for setting up the RSL Pioneer Prize for older women writers, and for naming the working-class-born playright, poet, novelist, nonfiction writer, and activist Maureen Duffy as its first recipient.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Celebrating Maureen Duffy, a true pioneer | The Observer

Older women writers are too often overlooked. My new Royal Society of Literature prize aims to change that – starting with Duffy, a literary trailblazer ...

observer.co.uk

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 25d

I love London so much. So much.

Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?

Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25d

In London, hate will never win.

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 23d

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 24d

Do you have a lot of annoying admin tasks or household chores you need to accomplish, but never seem to find the time for? Then may I suggest: setting aside a day to do nothing but write, you will be amazed at how many such tasks you can accomplish.

Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 24d

Great thread, thank you.

Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 25d

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 24d

A producer told me once she has to warn young crewmembers to avoid being alone with Aykroyd. "Not because he's a creep, he's a gentleman. But if you let him strike up a conversation the next thing we know all the PAs will be huddled in his dressing room learning how humans evolved from dolphins."

Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 25d

I love Dan Aykroyd because he has very clearly entered the stage in his life where he is going to make sure everyone knows about his special interests and he has the profile and resources to do it in a high profile manner. You are GOING to hear about rocks, dinosaurs, vodka, and ghosts dammit.

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28d

It's definitely a snerdle day.

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 29d

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28d

I had lots of great examples to follow - your step by step thread with pictures convinced me ❤️

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28d

It did!!!
So this was my second one.
I'm hoping to make a cinnamon one next.

Golden brown focaccia with green and black olives and rosemary stuffed into the top

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28d

I'd never made bread in my life but your posts convinced me to get the book and try.

Slices of focaccia showing garlic all through the dough

A focaccia loaf, dimpled white and brown with garlic and sea salt on its crust, resting on a wire tray

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29d

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture

www.theguardian.com

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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · Sep 5

This might be important to some people

NHS
Northumbria Healthcare
NHS Foundation Trust
Government Emergency Alerts
and Domestic Abuse
On the 7 September 2025 at 3pm, the government will be testing
the emergency alert system to activate phones and tablets with a
loud alert. If you have one hidden from an abusive partner, switch
it off.
It will alert even if it's on silent or disconnected
from data and wifi.
How to opt out of emergency alerts:
!
Android
· Open the settings app
· Search 'emergency alerts'
· Select emergency alerts and from here you
can turn them off
. Tap the toggles on the right. If they are grey,
this means they are switched off.
iPhone
· Open the settings app
· Tap on notifications
. Scroll to the bottom of the page. There'll be an emergency alert section
. Tap the toggles on the right. If they are grey, this means they are
switched off
@northumbrianhs

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · Sep 4

#WriteCBC She reached for it, yet as ever, her hand froze mid grasp. Over the decades how she had longed to unwrap it and feel its softness against her face, to inhale, to devour, the last scent of him. But she never did. What if all she found was the smell of despair in the old swaddling clothes?

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · Aug 29

Well played.

Just Stop Oil
@JustStop_Oil tweets:

Aug 27

So you're saying if we'd sprayed stuff white and then put a red cross on it the media would have supported us?

You live and learn I guess.

[Below, a roundabout in England painted with St George's flag]

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