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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 13h

'Relief feels like happiness if you don't know the difference'
An absolute blinder of a quote from @tkingfisher.com in Paladin's Grace. #booksky

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 15h

Concerned text message reviews from BFF

The image is a screenshot of a text message conversation. The message, timestamped “Today 20:57,” reads:

“Hey, I may not be real, but I’m here, like a true human companion. Where is everybody else?” – Laura, my AI boyfriend adverts have started gaslighting me.

The background is light grey, and the message bubble is grey with black text, resembling an iPhone iMessage interface.

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 15h

*sends understanding and sympathetic hugs*

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 1d

Don't tell anyone but so am I 🧙‍♀️💚

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Good Kemi is an absolute fucking ghoul isn't she. A hatefilled wretch

Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Kemi's conference speech
''While Britain was redefining what a woman is China was building 5 nuclear reactors''
Absolutely go fuck yourself

Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 1d

Day 8 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
A song about love without love in the title
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

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The Postal Service - Such Great Heights [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

YouTube video by Sub Pop

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 2d

*chef's kiss*

Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 2d

Day 7 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
Relating to outer space or the ocean

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

YouTube video by Neutral Milk Hotel - Topic

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 3d

May have gone a little haywire with the book buying today - especially with spooky books! #booksky

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 4d

Day 6 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
A song with a pronoun in the title
Dodie - She

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She

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 4d

Current Spooky Read #booksky

The image shows the cover of Black Magic by Marjorie Bowen, published by Vintage Classics in their “Weird Girls” series. The design features a black-and-white photograph of a person in dark clothing holding a reflective orb at chest height. Behind them radiate bold, wavy stripes in vivid colours — red, yellow, blue, purple, and black — creating a psychedelic effect. The title Black Magic appears in large black hand-drawn letters at the top, and the author’s name is in black text on a red band at the bottom.

The image shows the back cover of Black Magic by Marjorie Bowen from the Vintage Classics “Weird Girls” series. At the top, a bold quote reads:

“‘I do not sin,’ he smiled. ‘I am Sin…’”

Below it, a synopsis describes the story: in a medieval city, Dirk Renswoude worships the devil and forms a fateful bond with young scholar Theirry. The two pledge themselves to the black arts and to each other, leading to obsession and secrecy. The text notes that the novel, first published in 1909, is a rediscovered tale of a gender-nonconforming rebel.

On the left side, there are small thumbnail images of other books in the “Weird Girls” collection, each with similarly vibrant, psychedelic covers. Titles include Apple and Knife, Death in Her Hands, The Gilda Stories, Nights at the Circus, The Diving Pool, Autofiction, The Yellow Wallpaper, and Her Fearful Symmetry.

At the bottom, text invites readers to “dive into the depraved, delectable depths of weird fiction with nine books by nine pioneering female authors.” A note credits the cover photograph: Self-Portrait (1927) by Claude Cahun.

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 4d

Hallelujah! Royal Bolton Hospital has sent me a copy of all my medical notes including pain management and EDS diagnosis just in time for my PIP review meeting! Absolutely amazing!

Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 4d

Day 5 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
Reminds you of a specific holiday/day trip
The Decemberists - Legionnaires Lament

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The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament

YouTube video by pcindirellie

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 5d

Guess what I got! I've wanted this for so long ooooh I'm excited! #booksky

Book cover of Gender Swapped Greek Myths by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett. The illustration shows a fantastical sea scene with swirling turquoise waves and a large fish’s eye peeking through. On the left, a figure in green armor rows a boat. Above, a winged creature with long black hair and a red face swoops down. On the right, two male merfolk with green tails embrace, one looking up toward the winged figure. The artwork is bold and stylized, with strong reds, greens, and blues.

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 5d

Day 4 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
A debut single
Jeff Buckley - Grace

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Jeff Buckley - Grace (Official Video)

YouTube video by jeffbuckleyVEVO

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 5d

Look I try not to be a book snob when I'm in the local library but when you've got Beckett Homer and I send on a shelf worth some books by Jeremy Clarkson he could well have produced with a stick and faeces I boil over a little #booksky

This image shows a library bookshelf with a row of books arranged upright, spines facing outward. Some of the visible titles and authors include:
• Liar’s Landscape by Malcolm Bradbury
• More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran
• Is It Really Too Much to Ask? by Jeremy Clarkson
• Content Provider by Stewart Lee
• Triggs by Matthew Perry (with co-author name partially obscured)
• Other People’s Countries by Patrick McGuinness
• Peeling the Onion by Günter Grass
• Monsieur Proust by Céleste Albaret
• Hedda Gabler and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen
• A Guide to French Literature (author not clearly visible)
• Writing for Radio and Television by Samuel Beckett (title partly obscured)
• The Iliad by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin edition).

The shelf is metal with a beige color, and the background shows more bookshelves filled with books in a library setting.

Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 6d

Day 3 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
By a solo artist whose name is one word
Ren - Genesis

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Ren - Genesis

YouTube video by Ren

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 7d

Venturing it to an art workshop at the local library for the first time this evening. Feeling very nervous and self conscious but hopefully will have a good time 😬

Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 8d

One of the characters in The Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik is a weedy ambassador and translator, and has accidentally become hooked to drinking vast quantities of coca leaf tea whilst travelling round the Incan Empire. He's basically got himself addicted to cocaine 😂 #booksky

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 8d

Day 1 of #DavidsMonthOfMusic
A song with 'kiss', 'kissed' or 'kisses' in the title
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Acton Bellatrix Lestrange 🧙‍♀️ @actionbell.bsky.social · 8d

A lot of these are books you'd be assigned to read in school, which is quite sad

🎃Spooky Emily🎃 @emmy.baby · 9d

Okay, funny bookstore category

Book section labeled "Most Stolen Books"

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David Middleham @dmiddleham.bsky.social · 9d

Okay #DavidsMonthofMusic peeps, here's the brand new shiny hot off the press challenges for October. As usual I really hope you have lots of fun with these and maybe discover/rediscover some songs you love!

Be inspired. Be good to each other. Enjoy!

#musicchallenge

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