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Michael But Scary @selmerguy.bsky.social · 9d

In honor of of the first day of Spooky Season, here's Dracutwig, a novel about Dracula’s daughter who becomes a Twiggy-inspired model in late 1960s Swingin’ London. This could have been a great Hammer, or maybe an Amicus, movie. But I think Twigula is a better name for the character.

Cover of a novel called Dracutwig. The tagline mentions the “daughter of Dracula who has a body like Twiggy and turns into a vampire whenever she makes love.”

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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · Aug 30

There is still beauty in the world. (Monsanto, Portugal 📷 unknown.)

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · Aug 30

In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Aug 28

There'll be shapes thrown for those Dunboyne Diana plates, but sure who can blame people in fairness!

‘Yes, this is normal’ – CMAT ‘giving away Royal Family-style commemorative plates’ to celebrate new album | Irish Independent share.google/NxUbSgRt6Ru3...

‘Yes, this is normal’ – CMAT ‘giving away Royal Family-style commemorative plates’ to celebrate new album

Irish musician CMAT has announced that she is giving away Royal Family-style commemorative plates to mark the release of her new album tomorrow.

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Aug 28

PSA Going by the "Reeling in the years" I just happened upon, "a year or so ago", is actually 9-10 of your conventional earth years. Who knew? 🤷‍♀️ What's your favourite not so pedantic unit of Time?

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Au contraire, anyone who first logged on after 1995 out, bring back l'hotel chat on netscape navigator IYKYK

Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Aug 27

You've convinced me, hen is in dollywood

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Aug 27

I was on all for this, then you had me contemplating marrying big foot 🤔 as he could pick me up and carry me round like a rag doll and I'd get a tabloid front page in a wedding dress. You're a monster.

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Throwing an ask me anything anonymously out into the void, because I am once again tied to the laptop
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Anonymous messages!

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Aug 22

This sounds hyperbolic and I need every cis person following me, who thinks it is, to understand this is very much the reality in the UK.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · Aug 22

So basically in the UK, any time someone regrets having sex with a trans woman, they can go cry to the police that she "lied" about being a woman and the police and jury will believe them every time.

Then the woman will be sentenced to be raped by men in men's prison.

Jamie Wareham @jamiewareham.co.uk · Aug 22

This is a vastly upsetting case, that uses CPS guidelines that effectively mean if Trans+ people don't come out before sexual contact, they can now be found guilty of sexual assault - which is what has happened here

Let's take a look at the background 🧵

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mick Muldoon @mickmuldoon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Huge food recall in Ireland.

Ballymaguire foods recall. Listeria.

www.fsai.ie/getmedia/ae9...

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Jul 23

Oh no speirgorm!
My dinner is on the FSAI recall list
Is listeriosis that bad?
I know someone has died, LHM
But just not sure dying is my worst option 🤷‍♀️

Picture shows supervalu mac & cheese meal for one bowl

Picture shows list of FSAI recall products with supervalu mac and cheese highlighted in yellow, underlined in red.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Jul 17

Two Native American nations have gifted a handwoven rug to the people of Ireland to recognise the "kindness" shown to them during the Covid-19 pandemic

Native American nations gift rug for support during Covid

Two Native American nations have gifted a handwoven rug to the people of Ireland to recognise the "kindness" shown to them during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Sodastream

Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Who's a TV character you'd love to be friends with and why?
I'm gonna say Beverly Goldberg, I'm on The Goldbergs binge at the moment and if someone needs a loveable yenta in her life it's me 🤷‍♀️

Pic shows the character Beverly Goldberg from the TV show the Goldbergs wearing a light blue jumper with a yellow duck on it surrounded by the words "I'm so flappy" in the living speaking with arms outstretched, index finger on left hand pointing up. A blonde head in left foreground obscures her right hand.

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Jul 16

What's one small thing you'd like to remember about today?
For me it was the free ice-cream in work 😋 🍦

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Amanda @amandacoleen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Solely basing this on he taught us all to draw owls speirgorm, but Don Convoy is so far the best candidate I've heard mentioned for the arás. With Marian Keyes holding off to work with CMAT for video collaboration.

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