Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale)
@belovedsnail.bsky.social
reads, walks & occasionally eats.
Likes conversations. Posts pictures of her pets.
Retailer. Mentor. Sometime MeFite. Perpetually restless.
Living in the Hague. She/her. 🇳🇱/🇺🇸
Opinions are my own.
Likes conversations. Posts pictures of her pets.
Retailer. Mentor. Sometime MeFite. Perpetually restless.
Living in the Hague. She/her. 🇳🇱/🇺🇸
Opinions are my own.
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Shylights, Studio Drift. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
On a bus ride this afternoon I was reading. A couple as behind me & the woman loudly shared a constant flow of stories.
She had an adenoidal childish voice which got on my last nerve. I could not read. This was made worse since she was mostly telling stories about humorous depictions of eggs.
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She had an adenoidal childish voice which got on my last nerve. I could not read. This was made worse since she was mostly telling stories about humorous depictions of eggs.
🧵
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On a bus ride this afternoon I was reading. A couple as behind me & the woman loudly shared a constant flow of stories.
She had an adenoidal childish voice which got on my last nerve. I could not read. This was made worse since she was mostly telling stories about humorous depictions of eggs.
🧵
She had an adenoidal childish voice which got on my last nerve. I could not read. This was made worse since she was mostly telling stories about humorous depictions of eggs.
🧵
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My train is stuck, dammit
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My train is stuck, dammit
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Sorry, Olivia Nuzzi haters, but age is just a number.
by David Brooks
by David Brooks
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Sorry, Olivia Nuzzi haters, but age is just a number.
by David Brooks
by David Brooks
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Nuzzi and Lizza sounds like a 90’s sitcom about two elderly British women and the hijinx they get up to
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nuzzi and Lizza sounds like a 90’s sitcom about two elderly British women and the hijinx they get up to
A lot of romance scammers around here at the moment
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A lot of romance scammers around here at the moment
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home again, home again, jiggety jig
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
home again, home again, jiggety jig
Meanwhile, back in The Hague…
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Meanwhile, back in The Hague…
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Nogal wat opnames in voorraad dus maar een compilatie gemaakt. Beelden van de ZW Veluwe roedel.
November 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Nogal wat opnames in voorraad dus maar een compilatie gemaakt. Beelden van de ZW Veluwe roedel.
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I paint realistic moths & butterflies on glass housed in thoughtfully selected frames, creating small jewels of artwork inspired by nature, nostalgia & fleeting moments.
Visit my website for available work: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com
#art #paintings #butterflies #moths #entomology #insects #bugs
Visit my website for available work: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com
#art #paintings #butterflies #moths #entomology #insects #bugs
January 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I paint realistic moths & butterflies on glass housed in thoughtfully selected frames, creating small jewels of artwork inspired by nature, nostalgia & fleeting moments.
Visit my website for available work: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com
#art #paintings #butterflies #moths #entomology #insects #bugs
Visit my website for available work: www.nataliejunewernimoon.com
#art #paintings #butterflies #moths #entomology #insects #bugs
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man i sure wish there were a search engine that would make up plausible-looking but completely incorrect search results
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
man i sure wish there were a search engine that would make up plausible-looking but completely incorrect search results
Morning. Still snowing. I need to fly today and am dreading airport chaos.
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Morning. Still snowing. I need to fly today and am dreading airport chaos.
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Starlings take off from Ham Wall Nature Reserve on the Somerset Levels this morning heading towards their feeding grounds as far away as Bristol and Bath @stormhour.com @mybirdcards.com @exmoor.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Starlings take off from Ham Wall Nature Reserve on the Somerset Levels this morning heading towards their feeding grounds as far away as Bristol and Bath @stormhour.com @mybirdcards.com @exmoor.bsky.social
Friends, I really wanted to like the new Frankenstein, but I did not like it.
The soundtrack and the overly theatrical production sets broke my interest.
Also, how many minutes running time?
The soundtrack and the overly theatrical production sets broke my interest.
Also, how many minutes running time?
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Friends, I really wanted to like the new Frankenstein, but I did not like it.
The soundtrack and the overly theatrical production sets broke my interest.
Also, how many minutes running time?
The soundtrack and the overly theatrical production sets broke my interest.
Also, how many minutes running time?
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
It turns out I had read the Pinkwater before. I had forgotten the title, but remembered the bronze potato and the Bermuda Triangle Chili Parlor.
I really love his books.
💙📚
I really love his books.
💙📚
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It turns out I had read the Pinkwater before. I had forgotten the title, but remembered the bronze potato and the Bermuda Triangle Chili Parlor.
I really love his books.
💙📚
I really love his books.
💙📚
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53 years ago, on the 29th of November 1972, Atari released Pong, which was originally created by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise. It was based on the ping-pong game available on the Magnavox Odyssey home video game console. Pong was the first commercially successful video game. #otd #history 🗃️
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Anyhow, I’m now reading Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater, which is one of his books I managed to miss as a child.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Anyhow, I’m now reading Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater, which is one of his books I managed to miss as a child.
💙📚
💙📚
I just finished rereading Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George for the first time since I was a child. 💙📚
I picked it up knowing it was likely to be problematic. I was curious because I remember My Side of the Mountain almost by heart, I have no memory of Julie.
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I picked it up knowing it was likely to be problematic. I was curious because I remember My Side of the Mountain almost by heart, I have no memory of Julie.
🧵
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I just finished rereading Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George for the first time since I was a child. 💙📚
I picked it up knowing it was likely to be problematic. I was curious because I remember My Side of the Mountain almost by heart, I have no memory of Julie.
🧵
I picked it up knowing it was likely to be problematic. I was curious because I remember My Side of the Mountain almost by heart, I have no memory of Julie.
🧵
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The Mexican Town Where Migrants Disappear
The Mexican town where migrants disappear
After passing through San José El Hueyate and Puerto Madero, on the Chiapas coast near the Guatemala border, 83 migrants have gone missing. EL PAÍS has identified three mass disappearances between Sep...
english.elpais.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Mexican Town Where Migrants Disappear
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild. (OK a few more)
Whale shark
Dugong
Great White Shark (very close)
Big 5 in Africa
Cheetahs
Whale shark
Dugong
Great White Shark (very close)
Big 5 in Africa
Cheetahs
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Whale sharks
Sea squirts
One-horned rhino
Pink dolphin (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin)
Otters!
Whale sharks
Sea squirts
One-horned rhino
Pink dolphin (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin)
Otters!
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Humpback whales
A badger (OUTSIDE MY APARTMENT IN SWEDEN)
Whīo
Powelliphanta snails
Ctenophores doing rainbow things while diving
Humpback whales
A badger (OUTSIDE MY APARTMENT IN SWEDEN)
Whīo
Powelliphanta snails
Ctenophores doing rainbow things while diving
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild. (OK a few more)
Whale shark
Dugong
Great White Shark (very close)
Big 5 in Africa
Cheetahs
Whale shark
Dugong
Great White Shark (very close)
Big 5 in Africa
Cheetahs
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So much about this sign I saw today I am still thinking about
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
So much about this sign I saw today I am still thinking about
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I've heard from my friends in Churchill that the ice has arrived and the bears are finally heading out to break their over 150 day fast. (this photo is from a few weeks ago) Hudson Bay is still a long way from fully frozen, but at least they can get out and start hunting. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I've heard from my friends in Churchill that the ice has arrived and the bears are finally heading out to break their over 150 day fast. (this photo is from a few weeks ago) Hudson Bay is still a long way from fully frozen, but at least they can get out and start hunting. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
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Distinguished corner shops of West Baltimore.
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Distinguished corner shops of West Baltimore.