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Ducky

@duckedydoodah.bsky.social

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Queer disabled bookworm, crocheter, carer, & mum. She/her. Has degrees in archaeology, is a former forensic scientist, & now works for a charity. Has chronic pain & long COVID, & spends a lot of time hiding from the 21st century on #Discworld.

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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 3h

Not a hot take but if you don’t want a gay kid, or a trans kid, or a disabled kid, or an Autistic kid, or an [insert other thing here] kid: DON’T HAVE A KID.

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Quite Interesting @qi.com · 1d

In 1982, 43% of fathers in the UK had never changed a nappy.
By 2000, this had dropped to 3%.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 11h

Afantasia is when you can't picture Mickey Mouse dressed as a wizard.

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 7h

The words "guilty pleasure" don't exist with books. No guilt, just pleasure. Books are there to enjoy.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 8h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 5h

Oh no! Do you have a spotlight you can use?

Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 2d

I bought this cute little fellow at the steampunk thing yesterday. I feel he needs a dignified yet faintly ridiculous Victorian or Edwardian gentleman's name. Any suggestions?

#HowToNameYourDragon

A small, 3D printed plastic dragon in shades of purple and blue. Each segment is jointed so that it can move sinuously.

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Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 2d

"People used to swallow conkers to harden them with stomach juices" isn't a sentence I thought I'd hear on Classic FM. 😂

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Alison Withonel @withonel.bsky.social · 2d

That moment when the sauce spills out and runs down the flutes is so sexy it should be illegal

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

OnlyFlans

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 2d

They're one of my favourite garden birds!

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 3d

Incredibly refreshing to see a uk politician just say yes a woman can have a penis and can you be normal about trans people if you dont want them to have a dick fund their transition awesome love this guy

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 3d

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 3d

On this day, 11th October 1982, the Mary Rose was raised from the Solent in one of the largest maritime archaeological projects the world has ever known.

This was viewed by 50 million people worldwide - were you watching? #WhereWereYouIn82

Find out more - maryrose.org/discover/his...

the wreck of the Mary Rose, supported in a large yellow lifting cradle, being raised from the seabed on 11th October 1982

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Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't been on here in a long time - can someone please explain this to me??

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 4d

The history books having to explain cartoon frog = fascist, inflatable frog = anti-fascist…

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 4d

An alien fleet appeared in Earth's orbit, and broadcast a message:

"Having studied you furtively, we now seek formal contact, and want to meet your greatest thinkers..."

A long list followed.

"How do we tell them?" world leaders wondered.

Topping the list were the names Calvin and Calvin's Dad.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 3d

Why has no-one written a Latvian-set hardboiled detective novel called ‘Riga Mortis’?

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Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so sorry to hear that. Surely it's illegal?

Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Jacqui.

Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 3d

I also spotted the Death of Rats pretending to be a hat decoration. 🤔 #GNUTerryPratchett #steampunk

A black top hat has been decorated with a silver skull and ribbons at the front of the brim, and black roses on the side. Silver beads are wrapped around the top of the hat, and perched on top of them is a small white rat skeleton with a black cloak and a scythe.

Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 3d

I went to my first ever #steampunk event today. It was absolutely amazing! The 13yo & I had a great time, and I may now end up joining the Steampunk Sallys...

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Can't believe we have to clarify that we're just saying that they existed at the same time, not that we're accusing them...

A suspicious-looking dodo in front of the Mary Rose sinking.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Dodos were thriving when the Mary Rose sank.

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Ducky @duckedydoodah.bsky.social · 6d

Things have been tough lately - well, for a long time if I'm honest. And I finally had to resign from the job I love, but which has caused me to burn out time & time again. I finish at the end of November.

I'm sad, but it's the right decision.

#charity #burnout #MentalHealth

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