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Random views myne owne. Canadian. Seeker of #Hiraeth. Mother of a resting Cello-wing Daughter. A latter-day OOwl fancier (with a good dose of Wren-fancying too). MA in Folklore Studies. #KDrama Addict. Learning 中文. Spins woolly yarns & story threads
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Daughter gazing over Solway Firth, 2017 x
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The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House | The Ghost Geek

That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury

www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...

#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House
That time I was overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in Avebury...
www.theghostgeek.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
No surprises there ....
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Martin Riddle's photos of butterfly species in Massachusetts.

whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/26/r...
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Dreaming Times are beckoning me .... Sweet Dreams everyone ...
a painting of two spiral galaxies in the space
Alt: a painting of two spiral galaxies in the space
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Leaves on Lake with rain drops.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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'The fading leaves are glad to die'
-Sara Teasdale

🎨John Atkinson Grimshaw
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A bit of the Christmas Spirit - Well Done lads 🎄 🎁
Source: BBC
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Bye, love you! Schoolboys' Last Christmas doorbell video is a viral hit
The boys from Denny said they left the message on the doorbell "to get you in the Christmas spirit".
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November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The NEW #Uncanny ep Case 5: The Goth Poltergeist brings us to Newcastle’s goth scene🖤🤍 Listen on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts👻

Growing up in Newcastle as a wannabe goth myself this story feels even scarier. Here’s a 2006 vid of another of my brushes with goth culture!
bit.ly/4p2MT0c
Whitby Gothic Weekend 2006 - Culture Show
YouTube video by The Archive Channel
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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💫This week's theme is birds! Join us Wednesday for #LegendaryWednesday with your fowl legends, your songbird tales, poultry traditions, bird watching rituals, & feathered deities. Share a #legend #folklore #quote #fairytale #poetry #film #art #mythology💫
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now. As most were women it’s appropriate to share on #InternationalDayForTheElimimationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now
A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Lichfield Storytellers welcomes you to a seasonal get-together of Story and Song on 9th December with "Tales of Winter and Christmas" at The Kings Head, Bird Street, Lichfield WS13 6PW UK.

Tickets: £7 - link: wegottickets.com/event/684096
Door time: 7:00pm
Start time: 7:30pm #storytelling
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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This week, we're thrilled to be receiving a newly commissioned object for the Museum's permanent collection - a brand new bronze artwork from Benin.

We'll be showing sneak peeks all week, before its grand unveiling on Friday. Day 1: Check out this intricate snake detail, beautifully cast in bronze!
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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News | Science Centres ‘undermined’ by a lack of government support

@sciencecentres.bsky.social writes open letter calling for better recognition and funding
Science Centres ‘undermined’ by a lack of government support - Museums Association
Association writes open letter calling for better recognition and funding
www.museumsassociation.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Disco sunrise.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Strong yes. All too often the law is used as a tool by dark money funded right wing activists to silence those who push back. We employed our defamation lawyer to try and level the playing field.
Hi Jolyon, are the Good Law Project able to help when abortion rights activists get legal threats for calling out anti-abortion groups spreading disinformation?
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM