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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 7h

They're destroying what it took humankind 300 years to build. But they've doomed themselves, too. The thing is, they aren't actually doing it on purpose. Listen to the Editor natter about unintended consequences at h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/bru...

Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon. His horse is wondering what would happen if he just threw the blowhard into the river.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 1d

See this sign? The door was AJAR. In the Time Trap Museum at Grimsby. Read the h2g2 Post to see what else the visitors found in there. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

Sign with a policeman on it that says Fire door keep shut.

A one pound reward is offered in this large poster for Henry Allbones, who escaped from Grimsby jail in 1851.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 2d

This week, join Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle for a conversation on the past, present & future of the Web.

📅 Thurs Oct 9, 7:30 PM PT
🎟️ In-person
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Headshots of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Brewster Kahle.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 2d

We've been places and seen things. Like rushing water and butterflies and pretty flowers. Stop and take a look with us instead of doomscrolling. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

Rushing water and greenery at Mt Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 3d

Leonardo da Vinci in France is one topic in this week's issue of the h2g2 Post. Let Superfrenchie show you some of his inventions and tell you about his next-door neighbour, the king. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

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Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Helix #h2g2

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 3d

That is downright BEAUTIFUL - and on a Monday, too! Respect!

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 4d

Travel reports, from France, North America, the English coast, and Scotland. Strange creatures and stranger inventions. A dip into history and garden beauty galore. Don't miss this.

Find it all at h2g2.com/entry/A88074...

This week's subject is wizards, sailors, rogues, and kings, and nature, wiser and more beautiful than all. Clockwise from upper left: a tiny crab on a Scottish beach next to a 10p piece it could probably hold in all its arms, a fast-flowing river amid greenery in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, a yellow-and-black swallowtail butterfly on echinacea flowers in North Carolina, a pink tigridia in bloom in northern England, a black, white, and orange caterpillar on grass in Austria, a formal garden next to a chateau in France, a sign from an English museum showing in a policeman, a reward poster for Henry Allbones, also from the museum, and an outdoor model of Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Helix that's on a stand and moves but does not fly. The model is in Clos Luce, France.

h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 5d

The kitties demand to know why you aren't spending #Caturday reading the h2g2 Post. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 6d

FWR, the original Suzy Q travel guide, on Tenerife: Oh, and the Agatha Christie Steps. . . did you know she wrote a book on the island, visited with her daughter after a divorce in 192zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. . .
The h2g2 Post, occasionally informative. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

The Agatha Christie steps on Tenerife bear the titles of her books, some in English, some in Spanish.

h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 7d

The h2g2 Post, your weekly source for wise observations such as this. h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/bru...

The sign at the bowling lane says Bowling Balls Are Heavy.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 8d

Happy International Coffee Day! A German word that describes a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It essentially means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe any weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 8d

Merriam-Webster gets it.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 8d

How To Avoid People You Don’t Like - Useful information! I find that pinning an Enemies List to your cubicle wall encourages people to keep conversations short, even when they’re not on the list.

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h2g2 - How to Avoid People You Don't Like - Edited Entry

How to Avoid People You Don't Like, from the edited h2g2, the Unconventional Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 8d

😆There's a country road outside Vancouver where aliens like to land.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 8d

It always seemed to me that in the Star Trek world, generic wrinkly-forehead/possibly-with-feathers-on aliens always lived in a capital city modeled on a Delaware outlet mall. A nice one, with landscaping and a koi pond.

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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 8d

Ever watch Star Trek and wonder how a whole alien planet decided to wear the same outfit?

Here are some thoughts on the “planet of hats” trope, why it’s criticized, why it happens, and how to explain alien similarities in your own stories.

#writingcommunity #sff

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Fixing the Planet of Hats Trope - D.N. Schmidt

Does your alien planet only have one culture? Learn how to avoid the "planet of hats" trope and keep your story interesting and believable.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 8d

The h2g2 Post brings you a Nightmare from the Past: you will never look at a cherry pie the same way again. More at h2g2.com/entry/A88075...

The Blueberry children love to run
Around the hillsides in the sun;
Smiling and jolly, plump and sweet,
Best-natured youngsters one could meet.
Here's Apple, loved by young and old
And sometimes worth his weight in gold.
We hail him with delighted cries
When he comes to us, baked in pies.
Herr Burgomaster Cabbage said:
'My little dog, he needs some bread.'
Frau Cabbage smiled; 'Just help yourself,
A fresh loaf’s on the pantry shelf.'
Said Endive: 'I was born in France
But travel when I get a chance.'
Said Celery: 'I travel, too,
But my real home’s in Kalamazoo.'
The drawings are the stuff of nightmares.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 9d

What will our writers be bringing you next year in the h2g2 Post? See Another Novel Challenge: Let's Be Post-Apocalyptic Before It Is Too Late at h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/bru... Wonder where we got that idea?

That's if we're all still here, of course.

h2g2 - Another Novel Challenge: Let's Be Post-Apocalyptic Before It Is Too Late

h2g2 is the unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything, a guide that's written by visitors to the website, creating an organic and evolving encyclopedia of life

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 10d

Today's art feature: La Pescadera. You know you want to buy some fish. See more at the h2g2 Post. h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/bru...

Statue of a striding young woman with a bucket and a basket of fish on her head, crying her wares.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 11d

Sunday lagniappe... #vss365 #escutcheon

'I wish to live an idyllic existence,' he said. 'I shall move to a farm.'
His friend laughed. 'I assume you plan to raise your own food.'
'I do, indeed. Why do you laugh?'
His friend organised a going-away party. Everybody gave him gifts: garden tools, a pair of bib overalls, crocs in several colors, an egg washer, a milk pail.
His friend saw him off at the train station. He thrust a book into his hands. 'Some reading matter for the trip.'
'Well, I DID have a couple of old New Yorkers...'
'You won't need the New Yorker where you're going. Bye, be sure to write!' The train pulled away.
Settling back in his seat, he opened the book, which was called 'How to Select Cows.' He read the word 'escutcheon'.
'How noble...er, wait...'
Image of cow escutcheon (which involves the hind end of a cow) from How to Select Cows by Willis P Hazard.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 11d

Adventures here and off-world. Animals, floral beauty. Wild fiction and wilder art. You're going to enjoy this.
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This week's title is On- and Off-World Adventures. Clockwise from upper left: A boarding pass from NASA for a trip to the moon for the editor, a small black cat curled up in an orange bucket next to a pot full of eggs, a white orchid with red spots, a yellow orchid, the Agatha Christie steps on Tenerife showing books titles on the risers, a statue of a young woman selling fish, a wall painting of a mouse peeking out of a hole, a gull soaring over the sun-dappled Humber, and a green tobacco hornworm on a tomato leaf held in a hand.

h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 12d

I'm spending Saturday afternoon with Theodoric the Goth in 500. He had the Ravenna aqueducts cleaned. 'Vegetation is the peaceable overturner of buildings, the battering-ram which brings them to the ground, though the trumpets never sound for siege.' Smart guy.

h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 12d

Happy #Caturday. TJ wishes you a restful Saturday but recommends that you wake up sometime and read the h2g2 Post. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

Extreme closeup of TJ the orange-and-white cat asleep with his head in his paws.

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 13d

The film festival at the h2g2 Post continues as SashaQ watches bats at evening. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

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SashaQ Sees Bats at Evening #h2g2

YouTube video by Dmitri Gheorgheni

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h2g2postoffice.bsky.social @h2g2postoffice.bsky.social · 14d

Back to the movies with the h2g2 Post: watch Luna outrunning the Scottish surf. h2g2.com/entry/thepost

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Luna the Dog Outruns the Surf Again #h2g2

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