Hester
@hesterkw.bsky.social
Drink beer, ride bikes, do nerd things. She/Her.
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Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca as percussionists playing the 1812 Overture: youtu.be/Dl3RMnJChyA
SID CAESAR: 1812 Overture [PANTOMIME] (YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS, Jan 17, 1953)
YouTube video by Sid Caesar: Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour / Admiral Broadway Revue
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November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca as percussionists playing the 1812 Overture: youtu.be/Dl3RMnJChyA
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Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves if they're still in power in 2029
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves if they're still in power in 2029
New pub on King street, run by brewer of excellent beer, Baron. baronbrewing.co.uk/taproom/
Taproom and The Handsome Prince - Baron Brewing
Our bar in Cambridge, The Handsome Prince, is now open! Serving a range of our beers as well as a huge variety of other beers, wines and spritzes. Please
baronbrewing.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New pub on King street, run by brewer of excellent beer, Baron. baronbrewing.co.uk/taproom/
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i came across the saying "to follow like a Tantony pig" so I get curious and look it up, but Tantony isnt a place, it's a contraction of St Anthony who is the saint of swineherds, so the proverb means to follow someone like a pig following the hog messiah. alas this information will not pay my bills
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
i came across the saying "to follow like a Tantony pig" so I get curious and look it up, but Tantony isnt a place, it's a contraction of St Anthony who is the saint of swineherds, so the proverb means to follow someone like a pig following the hog messiah. alas this information will not pay my bills
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
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Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here’s my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. You can buy all Michael Palin’s books and DVDs and suchlike off his website, and he signs and dedicates the item for no extra charge. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt. (I did this for my dad, and he didn’t notice the autograph on his Ripping Yarns.) themichaelpalin.com
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These fucking amateur hour Star Wars lists that don't even have the holiday special or either of the Ewok films on them. You're all Stalin airbrushing Trotsky out of history but I remember. I remember!
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
These fucking amateur hour Star Wars lists that don't even have the holiday special or either of the Ewok films on them. You're all Stalin airbrushing Trotsky out of history but I remember. I remember!
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*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
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Good evening. Who wants too see a totally normal sculpture that was just sitting around the entrance to the Bruges hospital museum, totally normally
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Good evening. Who wants too see a totally normal sculpture that was just sitting around the entrance to the Bruges hospital museum, totally normally
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Who had 'Moving the M25' on their list of things that the 'committed to tackling climate change' Labour administration would do?
Heidi Alexander chooses larger of two options for Heathrow 3rd runway, requiring part of M25 to be moved - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Who had 'Moving the M25' on their list of things that the 'committed to tackling climate change' Labour administration would do?
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WOMAN: "The minigun does not make me cruel, no. Instead, it is I that makes the minigun cruel."
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
WOMAN: "The minigun does not make me cruel, no. Instead, it is I that makes the minigun cruel."
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This week's "book that should have been discarded from the library WAY before 2025":
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This week's "book that should have been discarded from the library WAY before 2025":
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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Cheetahs continue to be scary predators.
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Cheetahs continue to be scary predators.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
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Today! I'll be there this morning, and tomorrow morning, and probably some other times too. Also, mulled wine with the late opening this evening! Come along, buy pots!
#cambridge #pottery #ceramics
#cambridge #pottery #ceramics
If you’re in Cambridge (UK) then come along to Kiln Cambridge (Ditton Walk, off Newmarket Rd) this weekend for our Christmas exhibition and sale. 40+ stalls (including mine!) and lots of ideas for Christmas presents. 10am-9pm Sat/10am-6pm Sun.
#pottery #ceramics #cambridge
#pottery #ceramics #cambridge
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today! I'll be there this morning, and tomorrow morning, and probably some other times too. Also, mulled wine with the late opening this evening! Come along, buy pots!
#cambridge #pottery #ceramics
#cambridge #pottery #ceramics
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They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
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I reckon you can learn a lot about the atmosphere in various Oxford colleges by looking at what they choose to name their cats (courtesy of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social ). We should all aspire to the energy of a Teabag, Isambard Kitten Brunel, or an Admiral Flapjack
oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I reckon you can learn a lot about the atmosphere in various Oxford colleges by looking at what they choose to name their cats (courtesy of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social ). We should all aspire to the energy of a Teabag, Isambard Kitten Brunel, or an Admiral Flapjack
oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
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I love Christmas comics but sometimes you have to draw a line.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I love Christmas comics but sometimes you have to draw a line.