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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · 19d

Been offline for a bit, but this made me chuckle enough to want to share: johnfinnemore.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Concerning a lake named Gary, an intricately divided house, Lichtenstein's largest baby, and the date of Australian Christmas.

johnfinnemore.substack.com

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Sep 7

Creating this tasty play on Hannibal Chew’s line in Blade Runner gave me far more enjoyment than it probably should have!

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 28

Same here. I have a small bookcase just for the books I will never ever get rid of. No matter how tatty they are, or become. The Dark is rising books have pride of place!

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 25

I discovered Deborah Bass’s newsletter thanks to Caroline Crampton. Always lovely to read and directs me to other sites, books, programmes, artists:
stillsketching.substack.com/p/the-missin...

The Missing Sketchbooks

The joy of looking into others' sketchbooks, Midsummer reads and a 1970's tv treat

stillsketching.substack.com

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · Jul 24

"I think there's one over there, mate. Stick around, I'm sure you'll get a good shot eventually"

A photographer, lying in the grass. A fox cub is standing on his back, looking off in the same direction as the camera's pointing at. The photographer is looking at us, with an expression his face that's every shade of "resigned"

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 25

I enjoyed this article by Kate Wagner. Some good, solid advice on writing an essay that should stand the test of time. Could easily apply to writing a book. And the ‘writer’s block’ advice is definitely worth trying.
www.late-review.com/p/some-essay...

some essays on how to write essays (p. 1)

intro / choosing a subject

www.late-review.com

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 24

Nice!

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NickiMags @ Secret Library Book Blog @nickimags.bsky.social · Jul 19

What a lovely story! @larryandpaul.bsky.social

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 19

Fantastic

London library forced to briefly close after fox 'made itself comfortable' inside

Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the Shard

www.standard.co.uk

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 19

Love this article. I need to learn me the art of ‘unpacking’!
www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-yo...

Face it: you're a crazy person

OR: why your brain needs a boxcutter

www.experimental-history.com

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 19

www.bookdesignersnotebook.com/p/13-quotes-...

13 Quotes About Book Covers

From 'The Look of the Book' by Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth

www.bookdesignersnotebook.com

Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 19

‘I feel more and more that technology doesn’t liberate me as much as it diminishes me. Technological innovation has always had this darker side…But lately, the stakes feel higher.’https://electricliterature.com/ai-cant-gaslight-me-if-i-write-by-hand/?ref=carolinecrampton.com

AI Can’t Gaslight Me if I Write by Hand - Electric Literature

There are all kinds of slow movements, slow food, slow families. Perhaps it’s time for slow writing

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 19

The Dark is Rising sequence of books by Susan Cooper is brilliant. And, I still have my original copy. As well as Cooper’s writing, I love the illustrations that accompany it. It’s lovely to learn more about the artist who created them, Margery Gill.
stillsketching.substack.com/p/the-forgot...

The Forgotten Art of Childhood

Rediscovering the illustrations of Margery Gill and a cautionary tale

stillsketching.substack.com

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quiet living @quietliving.bsky.social · Jul 18

Here's a free site.. "Pl@ntnet" for identifying plants and info on them.
identify.plantnet.org/k-world-flor...

I now know this is 86.2%"Nicotiana plata Link & Otto".
...I can sleep well tonight. 😉

#NaturePhotography #Photography #Flowers

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 18

The fact that the best writers can enable us when we read to slip into the minds, bodies, and lived experiences of others is what magic is.

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 18

How wonderful.

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...

www.openculture.com

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netherfield @netherfield34.bsky.social · Jul 18

The beautiful Floribunda 'Pink Martini' (aka Pink Flower Circus; Kordes, 1999). The colour is astonishing. Described by Peter Beales as "a breathtaking treasure for every garden" & he is not wrong! A pale salmony mauve pink, unlike any other pink rose I have seen. Gorgeous. #Roses 🌱 🌹

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Emms @emms.bsky.social · Jul 18

This did make me laugh out loud 😂 both the situation and the man’s attempt at an apology…

Screenshot of a parody apology of CEO of Astronomer

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Jul 15

Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story.

The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...

The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now

YouTube video by The News Agents

www.youtube.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 15

NEW: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

www.propublica.org

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 15

Why? Because her music is beautiful, that's why.
'It feels freeform in structure, soaring like a hawk in flight, tracing graceful patterns in the air and climbing to the heavens.'
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

‘The perfect accompaniment to life’: why is a 12th-century nun the hottest name in experimental music?

A mystic who turned visions into beautiful chants, Hildegard von Bingen has inspired everyone from Grimes to David Lynch. Musicians including Julia Holter explain the hold she has on them

www.theguardian.com

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you haven't read it (or even if you have) here's the chance to win a lovely new hardback edition of the book I Who Have Never Know Men.
www.penguin.co.uk/discover/art...

Win this stunning hardcover edition of I Who Have Never Known Men

Five lucky readers have the chance to get their hands on a stunning new edition of I Who Have Never Known Men.

www.penguin.co.uk

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just 204 signatures in the home of world leading Parkinson’s research? Cambridge you can do better! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 15

So unbelievably wrong. And, honestly, insulting to all creatives.

Barnaby Edwards @barnabyedwards.bsky.social · Jul 15

An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below).

If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Jul 15

Tonight:

The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · Jul 8

For the last online talk before our summer break we're delighted to be welcoming Professor Dame Marina Warner @marinawarner.bsky.social for her talk 'How to Create Sanctuary Now?’ Tuesday 15 July at 19:00 BST, tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-cre...

How to Create Sanctuary Now?

Marina Warner explores the history of Sanctuary and how traditions and storytelling might help revive this ancient right in the present day

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Lady Bibliophage @ladybiblophage.bsky.social · Jul 15

I still remember how much I loved reading From The Beast To The Blonde (along with Zipes' Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale) while researching my dissertation. My now much-battered copies of both are still on my 'books always to be kept' bookshelf.

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