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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1h

Hahaha, a decade is rookie numbers

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Ahab @ahab.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone used Tello to port a US number to use abroad? If so, thoughts? If you’ve done something else to keep a US number while living abroad that is not simply paying for roaming, do you want to sell me on that method instead?

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 15h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 21h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 3h

💜💜💜💜

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 17h

next ep of Absolute Units drops next Thursday - we're chatting about LGBTQ+ rural history and research by our brilliant former colleague @timjerrome.bsky.social into queer rural lives, and the challenge of combing through thousands & thousands of farm records for traces of same-sex relationships

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 16h

Children-rearing advice from the royal family sounds like a punchline

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 16h

Highest successful Women's World Cup chase:

278 AUS v IND at Auckland, 2022
275 SA v IND at Christchurch, 2022
272 AUS v SA at Wellington 2022
258 AUS v SL at Bristol, 2017
252 SA v IND at Visakhapatnam, today

#CWC25
icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...

India vs. South Africa | ICC

icc-cricket.com

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 19h

we are at a seventies hunting lodge themed steak house with vintage cheesecake pinups in the heart of Tokyo which is the absolute exact business that Wolverine would open

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poorlyformed @poorlyformed.bsky.social · 20h

Last minute but I will be in the artist alley at NYCC this weekend! come find me at G-21!

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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 20h

It's John Lennon's birthday. Here he is with The Beatles trying to get the opening of one of his songs right.

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 19h

Is the music to cover the sound of Booky's librarian vomiting? 🤢

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 20h

This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 20h

Quadring, the various Eaudykes/Eaudikes, Shepeau Stow

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it does seem early

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Might there have been a photo behind it? Was that a thing?

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Allegedly (you didn't hear it from me) *not* all roads lead to Rome. Some of them go to Corinium

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 1d

Here's how they look all finished! 🔥

a ceramic plate with a tortoiseshell cat surrounded by brown oak leaves

a ceramic plate with a calico cat surrounded by brown oak leaves

a ceramic plate with a black cat surrounded by brown oak leaves

a ceramic plate with a fox surrounded by brown and orange oak leaves

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Eeek

Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Best move soundtrack?

Romeo + Juliet

🎃 à la kosmic horror @kosmicala.bsky.social · 1d

Best movie soundtrack?

Cruel Intentions

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Best movie soundtrack?

The Crow

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 2d

En-nígaldi-Nanna, the daughter of the last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire (626-539 BCE), had a museum in Ur, complete with 1500 year old artifacts and “museum labels.”

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennigal...

Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 1d

Luke Jerram's Helios, a seven-metre spherical sculpture which is named after the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, will be viewable in the ruins of Fountains Abbey from 10am to 4pm, 11 and 12 October 2025.

Please visit the link for more information:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorksh...

Helios at Fountains Abbey | Yorkshire

Helios at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Errol le Cain's Twelve Dancing Princesses have fruit dresses, although in an 18th century way rather than a 19th

An illustration from The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Errol le Cain of the princesses passing through the silver wood, not knowing they are being followed by a man in an invisibility cloak. Only the youngest princess notices a twig being snapped off a tree. The princesses are all in elaborate 18th century dresses with big powdered wigs. Each dress is covered in a design featuring a different fruit, which is matched in the ornamentation of their fans and wigs. The youngest princess' theme is oranges

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck, Hector

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Today was the first day I've noticed that I had to wake up in the dark. I don't like it

Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 1d

Noticing the nights drawing in? 🌙

October brings a big shift with most of the UK losing over 2 hours of daylight this month!

Do you enjoy the cosy evenings or miss the longer days?

Map of the UK showing daylight lost during October by region. Northern areas like Lerwick lose about 2 hours 40 minutes, Stornoway 2 hours 30 minutes, Aberdeen 2 hours 20 minutes, Glasgow and Newcastle 2 hours 10 minutes, Manchester and Birmingham 2 hours, and southern areas such as London and Plymouth about 1 hour 50 minutes. Background uses colour bands to indicate daylight loss.

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Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social · 1d

Like this one

Cally, a tortoiseshell cat, sitting politely on the floor and looking up intently

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