Walnut Hulls
@walnuthulls.bsky.social
Geek & bibliophile. Rebuilding on & off line.
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Can I just say something...? 🧣
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Can I just say something...? 🧣
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Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
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Get lost, I am reading.
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Get lost, I am reading.
It's been a stressful day for all with contractors here, and things are still a mess while I try to put things away. Dustbunny (high anxiety kitten) tried to play with something on the floor that didn't move so I made a crumple-paper-ball toy for her and tossed it right to her. 1/3
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
It's been a stressful day for all with contractors here, and things are still a mess while I try to put things away. Dustbunny (high anxiety kitten) tried to play with something on the floor that didn't move so I made a crumple-paper-ball toy for her and tossed it right to her. 1/3
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I needed this.
Watching this is a balm to the soul.
Watching this is a balm to the soul.
My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I needed this.
Watching this is a balm to the soul.
Watching this is a balm to the soul.
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3M bow tying machine at D.G. Bremner & Co.
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
3M bow tying machine at D.G. Bremner & Co.
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Christmas is hard for many. The years roll, the ghosts at the table increase. We’re haunted by the absence of voices, of laughter engines who drank and ate with us. This can be day of remembrance rituals. For what it’s worth, Hooklanders near and far are in my candles today. Be gentle on yourselves.
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Christmas is hard for many. The years roll, the ghosts at the table increase. We’re haunted by the absence of voices, of laughter engines who drank and ate with us. This can be day of remembrance rituals. For what it’s worth, Hooklanders near and far are in my candles today. Be gentle on yourselves.
Daughter has found her baking soda has inexplicably disappeared from her cupboard (essential for Christmas eve cookies). M is transporting her on a hasty mission to get some before the store closes (they have a half hour to do it).
December 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Daughter has found her baking soda has inexplicably disappeared from her cupboard (essential for Christmas eve cookies). M is transporting her on a hasty mission to get some before the store closes (they have a half hour to do it).
@buddhaakame.bsky.social @shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social @transguysteve.bsky.social Holding you in my thoughts as always this time of year and especially this year, what with *everything*
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@buddhaakame.bsky.social @shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social @transguysteve.bsky.social Holding you in my thoughts as always this time of year and especially this year, what with *everything*
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Massive Breach on the Llangollen Canal
YouTube video by Narrowboat Life Unlocked
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December 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Up well over an hour before sunrise since animal breakfast must be provided, regardless of the light levels. That said it's also cold out, so Puppy's trip outside post-breakfast was a short one and she's taken herself back to bed.
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Up well over an hour before sunrise since animal breakfast must be provided, regardless of the light levels. That said it's also cold out, so Puppy's trip outside post-breakfast was a short one and she's taken herself back to bed.
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A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
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Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
*cranky* It's annoying that now when I see a cute animal picture I need to worry about provenance.
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
*cranky* It's annoying that now when I see a cute animal picture I need to worry about provenance.
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
Me, grumbling at voice to text, "bemusement" is a perfectly good word and it is NOT "amusement".
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Me, grumbling at voice to text, "bemusement" is a perfectly good word and it is NOT "amusement".
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Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
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🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with:
- pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!)
- a link or details on how people can buy
I will boost you!
Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄
Working from home today, because I woke up with a cough. Wish there was a post-holiday WFH quarantine after people have visted relations etc. If I am sick, I'm pretty sure it's from the man at the next desk on Monday who kept coughing.
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Working from home today, because I woke up with a cough. Wish there was a post-holiday WFH quarantine after people have visted relations etc. If I am sick, I'm pretty sure it's from the man at the next desk on Monday who kept coughing.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Truth coming out of her cup o’noodles to shame mankind
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Truth coming out of her cup o’noodles to shame mankind
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More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
Donate - Twice Upon a Time
twiceuponatime.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.