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Laura (she/her)

@beesandrikishis.bsky.social

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Hobby beekeeper & sumo fan in Metroland. Naturalised Brit, ex-American, semi-visible bisexual, trans ally, woke Christian. Post too much about Fukuyama Masaharu, Leonard Cohen & hoverflies. Hallelujah IS a religious song, just not in the way some think.

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11d

Correction: These are the designs of my first tattoos

#福山雅治 #LeonardCohen

My inner forearms, both bearing fresh tattoos. The right arm has Leonard Cohen's Unified Heart symbol and a line from his song The Future: "Love's the only engine of survival." The left arm has a picture of one of the 500-year-old camphor trees that survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, with a line from Fukuyama Masaharu's song Kusunoki (Camphor Tree): 我が魂は奪われはしない (my soul will never be taken away).

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David Shumway @nearleft.bsky.social · 10h

UK residents: Pre-order your copy of The World of Leonard Cohen with 25% off, this week only, using the code OCTOBER25 at the checkout.
Find out more here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
#WPreorder #TheWorldofLeonardCohen

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Maria Sumo Kinboshi @mariasumokinboshi.bsky.social · 10h

I didn't want to disturb him too much, so I didn't ask for a photo but he offered it himself. What a nice guy Kotoshoho is. Although I sometimes forget his name during basho :D
In this photo you can see my excitement, I hoped it was a little less visible ;)

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 10h

Awesome! Welcome to the UK! 😃

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 10h

Whoops, I forgot to add this London pic.
Three guesses as to where our rikishi are here?
On second thought, reduce it to one!

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11h

Unsubscribed from the Sumo in English feed for this reason 😕

Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11h

Wish I'd been able to wander round central London looking for sumo wrestlers the past couple of days. At least I'll see them every day the rest of this week, if only from the Rausing Circle

Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11h

Actually that might be a cheesecake parfait

Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11h

This is seriously a beautiful photo.

(Sumo wrestlers Abi and Wakamotoharu in front of an Assyrian, or possibly Babylonian, relief in the British Museum. They are extending their arms to each other in imitation of the figures on the relief.)

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 11h

With his best friend, Wakamotoharu. You'll remember the two of them created such distress for sumo elders when a young Abi posted on SMS a pic of a tied-and-bound (with electric tape) Wakamotoharu.
That prank cost ALL rikishi the privilege to post and text for years!

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11h

Alt text: Sumo wrestler Tobizaru (the Flying Monkey) sitting somewhere in London with a yoghurt & granola parfait & a huge grin 🐵

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 11h

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 11h

The suspended Shinto roof--an absolute must--has been installed.
The sacred nature of the sport is now symbolized and properly recognized. Let the games begin.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 11h

Our yokozunae on route to the Royal Albert Hall (to view the venue for the first time and witness its tranformation into a Tokyo sumo ring) when Onosato spots his likeness on a poster for the tournament!
Now, Hoshoryu is on the hunt for his!

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 11h

Internet outage apparently - they can't take payments in their shop either!

Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 13h

#Sumo people, are there any plans for meeting up at the RAH?

Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 15h

"I never thought MY sex would be excluded from single sex spaces," walls etc., etc.

Rebecca @beccauk.bsky.social · 15h

I recall that the EHRC’s draft guidance on single sex services, currently with ministers, expressly states that religious objections are a legitimate justification for single sex services…

Perhaps someone should tell Steve Reed?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Minister ‘appalled’ at Muslim charity run in London that excluded women

Event in Victoria Park organised by East London mosque and London Muslim Centre was open to ‘men, boys of all ages and girls under 12’

www.theguardian.com

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ash @mdgfo.bsky.social · 15h

おすすめされて買ったビスケットがABCビスケットだったから思わず……
改めて見ると恥ずかしいな😅
(このあとちゃんと美味しくいただきました)
素朴な味わいで美味しくて好きな味だった！

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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · 17h

"tell me something wild you think about books"

*a bold truth teller stands up and says the same thing we've all heard a thousand times before, but somehow more boring now than it was six months ago*

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 17h

Ants are a vital part of your garden ecosystem and, in most cases, can be left alone without interference 🐜

If they begin to enter your home, try storing food in secure containers and spraying equal parts vinegar with water where they enter.

Butterfly Conservation's guide to gardening without pesticides: Ants. Graphic of a small pond and a frog. Text reads: 'If you can't live alongside ants, here's how to discourage them. Indoors: Spray equal parts vinegar and water where they enter. Outdoors: Encourage slow worms and frogs by creating wild habitats such as ponds.'

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 16h

Apparently Peter Andre is now performing as a Frankie Valli tribute act. I don't know how to fit that information in my head.

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sumostats.bsky.social @sumostats.bsky.social · 16h

London day 1 matches!

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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · 18h

Colors of autumn.
秋色。

Deep red maple leaves. In the background are yellowing birch tree.

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 18h

Oho is putting pictures of grey squirrels on Instagram & I love it 😅 #sumo

Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 19h

They really don't want you off the digital teat for too long

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Laura (she/her) @beesandrikishis.bsky.social · 19h

Dress Rehearsal Rag by Leonard Cohen is set at "four o'clock in the afternoon," while Famous Blue Raincoat, a few songs later on the same album, begins "It's four in the morning." I imagine someone's written an essay about this

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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 1d

Mine: a lot of books that are “literature” are actually incredibly readable: breaking down the fear of canon is a (small) part of dismantling the class system.

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

it is more important to read books you actually enjoy reading than books that are Literature

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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