Big Lou
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Yule-hole [YOOL hohl]
(n.)
-The last hole to which one is able to stretch their belt at a Christmas dinner. (Shouldn't there be a Thanksgiving hole?)
(n.)
-The last hole to which one is able to stretch their belt at a Christmas dinner. (Shouldn't there be a Thanksgiving hole?)
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Yule-hole [YOOL hohl]
(n.)
-The last hole to which one is able to stretch their belt at a Christmas dinner. (Shouldn't there be a Thanksgiving hole?)
(n.)
-The last hole to which one is able to stretch their belt at a Christmas dinner. (Shouldn't there be a Thanksgiving hole?)
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Good morning
a dog is sitting on a couch with its eyes closed and the words `` me '' written on it .
ALT: a dog is sitting on a couch with its eyes closed and the words `` me '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Good morning
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A promotional Christmas card from the 1940s. Art by Fred Ray.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A promotional Christmas card from the 1940s. Art by Fred Ray.
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🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
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The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸
The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
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The surprising ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/10/e...
🧵
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Can’t believe this is how Robin died.
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Can’t believe this is how Robin died.
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Drop something MIRRORED 🪞
Superman (1978)
Superman (1978)
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Drop something MIRRORED 🪞
Superman (1978)
Superman (1978)
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More good news about coffee: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coffee-...
Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness – up to a limit | King's College London
New research from King’s College London finds that coffee consumption within the NHS recommended limit is linked to longer telomere lengths – a marker of biological ageing – among people with bipolar ...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
More good news about coffee: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/coffee-...
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Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
The CBS Radio Workshop was an “experimental dramatic radio anthology series” that aired between 1956 and 1957. And it started with style--with a dramatized adaptation of Brave New World, narrated by A...
www.openculture.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hear Aldous Huxley Narrate His Dystopian Masterpiece, Brave New World
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Hey everybody, go check your mum's attic.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Superman edition found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new record after Man of Steel comic found in a California home is auctioned.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hey everybody, go check your mum's attic.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #bookish
#Booksky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #bookish
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Booksky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #bookish
#Booksky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #bookish
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Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa Still Hasn’t Fallen Over, Even After 650 Years
Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa Still Hasn’t Fallen Over, Even After 650 Years
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has stood, in its distinctive fashion, for six and a half centuries now. But it hasn't always leaned at the same angle: to get the most dramatic view, the best time to go see...
www.openculture.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa Still Hasn’t Fallen Over, Even After 650 Years
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Birds of a feather
Photo by Stephen Liptrot
Photo by Stephen Liptrot
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Birds of a feather
Photo by Stephen Liptrot
Photo by Stephen Liptrot
Post a film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Post a film you've seen more than 7 times with a gif.
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Candlelight Ceremony
for the Day of the Dead
Día de Muertos
Noche de Muertos
Janitzio Island
Lake Pátzcuaro, México
George E. Holton (1945)
for the Day of the Dead
Día de Muertos
Noche de Muertos
Janitzio Island
Lake Pátzcuaro, México
George E. Holton (1945)
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Candlelight Ceremony
for the Day of the Dead
Día de Muertos
Noche de Muertos
Janitzio Island
Lake Pátzcuaro, México
George E. Holton (1945)
for the Day of the Dead
Día de Muertos
Noche de Muertos
Janitzio Island
Lake Pátzcuaro, México
George E. Holton (1945)
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Underwater cuddles
October 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Underwater cuddles
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A marvellous painted terracotta sima with a lion head waterspout. A sima was a roof element that functioned as a gutter.
Found in Delphi, #Greece, dating late 5th century BC.
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#Archaeology 🏺
Found in Delphi, #Greece, dating late 5th century BC.
📷
#Archaeology 🏺
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A marvellous painted terracotta sima with a lion head waterspout. A sima was a roof element that functioned as a gutter.
Found in Delphi, #Greece, dating late 5th century BC.
📷
#Archaeology 🏺
Found in Delphi, #Greece, dating late 5th century BC.
📷
#Archaeology 🏺
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only
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This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)
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October 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM