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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 2d

Update: I found another sock. It is also odd.

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 2d

How? How can they possibly *all* be odd?

A collection of 15 colourful children's socks laid out on a bed. They are, incredibly, *all* odd.

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 3d

Also, how about this one? Did all alehouses have names and signs? Like, obviously the Mermaid did, but what about that bench outside the Widow Smith's single room hovel where she'd pass ale out of the window to you to take home in your own jug?

Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 4d

Question for a kindly early modern scholar. In an English town circa 1600, what could you buy every day, and what only on market day? Ie: townies often had no oven, so presumably the bakery was always open? And the alehouses for those who didn't brew. Anything else?

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 4d

Question for a kindly early modern scholar. In an English town circa 1600, what could you buy every day, and what only on market day? Ie: townies often had no oven, so presumably the bakery was always open? And the alehouses for those who didn't brew. Anything else?

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 7d

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 9d

Just learned that in Elizabethan England the punishment for "spreading false news" was the pillory - where you could be nailed to a stick by your ears for people to throw stuff at you. Just putting it out there...

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 9d

perfect

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 14d

I'm so tired of the country being run as a result of Morgan McSweeney pointing at a poster of Britain's Biggest Cunt and insisting that getting his vote is the sole objective.

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Rob Burton, once and future non-existent entity. @robertsburton.bsky.social · 22d

Hell. Yes.
And, honestly, looking at the return figures for arts investment, (estimates are that for every £ put in, you get £1.30-1.60 back into the economy), it's essential a no-risk boost even before you get to the secondary effects of improved quality of life and education.

Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 22d

Imagining a parallel world in which 22 billion was injected into the UK arts industry.

Rob Burton, once and future non-existent entity. @robertsburton.bsky.social · 23d

I don't doubt there'll be initial investment - from companies ramming AI down people's throats - but ascribing that 'boost' to AI itself is utterly disingenuous. The reporting on AI is like discussing the merits of religion and the existence of god by only talking to the heads of various churches.

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 19d

Exactly. It's so frustrating when people claim cool rationality while doing something profoundly irrational for clearly ideological reasons.

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 19d

Star! Thank you so much!

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 22d

Imagining a parallel world in which 22 billion was injected into the UK arts industry.

Rob Burton, once and future non-existent entity. @robertsburton.bsky.social · 23d

I don't doubt there'll be initial investment - from companies ramming AI down people's throats - but ascribing that 'boost' to AI itself is utterly disingenuous. The reporting on AI is like discussing the merits of religion and the existence of god by only talking to the heads of various churches.

Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 23d

Microsoft says its new £22bn investment in the UK's AI sector should boost Britain's economy in next few years

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 23d

On the window of the waiting room at Dorridge Station. Rather lovely, I thought.

Text written in white on a small window panel bordered with white-painted stone: "We must do what we conceive to be the right thing and not bother our heads or burden our souls with whether we're going to be successful. Because if we don't do the right thing, we'll be doing the wrong thing and we'll be just part of the disease and not a part of the cure. - from GOOD WORK by E.F. Schumacher."

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 24d

In case you missed it earlier, the latest Patreon-only Overinvested ep is on Alfred Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT, a brilliant 1940s psychological thriller with a teen girl protagonist. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

Bonus Episode: Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) | Overinvested

Get more from Overinvested on Patreon

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Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 27d

“Research shows that trans people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be the victim of a violent crime. We salute our colleagues across the media who are working tirelessly to make that number even higher.”

The Onion @theonion.com · 28d

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:

It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible

The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 28d

It was SO FUN Katy!!! I reckon I will do it again, so I'll let you know!

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · 29d

I am going to play Bridge Command today and I am ridiculously excited and I know this is a boring post but SQUEEEEEEEEEEE! ☄️🌌👾🚀🛰👨🏽‍🚀🌠🎉🪅🎊🪐🌕

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · Sep 9

Update: they will you know!

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · Sep 8

Anyone know if UK trains will give you free hot water if you bring your own teabags?

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · Sep 3

My partner and I (2/4th of SNW) are both trans and attempting to leave the US (I’m also an Arab immigrant). It’s extremely expensive, so please consider buying our game/leaving it a review so that we have some sort of income when we inevitably have to make the jump and start over. Thank you.

Play Spirit Swap!✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · Feb 3

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW!
GO GO GO!
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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Its more of a saxophone solo than a question really

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Sep 3

the thing is if you have a six hour day for eight hours pay & full employment you now have time to enjoy walking your dog. to cook yourself something at leisure. to enjoy taking care of your dwelling. the answer isn't magic robots. it's unions, it's workers getting the means of production

pfc. italian beef @realbillhicks.bsky.social · Sep 2

we need a slur for people who want this future

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Grace Knight @grace-knight.co.uk · Sep 2

Hello Bluesky, does anyone know a historian specialising in Early Modern British social history who would like to be asked extremely niche questions by someone (me) with an intense expression and a laptop?

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · Aug 28

The entire establishment right now is like “I’m sorry but only the bigotry we’re actively whipping up from fucking NOTHING can win elections”

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