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Chris Burton @cfburton.bsky.social · 6d

“Taken right from today’s headlines…” www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... #ebook #ebooks #Kindle #kindlebooks #BookQuote #books #novel #booklove #bookworm #bookshelf #literature #author #novel #book #BookLovers #Reading #Fiction #Goodreads

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Kristin S @krisr101.bsky.social · 11d

My head is buried in a new book by fellow BlueSky user @robgotobed.bsky.social! I just received my new book and I’m excited to laugh out loud. #booksky 💙📚

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Kay Medway @kaymedway.bsky.social · 6d

My poem is inspired by “Did You Always Have a Passion for Staying Very Still? Questions I Have for Living Statues,” by Iona Lee. #PoemsAbout #Mannequin @thebrokenspine.co.uk

How do you push
red words from a campaign of adverts and heavy reductions,
with its potential for unravelling
the wheres of how you are,
as signs above you,
to the back of your mind,
to be here, mannequin, unfailingly still?

Does the day console you
when you over-apologise for your lack of invention,
for merely filling its hours?

Does a passerby or two hear anything of your secrets,
your impressions of them formed,
discomforts in that stillness that is yours?

Do they borrow your single flower
from a spray-painted top of silver colour you model and present?

Did they train you in a circular poem
to shape your presence?

Would we notice your flickering on,
of a switch,
even with you without a crowd to entertain?

Will I see my fashion write-up review
make an outlet of magazine news,
a news story of us.
by Kay Medway

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 6d

A great presentation from @wakefieldcivicsoc.bsky.social last night at Wakefield Exchange when the latest blue plaque to industrial locomotive builder, Thomas Peckett was unveiled. I was pleased to be able to make a small contribution to the research for this project. Peckett was baptised in /1

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Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social · 6d

#SpaceWeek begins OCT 4th and you can celebrate TUE OCT 7 with my @startrek colleague Nana Visitor, a real astronaut and other luminaries at the Cosmic Girls Foundation + the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs discussion, Nana @cosmicgirls_foundation @nanavisitor.bsky.social

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 6d

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Bookdky #Tudor 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

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Juliet Kano @julietkano.bsky.social · 6d

On a crimson couch, a cat rests.

#RoyalCat #CatEmperor #MeowQuotes
#Caturday #kitten #pet #cat #cats #cozy #CatLife #Meow #catlover #CatsOfInstagram
#CatsofBluesky #CatMom #CatHumor #blueskyねこ部#AIART

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Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social · 6d

Shortlisted as highly recommended with my poem 'Nature's Quiet Reconstruction' at Poetry Cafe Eastbourne's National Poetry Day Celebration.

My poem and the winners will be read at the Fisherman's Club today (3rd October).

Huge thanks to the judges and admin (Pam and the team) from The Poetry Cafe

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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 6d

ON THIS DAY... 10 years ago, Under the Lake was first broadcast on BBC One. It aired at 8:25pm and received a viewership of 5.63 million.

Art by Lee Johnson 🎨

#DoctorWho

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 7d

Enter a dark new level of horror

Read MIRACLE MAN
mybook.to/miracleman

FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audible

*** For mature readers only
*** Contains gore and violence
You've been warned.

#FREE #Kindleunlimited #horror #audiobook #audiobooks #thriller

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 6d

The Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally becomes the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. 👇
news.sky.com/story/woman-...

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Author Stephenson @authorstephenson.bsky.social · 6d

A fantastic read about early geological research in the US, enjoyed by a reader in the UK. See full review at bit.ly/4gSRYF2
#booksky #readers #books #booklovers #readersky #reading #booksworthreading #bookspotlight #bookrecommendation #readingforpleasure #mustread #bookbuzz #readerscommunity

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Johanna König @johanna-koenig1.bsky.social · 6d

Morning drawing, 3.10.2025,
„Beauty with wings“

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 6d

#NewRelease!

Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from her enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...

The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #Histfic 📚💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...

The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8)

Amazon.com: The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8) eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design Studio, Betibup33: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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mrJohn @new0500blues.bsky.social · 7d

A simple tune comes with sunrise
Where it’s only the two of us
Just the shining in your eyes
All these days I’m not myself, but yours

I’ve lost my peace
Can’t recall how many times before…
Maybe the fourth
Maybe once more

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 10d

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic
#Booksky #Tudor 📚💙📚
amzn.eu/d/5wpjqZU

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chesterchap.bsky.social @chesterchap.bsky.social · 10d

Ryder Cup ………….

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Johanna König @johanna-koenig1.bsky.social · 10d

Morning drawing, 29.9.2025,
„Good mood on the way“

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Beach Buoy @12bbytheseaside.bsky.social · 10d

"Morning Mate."

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Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social · 26d

My grandpa Beelzebub Gotobed is always complaining that the younger generation never shows the older generation any respect! Well, just to prove him wrong, here is my grandpa enjoying a special dish of his favourite steak and chips.

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Richard Castlemaine @richardcastlemaine.bsky.social · Aug 26

If you’re looking for books that play with your perception of reality while leaving you in stitches, then these two books by Rob Gotobed are an absolute must-read. The collections of short stories are as funny as they are intellectually engaging, with humour that’s both surreal and cerebral.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 13d

one like = one miniature bulldog clip on top of the new fred seidel collection

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TheColfaxxx 🐢 @thecolfax.bsky.social · 13d

Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur

Pic of the day

#photography

The tall red mountains of Zion national Park

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 13d

🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open!

Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'.

Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY

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Jolie Braun @joliebraun.bsky.social · 12d

The new issue of Billy McCall's Behind the Zines is so good & focuses on the (I think) endlessly fascinating topic of zine distribution. (Available on Etsy, if you want to get yourself a copy.)

Cover of Behind the Zines: A Zine about Zines, issue 20, September 2025, features a black and white illustration of a woman rollerblading with zines swirling around her.

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