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Joseph Lenton
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Critter and lover of books, RPG's and general geekery, He/Him
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moudhy.bsky.social
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.

It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
Photo of a map of the ancient city of Assur with a section in the middle zoomed in on in a separate box in the bottom right corner. The zoomed in part shows the plan of the house for a goldsmith archive
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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danthat.bsky.social
An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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folklorewales.com
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Tawny owl
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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danaterrace.bsky.social
Knights of Guinevere PILOT

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KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT
YouTube video by GLITCH
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September 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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folktunes.bsky.social
This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.

(1/3)
mylordshesacactus Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours. (Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.) Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it. All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her. He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once. I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope. Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out. By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets. And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support. Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors. He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster. I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done. Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half. No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.
September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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thekinsie.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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joshlukedavis.com
woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD

Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!

This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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iamdad.bsky.social
Biblically accurate Furby, be not afraid
September 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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gamechangershow.bsky.social
🚨There is a secret episode of Game Changer out now on Dropout -- the one @samreich.bsky.social doesn't want you to see! Go watch it now before he demands it needs to be taken down! It's the one we've all been waiting for!!!

#GameChanger
August 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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nick-pettigrew.bsky.social
"If you have no Reform friends you must dislike 30% of the public" seriously underestimates how much of the general public I dislike.
August 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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opalescentopal.bsky.social
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!

Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Subway style map to go with The Lord of the Rings, showing the different pathways of various parties throughout the book. The title reads: "Lord of the Rings Transit Map: One Does Not Simply Walk Ino Mordor When One Can Ride." The map takes up the middle part of the page, and there are two keys. The one on the left is titles "Standard Service Lines, and has color keys matched to the subway lines on the map. Lines are named: "Shire-Bree Commuter Line Old Forrest Crescent Wildland Scenic Line Fellowship Line Gollum / Sméagol Line Uruk Hai Express Three Hunters Line Fangorn Slow Service Rohan to Gondor Business Line Black Ships Ferry Service Oliphant Direct Line Army of the West Line Gandalf Express A smaller key on the right side of the map is labeled: "Limited Service Lines" and has color keys matched to the following names lines: "Eagle Express Paths of the Dead Line Nazgûl Search & Resuce Valinor Ltd." A note at the bottom reads: "* Mount Doom station only accepts Rings of Power in payment. Plan accordingly."
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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in-otter-news.bsky.social
Whatever it is, this is my favourite sport.
June 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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johnrivers.bsky.social
"I've got a brand new content harvester"
quantick.bsky.social David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · May 30
2025 in a nutshell.
May 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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jacketdan.bsky.social
This is so fucking good
May 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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masonreloaded.bsky.social
Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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drgs100.bsky.social
The Green Party of England and Wales have 855 councillors and lead 12 councils.

Reform UK have 777 councillors and lead 10 councils.
May 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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toygrind.bsky.social
We're getting pizza and I'm obsessed with this slightly broken mural that used to be about eating with your hands but now it reads like Saruman's manifesto
April 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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birdhism.com
BIRD ALIGNMENTS!

#dnd #birds #art
Lawful Good: Finch Natural Good: Pigeon Chaotic Good: Budgies Lawful Neutral Chicken True Neutral: Cockatiels Chaotic Neutral: Conures Lawful Evil: African Grey Neutral Evil: Lovebirds Chaotic Evil: Cockatoos
April 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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simonlamrock.com
Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.
Photo of thousands of people with placards and flags packing Parliament Square. Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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faunandgames.bsky.social
If you are liking and sharing the above post please make sure you also share this! These are resources and ways you can support trans folks in the UK right now!

goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
josephlenton.bsky.social
As with the Tom Holland Umbrella video this needs re-posting whenever it pops up. Doubly so today!
anthonyryan.bsky.social Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · Apr 17
Happy birthday to Sean Bean who, despite dying multiple times, turns 66 today. To celebrate here’s a compilation of him as Sharpe saying ‘bastard’. Enjoy.

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Sean Bean - Yorkshireman - Bastard Compilation.
YouTube video by YorkshireIndian
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April 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Big, somewhat leftfield news: I am kicking off a podcast with the wonderful @emmanewman.bsky.social under the title Starship Alexandria. It's a cosy book and film recommendation show where we take it in turns to rec things to one another and discuss them.
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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jomiles.bsky.social
It's also the day for my favorite meme!

If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
Jadzia Dax and Kor hugging: "Curzon, my beloved old friend." "I'm Jadzia now." "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM