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Kate Brown
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Frequent board gamer, occasional RPGer, traveller, JoCoNaut, MeFite (she/her)
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Do you like #maps? The Independent Map Artists (mapartists.org) has hit a big milestone and now has 50(!) members, all interested in helping with your holiday shopping. Hundreds of maps & mappy goods, straight from small businesses.

Connecting creators & customers is hard; please consider sharing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Around 2007 I was running the tech side of a site called Illustration Friday, created by @penelope-dullaghan.bsky.social. We’d post a weekly topic and artists would submit illustrations for it. Our sysadmin noticed we were getting a lot of unusual activity from a single IP address located in Iran. 🧵
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Me and a never ending supply of yellow BoardGameWire T-shirts have arrived at UK Games Expo, looking forward to hanging out with Nice People™️and playing some Cool Games™️. If you see me around the show please grab me and say hi! #ukge
May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fantastic news!
“Yippee ki-yay…”

We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011.
May 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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This tariff situation is such a bleak day for the board game industry - my heart goes out to anyone currently wrestling with how to keep their business running. My emails are open if you want to get in touch with how you’ve been affected, and what you plan to do next: [email protected] ❤️
April 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Where best to spend your free time than with us here at The Ludoquist! We're a family-friendly space in Croydon that promises fun for all ages. So why not come come in to see what all the fuss is about!

#theludoquist #boardgamecafe #ThisIsCroydon #londonboardgamecafe
March 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery
March 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of cosmopolitan magazine: thread
February 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I made a extra romantic late Valentine’s Day card for those that are tardy in giving their loved one that little something special
February 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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I'll be speaking in an online event at noon (UK time) on Mon 10 Feb - Learn About Memoir & Editing with Sean from A Write and A Pint - join us for what I'm sure will be an interesting discussion!
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#memoir #writingcommunity #writinglife #amwriting #editor
Learn About Memoir & Editing w/ Annie Percik (A Creative Expansion Talk) | A Write & a Pint
This is a part-interview, part-workshop event, where you'll get to ask questions of an industry professional, about the art of memoir and the editing process.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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I think more people should be aware that "astronaut" is Greek for "starsailor".
January 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Another trip to Florida complete.

A highlight was getting to see so many sandhill cranes; they've always been a favorite of mine, and not something I see often in PA.

#sandhillcrane
#goldenhour
#florida
#floridafauna
#floridawildlife
#wildlifephotography
#birds
#nature
#canon
#birdphotography
January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Mongolian Girl Has a Laugh with her Camel.

The little girl’s name is Butedmaa and she was just 5 when this picture was taken in 2003 by photographer Han Chengli, who titled it “Inner Mongolian Child”. #photooftheday
January 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Enjoyed the Looks Delicious! exhibition about Japanese replica food culture at Japan House in London yesterday
January 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Morning. Happy New Year.
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
January 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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This is a really informative thread but I was not prepared for the last post. Wild story all around.
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Do you want more cats in your feed but hate image scrapers? Here is my starter pack that is all cat accounts run by real people, posting content that is non-stolen, non-AI images of their own cats or cat artwork with ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
January 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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If you subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal, the 40% price increase is a con to upsell you AI. Your old plan and price is still there called "Classic" - but only if you try to cancel.

Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I also recommend webcurios.co.uk through which I've found some genuinely useful and beautiful and quirky stuff. You can also read it in one topic at a time via bsky.app/profile/curi...
webcurios
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December 26, 2024 at 6:45 AM
I'm really enjoying email newsletters lately. My favouriites at the moment include The Magpie by @alexdecampi.bsky.social - check out the latest here buttondown.com/themagpie/ar...
The Magpie #011: Can you lick it?
Coming at you live from the dying embers of 2024, it’s Tuesday afternoon! This is what my brain feels like: Painting by Tim O’Brien TABS The Blake...
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December 26, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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Mum staying at ours this year for Xmas, and is therefore on an inflatable mattress and sharing a bedroom with our six year old, Peter Capaldi and a festive Dalek. #DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2024 at 7:36 PM
One of my favourite threads from the old place
So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
December 24, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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Still planning your holiday activities?

Print out my new cooperative family game, Sound Mix: Animals! 🗣️🐷🐯
December 23, 2024 at 9:16 PM