The Snark Maiden
@katydidnz.bsky.social
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Fan of lighthouses, McLarenF1, maps, & Moomins. Redhead, proofreader-for-hire, & freelance snarker. Casual snapper. Kāpiti, NZ. 🇳🇿 Resistance is fertile. Toitū te Tiriti! https://substack.com/@katydidnz
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Beautiful day for a quick #BeachWalk
Blue sky over a green-blue sea with hmm Island in the middle. In the foreground are sand dunes covered in succulents and yellow lupins. A sandy path leads through the middle.
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.
bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight
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madepn.bsky.social
here is my first rendering of the bread scale of triviality (any suggestions welcome; I love thinking about bread)
katydidnz.bsky.social
Strands #584
“Now, hear this!”
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katydidnz.bsky.social
It's a good day when your Whisky & More delivery turns up early. And it's bottles of 2025 Stolen Kiss Rose. 😘. Glad to get my hands on some before it all disappears!
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ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social
I need one of these to wear when the cops ask about my husband who has gone missing under suspicious circumstances.
An old Hollywood sheer dressing robe with fluffy cuffs.
katydidnz.bsky.social
Not a euphemism
p-no-nwa.bsky.social
Take a croissant fresh fom the oven, make a slit at one end of the fat part, and (in one smooth motion) slide a whole mustard-lubricated hot kransky all the way in there.
katydidnz.bsky.social
Looks in mirror

Me: It's not a new wrinkle. It's a late-life dimple.
Mirror: You keep telling yourself that, sweetie.
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Puzzle #849
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Strands #583
“Unusual companions”
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katydidnz.bsky.social
That's why I still follow you!
katydidnz.bsky.social
You're clearly a different type of pervert. 😜
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drjeball.bsky.social
Thinking today about some less well-known (but still important!) ancient #Roman deities:

Cardea: goddess of door hinges
Suadela: goddess of persuasion
Fornax: divine personification of ovens & properly-baked bread
Verminus: god who protected cattle from worms

🏺 #AncientBlueSky #MythologyMonday
katydidnz.bsky.social
And that's when the murders began...
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Strands #582
“In for the evening”
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katydidnz.bsky.social
My condolences to you and your whanau.
katydidnz.bsky.social
DCI Banks (BBC First Sky), Grace (BBC First Sky), Bergerac (remake on TVNZ+), Blackshore (threeNow).