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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 9h

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 7m

Are you only allowed one?

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Lizzy @stonedeva.bsky.social · 20d

Partially clothed woman beating a brain
"Stfu"

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 18m

What's on the shortlist?

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 5h

🦋BUTTERFLIES🐛

Sonyō-in (尊陽院), a sub-temple of Honpō-ji (本法寺), has a rather stunning ceiling.

not yet a butterfly
even as autumn passes
the caterpillar
秋を経て蝶もなめるや菊の露
-Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)
Trans. Reichhold.

#Japan #butterflies #蝶々 #Kyoto

Sonyo-in's sumptuous coffered ceiling features paintings of flowers and butterflies on a gilded background.

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 1h

I agree with Alon, that's incredibly rude and unprofessional

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 2h

Ugh. Hope you feel better soon

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How the Email Found Me @howtheemailfoundme.bsky.social · 2h

The email has found me carefully dusting the haunted portrait gallery. The Drowned Duchess is still asleep, pillowed on a tangle of green weeds, and I don’t want to disturb her. More than one colleague has been found floating in the gilded frame, her hands around their ankles.

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 10h

They certainly are very aware of their own importance

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 10h

My parents used to have Weimaraners. The first one used to go to work with my dad and she would sit at the table in meetings like she was in charge. Would point blank refuse to get down.

Lovely dogs.

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 10h

There's a woman who pops up on my Vinted feed quite regularly because she sells a couple of brands I like. She wears the stuff and does this "I'm a little teapot" pose with the most miserable face you've ever seen. It cracks me up every time.

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🦇Hallownina 🦇 @notenoughcrows.bsky.social · 11h

Howling at the 3rd photo, this cat has had enough

www.vinted.co.uk/items/726887...

Beautiful blue hand knitted cardigan size 16-18 | Vinted

Beautiful blue hand knitted cardigan size 16-18 - Seen on a size 12 but please check measurements. Lovely soft wool with contrast knit sleeves in a beautiful dusky blue with wood effect buttons.

www.vinted.co.uk

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 3d

Coping with the fact that tomorrow is Monday by convincing local strangers to send me pictures of their pets throughout the week.

Chalk art on a sidewalk of a multcolored burst of angular lines, under which "GOOD DOG" is written in fluorescent yellow, pink, and black with an arrow pointing up to the line burst, encouraging people to put their dogs in the middle and take a photo because sharing pet pictures makes the world a better place. At the bottom of the sidewalk it says "SHOW US YOUR DOGS!" with the handle of the art instagram @rocks_on_the_block

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 10h

Did you tell him "All the locals call it Mac"?

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 11h

Llanelli (though in Wales, take your pick)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 12h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 11h

There's no shame in not finishing a book. We can't all enjoy everything all the time.

Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah I have more in my Kindle and the library pile. I just tell people it's 150. 🫣

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 12h

It's too late for me. I have 150 on my TBR and still bringing more home

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 12h

It's me at a buffet

Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 14h

Tapirs are horse-adjacent, but are often underestimated because a) they're pretty shy in the wild, and b) their legs are much shorter so they appear small, though they're the biggest native land animal in the Americas, south of Mexico City.

Photo of Chupi, a lowland tapir. It's mainly his head that's visible, as he looks over a partition in his stall, eyeing a half-eaten breakfast sandwich (biscuit with cheese and egg?) in a person's hand, in the foreground. Chupi has a long snout, and large white teeth are visible as his lips are pulled back a bit.
Photo by Chupi's keeper, bobrossfanclub15
https://www.reddit.com/r/tapirs/comments/cu1xut/when_youre_eating_a_nutritious_breakfast_but/

Chupi's keeper notes that Chupi found a package of Pop Tarts in their pocket and has been checking for snacks ever since.

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 12h

Somebody please take this offer so I don't end up with more books.

Thank you

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 13h

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @notmoro.bsky.social is still up for grabs.

Jess is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 20h

More #buyastrangerabook day action!

@notmoro.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 12h

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@seanjones.org has bought a copy of We the People : A History of the US Constitution by Jill Lepore for me to give to someone.

blurb in second image.

If you'd like it, get in touch.

UK only.

Blurb for the book.

On the 250th anniversary of America's founding - a landmark history of the US Constitution for a troubling new era. The US Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified.

Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power.

Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation. Recounting the history of America through centuries of efforts to realize the promise of the Constitution, we witness how nearly all those bids have failed. We the People is the sweeping account of a struggle, arguing that the Constitution was never intended to be preserved, but was expected to be gradually altered.

At a time when the risk of political violence is all too real, it hints at the prospects for a better, amended America.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 13h

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @notmoro.bsky.social is still up for grabs.

Jess is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 20h

More #buyastrangerabook day action!

@notmoro.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £20!

So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know!

UK only

Jess (Eldritch mode) 🎃 @notmoro.bsky.social · 20h

Yes please, I would like to BUY A STRANGER A BOOK, up to £20. ("Strangers" can include mutuals I don't know very well, unless I have already bought them a book previously.)

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 14h

🎶Freedom🎶

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Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 14h

Made lovely friends, online and IRL.

Bought way too many books.

Learned I am autistic.

Laughed my arse off.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Matt Flip Flop.. @mattflipflop.bsky.social · 15h

I've actually been to Poo Station ...
Northern Spain, Cornwallesque beaches...great little pub

A railway station called poo.
A platform and a yellow sign with poo on it.
Traditional steel railings behind

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