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Mods are asleep, post blobby Qing dynasty cats
a blobby grey tuxedo cat, ear pricked up, eyes goofily wide, in a watercolor album leaf by Ren Bonian 任伯年 (1840–1896). Met Museum collection.
December 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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appuhn.bsky.social
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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stronglang.bsky.social
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Screenshot from Reddit page r/PetsWithButtons, user Pamlwell: My cat has started to use “vacuum” as a curse word. Basically the title. | gave him a “vacuum” button because the vacuum is stressful for him and I wanted to be able to clearly communicate that the vacuum was going to happen and let him know “vacuum all done.” He definitely knows what it means because when the vacuum is running he will push “vacuum” repeatedly and also add “nervous” in there too. But now he has started spamming vacuum after I tell him no, like he is using it as a curse word. For example, he will ask for “snackie” when we JUST got done with snackie and I will say “snackie all done" and then he will go spam the vacuum button. Yeah, ok bud, I hear you loud and clear that you feel "vacuum" about “snackie all done.” Or he snuck a lick from the end of my spicy curry dish (I did not authorize this, | looked away for ONE second), I could tell he regretted this (spicy), and then he went and pressed “snackie vacuum.” Yeah, ok bud, that snackie made your mouth feel “vacuum”. I don’t know what I'm asking really, just commiserating. I guess maybe he needs a "mad" button?
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social

Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST

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Book cover with colorful parakeet in a bell jar
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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nhsf.bsky.social
🦬 🔎 Now available: a webinar from The National Archives on 'Extinction and Hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive'. Hear about how written records, photos & heritage science allow us to research interactions with animals in historic collections. buff.ly/bser9J6

#HSResearch #NHSFMembers
Research Routes - Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive
Our records allow us to engage with historic animals through written accounts and photographs. Our heritage science team also investigates their presence in the physical materials of our records —…
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October 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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scalzi.com
It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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tkingfisher.com
Seriously though: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CZ...
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Darkly Funny, Gory, and Ghostly Horror Novel
Amazon.com: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Darkly Funny, Gory, and Ghostly Horror Novel eBook : Baker, Kylie Lee: Books
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October 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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merriam-webster.com
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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leannareneehieber.bsky.social
IT IS TIME! RELEASE DAY IS UPON US! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION, co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social IS HERE! Available wherever books are sold via @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks for shares & support! 🖤
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Leanna stares at the camera with severe intensity, a lit candelabra in her left hand bedecked by large rings, a hardcover copy of AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION with it's golden gothic tracery and haunted house at the center, a book co-authored by herself and Andrea Janes, grasped in her left hand, a large pendant of Edgar Allan Poe is around her neck, the poster of Leanna's debut Gothic novel STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL is behind her, a Victorian mourning poster declaring Rest in Peace over her other shoulder. Leanna is wearing black wire-frame glasses and dressed in her signature black.
September 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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scalzi.com
So:

Fascism is bad
The First Amendment is good
Genocide is an actual fucking crime

And also:

It's appalling to be in 2025 where each of these is not, in fact, taken as part of the baseline shared reality anymore
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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palaeosinensis.com
Incidentally the world is on fire. So. If you want to support me continuing to make these masks you can find these fine patterns for $6-9 here on my website: www.paleopanthera.com/masks

It beats donating on ko-fi because you get a cool thing!
#art #mask #animal #cardboard #halloween #costume
September 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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nnedi.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse. A happy hidden place where you can sit, lean your back against a stalk and read a book.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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sethanikeem.bsky.social
Do I dare to hope that we could make it to $1000 today?

The #CozyCatJam is raising funds to support #Ohio rescue @alley-aristocats.bsky.social

With each bundle, you get fun cat-themed games & they get 100% of the bundle price to keep saving kitties 💙🐈‍⬛

Everybody wins! #TTRPGs #Fundraiser
sethanikeem.bsky.social M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · Aug 24
Get games - help cats 💙🐈‍⬛

My #TTRPG fundraiser for #Ohio rescue @alley-aristocats.bsky.social is slowly inching toward its $2500 goal

We can’t cross the finish line without you!

Can you give us a boost?

$10 gets you a collection of charming cat-themed games #CozyCatJam

itch.io/b/3118/cozy-...
Two adorable kittens, one black and white, one gray are held against the chest of their foster mama. Between the kittens is the logo for the Ohio-based rescue, Alleycats & Aristocats. The logo sits inside a pink heart. Beneath the kittens is a simple banner with the words: get games - help cats. The URL provided is itch.io/b/3118/cozy-cat-jam
August 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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tkingfisher.com
And here it is, at long last! HEMLOCK & SILVER, a weird novel about poison, saints, and the strange things that lurk in mirrors. Out today!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Hemlock & Silver
DELUXE EDITION—a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring bright green sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers illustrated by the autho...
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August 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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sethanikeem.bsky.social
We crossed the $500 line for the #CozyCatJam fundraiser 🎉🎉🎉

Still a ways to go if we’re going to raise $2500 for @alley-aristocats.bsky.social

Check out the bundle of fun games you get as a reward at the link below!
sethanikeem.bsky.social M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · Aug 16
If you suddenly find yourself here thanks to @manmademoon.bsky.social ‘s reskeet:

I am helming a fundraiser for a small cause close to my heart

I work with a local #Ohio cat rescue @alley-aristocats.bsky.social & I’m trying to get at least $2500 to help them out

Link:
itch.io/b/3118/cozy-...
Promotional graphic for the Cozy Cat Charity Bundle. An orange cat looks directly at the viewer. The title of the bundle is written in a whimsical paw, print styled font. The caption reads, “get games -help cats” beneath a provided URL: itch.io/b/3118/cozy-cat-jam
August 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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seananmcguire.bsky.social
The goal here is not to scream or swear or airhorn some poor employee's ears. It's to be such an overwhelming wall of nuisance that we wear the corporations down.

Please treat individuals with kindness.
July 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
The world is bad, but books are good! If you were looking for THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS but were hoping the e-book would go on sale, welp, it's on sale for the next couple days at your favorite electromatic bookmonger. So go and walk up the steps! It's fine! It's fun! Probably! Tell friends!
text: ON FRIDAY JUNE 5TH 1998 FIVE TEENAGERS WENT ON A CAMPING TRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST. ONLY FOUR OF THEM RETURNED. Behind text, creepy jaundiced forest with hint of a spiral staircase
July 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
I’ve said this before and I’ll probably say it again, but every hardcore IRL activist I know makes a very deliberate effort to interject joy into their lives and appreciate little things. I’ve only ever seen this dedication to misery in extremely online meme “activists”.
kenwhite.bsky.social Your Last Merry Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jul 27
Some people are unhappy and always will be and deserve to be.
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Today in 1184 Henry VI of Germany was having a strategy meeting when the wooden second storey floor collapsed. Most of the courtiers fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where more than 50 drowned in liquid excrement.
July 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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greenleejw.bsky.social
You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?"

This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt!
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Table showing cost of items in the 14th C., and the equivalent value in eels. The table has 3 columns: "You want to buy", "It Costs", and "But in eels?" The table shows you that: 2 doz. eggs costs 1d, or 6 eels A gallon of the best ale costs 1.25d or 8 eels 1 sheep costs 1s 5d, or 106 eels 1 cow costs 9s 5d, or 706 eels A 2-story cottage costs £2, or 3,000 eels The d. here means penny, from the latin "denarius." There were 12 d. to a shilling (s), and 20 shillings to a pound (£). As far as I know, no one was buying cottages with eels. This is more to give you a sense of relative costs. But wouldn't it be interesting if you could buy a house with eels? This chart leaves unanswered the question: "What about the next-best ale?" and suggests and entire spectrum of ale gradations. Which makes good sense, of course. But also, you certainly wouldn't want to spend your eels on inferior ale!
April 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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fridaytea.com
Freshly brewed blog post from your friendly neighborhood tea witch herbalist! 📝🌿

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Ten Versatile Medicinal Herbs
With growing season in full swing and the economy the way it is, now is the time to maximize your garden space’s utility. I live in a small apartment with super limited growing space for fresh herbs a...
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July 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
New!

The prohibition against WiTCHCRAFT in the Bible, what it likely meant in its original context --

& how the Rabbis understood it, in both their own relationship to magic --

& what they saw of their wives, sisters, etc.

"most women are familiar with witchcraft."
(Talmud Sanhedrin 67a)
do you believe in magic?
more women, more witchcraft
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Since my tweet about Jeff Bezos, I've been getting a lot of replies such as these. "Where do these dress rules come from?" "When do they change?"

These are very good questions, so let me answer them. 🧵
A screenshot of two tweets. One says": "How much of this is dressing appropriately vs just staying stuck in the old ways? How/ went does fashion evolve?" The other tweet says: "Who decides 'wrong' here? All of this is made up anyhow. Just because somewhere along the line, someone said it should be a certain way, doesn't mean it always has to be that way."
June 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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tkingfisher.com
This evening one of the very kind con organizers took us to the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, which is amazing and you should go and Gustav Vigeland was extraordinarily talented and probably does not deserve the narrative I constructed looking at his work.

But Bluesky! You deserve EVERYTHING!
June 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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theradr.bsky.social
Chicago museum / art nerds:

The MCA is hiring a bunch of roles, including some PAID ($17/hr) internships, which -- like -- when do you get that in arts administration or contemporary art?

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May 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM