Vertandor
@vertandor.bsky.social
Alto (on hiatus), Packers fan, gamer and sometimes geologist. She/her. Partial to tea, sci-fi, and chocolate. Lives in the Castle beyond the Goblin City.
Typos - model's own.
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Vertandor
@vertandor.bsky.social
· Sep 22
My favourite kind of autumn day, bright and warm in the sun, tempered with a cool breeze. Leaves starting to turn and fall.
Happy autumn equinox!
Happy autumn equinox!
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A reminder that there is a bloody brilliant adaptation of "The Dark is Rising", done by people who love the books, on the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Dark Is Rising - 1. Midwinter Eve - BBC Sounds
This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A reminder that there is a bloody brilliant adaptation of "The Dark is Rising", done by people who love the books, on the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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And a very happy solstice to you
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
And a very happy solstice to you
Ahh, shit.
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Ahh, shit.
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It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It is the winter solstice tomorrow (in the northern hemisphere) this is your reminder that English Heritage live stream the sun rising over Stonehenge on their YouTube channel from 7.30am tomorrow morning.
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
www.youtube.com/live/FEnQmoc...
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"The country lay bare and entirely leafless around him.... He had never seen so far and so intimately into the insides of things as on that winter day when Nature was deep in her annual slumber and seemed to have kicked the clothes off."
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
December 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"The country lay bare and entirely leafless around him.... He had never seen so far and so intimately into the insides of things as on that winter day when Nature was deep in her annual slumber and seemed to have kicked the clothes off."
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
- Kenneth Grahame, "The Wind in the Willows"
#BookWormSat
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UK folks - don’t forget to check you have the meds you need for the Chrimbo period
And remember there are processes (incl. NHS 111) to get emergency supplies of repeat prescriptions
Inspired by a post from @scaryboots.bsky.social on IG
And remember there are processes (incl. NHS 111) to get emergency supplies of repeat prescriptions
Inspired by a post from @scaryboots.bsky.social on IG
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
UK folks - don’t forget to check you have the meds you need for the Chrimbo period
And remember there are processes (incl. NHS 111) to get emergency supplies of repeat prescriptions
Inspired by a post from @scaryboots.bsky.social on IG
And remember there are processes (incl. NHS 111) to get emergency supplies of repeat prescriptions
Inspired by a post from @scaryboots.bsky.social on IG
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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HONKING INTENSIFIES
Woman's shock as goose smashes through front door in Countesthorpe
Wildlife rescuers think the Canada goose misjudged its descent before smashing through the door.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
HONKING INTENSIFIES
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ProTEct truSTed LocAL nEWS
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
Another datapoint for @jim.londoncentric.media's list of misleading Reach headlines:
"Alert for UK households buying Cathedral City cheese at M&S or Tesco"
The "alert" is that... other cheeses came out ahead in an independent taste test.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
"Alert for UK households buying Cathedral City cheese at M&S or Tesco"
The "alert" is that... other cheeses came out ahead in an independent taste test.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
Alert for UK households buying Cathedral City cheese at M&S or Tesco
A taste test has revealed Cathedral City is actually outscored by other varieties
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ProTEct truSTed LocAL nEWS
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
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He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
He ys ridinge a horse
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
He ys emerald and svelte
He will get reallye weirde
If you lie about beltes
The Green Knighte
Ys Cominge
To Toun
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Sarah Falls gave a great presentation recently at the Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit about the challenges the Library of Virginia is facing from hallucinogenic AI patron requests, pointing to the increased labor load required to vet requests and then work with patrons seeking ghosts.
More coverage. The Library of Virginia says 15% of patron requests are AI hallucinations. What's worse, patrons get mad & think they're lying & hiding books! Even worse yet, these are creeping into scientific and MEDICAL studies & reports. Hmm...what could go wrong? 😵
gizmodo.com/librarians-a...
gizmodo.com/librarians-a...
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sarah Falls gave a great presentation recently at the Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit about the challenges the Library of Virginia is facing from hallucinogenic AI patron requests, pointing to the increased labor load required to vet requests and then work with patrons seeking ghosts.
I won a duck!
(Went out for team Christmas meal and then a place that does fairground-style games).
Apparently my skills lie in the bean-bag toss, water pistols, and hooking ducks.
Feels like it (the duck) needs a Taskmaster-related name... 🤔
(Went out for team Christmas meal and then a place that does fairground-style games).
Apparently my skills lie in the bean-bag toss, water pistols, and hooking ducks.
Feels like it (the duck) needs a Taskmaster-related name... 🤔
December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I won a duck!
(Went out for team Christmas meal and then a place that does fairground-style games).
Apparently my skills lie in the bean-bag toss, water pistols, and hooking ducks.
Feels like it (the duck) needs a Taskmaster-related name... 🤔
(Went out for team Christmas meal and then a place that does fairground-style games).
Apparently my skills lie in the bean-bag toss, water pistols, and hooking ducks.
Feels like it (the duck) needs a Taskmaster-related name... 🤔
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there’s so much love in this thread. go scroll for a few minutes if you’re having a rough day
this was a weekend of unrelenting horrors, but if you had a small nice thing happen I would like to hear about it
maybe you read a great book or saw a cute dog walking down the street or your soup turned out really good? please share
maybe you read a great book or saw a cute dog walking down the street or your soup turned out really good? please share
December 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
there’s so much love in this thread. go scroll for a few minutes if you’re having a rough day
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In an effort at something good on the internet today: A thread on Mr KJC, gingerbread architect of the early 21st century.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
Mr KJC got his beginnings like so many gingerbread architects: with a kit house for the kids. Kind of fun but the premade pieces are dry and nasty, only technically edible.
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Posting a picture of Sammy as a puppy in her cute sweater because I think people really need something nice right now. #TimelineCleanse
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Posting a picture of Sammy as a puppy in her cute sweater because I think people really need something nice right now. #TimelineCleanse
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Get a heated toilet seat they said.
It's the best thing ever they said.
#FridayVibes 😼
#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
It's the best thing ever they said.
#FridayVibes 😼
#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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The Norwich Cathedral Cat, on the pulpit, drinking from the glass of water left for the Reverend.
“He lives here” we were told, as if the church had had no say in the matter and his presence pre-dated the building. “He’s named Budge because he doesn’t budge. He thinks the water is left for him”
“He lives here” we were told, as if the church had had no say in the matter and his presence pre-dated the building. “He’s named Budge because he doesn’t budge. He thinks the water is left for him”
December 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Norwich Cathedral Cat, on the pulpit, drinking from the glass of water left for the Reverend.
“He lives here” we were told, as if the church had had no say in the matter and his presence pre-dated the building. “He’s named Budge because he doesn’t budge. He thinks the water is left for him”
“He lives here” we were told, as if the church had had no say in the matter and his presence pre-dated the building. “He’s named Budge because he doesn’t budge. He thinks the water is left for him”
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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On the Lords blocking the Employment Rights Bill, Prospect General Secretary, Mike Clancy says: "The behaviour of the House of Lords can no longer be seen as constructive scrutiny and increasingly looks like cynical wrecking tactics..."
Read our full response:
prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...
Read our full response:
prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...
Prospect slams House of Lords for “cynical wrecking tactics” on Employment Rights Bill
Prospect has called out the House of Lords for its “cynical wrecking tactics” after the upper chamber voted to...
prospect.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
On the Lords blocking the Employment Rights Bill, Prospect General Secretary, Mike Clancy says: "The behaviour of the House of Lords can no longer be seen as constructive scrutiny and increasingly looks like cynical wrecking tactics..."
Read our full response:
prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...
Read our full response:
prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...
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How many people in England even know that there are hospitalised hunger-strikers protesting their political sentencing, right now?
The UK state would rather allow it's own to die to uninterruptedly continue aiding & abetting the genociding of the Palestinians & avoid accountability of doing so
Tomorrow's front page 📰
'The UK is letting these people die'
'The UK is letting these people die'
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
How many people in England even know that there are hospitalised hunger-strikers protesting their political sentencing, right now?
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Genuinely quite upset that I now have to live the rest of my life asking if things are AI or not actually.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Genuinely quite upset that I now have to live the rest of my life asking if things are AI or not actually.