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archelina.bsky.social
NHS librarian in Sussex UK, also crossword compiler (Angel), poet, editor, toast in the machine. Weekly crossword streams on Twitch @ crypticsunday. I like crime fiction, telly and cold water. She/her.
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With the right link - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supporting...

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Melvis! #RaceAcrossTheWorld

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The word 'clue' was originally a variant spelling of 'clew,' meaning “ball of thread or yarn.” Our modern sense of clue, “guide to the solution of a mystery,” grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding one’s way out of a maze.

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Annoying my MP instead of annoying the internet, maybe this is good?

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Motion passed by doctors at the British Medical Association refers to the recent Supreme Court ruling as ‘scientifically illiterate’: ‘sex and gender are complex and multifaceted aspects of the human condition and attempting to impose a rigid binary has no basis in science or medicine’.

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Happy birthday, Dad. Time to come back now, it’s all gone a bit rubbish without you. ❤️❤️❤️

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Found a crime novel featuring a sea-swimming crossword setter, so had to get it really...

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It's been a week. Let's do some crosswords together - today we'll tackle MyCrossword cryptics by Ozpiper and Gennaro, join us at 12! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

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Because they're so good with numbers.

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I am working on a little project and wonder if any librarians could take the time to complete this survey on training in libraries - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Happy Easter/Chocolate Sunday/Brief Respite from all the Horrors! Join us at 12 to help solve cryptic crosswords by @henriwords.com and @postmarkcryptic.bsky.social #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

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"Lower Loxley's in the metadata." "...I wouldn't know metadata if it came in a sesame bun with special sauce." Brad and Chelsea researching local history in Borchester library is cheering me right up! #TheArchers #metadata

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There are a lot of bad things happening all at once, and it’s overwhelming to think about how to meet moments like this. Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community

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I kind of wish I hadn't posted this clue now 🙁 #BahrainGP

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Free today? Join me and @wyrd.systems at 12 to solve new cryptics from MyCrossword by @crypticblah.bsky.social and Buddy! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Pells Pool opening day! And it was extra happy for me after a hard week. Water temp 14.5 aka 'tingly'.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

We have a healthy mistrust of public figures who are smoothly plausible but make stuff up and have probably broken the law, so why should we uncritically accept it in generative AI?

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#dreamTweet I'm taking part in a special F1 race for older drivers, young drivers, and women. (I can enter in two categories obv.) Most of us are women in fact and it's nice chatting. 🏁

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Not so much doomscrolling as hopescrolling. Hoping to reach that one post that will make it all make sense and make you feel seen and sane and calm again. Probably a bit of an ask.

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🥁🥁🥁 I'm pleased to announce the launch of the HenriWords email newsletter – get one free barred thematic #cryptic #crossword a month, until I run out of material! Plus an introductory mini-puzzle on signup. Monthly ones start in May. Sign up at henriwords.com

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I feel like it should be impossible/illegal to have a cold and hayfever at the same time. My head holes are all very unhappy right now.

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Random man on FB is commenting creepily on the few public photos and posts I still have on there. One was a post announcing my dad's funeral. Very classy 😖

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

Some of those new crosswords just so happen to be destinations on the #CrypticSunday Replacement Stream Service - specifically, the MyCrossword puzzles by Ouroboros, @henriwords.com & @coot.bsky.social. We'll set off on our cruciverbal excursion around noon, from: www.twitch.tv/pantherapuzzles

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