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janthie.bsky.social
Amateur bread baker, cat botherer, book addict, non-pro writer. In my former working life: freelance translator, copywriter and journalist, pub cook, and one of seven night managers in a Dutch hotel for the homeless.
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Holy Mother of God: SO GOOD! It's the rosemary, raisin and sea salt flakes bread - eaten with some smoked goat cheese. This. Is. Perfection. Also, it's a Bake With Jack recipe. I just followed instruction; the creative genius is his. #Breadsky #Cheesesky #BakeWithJack

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I baked the rosemary, raisin and sea salt breads again. The recipe says 'divide into six', but I wanted to do something different today. These work perfectly for me, for when I just want something small, but dividing the dough into ten would result in perfect party food rolls. #Breadsky #PartyFood

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Yesterday I read that someone here just started on their Charlie Parker trip (of a lifetime.) No, not the musician but the main character in John Connolly's series of 21 books (and number 22 coming out this year.) I'm feeling slightly jealous! #Booksky #JohnConnolly #CharlieParker

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7 out of 10 posts I just scrolled through had Alt Text. That would be more impressive if five of those had not been by Jeff Vandermeer, who always uses it. Let's all try to Vandermore!

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Thirty muted words so far. Almost all of them, because I already read/browse through four newspapers a day. I do not want this site to become number five. Also, YMMV but I stopped reading political newspaper opinion pieces since the end of last October. I'm not here for that kind of thing either.

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Only five of the ten images I just scrolled past has Alt Text. We really need to do better, people.

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Hey-ho @talkscaredpod.bsky.social : Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night... #TalkingScared #Tshirts #Snow

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Excellent Oliver Burkeman column here: ckarchive.com/b/4zuvhehpp2... "[The internet] erodes the public sphere, by connecting our minds directly to the unedited neediness, rage or fear inside everyone else’s minds, which in turn trigger such reactions in us."

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Joined Bluesky in the last year? One good thing here is the attempt to assist folks with low or no sight by the ability to add image descriptions. It takes a minimum amount of time to describe the image like you were explaining it to someone in another room. Forgetful?There's a reminder in Settings!

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He's not impressed with the new press. I am. #Catsky #Tofusky

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The people who constantly post things from other platforms like "this is horrible- you have to see it!" are the same people who want you to smell or taste something awful when they smell or taste it. Not all experiences need to be shared.

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Someone's been at King's 'It' again. #StephenKing #It #Birdsky

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Works as advertised

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I guess this may qualify as found art? More info in alt text. #Snowsky #FoundArtsky

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