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“Don’t be an idiot, Harry. Just ask him for directions.”

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#OTD in 1916 HMS Ladybird was launched. She participated in COMPASS and after sinking in shallow water in Tobruk port provided air defense against the constant bombing during the siege. Insect gunboats provided fire support as late as Operation HUSKY. #navalhistory @karljames1945.bsky.social

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Grain Piglet is my nickname at the local bakery.

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We think your trouble is not want of memory, but a vacant mind.

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Among all the nurdles and microplastics on the strandline, a tiny red Lego flower, one of 161,264 red Lego flowers lost overboard from the Tokio Express back in 1997. Still turning up, 28 years on. #oceanplastic #marinedebris #Cornwall

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And then of course there’s Mr Mouse

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quite weird to me that the only good recent official portrait of a British Prime Minister is.....Theresa May

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Today is World Hamster Day so please enjoy this clip of a worldly hamster going on a great adventure * and if you want more videos like it, check out the Homura Ham YouTube

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This pair of early 1820s portraits show sitters who are highly fashionable, despite the fact that they could only afford A. Ellis (a folk painter with limited skills in representative art) to depict them, though in rural early 19thc Maine artists might have been hard to come by! 🗃️🪡

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I heard this photo in an Irish accent.

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[updated idioms] “Man cannot live by dread alone.”

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Dive into the strategic brilliance of Classic Naval Strategy, and the Famous PT Boats (and Flying Tigers) of WWII. Their tactics changed the course of history! #navalhistory #militarystrategy #historybuff https://youtu.be/sXDGOvbreYk?si=ZQ_lQzkVML-ldEOX

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AHOY THERE! NEVER FORGET THE S.S. KOLFF "The story of a Staten Island ferry disaster, found at the base of Manhattan...the memorial depicts a Staten Island ferry, the Cornelius G Kolff, as dragged under the waves by a giant octopus...tourists visit the Staten Island Ferry Disaster Memorial Museum"

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We didn't ask the cost beforehand.

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OMG HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED ABSOLUTE UNIT DAY sobs @theantim.bsky.social @clairmail.bsky.social

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Amazing that without even mentioning a name, EVERYONE knows exactly who it's referencing.

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In Norse mythology, the greatest ship was Skíðblaðnir. It was owned by the god Freyr, and could carry all of the gods and their retinue over sea, land, and air, faster than any other ship. Skíðblaðnir could also be folded up, and put in Freyr's pocket when not needed. 🎨Harun El #WyrdWednesday

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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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TONIGHT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A CLOWN-DISCO.

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We have made it to the #1970s in the first year fashion history survey course and so tomorrow we will be looking at creatives including Antonio Lopez who captured the era so beautifully in his drawings, seen alongside a roller disco queen #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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suing my kindergarten teacher for forcing propaganda such as "sharing" and "playing well with others" into my daily way of life

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I don't know how the phrase "tree hugger" can ever be seen as an insult. Hugging trees is a great. Even better is waking up in a tree's arms and telling it your dreams.

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#Frockingfabulous birthday salute to #VivienneWestwood!: This. Colour. It’s "Bird of Paradise", as worn by Dita Von Teese in 2005! #Fashionhistory via the V&A. C'est tout, mes amis, thanks for joining me for our day of Dame VW!

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I'm a fully-grown adult and I still get a frisson of excitement when I come across a Police Box in real life.

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Chamboi is a critically endangered black rhino, part of a global population of just over 6,000. Orphaned as a newborn, he has a home and family with us for as long as he needs it. When he's ready, he'll reclaim his place in the wild. Discover Chamboi’s story at: swt.bio/chamboi

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With a grey dull Sydney dawn only an hour away, the thought of a bland shot did not appeal. Instead, a hotel and the House while the lights still impacted.

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One of the things I always find hard to describe to foreigners about Iceland is how blue the light is, and how although it keeps changing with the seasons it somehow always remains blue. This just popped up in memories. It was taken at 9.55 am in January at Lake Mývatn.

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See it say it sorted

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When the news adds a number after a name, that's not an age, that the clone number.

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Delighted to say that lamb racing season has started. Just the most joyous thing to watch.

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Travelling to the USA? GOOD LUCK! Here are some handy hints to get you through US Customs. Or not. No correspondence will be entered into. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The phrase “knock on wood” - or “touch wood” in the UK - is an ancient one deriving from the belief that tapping on trees awakes the gods and spirits that reside within them and brings good luck.

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Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.

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Historians are going to have better records from the 19th century than the 21st, is my most medievalist futurist prediction.

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This week's spot the ball competition features the Middlesbrough vs Blackburn Rovers match played 04/04/2025.

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#ShitBirdPhotos

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For decades, men's adventure magazines - as many as 160 different titles - were all over newsstands and drug store magazine racks. They're mostly forgotten now, but I wrote about the wild mags for @crimereads.bsky.social crimereads.com/mens-adventu...

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Took absolutely fucking ages and I was genuinely close to giving up hope at times but I think I finally might have nailed the cover shot for my upcoming LP of downbeat bovine-themed ecclestiastical psych-funk, 'Cattle Clergy'.

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They have many names: wishing trees, fairy trees, clootie trees. Across the Celtic nations from Scotland down south to Brittany and Cornwall, by May hawthorn and oak trees near holy wells and springs are covered in ribbons, wishing for fertility and health. #MythologyMonday

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