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They contain many useful household hints and also many pleasing references to nice little suppers.

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Inspired by Great British Menu, we're talking about the very specific local things we learnt about at school that people elsewhere didn't. For me, it was writer, composer and abolitionist Ignacious Sancho. For Si, it was the Spinning Jenny. What hyperlocal things did other people learn about?

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In celebration of all three trains running on time on a Sunday - a nearly still life of how I accessorise the vestibule

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Always eager to see more books from the Goblin Emperor universe!

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This may sound primitive and unscientific, but through the fairies, we COULD ask Mothra for help

submitted 25 days ago • 264 comments

30 seconds of ducklings vs a plate of peas and brown rice. Sound up for little peepings.

submitted 31 days ago • 16 comments

Very strongly recommended. I love this series.

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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e.... Huge round of applause for the podcast #EightDaysOf #DianaWynneJones. It's a testament to #DWJ and the programme that it made me see things I'd not seen before.

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Happy New Year from invertebrates that look like fireworks. Credits Jellyfish: OET/Nautilus Live Anemone: Cathy Lewis Feather duster worm: Pauline Walsh Jacobsen Octopus: Schmidt Ocean Institute

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I ( ) Sappho [but?] ( )

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As we enter prime #DuvetKnowItsChristmas territory (as ever thank you to @rhodri.biz, keeper of the joy), may I remind you that there is a Blue Sky feed of it bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Medieval Buddhists of the Day, collective award: all those sixth-century stonecarvers who had no idea what a lion looks like but weren’t going to let that stop them 😁 #MBOTD 🀄️📚 (Details of bases from statues found at the 北吴庄 site near the old city of Ye 邺城 in southern Hebei)

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at TAU and the University of Lisbon have developed a groundbreaking nano-vaccine against COVID-19, delivered via nasal spray WITHOUT requiring cold storage. Preclincial studies show the vaccine was effective against ALL major SARS-CoV-2 variants. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

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#Booksky Nice announcement for our latest title, POINT OF SIGHS (Astreiant #5) by Melissa Scott in the Out in Print blog today! Thanks for including us, @jwden.bsky.social! outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/n...

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A friend just told me that @rosemarykirstein.bsky.social started a Patreon to help her finish the last two books in the Steerswoman series, and I have never subscribed to a thing more quickly: www.rosemarykirstein.com/2024/11/so-a...

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40 WAYS TO DIE IN THE PREHISTORIC. Enjoy! These illustrations were made as scale drawing for a book about prehistoric creatures. Thought it would be fun to have a bit more interaction between the animals and human figures

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Whenever I have a bad pain day, I rewatch my favorite fanvid ever made (Starships, a multifandom fanvid by bironic) and it cheers me up. Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...

submitted 80 days ago • 14 comments

Ooh!

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Social Media must be overthrown and replaced by Social Persia, which will in turn be conquered by Social Macedonia.

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A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.

submitted 99 days ago • 73 comments

Incidentally, you may be interested to know I have an alter ego JM Alvey who has written three murder mysteries set in classical Athens, between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. You can get all three in ebook for under a tenner. #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics www.amazon.co.uk/Shadows-Athe...

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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

submitted 102 days ago • 251 comments

Utterly magnificent in its well-structured geekery.

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This is a slow moving thread of screaming and horrified city gates. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #ScreamingCityGates

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Attempting to book a room via the university room booking system. If you don't hear from me again, avenge my death.

submitted 103 days ago • 14 comments

Extremely offended by this bird clearly going around saying "Hurr hurr hurr lookit me I'm a HOOMAN" "Huh huh taxes cofy streaming snervices huh huh" >:(

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Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur." I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.

submitted 104 days ago • 175 comments

I would like you to know that this thread includes the phrase "wartime emergency tea hubs"

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welcome to the NOvember challenge. if you were thinking about doing something, don't

submitted 116 days ago • 129 comments

First glance thought this was a How-To shamanism article

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I love how Julia went Full Julia in terms of being both overly elaborate and deeply cursed, and then Karina came in and did that.

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I have a joke about Lon Chaney Jr. but it’s just a shaggy dog story.

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The Three Stages Of Helix 1. Is that hot buttered toast? 2. Sir, I would like to speak to you about an urgent toast matter 3. I'm coming for your toast! #ProofOfCat

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Finishing #RingsOfPower sent me back to the #LOTR films Fellowship made me realise that #Libraries were THE deciding factor in saving Middle Earth This Information Assistant in Minas Tirith Central Library & Archives is the most important character in the Trilogy A 🧵...

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Now an additional piece up with this excellent graphic summary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidd...

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The problem with modern sci-fi is that it has bespoke costumes instead of whatever was left over in the studio’s stock, as the good lord intended

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If I were a billionaire? Botanical gardens would not be able to move without kicking over a stack of cash.

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Remember, when designing an ensemble cast or team, you want a variety of body shapes and fashion sensibilities. Ideally, each character should be immediately recognizable even in silhouette.

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NOTABLE SANDWICHES

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Okay I think you are ready for this BlueSky. Let's talk cheese history. More specifically, Yorkshire Dales cheeses, and how WW2 and rationing almost wiped out cheesemaking in northern Britain. This is the story of the near-death of the world of one of the world's great cheeses: Wensleydale. /1 🧵

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