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Alice Bennett

@aliceponderland.bsky.social
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Digital accessibility in HE library person. Fan of animals, accessibility, gardening, making things and whimsical nonsense. She/her.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Daily bunny no.3446 is not left-handed
Bunnies re-enact the duel between Inigo and Wesley in "The Princess Bride", with a masked bunny fighting against a dashing shaggy bunny with a gold sword. The masked bunny is cornered, near the edge of a rocky cliffside, but still has a trick up his sleeve
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 11h
I have never related to Cardinal Wolsey more.
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Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 21h
hello it is world mental health day today, if your mental health is good please share some with the rest of us and if your mental health is not good then i love you
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 21h
Clippy the Word for windows assistant says:

Hey, it looks like you're waiting for ideal conditions to do that thing you've been wanting to do. Need I remind you that ideal conditions do not exist and will never happen?
•I'm aware
•Wow, rude
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 22h
Seasonal PSA - beware Halloween food coloured black! Its almost always charcoal used for this and it can reduce or prevent your uptake of oral medications, including antidepressants, painkillers and birth control.
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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hildegard has no time for weasels. She claims she deplores them for the sake of her ancient cockatrice ancestry. #Boktober Hen and Weasel. Ink on Fabriano Medioevalis, 95 × 64 mm.
Drawing mostly in black ink, primarily in silhouette, of a hen with feathers puffed and hackles raised, facing a least weasel standing on a fallen branch in the grass. The hen's comb and wattle are the only touch of red gouache.
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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Do you want good tortoise news? I thought so. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island
Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
meme featuring text at the top and a photograph of a pink greeting card on a retail rack.

Top text reads: "the effects of microplastics are devastating"

The pink card on display reads in metallic font: "SOME GIRLS ARE JUST BORN WITH GLITTER IN THEIR VEINS."
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is it helping though? Because I’ve actively been put off reading even the blurb of some books because of the terrible AI illustrated covers, they looked awful and really did not suggest this was published with any concern about quality.
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
meme featuring black text at the top that reads: "Why does every damn thing have to be a lesson? I just want to be happy and healthy"

Below the text is a close-up image of Lisa Simpson against a pink background. She has wide, bloodshot, red-rimmed eyes, tears streaming down her face, and a stressed, overwhelmed expression.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Steve is deep in conversation with some plastic pumpkins. We had better keep out of it. It looks important.
Short description: Steve the otter sits on a wooden floor by a slatted wall, holding a small plastic jack-o'-lantern candy bucket and eyeing another pumpkin bucket nearby.  
Text in image: None.
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not enough people know about this. It’s what you get without human curation on digital platforms.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So uh, American people. You ok? Can we talk in private
an orange cat is sitting with his arms folded under his load body. his face looks concerned and a bit discomfited
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nobody wants this! Stop it! Make more good old stuff available and leave the platform alone!
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Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey apparently it's World Sight Day. If you've got a young baby, do look out for how their eyes respond to flash photography. If they have red-eye in only one eye (or neither eye) when photographed with a flash, that can be a symptom of Retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer my daughter had.
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Symptoms of retinoblastoma
Find out about the symptoms of retinoblastoma. The main sign is a white glow or reflection in the centre of the eye.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📚one got library sky?
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Thomas Pocklington Trust @pocklington.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today is World Sight Day. This year’s theme, ‘Love Your Eyes’, is also about being able to access the healthcare you need. Accessible information helps blind and partially sighted people understand their care and make informed choices. Find out more: tinyurl.com/3edm85wk
Graphic for World Sight Day 2026 featuring Thomas Pocklington Trust and Sight Loss Councils logos. The text reads: "Celebrating World Sight Day 2026" and "Love Your Eyes". Below the text is a photograph of a person having an eye examination using a slit lamp microscope at an eye clinic. The design uses a white background with teal accents.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is no better way to reinforce a status hierarchy in the UK between London, Manchester, Edinburgh vs an angry rest than to remove access to the study and expression of cultural heritage and diversity through an enforced provincialisation of regional Britain.
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
animals-crushing-pumpkins season is actually so important to me. spiritually www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyVBE2hL/
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Totally with @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social - and instead we could revive local cryptid legends! Barguest run anyone? I would even accept throwing this open to as far as having a gytrash option, although admittedly shapeshifters are kind of less obvious as a costume choice.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paddington’s footsteps sound ever closer.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My phone says this is a Panicled Aster and I thought it said Panicked Aster and I was like “yeah I get it, it’s rough out there.” #BloomScrolling 🌿
A cluster of white flowers with very thin petals and round yellow centers, surrounded by a lush green background of leaves.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A wearable bake? This has got Boaty McBoatface trolling written all over it. The British public are a liability. #GBBO
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dead dog klaxon! #GBBO
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Science (and Brianne) demands an answer! Also for the UK based, I would add that “There is a Tavern in the Town” is what I would call the Head, shoulders, knees and toes tune.
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Liam Kirkaldy @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"It's more of a cormorant than a question", I say, with a wry smile, as my pet cormorant repeatedly dive bombs the panel, pecking at their eyes
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Bat Conservation International: a moment of Zen with the white-lined broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus) a fruit-eating bat native to South America. We think the 'racing stripes' are camouflage, breaking up the bat's outline to avoid predators. Let's talk about the fruit-bat /lifestyle/.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have a theory that a great deal of poltergeist activity is actually just tortoises. Certainly been my experience.
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Skeletor from He-Man, with a speech ballon drawn on so it looks like he's saying the quoted post.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Book festivals, please, PLEASE don’t use AI to write author bios and book descriptions. Currently, I am being advertised as attending a festival next month for a talk about a book that doesn’t exist…
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? | John Harris
Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m not sure if “scuffle“ helps or not here - it does undermine how seriously these people take themselves and present themselves as an armed force, when it’s more shoving, but at the same time it might suggest the whole situation is less serious by playing down masked men confronting the police.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe the US government loves red diesel as much as they love oil and will tolerate no threat to their supply.
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online. www.medievalists.net/2026/09/600-...
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Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online - Medievalists.net
Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from the German monasteries of Heilsbronn and Sankt Jobst have been digitised and made available to explore online.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In which @meganeve.eurosky.social and I look at ghosts in York, for the annual reappearance of the chicken wire ghost trail is here! 👻 A selection of ghosts: a thread 🧵
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I mean I would have assumed it was caused by an issue but thanks for confirming.
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Flaming June @juneussell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Women are not audio visual learning aids Shawn.
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
History is so abundant in the UK that sometimes we use old gravestones to make a wall around the bins
A photo of some gravestones arranged to form a wall around some bins outside of a church
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shaggy inkcap. There are four other mushrooms in this family: Velma inkcap, Fred inkcap, Daphne inkcap and Scooby inkcap.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
A radicalised domestic terrorist. I wonder what a study of his social media consumption would show?
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sometimes origin stories are fun but also it’s great just to let people wonder what led to a moment or created a character - mystery can be good! Not everything has to be completely explained.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It does have very strong “worst guy at the undergraduate party traps you in conversation” vibes.
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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me returning home from a shop at Aldi #CelebrityTraitors
Joe Lycett carrying a prop gravestone
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Megan All Hallows Eve @meganeve.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Loving that Ross Kemp has been in war zones, high security prisons, married Rebekah Brooks, got done falsely for attemptive murder of Martine McCutcheon in Walford AND yet he has instantly cracked on the Traitors.
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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The bin fires persist, but so do I.
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