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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day. "Come o'er the meadows with me, and play' Put on your dress of red and gold,— Summer is gone, and the days grow cold." -George Cooper
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Skog @skog100.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today 29th Sept is Michaelmas day ..these Asters are known as Michaelmas daisies as they flower around now , in Wales its known as " Haf Bach Mihangal " which means Michaels little summer as its often warm around that time ..warm and humid today so the weather got it right for once
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Drop some MIRRORS.
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A-ha: Take On Me Music Video Mirror Scene
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Karen DenBleyker @kdneedles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet again wonderful, and after that out of all whooping! As You Like It #ShakespeareSunday
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Have a laugh with the bard this weekend on #ShakespeareSunday! Theme: THE COMEDIES!
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Sonya Olds Som (she/her) 💃🏾💜🎶🕊️☔️🖖🏾⚖️💕📚🍿📺 @sonyaoldssom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Tiana's Exhausting Day: Collapsing on Bed
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Idris Elba as John Luther Looking Into The Distance
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Regular #gas in #California is at $6.59 at the least expensive gas stations
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Pack Horse #Librarians of #Appalachia 📚🐴 #booksky #library youtu.be/2kTStev12As?...
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The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia | Full Documentary
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CARL SAGAN on Libraries: "We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory. The warehouse of that memory is called a library."
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: LOUD and QUIET
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Too Quiet
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Kim Michele Richardson, whose novel ‘The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek’ inspired Dolly to write and send her an album inspired by the #book . The 15 never-before-heard #songs will soon be heard according to Richardson. #library #Dolly people.com/kim-michele-...
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Author Reveals She’s in Possession of Unreleased Dolly Parton Album That’s Inspired by Her Book
Dolly Parton created a 15-song album inspired by Kim Michele Richardson’s bestselling novel ‘The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.’ Richardson has not yet released the songs publicly, but said she’s “w...
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dear #readers , join LA County #library online to learn about #Allensworth State Historic Park, this settlement was the first in the state of #California to be exclusively founded, financed, & governed by African Americans. Register to attend: #history visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/16854247
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Allensworth: Buffalo Soldier Settlement
Join us to learn about  Allensworth. This settlement was the first in the state to be exclusively founded, financed, & governed by African Americans. Presented by Colonel Allensworth State Historic Pa...
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Sonya Olds Som (she/her) 💃🏾💜🎶🕊️☔️🖖🏾⚖️💕📚🍿📺 @sonyaoldssom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Happy #NationalReadABookDay ! @americanwritersmuseum.org #BookSky 📚
Collage of photos from my phone of me and books, writers, and book stuff I love September 6 is National Read a Book Day
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
" What say you?" - Henry V (A3,S3) #ShakespeareSunday
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect #Africa 's true size, to which the U.S. was the only country to vote against it 🤦🏻‍♀️ #History #Geography youtube.com/shorts/nvRtD...
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UN Votes to Adopt New World Map That Shows Africa's True Size | WION Shorts
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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
'September came in with golden days and silver nights' J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King #BookwormSat 🎨 Alan Reynolds 'Summer: Young September’s Cornfield' (1954)
Painting of a yellow cornfield with a deep blue sky above. In the foreground are teasel heads and other plants.
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Using genealogical relationships in #DNA, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers have uncovered hidden contributions from extinct human populations that left no sequenced #genomes. Researchers are calling one of the unknown ancestors, a ghost ancestor. news.berkeley.edu/2026/07/30/n...
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New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from ‘ghost’ ancestors - Berkeley News
Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with modern human ancestors, leaving behind telltale DNA in our genomes. Now we have evidence of modern human interbreeding with two much older but unknown ancest...
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#Alzheimers risk shown to be lower on people who get the #flushot most likely by avoiding severe infections which can accelerate #brain aging along with avoiding inflammation which can stress the brain. youtube.com/shorts/OmTgS...
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This vaccine is linked to a 40% reduced Alzheimer’s risk
Dr. Trisha Pasricha explains how the flu shot protects you now, and also your future self.
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: FRANCE! 🇫🇷
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BookDude #BookSky 💙📚 @radicalgrammar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#BookSky @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social ➡️ www.radicalgrammar.com/receipts-fro...
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Dolly Parton’s Imagination #Library provided free monthly #books to Native youth in over 100 #tribal communities for decades. #Indigenous #library #booksky #DollyParton #NativeAmericans #FirstNations ictnews.org/news/dolly-p...
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Dolly Parton remembered across Indian Country for sharing love of books - ICT
Parton’s Imagination Library provided free monthly books to Native youth in over 100 tribal communities for decades
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dear #readers, may today be a day you see the “Light of a clear blue day” as sang by the Queen herself #DollyParton ☀️
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the #book quoted in “Dolly Parton’s America” episode 1 on Radiolab’s podcast (2021). The book was created from ballads, some based on true reported events. #booksky #library Unprepared To Die: America's Greatest Murder Ballads And The True Crime Stories That Inspired Them Paul Slade
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Episode 1 of 9, of “ #DollyParton ’s America”. She was interviewed by the #podcast #Radiolab ’s creator and past host #JadAbumrad at the @wnyc.org studios in 2021. Enjoy! #ThankYouDolly #musichistory youtube.com/watch?v=o5GP...
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Sad Ass Songs | Dolly Parton's America Podcast Miniseries | Episode 1
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: EDUCATION!
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Pudgy Penguin Back To School Animation
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
" I do love that country girl" - Love's Labour's Lost (A1,S2) #Shakespeare #RIPDollyParton
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The planned closure of #California ‘s Bay Area National #Archives includes the collection of original immigration and court records for United States v. #WongKimArk , a landmark case which reaffirmed #citizenship under the #14thAmendment . #history #library www.kqed.org/news/1208890...
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Exclusive: The Bay Area’s National Archives Office Is Closing. Researchers Are Worried | KQED
The Bay Area collection includes original records from landmark birthright citizenship case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, and inmate records from Alcatraz. Federal officials didn’t provide details ab...
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“ #AB1881 (California Indian Freedom Act of 2026) establishes the #California Indian Freedom Act which would provide enforceable protections for the free exercise of California Indian religious and spiritual practices on state lands” #Indigenous #NativeAmerican nativenewsonline.net/currents/ram...
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Ramos Tribal Rights Bills Advance to Full California Senate
Overview: California Assemblymember James C. Ramos has 10 bills advancing to the full Senate after clearing the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation addresses education, public safety, tri...
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Today's #ShakespeareSunday is theme free!
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Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky: Anything You Like
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Billie @billieo2.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#ShakespeareSunday Which teacheth thee that thou and I am one. As You Like It [I, 3] .
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
" To entertain the time with thoughts of love," - Sonnet 39 #ShakespeareSunday
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Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge: I Believe in Love
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AT @photofan9000.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is where I post from...
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is where I post from...
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V (Hat): Woman Writing Interstellar Equations
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.” Sonnet 30 #ShakespeareSunday
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Did We Just Become Best Friends? Step Brothers Meme
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods.” The Winter’s Tale, A1S2 #ShakespeareSunday
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Tamil Chat Star Tamil Chat
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“where there is true friendship, there needs none. Pray, sit. More welcome are you to my fortunes Than my fortunes to me.” Timon of Athens, A1S2 #ShakespeareSunday
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Keira Knightley in Pride And Prejudice Hug
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul rememb’ring my good friends” Richard II, A2S3 #ShakespeareSunday
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Nice Moves: Women Dancing in Club
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Hollow Crown Fans @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
No theme for this weekend's #ShakespeareSunday!
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Cristine Raquel Rotenberg: I'll Take Everything You Have
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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
1/ Suggested hashtags to join on a Wednesday #HillfortsWednesday #NormanWednesday #EgyptologyWednesday #ReliefWednesday #GothicWednesday #AbandonedWednesday #WednesdayWrecks #WagonWednesday #WednesdayWheels 1 of 11 #WednesdayHashtags
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 19/08/2026
Jeremy Lent describes the consequences of a society stretched to its limits and what can replace it in his book “Ecocivilization.”
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Berkeley author maps out an ‘ecocivilization’ to avert climate and economic catastrophe
Jeremy Lent describes the consequences of a society stretched to its limits and what can replace it in his book “Ecocivilization.”
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
An update on #ProjectPanama the code name given to the destructive book practice by Anthropic when it discards #books fed to its AI language model Claude. Amazon also has been reported to using this destructive book practice . #booksky #library #archives www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Austengoals @austengoals.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I’m just heartbroken at news of Hayden Panettiere. May she rest in peace. She published her autobiography in May 2026. #booksky #library #Heroes #Nashville
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Zane @moochie6us.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
💙📚 Recently finished #NorwegianWood #HarukiMurakami Three out of four stars. Might recommend. Would not read again. "I was thirty-seven then, strapped in my seat as the huge 747 plunged through dense cloud cover on approach to the Hamburg airport." ⬇️⬇️ A little more in the comments... ⬇️⬇️
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Discover the Ancient Roman Shorthand Writing System with 4,000 Symbols Commissioned by Cicero www.openculture.com/2026/08/disc...
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Discover the Ancient Roman Shorthand Writing System with 4,000 Symbols Commissioned by Cicero
You can still type a symbol originally invented for Cicero nearly 21 centuries ago — at least if you configure your keyboard properly.  The character ⁊ appears in Unicode as U+204A, but is better know...
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Erin Makela @erinmakela.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My last event of the summer is on August 19 (next Wednesday!) at the Tracy Library at 4:00! Come hear about the Hidden Histories behind the American Revolution in 1776-1776! #indieauthor #americanrevolution #yahistoricalfiction
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Erin Makela @erinmakela.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“for now I am in a holiday humor” Rosalind, As You Like It IV.1 #ShakespeareSunday
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Mary Poppins: A Jolly Holiday Song
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Rose 🟧SciFiGeek🟧 @rosej100.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The common people swarm like summer flies. Henry VI, pt 3 Act II Scene 6 #ShakespeareSunday #SummerHolidays
Screenshot of a crowded beach
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🍁Nancy 🍂🎃 @nml423.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“idles in the wanton summer air” - R&J (Act 2, Scene 6) #ShakespeareSunday @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social ~ Spring Lake, NJ 10Aug26
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Clark Delon @clark-delon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“There is a world elsewhere” Coriolanus: Act III; Scene 3 #ShakespeareSunday
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