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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale)

@belovedsnail.bsky.social
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reads, walks & occasionally eats. Likes conversations. Posts pictures of her pets. Retailer. Mentor. Sometime MeFite. Perpetually restless. Living in the Hague. She/her. 🇳🇱/🇺🇸 Opinions are my own.

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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 3h
The way I tend to work is first I do a ton of research, and then I become impulsive in the final choice. This works out really well 80% of the time; meh for 15% and spectacularly badly for 5% Stay tuned…
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 4h
That is very kind of you. It’s a big jump!
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 15h
I’ve lived in this apartment a year! Last year there was a Thai street food market with performers the weekend I moved in, and here it is again.
A fabulous Thai singer in pink feathers and silver corset belts out “I Will Survive”A fabulous Thai singer in pink and carrying a microphone struts as they stand on stage
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 18h
It's very funny to go to a market near my apartment and to see someone whose name I recognize from here. @valree.bsky.social your work is lovely. Nice to meet you.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Finished Waugh's Men at Arms-- pretty slow going. Though there were hilarious moments (the Catholic main character convincing himself ihe canj= sleep with his ex wife because the Church doesn't recognize divorce) it really wasn't my jam. Some truly awful racist violence at the end. #booksky 💙📚
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My new houseguest has arrived. He seems like a very polite young man.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
World Heritage rock carvings in Mongolian Altai region trace changes in human life and climate over a period of 12,000 years. Here, some exceptionally dynamic images of warrior, hunters and animals whc.unesco.org/en/list/1382/
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
At Damascus International Airport in Syria, I am waiting to welcome a friend. As I stand here, I see mothers, elderly people, and entire families waiting to welcome their loved ones back to Syria after many long years away. 🧵
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There is no cat in this picture.
A suspicious lump in a purple bedspread
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s insane.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I had dinner tonight witha young man who started out with me as a trainee and is now a country manager. Apparently in a presentation today he said he would not be where he is without me. I feel old and proud and grateful.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
To be clear, I do get it wrong. I don’t have delusions of grandeur, but I sometimes think being able to read people pretty well has limited upside.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I honestly wish I was more often wrong about people.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've met good and bad "small" landlords but never a good vastgoed bedrijf. But experiences vary, I suppose.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
But then do we not have a private rental market? Not arguing, but thinking.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
part of why I'm likely a very middle of the road voter. I'm in favor of strong tenant protections but I also think they should reduce the tax load for small (non-institutional) landlords.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In The Hague there are a lot of empty spaces above store fronts which is very expensive to bring up to code. So the owners turn them into storage, if anything.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
right back atcha. 🫂
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've been thinking how some people respond to uncertainty by blaming everyone around them for their pain and confusion. I'm not at all patient with the right wing, but the housing situation is out of control here and I think a lot of the anti-immigrant wave is indirectly blaming immigrants.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 06/10/2026
G'morning from Lisbon. Today is THE BIG DAY. Online book retailers still haven't marked the day as having changed over yet, so I will start my advertising blitz with... ...the full album of LOSER BABIES, which is now available to stream and buy!!! Support @hausofcodec.bsky.social and get it now!!!
afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com
Loser Babies: Music Inspired by Josephine Riesman's "The Last Temptation of Beck", by A Few Good Records
11 track album
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wishing you quick healing and as little pain as possible.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I worked in a few countries where the only place who would not block my IP address for eBook delivery, so I ended up with a Kindle infrastructure for my book addiction. But I'm in any case really happy for you!
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Amazon (sorry)
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just saw my ebook copy arrived. Looking forward. 🍾
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I went to see a potential dog to adopt tonight, and I fell in love. But there is no way on earth it would be kind to have him do my stairs. Anyone in the Netherlands want to adopt an adorable sweet tripod, let me know and I’ll pass on the deets. 💔
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am reading Evelyn Waugh (Men at Arms) and there are parts of it I’m enjoying, but it is also heavy going.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Woah.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gift article.
bloomberg.com
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau Volcano Spawns Two New Islands After Eruption, First Since 1930
Two new islands have appeared off Anak Krakatau, potentially the first in nearly a century to emerge within the caldera left by Krakatoa’s catastrophic 1883 eruption.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
i just want to note that as soon as i posted this i did think "oh yeah, this is just fukuyama's last man"
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No. Just the whole tattooed podcaster film guy thing. I’m sure he will be lovely.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sometimes. When I’m not considering going back to sleep.
A large white and grey cat sits on the recumbent photographer
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No. I can clearly remember the first time it happened. I was 11 and at a 4th of July event with my parents.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It looks like I may have a guest here for a few weeks— son of a friend in Australia had his UK visa turned down. He’s a podcaster, which I find mildly alarming. But his mother is lovely, so…
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m reading Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (1943) It is cool and creepy on the one hand. But so sexist and racist on the other. I dunno. #feministkilljoy #booksky 💙📚
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And my cats think it is breakfast time.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I rarely am bothered by children noises around me, but just now my neighbor one year old woke up the baby upstairs who woke up the three pomeranians next to her. An impressive amount of volume. They are all back to sleep, but I’m considering whether I should give up and get out of bed.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I went to a French street market in The Hague where nothing whatsoever was French. But okay, it was nice.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
they are at the moment!
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can imagine! And I love Pym too.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That sounds perfect, thank you!
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Palladian is a beautiful and satisfying little book. I really need to read more Elizabeth Taylor. #booksky 💙📚
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t even like jewelry very much.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I seem to be having sparkly fantasy dreams. Last night I had a dream that I was wearing this beautiful bracelet which was made of hundreds of little sapphires with little tiny rubies mixed in. They were placed in silver, like scales.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nearly 5am. Hello, insomnia.
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Erin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Octobering.
The sun rising making everything in the park, from the bench to the path to the phragmites, a little more goldenOne bright red maple in a row of trees
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Autumn Den Haag
A yellow and black houseboat in a canal is visible under a tree branch with autumn leaves.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I tried to negotiate him out of whatever was making him angry.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I had a dream I could see Death incarnate, and he called me when he was angry about something.
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Beloved Snail (Turn Not Pale) @belovedsnail.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Friday, so I am drinking Calvedos.
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