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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October!

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There’s a subtle but important difference between ‘ball-bearing’ and ‘ball bearing’.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In a misunderstanding of how to make friends, the American on my Spanish train has decided to wear a Ronaldo Portugal top.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Found a painting of Timothee Chalmet in his first role as David from <checks notes> 1616.

A gilt picture from of an oil painting. It’s dark and broody and in the front middle is the head of Goliath. Hover over Goliath like a pale young saviour is Timothee Chalamet. You can be sure is Chalamet because his front shoulder is bar and dropped and stares off past your eye line, tortured.

The label of the paining. It’s by Valentine de Boulogne who lived and worked in Europe from 1599- 1632 which is incredible because he managed to cross paths with Timothee Chalamet while there.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874) gathers real swaths of poisonous arsenic wallpaper sourced from stores across Michigan. Originally printed in a run of 100 copies, only 6 remain due to recipients fearfully destroying their copies: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k…

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Never not amazing how the French get away with looking so French.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ah, I see the school photo company thinks I want to remember my child through the gloss of beautifying filters.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I realised that starting a new book gives me the same rush that online dating used to. Will this one be any good for me? Will it make me laugh? Can I take it to bed with me? Does it fit in my handbag? Etc.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

London musical theatre PSA: the excellent production of Into the Woods at The Bridge Theatre is moving to the West End. Moves at a clip and serves up the comedy and darkness in delightful, delicious dollops.

A poster advertising the musical Into the Woods. The poster is landscape sized and overwhelmingly black. On the right edge a red cloaked, curly haired girl in (slightly) garish makeup looks back over her shoulder in excitement or fright. In the middle of the canvas the words ‘into the woods’ are written in bold capital letters. Beneath them, small enough to be the last line in an eye test, it says ‘and happy ever after’.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 19/09/2026

Seems weird the whole "are you ready for war if it happens" thing the government is pushing when clearly we've been at war via misinformation, funding far right hate groups, attacking British institutions and so forth for ages. A better question is "when is the government going to do something?"

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This beautifully filled the hole left by Netflix’s Norsemen. Though it was missing the line ‘it was arrows’.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We all know there’s a room in the Vatican that holds all the mad gifts Popes have been given over the years, and I’d pay as much to see that as I would to see the Sistine Chapel.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We have a WhatsApp Book Group! Incredible. The group meets to chat about a different book each month. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. We've picked the next few books and would love a few new members If you like the idea, let me know. Info here. biggreenbookshop.com/whatsapp-boo...

The next five titles we'll be reading in our WhasApp Book Group.

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Dreamt I was in an Edinburgh pub and JK Rowling entered, beaded her eyes around, and stomped to the loos. ‘Oh no, trouble’ I thought and went to intervene. I opened the door to no JKR but a literal shit-hole: a row of door-less toilets flushing into open drains. ‘This is what she wanted’ I nodded.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

225 minutes?! Surely that long spent with that charisma void would open a black hole no one in the cinema could escape from.

An advertised screening for the Elon Musk documentary with a run time of 225 minutes.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Now more than ever, is the time make climate change your priority. When Just Stop Oil were throwing paint in galleries, these were the lives they were thinking of. People who caused the least damage are facing the worst consequences

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Add me to the recent legions who’ve read The Driver’s Seat. Set out to read it in a day (it’s only 100 pages) but took 3 because I needed breaks from its disquiet. And holy heck, to finally figure out why Lise reacted so strongly to stain resist fabric.

A photo of the boom cover for The Drover’s Seat by Muriel Spark. A white woman’s leg in. Red high heel shoe lays atop a brown and white floor mosaic of some type of animal’s (human? Beast) leg and foot.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My dual state of mind this morning: Joy, to be woken by the rain and to have it still be raining. Sadness, to have timed my overnight laundry for the first rainy day in two months.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The time Dolly Parton and Kermit jammed to Sly and the Family Stone’s Everyday People Love to Dolly ❤️

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Went to Les Miz with my teen, expecting it, after 40yrs, to be creaking as loud as my knees. It left me unprepared for how uniformly excellent the cast is, or the thirst trap of the current Enjorlas. ‘I’d follow him to revolution’ I said at intermission. ‘I’d follow him anywhere’ my teen replied.

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Elanor @elanorandthearts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

CALLING LONDONERS 📣 My friend has spent FIVE YEARS developing her play—a queer horror story—and she's hardly sold any tickets. She's travelling down from Leeds and I'm devastated 🥺 The Haunting of Verity Evans, The Hope Theatre, 25th–26th August. I hope you'll join me! Please share if you can't!

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

That story that a humanoid robot at the Droid Olympics covered 100m faster than Usain Bolt would also be true if they’d fired it from a fucking cannon.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Long (and, if you have That Man’s name muted like I have, tricky to read) thread, but very worth it. Fills you with hope for how Canada can escape the morass of That Man’s infantilism while also re-balancing tech’s stranglehold on us.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just finished Jo Harkin’s The Pretender. Might grab my spot for favourite book of the yr. It’s the holy trinity: enjoyable writing, story with pace, and so funny that the poignant bits then level you. I read the final chapters w Ralph Vaughan Williams on in the background which was v clever of me.

The book cover of Jo Harkin’s The Pretender. A mostly black cover with thin, Tudor-esque font and a pair of pale hands creeping out from the darkness to hold a red rose.

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Professional wordsmiths at the BBC are mixing up their modal auxiliary verbs, accidentally positioning Reform as a government in waiting. The use of 'will' signals the future tense carrying implied certainty, rather than the hypothetical scenario suggested by 'would.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing

Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finally watched Project Hail Mary with my (seen it before, loved it) teens. Everyone enjoyed it despite me trying to make the science work.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Cat(s) Amongst the Pigeons, RA Summer Exhibition.

A photo of an art gallery with various small paintings on the walls. On the left hand wall is a prominent picture of a pigeon, shuffling off stage left with big clodding feet. On the right hand wall, high up on a circular canvas painted yellow, sits another pigeon, staring off to the right. In the middle is a step ladder holding a stuffed cat, beadily looking into the middle distance. A sneaky canvas by the cats head features another cat, super hero dressed and with beaming white eyes. I think I’m the only one in the gallery who found this tableau amusing.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Cat(s) Amongst the Pigeons, RA Summer Exhibition.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Julia Ormond’s name popped into my head. ‘Whatever happened to her?’ I thought. ‘She just sort of went away at the peak of her career.’ It’s a two word summary: Harvey Weinstein.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This must be the third video of wonderful voices singing global scales I have seen, and each is mesmerising and has taught me things I didn't know. Such as: That these scales exist and how they, the bare backbone of tunes, reflect and unlock whole world regions' music. This is amazing.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Summer holidays have been great, including the thrill of seeing my kids beat a fair ground game, except now we to have to book an extra seat on the plane to get this guy home.

A large orange Charmander (Pomemon) sits on an armchair like a stocky toddler.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Dramatic lighting over Rome tonight.

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Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

this is a great little bookshop; if you're anywhere near Turnpike Lane, it does a mix of new and second-hand which is always such a treat. They also have a bunch of events on allgoodbookshop.co.uk/events-1

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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hello Friends! I am looking for a really great writer/performer who is SPANISH and lives in Madrid or near who wants to come and read their work to an energetic, friendly audience at our salon. Can you help? ❤️

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Spent a delightful half hour on this site, which gathers the receipts of enshittification. Not only do I have a new favourite hate-brand (hello Luxottica), it also fed the poison in my veins for the washing machine and fridge I can’t wait to die (looking at you, Samsung).

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The Brand Ledger | Worse on Purpose

Tracking 330+ brands, from the tools in your garage to the pans in your kitchen. Who owns them, what they used to be, whether they're still worth buying.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The wealthy class is so used to tax avoidance they’d rather hire an accountant to set up a new Cayman Isle account than pay a $64k bill on the $20mil house they spent $2-3mil renovating. (These are examples lifted from the article btw)

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

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Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media

For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Our hire car’s sat nav speaks in a middle aged British man voice. He says every (foreign) road and town name with the emPHAsis on the wrong syLAble. I’m delighted by how culturally accurate it is.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Picked this up on a whim and quietly loved it. It’s slim (an afternoon’s read for anyone doing couch to 5k), but w an emotional heft. What’s the point of art, Isherwood asks, when the world is on fire? And how do we keep creating that art when we see and feel the flames?

The Vintage Classics book cover of Prater Violet by Christopher Isherwood. The cover is mostly pink with a simple drawing of an attractive woman (wearing pink) holding a basket of flowers (violets, in fact).

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

In my head, I know a week isn’t long enough to sample all the cheeses. But in my heart.

A row of cheeses in an Italian hypermarket. The row is long, multi-faceted and, unsurprisingly, full of cheese. The cheese kiosk is four-sided and open in the middle. Like a cheese Santa, a cheesemonger dressed in white walks about in the middle, delivering more cheese. Reader, I want them all.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I’m in a hot place atm (ie, earth). I’m doing the right things: wearing loose linen, keeping to the shade, moving slowly. This is fine, I think. Then I stop walking and people look at me, concerned, as sweat erupts from every visible part of me and I realise I’m a meme.

The ‘this is fine’ meme of a dog blithely sitting in a burning cafe

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When you realise his name means ‘Johnny Little Infant’ he feels less clever mob boss and more small little baby.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I could be a former-typesetter-for-Mississippi-riverboats-transitioning-to-newspaper-linotype operator, a financial stenographer, or a woman who had many babies. I’d lean toward the wordy jobs, thanks.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My 17yo invited me to join his fantasy football league last year. I had a sweaty year of spreadsheets and learning curves. But the pay off has been this last half hour at breakfast, new signings and expected-goal potential bantered between us like a new language I’d somehow mastered. True joy.

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Annemarie Cancienne @cancienne.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A friend invited me to karaoke, declaring I was her Karaoke Queen. And like that, I knew which song I should start with.

The album cover of Billy Ocean’s Caribbean Queen. Billy is leaning on something, his face propped up by his fist. His stares down the camera smiling, looking both coquettish and very pleased with himself.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10

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