Reposted by Madame DuckRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19hTime for this classic again. 128134454547
Reposted by Madame DuckDr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪 15562166
Reposted by Madame DuckSen @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives 211259218
Reposted by Madame DuckJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I wanted to believe in Colin the wandering cat but when I checked the account this image came from it is all AI this makes me sad pretty soon no-one will know what is real, and judging by the comments, especially to people pointing it out in the replies, nobody will care. 53710
Reposted by Madame DuckPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026You must forgive me for not writing for so long, but I just wanted to be on my own for a couple of years or so. 211323303
Reposted by Madame DuckSol @solexposure.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ok - it’s really crunch time on getting the car fixed before bad weather. At the same time as upcoming rent. Ugh! Here’s a thread of pieces that are name-your-own-price. Happy to frame! Details on each piece alt text. 14823
Reposted by Madame DuckSpeccy Twat @speccytwat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“It was good and it was fun but also it was scary. The room was big. We had orange squash, and…” 🫠 3356
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just watched 70 Up. I don't know these people so why am I bawling my eyes out? 010
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Connections Puzzle #1199 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Strands #932 “It's back!” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵 This made me irrationally angry because some of it is plain wrong. 000
Reposted by Madame DuckJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless. 532021402
Reposted by Madame DuckJohnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 21/09/2026Someone from Exeter was buried on Friday and one of their wishes was to have dinosaurs and the Grim Reaper present. Legend. Photo source: Exeter & Devon Crematorium and Memorial Gardens 17755177
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I used to work with someone who was bald to the tops of his ears, but had thick hair below that and a full beard. It looked like his hair had slipped down his head 000
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 21/09/2026FFS, even the cute baby goat leaping in the snow is AI slop. Why can't we have nice things? 130
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribestatic.klipy.comSoviet Ekranoplan Water TestAlt: Soviet Ekranoplan Water Test 000
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Raw pastry. And as a special treat, I got the corners off an Oxo cube. 020
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm watching The Giant Claw, one of the best bad films ever made 010
Reposted by Madame DuckMike Batt @mikebatt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A little conversation I had on Twitter 🙂 1231940317
Reposted by Madame DuckTom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rosemary Harris is 99. Alfred Molina: ‘During Spider-Man 2, Rosemary & I were suspended in harnesses 40ft above the soundstage floor. We were left hanging there for ages & ran out of small talk. At one point, Rosemary said quietly ‘I’m classically trained, you know.’ 19113
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I wish that someone had warned me that it was rich wankers whingeing day 131
Reposted by Madame Duckwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Louise Brooks (1906 – 1985), American film actress and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s, regarded today as a Jazz Age style icon #WomensArt 757276
Reposted by Madame DuckMags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea. 10826431
Reposted by Madame DuckJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight 721802538
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Please don't let your sister play with the colouring pens." 010
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I bet they never have this issue on Police Interceptors 010
Reposted by Madame DuckLeask @leask.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yes sir, got that garden carrot picture. Nice and Akira-esque, just like you wanted 722344
Reposted by Madame DuckMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/09/2026I think we should have one day a week when no-one is allowed to talk about AI, so we can have a rest 1851371
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Eldest child went to uni at the weekend so now the dog is sulking ☹️ 020
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I've just dropped eldest child at uni. Very proud, but I didn't realise how hard this would be 😭 010
Reposted by Madame DuckMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135262192
Reposted by Madame DuckIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives 621934869
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Unless the airports have taken a rather radical and violent approach to dealing with lots of passengers cluttering up the place, it's not really carnage, is it? 010
Reposted by Madame DuckCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145111505
Reposted by Madame DuckMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m doing a podcast called The Rest is the Rest where I talk about every subject not covered by all The Rest Is podcasts. So please subscribe if you want a weekly podcast about shoes, clouds, Tuesdays and otters. 3933837
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Gosh. Trying to thread a needle and hand sew anything with peripheral neuropathy is such fun*. *Not fun 010
Reposted by Madame DuckAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Delighted to report that the whole of Scotland has united in fury against American Dog Lady and that is a #NiceThing.thenational.scotIsland cafe at heart of legal row with US woman over dog ban raises £177kTHE organisation that runs a community cafe in the Outer Hebrides that is at the heart of a fierce legal row with an American woman after her dog… 2430655
Reposted by Madame DuckTom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026All very Monty Python 18024
Madame Duck @duckface.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I love PTerry, but I'm not sure I can ever read Lords and Ladies again because the elves are so incredibly nasty and made me feel really uncomfortable. That's skilful writing. 000