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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 12h

My handmade box of tarot nonsense, TAROTRON 2000, is now on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok! Follow wherever you get your videos if you want your fate foretold by the voice of a cursed 80s arcade machine 🤖🔮 www.youtube.com/@TAROTRON2000 www.instagram.com/tarotron2000 www.tiktok.com/@tarotron2000

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TAROTRON 2000

A haunted little robot thingy. Subscribe for daily tarot readings 🤖 🔮 TAROTRON 2000 is a handmade prototype created by tarot researcher and journalist Finbarre Snarey.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 29/09/2026

Feeling terribly middle class. For the first time in my life I have a piano tuner in my house to sort out this 100yr gift that plinks like it belongs in a saloon.

An orange cat sits on a piano stool beside an old piano. The sheet music behind the cat says PIANO TIME!

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 16/09/2026

Which three tarot cards did @frankturner.bsky.social get? Read the story of this pertinacious prince of punk at Tarot DMs. "There are limits on what any one person can get done, so don't fuck about" #frankturner #punk #music #singersongwriter #tarotdms

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Chat #42 - Frank Turner

“Don’t overthink, let it be what it wants to be”

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 16/09/2026

Well. That's the last time I pull a card with Dingbot on the table. #tarot #tenofswords #pdoom #ai #doomcult #destroyallhumans

A picture of a Tomy Dingbot holding the Ten Of Swords from the Rider Waite Smith deck

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 16/09/2026

Finbarre from Tarot Interviews is quoted in Real Simple, explaining an easy way to bring a little Practical Magic into your home. Of course it would be point thirteen! #Tarot #PracticalMagic #witchsky

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How to Bring the Cozy, Witchy Charm of Practical Magic Into Your Own Home

From candle rituals to meaningful displays, experts share simple ways to give your home the cozy, enchanted feel of Practical Magic.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 12/09/2026

Author @johnhiggs.bsky.social pulls three cards on the latest Tarot DMs! We use a creepy looking James Bond deck and discuss why David Lynch is pure magic. Plus: find out about a Royal-replacing ritual that happened in Sussex! 👑 #tarot #booksky #davidlynch #johnhiggs

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Chat #41 - John Higgs

“Every fool’s house must have a deck”

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 09/09/2026

TAROT CHALLENGE! Friends, is anyone knitting THE GARMENT? Re-enact the Five of Cups in your fancy finery! Best image wins some mystery trinkets. Reply with your photo and use #tarotchallenge Entries close 16th Sept. #knitting #crochet #tarotchallenge #thegarment

The Five of Cups tarot card where a black cloaked figure looks forlornly at three spilled cups with two standing cups behind them

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 08/09/2026

While Hollywood stars are working in zombie-grey studios with AI sets and lighting, it is wonderful that British horror films like Harbinger are alive and well. In all their splattery fabulousness! 🩸😱 Find out which cards the James and Simon pulled in the link below. #indiefilm #horror #harbinger

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 29/08/2026

Voice actor Boo Miller (Zero Parades: For Dead Spies by @zaumstudio.bsky.social) joins Tarot DMs to discuss D&D, improv and her upcoming wedding. Boo even translates her tarot pulls into high Furbish! Read more at tarotdms.com #tarot #zeroparades #discoelysium #indiegames

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 27/08/2026

Hearing “I’m Going Home” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack this morning brought floods. Cards for sorrow, cards for pain indeed. A fabulous man.

A picture of Tim Curry in black and white, smiling from 1980.Photograph by Ebet Roberts / Getty

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 25/08/2026

Madelaine Gnewski flung the poor Page of Wands into the sea! Her three cards invoked family, belonging and a conversation about a multilingual dog. Read this lovely story and many more at TarotDMs.com

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Chat #38 - Madelaine Gnewski

"On paper, it’s no longer in my head or my body"

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 23/08/2026

My face on seeing the departure boards at the station. Solidarity with anyone running the gauntlet by rail today. #emr #trains #powercut

Finbarre Snarey at the station wearing a striped shirt and grey and red waistcoat with a neutral/happy expression.

Finbarre Snarey at the station wearing a striped shirt and grey and red waistcoat gurning with distaste.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 17/08/2026

Wish I was in New York at the moment. Not just to see the exhibition, but the Morgan Library looks *utterly* splendid.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm Sepsis! You might also know me by That-Amazing-High-Jump-For-Sports-Day-That-Went-Over-The-Mat-And-Into-The-Gymnasium-Wall-Head-First

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 14/08/2026

Last night I lay on a hilltop, overlooking Nottingham, with my family watching the Perseid meteor shower. Spent hours looking at the sky, talking and eating popcorn. Utterly lovely.

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This Blake painting seems appropriate at the moment: The Sun in His Wrath #eclipse #droughtsummer #Blake

Blake’s The Sun in His Wrath, a watercolour illustration Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. A naked figure bestrides a ball of sun above a garden scene, with strange spirits in the trees, and in the foreground a couple, the woman haloed, hand in hand

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 11/08/2026

Booked myself onto this. Creative Lives are running a focus group on how National Lottery funding could better support creative groups and communities, including how the application process could be improved. 9 Sept, online and free. www.creative-lives.org/event/nation...

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National Lottery Good Causes: Fund what matters to you - 09/09/2026 11:00:00

Help shape Creative Lives' consultation response about the National Lottery

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 09/08/2026

Found this Bluetooth-based Meta glasses detector that might be of interest to Android owners out in public or crowded spaces. #pervertglasses #meta #privacy play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Nearby Glasses - Apps on Google Play

This app searches for smart glasses nearby and notifies you of their presence.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 29/07/2026

“Sometimes the Wheel is looming overhead, but I am swimming.” I bartered with author Leon Craig: three tarot cards for three stories. We spoke about The Decadence, a haunted house and a mysterious childhood deck. Read the new Tarot DMs interview at tarotdms.com #tarot #booksky #horror #leoncraig

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Chat #35 - Leon Craig

"I have been haunting the characters"

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 25/07/2026

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

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Dr Attercop @drattercop.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The GCs remove the space from "trans woman" because they think this shows that it is like "jellyfish": a compound noun that is not a kind of fish. But blackbirds are birds and red pandas are not pandas. English grammar is not going to do their transphobia for them.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 30/06/2026

For the latest edition of Tarot DMs, Finbarre spoke with the Madame of the Macabre: psychological thriller author Callie Kazumi (@callieuntitled.bsky.social) Follow the cards and read the full interview at www.tarotdms.com #tarot #booksky #calliekazumi

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 23/06/2026

Beigli displaying his feline grace today.

A ginger-and-white cat sleeps sprawled across a deep purple quilt, stretched out with oversized front paws reaching toward the camera. The cat's eyes are closed in a relaxed expression, whiskers fanned gently across its face. Behind it is a warm, colourful room with terracotta-red walls, decorative mirrors, candles, hanging clothes, and a bicycle wheel visible in soft focus. The shallow depth of field keeps the sleeping cat sharply in focus while the eclectic background blurs into rich colours and shapes.

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Bats in Lavender @batsinlavender.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

@finbarre.com I saw your paper on Knowledge Commons and just wanted to say that it's fun when my work collides with my background. My family has for generations read tarot and other sorts of decks. My first was the Rider-Waite. I don't read as much as I used to, but enjoyed your paper very much!

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 18/06/2026

It is tragic that the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest has passed away after a millennium, but there is a descendant of it living in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. If you're ever in town, come to Broadgate Park and find the twigbaby of Robin Hood's tree! maps.app.goo.gl/1Z63QBf1uMqJ...

The Major Oak, an ancient oak tree in Sherwood Forest, stands supported by a network of green metal props beneath its massive spreading branches. Its thick, hollow trunk is deeply furrowed and weathered with age, while a broad canopy of green and autumn-tinted leaves fills most of the frame. Sunlight filters through the branches, and woodland trees can be seen in the background. The extensive support structure highlights the tree's great age and historical significance.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 15/06/2026

A real milestone for the wider Tarot Interviews work: presenting Rider-Waite-Smith tarot reading as living heritage at Tarot Cultures 2026! This year, festival fields, interviews and lecture theatres are all starting to connect and it *still* feels like early days. #tarot #livingheritage

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 10/06/2026

Had a ridiculously good time!

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 06/06/2026

Having a cravat emergency. Looking into my wardrobe and trying to decide what on earth to wear for my talk on tarot cards to the British Association of Decadent Studies.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 02/06/2026

Two festivals in two weeks! @finbarre.com is currently toiling at a hot editing console, here's a picture of him learning the secrets of fire at the Wyldwood Renaissance Festival! Subscribe to Tarot Interviews on your favourite podcast platform to hear the episodes when they drop. #podcast #tarot

Finbarre Snarey performs with fire at Wyldwood Renaissance Festival, holding a flaming torch and a flame in his gloved hand at dusk in an outdoor festival field.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Good morning

am image of a cat with a parachute with the caption, "Well prepared cat."

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Ancient Greek perfume vase in the shape of an owl, 650-640 BC🦉❤️ The Louvre, Paris 📷 by me #OwlishMonday #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Proto-Corinthian polychrome terracotta aryballos (perfumed oil container) in the shape of an owl. The pouring hole is under the tail. Height 5 cm, Width 6.4 cm. The owl is perched with its tail to the left and head to the right. It leans slightly forward with its head turned to face the viewer with large round eyes. The owl's chest is painted black. The eyes and plummage are intricately detailed in black on a pale cream slip. The lower three rows of feathers in the wing plumage are painted in alternating brownish-red, orangey-red, and black. Dated c. 640 BC

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 01/06/2026

It's the beginning of June already? HAPPY PRIDE MONTH you magnificent lovelies! 💖 #pridemonth #pride #loveislove #pride2026

Close-up selfie of Finbarre Snarey celebrating Pride Month at an outdoor event, wearing colourful rainbow-style face gems and a bright feather boa in blue, red, yellow and orange, with blurred festivalgoers in the background.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 01/06/2026

Your favourite weather app is great and all but does forecast using Rothko paintings? rothko.joonas.wtf

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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Tomorrow at 11am and 1pm I'm at @dulwichgallery.bsky.social giving an LGBTQ+ flavoured tour of their incredible collection. Expect intersex nymphs, sexy saints and kings who were queens! Tickets here: www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/out-of-frame-lgbtq-tour/

Me at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in front of a painting of Saint Sebastian

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Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Introducing our new Strategic Framework: it sets out how we will make it easier for applicants and partners to work with us, as we start work developing a new longer-term strategy later this year.

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Our strategy

Learn more about our strategy and our delivery plans.

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Bassano @bassano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

A Japanese mascot dressed as Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring in front of a promotional poster for the same at a press conference in Japan

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 28/05/2026

Something pleasingly absurd. “Aleatory Journalism", a phrase I coined for my work now exists... as an Urban Dictionary mug!? I’m not sure whether a mug counts as a peer-reviewed citation, but at least I'm officially MUG FAMOUS.

White ceramic mug displaying the Urban Dictionary entry for “aleatory journalism”, a phrase used by Finbarre Snarey to describe chance-led cultural journalism, tarot prompts and controlled randomness.

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Tarot Interviews @tarotinterviews.com · 27/05/2026

The portal of wrongness is now open! Brooklyn’s dream-pop video art project The Dream Eaters (@thedreameaters.bsky.social) spoke to Finbarre for a Very Normal WhatsApp-powered edition of Tarot DMs. #musicinterview #indiemusic #dreameaters #musicsky

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Chat #31 - The Dream Eaters

"A gig, a cult, or a support group? It’s all three, yeah!"

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/05/2026

My ginger friend tells the temperature. According to my tom-ometer, it's warm.

A ginger tomcat stretching out on a bed languidly

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/05/2026

WOW! I’m still sorting through interviews, photos and field recordings from Bearded Theory. Full Tarot Interviews coverage coming soon, but for now - what a good weekend! #beardedtheory #musicfestival #tarotinterviews

Finbarre Snarey’s green Bearded Theory 2026 press wristband for Tarot Interviews, photographed in front of the festival main stage under a bright blue sky.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 20/05/2026

Packing a rucksack with a tent, my fanciest walking stick and an ungodly number of battery packs. Almost time for Bearded Theory!

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 15/05/2026

I was pleased to contribute to Homes & Gardens on the symbolism of orchids, including Victorian floriography, orchidelirium ("flower madness!"), Phalaenopsis and Cymbidium orchids. www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/orch...

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From Ancient Greece to Modern Interiors – Experts Reveal Hidden Orchid Symbolism, and What Your Favorite Says About You

On National Orchid Day, we reveal what orchids symbolize, and what the different types really mean

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