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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 17h

Over on VoynichNinja (an excellent discussion board with lots of solid linguistic & cryptological work), someone posted this new resource based on my (credited!) work that lets you visualize structure & rearrange quires, bifolia, and pages! It's incredibly cool and really valuable. voynichviewer.com

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 11h

So, r/Glasgow has a lot of far-right posters but the latest lot got chased out after users noticed they were referencing use of Imgur (famously blocked in the UK). Reminds me of Old Twitter when a Concerned Citizen of Birmingham didn't know the city is colloquially called Brum.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 15h

All the folks who say "just go for lunch and have a chat" possess so much unacknowledged privilege.

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Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 16h

When Ireland play Israel tonight the Irish team will bow their heads during the Israeli national anthem. The terrific article below explains how discomfort and ritual can produce change in world politics.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 15h

Ooh, today's random album is by The The. Don't mind if I do. I've had a run of middling 1960s records and a swathe of annoying nu-metal. Time to make a cuppa and pretend I'm in my local hipster-muso pub.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

You can also reject the culture of compulsory confession that online culture has worsened. You don't have to publicly reveal past trauma or experiences to speak. Finally, take care of yourself if you're a survivor.

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 21h

I have been sewing clothing off and on for 55 years. And the biggest shift/improvement is patience. Taking the time to baste. Going slowly on tricky parts. Not doing tricky things when tired. Checking fit before doing difficult to rip out stuff.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 19h

I've not heard anything about the Cornell 7 from the Protect Women crowd. Curious. You'd think they'd be penning opinion pieces in their hundreds by now.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If English degrees are useless, explain to me why I had to write a work email about John Polidori's situationship with Lord Byron this past week.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fireworks season has started very, very early this year.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Appears to be a phenomenon across all crafts that a middling man will get more brand endorsement & creative work than an expert woman. This post brought to you by a quilt video that I would've been embarrassed to upload and I'm only on my second quilt.

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stephen cogbill @coggers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @joanavaldez.bsky.social Some of the brilliant World Heritage Site prehistoric rock-art in Alta from last month's Arctic Norway trip. Images of reindeer, hunting, boats, bears, bear-dens, fish, all in great profusion. The earliest panels are from around 5000 BCE.

wide shot showing a rock panel with inscribed prehistoric images painted red, overlooking Alta Fjord

Hunting scene with reindeer, armed stick-like people, and bears mixed in towards the middle.

Hunting scene with people on boats using bow and arrow, plus someone holding up what look a bit like snow-shoes, but may be large skin or cloth shapes to distract the animals.

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me returning home from a shop at Aldi #CelebrityTraitors

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just like Cataloguing hates to see me in their inbox, Acquisitions will now begin to fear my name.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nothing like buying a niche £2.99 thing from an online shop and then receiving five emails about how much they appreciate me as a customer, could I leave a review, was the communication satisfactory, could I leave a review and how did I find the product?

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We've worked with too many organizations where people referred to themselves as changemakers but didn't want to make change actually.

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

My partner had never seen the work of genius that is the ‘tea consent’ video, so now I’m sharing it here again, because consent explained through the vehicle of tea is the most British thing ever. And also really fucking important.

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Tea and Consent

YouTube video by Thames Valley Police

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🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Moo...?" *Headpats stop* "MOO!"

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interlibrary loans came THROUGH for me today.

Paul Coldwell: Ink, Paper, Chisel, Grain - A Remarkable History of Woodcuts

Eds. Jennie Batchelor and Manushag N. Powell: Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1690-1820s.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Never thought I'd be two degrees of separation from Jerry Hall.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most terrifying ad I've seen in a very long time. Gross on every level.

Text: "AI can make any of your imaginations come true - only need two photos"

Photos: one of a woman in a ridiculous get-up attempting to look business-appropriate except it's a mini-skirt and you can see her black bra.

One of a middle-aged man in a far too tight pink polo shirt.

And then there's the AI generated video of the man making out with the woman on an office desk. And prompts saying "LONGER! WITH TONGUES!"

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alice @alicebennett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

it’s the first day of october and all the shops have towering displays of christmas biscuits and marzipan but it was 26 degrees yesterday

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy spooky season. Time for that brown 90s lipstick.

Tired middle-aged woman sitting in a library cafe as is good and true. She has short hair, a nose ring, and a thousand-yard stare.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October is Black History Month. Check out this book list for children and young adults, which includes a wide range of engaging and informative reads relating to Black history. www.scottishbooktrust.com/booklists/bl...

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Black History Month books for children and young adults | Scottish Book Trust

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, happy Charles Darwin is “very poorly today & very stupid & hate[s] everybody & everything” to all who celebrate, because he wrote those words in a letter to his friend (and author of Principles of Geology) Charles Lyell 161 years ago today

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just saw an advert that went 'DO YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR PHONE? JOIN THE ARMY!' and I just strongly feel that there are other options for a screen-time reduction which don't involve killing people, or being killed.

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're back, with some *good news*! Scottish arts charity Outer Spaces is partnering with our publisher Radge Media CIC to continue our two decades of independent cultural journalism – more details at the link... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/t...

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The Skinny is back!

Scottish arts charity Outer Spaces is partnering with our publisher Radge Media CIC to continue our two decades of independent cultural journalism.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We need more adaptations of steamy romance between equals with a hefty dose of yearning, served with joy & hope.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today I existed in the world. Possibly a bit too much existing. Curling up on the sofa with a knitting project and today's random album which is .. oh, industrial metal. Definitely too much existence today.

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

would anyone from a non elite college like to write about this for Contingent because you know we would publish it

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rare example of the questioning sentence going against Betteridge's Law

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At the pub quiz and I'm valiantly trying to stay awake. Being middle-age is no joke, kids. I used to go clubbing and THEN show up to an 8am lecture on phonetics no problem. Ha!

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Untitled by Martin Ramirez, 1954 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Gift of the Estate of Martin Ramirez, 2008

© 2016 Estate of Martin Ramirez / Courtesy Ricco/Maresca Gallery

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Karie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some days you get to work in the most beautiful places. Once I worked in a 17th Quaker house, another time in a 18th C Norwegian merchant's hall. Today it was a Scottish 19th C tobacco lord's mansion (with active decolonising work, don't worry).

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

oh, that's very good. "interfere" is very good because that's how it's felt.

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