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Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

1/2 Bobbing for apples, or snapping for apples, was a divinatory game as well. Initials were carved in the apples that would determine your future love interest. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1836... #FolkloreSunday #Halloween #art #folklore #vintage #spookymonth #illustration

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Vintage Halloween Greetings 1912 by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble

Vintage Halloween Greetings 1912

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ooh, roving e-exhibition of #GamePoetry, you say? The Cambridge Writing Festival looks absolutely banging this year. www.cambridgepoetryfestival.org/events/game-...

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Game Poems E-Exhibition

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Phil Uttley @philuttley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My pet wildly-speculative folklore theory: England has the highest density of reported tornadoes in the world —> The story of the Three Little Pigs

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OK, #90s kids: Which music video best gives those who weren't there a snapshot of what it was like to be young then? (For better or worse.) I have a few nominees but for fashion, vibes and perfect pop, here's the Lightning Seeds' 'Marvellous'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLhY...

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The Lightning Seeds - Marvellous (Official Video)

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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Services I provide for my cats

Chicago streets and sanitation truck with the first s missing so it says treets and sanitation

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Tam||maT @tamvmat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#InverteFest 2 I drew a happy millipede #inkart #insects #inverts

A black and white ink drawing of a millipede

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hi everyone. I'm trying to be cool about this but PLEASE STOP CALLING ME KRISTEN, KRISTIN, KIRSTIE etc. If you are submitting to Sidekick, I'll try not to let this kind of thing colour my reading of your work, but if you want me to spend time on you, please take 2 secs to spell my name right. Ta. x

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 26/08/2026

"Horror’s winning Oscars. Horror fiction is really taking off. There’s so much out there. So hopefully this is the right time for the Queens." Jendi Reiter interviews Dom&Ink about Queens of the Crypt (@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social). ⚰️ buff.ly/hJBayp6

The cited information but not the quote written in white at the bottom of Dom&Ink's author photo. The cover for Queens of the Crypt is in the lower righthand corner.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Blimey. It's all kicking off in Sedbergh... 🐝

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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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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Urameshi Boy is a ghost rapper who appears out of nowhere whenever someone feels resentful, and he does an upbeat rap to make them lighten up. (He’s one of many characters available for licensing from Studio Nugget.)

A ghost with a black beanie, an orange jacket, headphones, sneakers, and jeans poses on a red carpet in a convention centre.

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 11/07/2026

*** Happy Caturday! *** Dive into the mystical world of Japanese cats with KAIBYO: THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN! amzn.to/4yhnzso #CatPics #Cat #Cats #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsOnBlueSky #Feline #Felines #Furbabies #Pets #PetSky #AnimalPics #Animals #Caturday #CatImages

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 09/07/2026

More talk from the Farage camp about unmasking Count Binface. They should do it on tv and then pan to the audience who have all brought their own bins from home, like the end of V for Vendetta. #binface

A crowd of people with bins on their heads

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On my way, Clacton.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026

Immigration make Britain brilliant

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Painting created by Muriel Lewis c.1968 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live. This work is unlike her others which depict Surrey villages & autobiographical scenes from life before & during hospitalisation whose seeming tranquility are suffused with disquiet

Painting of a female figure with long black hair and her hands crossed over her stomach, standing feet wile alert made from white triangles outlined in grey on a plaster pink background composed of white geometric shapes.
The paper is yellowed by age and in the bottom left in cursive script, the words to Adamson, his kind of for, reference front hall

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Pope Leo turned the question around like the boss he is.

Screenshot of a tweet by perrito barista (@Carlitospindola), translated from Spanish, quoting Pope Leo responding to a question about migration by reframing it: "What is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate?" The embedded video shows the Pope holding a microphone aboard what appears to be a plane, with clergy visible behind him.

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Possibly the best thing in Moma's current Duchamp show is this 1913 newspaper cartoon poking fun at his "Nude Descending a Staircase"

Cartoon with a "gnu descending a staircase"

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/04/2026

Discounts: None Birthday gift: Discontinued Reward structure: You permanently pledge fealty, money, and military to Marshmallow Puffer, and we temporarily pledge puffer coats to you

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Our Loyalty Program Is Now a Fealty Program

“It is no longer about transactional points where you get a birthday keychain in the form of a tiny little puffer coat… It is a relationship based on a moral...

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

if you invented public libraries today, every opinion page in the country would be arguing for means tested subsidized Amazon Prime memberships

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This is the story I needed right now.

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Catherine Spooner @catherinespooner.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Just officially launched this wonderful @sidekickbooks.bsky.social anthology which I contributed to... it's perfectly stocking-sized, just right for the vampire lover in your life! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/book...

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Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle - Sidekick Books

An anthology of vampire poetry, featuring erotic writing, horror, romantasy and paranormal romance.

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Get spirited away on a top secret mission with our latest Ten Poets call! Whether you report to Oberon or M, we want your fairytales and secret communiques! Deadline 28 February 2026. 🧚‍♂️🕵️

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Went to see the localish skeleton I hadnt seen today. he's a beauty, I may have touched his hand lol

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🔹 Neralis 🔹 @neralis.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Christmas is coming soon dont forget to turn on your cars Christmas lights! Or maybe it already turned the lights on by itself!

Yellow engine light, because this year wasn't bad enough already

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Calque Press @calquepress.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

TOMORROW - FRIDAY 05.12.2025 December Future Karaoke event will open with a mini-launch of RAGGED BAND OF TRAVELLERS, our latest poetry collection edited by Jon Stone. There will be a chance to buy some of our pamphlets and books. FREE event, book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-kar...

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Future Karaoke: Retro Toys / Book Launch of Ragged Band of Travellers

A reading of new poems and stories inspired by toys of yesteryear, plus the launch of a book of Dungeons & Dragons writing.

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Tonight! Retro toys meets DnD, as @angliaruskin.bsky.social meets @calquepress.bsky.social for new poetry and the book launch of Ragged Band of Travellers! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-kar...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Hello Monday. 🖼️ Woman with Swan, Maggie Taylor.

A woman in a long, vintage dress walking through a field while holding a leash attached to a large white swan. The background features a small building and trees under a textured, cloudy sky.

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The wonderful Dr Juliette Wood from @folkloresociety.bsky.social answers folklore questions for @wired.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j... (Thanks to @saydescarlett.substack.com for the find)

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Historian Answers Folklore Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I wrote about queer vampires and their castles, the death drive and sexy, sexy Walt Whitman, over on the @sidekickbooks.bsky.social Substack. 🧛🏳️‍🌈🏰

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Sidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

In case you haven't seen our latest trailer, hop inside the dark coach for the Vampire's Castle! 🦇🧛‍♀️🏰 youtu.be/HnrunnHfLgg?...

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Ten Poets Spend the Night in a Vampire's Castle

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Jaysun Silver @jaysunsilver.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Is there any way to give surplus Creon to those who need it (UK) instead of seeing this essential drug be disposed of by pharmacists? I know there was a shortage three months back and don't want to waste it.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 08/09/2025

I wish I lived in a country where Republicans had at least half the balls of E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels, Christine Blasey Ford, Anita Hill, or the Epstein survivors.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Late capitalism hoping we've forgotten about towels.

Product called Sand Away, the quick and easy way to remove sand from legs and feet.

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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

hey @sfpoetry.bsky.social polish your darlings

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Chris Winwood @chrispywindy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Not entirely sure I can live without this

Facebook marketplace advert for a full human size owl costume. A snip at fifty quid.

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Women of Internetland (and sure, if anyone else has feelings on the matter): if a male friend pisses with the door open and the bathroom is close to where you're sitting, is it OK? I wigged out a little at a friend who did this but my partner agrees with him that it's so you can 'keep talking'.

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Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

#WordoftheDay : fuzzy-ganny is caterpillar in Cumbrian dialects some day, that caterpillar will wake up as a butterfly or moth, so it's often associated with transformative magic bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #folklore #nature #Cumbria 📷 by me

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Kirsten Irving @kirstenirving.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Well, apparently my field of fucks IS barren.

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