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Laura Smith-Petersen

@laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social
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Reader, knitter, doodler, lazy gardener, reluctant user of social media

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
(1/2) "This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. ...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Ther ys no part of thee that evir koude be wrong.
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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
It's decorative gourd season, motherf*ckers. (Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Autumn, 1573, Musée du Louvre)
A work by Arcimboldo, who, being a complete and wonderful weirdo with the patronage of Holy Roman Emperors, spent his time painting absolutely nutso “portrait busts” of abstract concepts including seasons, archetypes, and elements. This one is Autumn made up of autumnal fruits, foliage, and, of course, gourds.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FALL FASHION TIPPE - Disappear ynto the woodes of an eveninge, when the skye ys lavender and blue. Call unto the powers that dwell ther, and lo! thei appear yn their glamour and their panoplye, radiant. Aske of them what thei have seen and thei will tell thee: 'woe & hope' Accessorize wyth a scarf.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wake uppe, newe catte just dropped nbcnews.com/science/envi...
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Fighty Rufouses is the new name of my band
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The song for todaye. Plese listen. Plese share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=afif...
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David⚡️Bowie - America (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
YouTube video by Иллитерати
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can’t tell you how badly I needed this laugh omg
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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You should be drinking about 13 cups of water a day, as well as seeing 3 butterflies, and having 1 thought that makes you stop and go where the hell did that thought come from.
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
That studio needs skylights
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It feels like a whole different city over there.
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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The exchange was reported Sunday at about 6:20 p.m.
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Intoxicated man tells MDI good Samaritan he’s a serial killer
The exchange was reported Sunday at about 6:20 p.m.
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Checks out…
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I love nature drama!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sometymes evil doth seeme so powerful that the heart groweth sick. But ther ys comfort yn the fact that evil ys an aberration. Our default settinge ys lovinge each othir and lookinge out and takinge care. We smyle at children. We give somebodye bus fare. We share advyce. Kyndenesse brought us heere.
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C. A. Bridges @cabridges.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
I love Edward Gorey’s theory of art: “Art…is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.”
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I confess to a certain relief that I won't have to hold my nose and vote for him now.
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The ruffled crop top! I had one too!
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
static.klipy.com
Mel Brooks as Moses with Ten Commandments
ALT: Mel Brooks as Moses with Ten Commandments
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1wY...
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Jonathan Frakes beyond belief clips played at half speed make him sound like a drunk dude at the bar
YouTube video by Geriatric_Millennial
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I brought a mid-century dinette set with 4 chairs home in a Honda Fit (which is the most aptly named car ever)
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It was a great show! (Sorry to rub it in...)
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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Stephen Colbert's Unauthorized Use of Vince Guaraldi's 'Peanuts' Music Leads to Donation
The owners of Vince Guaraldi’s music reached a licensing agreement with CBS over Stephen Colbert playing 'Peanuts' music during final ‘The Late Show.’
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Huzzah!
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This feels like the beginning of a mystery novel
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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Are they Unidentified Flying Objects or are you just bad at identifying flying objects
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Still better than lounge lizards
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hey hey we are the monkees and People saye we monkeye arounde People saye many thinges The worlde ys an uncertain place Who kan tell trouthe from lyes? We kan, the monkees, for our mirthe Ys but a cloake for our wysdom
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I suspect that's pretty much true of any kind of business. Customer service just sucks.
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
😅
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Galapagos Octopus O what a Joye to us! Galapagos Octopus Do what you do! Raucous and Bumptious, Galapagos Octopus! Azure and Splendorous -- Tinye and blue!
Picture of tiny blue Galapagos octopus
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Please enjoy this Tiny Desk Concert www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEHm...
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Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Riverbottom Nightmare bande doth issue presse release clarifyinge thei will not be yn "Freedom 250" concert
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Shark Attack Casco Bay is my favorite
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Certes, thei intended to wryte "release 4-5 yeares ago todaye"
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Not to mention the recipe!
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
How many times have I been in Merrill Auditorium and never noticed the bean pot???
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Litel Free Libraryes have proliferatid, bringinge delighte. But their more mysterious, more sinister cousins are nowe beginninge to appear. Goode people! No mattir how jaunty the signe, no mattir how supposedlye nonexistent the cost, nevir evir evir walke thrugh the door of a Litel Free Labyrinth.
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HAPPY MELANIN MAY ✊🏿✊🏾 ✊🏽 @imamewd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I love when humans respect animals
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Ich aske but for simple thinges, a quiet moment outdoores, a nyce cuppe of tea, a swirlinge sky-blotting gatheringe of ravens who are my friendes and who arryve instantlye when Ich whistle for them
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Poor doggo!
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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Seed Song
A chipping sparrow is humming to itself while hopping around a forest floor in early spring. New plants are sprouting through fallen years from the year before. Zoom in on the bird in the second panel as it sings "I never had a seed that I didn't like / dry ones hard ones sharp ones even taste alright / if you don't eat them fast, they turn into a grass! / if you let them be, they become a tree!" It stops to munch on some morsels of sparrow food, whatever that is, at the base of a plant that towers over its head. It looks up and up. The final frame is zoomed out to see the top of the plant, which is a trillium. The sparrow cheerily says "Good morning!". And that's how you make a comic!
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh no
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
SUPPORT THESE DATA CENTERS {from Magic City Books magiccitybooks.com }
A stark poster declares: Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores, Museums, Public Media, Concerts, Elders, Farmers Markets, Record Stores, Theaters.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com
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A repulsive voice rises from a hole in the wilderness
"Remember when books used to be fun? Before the box tickers and bean counters took over?"

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We follow the voice to an cave where an audience watches a fly/demon/monster at a lectern continue "Publishers used to take risks: Books opened portals to hell, drove readers insane, or just moaned in a horrible way! When did you last see a broadsheet review of a book by a mad monk, an evil skeleton or a hobgoblin? My new imprint will challenge the publishing industry's pro-human bias with a ceaseless stream of foul books by malevolent authors."

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The fly/demon/monster triumphantly finished
"Also, we'll be doing it entirely with AI!"
The ghouls of the audience shout
"Boo!"
"Shame!"
"Disgraceful!"
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A wonderful, innovative, delightfully quirky cartoonist, and an underrated pioneer of alternative newspaper cartooning.
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It looks like rosemary
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
That's huge!!!!
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Laura Smith-Petersen @laurasmithpetersen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
That's what I do in the morning too!
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