Reposted by Lauren Jon Evans @rezendi.com · 01/10/2026It really is odd and fascinating what persists. It seems plausible that come 2048 more people will know of and talk about Dodie Smith and her relatively obscure novel I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, published 100 years earlier, than once-superfamous-A-lister Johnny Carson. Cult art really lasts. 0153
Reposted by Lauren Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So @gabliotecaria.northsky.social pointed out the similarity between these two kittens and the fact that we have to assume Reacher rescued the kitty from Starmer. 34410
Reposted by Lauren Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness. 212438965
Reposted by Lauren Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/... 11555021490
Reposted by Lauren British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Happy World Beard Day 🧔 We couldn’t let the day pass without celebrating one of the Library’s finest beards - accompanied, naturally, by four larks, a wren, two owls and a hen. A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear. Shelfmark: 12332.dd.1 07717
Reposted by Lauren Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Thank you all so much for the reams and reams of great questions and comments you sent in to us for this season, which has resulted in a full THREE HOUR final bonus episode for S3! zencastr.com/z/QO_WfPULzencastr.comS3 Bonus Episode 3 - Q&A · Zencastr VideoThis ae nighte, this ae nighte, Every nighte and alle, Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, And Christe receive thy saule. In our final S3 bonus episode, we spend either three hours (from your perspecti 4304
Reposted by Lauren Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026BREAKING: It made the final cut. Congratulations, Michigan, you might have the best voting sticker of 2026. 5178981769
Reposted by Lauren Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 15/08/2026It's okay, it's transubstantiated Hello Kitty meat. It has merely been blessed by the priestesses. 839182
Reposted by Lauren depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026not to be confused with quesadilla 5581031803
Reposted by Lauren Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign. 10752481136
Reposted by Lauren Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 07/07/2026One of my fave things in York Minster: a medieval wren stalking a spider. It reminds me that history isn't only kings and battles. Someone, centuries ago, found joy in the same things we still notice today. It's a reminder of how much we have in common over our differences. 141078260
Reposted by Lauren Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I would suggest flight, super strength, a psi-blast or retractable claws. 43811
Reposted by Lauren Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Y’all I know a lot of things are real bad right now, but here’s one of them 2493628816
Reposted by Lauren Amber Devereux | Tin Can Audio @tincanaudio.co.uk · 24/06/2026I find it fitting, in the week of Sonic The Hedgehog's 35th birthday, that it has become acceptable parlance to tell people to Stay Cool 032
Reposted by Lauren Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel 7459621302
Reposted by Lauren Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 20/06/2026all right everyone, who's ready to visit Fantasyland (c. 1997)? please remember when packing for your trip that you are Not allowed to bring any personal items unless they are Magic and/or contain Important Lore zencastr.com/z/U8sm3Gjczencastr.comThe Tough Guide to Fantasyland by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily TeshJOKES are against the rules. A tour of nineties Fantasyland, with stops along the way in California, Minnesota, Shannara, Valdemar, Derkholm, Dalemark, and the 'Maggots' entry in the Encyclopedia of ... 5298
Reposted by Lauren Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Hello Wednesday. Bats with Umbrellas, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1882. 3323105
Reposted by Lauren Jyoti Mishra @jyotimishra.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Well, that was a fucking ride. 141145303578
Reposted by Lauren Dayv @dayv.wtf · 08/06/2026"Pronoun police"? Please. The proper term is the gendermes. 313735964
Reposted by Lauren REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 13/12/2024no mr blobby isn't a cryptid because the horror of mr blobby is that we KNOW he exists. he is a constant threat 13457102
Reposted by Lauren Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Imagine being stressed out about life and the state of the world and then you walk outside to clear your head and see this 16164941171
Reposted by Lauren Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 15/05/2026If the actor with British accent is evil then you’re watching Sci fi. If the actor with a British accent is good then it’s Fantasy. If the actor with a British accent knocks something over then it’s a Rom com. 7941011108
Reposted by Lauren Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 07/05/2026It's important that you always shoot your shot, because you'll never know unless you try. Like my friend in our "bimonthly crafternoons" group chat just asked if anybody wants to go stand in a river and count glass eels next month and her problem now is actually that too many of us want to go 13544125
Reposted by Lauren All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 25/04/2026There's a tradition of film directors and studios congratulating each other for beating their box office records. In 1977, when STAR WARS beat Jaws to become the highest-grossing movie ever, Steven Spielberg took out the below ad for George Lucas in @Variety 1/11 824982800
Reposted by Lauren Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2026my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 4647811698
Reposted by Lauren Caolán Mc Aree @caolanmcaree.bsky.social · 17/04/2025It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece 291537638
Reposted by Lauren Ronja 💜💛 Ry Ki-Sakka's nr 1 fan @fivesronie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I forgot to say it yesterday: Happy Birthday to The Magnus Archive "Angler Fish" - the first episode and ome of its best. If you like creepy vibes and strong meta-plots this is your sign to check out the podcast by @rustyquill.com !!! (Plus it has minimal jumpscares) 17124
Reposted by Lauren Matthew Adams @ythos.bsky.social · 27/03/2026For some reason this just appeared on my YouTube homepage. But who am I to fight the algorithm. youtu.be/eYf595EJAc4?...youtu.beKnight Rider for 8 cellosYouTube video by Samara Ginsberg 43913
Reposted by Lauren Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/02/2026 128165494620
Reposted by Lauren Chris Lovegrove 💙📚 @calmgrove.bsky.social · 04/02/2026'From Fantasyland to Discworld': #MarchMagics2026 represents the annual celebration of the life and work of #DianaWynneJones and #TerryPratchett through the month of March. wp.me/pezD85-10uwp.meFrom Fantasyland to Discworld: #MarchMagics2026#MarchMagics2026. CalmgroveBooks.WordPress.com “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” — Sir Terry Pratchett. This is an … 064
Lauren @laurenmallon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026My American father once told Gordon Brown (while he was Prime Minister) that my British husband is very weird. 120
Reposted by Lauren Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge! 112358
Reposted by Lauren Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 31/01/2026perhaps you'll say: was it really necessary for this to be a four hour episode? to which I say: look forward to at LEAST another hour of Hexwood Time in this season's Q&A. Happy Hexwood Day, everyone! zencastr.com/z/Y9k1q1AZzencastr.comHexwood by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily TeshThis wood is like human memory. It does not need to take events in their correct order. Do you wish to go to an earlier time and start from there? It's a portal fantasy! It's a space opera! It's an ... 17399
Reposted by Lauren Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 01/01/2026It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic". 21651209
Reposted by Lauren Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them. 420288757296
Reposted by Lauren Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 26/12/2025☕️📖 Nothing like spending a cozy morning curled up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a book on my lap to keep me company while I endlessly scroll my phone 491788144
Reposted by Lauren Angela @angelt.bsky.social · 20/12/2025I still recommend this dramatisation every year since its launch. The sound design is magnificent so worth listening on headphones. Interested in discovering any other winter listening rituals that others have. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe Dark Is Rising - 1. Midwinter Eve - BBC SoundsThis night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining 72311
Reposted by Lauren Ryan George @theryangeorge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄 564347994
Reposted by Lauren The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 12/12/2025'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition 211388397
Reposted by Lauren Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 05/12/2025This is so accurate it causes me mild physical pain. 331338308
Reposted by Lauren Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/11/2025Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid! 181699480
Reposted by Lauren Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025my new book is published tomorrow! I have put an extract here for free of what I think might be the most important thing I say in the whole book - how to preserve friendships during an information crisis (and why it's important to try, if you can) naomialderman.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...naomialderman.substack.comhow to preserve your friendships during an information crisisand why it's really important to try (if you can, and they're committed to it too) 65420
Reposted by Lauren Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 09/11/2025Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...apnews.comFedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photoFifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist. 275115432992
Reposted by Lauren Susan Wise Bauer @sjwbauer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Just reading through this list and seeing all those wonderful, familiar book covers made me feel all warm and wistful inside. But I also particularly enjoyed the recommendations from 2010 on, when my own children were past the picture book stage. www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...theatlantic.com65 Essential Children’s BooksIllustrated titles that teach kids to love literature 041
Reposted by Lauren Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 04/10/2025We're finally wrapping up S2 today with our last bonus episode for the season -- thank you all so much for the many thoughtful, interesting and insightful letters you sent in for our Q&A!zencastr.comS2 Bonus Episode 3 - Q&A by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily TeshThe first time round most of the catching-up you do is retrospective. The second time round you see it happening. In our final S2 bonus episode, we do a terrible job of not looking ahead to Hexwood a... 3148
![A cropped screenshot of an article section titled "Gary Larson cartoon incident" from a Tumblr page. The text describes a controversy involving a Far Side cartoon and Jane Goodall.
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In 1987 Gary Larson published a Far Side cartoon of two chimpanzees grooming, in which one discovers a blonde hair and says, "Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"[127] The Jane Goodall Institute called the cartoon an "atrocity" in a letter drafted by its lawyers to Larson and his syndicate. Goodall, who was in Africa at the time, later found the cartoon amusing.[128]
She went on to name it her favourite depiction of herself in pop culture.[129] Larson offered profits from sales of a shirt featuring the cartoon to the Jane Goodall Institute.[130]
Goodall wrote the preface to The Far Side Gallery 5, detailing her version of the controversy.[131] She praised Larson's creative ideas, which often compare and contrast the behaviour of humans and animals.
In 1988 Larson visited Goodall's research facility in Tanzania.[128] While there, he was attacked by a chimpanzee named Frodo.[127][132]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qdtwslusias4dnfmqydvudsq/bafkreiab4xelozcgki2mm2n3wwq5vdhbvve7v76enl6wbonavz6gjc2p7u)
