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Callan S.

@leavesdancing.bsky.social
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historian, cat mom, borzoi mom, queer, ADHD, migraines, why am I reading when I should be writing, fanfic is amazing, she/they

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Alice Through the Looking Glass" bronze sculpture by Jeanne Argent, located in the Guildford Castle Grounds in Surrey, England.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026
“Then yield thee, fucking coward.”
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ladies and gentlemen, the weekend 😌 @craigweekends.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mayest thou be at peace with me, may I see thy beauties, may I advance upon the earth, may I smite the ass, may I crush the evil one. (BDB)
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 24/09/2026
The diplomat's last two assassinations didn't take. But this one might—unless she can get #SherlockHolmes and #DoctorJohnWatson to help. At #Ebooks Direct: "The Adventure of The Lioness's Mane." bit.ly/LionessMane
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At Ebooks Direct: The Adventure of the Lioness's Mane - Out of Ambit
It’s 1895, but not as you know it! The planet Earth experienced its first shattering contact with alien life in the year 1690 AD. Only the inspired genius of Sir…
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mitch Benn presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s DRACULA Lost for 120 years, restored, recreated and completely made up by MITCH BENN STRICTLY LIMITED RUN - FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY 24/25 October www.tickettailor.com/events/circl... #dracula #gilbertandsullivan #operetta #mitchbenn
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am judged, my voice is true, I am powerful over my enemies, who are given the treatment that they did against me. (BDQ)
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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 19/09/2026
Fear is contagious, but so too is courage. If we are afraid together, then let us be brave together. Witness our courage take root and grow, and watch as our challenges crumble at the sight of our glory.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🐈‍⬛🤍..
A dark blue illustration with handwritten white text reading, “You never know what someone might be carrying in the shadows of their life, and maybe that’s why some humans just love cats so much. Cats can see in the dark.” Below, a wide-eyed black cat peeks through a softly lit window with open shutters.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Burnett explained that while the sketch was brilliantly written, it called for "Starlett" to "come down the stairs with the curtains just hanging" on her. Mackie, thinking the visual element could be funnier, "came up with the idea of making the dress with the curtain rod. I fell on the floor."
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Carol Burnett remembers designer Bob Mackie – 'I loved him very much'
Carol Burnett remembers longtime collaborator Bob Mackie, the legendary costume designer behind her show's most hilarious gags.
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am your mother, I am Nut, and I have come so that I may enfold and protect you from all things evil. (CTF3)
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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
They’re helping
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Protective mama dinosaur carefully watching over her chick, Mabamba Swamp near Entebbe, Uganda 🇺🇬 #ShoebillStork #BirdingUganda IG: @maba_mbashoebill www.instagram.com/maba_mbashoe...
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Jordan @jordansbrock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy 8th birthday to our wedding borzoi, Xena! She still loves snow, marshmallows, and naps. #UglyDogs
Xena as a tiny puppy Xena in the snow showing off her earsXena resting her head on the arm of the loveseat, done
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Puffins fly underwater
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am Yesterday, I know Tomorrow. (BDB)
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wedjat-eye, Sekhmet, Great Goddess, mistress of the gods is her name. (BDQ)
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Callan S. @leavesdancing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sleepy arctic fox is sleepy. #UglyDogs
Aleya curled up
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Midsomer Murders plots @moremidsomerplots.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
An organist who’d pulled out all the stops is found murdered in a rural slurry tank, dead by way of concrete overcoat. Suspicion falls on High Littleton’s newt taxidermy club, disturbed that a busload of Daleks might threaten an annual cricket match that everyone really cares about for some reason.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026
This 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/...
a photo of a hand holding a cuneiform tablet
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 01/09/2026
The first wave of teleporter pads were installed in places lots of people were already going to. The second wave were installed where previously only a few had been able to go. The third wave came with a guarantee you'd be the only one there. They're expensive, but the silence is priceless.
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I am Yesterday, I know Tomorrow. (BDB)
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Boobs McGoobs @mcbuttsthecrimedog.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton: Be kind to people. I believe in you! Tim Curry: Be yourself and if that pisses off bad people, you're doing great.
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Kitty Chandler @mightybattlecat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Pulling a better link out of the replies, not sure if the original link is region locked or just removed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZiJ...
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William Shakespeare - Life & Times - I-II-III - Tim Curry - 1978 - Subtitles - Restored 2026 - 4K
YouTube video by Shakespeare Network
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account.
There are four men in the photo, one of which is wearing a safety vest. The man in a safety vest is holding a small kitten, who is wearing a tiny hard hat. The kitten in a safety vest.The kitten in a safety vest and tiny hard hat.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🐾🐾🐾🤍..
A four-panel comic featuring a wide-eyed black cat against soft blue and lavender backgrounds. Across the panels, the text reads, “I wish your week is full of nice things.” The cat’s expression changes from sweet and curious to dramatically huge-eyed in the final panel.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/08/2026
The Moon blocking light from the Sun, which is illuminating zodiacal dust and making the Moon appear to be backlit. Photographed by the Artemis II Crew. Also, 71 days to Halloween.
Moon's haunted.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Glorious
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Your neck is adorned with gold, overlain in silver-gold. (BDQ)
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ladies and gentlemen, the weekend 😌 @craigweekends.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
.🐈‍⬛🐉🤍
A whimsical poster featuring a fluffy black cat dressed as a tiny dragon, complete with a green dragon headpiece, teeth, and small wings. The dragon cat sits in front of a soft yellow circle on a warm beige textured background, with a curved pink line behind it. Above, large hand-lettered text reads, “HERE’S A DRAGON CAT.” Below, handwritten text reads, “to remind you that if we’re going to imagine what could happen, we might as well imagine things going wonderfully right too :)”
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A fluffy, round black cat sits expressionlessly in a tiny cardboard box against a textured turquoise and pink background. A speech bubble reads, “Let whoever think whatever. If being yourself has never annoyed anyone, something might be wrong.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
May your day be filled with tiny voids 🐈‍⬛🤍
 A playful pile of fluffy black cats with wide white eyes sits against a dreamy pink, blue, and green background. Yellow text reads “Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day,” with smaller white text beside the cats saying, “May the purr be with you.”
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I am Thoth, excellent writer, pure of arms, lord of horns, he who repels evil, writer of what is Right, he whose abomination is falsehood, he whose reed is protection for the Lord to the limit, lord of law-books, who makes documents speak, whose words establish the riverbanks. (BDQ)
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The wine is for your joy (lit. belly), Mistress, drink to your satisfaction with the Eye of Horus, the wine which is produced in your vineyards, they have more wine than water. (WWO)
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Doctor Who Production News @doctorwhopn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Shaun Dingwall: “I don't think it'd be weird for Billie to be the Doctor…” “I think she'd make a good Doctor, I do, and she'd be really interesting. I think any good actor can make a good Doctor, as it's also so much about the writing.” www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2646685...
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Shaun Dingwall talks Doctor Who, Billie Piper and Maigret
Shaun Dingwall sits down for an exclusive chat with the Oxford Mail about Doctor Who, River Song and Maigret.
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It is well with me and my double, I live with my double, my panther-skin is on me, my sceptre is in my arm, my baton is in my hand, and I rule(?) for myself those who have gone to it. (PTF)
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Happy Caturday 🐾🤍
A black cat rides proudly on a robot vacuum as it zooms across a colourful rainbow-like background, leaving a trail of dust behind. The cat says, “Weeeeee.” Text above reads, “I hope you find time to do something silly and let yourself enjoy it!”
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🐾⚔️🤍
A fluffy black cartoon cat stands against a muted yellow background with a serious expression. White handwritten text reads, “I am the kitty and today I have brought you…”The same black cat holds up a small sword. White handwritten text reads, “…a sword to fight your enemies.”The black cat holds the sword upright, looking calmly at the viewer. White handwritten text reads, “By enemies I mean any thoughts that make you forget how wonderful you are.”The black cat holds the sword upside down with its eyes peacefully closed. White handwritten text reads, “I hope you won’t need it. But now it is yours.”
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I was excellent in his majesty's heart; I was rooted in his majesty's heart; his majesty's heart was filled with me. (Autobiography of Weni) (ALL)
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Your windpipe is that of Anubis, your chest is broad with gold, your breasts are two eggs of carnelian, which Horus has streaked with lapis. Your forearms glisten as glass, your shoulders are firm in their protection, your heart is gladdened every day. (BDQ)
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Spy Fi @spy-fi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“We live for the one, we die for the one.” #Babylon5
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🐾🐾🐾🤍
A wide-eyed black cat peeks up from the bottom left against a soft pink textured background. Above the cat, white handwritten text reads, “I hope good things find their way to you this week.”
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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I remember hearing a story about someone who would be in Faire garb, and would pull anyone in a Starfleet uniform into a quiet corner, flash a commbadge, and say "you idiot, you're violating the Temporal Prime Directive, who is your CO, we need to have a CONVERSATION."
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you alter the way you write, these motherfuckers have won. Change nothing. Be yourself. Em Dash it up. Go to town. Have an em dash dance party. Use any POV you want. Write as you have always written. (Unless, you know, you want to change style for reasons of levelling-up, or whatever).
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I give you daily joy; I drive away the evil in your heart. (OGC)
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
To your health! Drink this good wine, celebrate a festive day with what your Lord has given you! (Tomb of Nakhet, associated with the Valley Festival) (WWO)
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