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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 16h

something very funny about the Bayeux Tapestry getting 5 stars after 940 years, as if Bishop Odo of Bayeux has been sat at home all this time waiting for the review, absolutely raging - "I gave that Guardian journalist a press comp on OPENING NIGHT for god's sake"

Poster of The Bayeux Tapestry with a bunch of 5 star reviews

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 15h

Still thinking about being at the roadside watching this guy, doing 4.5 minutes per mile over 13 miles, so far ahead that he could have stopped for a piss and still won.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

No tittering at the Dutch potatoes.

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

RIP Jeffrey Archer, not a day goes by when I don't think about the judge in his 1987 libel case (which Archer "won" by doing a bunch of perjury) summing up for the jury by going "would a guilty man have such a hot wife". one of the most insane legal moments of all time

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cardiff! Crime fiction mini-festival alert. Check out the deets below. ⬇️⬇️

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

what *is* a competitive salary for a porn librarian

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One bad review, just one, and now I'm the 'substandard copper guy'.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Made for Francisco Morozini of Venezia (1619-1694). One could pull the silk bookmark and fire the weapon while the book was closed. This artifact is housed at the Museo Correr in Venezia, Italia.

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Seán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

J.G. Ballard, lost in the supermarket

"It was ironic that the author of such unsettling work was a quiet and serious family man, who lived most of his adult life in a modest suburban house in Shepperton. His editor Malcom Edwards recalled how Ballard, on receiving the first payment for the film rights for Empire of the Sun, decided to splash out by visiting his local supermarket. After wandering the aisles for some time, he returned home with a tin of salmon." (Adam Sisman in the Guardian, 25.04.26)

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Get in, loser. Me and the library gang are going CRIME-ING again. No charge.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Another misty dawn by the Exeter canal. You have to grab these fleeting moments, there aren’t that many of them in a year

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just watched Kenya's Gideon Kiprotich run past me on the way to demolishing the Cardiff Half Marathon field in 59:34. At around the 10 mile point he had an unassailable 25-30 sec lead. It's a beautiful day. No picture.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

*takes off smoking jacket sadly*

Facebook memory of a sign seen in Croatia. Red circle with a picture of a smoking pipe crossed through.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wait for the last one, which is me (possibly).

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I was listening to Birthday by the Sugarcubes, a song that transcends its era, and thinking about how Björk says that when she was young she would take a little tent, hike out into the forest alone and just... sing. To herself, to no-one. Truly one of the most romantic and lovely things.

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fell into a tangle of hawthorn and brambles as teenager because I wasn't looking where I was going. Took an age to get out. Long enough for someone to see my struggle and mistake me for a paralytic drunk and, for some reason, beat me with their brolly.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Living in a world of constant scams, where every interaction is a possible threat, is truly poisoning the well of normal interactions between people. We are on guard, suspicious. Retreating towards what (and who) we already know and consider 'ours'.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Baffled by the opening track of this album by Swedish indie-pop veterans Club 8, which very clearly, er, 'references' Saint Etienne's Nothing Can Stop Us Now. Yes, that song itself is built around a Dusty Springfield sample so it's theft-on-theft, but it's such an odd thing to do. Listen here:

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Weeks of Golden Beats, by Club 8

10 track album

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Does *anyone* know how to sell a car (other than making it so cheap people can't say no)?

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It can be a bit quiet here, though some seem to be thriving. Happy C-Metting!

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Felicity is turning herself upside down to fit me in.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Believe some sort of system change as of 1st Oct, but that's all I know, sorry Jude.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ITS READS LIKE RAVINGS OF A NUT CASE. HAVE A NICE DAY.

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David the Trifecta: Fatty, Beardo, Weirdo @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is National Poetry Day in the UK, so for my contribution, I humbly share one of my favourite poems of all time, written by Robert Florence,

BATMAN'S AFF HIS NUT
Batman's aff his nut
Have you seen the way he cuts aboot
Dressed up as a mad fuckin bat
Batterin guys
I was lit at:
"Mate, I'm worried aboot ye
I know your ma and da died
But everybody's ma and da dies
And we're no aw runnin aboot
Hookin muggers and
Kickin psychopaths in the baws."
And that was when Batman went
"Aye, but do ye ever feel like it?
Do you ever look at the world and feel like it?
Like having a big mad base under your hoose?
Do you ever feel like drivin a big mad motor
that turns intae a tank?
And leatherin fuck oot of guys aw night?
Scarin the fuckin shite oot of them?"
And that was when I was lit at:
"Aye. Fuck it. Ah dae."
And that's the Secret Origin of Robin
and everybody else.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why on earth would my brain decide I need to hear Hitchin' a Ride by Green Day? A song I have not knowingly listened to for well over 20 years?

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026

I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them.

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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Florence Nightingale Bangs Williams Rhode Island, Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932 #theladywiththelamp

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lads, how do you sell a car these days? Trying my luck with the old faves of Gumtree and FB Marketplace but absolutely no-one is biting. My Peugeot 308 remains unsold. It's a bit too old for some of the sites like Motorway, which seem more for slightly newer cars. And I'm not doing 'We Buy...'.

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amazing contrast to Starmer's buttoned up style as Burnham delivers his speech stripped to the waist and covered in peanut butter, repeatedly diving into the audience

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dear Lauren, Please be that guy. Best wishes, Gordon

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THE GHOST OF TONY BENN WANTS TO KILL YOUR CAT

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Painting by John Singer Sargent ‘Staircase in Capri’ 1878. Oil on canvas. Measurements 81.7 x 46.4 cm. Phenomenal portrayal of light.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Those crazy ol' Manics are out playing shows where they run shiny radio hit Your Love Alone is Not Enough into 1994's Die In The Summertime, a song which literally ends with the words "I WANNA DIE". Contrary, inexplicable, marvellous bastards til the end. Setlist pic nicked from Insta.

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 25/09/2026

The world‘s most normal bed user

Photo of a fuzzy green domed cat bed with an opening on the front from which the right haunch of my cat Birdie is sticking out in comical fashion. It looks like a half chicken that would be served to you on a plate. her fur is orange brown and white with a white sock on her right paw. This bed is sitting on top of a wood floor and next to a black couch and a little gray ottoman.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They call me the wild rohh-ose But my name was

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The movie ROPE came out on this day in 1948, and newspapers really struggled with how to explain that the main characters were, you know,

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's pretty fucking close. And that string coda itself is genius in miniature.

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.net · 25/09/2026

Still trying to help get eyes on Hammam's fundraiser, but shares/contributions have been slower than ever I know things are awful right now, but a share costs nothing 💜 And it might put a fundraiser in front of someone who can contribute. Every little thing counts

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's the best bit, isnt it? Watch me roll around in the dirt this way and that, fur warmed by the sun. All are welcome to my party.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Picturing Erling Haaland being sold at police auction like a drug lord's speedboat.

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is really good - all three tracks available to stream pre-release are fab. Bandcamp link as alternative to Spotify: sundayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/desire...

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Desire Path, by Absolutely Yours

10 track album

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Gordon Anderson @librarygordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I liked the original Word Cunt, myself... the belated sequel - where the reclusive ageing hero is tracked down to harshly critique a robot spelling bee - just didn't have the same sense of magic.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At the end of April 1888, Monet returned to Givervy from the South of France. Moulin de Limetz is one of two paintings in which he pictured the mill at Limetz-Villez, a village just over a mile south of Giverny, with a branch of the Epte, flowing gently past.

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