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Just quietly watching the world go by, sharing the cheerful and interesting, free of Twitter nonsense.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wojciech Krupa (German Artist, born 1966) "Gold Autumn", 2024 Oil Pastels, 42 × 30 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Max now wished he’d asked a few more questions before agreeing to be blindfolded - 14th century, British Library, Yates Thompson MS 8, f. 92r.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I used to watch these two on TikTok. I love their relationship ❤️
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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Big questions are always better under a tree with a friend. #CalvinandHobbes #DeepThoughts
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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I want to hear more about the second of these writing sessions
Jeffrey Archer, former
Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86
Publisher says author died peacefully at home
'between writing sessions'
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tuesday
Jessica Fletcher sleepily sat in front of a big old school desktop computer, likely a word processor, with her eyes closed and her head resting on her hand as her other hand reaches for a mug of coffee. Jessica Fletcher looking exasperated
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's 2026, and this is still the most honest assessment of politics in the last 30 years. It's fascinating that it resonates so much more now than it did when it came out.
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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Even more struggles with medieval contact lenses - 13th century, British Library, Add. 28681, f. 40r
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
incredible this will get little to no coverage
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Woodblock print by Kasamatsu Shirō (Japan, 1898-1991) ‘Woods’ 1955. Dimensions 37.5 x 24.1 cm.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Matthew Whitfield @matthewwhitfield.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TfL found that there were just 4 pedestrian casualties recorded over three years across 164 bus stop bypasses. So yes, expect a future Tory government to ban floating bus tops, bike lanes and indeed bikes
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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The science is sound, the cleanup plan isn't. #CalvinandHobbes #Chaos
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monday
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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week’s ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, BnF Français 22531, f. 324r
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Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Monday already
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JerseyChords @myjerseychords.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
One selection from a wonderful collection of illustrations of London matched with the music of artists as diverse as Ella Fitzgerald, Cat Stevens and the Kinks.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Türkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators. 📷️ C. Bredfeldt 🏺
A full shot of the ruins of an ancient theatre, located on a hillside.  The theatre's steep tiered seating structure is clearly visible, constructed of light gray stone blocks, weathering evident in various tones. The hillside surrounding the theatre is covered with grass, creating a contrast between the man-made stone structures and the natural landscape. Sections of crumbling stone walls and foundations are scattered throughout the grassy slopes.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Triple Locke From the Private Eye archive. Issue 1627, July 2024.
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Go on, have a go www.my9albums.com
my9albums.com
Pick the 9 albums that made you
Search more than two million albums, put your 9 in order, and download a poster for your feed or story. No account needed.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors!

Lee Chilld:
The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow.

Sally Rooney:
The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He  
ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart.

Kazuo Ishiguro:
After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.
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Miriam Kimber @miriamkimber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The art; the artist.
Edge of a yellow chair shredded by cat scratching Black cat sitting on a yellow desk chair that he has shredded with his claws
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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Philip K Dick ~ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Signet Paperback First Edition Cover Art, 1969 #PhilipKDick
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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 04/10/2026
Morning!
From left to right: Bill Oddie in a dark decorated jacket with patches and maroon pants; Graeme Garden in glasses wearing a brown pinstriped suit; and Tim Brooke-Taylor in a navy blue suit with a red tie, posed against a gray background in 1970s styling, with part of their famous 3-seater tandem bike visible at the frame's edge.
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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No uniforms. No markings. Just a group of men claiming to be ICE and kidnapping her at the airport. This is the stuff of nightmares. And they wonder why nobody wants to visit the US. Fascist bastards. I hope she gets released soon.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"No, I'm afraid not - he's just fallen asleep again" Cartoon: Steve Jones (UK) @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social
Trump at his desk, slouched backwards. An aide checks his breathing, another looks on. The first one says: "No, I'm afraid not - he's just fallen asleep again"
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Tooting Newsie @tootingnewsie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Has anyone seen Ned? Details in poster. #Tooting
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The magnificent flapflap 🫡🛸🥞 #southernstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #flapflap #ufo #coralcitycamera
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Keith @keith70.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Saturday.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/10/2026
This October, Diwali on the Square returns to light up the heart of London. Join Londoners from every community for a free celebration of light, hope and togetherness. 📅 Sunday 25 October 🕐 1–7pm Everyone is welcome.
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Jon Henley @jonhenley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Conclusion is a banger: "As we grow old, our tendency is to blame the city’s renewal for our growing apart from the life it holds ... By eulogising places, we choose to forget that all there ever is is people."
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 02/10/2026
“… And then the creatures yanked him out of the ground, skinned him alive, boiled him, and ate him. The end. Now go to sleep!”
“… And then the creatures yanked him out of the ground, skinned him alive, boiled him, and ate him. The end. Now go to sleep!”
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'A Wet Walk', Kingston Bridge by Paul Cleden paulcleden.co.uk
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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The instructions were clearly just a suggestion. #CalvinandHobbes #EpicFail
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 02/10/2026
ianvisits.co.uk
Urgent closure of the Victoria line confirmed for Saturday evening
There is going to be an urgent partial closure of the Victoria line on Saturday evening to carry out repairs to the track outside Brixton station.
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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was the day Reg finally resigned as the Royal Dog Handler - 14th century, BnF Français 22970 f. 223r
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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Jonathon Booth @jboothhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
jfc
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The war with the bicycles was over and the humans had won.
Black and white wall photo at Leeds station showing a bunch of people on a hillside with a lot of bicycles lying around.
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Mr. Nice Doug
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The package
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Extra dramatic
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Going to bed
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A political cartoon titled "THE U.N. AT 81" by artist Zapiro (Daily Maverick).   
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On the left, the United Nations logo is personified as a terrestrial globe wearing glasses and using a walker to move. Its open mouth is dark and toothless.   
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On the right, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump stand behind a lectern bearing the UN emblem. Both wear fascist-inspired military uniforms with armbands and medals. Netanyahu holds up a bloody finger, dripping heavily onto the floor, directed at the globe. Trump stands right behind him, saying in a speech bubble: "RELAX BIBI, IT'S TOOTHLESS!"
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June Lewins @joonloons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They look almost identical to other gentoo penguins, but you can tell them apart because these ones can tap dance.
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