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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 7h

57y/o man with macrocephaly and high ALP goes to GP for hearing loss, what am I missing here…

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 8h

Hungry Bone Syndrome sounds like something a child would make up to get out of PE.

Hungry bone syndrome is a term used to describe the hypocalcaemia (often severe and symptomatic) that can follow the treatment of conditions in which hypercalcae-mia has been associated with increased bone resorption.
With parathyroid adenomas and in hypercalcaemic thyrotoxicosis, prolonged suppression of normal PTH production may contribute to the hypocalcaemia. Hungry bone syndrome should be anticipated and should be preventable by the provision of vitamin D and calcium before and after sur-gery; this is also the treatment if the condition does

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 11h

''Is this your pussy?'' Halloween postcard, ca. 1909. Ref ARTS-PC-128, Toronto Public Library

Someone with a pumpkin for a head holding a black cat.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 11h

Merry Hallowe'en, circa 1910. ARTS-PC-101, Toronto Reference Library.

Some mischievous looking vegetables gathered around a jackolantern. As they do.

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The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com · 04/10/2026

Dorothy Sayers’ motorcycle is up for auction: cars.bonhams.com/auction/3204...

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Let’s go! (Again!) #nzpol Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 6573 kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll...

A gorgeous pictorial map from 1889 of railway tours around New Zealand. It highlights not just the routes but also the many fun activities to be enjoyed at various locations. Includes Mount Cook-Aoraki; Rotorua; Lake Wakatipu; Bluff; Queenstown; hot springs in Te Aroha and Hanmer… so much was accessible by train, let’s go back to the good times!

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Halloween postcard, circa 1913. Ref ARTS-PC-133, Toronto Public Library.

A black cat flying through the sky, as they are wont to do, ridden by a skeleton and two ghouls. There is a cavalcade of jackolanterns in the bottom right corner.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Halloween card, circa 1900-1930? Ref 33333200999445, New York Public Library.

A witch riding a jackolantern pulled by three bats. Text reads: ON HALLOWEEN BEWARE OF YE SPELL OF WITCHRAFT

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Halloween card. American, 1908. Ref 33333200999429, New York Public Library.

A witch flying in an aeroplane made of playing cards. Text reads:
Tis Halloween and Im here again/ from the man in the moon in an aeroplane/ my charms are new and right up to date/ to tell by the Cards your fortune and fate.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Watching an episode of Ministry of Time set in 1605. While the English is technically correct, I am willing to bet William Shakespeare was not saying “Yes! In your face!” Don’t think that phrase was invented until at least 1650.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

Essay handed in (heard through the grapevine): ‘the concept of public health in New Zealand, an isolated South Pacific nation, is one that has eluded healthcare providers for decades’ This would be such a burn if it weren’t obviously coming from a robot.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Be fair, one lad had sensibly worn a polar fleece and shoes, it’s just he was missing some important stuff

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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How many minorities are you willing to throw under the bus to appeal to people who won't vote for you anyway?

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

chronicles of the sword, magazine screenshot & caption, p.s.x., magazine (1996) archive.org/details/p.-s...

rendered 3d skeleton with sword and shield, standing in rendered water in a 3d environment.
caption:
the animation of this skeleton that pops out of the water exemplifies this game's true-to-life look.

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Kwisatz Butch w/Rack @anchovygirlfriend.northsky.social · 25/09/2026

im waving my etrog i got freakin fronds and branches on my etrog im just wavin it... im a freak man

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sukkot (1894/1895) Leopold Pilichowski, 1869-1933. This painting may have belonged to Isser and Friedl Reifer, who fled their home in Vienna in 1938. Via the Jewish Museum.

Men holding the Four Species and hugging each other.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hadji Ephraim Benguiat and members of his family—probably his wife, Rebecca, and daughter Luna—pose for a photograph during Sukkot, ca. 1875. They stand by the sukkah at their home in Smyrna, modern-day Izmir. Via the Jewish Museum.

Hadji holds a lulav (a palm branch bound with sprigs of myrtle and willow) and an etrog (citron fruit) in his hands, both ceremonial objects associated with the holiday. The Benguiats were observant Jews in a port city with a robust multiethnic population.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sukkot (Das Laubhütten-Fest) Moritz David Oppenheim, 1867. Via the Jewish Museum. Chag sameach!

A family celebrates Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, commemorating the dwellings of the Israelites during their wanderings in the desert. The sukkah, or booth, is usually decorated with fruit and foliage appropriate for the autumn harvest.
While father presides, raising his wine glass for the blessing, his wife and beautiful daughter gaze adoringly at the baby. Outside the sukkah, an attractive maid carries a tureen of steaming soup that amusingly catches the cat's attention. Two Christian schoolboys watch the celebration with ardent curiosity.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From ‘The Intermediate Sex’ (1908) Look babe I just think you might enjoy breaking some of the seven seals to your soul, cmon try oestrogen

“If the soul of woman in its usual form represents a secret closed with seven seals, it is, when prisoners in the sturdy body of a man and fused with some of the motives of manhood, a far more enigmatic scripture whose sibylline meaning one can never be really sure…”

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Don't know what to say anymore

Protesters amassed in Gosport, Hampshire, after rumours spread that the migrants might be brought ashore by lifeboats there. Police closed off access roads to the marina as activists rallied by Thomas on YouTube arrived to attempt to block the boat’s arrival. Crowds of masked protesters confronted a line of police to chants of “let them drown” sung by a child over a megaphone.

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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“It is ironic, to say the least, that if Jordan Williams had not publicised the non-existent book, these inside sources would most likely never have contacted me and the book we are here to launch today would not have been written.”

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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Year in, year out, the Taxpayers’ Union and allied hard right groups assist the National Party. The Taxpayers’ Union raises millions of dollars to undermine National’s political opponents and in return National gives legitimacy to the Taxpayers’ Union.”

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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Out: gmar chatima Tova In: Yaaaaasss! Yom Kippur

An Amazon listing of a glittery banner that says “Yom Kippur” the title of the banner is “Yaaaaasss! Yom Kippur Banner Jewish New Year Decor Rosh Hashanah Party Supplies Jewish...” in the top right corner it says “pre strung”
It costs 12.99

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bird of the Year voting closes on Sunday so I'll post a COOL TAKAHĒ FACT daily until then to encourage everyone to VOTE TAKAHĒ. It has somehow never won! FACT: the takahē is the largest living member of the RAIL FAMILY of birds, so it is the official railfan birb Go vote: www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

A pic I took in 2019 of a takahē looking very round walking away from having a nice ol' feed at Pūkaha National Wildlife Sanctuary, Mt Bruce, in the Wairarapa

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

wait. Who Moved Greedy Cat's Cheese, perfect for instilling a fear of being sacked in the under-7s AND teaching polysyllables

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I haven't been in the Greedy Cat age bracket for about twenty years, but I don't remember "Greedy Cat and the Angel Investor" or "Greedy Cat Learns about Downsizing his Workforce".

Greedy Cat (a NZ early reader book about a naughty cat) is advertised as a series about philosophy, psychology, finance, investment, and business.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Look I’m just saying, it doesn’t surprise me a white South African read about the Doggen (the “servant race” - ARE THEY PAID??) and immediately wanted to adapt the books

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Safe in here. Photo from my collection, no date.

Black-and-white photo of a medium haired white kitten with black fur across the top of its head. It isn’t sitting inside of a child’s bike helmet, possibly dirtbike helmet with face shield. The kitten is looking downward.

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Ancestors, hear my plea/ Help me not to make a fool of me” is a decent contender.

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iolanthe @iolantherosa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Rabbi at Rosh Hashanah services yesterday told the Talmudic story of Honi, who slept for 70 years. She described it as a Rumpelstiltskin story. She mean Rip Van Winkle and it was all I could think about for the rest of the sermon. My daughter reassured me that my pedantry was also very Jewish.

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Kvetch & Release 🎣 @kvetchrelease.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think everyone, Jewish or not, is ready for a new year. Here's hoping yours is happy, healthy, and sweet.

Image: Children dancing next to some roses and a pair of birds

Text: Happy New Year (in Hebrew, English, & French)

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

Shanah Tovah, New York! Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).

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Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social · 10/09/2026