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Rakie Bennett

@rakie.bsky.social
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I write books, help organise a yearly literary festival, drink wine, do poetry, read a bunch, and shout about things I love. Specialist subjects are crochet and dinosaurs. They/Them 💜🤍🖤

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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Christingles are 100% my favourite piece of religious iconography ever. Just look at that thing. Look at it.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Strangely enough, origami butterflies (and turtles) are the one thing I learned at school which I can still do almost without thinking about. Brains are so weird.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes indeed! General sentiment is "if they're too lazy to pay for an advert, why should I give them my money", which is good to see!
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sitting in an old man pub drinking an old man pint and listening to old guys at the bar discussing which companies they're now boycotting due to terrible AI adverts 💜
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
TIL, Manx geese go KANK KANK
Exert from Manx Dialect by W Walter Gill: "Kank: the cry of a goose, its loud and excited cackle; and as verb."
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is how I've chosen to deal with my problems today. (The spider is fine, I've just blocked this gap at the bottom of the bathtub so she can't leap out at me when I'm on the toilet.)
Close up of the base of my bath. There's a wodge of tissue paper blocking a gap between the plastic and the wall, and the word SPIDER written in sharpie on the wall tile.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I used to put either Predator or Aliens on in the background while I was studying because the ambient noise was less distracting (to me anyway) than dialogue-heavy movies
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is great, and also taught me something i didn't know: "When we put a glass down on a table... we feel the table... not the glass in our hand." Brb going to spend the rest of the day putting things on top of other things
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Wear em with pride! "These socks lasted longer than you did" 😄
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Any time i see Mary referenced anywhere, my first thought is, "OOOOH she's here to shank someone"
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I love the vibe of this one. Looks like it had a couple of drinks and is now spoiling for a fight.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Youngest child is teaching himself to make pasta. I'm helping by staying in the other room, out of the way.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Replaying NO MAN'S SKY and constantly saying, "wow, just arrived on a mysterious alien planet and - ooooooooooh IS THAT A NEW TYPE OF ROCK???"
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Dreamt last night of a wave of bank robberies perpetrated by a new super villain, who turned out to be Dwayne The Rock Johnson's head which had detached from his body and grown to the size of the Indiana Jones boulder. So, um, thanks Subconscious?
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I found her latest book more scary than Thin Air but not as terrifying as Dark Matter, although I'm interested to hear what other folks think 😊
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Michelle Paver is wonderful! Her latest book Rainforest literally kept me from sleeping, but Dark Matter is still my favourite thing she's written.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I use "don't have a cat in this race" because I'm not sure how you'd even organise a cat race 😊
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Aww, he brought you an enrichment toy, how thoughtful ❤️
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Having spent 6 days figuring out how to check the air filters in my vehicle, I want to express my undying support of people who make videos entitled "how to undo this one weird hose clamp which no one uses anymore".
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I mean yes it does make sense that silicone sealant would be waterproof and therefore quite difficult to wash off if, say, someone was daft enough to accidentally pierce the tube with a fingernail and silicone all their fingers together
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I was talking about WOLF the other day, in reference to why I can't watch werewolf movies in the cinema (it's because I will literally scream at the scary bits).
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's neat, isn't it! I will keep you updated if/when anything arrives in the mail 😊
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I think it was this set, but I was using someone else's account so I'm not a hundred percent certain 😅 www.amazon.co.uk/Masters-Univ...
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Mattel Masters of the Universe x Turtles of Grayskull (Orko and Gwildor Revolution) : Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games
Mattel Masters of the Universe x Turtles of Grayskull (Orko and Gwildor Revolution) : Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"new dialogue in an extremely obscure circumstance" is such an activation code to the Deltarune community, I love it
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I'm worried I may have made some impulse purchases off ebay the other night 😆
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Out of interest, do you have any Masters of the Universe toys? We watched the 1980s movie the other night and went down a rabbit hole looking for Gwildor merchandise...
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm so sorry, sending love x
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
DELTARUNE is undoubtedly the game I've invested the most hours in despite never actually playing a minute of it myself
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It's hardly a reason to cancel Bargain Hunt tho, is it
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
One of my top 3 movies of all time! I really must get a dvd copy, it's been too long. (Fav moment is the cinema guy stuck to the ceiling. SO GOOPY.)
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I saw this picture 3 times before I realised it was not in fact John Candy in some 80s comedy
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If there's someone else waiting for an elevator, I'll hide round the corner so I can take the next one alone. And today that paid off bc the guy ahead of me went to the top floor of the multistorey to yell at the sky about (I think) chem trails.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TOBY
Screenshot from the newsletter, saying "sorry to keep you waiting! ... but, we still have to wait a little bit." And a picture of an extremely suspicious yellow flower.
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Welp, time to spend the next three hours obsessively analysing 43 seconds of video
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
DELTARUNE IN TWO WEEKS LET'S GOOOOOOO
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Aaaand this is how I've just learned Milkshake Duck was not, in fact, a real duck 😅
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The best time to restart dinosaur doodles is 5 years ago, the second best time is today 💜
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
What a treat for you, I do hope you enjoy!!
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I can't remember which auction house coined the phrase, "have you brought something we can actually sell, or is it a box of nonsense?" (it's almost always a box of nonsense)
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Me: (wondering if I should compliment my trans friend on how great her boobs look) My brain: TELL HER SHE HAS A TRULY STONKING SET OF BAZONKAHONKADONKS TODAY
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I thought I spotted you in the promo to an episode earlier this week, but I wasn't sure! I'm SO JEALOUS. And the Dessert final! What a great course to judge 💜
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Eeeeeeee!!! How exciting for you! 💜 🍰
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The risk was part of the fun! 😁
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
When you came to the isle of man years ago, you showed us how to use a dry grass stalk as a dip pen, and it was fab 💜 I still use a bit of hay to draw whenever I can!
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Oh hey, me too!
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Two of our friends have been together for about 30 years now, but I'd never say they fit the "partner" vibe. After discussion, the most accurate word we decided on was "alibi".
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Glad it's not just me!
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Procrastinating, so I drew some (hopefully not spoiler-y) fanart for GOD'S JUNK DRAWER by @peterclines.com of my favourite character and my favourite dinosaur
Black and white pen drawing of a person riding on the back of an ankylosaurus
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
No thoughts, only mlem 💜
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Rakie Bennett @rakie.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today I was blessed and highly favoured by Bagheera, who is 18 years old, quite large, and does not care if you had other plans for this morning
Selfie with an elderly black tomcat who has amazing long white whiskers
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