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Vaccine advocate, ducks, Murderbot… She/her

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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 1h
14th October 2026 New dress! it’s very pretty and I am delighted and feel very 🎃
Me in my new Hell Bunny dress:
Find beauty in the darkness with the Ghost Flower Dress. This 50s-style dress features a black cotton base, intricately illustrated with motifs of flowers, ghosts, spider webs, and moons. The bolero-style shoulders meet the sweetheart neckline, with gathers at the centre for a flirty touch. Short puffed sleeves are finished with elasticated cuffs for comfort and style. The bodice hugs the figure and finishes at the waist seam, before flaring into an elegant midi skirt, with pockets at the side seams for all of your essentials.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 1h
13th October 2026 Unexpectedly on stage at #NIHR20 ! An absolute honour to be there, with Rachel Taylor, Richard Mandunya and Kishor Patel! Involvement work is so valuable to research ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
The stage at Reading town hall for the 20th Birthday of the National Institute for Health and Care Research 
I am there with Rachel, Richard and Kishor 
I am the one with the orange shawl Me with my orange shawl and black clever jacket and high heeled DM boots (with wings!) 
I am looking possibly intruiged by something someone has said
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 15h
Me shortly before going onstage as part of a panel for the 20 years of the National Institute for Health and Care Research #NIHR20 celebration! (Which I was not expecting to do until just a few minutes before—but you know me: always happy to step in and help if I can!) Inspirational day! ❤️‍🔥
Me looking slightly nervous having been mic’d up for the panel on patient and public involvement at the NIHR celebration 
I am wearing a black velvet jacket and orange shawl and a nervous grin Reading Town Hall stage, a presenter (Jacinta Eke) talks about her journey from Ward to Research—wonderful talk 
The stage is quite imposing with a large (enormous) organ behind it!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
12th October 2026 Another spooky dress! It’s a handkerchief dress! With purple suns and pentagrams and windroses and stuff all over it (interesting design) black background and purple designs
Me in a handkerchief dress which is predominantly black but actually has a purple pattern on it which incorporates imagery of maps and satanism —odd combo to be honest
The straps are rather like negligee? 
I actually borrowed this dress from my child
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I am reminded by the equally enticing review of Ancillary Mercy by @annleckie.com FISH SAUCE! 🎏
A one star review of Ancillary Mercy, it reads:
Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Edge in her voice. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Edge in her voice. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Edge in her voice. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Edge in her voice. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Edge in her voice. Tea. Tea. Ancillary. Ancillary. FISH SAUCE!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This little guy (hermaphrodite) was right where s/he was about to be trodden on—so I moved them… 🐌🐌🐌 If you think you’ve had a weird morning, this snail has had a way weirder one…
Little yellow snail…looking perfect on the tarmac…
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
11th October Today I thought I’d just go for classic black… As I walked along the towpath the Jubilee canal boat passed by and I waved to the people aboard…they all waved back Someone shouted: “It’s the witch!” So, yeah: low key witch
Me all in black (bodycon dress, velvet jacket, straw hat, DM boots, opaque tights) with an orange shawl
The hat has a silver Victorian hat pin 
The boots have little black angel wings 
New hat decor! Little bow with pumpkins and ghosts and bats on it! (Hair grip but clips neatly on to my hat band)
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Snapdragons are so Halloween!!! 💀💀💀
A snapdragon by a brick wall in bloom Snap dragon seed pods, they look like screaming skulls Snap dragon seed pods, they look like screaming skulls Snap dragon seed pods, they look like screaming skulls
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Stole your idea for a different fandom: Murderbot #murderbot #gurathin #traitors
Gurathin (David Dastmalchian from the TV show) at the traitors roundtable with a chalkboard in which is written 
“it calls itself” in small text
“MURDERBOT” in larger
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My lovely spouse is rereading The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com ; we wonder if he missed one of the novellas first time round as a little heartfelt cry just went up: “Oh noooooo! Miki!!!!” 💔 Oof! Love these books so much! Looking forward to the Graphic Novel & the TV show season 2
The cover of Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Cover shows two people on a viewing platform looking out over some sort of dome and there is a geodesic dome pattern in the background too
The words “rogue protocol” and “Martha Wells” feature and a quote from Ann Leckie “”I love Murderbot”—don’t we all?
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Time series of Spatz sitting on a piece of kitchen roll which he has designated “box”…
A tuxedo cat stands on a piece of yellow kitchen roll on a wooden floor with a chair covered with a furry brown throw behind him A tuxedo cat lowers himself onto a piece of yellow kitchen roll on a wooden floor with a chair covered with a furry brown throw behind him A tuxedo cat sits oh so neatly on a piece of yellow kitchen roll on a wooden floor with a chair covered with a furry brown throw behind him 

Spatz has wrapped his tail around him so all of him fits neatly into the square of yellow paper
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Three items trending… No, actually I don’t want to ”see more” This is enough
Trending items are:
1. US policy shifts toward Russia
4.4k posts
2. Ukraine drone wave on Russia
762 posts
3. World Mental Health Day
147 posts
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wednesday I walked a mile in the rain to my lovely local infant school & read with small humans… Thursday morning (sun shining in a blue sky) a parent stopped me to thank me for reading with their child on the Wednesday, the stickers were much loved & parent liked my comments in the reading diary! ❤️‍🔥
The beautiful Thursday morning! The knapped flint wall surrounds a lovely cemetery and you can see the yew trees peeking over the top My happy Thursday morning collage—it was a strangely vampiric day:
Images include a bag with Halloween cartoons including vampire lips and fangs, a close up of my dress motif which is vampire mouth and fangs, me in my vampire outfit (black jacket and hat and red shawl and round sun glasses and also silver skeletal hands holding a red heart necklace) and two images from my local pottery cafe’s windows “Trick or Treat” in bold white capital letters and a vampire DUCK!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
10th of October And the tenth different spooky outfit in a row! Dress pattern makes me think of The Locked Tomb book series
Me in a skater dress with a skulls, bones and pentagrams pattern in grey and white on a black background also black opaque tights and a black fur stole and skulls necklace Close up of the necklace with little dangling skulls and pointy bits! All in silver
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
9th October 2026 Pretty and still Halloweeny dress today!
Me in a full circle skirt dress with sweetheart neckline 
It has a pretty design of little cherubs (angelic and devilish) on clouds like Raphael’s putti and love letters and arrows and flowers and bandaids 
Colour scheme is black background and white lines with red in-fill of hearts, horns, devil wings etc
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The niche-est of niche memes… OMG, Alex Skarsgård’s shoes!!! 👀👀👀 #murderbot
Rather complex epic handshake meme:
Left hand side text from Exit Strategy—titled Murderbot 
Highlight text reads:  I don't have any organic parts on my feet and they don't look like medical augments for an injured human.

Right hand side is an image of Alex Skarsgård at a Wicker premier with CLEAR transparent shoes 
Which are a LOOK
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I had my flu vaccine today at our lovely local pharmacist! I pay for it: I am not in a high risk group myself I interact with a wide swathe of the community (inc very young & older folks) and volunteer in a an infant & junior school! So I’d rather not catch & spread it! Flu sucks, anyway! Cat tax!
For fun: a picture of Tinks in a tissue box—she is far too big for the box!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
8th October—the eight spooky dress in a row! And turned out to be super appropriate as everything is coming up FANGS! The Ugly Duckling Newbury window is wonderful!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One thing that excited me about an earlier sneak peek was the fact that we get all EIGHT PresAux survey members! I missed Volescu and Overse in the TV show… 💖💖💖 Volescu, voted most sensible client (for retiring from surveys) Overse who calls Arada a “terminal optimist”
Text box from a Graphic Novel sneak peek:
THERE WERE EIGHT CREW MEMBERS TOTAL
ON THIS SURVEY MISSION, AND I WAS THEIR COMPANY MANDATED SECUNIT, RENTED FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR MISSION.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Heal well! I remember having my plate put in, it wasn’t the easiest—and painkillers‘ side effects are not to be sniffed at either! Hope the recovery continues well.
A jug of red roses in front of some slightly wonky candles in a candle stick 
The roses are in a yellow glug jug (fish shaped)
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
7th October 2026
Me in my “chosen one “ design dress: swords and crystals and roses and generally my signature deigns (lack of skulls to be honest) dress Me grinning under an umbrella with an orange shawl and black jacket
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Whoohoo! Murderbot Graphic Novel update TODAY at 3pm BST So seven hours from now—and counting… Actually six hours and 58 minutes now, to be all Holism about it… Sign up to the kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
The Murderbot Graphic Novel kickstarter page
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Trap Door, I am wearing my Trap Door Dress! #thetrapdoor #trapdoor
Me crouching by the mirror to show off the design of the dress: which is covered in cartoon eyes very similar to the intro to The Trap Door—I also have a Halloweeny orange shawl The Trap Door with a pair of orange eyes like those on my dress
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have my Trap Door Dress which I now feel I should change into to celebrate this! It’s covered in eyes!
Me in a black dress whose pattern is actually a whole loads of eyes straight out of the intro sequence for Trap Door!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
if Murderbot had Facebook— Platform Decay edition #murderbot #murderbotmemes
A mocked up Facebook status for SecUnit (name redacted) with an avatar (profile pic) that is a SecUnit helmet 
Redacted is at the Rainforest Cafe, feeling awful

The “people with” part has also been redacted 

Status reads “ (Emotion check: Shrug sigil right back at you, you piece of shit.). “
[that’s a quote from Platform Decay—honestly the poor risk assessment module is doing its best!]
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ooooooh! Exclusive Sanctuary Moon pin? Don’t mind if I do… The Murderbot Graphic Novel! #murderbot Ask yourself, what would Murderbot do? Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
Mock up of an exclusive Sanctuary Moon pinbadge! 

It has a circular shape with the logo and little stars!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
David Dastmalchian is the absolutely perfect choice! I was a big fan of Book Gurathin so nervous about who they’d get to play him—and Dastmalchian was amazing! Brilliant take on the character! Then I discovered his wonderful passion for comics—from Count Crowley to The Accessories… PERFECT
David Dastmalchian in a comic store surrounded by comics with one of his comics (graphic novel) in his hands (Kingdom of Earth)
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You and me too, leaf You and me too…
A leaf with four holes in it, it looks like a sad face
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Okay, so because I realise I use BlueSky for film recommendations quite a bit, I am going to offer a review myself: The End of Oak Street is a pile of utter shit, in so many ways…none of them good This film has ridiculously high percentages on rotten tomatoes 1/
The Rotten Tomatoes page for The End of Oak Street —the %s for critical and audience likes are crossed out by me
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5th October 2026 Happy Monday everyone! And another slightly Halloweeny outfit
Me in another Elsie dress (yes I should get a commission!) this one with skulls and snakes in it—very dark and gothic 
Accessorized with a black fur stole and troll bead necklace and skull studs
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am foolishly excited about this! My household contains massive comics/graphic novels obsessives AND massive Murderbot fans… So this is perfect for us! 🤖🎉🤖🎉🤖 #murderbot
Murderbot birthday cake from my older child’s birthday several years ago now…
Cake made as a bust of a Murderbot in full armour (similar to book covers) it has cake fireworks in its shoulders
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Ark in Space (Doctor Who) which I watched when I was four and which utterly terrified me—even though I could see the special effects looked like bubble wrap painted green… Decades later I showed the episode to my own children They were gratifyingly traumatized en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ark...
Scene from 1975’s Ark in Space with a man being attacked by green bubble wrap

It’s hard to explain how scary this episode is, and despite now being a properly middle aged adult the episode still holds its own as far as I am concerned 

I remember crying on the stairs
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m sure you’ve seen Martha Wells on the topic of the use of AI—she is wonderfully forthright… And, of course in the Murderbot Universe we know that if they killed all the humans there would be no one to make media! [and no scientific research…] Clutches function!
Text from Artificial Condition:

Picking up on my reaction, ART said,
What does it want?
To kill all the humans, I answered.
I could feel ART metaphorically clutch its function. If there were no humans, there would be no crew to protect and no reason to do research and fill its databases. It said, That is irrational.
I know, I said, if the humans were dead, who would make the media? It was so outrageous, it sounded like something a human would say.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
4th October… Slightly SPOOKY theme developing This is my very pretty skulls and ravens dress
Me in my Elsie Vintage Halloween dress:
 Set against a rich black background, this beautifully intricate print brings together ornate florals, trailing foliage, decorative skulls and mysterious owls in muted shades of sage, ivory, dusky pink and antique gold. Inspired by vintage botanical illustrations with a wonderfully gothic twist, it’s a Halloween print that feels elegant rather than overtly spooky – perfect for wearing well beyond October.
The much-loved Elsie silhouette features a flattering faux-wrap neckline, fitted waist and sleek pencil skirt designed to celebrate your curves. A statement waterfall ruffle falls from the right hip, bringing softness and movement to the fitted shape and showing off even more of the wonderfully detailed print.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3rd October and a zombie skull dress!
Me in an Elsie style dress adorned in green fanged skulls with splashes of crimson blood —it’s all very cartoony so not scary or graphic!
Paired with multicolored pearl necklace and silver skull studs Close up of the green zombie skulls and the blood design
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@2000ad.bsky.social Spouse looking slightly grumpy in his Mega City One Justice Department T-shirt… #DayOfDredd
My spouse wearing a Mega City Ine Justice Department T-shirt
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pretty sure you’ll get there today—I think you deserve a little dance!
The sign ups are now at 1,999

The Murderbot Diaries: The First Ever Graphic Jovel
“As a heartless killing machine I was a terrible failure.”
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One follower off 2,000! Be that one! More Murderbot visuals! 🖤🖤🖤 #Murderbot
One of my first ever Murderbot memes:
Text reads.

Murderbot, internal
monologue: This is annoying. This conversation is annoying, this person is annoying. I hope I'm hiding it well.
Murderbot's face:

Image a sphinx cat—it looks more annoyed that one can express in words
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And they are only six (6) followera off 2,000! This looks a WHOLE lot of fun! How amazing to get a whole new visual version of the books… I am VERY excited! (And look —haven’t even mentioned Gurathin! Such restraint.. 😉) #Murderbot
The kickstarter page for the Murderbot graphic novel with the follower numbers highlighted:
1994 followers!

Text reads: Murderbot the first graphic novel, multi award winning SF
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi award winning ALL SYSTEMS RED part of The Murderbot Diaries Series
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New blackboard drawing to start the spooky season…
A picture of a pumpkin with a carved grinning face drawn with chalk on the blackboard —it is orange with green stalk and leaves
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My down the road neighbour has some very beautiful yellow roses…
Yellow roses in a little alleyway, in the background there is a sky with blue and almost mackerel clouds

There is a strong contrast between the darkness of the foreground and the bright yellow of the flowers and the blue of the sky!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2nd October 2026
Me crouching forward to the mirror
The dress is the classic Elsie style which I love so much —the design here is cartoon Halloweeny faces and eyeballs! There are skulls and pumpkins and zombies!
Also disembodied zombie hands some making the heart hands 
The necklace I am wearing is a pink irised eyeball! The earrings match.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1st October 2026 Spooky season!
Me in my tattoo motif Elsie style dress—behind me the blackboard is covered in numbers 1-30 for every day in September : needs to be redone 
 Me grinning in a selfie
My teeth look sharper than usual!
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
30th September—my lovely Elsie skull dress, which I need to figure out how to accessorize effectively! I think the brain images silk scarf? But I have qualms…
Close up on the pattern of this Elsie dress:
From the Lady Vintage website:
Set against a rich black background, this beautifully intricate print brings together ornate florals, trailing foliage, decorative skulls and mysterious owls in muted shades of sage, ivory, dusky pink and antique gold. Inspired by vintage botanical illustrations with a wonderfully gothic twist, it’s a Halloween print that feels elegant rather than overtly spooky – perfect for wearing well beyond October.
The much-loved Elsie silhouette features a flattering faux-wrap neckline, fitted waist and sleek pencil skirt designed to celebrate your curves. A statement waterfall ruffle falls from the right hip, bringing softness and movement to the fitted shape and showing off even more of the wonderfully detailed print.
Darkly romantic, feminine and just a little macabre, the Vintage Halloween Elsie is made for autumn evenings, Halloween celebrations and anyone who likes their spooky style with a sophisticated vintage edge.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thought I’d reached peak self-insert when Alex Brychta put me into a Kipper adventure..
Me in the background of an Oxford Reading tree illustration by Alex Brychta
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Murderbot 🎃Halloween🎃 Couple’s Costume Idea! 📕📗📘📚📓📒📔📙 #halloween #murderbot
Great idea for a couple's Halloween costume for Murderbot fans just dropped...

Image shows:
 a line up of the Murderbot books showing the disparity in height and spine design features, also an online conversation:

thisoneOverhere 
I'm a good deal taller than my husband so for Halloween this year we're going as the most horrifying thing we could possibly imagine-two books from the same series

blackcataloger
Can one of you be the movie cover (Netflix branded) with residue from the sticker you tried to peel off???

thisoneOverhere
And one mass-market paperback and one hardcover

reginaverow 3h
We're going to need a trigger warning before you post stuff as scary as that, please.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
29th September 2026 Temperatures today are supposed to be a whole lot warmer, so going for the summery dress again…
Me in my pretty swan design Elsie dress: design motifs of swans, cygnets and water lilies
Colours are a light blue/grey, white and pink details on the water lilies 
Paired with pink pearl necklace and earrings  
Temperature range for today: supposedly 8 degrees above average
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28th September 2026 Misjudged the temperature Swift change of outfit…
Me in my swan Elsie dress, with pink shawl and pink pearls Me in my skulls and snakes and roses Elsie dress, with black opaque tights, black velvet jacket, black hat, black DM boots and red shawl (jewelry is now silver skull and shell pearls necklace and skull studs)
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hahahahahaha! I was looking for a tablecloth, and apparently I like my tablecloths like I like my librarians… In a rich warm autumnal yellow
Two of my open tabs on my
iPhone, one is of the post above with Rachel Weisz in her Mummy 4 costumes and the other shows a linen tablecloth 

The colour match is suspiciously similar
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27th September 2026 Here the outfit is perfectly accessorised with a piece of sculpture…
Me behind and framed by a large sculpture outside (at Shaw House) you can just see my face and neck and hat
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