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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Was talking about the Robin Hood this very afternoon

Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jon was just into the real thing. He had a huge memory bank & couldn’t get his head around why nobody else read like he did. This week we scattered his ashes on the Riviera, near where F.Scott wrote Tender is the Night. He’s watching us. Best not fuck up on the detail.

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Kaz Jones @kazjones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wodehouse said it best (see alt text)

“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you're someone. You hear them shouting "Heil, Spode!" and you imagine it is the Voice of the People. That is where you make your bloomer. What the Voice of the People is saying is: "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags! Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?”

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Back in the 80s my sister’s then Northern Irish Jewish boyfriend was frequently asked if he was a Protestant Jew or a Catholic one

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When the app opens the front camera without warning you

A weird snaggle toothed muppet with shaggy white hair and glowing yellow eyes

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Me too. I think she’s a bloody marvel.

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Damer @virelia-world.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We often forget that authors are people too. They're driven by a need for readers, the search for some kind of recognition and the desire 'to make it'. Scammers know it though. And they hope they will get an author at a low moment that will sway them towards the scam. Keep that in mind.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“It doesn’t make any difference to the people around here, other than the racism it’s brought out in people,” says Jacqui the landlady of the pub, adding the village has been weaponised by the far-right

bbc.co.uk

Is Wethersfield asylum centre just a 'holiday camp'?

The leader of Essex County Council makes the comment after touring MDP Wethersfield.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly. Raised the bar for shortarses world wide. Made us all taller.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This thing seems to be out in the open now, so even though publication’s eight months away, let’s drum up some early interest, shall we? Wayfarers is out next April. Here’s the cover.

A book cover. Wayfarers: The Incredible Story of Animal Migration, by Lev Parikian. It’s mostly blue, with swirling patterns representing movement, and stylised images of various migrating animals (butterflies, terns, a whale, bats, wildebeest, dragonflies, penguins, an arctic fox) dotted about the place.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Just saw that and thought, didn’t realise how progressive BBC 2 was back then, having Pilates at 6. Need more tea

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ok, time for a thread about what I saw yesterday at #CrystalPalace. As you can see, just about everything has been repaired and re-painted, and in places (like the previously misidentified Xiphodon) re-positioned. It looks fantastic and you have to check it out, even if you've visited before...

View of some of Crystal Palace models from top of the hill.

3D print of pterosaur head being held in front of actual models way back in the distance, Iguanodon at left.

Local mural on side of building celebrating Crystal Palace prehistoric animals. Art by Nacho Welles.

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Neil Williams @neillyneil.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Bonnie Tyler would have loved this

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Excellent stretch right there at the end to style it out

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

[Rebekah] Brooks added that "he challenged conventional thinking and left an indelible mark on British journalism." An indelible mark is a stain, Rebekah.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Someone else called them Nonce Goggles

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In our family we related to having the “reckless gene” in the same way that some of us inherited the “sewing gene” or “sports gene.” It was only very recently the penny dropped.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ah bless #Outspan and the wonderful eve we spent watching #Once

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I might have to go to bed just to ensure everyone else gets to see a goal

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

In American English Give Him The Toast Already

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Victoria Redfern @victoriaredfern.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Do come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dickon-edw...

Dickon Edwards On Diaries. A talk with readings, book signing and DJs. Hosted by Travis Elborough. Featuring Robert Wringham and Victoria Redfern. Dickon's 'Diary at the Centre of the Earth' on sale. Saturday 22nd August 2.30pm - 6pm. Free (spaces limited). The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3BL. RSVP at poniesandhorsesbooks.com/events

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

We are having homemade Mexican grub tonight and I feel sure that over in Tijuana, they will be eating roast beef and yorkies with a ton of gravy

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Oh look New book

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Proper safe hands. Fun telly. As drama on the box should be

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Hey Japan! @hey-japan.com · 30/06/2026

Nasushiobara's rice paddy art returns for its sixteenth year, with two fields planted in eight varieties of coloured rice. One site portrays comedy duos "Uji Koji" and "Kaminari" with Mount Fuji; the other depicts Chika Ozeki and Rie Utagokoro.

A rice paddy planted to depict four people's portraits in tones of green and brown, with a question mark between them, set against wooded hills and a pylon. Provided by Nasushiobara City Tourism Bureau

A rice paddy planted to form the image of a mountain, its peak picked out in reddish-brown rice against lighter green, with hills, power lines, and buildings behind. Provided by Nasushiobara City Tourism Bureau

A rice paddy planted to depict two women's portraits, one with short dark hair and one wearing a hat, with a Japanese character between them, beside a road and green fields. Provided by Nasushiobara City Tourism Bureau

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @woolbotherer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Do me a favor and sign this. Its not that close to my house anymore, but very close to my heart.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Looks like our overgrooming dickhead of a cat, Joanie, was a bit hot this morning. Like being in the breeze with no pants on.

Cat with a bald belly soaking up the breeze from a cheap fan on the desk

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Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk · 24/06/2026

Going to stick my neck out here and suggest that murdering animals is not, in fact, an art.

The front cover of Shooting Times magazine. The main headline is 'The art of foxing'.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It’s my feel good go-to in the bookshop when it’s raining and I haven’t seen a human for 3 hours

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

That tech can absolutely have the job of putting the fecking seat back down once a man is done. Though lord alone knows how AI is going train itself to do it

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Most magnificentest signage. Never change, Penge

“Penge Express Drycliner wee haw move in new locasiton… oppersite Penge post office”

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Look what someone did on the shop typewriter

We just got engaged Ed & Sian has been typed onto a sheet of A4

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Wet dad city in the shop today. They are all a bit damp too.

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Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Anyone in today wearing an Arsenal shirt gets an extra special stamp on their paper bag

Inky stamps on a brown bag of a crow and the mighty EAAAAAGLES!

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Eaglessss! For my old pal @booksellercrow.bsky.social whom I miss daily.

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

UTTERLY APPALLING! How can Thomas Touché leave these players out of his squad: Jerry Maguire Cole Porter Emerson Lake & Palmer Terence Trent Darby (County) Sandie Shaw? Yet he takes The Rolling Stones Tim Rice and Tony Toney? Disgusting! I blame Rachel Reeves.😡 #SortItOutStarmer

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Jo Morrison @jomorrison.medsky.social · 13/05/2026

Why can I think of nothing but this absolutely classic sketch from Hale and Pace ?https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci6201au1NE

m.youtube.com

Yorkshire Airlines

YouTube video by jamesclarke1968

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

HELLO sorry didn’t mean to shout Anyway, this coming Thursday I’m having a chat with Melissa Harrison about her ridiculously good new book, The Given World. It’s at @booksellercrow.bsky.social in Crystal Palace and you also get a drink. Do come, and do tell people. www.outsavvy.com/event/34573/...

A poster for said event with a photo of Melissa and the cover of her book. Text: Author Event
Bookseller Crow
Thurs 14th May, 7.30
The Given World
Melissa Harrison in conversation with Lev Parikian
Tickets on sale now via outsavvy or in store

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