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Sivaroobini

@tamilhobbit.bsky.social
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She/they. Tamil. Teacher, SCAdian. Classics & Ancient History. Queer feminist disabled nerd. Social Justice Cleric. Living on Whadjuk-Noongar land. Free 🇵🇸. No GenAI. tamilhobbit.weebly.com

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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh hey, it's October 7th. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. ✊🏽🇵🇸
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Herisson Rose Jewelry @herissonrose.com · 21/09/2026
#mondog I sneezed, and she looked at me like this 😹 "And s/he grinned like a wolf.." is such a trope in fiction. Writers, please. *This is what it looks like* #DogsOfBlueSky #WolfDog #goofy #GoofyWolfy #FunnyDog #FunnyPets
Large dog sitting in a forest, with an incredibly goofy smile and staring intently  with orange brown eyes.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is proof this has been going on for decades Brave lady and not only a exceptionally talented actress, but great human being
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"You should be allowed to kill your children" is a bedrock conservative principle.
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Hyde T. Voltyge @hydevoltyge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
yeah look, making this guy gush about you is a massive propaganda coup. and again, last time he did this he got several NYCers freed from ICE immediately. he has material needs to deliver for NYC to protect them from fascism. he ain't smiling and praising Trump, he's making Trump like him.
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Tiger - So Cal Cat🐈 @tiger-socal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tigrino lives at the Senda Verde Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the humid Yungas region of Bolivia. He is being properly and expertly taken care of. At 10 years old, Tigrino is healthy, thriving, and acts as a vital ambassador for conserving his highly threatened cloud forest habitat.🐾 #hedgewatch
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aaron 👻🎃💀 @hillenjoyer.myatproto.social · 18/09/2026
the bolivian cat in all the pictures is called tigrino. not the species just them specific guy. tigrino. love that
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Deela: Captain, we have a right to survive! Kirk: Not by killing others! *pointed look*
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 09/09/2026
Names of Merchant Adventurers from history: Marwood Bustard Butler Burton Dyxon Darton Lancelot Driffield Theophilus Garrencieres York Horner Suckling Spendlove To be honest we just picked out the humorous ones because we are children.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/09/2026
“Elon Musk destroyed USAID as a mechanism for killing off as many of the global poor and non-white as he can before they kill him first (as he, insanely, believes)” is not a conspiracy theory. In truth, it’s very hard to conclude anything else.
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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
columbo: now, i couldn't help but notice, sir, your hands are covered in blood, and there's a shotgun slung over your shoulder, and you're holding a bag that says "I <3 POISON" investment banker, condescending: what are you getting at, lieutenant. columbo: well, my wife, you see, she loves poison-
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culina vetus (Volker Bach) @culinavetus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I don't know how to deal with the fact that the second Pope in a row is so Christian. It's very impressive, but confusing for a guy my age.
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Oh nooo. I am mostly enjoying Star Trek TOS, but every now and then the 60s-ness gets painful. Like right now, when a bunch of white actors in brownface are playing Native Americans who are awed by Kirk's CPR abilities - sorry, god powers. 😬 🤦🏾‍♀️
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thus far, my TRSB fics have been about things like depression and PTSD and recovery, or fantasy racism and cultural appropriation, or tackling the racism surrounding the Orcs in canon. This year I've written a cheerful little story about hobbits having a pie competition. Feels weird. 😆
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Stevie Kilner @1steviekilner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If anyone would like to see a short video of a vicious beast being disturbed in its lair, this is your lucky day. #caturday
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🌟 A blessed Janmashtami to all celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna! In his honor, let’s learn about the woman who gave birth to him, his mother, Devaki.
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"All you have to do is sit back and let the machine do the work." *ominous music* Star Trek TOS really was prescient, huh.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
And thus Ich wake yn the dawninge And Ich steppe out syde And Ich take a depe breathe and koude ful wel flye And Ich screame wyth al puissance of my lunges What ys goinge on? And Ich saye hey ey ey yey hey ey yey Ich saye HEY! WHAT YS GOINGE ON?
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive." An actual line said by Spock on Star Trek TOS. 😂
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I just discovered that, apparently, I have had the Half-Elf rant enough times that if I type 'line of', then my keyboard automatically suggests 'Eärendil'. 😂
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Achievement Unlocked: Went into Spotlight for one item. Walked out of Spotlight having bought only that item and nothing else.
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 24/08/2026
On this day in antiquity: the final known text in Egyptian hieroglyphs is written down. These two texts from Roman Egypt, written in hieroglyphs and Demotic on the Nile island of Philae, are short, but they nonetheless give us their author's name and their date of creation: August 24th 394 AD.
A crude drawing of the god Mandulis from Hadrian's Gate at Philae, accompanied by a hieroglyphic inscription (above right) and a demotic inscription (lower right)
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is not a cat blessed with an overabundance of brain cells. #cats #orangecat #allorangecatsshareonebraincell
Picture of a handsome orange tabby cat with pretty swirly markings sitting in loaf position on a warm-toned wooden shelf against a white wall. He looks absolutely flabbergasted. His head is tilted at a 45° angle and he is staring at the viewer with huge and rather vacant eyes.
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fuck aphids. Seriously. Bastards won't leave my roses alone.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/08/2026
Thread 🧵 Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are enduring extreme heat for a third summer as a result of Israel's genocide. Here are the conditions they're forced to survive. #Infograph
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Damn, FB Marketplace is anxiety-inducing.
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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
have you been in an argument with a friend? Chancleta is here for you. read him the texts. he will listen. Chancleta will not take sides. except he will. he will take your side. he will agree with you. he will find new ways that you've been generous with your friend that you didn't even realize.
an orange and white cat looks very concerned
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This sent me down a rabbit hole as well. I did not know these were a thing, and now I desperately want one just for the Hobbit vibes.
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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When the press hounded Diana to her death, there was reflection, it was recognized that something needed to change. I'm not holding my breath that the same will happen with Arday. I don't expect anyone will take responsibility for allowing an embittered Nazi to lead a pack of dogs like that.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Quite weird to hear BBC News describe Jason Arday as “the black professor accused of plagiarism”. Is every story about a white professor going to include the relevant adjective?
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This entire disgusting situation with Arday has shown the horrible priorities of a society built for the ruling class. Our press isn't free, and it is used solely and exclusively to pursue the interests of the ruling class which owns it.
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Peet pics! (Peecs?) Find my orange son on OnlyPaws for more premium toebean content. 😆 #cats #orangecat #toebeans #catpeets
Closeup photo of an orange cat's back foot. He is lying in his side on beige bedsheets, so his little pink toe beans are facing the camera and are the focus of the photo. There is fluff between them. 

In the background you can just see his other back foot, a fluffy belly, and a curled front paw.
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
TBH what this really suggests is that we haven't figured out how to maintain a robust system of public health in the face of the reality that deceptive communication is an almost guaranteed human thing. If the system breaks down when tested by humans being deceptive, the system has problems.
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“I think there’s a real question about whether these spaces are safe for us and whether we just have to start doing this outside universities,” says Kehinde Andrews, who was the 1st Black Studies prof. in the UK but was recently made redundant from Birmingham City University.” shorturl.at/nxVv5
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‘Old racist wine in a new bottle’: Black academics respond to Jason Arday affair
Figures in higher education feel double standards are being used to delegitimise work of minority groups
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Important 🧵
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Nathan Long @natedogg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Scrooge has a pretty big vault of gold coins that he can swim in. I've never seen Tony dive into a vault filled with gold coins. Scrooge has this in the bag.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 15/08/2026
POV: You’re a beaver just casually jump-scaring a duck 💅
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Stevie Kilner @1steviekilner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If anyone would like to see a short horror film featuring a terrible monster emerging from its lair, this is your lucky day. #Caturday
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I made the mistake of describing a fen as like a marsh or swamp. My students have now decided that Grendel was a giant crocodile or alligator, and that this makes Beowulf Florida Man.
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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 12/08/2026
I have a problem with trans people playing sports: There aren't nearly close to enough of them doing it, and we need to smash down the barriers preventing it, and generally preventing anyone trans from living their best, most fulfilling life. Fuck anyone who wants to stop, silence, or exclude them.
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
3. Video accessibility comes down to three different modalities, and ideally they should all be provided: a. closed captions b. audio descriptions c. descriptive transcripts Of the three, descriptive transcripts meet the needs of the widest group.
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Dude @impenetrable.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Orange cat circling an Amazon package 

Delivered today
It was handed directly to a receptionist or someone at a front desk.
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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. In the early nineteenth century, fifteen hours was the ordinary day's work for a man; children sometimes did as much, and very commonly did twelve hours a day. When meddlesome busybodies suggested that perhaps these hours were rather long, they were told that work kept adults from drink and children from mischief. 

When I was a child, shortly after urban working men had acquired the vote, certain public holidays were established by law, to the great indignation of the upper classes. I remember hearing an old Duchess say: 'What do the poor want with holidays? They ought to work.' People nowadays are less frank, but the sentiment persists, and is the source of much of our economic confusion."

Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays (1935)
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
-Notice News 1/ "YES: Mamdani's administration just funded New York City's first-ever pet food pantry program.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Do not run educacioun lyke a businesse. A businesse ys meant to make a profit. Educacioun ys meant to make the future. A businesse ys ther to deliver a goode or servyce to customers. Educacioun ys ther to empower citizens. A businesse ys for private benefit. Educacioun ys for the common good.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 04/07/2026
I'm sorry to be that guy, but do you know anything more about this? I found the original FB post, but it's not an actual direct source and is a clicky aggregator & nothing I'm searching reveals more info from anywhere. I want to know more about Larry!! www.facebook.com/cat.overlord...
facebook.com
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
TERRIBLE: bullet fired at trans woman might also hit the cis woman behind her
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Sivaroobini @tamilhobbit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The first part should be enough.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
From nowe on, calle it not "Gen A.I." Calle it kakomancy, the which doth signifye "crappye magique."
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