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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 14h

This sounds rather interesting - Paddington illustrator R.W. Alley teaching an online art class to raise money for Epilepsy Action. You can either join the live class tomorrow or watch a recording & only £5! www.epilepsy.org.uk/product/padd...

Advertising image for Learning To Draw Paddington With R.W Alley. Central image is a jolly looking man with a beard and glasses who is holding an illustration of Paddington Bear.

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 18h

Mrs. Apple is here with a suitably autumnal soup for the start of October. Even notorious soup hater Madame approves. youtu.be/qyKOKXFiy-8?...

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Mrs. Apple's recipe — Mushroom soup

YouTube video by milin woolfelt

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hurrah! The audiobook of the new Abroad In Japan is out. Print version has been out for a week or two. Looking forward to catching up.

Cover of Journey Across Japan by Chris Broad. Features a brightly coloured illustration of a Japanese landscape.

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rain can signal hope, danger, romance, freedom or atmosphere ☔ In our new long read, Library staff explore rainy moments in cinema and what they mean to us.

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The charging cable is found! In a box with no label. Because she forgot to order more label tape. Also she forgot she put anything in the box & it was supposed to be empty so didn't need a label. Witness protection programs should hire her to help hide folk.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Before the blue Smartie Artist: Harry Wingfield (First Picture Book, 1970)

Photo-realistic illustration of a tube of Smarties with Smarties spilling out onto a white background

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sept. 28, 1926: Visitors to the remote Scottish archipelago of St. Kilda watch a local woman demonstrate the art of spinning.

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last time Madame had to recharge our wee cordless vacuum it took her many hours to find the charging cable. To the point she thought we would need to get a whole new machine. Never doing that again! So she put the cable in an really easy to find place. Or so she thought 😭

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 26/09/2025

Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved ALL our lives when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon.

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for passionate, skilled people to help us preserve and share Scotland's cultural heritage.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time a photo of a border terrier pops up randomly online, Madame will turn to me & demand DO YOU KNOW THIS TERRIER? Excuse me, but I ain't no grass. I'm not about to inform on me #btposse mates 😬👍

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So many ads everywhere these days. But we always cheer the big washing detergent ad with its wise reminder to keep away from children. Something I practice every day. No more sticky little fingers burying Teddy in the sandpit for this old bear 😬

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Celebrating a small victory over fatigue. Madame finally managed to make herself a proper dinner this week. Yes, it was nearly midnight. Yes, it included a supermarket bag of chopped veg. But she grated the cheese & squeezed the lemon & put it on an actual not paper plate 🎉

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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bumblebee the sheep decides to come out wearing a feed bag as a disguise

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rather blah week so far but finished reading "Teddy Bears Never Die" by Cho Yeeun. An interesting read overall. Perhaps most successful when following main character Hwayoung. Plot becomes a little muddy when it moves from her point of view. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cho-y...

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Teddy Bears Never Die

'The perfect mix of horror and heart' - KYLIE LEE BAKER, author of Bat Eater 'Cho Yeeun is amazing. Insanely amazing' - BORA CHUNG, author of The Midnigh...

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I TOOK MY 90 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOUR TO AN ANIME CONVENTION! Her first con ever!

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

WOO HOO! Courier decided to skip 2nd packed lunch & trip to parallel universe for a rather speedy trip to a random car park before getting to us. Might have them thrown out the courier union for this but we appreciate the delivery before midnight 😃👍

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just got "You're the next stop" notification. Courier just has to drive to Saturn, take a nap, eat their packed lunch, visit a parallel dimension, take another nap, get back in the van, consider delivering parcels, eat 2nd packed lunch, then with all alternatives explored, deliver packages 👍

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Once again Madame has bought soup & once again she is remembering she doesn't like soup. Soup & porridge have a weird hold over her. At least once a year she will think "what if I don't hate soup & porridge?" & it never goes well. Pure hope over experience 🍲🥣🥺

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A bit of a repost since Madame is sending this to one of her relatives. An excellent explanation of dealing MEcfs from a very chill chap. youtu.be/GILP6q7zUGY?...

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What ME/CFS Is, and How It's Wrecking Me

YouTube video by Skallagrim

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@grrlysquirrel.bsky.social You probably know about this already but just in case you don't - someone on the Ironmouse subreddit mentioned they had donated blood plasma yesterday & the American blood donation service were doing a Sanrio collab! www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood...

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seen a few Skallagrim videos in the past & he always seemed like a decent chill chap so sad to hear he has joined Madame in the MEcfs gang but an excellent explanation of what that actually means, what it looks like & why it's not just "a bit tired" - youtu.be/GILP6q7zUGY?...

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What ME/CFS Is, and How It's Wrecking Me

YouTube video by Skallagrim

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So glad novel about someone transformed into a giant rampaging pink teddy bear includes content warning that explicitly states book is work of fiction. I don't need to be worrying about being transformed into a hoom every time I take a nap 😬

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Can't quite put my paw on the point where we realised we weren't following along with the main plot in this particular Thai drama but were perhaps more invested in background characters 🤔

Screenshot from Thai drama "Manner of Death". A young man and woman are sitting at an outdoor restaurant table. A large green bear statue appears to be lurking ominously behind the man.

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Might have to rethink my plans for an all bear navy as part of my great ursine uprising 🤔 youtu.be/0JHughNBZig?...

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Jenny loves the kayak and does not want to share it with Sonya.

YouTube video by Orphaned Wildlife Center

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So it turns out BL doesn't stands for Bear's Laundry & Madame hasn't been shielding me because she knows how sensitive I am to depictions of washing machines. Awkward. bookwalker.com/series/0MPJK...

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A Polar Bear in Love

A polar bear falls in love with a seal, but the seal thinks the polar bear is trying to eat it!

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Heidi caikey kween @heidibt3.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me #Wordle picfur today is for nashernal teddy bear day. Look away teddies cos de #BTPosse ‘luff’ teddies… mine mummy sews dem back togevva wen dey explode dus yors? A teddy wif no eyes nose or stuffin has caricter! *nods* #BTWordleClub #DogsOfBluesky

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Madame was certain today was Wednesday. No questions. Wednesday all day today. But then she opened up Bluesky & my timeline is extra full of excellent terriers so it must be #TerrierTuesday 😀👍 Nevermind the Gregorian calendar, we seem to run on a terrier timetable *salutes*

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As a lady of a certain age, this was particularly fascinating for Madame. At least two things she might share with the pandas of the sea - menopause & a love of unusual accessories youtu.be/ktkkt31AtuY?...

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The Human Trait Orcas Shouldn’t Have

YouTube video by Stephanie Sammann

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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

COMIC: Barking

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Can you believe that some people don't think of Madame as a serious grown-up (despite her advanced age)? Any way, I've been helping her sort through her collection of bunny ears, bear headbands & pink poodle earmuffs.

Photograph of a tatty old teddy bear sitting surrounded by soft toy decorated headbands.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This Ladybird book (1973) just calls him “a dog puppet”. But I think a lot of us know his real name Artist: Eric Winter

The puppet dog has been made out of a washing up liquid bottle, two buttons and brown wool. It very much resembles Dougal from the magic roundabout.

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Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

updated the comic on itch dot io. same old Prisoners on Dozmary Craig but edited for print with some spelling errors corrected, some faces improved, some things clarified; 2 pages longer than previous. turndecassette.itch.io/the-prisoner...

text says: the prisoners on dozmary craig (etc), PEOW2 version. illustration of a bruised eye & some sea birds

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ladybird wisdom ‘Sounds’ (1975) Artist: BH Robinson

In a suburban back garden, two people on deck chairs try to relax but next door a neighbour is mowing the lawn, someone upstairs is listening to music with the window open and overhead a jet flies by

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In the history of crime fighting, has the Big Boss sweeping in to shout SOLVE THIS CRIME RIGHT NOW OR ELSE ever helped? Happens every crime drama but no one ever tells the big shouty one to away & raffle themselves 🤔

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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Jellyfish Dreams. www.patreon.com/savagechicke...

Jellyfish (to other jellyfish): "I feel like I need to set some life goals."
Jellyfish writing a list: "1. Float around all day."

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Zombear is a zombie bear mascot from Otaru, in Hokkaido, who swings his intestines around.

Standing on a stage, a blue bear mascot with a tongue hanging out of its bloody mouth holds a string of intestines.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 29/08/2026

Right we’re going on holiday. We just need a few hundred volunteers. Bring your own rope.

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An important piece of media analysis. (I don't, however, mind the existence of a French Paddington) youtu.be/nBQf_BNU6k8?...

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a necessary analysis of the Paddington prison industrial complex

YouTube video by uncle herman

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There's a very woofy wee woof living next door but we've never met the neighbours. However Madame been keeping a pack of Feelwells treats that came with #btposse magazine by our front door. Today she finally got chance to say hello & pass on treats 😁👍 BT Posse helping to connect folk once again!

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

To add to drama of morning - one of us just got trapped in their own maxi dress & fell over on the way to answer the door to a groceries delivery. Won't say who to preserve dignity but it wasn't me cause I'm wearing sensible trackies & don't answer the door what with being a small bear.

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mystery note update. Appears to be Blue Hearts (Japanese punk band), Turnstile (US rock band), Sunbather (album by metal band Deafheaven), Fred Again (UK music producer), Taiwan Mystery (psychedelic music duo from you'll never guess where) & American Football (either...

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We have another mystery from Madame's notebook. We unravelled Kissing Fish Newfoundland relatively easily but why did she scribble down the words Blue Hearts Turnstile Sunbather Fred Again Taiwan Mystery American Football? Can she throw the note away or is it deeply significant somehow? 🤔

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tonči zonjić @tozo.today · 27/08/2026

one more for my less helpful, bandage-colored series / SLK #013 (of 1000)

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Teddy M. Bear @thisbear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@pinkbunny.bsky.social Doing a bit of a fashion catch up & bears & bunnies are back on the cat walk. www.robertwun.com/collections/...

Photograph from Robert Wun "Childsplay" fashion show. Model is wearing a full white gown decorated with what appears to be paint splatters. She has a cone hat on her head and is holding a toy bunny with a matching paint splatter pattern.

Photograph from Robert Wun "Childsplay" fashion show. Model is in a brown herringbone patterned mermaid hem dress and hat. She is carrying a matching teddy bear

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