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Hmmm... Probably shouldn't have posted a long thread on Elizabethan-era bear-baiting during #FatBearWeek... sigh. Sorry!

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“I’m just a smol bear trying to make my way in the universe.”

Snuck that one through... Wordle 1,929 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Sneaky Raccoon Smile

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This is the best of social media!

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“By plain tooth and nail”: Bear-baiting in Elizabethan London - A Thread: If you glance at the famous Visscher's Panorama of London from 1616, you will see, tucked into the foreground of the picture, on the south bank of the Thames to the left of London Bridge, a pair of octagonal buildings.

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ex-soldier turned play-actor Kit Tyburn thought he had left bloodshed & violence behind him when he abandoned the war against the Spanish, but when he intercepts a letter from a hidden Jesuit, he is entangled in a deadly conspiracy. His only hope –an 11-year old William Shakespeare. amzn.to/3OndCRZ

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"As rich and as vibrant in detail as any of Shakespeare’s plays, Thieves’ Castle has it all — warring houses, intrigues, violence, love, death, a spymaster, & a plot that will keep you up until late into the night" amzn.to/2m6u6GX

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Thieves' Castle (The Tyburn Folios Book 2)

London 1576. Kit Tyburn, ex-soldier turned play-actor and part-time intelligencer for the Queen’s spymaster Francis Walsingham, is back in London and adrift. Penniless, cut loose from both his playing...

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"the harvest moon drifts with the tide... a little boat" Issa Kobayashi (image: Yoshimune Arai)

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fall Reads update! The Devil in Dorsoduro by David Hewson Rage of Swords by David Gilman The Wanderer's Havamal translated by Jackson Crawford Gone Tomorrow & Die Trying by Lee Child True North by Paul Theroux Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not bad. Wordle 1,921 4/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Spongebob Says Eh Its Okay

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/09/2026

All the commons Hate him perniciously

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

They left a great, wide wake, as though continually unrolling a great wide parchment upon the sea.

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Mondays. Sigh. Wordle 1,913 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

ALT: Oh Hell It's Monday Cat

Oh Hell It's Monday Cat

Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Gold diadem belonging to one of the seven wives of Philip I (Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great), possibly Meda of Odessos. Dated 360-335 BCE. From the Royal Tombs of Aigai, Vergina, Central Macedonia, Greece. Photo source: sovereignanadem /tumblr

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10/09/2026

Come on, you madcap, I’ll to the alehouse with you presently; where, for one shot of five pence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes.

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Kazuko M. @estherhawdon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Totally becoming a traveler of the autumn wind." Santoka (image: Koukei Kojima)

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Kinda proud of pulling this one out... Wordle 1,908 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Martin Freeman's Good Deduction

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Saw #CNN held a panel discussion about Trump's social post on changing New Mexico's name. Why is this even a point of discussion when the more critical, ridiculously apparent point of discussion, is the sanity of the President? Hours posting crazy shit and YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THE NAME-CHANGE?

Anchorman: Channel 4 News Team

ALT: Anchorman: Channel 4 News Team

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Not a terrible start to the week.... Wordle 1,907 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Monty Python: King Arthur & Black Knight - I've Had Worse

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

De-compressing by watching the Venice cam.

Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Kodi's anticipatory "I can haz cheeze?" face.

Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Is it bad that I have a fantastic idea for a new book while I'm only half-way through writing the current one?

Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Leave Me to Focus

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"A prince, as I have said, must take care to avoid those things which will make him hated or despised... He is rendered despicable if he is considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, pusillanimous, or irresolute." - Niccolo Machiavelli Just sayin'.

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Snuck in another 1,300 words today, in between errands and dog-walking. I surprised myself today by taking my planned plotline on a wildly divergent direction. It was supposed to be <spoilers>, and instead, suddenly, out-of-the-blue, now its <spoilers>. This. is. terrifying. And exhilarating.

Car Flying Off Cliff: Wheeee!

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

2,220 words written today! Bad things are happening to my protagonist. Such bad things...😁🙂🙃! Writers are just so fucking mean...

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/08/2026

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Thou art proclaim’d fool, I think.

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Woohoo! Sold a book! That makes this officially a better day.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Elliot Reid's Crisis Averted Moment in Scrubs

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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The Cats Looking Up to the Moon by artist Justyna Kopania

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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

That actually worked out? Wordle 1,890 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩