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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 28m

The divide between WW’s editorial team and their comments section grows ever narrower.

I’ve followed her online for years and find this person they describe unrecognizable. Seems to me there’s a whole lot of insecurity and projecting going on here.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 3h

My take: Everyone's hoping for the best on that day. Whatever happens next, we'll do what we can to make things better. But people might need a minute to process and recuperate. Of course, I could be projecting.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 9h

Really, BlueSky needs an editing button already. How I cringe when I use the same word twice in one post!

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Radz Pandit @radzpandit.bsky.social · 14h

New blog post on my favourite Persephone books featuring authors such as RC Sherriff, Penelope Mortimer, Elizabeth Jenkins and more. readersretreat2017.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/n...

1) Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer
2) Every Eye by Isobel English
3) Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton
4) Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham
5) The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff
6) Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
7) Greengates by RC Sherriff
8) Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
9) Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve only read Every Eye from this pile and really loved it. Look forward to checking out more!

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 20h

The 2nd c. 'Interpretation of Dreams' by soothsayer Artemidorus discusses tyromancy- divination by cheese. Its holes, moulds, shape & patterns were seen as signs of future events. A 17th c. Eng version warns to dream of cheese with cake will "signifie deceit & treason by a Welshman" #WyrdWednesday

While there's no real evidence of Wallace and Gromit's view of tyromancy, 17th century preachers were deeply unhappy about any use of the 'dark arts' and seemed particularly vexed by the link between cheese & sleep, castigating those describing cheese fuelled visions with the biblical phrase: "filthy dreamers"

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 10h

Are we sure it wasn’t the farting Pepys posts? 😂

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

OMG, yes! Cheese and pickle, cucumber, salmon … I remember eating a dry chicken sandwich (I’m not anti-mayo, but it was so good) across from one of Virginia Woolf’s flats in Bloomsbury and thought: “If it were now to die,/ ‘Twere now to be most happy.” Sigh. 🇬🇧

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Well, that sounds marvelous! 🧁 🍷

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Happy birthday to you! It’s been a lovely day for it.

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Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The cat curled up on my side of the bed. She moves when I sit down; I place my hand on the cat shaped hollow in the duvet, feeling the warmth dissipate - a unit of time that feels like it should have a name.

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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Classic drunk montage. The disappearing woman is an amazing effect. I must watch Moontide again soon

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mitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

two observations: 1. there are clearly two voting blocs. 2. the progressives compromise more often than the mods / conservatives, as evidenced by the darker gradient shading in the upper right corner quadrant

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

CLARISSA (Arie & Chuko Esiri 2026) Evocative, visually sumptuous spin on Woolf’s MRS DALLOWAY set in modern-day Nigeria w/ flashbacks to 30 years prior. All the main actors sparkle here, particularly Sophie Okonedo, who seems to communicate so much through her facial expressions alone. #FilmSky #LFF

A colour shot from the film showing Sophie Okonedo looking thoughtful as she gazes out of a window.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I do now, thanks! But 20+ years ago that was a lot harder. I think I’d like my Midsomer Murders death to be in a vat of PG Tips.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I remember getting on a train there and asking for tea and it was PG Tips and I could’ve wept on the spot. Like it’s just there, for the asking? I don’t have to go to a specialist tea shop or order it online? It’s just, like, NORMAL?! What is this magical place?! 🇬🇧

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My glasses are already fogging up thinking of the coziness!

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Well, I don’t get the fondness for darts. And I’m definitely not on board for the baked beans stuff. But otherwise, I miss every single thing. List of things I love (contd): Welsh rarebit, a great cheddar, that feeling of rounding a corner & there’s Thomas Hardy’s house or William Blake’s grave …

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I can’t travel much anymore bc of health issues, but sometimes I ache so much for London. I miss the theater, the bookstores, the sandwiches, the rabbit warren streets, the extravagant layers of history contained within a block, *real* tea available anywhere for the asking. Everything. All of it.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

“Hwaet! Your skin care routine needs some help!” 😂

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

He would make an amazing love interest for a mid-80s American Danielle Steel adaptation.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I’d like to make a reservation for tomorrow afternoon at whatever cafe this is.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

That’s my favorite song on there, which is saying something.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It does sound good, I must say.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I know! And how her good acts spurred on a whole neighborhood- such a lesson in that.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I read the wiki synopsis (I’m not great with horror-ish movies) and wow, it really says something about what the war was doing to sons/brothers/husbands and how they appeared to loved ones upon their return.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Bookstore manager, I subscribed. 😉

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yes, who could’ve guessed? It’s especially interesting because of some of the coincidences between The Return and CoS.

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Chris H. @percolatorpete.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's #MaestroMonday, which I just made up, where I spotlight a song from Angelo Badalamenti's huge non-Peaks/Lynch discography. Today's track kicked off this whole deep dive: "I Hold No Grudge," from Nina Simone's High Priestess of Soul (1967). Written by Angelo (as "Andy Badale") & John Clifford.

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I Hold No Grudge

YouTube video by Nina Simone - Topic

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends! Hope you have a lovely day. 🇨🇦

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

West Coasters: What’s Columbus Day?

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Aah BOOO Rah, Scary PDX Stereotype @acjaggard.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

*glances at wall calendar* Actually, 'know what Satan? Today works just fine. Bring it

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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Bally Bagayoko putting his body on the line for student protestors in France, Chicago’s mayor defending his stance to hold corporations accountable and fight for the working class. These are badass leaders, Mamdani is not the only one. We can ask for and expect more.

Photo of the mayor shielding student protestors. He is yelling at the riot police, his arms in front of the kids. The kids are standing behind him, some tearfully. One wears a spiderman mask.

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I can’t vouch for the Dumas yet but it does have an intro by John Keene. And An American in Paris! 😂

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I can’t remember which Blueskyer remined me that staircases are liminal, like bridges and crossroads, and therefore favourable for hauntings. There are many #haunted examples – such as the one where the famous Brown Lady of Raynham, #Norfolk, was maybe photographed in the 1930s. [More #SpookySunday

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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I’m glad they’re doing this. This reminds me of when the Windsor art group Broken City Lab would project messages on the Windsor skyline aimed at Detroit, such as “Do you accept our friend request?” That felt lighthearted and playful, whereas this is such a different moment.

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