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Vicky Booker

@vickybookerlit.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, walker, lover of nature and all things Ancient and Greek. May contain gin.

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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a fantastic thread, thank you.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a local, I appreciated this on several levels - well about 4 if you count the roof.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Horribly brilliant
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Well done to the picture editor who captioned this delightful snap of a black pig swimming off the west coast of Greece “swine-dark sea” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swine-dark sea ... Mediterranean black pigs swim at a beach on the private island of Atokos, in the lonian Sea off the west coast of Greece. The island, which is uninhabited by humans, is owned by a shipping magnate
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is superb (the film, not the deliberate decline in product lifespan) Have you come about the hedge?
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
20% of all mammals are bats and I don't see anyone posting them. Give bats proper representation!
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I just choked on my breakfast laughing at this
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is superb.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a supporter of Willa B. Farms, an animal rescue in Old Hickory, TN. I hope you will consider a donation in her memory. 💔 www.willabfarms.com/donate
Photo from the 1970s of the most radiant and wonderful Dolly Parton, smiling brilliantly and holding a tiny orange tabby kitten up to her cheek.
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🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rest in peace, Dolly. You could have died a billionaire but you lived as a good person
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is wonderful
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is so helpful, thank you.
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milk bottle champion @stepheniscowboy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
King Arthur when his court wizard snubs Guinevere
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I have definitely done all of these....
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
live the kind of life that has MUSEUMS posting nicely about you lmao
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Roy Lonergan @roylonergan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP Sam Neill. My favourite role of his is The Dish. Probably the greatest radio telescope movie. And some of the best pipe and cardigan combo acting ever captured on film.
Sam Neill in The Dish with a pipe and cardigan combo.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/07/2026
Can’t help thinking this one has bindun
M C Escher’s Four Candles
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I love this photograph so much. 100 years ❤️
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
So beautiful, so old.
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is just to say I have taken Those plums Out of the icebox And climbed in Fuck yes
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
An excellent thread, but especially this.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I have never been so accurately summed up in one photo
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Wonderful old, but timely, interview. So very much missed.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is part of several linked threads, all brimming with passion and action and ideas.
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aric @aghastronaut.com · 17/05/2026
Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.
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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026
My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
All the right hobbies, but not necessarily in the right order....
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Libraries rule
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Books of All Time @booksofalltime.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Couldn't trace this back to a definitive creator, but: Epicurus all the way, bro
We apologise to people with screen readers: this is a flowchart aimed at answering the question "Which Greek Philosopher Are You?" 
First question is: "Do you prefer the indoors or outdoors?" If you choose "indoors", the next question is "Do you feel disdain for the common man?" If Yes, you're Plato. If No, you're Aristotle.

If you reply "Outdoors", the follow-up is "Do you enjoy masturbating in public?" If yes, you're Diogenes. If no, the next question is, "Do you like crowds?" If yes, you're Socrates. If no, you are asked "Porch or garden?" If your reply is "Porch", you're Zeno; if it's "Garden", you're Epicurus.
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🤡 houseof1000cowsarejustfoods 🤡 @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
remains the greatest celebrity photo ever taken
It is David Niven's birthday. Here he is in trunks and deerstalker diving side on into a swimming pool grinning, holding a bow and arrow. King shit.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A superb thread which I had to read twice as the first time I was too busy marvelling at the alt text for every image.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
More reasons to love alt text.
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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“Are we going to charge him, Sarge?” “Not right away, constable. Stick him in a cell and let him sweat for a while.” “Er…”
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
media.tenor.com
a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer
Alt: the Antonio Banderas reaction meme from Assassins where he's read something pleasing on a laptop and is reclining back in pure smugly overwhelmed enjoyment
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This actually made me cry (yes I know, real world problems) but oh my goodness, that expression, that finger point, that oblivious cat...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
How many women under oath equals one billionaire
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Fabulous thread about birds as ex partners
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Donalbane! Relistening to the Penny Dreadfuls for Valentine's Day is romantic right?
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
ugh why does it keep crying
One panel; a medieval illustration of a woman and a baby looking at each other like “the fuck is this.” The caption says:

Therapist: "Now imagine yourself holding and offering support to your inner child"
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𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎 @loulayorke.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
rules for watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) - try to guess the age of everyone in screen - shout “78!” or similar - look cast up on IMDb - discover they are all younger than you are now
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
19 January 1902 | A Jewish artist David Olère was born in Warsaw. In 1918 he emigrated to France. In March 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz where he was forced to work in Sonderkommando. After the war he showed the horrifying world of gas chambers in drawings & paintings.
Artwork by a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a concentration camp prisoner in striped uniform and a Nazi officer in green uniform walking together.Artwork by a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a prisoner crouching beside scattered objects including fruits and a doll.Painting a Jewish artist David Olère depicting a sinister figure in uniform surrounded by chaos, suffering, and apocalyptic imagery, reflecting themes of oppression and human despair.Artistic representation featuring the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei', by a Jewish artist David Olère.
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Vicky Booker @vickybookerlit.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Like I needed any encouragement....
Green background with Merriam-Webster dictionary logo and "Your 2026 Word" which in my case is slapdash.
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