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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

YOUNGEST KID HAS LANDED! HE’S BACK IN PHILLY TO VISIT AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS! THIS IS IMPORTANT NEWS!! 🎉🎉🎉

Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Him: yr watching tv, not resting! Me: I’m watching Aliens Him: … Me: ? Him: it doesn’t sound restful… Me: Ridley is kicking ass, it’s VERY restful 😏

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Getting blood drawn at the clinic and there’s a two (?) year old girl protesting the state of everything LOUDLY - and in two languages. Impressive. Also, same, kid, same 😱

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We've had the ability to watch, say, Counterstrike marathons, Street Fighter tournaments, or chess matches between computers since the 90s. Spectacles which, by their very definition, would be at a "higher standard" than human play. And nobody wants it. It's entirely meaningless. It has no appeal.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watching this is the best laugh I’ve had in ages. And that punchline at the very end - 10/10 no notes.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New favourite riposte just dropped 👇🏻

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's never "AI agent breaks containment, cures cancer, does a bit of tidying up and puts the kettle on", is it?

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just realized some of these prescriptions (that I’ve taken before) now come with Older Adult warnings - typed in large font - and excuse me but 😳

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dosed up on painkillers & steroids and severely sleep deprived - and remembered this film exists. Morning looking more bearable, thanks @whittyrem.bsky.social for the reminder this exists.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Welp, lost the lovely old cherry tree in the front garden - it managed to fall in the one way that meant zero damages to the house, cars, or neighbors. Looks like the maple tried to catch it and also got damaged.

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Men driving giant tank down a city street say that people might get hurt by the tank if no one stops them from…<checks notes> driving the tank.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just got our mail-in ballots for the midterms - complete with a list of official ballot drop boxes in our PA county AND a nice little “I voted” sticker. Democracy done right.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And thinking of what stories do/don’t get told, this 👇🏻 is a great history thread, a story I’d never heard before.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“…the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON’T get told.”

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

At 9yo granddaughter’s soccer game - they’re about to start & suddenly the ref puts everything on hold while a bunch of girls run to the sidelines saying “mom! Help! I forgot to take my earrings out!”

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Decided to reread A Wizard of Earthsea for the first time in IDK decades? The map in the front of this (cheap, paperback) edition is hard to read so I … tapped and tried to zoom in and… yeah. Clearly not safe to be out in public today 🤦🏼‍♀️

Photo of a white woman’s hand holding open the front of a paperback book showing a Very Small and Blurry and complex map of the world of Earthsea.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

International economist & risk analyst here (ret) - I cannot begin to describe the epic levels of stupid in this. Like…🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ How the fuck are the GOP still keeping this sack of ignorance in office?

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Between surgery scheduling nonsense and “oh yeah that’s gonna need a root canal” and now I find six SIX f’ing mosquito bites clustered on my elbow from a mere five mins pulling weeds and honestly Monday can just go do one 😡

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Him: stream a movie tonight? Me: I want Reacher Him: there’s this sweet movie about… Me: want Reacher Him: or how about… Me: REACHER! Him: shit, you had that bad a day? Me:… Him: ok babe, got it. #Reacher it is (I don’t want to talk about it I just want to watch Big Man hit bad guys.)

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Once again defeated by an f’ing robot phone answering system that could NOT parse a basic Brit accent. NO you moronic twat I SAID… Screaming person-agent-assist endlessly until an actual human responds. 😡😡😡

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Granddaughter: what’s Star Trek? Me, staring at the first born in horror: my god, where did we go wrong with you 😱 #StarTrek

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Genius. Pure genius. (Watch to the end 😏)

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wow. Judging by this post-Covid+flu-shot absolute shellacking, one of those viruses is a real vicious bastard this year. Thank you science for this weekend of couch dozing & tv binging as my immune system ramps up.

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Spongebob Proudly Vaccinated

Alt: Spongebob Proudly Vaccinated

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Flu + Covid shots acquired. Weekend-long-nap incoming… (Also the nice young woman at CVS said they’d been really busy giving out the shots this week so yay for that.)

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I was really curious what the result would be for someone from the UK (Leicester then London) who’s lived here awhile (Philly, Chicago, back to Philly). The answer “hoagie” clearly skewed things a bit lol.

Dialect map of USA that shows me as generally somewhere along the eastern seaboard.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Omg this is brilliant. And so f’ing accurate #writerlife #amwriting

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Starre Vartan @starrevartan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We used to think that once ovaries had passed through the menopausal transition, the scarred (from making all those eggs!), shrunken organs sat inert in the body. NOPE. "What we found was super surprising.” says Francesca Duncan at @medillschool.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2533...

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David Wynne @davidwynne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I really think the big Potter problem is that most people who aren’t terminally online genuinely don’t know how active and influential Rowling is in pursuit of her bigoted agenda. They think we’re just angry about her views, rather than her actions. I think it’s important to tell people.

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just finished this one - really cool secondary world fantasy with great world-building and compelling characters. “Foundryside” by Robert Jackson Bennett. Even better - it’s a trilogy! There are two more! #booksky 💙📚

Cover of book “Foundryside” by Robert Jackson Bennett

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/08/2026

thinking about how they were having to fire & arrest people to try to bully them into being sad about some of these fuckers, and if you want the whole world to stop and grieve your loss, there's one simple life hack: be a good person who just wants to do good things

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And I'll say it now: more kids have grown up as readers thanks to Dolly than any amount of Harry fucking Potter.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This b’day gift from the spouse is, tbh, very accurate for me 😏

Back of a coffin shaped bookmark that says “Just one more chapter”

Front of the coffin shaped bookmark showing a skeleton reading a book (which, honestly, accurate for me

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tomorrow is my bday. Tonight we’re going to Nifty Fifties with First Born & G’daughter because I want a bloody great milkshake that’s also marked ‘gluten free’ so I can sashay into 65 in style.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So today on Bluesky I learned about Franks Casket, Rameses III and the Great Harem Conspiracy, and that there’s a Cardinals pitcher playing while wearing a pearl necklace - I love it here

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026

Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…

MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Raining steadily here in suburban Philly and I’m ridiculously happy to see it after a desperately dry 5+ weeks in southern England. Like yes I know ~this~ place doesn’t need it, but weeks without rain is apparently not good for my Brit soul. Just need to send some over to the UK

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Before we went away I saw a lil’ patch of wild grape vine down in the corner - eh, it’s only two feet tall, I’ll deal with it when we get back. One month later and a fucking triffid is taking over the house.

Photo of a corner of a mustard yellow stucco house with a massive wild grape vine clambering up to the second floor

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Brain is moving at about the pace of an ancient turtle plodding through half-congealed molasses. Jet lag gets worse every bloody trip.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Me: I’m so depressed to be going back to the US. Him: cos you’ll miss our son? Or dread the fascist hellscape where it’s not safe to eat and people are being snatched off the streets? Me: ~sobs~ Both. It’s both.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Stumbled on this utterly delightful and deeply English history 🧵

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why isn’t this a bigger story?

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