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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The diploma graduation ceremony was one of the proudest days of my life AND much of the institution of academia was seriously f’ed up AND I met some truly great people. No regrets but 😮‍💨 Good luck whatever you decide.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*makes note to hit up local indie bookstore to stock this because I can relate SO MUCH*

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The cybermen on Dr. Who - mid-1960s version. Nightmares for days.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Every time I thought I sussed where this book might be going and … nope! Went somewhere way cooler!

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I screamed - SCREAMED - at the last page … then saw “conclusion of the duology coming summer 2027” 😮‍💨

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Brilliant multi-pov tale of survival & revolution and hope, on a generation ship divided by language - political space opera at its best from a master of Arabfuturism. Eager for book two, coming next year. #booksky 💙📚🪐 “The Republic of Memory” by Mahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social

Cover of the book, showing levels of habitats & mosques & towerblocks, in shades of brown & turquoise, sheltering under a portion of massive outer shell, a hint of fathomless space at the very top; at the bottom, rows and rows of rectangular pods that carry the ancestors.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Five hospitals have now been quarantined: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children's Hospital, and an unnamed maternity hospital, the Moscow Times reports.” Lovely … and shouldn’t be necessary so wtf are they up to?!

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They’re stopping at Wawa on the way home from Philly international 😏

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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!! 🎉🎉🎉

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

Years ago, commuting down LakeShore Drive in Chicago and the then 2yo always pointed to the Sears Tower: “Der’s da Serious Tower!” I mean, he wasn’t wrong.

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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

Awww she came out howling and idk what mom was saying to soothe her but we all caught the words “TWO ringpops” ❤️❤️

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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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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now THIS bird I can absolutely see as descended from dinosaurs!

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right? It’s so contagious! Love it!

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

And before you know it, you’re getting called in to meet the kid’s pre-K teacher who asks that he please stop teaching his classmates the lyrics of Talking Heads’ “Psychokiller” 🤦🏼‍♀️ (and it was a Quaker pre-K 😬)

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

Yes! I grew up watching my single-parent mum, who left school at 15, sit down at the kitchen table every Sunday eve and budget for the week ahead down to the last penny. Fucking GOP & techbros could never.

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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

That was the perfect thing to watch today.

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

And “Reacher” with a ‘Swedish’ accent taking out nazis with bow & arrows - 💯

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

Oh the cabaret scene, I’d forgotten she sings - and another dress!

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

“Silly boy, silly question. Look at the dress.” Damn, yes, that dress!!

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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

* worse … words… whatever. I’m too pissed off to avoid typos

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

This freak nor’easter is worse cos of climate change & that’s words cos of fucking GOP denial so YES I AM BLAMING TRUMP FOR KILLING OUR BELOVED TREE * look, it makes me feel better, ok?

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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 · 23/09/2026

10/10 alt text on this 👍🏻

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

Definitely the first time I’ve got one with a mail-in ballot, made my day.

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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

See, I read this right after a story about a corruption investigation into Susan Collins (Maine senator) and the levels of confusion that resulted…

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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 · 20/09/2026

I have resolutely refused to learn a damn thing about Twitch or Piker & my life is the better for it.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah I stumbled on it earlier in someone else’s thread and I’m terminally white and very much Not From Around Here and I literally yelled. Like holy shit how could any not see ~that~ right away?!?!

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Great read. Thanks for the share.

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Vicki Marklew @vmarklew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yeah I feel really bad that I howled with laughter at first 😱😱😱 Jesus, looks so bad

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

This! So an old cis-het woman like me needs to scream about this every chance she gets cos the speed of capitulation in the UK has been horrifying. (AND none of these bs “concerns” were being discussed like 15+ years ago.)

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