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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 10h

Last chance to join my bird illustration & mental health workshop on zoom this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶...to draw several different bird species using my simple formula 🧠...creative activity (incl drawing) alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...

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Michelle Hughes Printmaker @michellehughes.bsky.social · 11h

On Friday, I spent the day teaching a linocut workshop for improvers, and we made Christmas cards! 🎄 #linocut #linoprinting #christmascards #handmadecards

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 12h

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you lovely people. @cloakyfat.bsky.social has bought a copy of "The Machine Gunners" by Robert Westall for me to give away. An absolute classic! If you'd like a copy, just get in touch. UK only.

Celebrate 50 years of adventure in Carnegie Medal-winner Robert Westall's compelling first novel for children set during World War Two, with a powerful introduction by Michael Morpurgo. 'Fifty Years on this remains the greatest WW2 novel ever penned.' Phil EarleChas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth but wants it to be the best. When he stumbles across the wreckage of a downed German bomber, he finds the ultimate trophy – a working machine gun.

Hiding his discovery from the local police, Chas recruits his friends and together they build a fortress for their prize. But war is not a game and soon both friendships and loyalties are tested when the gang's actions have dangerous consequences. Robert Westall wrote The Machine Gunners for his son, Christopher, based on his own experiences during the Second World War.

A modern classic of children's fiction, it went on to win the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 1975 and has been in print ever since.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 12h

If you are on Facebook or instagram (this does not work on bluesky, sadly) there is an easy and free way you can donate money to New England animal shelters right now! Just post a photo of your pet with the hashtag #SNELovesPets. That's it. Subaru of New England does this every October. 💵

Screenshot of text that says "This October you can help animal shelters in New England raise thousands of dollars just by posting a picture of your pet! Something we all love to do anyway!

Every October Subaru of New England has their hashtag s n e Loves Pets campaign. During the whole month, every time someone posts a pet photo with the s n e loves pets hashtag , Subaru of New England will donate $10 (up to $75,000) to twelve New England animal shelters, including my local Vermont shelter the humane society of Chittenden County.

Please share your love of your pet and help shelter animals by posting photos of your little friends with the hashtag s n e loves pets this month!

photo of my one-eyed black and white tuxedo cat marcel lying on his side on a beige velvet blanket, looking thoughtfully into the distance.

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My Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Edward Gorey, 1996. “Bibliophile with Six Cats” #illustration #1990s #cats #EdwardGorey

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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 11h

Listen to an episode + buy us a coffee >> ko-fi.com/radiolento ☕ Here's 3 special favourites: Ep 239 > radiolento.podbean.com/e/239-intert... Ep 163 > radiolento.podbean.com/e/163-chesil... Ep 294 > radiolento.podbean.com/e/294-dawn-i...

drops of rain on curled up yellow leaves

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 11h

More #buyastrangerabook day loveliness! @humanaqvi.bsky.social is offering to but someone the book of their choice, up to £20! Not just what's on my website. ANY book. So, if there's a specific book you'd like, let us know. UK only

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 12h

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer! @daveyon.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to a tenner. ANY book, nit just what's on my website. So, if there's something in particular you're after, let us know. UK only

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 12h

It's #buyastrangerabook day and here's an offer from @sarahalba.bsky.social Sarah is offering to buy someone a copy of Needfire by MK Hardy Check out the description and get in touch if you'd like a copy. UK only

Norah seeks a fresh start in the halls of Corrain House. What she finds are dark secrets that will haunt her every step. You are afraid of the border places.

You are afraid of the fork in the road. Fleeing her mistakes in Glasgow for a marriage of convenience, Norah Mackenzie's new home on an estate far in the north of Scotland is a chance for freedom, a fresh start. But in the dim corridors of Corrain House, something is very wrong.

Despite their warm correspondence, her distant, melancholic husband does not seem to know her. She is plagued by ghost ships on the sea, spectres at the corner of her eye, by winding, grasping roots. Her only possible companion, the housekeeper Agnes Gunn, is by turns unnerving and alluring, and harbours uncanny secrets of her own.

As the foundations crumble beneath her feet, Norah must uncover the truth about Corrain House, her husband, Agnes, and herself, if she is to find the freedom she has been chasing.

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 12h

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @melissaschuh.bsky.social will BUY someone a book! Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you enjoy reading. She will then offer you a choice of 4 books, based on your literary tastes. Choose your favourite, Melissa will buy it for you! Get in touch! UK only.

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 11h

Can you please do me a favour🙏 Just click this link & have a quick look at my bird shop: www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 No need to buy anything, but you might see some ideas for Christmas 😉 Sorry for mentioning the 'C' word already, but as a small business, I need to plan ahead.🐦🙏❤️

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 12h

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A fluffy black cat with large white eyes lies on its side on green grass beneath a textured sky fading from blue to pale pink. White handwritten text reads: “Maybe sometimes you want to do everything so badly that you end up doing nothing at all. That’s okay. Maybe you’re more tired than you realise. I just hope you know that taking care of yourself counts as doing something, too.”

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 13h

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 13h

Have you seen the news about Andrew Tate, eels, and horses, and wondered, "WTF, man?" Well, friends...I'm here to tell you: it's not new. In medieval & early modern England, horse sellers practiced feaguing: inserting a live eel into the horse's rectum to get the animal to act more lively. 🗃️🧪

Meme. Still from the movie "El Dorado" with a very surprised looking grey horse standing next to a man with long blond hair. The man's arms are crossed, and his head is tilted as if he's looking down. His eyes are not, though. They are cutting towards the horse to gauge its reaction. The horse's jaw is dropped, and its eyes are wide like victorious marbles. The man and the horse are standing in a window or doorway, with heavy red drapes. Behind them, the sun seems to be setting over green hills. It is also setting over the horse's innocence.

An alternative reading of the scene might suggest that the horse isn't surprised at all, but rather is singing lustily. The man, rather than having just delivered bad news, is waiting to come in. The curtains suggest a stage, and the two of them are are singing a duet to an enraptured audience; perhaps "I Got You, Babe" or "Islands in the Stream."

Meme text reads:
"When you explain feaguing
to your trusted steed"

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 13h

It was my 38th birthday so I have most of my works 38% off on Itch. All proceeds go toward paying off the medical debt I have from the emergency surgery I had to undergo on my birthday. itch.io/s/203668/dax...

Itchio sale! Celebrate Dax's Birthday and help pay surgical bills. Shows many books on the page of flowers and swords.

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 15h

Daily birds 82 - Striped Owl

A tall thin owl with brown spotted feathers and a white face

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Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone knows the name Amelia Dyer. Far fewer know the names of the babies she killed. Today's Detective's Notebook uncovers their hidden histories: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-lost-v... #VictorianCrime #TrueCrime

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The forgotten victims of Amelia Dyer

A notorious Victorian baby farmer

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 16h

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A little black cat with large, round eyes wears silver armour and holds a shield and a raised sword. It sits on green grass beneath a softly blended pink, purple and blue sky. White handwritten text above reads: “I will fall, but I will get up. I will fail, but I will try again. I might be scared sometimes, but there’s a brave little heart in me.”

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 18h

I am a witch for all those near broken. I am a witch for those scraped raw by trying to climb high walls, cut by having to walk on glass scattered by hollow-hearted bastards. I am a witch for those needing transformation, bound to pain. For witches understand the bruised. - #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 21h

🍂🐻🍐On my patreon today, a perfect October pudding – simple, comforting & luxurious: the Bear of Moscow's delicious version of Auguste Escoffier's Poire belle Hélène! Join for the price of a cup of coffee! 🍐🐻🍂https://patreon.com/annelouiseavery/posts/bear-of-moscows-171676031

The Bear of Moscow's interpretation of Auguste Escoffier's Poire belle Hélène

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 20h

I'm making a snail mail club. Does it sound good to you? If it does, sign up to my newsletter to get notified when it goes live. Founding members will get extra perks! tinyurl.com/adventure-post #snailmailclub #snailmail #mailclub #storytime #adventure

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The Sun, XIX |shop & comms open @thesunxix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s almost holiday shopping season. Time to shop for that whimsical, queer, sad beige hating, color obsessed guy in your life - from another whimsical queer sad beige hating color obsessed queer (me). Shop: linktr.ee/thesunxix #shopsmall #humanart #art #illustration

Various art supplies and stationery items in hues of green and reds frame two art prints on a desk top. One features an illustration of tomato vines of different colored tomatoes, gradually progressing from yellowish green to orange to red. The vines are surrounded by tiny winged and tomato headed creatures, wearing a blue cone hat, each carrying a can of paint and a brush, intent on coloring the tomatoes. They are dressed in the same summery outfit: a red vest, blue shorts and elegant looking brown shoes.
The other illustration is in the same style and concept, but revolves around pomegranates, with the tiny characters having upturned pomegranate heads and being dressed for fall, with a brown sweater, jeans and boots.

A picture of a hand holding an art print to the camera, on the background is stationery scattered on a desk. The print features an illustration of an envelope with a hillside town nestled inside

Sticker of a goose wearing a wizard hat and holding a magic wand in its beak

OP’s art scattered on a desk, there are prints, stickers, scrapbook paper kits

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 23h

Hurrah it is Wednesday and the weasels are dancing! Today to a bit of Rock Lobster and the B52s. Dance like a weasel you know you want to! #weaselwednesday

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Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'The great green sweep' - my last big aerial embroidery (except the moorland one) until ~February as I'll be focussing booked on commissions until January. I'll still be doing small projects 😊 You can read the full details of this landscape on my site: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/work/green-m...

An embroidery hoop containing a sewn aerial view landscape. It depicts green meadows, crop fields, tilled earth and groups of trees.

A close-up of an aerial view embroidered landscape. It shows sheep in a rough meadow.

Pools in a flooded field and a farmer tilling a meadow for crops - a cloud of gulls following!

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Last 2hrs to support Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment Help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths, give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve & help open doors to funding opportunities & inclusion in nature recovery projects.. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moths-matter

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Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment

Will you help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths and give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve?

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’ll be listing a collection of necklaces in my Etsy shop this Thurs eve (9 UK time) I’ll be making using these Victorian & Edwardian silver stamp holders,lockets, charms, converted brooches (THE OWL) & a tiny 18th C whistle.To enquire/reserve a piece click 💬 on my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Queer romance IS resistance. It is radical to imagine happiness, and community, and joy, when people are trying to kill you, erase you, oppress you, or deny you the right to live a full life in so many ways.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just for fun and your knowledge, I'm going to be running a history of queer romance course next year through the Uni of Liverpool. Online and for everyone. I *think* it's the first of it's type in the UK but I could be wrong?

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Booksky Bookshop is celebrating Anti-Prime Day and you can get freat deals on shipping by shopping at our Bookshop.org stores in the U.S. and the U.K.! Get some great queer reads today! bookshop.org/lists/queen-...

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Queen of Swords Press Titles

Check out this list on Bookshop

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 06/10/2026

Today I’ve been wrangling stands and set up ideas for Greaat northern There were lots of panda words and paper cut outs as the clock cases are too heavy for my walls, but I think I’m getting there! Phew! If you zoom in you can get a sneak peek of some of the creatures coming.

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Daily birds 81 - Superb fairy wren having a little soak

A scruffy small brown bird with a blue tail stood in a puddle and shaking drops of water from it feathers

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Four-panel comic of a fluffy black cat wearing grey armour and holding a sword and shield, against a pastel sky and green grass. The cat says: “It’s time for you to remember who the fluff you are.” Then: “A brave little warrior making a hard world softer.” Its eyes grow wide and sparkling as it adds: “I’d follow you into battle!” In the final panel, it says: “Or the kitchen.”

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Ally Lester @cogenthippo.northsky.social · 06/10/2026

I keep forgetting I have a Halloween story! Will a rainy autumn day and an encounter with a mysterious black dog, a beautiful woman, and a fox cub change Alice's mind about whether she's ready to start dating? allester.itch.io/sleeping-dogs #LGBTQRomance #Sapphic #LesFic #wlw #QueerBooks 💙📚🌈📚

The cover of Sleeping Dogs, A short sapphic Halloween story. The cover is bright orange with the silhouette of a sleeping black dog and a ribbon of bats.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Spindle leaf palette in October, complete with Barbie pinks:

Spindle, Euonymous europeaus leaves in autumn, arranged on a wooden table and with a hand written label

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

My partner had never seen the work of genius that is the ‘tea consent’ video, so now I’m sharing it here again, because consent explained through the vehicle of tea is the most British thing ever. And also really fucking important.

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Tea and Consent

YouTube video by Thames Valley Police

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Formerly #GiveHerTheGavel @carmosteph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hey, if you want to help Friends of Bear, you can also visit @samindy4.bsky.social & purchase a "Cats of Social Media" calendar to lend a hand!! Something for you. Something for a great rescue!! 🥰❤️‍🩹🥰

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Lizzi 🐦🌸 @spiritcrowart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ooOH my gosh I got my mini gryphon commission back from @aledthompson.bsky.social !! He's so cute thank you so much!! 💜 #artforme #OC_Modesty #gryphon

Tiny illustration of my gryphon Modesty, a mostly white gryphon with black stripes. Art by Aled Thompson

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Re-enchantment as resistance means actual re-enchantment and actual resistance, not endlessly sharing posts about the latest terrible thing because that makes you feel better, makes it feel like you're doing something. I am not here for the voyeurism of destruction. You'll not get any of it from me.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I once interviewed Bill Hicks who talked about the pornography of doom. I refuse the pornographers of doom. I refuse to turn the terror of the now into a spectacle, into engagement farming. We can be engines of kindness, connectivity and wonder online, so forgive me for concentrating on that.

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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 05/10/2026

Our dear dear friend Haley at @friendsofbear.bsky.social has a very sick, sweet geriatric kitty who is in the hospital dealing with some stuff. She posted on her IG that all she’d like for her birthday today is some donations for his care: linktr.ee/friendsofbear

An orange tabby cat who is a bit old and scrungly sleeping inside a cubby bed.

An old orange tabby cat who is a bit disheveled and scrungly, looking quite under the weather with an IV catheter in one leg and a kind hand scritching his cheek gently.

friendsofbearcatrescue one of my favorite little FoB sanctuary buddies Mr. Peaches is currently in the hospital
no pressure but it's my birthday today
and I would love nothing more than if you could donate toward his hospital bill so we can give him the best chance
our donation links are in our bio!
Peaches came to us at the end of May after 13 hard years on the street. His time outside definitely showed, he was in horrendous shape and weighed 5
Ibs of mostly fleas. Since then, we have been managing his various conditions. He's dealt with anemia, congestion, gastric ulcers, kidney disease, horrible dental disease... the list goes on. We've been slowly chipping away at these issues and he was actually starting to feel pretty good! A couple weeks ago, he started backsliding and I've been trying to figure him out. This weekend, it became clear he was declining and what I was doing at home wasn't enough, so I had to admit him to the hospital.
Peaches is dealing with an infection, dehydration, another gastric ulcer, pretty awful congestion and a mild hit to his kidneys. Thankfully, after 24 hrs of fluids, he's showing improvement. Through all of this, he continues to have the loudest purr and best headbutts for everyone who helps him
I feel hopeful that we can get Peaches back on track and give him more time to feel loved and cherished, something he missed out on for his first 13 years of life. If you're able to pitch in $1 or $5 toward his care, we would all appreciate it more than you know.
Everyone who has met this little guy knows how special he is and how much he wants to stick around
thank you all as always for the ongoing support for these gross cats, they are my heart and soul and your donations and kind comments mean the world to me

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There are just 6 spaces left on my bird illustration & mental health zoom w'shop this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶to draw birds using my simple formula 🧠creative activity incl. drawing alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Open to anyone anywhere: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...

My illustrations of 5 British birds: long tailed tit, coal tit, wren, redwing and blackcap

My illustration of a redwing on a hawthorn branch from my book Making Winter

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#31DaysofGraves Day 4 Entrance L is for Lychgate, a wonderful illustration by @landisblair.bsky.social for A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, available worldwide. Lychgate: A gate between the land of the living and the dead, marking the boundary between consecrated and unconsecrated soil.

Black and white drawing of a roofed structure with open gates where a wheeled bier and hatted mourners stand. A veiled woman stands at the entrance of the gate. A church tower stands in the background and there are trees and a fence next to the roofed structure--a lychgate, because monuments in a cemetery can be seen in the background.

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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Suella Braverman, consider Walter Tull. Born in Folkestone to an English mother and a Barbadian father. A footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. A British Army officer who led soldiers into battle and was killed serving his country in 1918.

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pointy Harris Hawk

An angular brown hawk with a hooked yellow beak and long legs perched on a stump

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Daily birds 80 - Wilson's warbler

A small yellow bird with hues of grey and green

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Karin Celestine @celestineandthehare.com · 05/10/2026

Squizzers give a little flick of their tail when they find a specially good mushroom. 🍄 they’re hoping there’s some corkers at GNCCF when they get there

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 05/10/2026

I had a post go viral on IG last week. It's STILL going! Anyone wondering if doing the marketing course I'm doing is worth it or not. It is. While this is partly chance, it's also a lot of work changing how I post. 2.4 MILLION views. Insane. This has resulted in 6 sales & 69 newsletter sign ups!

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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