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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 49m

@izzybeth.bsky.social happy birthday, bb, I hope you have a wonderful day and ilu and miss your face <3 <3 <3 <3

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 9h

Most Sri Lankans that have been asked seem to think it would have made more sense to play in Dambulla, which is much drier than Colombo at this time of year.

No locals have suggested it was sensible (or sane) to play day-nighters in Colombo in mid-late October.

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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 1h

Marisha Ray and also the White Ferns apparently: sleeves are bullshit

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Helen MC @crystallised-cricket.com · 3h

An excellent Wombat conservation group to highlight is those behind WomSat www.womsat.org.au/womsat/defau... - who have been mapping wombat sightings to help combat sciatic mange which lead to a plummeting population

WomSAT > Home

www.womsat.org.au

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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 3h

Oh hell yeah to that zone entry and goal 🔥👌 #CBJ

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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 4h

🫂🫂🫂 hoping things improve asap

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Edward Scissorhans Gruber @yellingbob.bsky.social · 6h

Every single one of you has shared in the joy this little peanut has brought me for the last 10+ years together. That alone is an unbelievable blessing, and I'm so grateful and thankful for you all *no matter how* we end up saying goodbye to her. Gentle soft nose nudges from Bart, and all my love.

Edward Scissorhans Gruber @yellingbob.bsky.social · 6h

#petillness #petdeath

www.gofundme.com/f/help-bart-...

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Stabby Stacy King @stacyking.bsky.social · 16h

This feels like a variant on the Vimes Boot Theory of Economics: stealing a $2 candy bar could get you criminally charged, but stealing $23K of event services will get you months of payment requests and eventual dismissal of your debt: www.syracuse.com/politics/cny...

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Dylan Morrison @dylanthyme.bsky.social · 3d

for pratchett fans, a related quote and a related passage, which are from separate works, but at their best together. the quote, from sir terry's forward to the ultimate encyclopedia of fantasy: "stories of imagination tend to upset those without one." and the passage, from hogfather:

“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET — Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME... SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point — “

MY POINT EXACTLY.

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 13h

The ICC after staging the 2029 Women's Cricket World Cup inside the crater of an active volcano - "how did all this lava get here?"

#CWC25

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 12h

I would be 100% okay with any artist pulling a semi-Taylor Swift and releasing remasters of old songs with new lyrics to replace any they are now ashamed of.

Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 14h

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 11h

I know everyone’s following the Louvre heist but I would like to point your attention to the California LEGO LOOTER

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines
Officials said they had discovered tens of thousands of Lego pieces at a California home and arrested a man who trafficked in the stolen collectibles.

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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 21h

#CritRoleCatchUp "how do i have a minus one on religion??" "Well you did JUST discover it" irl cackled

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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 23h

#CritRoleCatchUp every time Matt says Captain Novos I hear "No Boats" #NZPolProblems

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Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 1d

Strikers <3 <3 <3 #WBBL

Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 1d

Meg Lanning doing it all for the Stars right now, oof. Great bowling and fielding from the Strikers restricting everyone else and taking wickets regularly, tho #WBBL

Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no, I'm so so sorry, bb. 🫂💚💚💚 Hoping for the best.

Claire @cznz.bsky.social · 1d

There is something about the camera angles for the Canes-Sixers game at North Sydney Oval which makes it look wholly alien and I can't put my finger on what it is. #WBBL

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Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social · 1d

Under Over Over - West Hampstead

So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains.

The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 1d

Worth noting as the ICC pat themselves on the back with a video of children playing cricket in Sierra Leone, that the ICC specifically excluded Sierra Leone and all other African Associate nations from even entering the qualification process for the Women's World Cup.

#cwc25