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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 8h

The winner at the pumpkin festival out here was 2300+ lbs!

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 11h

People have been sending me all sorts of good resources on grief, so I'm now compiling a list. There are so many beautiful and powerful resources here. It means so much to be so loved by each other that we are creating multiple spaces for people to grieve. I love us docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 9h

Minnie for her grandma, how lovely

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 9h

So frickin Palpatine could be alive but this was too much????

Braddington @bradwhipple.bsky.social · 11h

whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.

apnews.com/article/adam...

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 9h

Making it do useful things is a lot of work and very expensive, they want a quick buck

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Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 21h

Well well well

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 9h

The 2011 BBC show 'Romancing the stone' showed a reconstruction of what historians thought Wells Cathedral in England may have looked like before the late 14th century based on tiny fragments of paint that survived the horrific "scrape" of the Victorian era.
I made a gif:

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James Graham @semajmaharg.bsky.social · 1d

The Louvre has been robbed the same week the new pope has talked about shutting down Opus Dei. Have the police interviewed Dan Brown yet? 🤔

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 16h

I have found an EXCELLENT meme for the church history lecture on Wednesday (which includes the Great Schism)

Pope Francis looks repelled by a diagram of the Orthodox theological position that the Son and the Spirit both proceed from the Father alone.

In a second image, Pope Francis points approvingly at a diagram of the Filioque, in which the Spirit proceeds from the Father and Son together.

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 16h

Congratulations!! That's awesome!

Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 17h

Finally, some pictures of what is missing!

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 23h

Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist

The world-famous museum in Paris is still closed on Monday after a masked gang raided one of its galleries.

www.bbc.com

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 18h

Who uses an electric mixer for pancakes??

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 18h

I guessed the show based on his forearm tattoo.
(My first live stage musical ever seen, performed by the local high school)

Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 18h

Listened to this with great enjoyment! My spouse was also amused that I knew the "special guest" mentioned at the end 😆

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like the scammers who were going this all on various Mastodon servers a month or two ago have found a new target: Bsky.

SpiffySmallSound @doublecollusion.bsky.social · 2d

Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff

Block, move on.

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

Did the stuff it down their trousers like Col Blood when he tried to rob the Tower of London?

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

I often feel this way about statistics

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

The dahlia garden in GG Park is still looking great
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport

Close-up of a large light pink Dahlia flowers. The petals curl slightly, making it look ruffled.

Close-up of a dahlia flower. The edges of the petals are light red and the centers are light yellow.

Close-up of a burgundy red dahlia flower.

Close-up up a large yellow Dahlia flower, with a light orange dahlia behind it.

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

Winter, that's the bit. Absolute banger.

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

@jchaisson.bsky.social should know

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

I in fact wear a mask any time I am in an indoor space or a crowd and doesn't hurt a bit.
Objecting to doing so is frankly weird IMO. Like. What is the problem? Srsly?

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1d

You can just wear a mask to be kind to others and not be weird about it, yall. You don’t have to act like you’re being asked to set your hair on fire. Some of you must fall down in the agonies if you’re ever asked to hold an elevator door for someone else.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

this is a) objectively correct

b) important because some of us are giant babies who cannot stomach actual horror movies but still want seasonal entertainment

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

jurassic park is a monster movie. it's a creature feature. it's fine for halloween season

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!!

Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that's how they get ya

Stripey calico cat sitting loaf-style on a brown ottoman

Calico cat lying on the middle platform of a grey cat tree. Her eyes are closed. She is sleepy.

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Amanda @msemmalyon.bsky.social · 1d

You know you are doing a good job at managing your social media experience when a good 70% of the TL is talking about The Heist.
Well done, chums!

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