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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 45m

Good god, trying to sort shoe insoles. (Once I find a pair that fit I'll cut around those, but until then.)

I really need more shoes but bets they won't fit either...

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 1h

He even had a pretty good TV show about being a DJ.

Isabel Zaw-Tun @izzyzaw.bsky.social · 4d

Every day it’s a new thing

Meme of Chris Fleming saying “OK was anybody going to tell me that Idris Elba is a musician / or was I just supposed to see him on the lineup for the Riyadh Music Festival myself?”

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 4h

And I promised the four new works earlier, two pairs of loop earrings [very Goth-y], two bead necklaces [not Goth-y at all, but still seasonal:

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 1h

Happy anniversary!

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 4h

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 4h

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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♣Sincerely♣ @lycosiday.bsky.social · 19h

Vulturetober days 10-13
#vulturetober #vulture #beardedvulture #griffonvulture #lappetfacedvulture #whiterumpedvulture #art #birds #birdart

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 10h

Reminder, I'm once more selling to the US! Sent a tester parcel and it all worked fine.

(I'm absolutely screwed on the Etsy algorithm because of time without sales, but I'm doing what I can.)

Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for a little magic? I'm slowly adding more labradorite pendants, and US shipping is open once more - it may be slower than usual, but nothing has changed on your side (the tariff stuff all gets sorted at my post office).

oishiny.etsy.com

#Handmade #ShopIndie

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations on the new job!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h

I note some opposition to this proposition, ie "But surely [author] holds up better than every other!" and "there is no perceptible variation in literary opinion based on disparate life experiences," and in both cases: oh, honey. Okay.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10h

The answer to "how does [author] hold up?" is always "for whom?" Bester holds up fine to me, but I'm a 56-year-old white dude who has a vested interest in the genre. My take on his hold-uppedness will be different than, say, a 15-year-old BIPOC girl approaching science fiction for the first time.

Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 10h

How does Alfred Bester hold up?

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 10h

I horrified people because I cut up and collaged some books of classics onto school folders. These were super cheap editions on flimsy paper designed for students to highlight. The world is not going to run out of Oscar Wilde.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 10h

You know, what's kind of funny is these aren't even really nightmares. There was no "The dead have risen, aaahhh!". Just "Somehow this is my problem to deal with."

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knifeBOOts aka Jen (they/them) 👻 @knifeboots.xyz · 10h

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 10h

Reminder, I'm once more selling to the US! Sent a tester parcel and it all worked fine.

(I'm absolutely screwed on the Etsy algorithm because of time without sales, but I'm doing what I can.)

Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for a little magic? I'm slowly adding more labradorite pendants, and US shipping is open once more - it may be slower than usual, but nothing has changed on your side (the tariff stuff all gets sorted at my post office).

oishiny.etsy.com

#Handmade #ShopIndie

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 15h

I just added two utterly show-stopping pieces to my shop, check em out!!

My take on Eureka Crystal’s “Opulence Echo”, and another epic Komodogenesis cuff, this time in lizard green 🦎💎

#bsnm #jewelry

Black velvet jewelry bust displaying an incredibly ornate beaded necklace in shades of blue with a massive round blue crystal in the center

Fluffy the Asian water monitor toy modeling a giant cuff made of green howlite tooth beads with more beads in greens, black, gold, and jet AB going down the center

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 12h

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 11h

Usually you only see that many naked people in a locker room, and those "troops" haven't done an exercise since they last ran for an ice cream van.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 11h

Same for my family, and I spent so many years as a child fighting teachers who wanted to put an extra letter in. Because clearly some woman who first heard it 2 minutes ago knows better than the person whose name it is.

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, tonight's inventory selections. There are four.

Today's featured work is a smallish, elegant pair of traditional floral concha earrings set with Welo opals [shown below].

We have two more pairs in this size, a slightly larger pair, and a very different style, with unique stones.

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Frankentate’s monster @bootlegdemon.bsky.social · 12h

I’m Tate, I’m Choctaw and Pomo I do illustrations and beadwork!! I do art for games too!! bootlegdemonart.carrd.co

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Ale @alepresser.com · 14h

Please preorder our book.

We have been unsupervised and made some HUGE plans for the sequel, but the first book HAS to make some good sales for it to happen!

K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 19h

There are more locations to preorder SIDEQUESTED, the dead trees version of our webcomic!

Dodo-vultures, chonky elder dragons, a super-strong princess, a complete dip of a bard, and the brilliant young librarian who brings them all together!

Free to read here:
sidequested.com

You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 NOW! - Side Quested Webcomic

Yes, finally! You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 wherever books are sold! Here are convenient links to some of the big stores (but your local indie brick-and-mortar store will also…

sidequested.com

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 13h

As a lover of scaly and metal-themed jewelry, I cannot ignore this incredible Becky and Hillary collab

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Hillary and Becky's Finery for the Blood Countess | Peculiarity Shop

Another amazing collaboration between Hillary and Becky! Bead sewing meets chainmail for a jewelry set worthy of Elizabeth Bathory herself. Components: Czech glass, stainless steelNecklace: 18"Bracele...

www.peculiarityshop.com

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 10d

Boosts appreciated 🔁

It's a great time to start shopping for holiday gifts! I make handmade jewelry for a living, so your business this holiday season means far more to me than it will to any large business. Grab my new spooky earrings → cvkvlv.com

MVTO!!

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#Beadwork

Two pairs of fringe earrings with ghosts on them, one with a purple and orange background and one with a purple and green background

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The Vagabond Tabby @thevagabondtabby.bsky.social · 15h

I'm just gonna start tossing em in with big orders, is what

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delicate vengeance #3 – The Vagabond Tabby

delicate vengeance #3 – The Vagabond Tabby

firstly & foremost i am not a Jedi (nor a Sith, that's too much like work) • but i will happily take vengeance in the form of living well • despite those who want me & everyone like me dead

www.thevagabondtabby.com

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 15d

Okay, tonight's inventory selection.

Today's feature is a fabulous vintage-style cuff [shown below] set with a rainbow moonstone cabochon.

We have a pair of earrings in a similarly old design, set with the same gem.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 17h

On the other hand, even the people who would have been pro garlic mayo were mostly "eww", and I bet the association sticks.

I got badly placed McDonalds adverts while I was in the middle of watching Chernobyl and it put me off for ages...

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