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Sally Osborn

@salosborn.bsky.social

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Copyeditor, proofreader and indexer. PhD on 18c medical recipe MSS. Renovating an 18c chartreuse in SW France. www.EditExpert.net

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · Jan 3

This will definitely be my mood on Monday morning ☕️

French sign translating as Procaffeination: tendency to start nothing before drinking a cup of coffee

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15h

"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.

'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires

The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Divider Decider👩🏻‍⚖️🌊⚖️(Let me officiate) @dividerdecider.bsky.social · 10h

Uniter
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez channeling JFK

"Ich bin ein New Yorker"

@aoc.bsky.social rallies New York for early voting & Election Day. May we all be defiant New Yorkers to the GOP regime.

#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited via @teamaoc, www.instagram.com/reel/DQaDZv0...

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t want to spoil your fun but I think that’s a transcription error - the original says innkeeper 😅

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 3d

20 Northmoor Road, Oxford.

Professor and Mrs. Tolkien
request the pleasure of your company
on Wednesday, November zist, 1945,
to assist them in celebrating
the Coming of Age of their Son
Sub-Lieut. C. J. R. TOLKIEN, R.N.V.R.
6.30 p.m. onwards. R.S.V.P. if not coming.
Carriages at midnight. Ambulances at 2 a.m.
Wheelbarrows at 5 a.m. Hearses at daybreak.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! She has her moments…

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Lyric "Spookysounds" Rain @rainsong.cloud · 7d

A rare example of indoor environmental mimicry, this specimen demonstrates the remarkable ability to disguise itself as a throw pillow

poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 7d

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 4d

Beach walks and pumpkin carving - start of half-term

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 5d

Hard agree - my favourite place to eat in Chelmsford

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Fete, Chelmsford, Essex: ‘It absolutely dares to be different’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

There’s something so endearingly adventurous and devil-may-care about this menu that makes me love the place

www.theguardian.com

Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 5d

It’s certainly a lie if you have young children in the house!

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 5d

Ghosts and fireworks on the sea front at Southend last night

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Tony🫘 @mcdeathbruger.bsky.social · 6d

I liked this one a lot.

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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 8d

Venice used to have a second church on Piazza San Marco: S. Geminiano designed by Sansovino you can see in this Canaletto painting. It was kind of a big deal; shows up in a ton of artwork. It was destroyed by Napoleon — to build a ballroom.

Napoleon occupied Venice 1806-1814, eight years.

Painting view of Piazza San Marco showing corner of Loggetta and facing away from Basilica San Marco towards church of San Geminiano with white stone facade, classicizing.

Aerial shot of Piazza San Marco showing facade of the now Museo Correr, Napoleonic ballroom.

Photograph interior of ballroom, cream colored, ceiling paintings, stone floor, empty and lifeless just like Napoleon

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Brett Taylor @brett-taylor.bsky.social · 7d

Scroll down to the Major Events Timeline, and nothing will prepare you for what you'll see. I cannot believe it is real. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...

The White House Building

Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...

www.whitehouse.gov

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 6d

Oh wonderful, well done. And the more pics the better!

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Bridget 🧟‍♀️ Oooo Brains @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 6d

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 7d

The New York Times is bothsidesing the illegal destruction of half of the White House

beyond parody

A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
Critics are outraged over President Trump's demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change.
5 MIN READ
Early

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 7d

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 8d

Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 9d

Oh no, I’m so sorry, Stuart. There is still hope 🤞

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daniel s. @self.agency · 11d

yes, i stole the crown jewels but in my defense, i am using them to train an llm in jewelry design and therefore i am within my rights

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 11d

That was my thinking too

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 11d

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

Denise C.
@SpudBenBean
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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 11d

It’s actually quite interesting having a male cleaner. He’s obsessive about the weirdest things, and is much more judgmental than female cleaners have been. He’s also a pâtissier in a local restaurant, and I must say the kitchen’s never been so clean!

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