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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 4h

King Frank and Queen Helen provided a lot of information about Victorian/Edwardian London which has somehow been passed down through countless generations.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 23h

"O, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!" is painful.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

I first encountered The Song of the Shirt in Vile Victorians (Horrible Histories book) as a child, and it really got to me.

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Frith 🐉 An Odd Type of Dragon @oddtypeofdragon.bsky.social · 1d

If you are in the US, pumpkins are a great wildlife snack! If you are in the UK pumpkins are actively dangerous to much of the wild animals who will eat it! (It has laxitive effects in small creatures like hedgehogs, and so is dangerous to them while they're trying to build hibernation reserves)

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Frith 🐉 An Odd Type of Dragon @oddtypeofdragon.bsky.social · 1d

I beg of everyone and every organisation this Halloween: if you're doing a PSA about what to do with your pumpkin afterwards, INCLUDE THE COUNTRY IN YOUR INFO(GRAPHIC)

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

What a good cat.

Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

Laps already! She's clearly very happy with you.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

How does she respond to people trying to step over her?

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

I spent a lot of today feeling like I wanted to start screaming, for unclear reasons, but on the way home from work I watched bats flying around (and I had brought my bat detector with me, so I got to sort-of hear their echolocating sounds), which was very soothing.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

I like the thought of feeling like I'm Cordelia Naismith on Beta Colony.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want there to be transphobic/Islamophobic slurs all over the place either, but the dogwhistles are so easy for people to brush off rather than recognising that, no, this is a problem and needs to be pushed back against.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

I hate the plausible deniability of the things which sound innocuous if you're not paying much attention. At the weekend I removed/scribbled out some stickers with the Union Jack and the text "We love bacon / We love beer".

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 1d

Took down several Let Women Speak flyers I encountered in central Oxford (because I don't want women to speak, probably!), and very dispirited by their presence. LWS are apparently having an event in Oxford this Saturday, so spread the word if you know local people who might want to protest.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god no

Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 2d

I'd do b or c.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

Her tail is so thick and luxurious that I will support her in all her choices.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5d

ChatGPT's guide to Winning At Work
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Climbing the corporate greasy pole, ChatGPT style: the Stephen Collins cartoon

If I tell you what you want to hear then you’ll think I’m a god!

www.theguardian.com

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

What a darling.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

The display also has Barbies on broomsticks, wearing knitted dresses. Most of my childhood Barbies were secondhand, and their clothes and accessories were as well; the collection included hand-knitted clothes as well as the standard Barbie ones, and it's nice to see more examples.

A Barbie doll riding a flying broomstick (she and the broomstick are suspended from strings). She wears a long knitted dress in two shades of blue and a green cape that has slipped around to her front and hangs straight down.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

From the Hallowe'en display in the window of my local Oxfam. Look, I know that there have been some alarming episodes of clinical negligence, but "surgeon" is not in and of itself a scary costume.

A packet that says "Surgeon Costume" at the top. Pictured are two scary-looking people wearing surgical scrubs, with a background of a cloudy sky with bats.

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

"Are they all too scared of the zombies' clutching claws and gore-stained teeth? Steal their rackets and we can all go home. Who's with me? Steal their rackets and then run for the tube."

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

"What happens if we steal their rackets? If we steal their rackets, the zombies can no longer hit their aces and thump their backhands and keep us all prisoner on Court 18. I'm shocked that this is only occurring to me now. Will nobody run onto the court and steal their rackets?"

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 3d

I gather that there was a baseball game that went on for a very long time a few days ago, which reminded me of one of my favourite pieces of sports writing, a liveblog covering the tennis match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010. www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/j...

Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 23 June | Xan Brooks

Join Xan Brooks for news, results, gossip and much more from SW19

www.theguardian.com

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 4d

But your intestines!

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Verity @veritysp.bsky.social · 4d

Really making me think of Homer's sandwich.

a cartoon of homer simpson and marge simpson laying in a bed

ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and marge simpson laying in a bed

media.tenor.com

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