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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 7h

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Dumbo squid: I ONCE SAW A HUMAN AND PEED MYSELF.

Shark: A HUMAN SAW ME, AND HE PEED HIMSELF.

Jellyfish: A HUMAN TOUCHED ME ONCE, AND HIS FRIEND PEED ON HIM.

Dumbo squid: DUDE...

Shark: WHAT?

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 16h

a man in captain america 's uniform says i understood that reference

Alt: Captain America meme of him saying I understood that reference

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 16h

Sam Altman one of a number of powerful men who have essentially risen to prominence because they’ve never been asked a single follow-up question

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 19h

Hop?!

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 19h

Really? It was just the children on the bus in the version I knew.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 19h

I like how Emily felt the need to really illustrate her question

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 20h

One of my brother‘s friends was repeatedly searched for drugs at an airport because a sniffer dog was overly interested in him - no drugs but he did have a ham sandwich though!

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 20h

It’s not far off some sexual harassment training courses!

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 20h

No, thankfully not. It was a display demo, and I think it was just closest to horribly injured person smell, in dog terms.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 20h

Poor kid was so embarrassed

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 20h

Have you seen Dog Soldiers? Low budget werewolf movie, which I think is very watchable and tense when it was unseen horror or glimpses, right up until you actually see the werewolves in transformed state. Which looked rather silly.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 20h

Absolutely! [Redacted] was completely terrifying when you could see reactions or catch glimpses of it - in its entirety, a lot weirder looking and less impressive

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 21h

It was really good but the actual nature of the expedition is genuinely so horrific that it didn’t really need the additional [redacted] fictional element.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 23h

A candid and transparent postmortem of two technical incidents we've had on Knowledge Commons recently, brightened up at the end with a summary of the good work we're doing in moving development forward.

about.hcommons.org/2025/10/14/d...

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22h

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 22h

And A level English literature or language? I have the former, not the latter. I’ve got a rip off degree in English, will they count that?

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 22h

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 23h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 22h

Not all British people or even all English people do A level English.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 23h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 23h

Unfortunate incident at a police display thing where the cadaver dog was doing a demonstration and instead of being interested in the fake scent was absolutely focused on a mortified teenage girl on her period.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 1d

It’s people’s lives, not Just A Minute

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

you know what you must do

the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 4d

No Iron Age leader would leave the roundhouse without the Waterloo helmet and Battersea shield

Three Iron Age leaders wearing fashionably horned helmets and carrying impractical shields

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 1d

Well I did say opinions! I can justify why I hold them but obviously lots of views around literature are around taste. There are some works which I can happily accept as objectively good or important which I don’t enjoy. That might be too hinged an opinion for social media though.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 1d

Red Squirrels always looking like they're about to politely interrupt

A Red Squirrel stands upright on the forest floor, tiny paws clasped neatly together as if waiting nervously to ask a question. Its wide eyes and hesitant posture give it an endearing, almost apologetic expression, as though feeling rather unsure about interrupting.

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 1d

I think all my literary opinions are perfectly justifiable. Which may or may not be an unhinged position.

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