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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 3h

15 Euphemisms for Terrible Things, Explained

These expressions were coined to disguise everything from capital punishments to diseases, death, slavery, and cannibalism.

www.mentalfloss.com

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves #13 Skeleton
The monument for Elizabeth Benson, obit 1710, in St Leonard, Shoreditch. Carved by Francis Bird, it shows two gleeful skeletons holding a shroud, vigorously ripping apart the tree of life.
www.speel.me.uk/chlondon/stl...

Carving of two skeletons holding a shroud and tearing a tree in half

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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve only seen two of the movies on this list (and now I really want to watch Fall) but I’m with Andrew Pulver - The Vanishing traumatised me for life.

‘Verging on unwatchable’: Guardian writers on their most stressful movies

With the US release of Rose Byrne’s anxiety-inducing motherhood spiral If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, writers relive their most uncomfortable movie watches

www.theguardian.com

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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 6d

A Wonderful Day to Be Dead

Bo Burnham

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13d

This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)

Denni, a golden retriever with a sweet face, sits and looks up at the camera with a smile. she has a passenger clinging to her back. a baby koala. the joey's eyes peak over the top of Denni's head.

Denni is standing and looking off to the left of the frame. the baby koala on her back looks at the camera.

a super zoomed photo of the baby koala and their mom high up in a tree. the adult koala holds onto her joey and looks down at the camera with what we would like to think is appreciation for caring for her baby.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 6d

In #JapaneseFolklore there is a #yokai known as azuki baba (bean hag). She often appears on rainy autumn nights, glowing white through the mist, singing hoarsely as she shakes and washes beans by the river. She is a more sinister variant of azuki arai who despite singing about...
#FolkyFriday
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An old woman sits beside a river washing a strainer of azuki beans. Trees with autumn leaves above. Swirling mist around her.

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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 6d

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Toby 🇵🇸 @tobestewart.bsky.social · Nov 21

If this app doesn’t work I’m going back to ruining my life locally

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subtrauma @subtrauma.bsky.social · 7d

we're all just flawed individuals here, writing our crayon notes on the padded walls of this insane asylum

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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 7d

“The man's young family and autism diagnosis were both taken into account by the court when considering an appropriate sentence.” 🤬

Man spared jail time by ACT court after raping woman he met online

A 38-year-old man has been spared jail time, partly on account of his autism diagnosis, after raping a woman he met online and filming their sexual encounters without consent.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 8d

🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Chinese
Liu Kuiling (1885 - 1968)
TWO GOATS AND BATS
Ink and colour on silk

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Two-Goats-and-Bats/A801A9F3DF6336A0

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas.bsky.social · 7d

Mandy, a haunted doll, is kept in the Quesnel & District Museum in Quesnel, British Columbia. Her eyes supposedly follow the movements of museum visitors, and cameras trained on her flicker. Mandy was given to the museum after her owner kept getting woken up by her crying.
#LegendaryWednesday

Photography of Mandy, the haunted doll of Quesnel.

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Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · 7d

#LegendaryWednesday
How to give your young child nightmares ... this doll was owned by Marjorie Cousins, the daughter of family friends during the 1910s.