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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 4h

Had a parcel stolen this morning after it was left outside and they didn’t bother to knock the door. Why yes, it was Evri. Thank Bastet it wasn’t anything valuable

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 17h

Now with added protein!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 20h

And there was me thinking we’d learned not to do this in the 1850s

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 23h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

eeep

Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 2d

🧠 Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.
London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1884.

[Source]

Illustration from an 1884 report on zoological collections in the Indo-Pacific by H.M.S. "Alert," showing detailed, labeled pencil sketches of three crab species: Euxanthus tuberculosus (A), Hypoecius punctatus (B), and Banareia inconspicua (C). The drawing highlights the crabs’ carapaces, claws, and leg structures with close-up views of their distinctive textures and anatomical features, such as tubercles and spines. The image reflects 19th-century scientific documentation methods linked to Darwinian natural history and species classification during exploratory voyages.

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Dr Meg Kobza @fancyhistorian.bsky.social · 1d

It's not Masquerade Monday, BUT! 'The Masquerade: A History of Extravagance and Intrigue' is now available for pre-order & you can get 25% off through Friday!

www.waterstones.com/book/the-mas...

If you think Bridgerton will be juicy, just wait til you get your hands on this 😏🤫 #18thc

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

No one cares about your novel about a middle-aged academic or writer rediscovering Life through shagging one of his students. Actually most novels about writers suck

Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

I loathe and despise des Grieux, he ruined Manon Lescaut’s life. I’d love to read a version from her perspective

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Sep 9

For the #SciArtSeptember prompt origin a print about autodidact marine #biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794 – 1871). 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬🦑 Not only did she invent aquariums for scientific study, she solved the millenium-old mystery about the nature and origin of the argonaut’s shell, showing that it is in fact 🧵

My linocut portrait of Jeanne Villepreux-Power with an aquarium and one of her observation cages with anchor. There is a paper nautilus in the aquarium and she is holding a net while wear a voluminous dress. The print is in a gradient of gold at the bottom through green and purple at the top.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"The fleet quickly grew into the world’s largest and most effective. That era seems to be coming to an end."

Andrew Lawler on the U.S. Navy, founded 250 years ago today:

The Birth Pangs of the U.S. Navy

It was founded 250 years ago today—and, oddly, was promptly ordered to attack what is today its biggest base.

www.thebulwark.com

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d

oh god no he hoovered up his own brain

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Or any books

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the best of all the Brontë sisters’ novels.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

I STILL remember about eight numbers including, for some reason, my dentist from about four dentists ago (tbf it’s a memorable combination)

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

“Can you comms this?”

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. He’ll work out his notice but keep an eye/ear out!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Architecture - whole construction industry is having a crap time atm especially with safety approvals taking nearly a year rather than the intended three months. It’s shite for all of them tbh

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Yeah it is…I was going to make an ‘and he was close to retirement!’ joke but can’t be arsed now (and he isn’t really)

Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Well, my other half has been made redundant. Saw it coming (his industry is going through a big slowdown) but it’s still shit, especially at his age. Wine is in the fridge.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

And it really shows

Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

£%$!^#!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Baked beans

Tombstone

Three Lions

Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 2d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Brie

Mother!

Wonderwall

Neville Morley @nevillemorley.bsky.social · 2d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Boiled eggs

The Vanishing

We All Stand Together

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Years ago my gran, an *expert* knitter, was asked by her friend to make her a chenille jumper. It’s the only time I ever saw her a) give up on a project and b) pull it apart in frustration!

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

I love Wallace Reid but I’m not sure I’d respond well to this 😁

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if Bullen Court is Bull Inn Court - the pub there was called the Bull until quite late in the C19 I think (and then replaced by the Nell Gwynne)

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god, I hated it. Sorry