@lareinemargot.bsky.social
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The government can’t afford to clear up the gigantic waste mountain because it would have to pay millions of pounds to the government.
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This has made grin, so I'm sharing it 😍 @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Empathy that lasts a lifetime’: charity bridges gap between Bradford schools
Pupils from schools with differing demographics meet and play under charity scheme set up after city’s 2001 riots
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This has made grin, so I'm sharing it 😍 @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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So I was at the Miffy exhibition yesterday and can I say, watching Dick Bruna draw Miffy (on video) was quite the revelation, zen like patience with more brush strokes than you can possibly imagine youtu.be/V52ZBZb1Rsc?...
Dick Bruna at work (official Miffy video)
YouTube video by Miffy
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November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So I was at the Miffy exhibition yesterday and can I say, watching Dick Bruna draw Miffy (on video) was quite the revelation, zen like patience with more brush strokes than you can possibly imagine youtu.be/V52ZBZb1Rsc?...
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The original anecdote, from a podcast about the bash shell. Note that Brian Fox was working alone, so nobody else had copies of his code, unlike the people in this group project.
www.redhat.com/en/command-l...
www.redhat.com/en/command-l...
February 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The original anecdote, from a podcast about the bash shell. Note that Brian Fox was working alone, so nobody else had copies of his code, unlike the people in this group project.
www.redhat.com/en/command-l...
www.redhat.com/en/command-l...
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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![Eeeeet c’est encore une énième manif contre un pouvoir illégitime, sourd et aveugle (mais hélas pas muet). Comme d’accoutumée les robocops surarmés sont de sortie, avec ordre de se faire plaisir sur la tonfa. Une bande de petits vieux défile avec des pancartes « cœur ». Jean-Robocop lance à la mamie du devant : « Vous allez roter du sang, bande de TERRORISTES ! » La mamie, interloquée : « Quoi ? » Puis les robocops se mettent à robocoper avec tact (ils tabassent et gazent tout le monde). La mamie, au sol : « Mais on ne fait que marcher pacifiquement dans la rue ! » Dans la dernière case, on retrouve la même mamie, les lunettes à peine désaxées mais désormais vêtue de noir de pied en cape, un cocktail molotov et une barre à mine à la main. Son collègue petit vieux l’interpelle : « Eh bin ? » Mamie répond : « Quitte à se faire gazer, autant se faire plaisir. » [fin]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ektsqyfnb5apiiwvxdpudpzs/bafkreigft3mgdpi6s2anymzkguhkmfsnauxaxf7iziybup3gpilefdhshe@jpeg)
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I'm in love with this scuttling rage pancake
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm in love with this scuttling rage pancake
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extremely delightful to be retroactively validated in all my most self-indulgent mid-20s narcissicisms. "you know who I bet is reading my posts? extremely cool hot girls. I bet they're reading them to each other out loud and talking about how funny I am"
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
extremely delightful to be retroactively validated in all my most self-indulgent mid-20s narcissicisms. "you know who I bet is reading my posts? extremely cool hot girls. I bet they're reading them to each other out loud and talking about how funny I am"
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ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
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This was also the first place we saw Hallucigenia, a species SO BIZARRE that for a long time, nobody knew which end was up! Great poster by Nix Illustration here:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This was also the first place we saw Hallucigenia, a species SO BIZARRE that for a long time, nobody knew which end was up! Great poster by Nix Illustration here:
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A thorough and honest eulogy:
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A thorough and honest eulogy:
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The inimitable @sallypointer.bsky.social just posted this lovely #JoyScrolling video. Best part? Anyone with access to an orange (or really, any thick-skinned citrus, I think?) can make their own beautiful, fragrant little trinket box:
Make an Orange Peel Box inspired by 18th century Bergamot Boxes
YouTube video by Sally Pointer
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The inimitable @sallypointer.bsky.social just posted this lovely #JoyScrolling video. Best part? Anyone with access to an orange (or really, any thick-skinned citrus, I think?) can make their own beautiful, fragrant little trinket box:
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If you liked that, a) may the Lord have mercy on your soul and b) you’ll like this, by @mooseallain.bsky.social, even more www.worldofmoose.com/products/fla...
Flamingo Cartoon
This cartoon is an original, signed ink drawing by Moose Allain
www.worldofmoose.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you liked that, a) may the Lord have mercy on your soul and b) you’ll like this, by @mooseallain.bsky.social, even more www.worldofmoose.com/products/fla...
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Tone it down a little, Physalia mikazuki sp. nov.!
This new cryptic species is in the same genus as "Portuguese man-of-war" (Physalia physalis), also called 'bluebottle'.
Their presence near northern Japan suggests concerning climate change-driven marine ecosystem shifts.
This new cryptic species is in the same genus as "Portuguese man-of-war" (Physalia physalis), also called 'bluebottle'.
Their presence near northern Japan suggests concerning climate change-driven marine ecosystem shifts.
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Tone it down a little, Physalia mikazuki sp. nov.!
This new cryptic species is in the same genus as "Portuguese man-of-war" (Physalia physalis), also called 'bluebottle'.
Their presence near northern Japan suggests concerning climate change-driven marine ecosystem shifts.
This new cryptic species is in the same genus as "Portuguese man-of-war" (Physalia physalis), also called 'bluebottle'.
Their presence near northern Japan suggests concerning climate change-driven marine ecosystem shifts.
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For the last quarter of a century, there has always been at least one person living off-planet.
I just think that's incredibly cool.
apnews.com/article/inte...
I just think that's incredibly cool.
apnews.com/article/inte...
The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit
The International Space Station is marking 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit. Nearly 300 people have lived aboard the scientific outpost.
apnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
For the last quarter of a century, there has always been at least one person living off-planet.
I just think that's incredibly cool.
apnews.com/article/inte...
I just think that's incredibly cool.
apnews.com/article/inte...
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Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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There can't be many TV series that are invariably listed as "political thriller" which also happen to be an ecological warning wrapped in a detective story about a good man who's done a bad thing in a world where the mystical and paranormal coexist.
BBCFOUR tonight (and onwards) is showing the original series Edge of Darkness - please book your seat now.. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
There can't be many TV series that are invariably listed as "political thriller" which also happen to be an ecological warning wrapped in a detective story about a good man who's done a bad thing in a world where the mystical and paranormal coexist.
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The mighty Edge of Darkness is on BBC4 tonight at 9.15 and also on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
Join us as for our latest episode as we watch Edge of Darkness. Audio version available wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/YShw_4yO03I?...
World of Telly Episode 2: Edge of Darkness
YouTube video by World of Telly
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November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The mighty Edge of Darkness is on BBC4 tonight at 9.15 and also on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
You can get yourself in the mood by watching our video podcast up to the spoiler warning. Lots of stuff about Troy Kennedy Martin and other prime movers behind this fantastic series.
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it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
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makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
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Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
October 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
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Such empathy with these huddled beasts on a 10th/11thC whalebone chesspiece, perhaps a rook or a bishop, snuggling up against cold and damp autumn days…
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Such empathy with these huddled beasts on a 10th/11thC whalebone chesspiece, perhaps a rook or a bishop, snuggling up against cold and damp autumn days…
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...