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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · Aug 17
Dawning realisation that if anything happened to anyone in my family the last word that will have passed between us is “alligator”.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 4h
Fair. I can rectify that.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 4h
Can I bring my cat if I press her toe bean to the “like” button?
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 5h
It’s RAH sumo day and the excitement is OFF THE SCALE!
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 1d
This Saturday!

Come say hello and if you bring or buy a copy of #MandalayBook I’ll draw you a picture too! x
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 14d
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!

I'm taking part in a panel with other women food writers for this year's South East London BookFest.

Come join us at 2pm on Sat 18 Oct!

l'll be alongside Romy Gill,
Pary Baban from Nandine, @foodstories.bsky.social and
The Flygerians!

Free tickets here! 🎟️ tiny.cc/food
A collage of the bright yellow cover of my book ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen’, me in a burgundy ‘Original Beef of Chicagoland’ T-shirt (from the tv show The Bear), holding a plate full of Tokyo Disneyland cakes, the poster for the SE London BookFest, and the area around Corner Corner (between Canada Water and Surrey Quays) which is where our panel will be.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 19h
Thank you!
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 22h
Thank you - I’ve loved doing the course. My OH bought it as a birthday present and it has really floated my boat!
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 22h
I like it
A 3 layer reduction print of a potted plant
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
I am truly happy now 🧵
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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 1d
The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London.
Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
Nouvelle Vague, Too Drunk To Fuck

(Also absolutely chaotically superb live)
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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d
Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
It’s also comparatively cheap so if you cock it up you can start again without feeling horribly guilty.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve spent a few years looking for a creative hobby that I can just pick up & put down and this might be the one. I’ve tried a few things eg wirework, watercolours, seaglass composition … Lino is very satisfying and time-adaptable, you can do a bit and put it away easily
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
Spent a couple of hours this afternoon digging out the space in a Lino print tile and it was enjoyably meditative. Reduction printing 3 layers tomorrow.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
Spent a couple of hours this afternoon digging out the space in a Lino print tile and it was enjoyably meditative. Reduction printing 3 layers tomorrow.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
I will check it out thanks. As long as it’s within 20 mins on the tube I’m happy to travel too.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 1d
Saturday lunchtime ideas not too far from Kings Cross? Interesting food, GF options?

HELP!
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d
Ahhhh!
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d
Have they removed 3 months of your posts???
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Saskia W. @saskiaw.bsky.social · 2d
Taikan Yokoyama was a prominent figure in modern Japanese painting (Nihonga), who helped revitalize the art form. He developed the mōrōtai “blurred style", using soft color washes without outlines. He later became known for masterful monochrome ink paintings, particularly depictions of Mount Fuji.
The painting is titled Mountain Village after Storm by the Japanese artist Yokoyama Taikan, created in 1912. The artwork is a nihonga painting, a style of Japanese art that uses traditional techniques and materials. It depicts a serene and misty mountain landscape, with a small village nestled among pine trees on a hillside. The artist used soft gradients and blurred ink washes, a technique known as Mōrōtai, to create a dreamlike and atmospheric scene where forms emerge from a veil of fog. The overall mood of the painting is one of tranquility and quiet harmony, capturing the calm that follows a storm.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d
Did not know this about Old Bay
The origins of the company can be traced back to Wertheim, Germany, where Brunn started a wholesale spice and seasoning business selling to food industries, seeing an opportunity as spices were in especially short supply amidst hyperinflation in the aftermath of World War I. 9] Due to rising antisemitism as the Nazi Party rose to power, the company moved to Frankfurt, Germany; 1°1 however, on the night of November 9, 1938, a massive pogrom against Jews, known as Kristallnacht, led to Brunn being arrested by Nazi soldiers and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp. " According to Brunn's son, Gustav's wife paid a large sum of money to a lawyer for him to be released; as they had already applied for and received American visas, they were able to escape with their two children to New York City and later Baltimore, Maryland, where Brunn had family.!'! There, having brought with him only a small spice grinder, 8! Brunn founded the Baltimore Spice Company and produced the "Delicious Brand Shrimp and Crab Seasoning", which was later renamed Old Bay. 12[13]
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d
Hotelier to maintenance team: “disable screaming banshee mode on these”
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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 2d
Supplier: Our blowdryers have 2 settings—screaming banshee or old man wheezing

Hotelier: I'll take your whole inventory
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 2d
“That’s one gone!”, says a dad to me as he drops his son at nursery. “One more to go!” he says, pointing at his daughter sitting in the car. “Just need to get rid of the wife, and I’m sorted!“ he laughs, expecting me to laugh too, but to his surprise I smash him about the head with a ceremonial mace
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d
Old Washington is nice. The Old Hall is well worth a wander round.
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d
Nice little cafe on the green too!
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the ranky amateur picture show @rankamateur.bsky.social · 2d
All the photos of rikishi wandering randomly around London are making my day.
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 2d
Kani Bucho, an office boss with an entire crab for a head, is the mascot for Yokobiki, a company that makes metal roller shutters for store windows.
A mascot in a blue suit with a red crab for a head enters a building.
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