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Pete Smith
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Research support librarian. PhD in public engagement in universities. TTRPGs, boardgames, SFF, paper and ink making.
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We laugh in the face of Whamageddon
We have played this every day this month, and will do so throughout December.
A thin square music player fixed to a small freezer. It is made to look like the screen of a player which is playing Last Christmas by Wham. That is the only song on it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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River Sheaf as it emerges near Sheffield Station
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A food stall sign- yellow background and RISOTTO BALLS in red capitals.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Go there and drink some
A small round bottle with a stubby neck. The label has a white rimmed red circle with a white rimmed gold Geek cross. Around it are the words UNICUM 1796 at the top and ZWACK at the bottom.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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A tin of Royal Dansk Danish butter cookies- the tine is blue, with images of the cookies. The lid is resting on the tin, showing some of the cookies inside.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Jumpers for goal posts in the style of the Zohran for New York City campaign. All caps, the word for in italics, yellow on blue.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Party time!
A half of La Trappe abbey beer-a dark brown beer- in a La Trappe brand glass
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Gonna party like a 19th century Russian literary hero
A packet of Regal bakery tea rusks. Original tea risks, according to the labelling.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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She's not wrong 🙂
I, a bald white man in glasses with a black and grey beard, am holding up a plushie of the Moomins character Little My. She has red hair in a top knit, a red dress, and a fierce expression.
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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This just arrived- I'd already got the PDF. It's a lovely book! The producers aren't on here, but their site is at extinguishedcountries.com
I am holding up a copy of 'Habsburg Empire' from the Extinguished Countries project. The cover shows a grand white building at the end of a promontory- the book tells me it's the Miramare Castle in Trieste.
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Sort of like this. The boxes for commentary on sources / ideas hint at a multitude of such boxes behind that one box- a box labelled 'Sources' with links to new pages, perhaps with in time their own source commentary...
Top- Commentary on access to sources in Baker- open access, access to justice issues etc Left centre- Commentary on Baker’s sources Centre- Commentary on pages from Baker’s Intro to English Legal History Right centre= Commentary on ideas in Baker
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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*shakes fist* ERNIE......
ERNIE, the computer used to select premium bond numbers
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Charity shop finds...
Two books- R F Kuang's The Poppy War and Pognon's Les Tres Riches Heures Du Du. De Berry: 15th century manuscript
September 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Solo game of The White Castle in progress. Japanese themed worker placement / resource management.
The board, pieces, and cards for a solo game of The White Castle.
September 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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🎶Britcard
Britcard
More like Shitcard
Sends your data to some scammers
But the PM feels so hard🎶
Tom Jones in the Sex Bomb video, singing on an old fashioned TV.
September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🎶Niche posts
Niche posts
Send those niche posts
It's what this site is all about
Pay no heed to the hosts🎶
Tom Jones, singing on the Sex Bomb video, as if on an old style CRT telly.
September 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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@aliettedebodard.com thought K1 and K2 might appreciate this historic map my wife got me from a charity shop. It shows the development of France over time.
A map which shows how the territory of France developed over time. It shows changing borders and a list of key treaties.
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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smoothie
smoothie
breakfast smoothie
smash all the things together
collapsing society
Tom Jones singing on the video for Sex Bomb. He's on an old TV set.
September 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social Here's a book for Hildegard of Bingen day
I am holding up a copy of UNKNOWN LANGUAGE by Hildegard of Bingen and Huw Lemmey. It has the title and author names top and bottom, between them a circle cut out of the cover shows part of a vision of heaven- I think it's angel's wings.
September 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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@florilegia.bsky.social It's ready! Hope to get in post tomorrow
A small plastic bottle filled with blue-black iron gall ink.
September 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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And here's the metadata
A man meeting Brent Sooner, who plays Data in Star Trek.
September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Big bun
Big bun
Spicy big bun
Washed down with some lemonade
A breakfast full of fun
Tom Jones from the Sex Bomb video- he's singing inside on old fashioned television.
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Use
A card with 'You are loved, and worthy of love. yes, you, you little shit...' written on it in home made oak gall ink. 'Signed' impatience strong
September 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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@florilegia.bsky.social ingredients, result
A tannin solution, made by steeping crushed oak galls in water. A deep brown colour A blob of oak gall ink- deep black Some gum arabic dissolved in warm water- orangey colour Iron sulphate powder mixed in water- slighly green
September 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Bog feet
Bog feet
Styled like bog feet
Where em if you need to look like
You've been kept in peat
Tom Jones singing in an fashioned TV set, from the Sex Bomb video
August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM