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Agnes Kormendi

@tapsiful.bsky.social

Used to translate books, now a manual software tester. I write sad poems in English and sff stories in my native Hungarian. I make Celtic knotwork inspired animal drawings and take too many photos of the same hills and vales. Trans rights are human rights.

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Post the good news when you see it…

03.11.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 559    πŸ” 277    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two men take a narrowboat holiday and pick up a mysterious passenger.
The river grows darker, the air colder & the map no longer makes sense.

Elizabeth Jane Howard, Three Miles Up
#AScareADay @romgothsam.bsky.social

Read it here: s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/...

21.10.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's just natural selection at work...

20.10.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive 1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

Big Jim's bike trip to Braemar.

Stick with it to the end. The pay off is worthy of Beckett.

youtu.be/cZk2jV5gJbM?...

20.10.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 8
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Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: β€˜Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’ Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

19.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8258    πŸ” 4602    πŸ’¬ 391    πŸ“Œ 1114

I'm Hungarian and I nearly threw up when I read they chose Budapest. It's an open insult to Ukraine. (Also a great rallying event for Orban that could win him next year's elections, and I hate it with every fibre of my being).

17.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

28.09.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8516    πŸ” 4213    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 364

Oooh, congratulations!

15.10.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

kΓ©t lehetΕ‘sΓ©g van: vagy ennyire nem akarja elengedni azt a tΓΆrtΓ©netet, vagy a kΓΆnyvnek mΓ‘r vΓ©ge, Γ©s csak unalmas kΓΆszΓΆnetnyilvΓ‘nΓ­tΓ‘sok Γ©s reklΓ‘mok vannak hΓ‘tra :)

13.10.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so sorry, this is heartbreaking. Hugs for Bailey, who was a beautiful dog, and no doubt lovely, too!! Sending you good vibes, I hope good things come your way!

09.10.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall.

Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy.

Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.

01.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 15

Sometimes you learn in life and sometimes you get drunk instead

27.09.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.

Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet

27.09.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3762    πŸ” 1228    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 67
The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

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27.09.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Iain Banks: the final interview Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .

β€œI mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”

β€”Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

16.09.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 867    πŸ” 378    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 27
Vertical photo of a sperm whale with a giant squid in its mouth. The tentacles and body of the squid can be seen emerging between the teeth.

Vertical photo of a sperm whale with a giant squid in its mouth. The tentacles and body of the squid can be seen emerging between the teeth.

Ventral view of the same scene : a sperm whale with a giant squid in its mouth. The tentacles and body of the squid can be seen emerging between the teeth.

Ventral view of the same scene : a sperm whale with a giant squid in its mouth. The tentacles and body of the squid can be seen emerging between the teeth.

Just woke up from a social media pause and the first thing I see is an incredible footage of a sperm whale casually cruising with a giant squid in its mouth ??

πŸ¦‘ 🌊 🌿

08.09.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1541    πŸ” 460    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 68

It's 1 am. I just bought 4 bottles of Italian wine. I was planning to buy them and they were 25% off, but why can't I just buy stuff at a normal time? (Also, how did I escape impulse buying chocolate cakes and lobsters and whatnot, 1 am is hardly the right time for willpower and self restraint.)

06.09.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So great to read this, and I hope the new job will treat him well! What a great way to go into the weekend!

05.09.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, you're right, I agree that the pic is AI, I just wanted to add that the strange number of fingers might have been on purpose. Sorry I wasn't clearer...

05.09.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The six fingers thing may have been on purpose, in some traditions babies born with six fingers are supposed to have a special connection with the spirit world. And it's not incredibly rare. Nowadays they snip off the extra fingers at / soon after birth, but these people were thought to be special.

05.09.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love how he just didn’t give her a chance to a spout A Line about keeping politics out if the arts (as if!) or whatever.

04.09.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is stupid on so many levels it hurts. I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't also evil.

04.09.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mi homenaje a Federico GarcΓ­a Lorca; el cual dedicΓ³ gran parte de su obra a AndalucΓ­a y al pueblo gitano πŸŒΏβ˜€οΈ

Esta pieza forma parte de mi proyecto personal en el que he estado trabajando a principios de año y que presentaré en pocos meses 🎨

#illustration #humanart #lorca #andalucia

18.08.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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A beautiful arche shaped iceberg that we found in Disko Bay early August during one of our late night sailing.

To give you an idea the mast of the boat is around 30 meters high πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«β›΅οΈπŸ§Šβ€¦ This piece of ice was massive.

01.09.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 851    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 10

Not to mention the Bell Beaker people.

01.09.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hungary

30.08.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YAAAAY! Congrats!!!

30.08.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

QRP With an artists that inspire you!
QRP com um artista que te inspira!

I absolutely love @thewhalergirl.bsky.social 's work. Go check her out!

29.08.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

The only reason this doesn't feel like screaming into the void is that I use chrome in light mode and the void is supposed to be dark.

28.08.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who knows what else is in her actual review, if these are the examples she thinks are supporting her case / showing her in a favourable light... it could be way worse.

28.08.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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