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Strange fiction, weird history. Lost member of the PRB. Marfan syndrome. Will-oโ€™-the-wisp. Victorians, folklore, bad medicine. THE OTHERS OF EDENWELL and CHEER THE SICK out now. ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

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East Anglian Daily Times headline โ€œIpswich: The tree that looks like Postman Patโ€, 5TH MARCH 2014. A photo of a tree with scars where limbs have been cut, which somewhat resemble eyes and a nose, but in no way bear any resemblance to the cartoon postal worker. A caption says, inaccurately: โ€œQuite un-nerving. A face in a tree trunk at Christchurch Park in Ipswich.โ€

East Anglian Daily Times headline โ€œIpswich: The tree that looks like Postman Patโ€, 5TH MARCH 2014. A photo of a tree with scars where limbs have been cut, which somewhat resemble eyes and a nose, but in no way bear any resemblance to the cartoon postal worker. A caption says, inaccurately: โ€œQuite un-nerving. A face in a tree trunk at Christchurch Park in Ipswich.โ€

Happy 12th anniversary of the day all the people of East Anglia did rise up and speak with one voice and say unto their phones โ€œFuck off does itโ€

05.03.2026 07:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 185    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

I am very much here as a safe space for everyoneโ€™s incredibly bad experiences with idiots applying CBT worksheets at them.

I think every clever/sensitive/both person I know in the UK has had some experience like this. It is proper medical harm.

05.03.2026 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Uphill both ways to JFK's head exploding

05.03.2026 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unsure why Instagram is showing me loads of authors getting all tied in knots over some YA book with alleged necrophilia in it. My primary school library had a book with close-up photos of JFK's head exploding. I am not the audience for this drama.

05.03.2026 08:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's been privatised.

04.03.2026 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
On a background of crumpled vintage paper rests a paperback book: Cheer The Sick. The cover features an early modern plague doctor dropping an oversized posey of flowers. The tagline reads "What ails you?"

On a background of crumpled vintage paper rests a paperback book: Cheer The Sick. The cover features an early modern plague doctor dropping an oversized posey of flowers. The tagline reads "What ails you?"

For #WomenInHorror month, I'm obliged to share my collection, Cheer The Sick. Tales include:

๐Ÿ—๏ธ What happens when you snort powdered faun
๐Ÿ—๏ธ There's a man inside the boiler and he knows you're gay
๐Ÿ—๏ธ Don't wear the fairy meth helmet
๐Ÿ—๏ธ Chelsea Flower Show vampires

blackshuckbooks.co.uk/cheer-the-si...

04.03.2026 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I'm pretty sure that's exactly how it went down, yes.

04.03.2026 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Blackbeard's flag, very useful for hiding crates of crafting materials.

04.03.2026 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh bugger, alt text: A white office wall is decorated with framed prints including a purple-toned poster of Florence from Florence + The Machine emerging from the darkness in a flowing gown, her head obscured and her hands outstretched.

04.03.2026 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Florence poster. Gradually making the office a bit more 'me'. (It was formerly a child's bedroom, yellow with Thomas the Tank Engine stickers all over the show.)

04.03.2026 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome back, Johnny!

04.03.2026 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Being moved to tears by the homunculi in Small Prophets probably isn't a good sign.

03.03.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Greetings from the sanatorium | Verity Holloway Get more from Verity Holloway on Patreon

It's on my Patreon for ยฃ1! Such a bonkers story. www.patreon.com/posts/greeti...

03.03.2026 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A powerpoint slide reading:

Modern problems require ancient solutions, or โ€˜How about a pyramid scheme?โ€™

A powerpoint slide reading: Modern problems require ancient solutions, or โ€˜How about a pyramid scheme?โ€™

I just did a talk about this, and I'm kind of sad they never built it.

03.03.2026 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I cannot type the words I'm thinking.

03.03.2026 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That feeling when the ghouls show up.

02.03.2026 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stream 4,000+ Public Domain Movies on WikiFlix: Silent Classics, Academy Award-Winners, Hitchcock Films & More Humanity was already enjoying motion pictures a century ago. But the ability to do so at home still lay a few decades in the future, and the ability to pull up a movie on demand through a streaming se...

1000s of public domain films that you can stream, no ads!
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01.03.2026 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1633    ๐Ÿ” 614    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

FELICITATIONS ๐ŸŽ‚

02.03.2026 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember reading the word 'psychedelic' in the Beano and asking the adults what it meant.

02.03.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Video game image of a military looking guy in a jacket and black shades from the opening of the video game "Bad Dudes" saying "Are you a psychic enough lesbian to spend the summer in Hill House?"

Video game image of a military looking guy in a jacket and black shades from the opening of the video game "Bad Dudes" saying "Are you a psychic enough lesbian to spend the summer in Hill House?"

nobody:

A cold solicitation letter arriving from the mysterious Dr. Montague:

25.08.2023 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A young female model wearing a brown dress so comically large she looks like a lost child

A young female model wearing a brown dress so comically large she looks like a lost child

"I forgot my PE kit."

01.03.2026 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an ASOS marketing email that says "The Verity edit; shop the new pieces we think you'll love" with two pictures of horrible beige clothes and ugly brown shoes.

Screenshot of an ASOS marketing email that says "The Verity edit; shop the new pieces we think you'll love" with two pictures of horrible beige clothes and ugly brown shoes.

ASOS, if you so much as breathe beige in my direction, I will shank you in the exercise yard.

01.03.2026 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropicโ€™s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.

The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.

Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropicโ€™s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.

The WSJ is reporting that AI, specifically Claude, was used in targeting for the attacks by the Epstein Empire.

That would mean the use of AI led directly to the massacre of 115 schoolchildren and 20 volleyball players.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1011    ๐Ÿ” 476    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13046    ๐Ÿ” 5286    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 182
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Ad for costumes for ushers to wear during screenings of the perverse horror classic THE BLACK CAT (1934)

#Caturday

28.02.2026 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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From The Essential W.S. Merwin.

#poem #books #writing

28.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Twin Peaks logo font over the road into town saying 

April 1805
Napoleon is now master of Europe.
Only the British fleet stands before him:
Oceans are now battlefields

Twin Peaks logo font over the road into town saying April 1805 Napoleon is now master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him: Oceans are now battlefields

28.02.2026 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 660    ๐Ÿ” 152    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Awkward sincere posting: I've been depressed for a long, long time, but I'm noticing now that I'm picking up my old hobbies again. Terrariums, sewing, painting, even a bit of photography. All unthinkable six months ago.

27.02.2026 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! It's such a cute gadget.

27.02.2026 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@llbroadwell.bsky.social I caved and bought a cute little camera like yours. Looking forward to getting out and about with it. Also, if you figured out how to turn off the jingling noise when you turn it on and off, please share! ๐Ÿ˜…

27.02.2026 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0