Wyrd Wednesday

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19 October 2026 19:46

Wyrdlings! Even in our favourite season, we might be inclined to be elsewhere for a spell. So, for Coleridge’s birthday, we give you: “Suspension of Disbelief – Opium Dreams & Wyrd Voyages!” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come, sit & tell of strange matelots, pleasure domes & demon lovers!

Dirk Puehl

wunderkammertales.eurosky.social

17 October 2026 23:20

“Forsaken” 🎨 Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (c 1920)

Stephen Hopkins

phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social

16 October 2026 21:58

"Movie night at the monastery", Lindisfarne, ca. 787

Dark Galloway

darkgalloway.bsky.social

16 October 2026 21:57

The 16th C. remains of Parton Old Kirk, the burial place of Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell. The community are trying to raise the funds to preserve the current church as a museum for Maxwell. Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #Scotland

Nina Willburger

drnwillburger.bsky.social

16 October 2026 21:57

A Roman 'voodoo doll' from Eining. Hand-modeled clay figurines with puncture holes are commonly referred to as 'voodoo dolls'. Archaeological and epigraphic evidence indicates that these figurines were pierced with nails or needles by individuals attempting to influence or harm a person. 🧵1/2 📷️me