<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Here&#x27;s something to brighten up everyone&#x27;s timeline.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Here's something to brighten up everyone's timeline. Yesterday she who is my girlfriend and I went to the pen museum in Birmingham.</p><p>Fun fact: back in the day 75% of all pen nibs were made in this city <img src="https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/twemoji2/2712-fe0f.png?v=88a2f1f2287" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-twemoji2 emoji--black_nib" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="✒️" alt="✒️" /></p><p>It was a fun experience where you got to make your own nib on Victorian machines (under supervision) and got a free antique nib.</p><p>Pictures of my nib will be forthcoming as I left mine at my swimgf's place.<br /><a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/Birmingham" rel="tag">#<span>Birmingham</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/history" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/pen" rel="tag">#<span>pen</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/Stationary" rel="tag">#<span>Stationary</span></a></p>

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age!]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1869-6de4-f793-b05450068966</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1869-6de4-f793-b05450068966</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:01:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Here&#x27;s something to brighten up everyone&#x27;s timeline. on Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:07:22 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>*quickly Googles what a pen nib is*</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://friendsofdesoto.social/users/mikey/statuses/115918375643594354</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://friendsofdesoto.social/users/mikey/statuses/115918375643594354</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikey@friendsofdesoto.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:07:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Here&#x27;s something to brighten up everyone&#x27;s timeline. on Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:27:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/bridgemakes%40friendsofdesoto.social">@<span>Bridgemakes</span></a></span> those require a bit more spoons that I currently have :(</p><p>but maybe one day!</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-2069-6ced-ede2-69a042313976</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-2069-6ced-ede2-69a042313976</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Here&#x27;s something to brighten up everyone&#x27;s timeline. on Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:26:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/valhalla%40social.gl-como.it">@<span>valhalla</span></a></span> no but there is an airport and several train stations</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://friendsofdesoto.social/users/Bridgemakes/statuses/115916565129528626</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://friendsofdesoto.social/users/Bridgemakes/statuses/115916565129528626</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[bridgemakes@friendsofdesoto.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:26:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Here&#x27;s something to brighten up everyone&#x27;s timeline. on Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:13:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<span><a href="/user/bridgemakes%40friendsofdesoto.social">@<span>Bridgemakes</span></a></span> I guess that they don't happen to have a human-rated teleport booth in Birmingham, right?]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1669-6cea-a788-860956598163</link><guid 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