Alys Wilfred Earl
@alysdragon.bsky.social
Writer, aesthete, reprobate.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
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This year's gingerbread station is... Kennington!!
December 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This year's gingerbread station is... Kennington!!
The effort I am putting in to not bingeing the new Stranger Things?
But also *screaming*
But also *screaming*
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The effort I am putting in to not bingeing the new Stranger Things?
But also *screaming*
But also *screaming*
One of my favourite things is that I am always willing to answer questions about the unconventional aspects of my life, and will let you know if a question is too invasive/personal, (or if you DEFINITELY shouldn’t ask another person it) but because I don’t volunteer information…
No one. Ever. Asks.
No one. Ever. Asks.
December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
One of my favourite things is that I am always willing to answer questions about the unconventional aspects of my life, and will let you know if a question is too invasive/personal, (or if you DEFINITELY shouldn’t ask another person it) but because I don’t volunteer information…
No one. Ever. Asks.
No one. Ever. Asks.
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Hello from the @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social, where we are spending a lovely Christmas Eve looking at medieval and early modern armor from Mughal India, Sudan, and medieval Europe in the newly reopened armor galleries. Truly, this is the way. ⚔️
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hello from the @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social, where we are spending a lovely Christmas Eve looking at medieval and early modern armor from Mughal India, Sudan, and medieval Europe in the newly reopened armor galleries. Truly, this is the way. ⚔️
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Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.
I’ve also been given a necklace that makes it look like a socialite has been murdered by a vampire and I’ve never loved anything more in my life:
December 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’ve also been given a necklace that makes it look like a socialite has been murdered by a vampire and I’ve never loved anything more in my life:
For Christmas, I have been given a box of Victorian Parlour Games and literally the only venue I can think of for most of these is a sex party.
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For Christmas, I have been given a box of Victorian Parlour Games and literally the only venue I can think of for most of these is a sex party.
Son of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing*
*Previously in Spirit^
^ Previously in Velvet **
** Previously in White, or in PO-OL-ISHED Chrome.
Now in flesh appearing*
*Previously in Spirit^
^ Previously in Velvet **
** Previously in White, or in PO-OL-ISHED Chrome.
December 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Son of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing*
*Previously in Spirit^
^ Previously in Velvet **
** Previously in White, or in PO-OL-ISHED Chrome.
Now in flesh appearing*
*Previously in Spirit^
^ Previously in Velvet **
** Previously in White, or in PO-OL-ISHED Chrome.
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A Christmas Eve update??
What could be more festive than a show of fraternal affection, and deliberately driving your relatives up the wall? forthenby.com/2025/12/24/2...
What could be more festive than a show of fraternal affection, and deliberately driving your relatives up the wall? forthenby.com/2025/12/24/2...
2.4.3
In which Lord Forthenby returns home…
forthenby.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A Christmas Eve update??
What could be more festive than a show of fraternal affection, and deliberately driving your relatives up the wall? forthenby.com/2025/12/24/2...
What could be more festive than a show of fraternal affection, and deliberately driving your relatives up the wall? forthenby.com/2025/12/24/2...
Half ten on Yule eve. 90% of the necessary jobs done.
I’m making blinis, what are you up to?
I’m making blinis, what are you up to?
December 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Half ten on Yule eve. 90% of the necessary jobs done.
I’m making blinis, what are you up to?
I’m making blinis, what are you up to?
I always find it astonishing that I was prescribed oestrogen and progesterone for *years* by a nurse, with just a yearly blood pressure and weight, but my GP feels disempowered to *read a clinic letter* in order to monitor my T.
literally.
it was a couple of years ago when they suddenly decided they simply can't sign a prescription and send blood results to a GIC
not for any other reason than "woah there, this trans stuff is a bit controversial. fuck them."
it was a couple of years ago when they suddenly decided they simply can't sign a prescription and send blood results to a GIC
not for any other reason than "woah there, this trans stuff is a bit controversial. fuck them."
GPs could do most of what most of us need with a pamphlet and a letter from the NHS telling them they have to do it. Then the next bottle neck will be surgery
December 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I always find it astonishing that I was prescribed oestrogen and progesterone for *years* by a nurse, with just a yearly blood pressure and weight, but my GP feels disempowered to *read a clinic letter* in order to monitor my T.
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literally.
it was a couple of years ago when they suddenly decided they simply can't sign a prescription and send blood results to a GIC
not for any other reason than "woah there, this trans stuff is a bit controversial. fuck them."
it was a couple of years ago when they suddenly decided they simply can't sign a prescription and send blood results to a GIC
not for any other reason than "woah there, this trans stuff is a bit controversial. fuck them."
GPs could do most of what most of us need with a pamphlet and a letter from the NHS telling them they have to do it. Then the next bottle neck will be surgery
December 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
literally.
it was a couple of years ago when they suddenly decided they simply can't sign a prescription and send blood results to a GIC
not for any other reason than "woah there, this trans stuff is a bit controversial. fuck them."
it was a couple of years ago when they suddenly decided they simply can't sign a prescription and send blood results to a GIC
not for any other reason than "woah there, this trans stuff is a bit controversial. fuck them."
There was one book for the Sprogs my local indie couldn’t get - ordered it off Waterstones on 14th.
Charged me 3 quid delivery, and they’ve not even dispatched it yet.
(I understand delivery costs money - but you think they’d at least try to make last posting dates…)
Charged me 3 quid delivery, and they’ve not even dispatched it yet.
(I understand delivery costs money - but you think they’d at least try to make last posting dates…)
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
There was one book for the Sprogs my local indie couldn’t get - ordered it off Waterstones on 14th.
Charged me 3 quid delivery, and they’ve not even dispatched it yet.
(I understand delivery costs money - but you think they’d at least try to make last posting dates…)
Charged me 3 quid delivery, and they’ve not even dispatched it yet.
(I understand delivery costs money - but you think they’d at least try to make last posting dates…)
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Hey, in case you missed it, the new SmokeLong is out! So many excellent flash stories plus a little interview by me.
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hey, in case you missed it, the new SmokeLong is out! So many excellent flash stories plus a little interview by me.
I’ve always parsed it as “asleep”. As in, “quiet, she’s just away,” or the lullaby refrain, “hush a-by, hush-away…”
Time for my annual close-reading-the-carol-sheet question: what does the "Away" in "Away in a Manger" actually mean?
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ve always parsed it as “asleep”. As in, “quiet, she’s just away,” or the lullaby refrain, “hush a-by, hush-away…”
I’m having thoughts about magic (final k optional), money, and effectiveness.
My feeling is always that magic is like nudging the universe. It’s just that sometimes what you’re nudging is a is a feather, and sometimes it’s a mountain.
My feeling is always that magic is like nudging the universe. It’s just that sometimes what you’re nudging is a is a feather, and sometimes it’s a mountain.
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I’m having thoughts about magic (final k optional), money, and effectiveness.
My feeling is always that magic is like nudging the universe. It’s just that sometimes what you’re nudging is a is a feather, and sometimes it’s a mountain.
My feeling is always that magic is like nudging the universe. It’s just that sometimes what you’re nudging is a is a feather, and sometimes it’s a mountain.
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🤯 One hell of an introduction to this piece by @rivkahbrown.bsky.social.🤯 novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
Anti-Trans Groups Want a Bathroom Ban. Judges Aren’t Giving Them One | Novara Media
Gender-critical campaigners had hoped that this year’s Supreme Court ruling would tee up US-style bathroom bills across the UK, throwing hundreds of thousands of pounds at lawsuits to exclude trans wo...
novaramedia.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🤯 One hell of an introduction to this piece by @rivkahbrown.bsky.social.🤯 novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
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The @goodlawproject.bsky.social continues to warn that excluding Trans+ people could violate European law - and may even constitute a criminal offence
www.wearequeeraf.com/organisation...
www.wearequeeraf.com/organisation...
Women's Orgs "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats
Two culturally significant women's organisations have reversed long-standing trans inclusive approaches, citing "reference to legal challenge" in communications
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The @goodlawproject.bsky.social continues to warn that excluding Trans+ people could violate European law - and may even constitute a criminal offence
www.wearequeeraf.com/organisation...
www.wearequeeraf.com/organisation...
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Really something how many people seem not to understand this extremely obvious point
you are not owed the affection of your children, but they are owed yours. if this seems unfair to you you are not fit to have kids. they don't get the choice that you do
December 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Really something how many people seem not to understand this extremely obvious point
Tried migrating info from my computer to a laptop and now *nothing works*!
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Tried migrating info from my computer to a laptop and now *nothing works*!
Anyone else get anxiety “fighting dreams”? I’ve identified three forms. I get in a fight and:
1) can’t hit/kick effectively. Classic static running style.
2) take significant/disfiguring damage, realise I fucked up.
3) totally body the other guy, then realise I’ve just committed GBH.
1) can’t hit/kick effectively. Classic static running style.
2) take significant/disfiguring damage, realise I fucked up.
3) totally body the other guy, then realise I’ve just committed GBH.
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Anyone else get anxiety “fighting dreams”? I’ve identified three forms. I get in a fight and:
1) can’t hit/kick effectively. Classic static running style.
2) take significant/disfiguring damage, realise I fucked up.
3) totally body the other guy, then realise I’ve just committed GBH.
1) can’t hit/kick effectively. Classic static running style.
2) take significant/disfiguring damage, realise I fucked up.
3) totally body the other guy, then realise I’ve just committed GBH.
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Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
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They've not lost my sympathy, or support
Keir Starmer has said that resident doctors have “lost the sympathy” of the public and their NHS colleagues, after members of the BMA voted to continue strike action this week
On Monday, the PM told MPs that he was “really gutted” by the decision, and described it as "irresponsible"
On Monday, the PM told MPs that he was “really gutted” by the decision, and described it as "irresponsible"
Keir Starmer Says Resident Doctors Have 'Lost The Sympathy' Of The Public And NHS Colleagues
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that resident doctors in England have “lost the sympathy” of the public and their colleagues in the healthcare...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
They've not lost my sympathy, or support
In the midst of cataloguing a Classic Fiction section where the metadata is broadly incoherent, it comes as no surprise to me that for the Tolkien it is lovingly and correctly entered.
You guys are great. Predictable, but great.
You guys are great. Predictable, but great.
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In the midst of cataloguing a Classic Fiction section where the metadata is broadly incoherent, it comes as no surprise to me that for the Tolkien it is lovingly and correctly entered.
You guys are great. Predictable, but great.
You guys are great. Predictable, but great.
Rereading ‘An Unsuitable Job for a Woman’, which I must have last read in… 2003? 2004?
And it’s fascinating to me how very remote it feels now, compared to then. 1972 was only 30 years ago then.
Now it’s over 50.
It feels like a period piece, rather than a recent one.
And it’s fascinating to me how very remote it feels now, compared to then. 1972 was only 30 years ago then.
Now it’s over 50.
It feels like a period piece, rather than a recent one.
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Rereading ‘An Unsuitable Job for a Woman’, which I must have last read in… 2003? 2004?
And it’s fascinating to me how very remote it feels now, compared to then. 1972 was only 30 years ago then.
Now it’s over 50.
It feels like a period piece, rather than a recent one.
And it’s fascinating to me how very remote it feels now, compared to then. 1972 was only 30 years ago then.
Now it’s over 50.
It feels like a period piece, rather than a recent one.