CynInEmbra | she/her
@cynderness.bsky.social
Cinéaste cat-sitter into nostalgia. Pesky vegan, breast cancer-er, ADHDr, dyspraxic, tofu wokerati, serial volunteer. Wanderer & wonderer. Edinburgh via Brussels/Brighton/Hitchin/NRW/London/LA/OC. Fix your heart or die 🇺🇦🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🕊️🟢 https://ko-fi.com/cyninbxl
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The aunties at Sunday lunch asking why you're not married yet.
Whoa, Dawson of the creek died. Far too young and SIX kids.
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Whoa, Dawson of the creek died. Far too young and SIX kids.
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Billboard in Dundee. Pic: Alistair Heather
February 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Billboard in Dundee. Pic: Alistair Heather
Just heard a bloke on the bus with such a strong Scottish accent (Aberdeen? Dundee?) that I thought he was speaking a vague Eastern European language.
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Just heard a bloke on the bus with such a strong Scottish accent (Aberdeen? Dundee?) that I thought he was speaking a vague Eastern European language.
Today I started a Netflix drama while cat-sitting and one of my three predictions was realised fairly quickly; maybe they'll shock me and not do the other two. Also in ep1 alone, two things occurred that made me say WHAT? THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. Can't believe it's *not* a Harlan Coben adaptation.
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Today I started a Netflix drama while cat-sitting and one of my three predictions was realised fairly quickly; maybe they'll shock me and not do the other two. Also in ep1 alone, two things occurred that made me say WHAT? THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. Can't believe it's *not* a Harlan Coben adaptation.
I learned soft ketchup! 🇳🇱
De Zweed doet zijn Nederlandse huiswerk op een andere verdieping wat resulteert in elke minuut iets naar mij schreeuwen over 't Kofschip ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
wist je dat anderstaligen 't kofschip leren als "soft ketchup"?
wist je dat anderstaligen 't kofschip leren als "soft ketchup"?
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I learned soft ketchup! 🇳🇱
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I wasn't aware that using Power of Attorney here in Scotland was so much more complicated than in rUK. I guess you don't until you're in a stressful place trying to use it.
Glad to see Martin Lewis has been in touch with Angela Constance about it.
Glad to see Martin Lewis has been in touch with Angela Constance about it.
Martin Lewis urges Scottish Government to improve Power of Attorney system in new letter
People in Scotland are being
www.moneysavingexpert.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 AM
I wasn't aware that using Power of Attorney here in Scotland was so much more complicated than in rUK. I guess you don't until you're in a stressful place trying to use it.
Glad to see Martin Lewis has been in touch with Angela Constance about it.
Glad to see Martin Lewis has been in touch with Angela Constance about it.
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A new cat piece 💙✨️
#cat #cats #catart #catoftheday
This, and other cat original paintings are available at -
paineproffittart.bigcartel.com/category/cats
... I hope you can take a look 😺
#cat #cats #catart #catoftheday
This, and other cat original paintings are available at -
paineproffittart.bigcartel.com/category/cats
... I hope you can take a look 😺
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A new cat piece 💙✨️
#cat #cats #catart #catoftheday
This, and other cat original paintings are available at -
paineproffittart.bigcartel.com/category/cats
... I hope you can take a look 😺
#cat #cats #catart #catoftheday
This, and other cat original paintings are available at -
paineproffittart.bigcartel.com/category/cats
... I hope you can take a look 😺
I've been to see the sea.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I've been to see the sea.
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It would be helpful if people could spell correctly whatever controversial flavour of the week/day turns up here so that muting actually works.
February 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It would be helpful if people could spell correctly whatever controversial flavour of the week/day turns up here so that muting actually works.
A cousin I was close to as a child but haven't seen in nearly 20 years (and that was brief and the only time in perhaps a dozen years) has found me on FB. Mixed feelings. Here we are one Easter.
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 AM
A cousin I was close to as a child but haven't seen in nearly 20 years (and that was brief and the only time in perhaps a dozen years) has found me on FB. Mixed feelings. Here we are one Easter.
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"Trollopize" entered English after Frances Trollope's 1832 book roasted American manners. She found their conversations lamentably dull, manners too informal, and dollar-worship universal. US papers called her a hag. Europe adored it. Where next? Bruges, obviously. open.substack.com/pub/cobblesa...
“Dear Mrs Trollope in Bruges”
Writing through sadness, she changed British travel forever
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
"Trollopize" entered English after Frances Trollope's 1832 book roasted American manners. She found their conversations lamentably dull, manners too informal, and dollar-worship universal. US papers called her a hag. Europe adored it. Where next? Bruges, obviously. open.substack.com/pub/cobblesa...
My new routine is to scan the news headlines and come here to mute any word I don't want to read about. Today that was more than 20, so it only took me seven minutes to catch up from last night. Good morning.
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
My new routine is to scan the news headlines and come here to mute any word I don't want to read about. Today that was more than 20, so it only took me seven minutes to catch up from last night. Good morning.
It would be helpful if people could spell correctly whatever controversial flavour of the week/day turns up here so that muting actually works.
February 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It would be helpful if people could spell correctly whatever controversial flavour of the week/day turns up here so that muting actually works.
Not dark yet!
February 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Not dark yet!
Woke up with this as an earworm, so let's all remember simpler - excepting the unemployment, bombs and other collapses of civilisation that may have been brought to you by 1982 - times.
youtu.be/doZ6wOJHu_E?...
youtu.be/doZ6wOJHu_E?...
Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It!) (Official Video)
YouTube video by WhamVEVO
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Woke up with this as an earworm, so let's all remember simpler - excepting the unemployment, bombs and other collapses of civilisation that may have been brought to you by 1982 - times.
youtu.be/doZ6wOJHu_E?...
youtu.be/doZ6wOJHu_E?...
Dreamt @helengrantsays.bsky.social was going to re-open an old cinema with the support of Alfred Hitchcock and the three of us drove along the coast to a big library that would be converted. I left them and got lost, cutting through a labyrinthian university and ended up exiting straight onto a ship
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Dreamt @helengrantsays.bsky.social was going to re-open an old cinema with the support of Alfred Hitchcock and the three of us drove along the coast to a big library that would be converted. I left them and got lost, cutting through a labyrinthian university and ended up exiting straight onto a ship
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This always seems to disappear off of YouTube so one of you guys who knows how to do it should save it. It’s so good. A socialist anthem.
Mandy Patinkin "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" Letterman
YouTube video by Robert Malbrough
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 4:07 AM
This always seems to disappear off of YouTube so one of you guys who knows how to do it should save it. It’s so good. A socialist anthem.
I'm 38 episodes into Midsomer Murders and it's the first time a non-white person has appeared. So many tedious WASPs running about killing each other.
February 7, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm 38 episodes into Midsomer Murders and it's the first time a non-white person has appeared. So many tedious WASPs running about killing each other.
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Do your patriotic duty and vote for the Argyle Street Ash in the European Tree of the Year.
www.treeoftheyear.org/vote
www.treeoftheyear.org/vote
Vote – Tree of the year
Meet the finalists of the European Tree of the Year 2026 and support trees that matter to communities across Europe.
www.treeoftheyear.org
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Do your patriotic duty and vote for the Argyle Street Ash in the European Tree of the Year.
www.treeoftheyear.org/vote
www.treeoftheyear.org/vote
I'm not trying to show off, but I was sent a couple of hundred euros in error and they didn't want it back. So rather than pay my own bills, I've made small donations to loads of Brussels/Belgian organisations that helped me or are otherwise excellent. This is so rare and I'm excited ✨🪄
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I'm not trying to show off, but I was sent a couple of hundred euros in error and they didn't want it back. So rather than pay my own bills, I've made small donations to loads of Brussels/Belgian organisations that helped me or are otherwise excellent. This is so rare and I'm excited ✨🪄
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Here's one I prepared earlier: Cats with Hidden Agendas - ranked! (spoiler: they're not *all* fiendish)
Purr evil: cats with hidden agendas – ranked!
As Goose the Cat has stolen the show in Captain Marvel, we pick 10 fiendish felines from past films
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Here's one I prepared earlier: Cats with Hidden Agendas - ranked! (spoiler: they're not *all* fiendish)
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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I am in countdown mode! It's 5th February which means it is exactly a month/4 weeks until publication date for my memoir Atypical Girl.
It's taken a long time to get to this point, so I've written a blog post about how I got there.
olderthanelvis.blogspot.com/2026/02/ive-...
It's taken a long time to get to this point, so I've written a blog post about how I got there.
olderthanelvis.blogspot.com/2026/02/ive-...
I’ve written a book
Penny Kiley writes about her new memoir Atypical Girl: Punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal.
olderthanelvis.blogspot.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I am in countdown mode! It's 5th February which means it is exactly a month/4 weeks until publication date for my memoir Atypical Girl.
It's taken a long time to get to this point, so I've written a blog post about how I got there.
olderthanelvis.blogspot.com/2026/02/ive-...
It's taken a long time to get to this point, so I've written a blog post about how I got there.
olderthanelvis.blogspot.com/2026/02/ive-...