Miss Appropriated
@distantduck.bsky.social
Kiwi in the UK. Sweary leftie into travel, books, geeky wee moments, coffee, gigs. Ex-fundie. Cis ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Curious about the green slimy thing looking over your shoulder as you read.
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Hey new followers! 👋🏻 I’m your garden variety sweary lefty. I’m into UK/NZ politics, travel, books, history, architecture/art and silly little things that tickle my brain. I have been known to drunk-post about Eurovision, rugby and dating. Fair warning: I’m a sporadic poster 😄
Rewatching Shadow and Bone and while I’ve never been a Romantasy person, Ben Barnes is an unexpectedly delicious villain. He needs more roles like that.
December 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Rewatching Shadow and Bone and while I’ve never been a Romantasy person, Ben Barnes is an unexpectedly delicious villain. He needs more roles like that.
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bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
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We joke about this being a weird week but it’s a weird fucking week. You’re going to want to rest and be frightened of resting. You’re going to think you want to work. Focus will
Be a ghost. Eat some cheese, drink some water, keep a
Notebook nearby, let yourself drift.
Be a ghost. Eat some cheese, drink some water, keep a
Notebook nearby, let yourself drift.
December 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We joke about this being a weird week but it’s a weird fucking week. You’re going to want to rest and be frightened of resting. You’re going to think you want to work. Focus will
Be a ghost. Eat some cheese, drink some water, keep a
Notebook nearby, let yourself drift.
Be a ghost. Eat some cheese, drink some water, keep a
Notebook nearby, let yourself drift.
Dream scenario, honestly. Just add a few snuggly blankets, hot chocolate and a pillow and I could live like that for days, weeks even 😊
December 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Dream scenario, honestly. Just add a few snuggly blankets, hot chocolate and a pillow and I could live like that for days, weeks even 😊
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This is excellent advice.
Life advice:
- be kind
- tip well
- read banned books
- stay on the good side of the twig witch
- never enter into a verbal agreement with a squirrel
- dress like the Muppet you wish to be in the world
- be kind
- tip well
- read banned books
- stay on the good side of the twig witch
- never enter into a verbal agreement with a squirrel
- dress like the Muppet you wish to be in the world
December 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is excellent advice.
Doing Christmas solo this year means new traditions: starting the day with a podcast about a historical Christmas heist. This pairs well with an After 8 melted in coffee, chocolate and raspberry porridge and cosy PJs.
🎄🎄🎄Welcome to @EmpirePodUK Christmas Special!🎄🎄🎄
Who Stole Father Christmas?
The true story of the Heist of the Relics of St.Nicholas
Who Stole Father Christmas?
The true story of the Heist of the Relics of St.Nicholas
December 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Doing Christmas solo this year means new traditions: starting the day with a podcast about a historical Christmas heist. This pairs well with an After 8 melted in coffee, chocolate and raspberry porridge and cosy PJs.
Meri Kirihimete pocket pals! I appreciate you and hope your days have glimmers in them 🎄
a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a snowy city .
Alt: The ghost of Christmas present and a Scrooge are standing next to each other in a snowy city. Christmas Present is gesturing to the day expansively
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December 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Meri Kirihimete pocket pals! I appreciate you and hope your days have glimmers in them 🎄
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So what happened is Scrooge got an entire night of free quality life-changing therapy from professionals with unlimited resources and psychic powers.
The rich keep getting richer.
The rich keep getting richer.
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So what happened is Scrooge got an entire night of free quality life-changing therapy from professionals with unlimited resources and psychic powers.
The rich keep getting richer.
The rich keep getting richer.
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May this 2025 felt ornament — a drunk raccoon — carry us into a new and better year.
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
May this 2025 felt ornament — a drunk raccoon — carry us into a new and better year.
All my pre-Christmas obligations are sorted, so for a few days I’ll be watching Dr Who Xmas episodes, listening to podcasts, reading queer fiction and geeky nonfiction, snacking to high heaven, drinking a festive mocktail and resting in cosy blankets.
I finally get to have a Poirot Christmas.
I finally get to have a Poirot Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
All my pre-Christmas obligations are sorted, so for a few days I’ll be watching Dr Who Xmas episodes, listening to podcasts, reading queer fiction and geeky nonfiction, snacking to high heaven, drinking a festive mocktail and resting in cosy blankets.
I finally get to have a Poirot Christmas.
I finally get to have a Poirot Christmas.
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Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
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Like the first cuckoo of spring, the first duvet sighting of the year is always a special moment.
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Like the first cuckoo of spring, the first duvet sighting of the year is always a special moment.
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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I don’t know why I find the Taizé version of Nunc Dimittis so freaking calming and like an instant sense of home despite not being religious or agreeing with the text it’s based on, but the harmonies are just
a frog is laying on a leaf in the water with the words `` me '' above it .
Alt: a frog is laying on a leaf in the water with the words `` me '' above it . It’s a happy li’l frog, super relaxed and smiling a bit
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December 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don’t know why I find the Taizé version of Nunc Dimittis so freaking calming and like an instant sense of home despite not being religious or agreeing with the text it’s based on, but the harmonies are just
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He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
He knows when you're awake
He knows you would taste really good
So be ready with your stake
Oh
You'd better not shout
You'd better not cry
He's moving to London, he's sexy and bi
Dracula is coming to town
Light the lamp not the rat; LIGHT THE LAMP NOT THE RAT! Happy Muppetsmass to all who partake.
two stuffed animals are standing next to a lamp with the words light the lamp not the rat below them
Alt: two stuffed animals are standing next to a lamp with the words light the lamp not the rat below them
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December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Light the lamp not the rat; LIGHT THE LAMP NOT THE RAT! Happy Muppetsmass to all who partake.
Happy winter solstice peeps! May your Yuletide be safe and a time to be cosy, reflect and get the rest and renewal yous all need.
December 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy winter solstice peeps! May your Yuletide be safe and a time to be cosy, reflect and get the rest and renewal yous all need.
I know there’s likely jokes floating around about this already, but this Christmas is it too much to hope all billionaires finally get their Scrooge-style Ghost Revelation package? With bells on and muppets aplenty ✨sends wish to universe✨
December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I know there’s likely jokes floating around about this already, but this Christmas is it too much to hope all billionaires finally get their Scrooge-style Ghost Revelation package? With bells on and muppets aplenty ✨sends wish to universe✨
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This is Trans Mission.
A Solidarity Concert for one night only, raising vital funds for Good Law Project and Not a Phase 💓
Get your tickets here 👉 https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
A Solidarity Concert for one night only, raising vital funds for Good Law Project and Not a Phase 💓
Get your tickets here 👉 https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is Trans Mission.
A Solidarity Concert for one night only, raising vital funds for Good Law Project and Not a Phase 💓
Get your tickets here 👉 https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
A Solidarity Concert for one night only, raising vital funds for Good Law Project and Not a Phase 💓
Get your tickets here 👉 https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
So excited that @sachacoward.bsky.social ‘s book, Queer As Folklore has arrived in time for Christmas. Thanks @thecommonpress.bsky.social! This will make my housebound Christmas very cosy and folklorish and 😀🐉🧚♀️🦄🏳️🌈
December 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So excited that @sachacoward.bsky.social ‘s book, Queer As Folklore has arrived in time for Christmas. Thanks @thecommonpress.bsky.social! This will make my housebound Christmas very cosy and folklorish and 😀🐉🧚♀️🦄🏳️🌈
Re-watching bits of Good Omens (I miss Terry Pratchett!) and I really wish Aziraphale’s bookshop was real. With a ditzy Jon Hamm.
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Re-watching bits of Good Omens (I miss Terry Pratchett!) and I really wish Aziraphale’s bookshop was real. With a ditzy Jon Hamm.
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Biba FAFSWAG, Tanu, and Moe!! 🤩🤩 #Pasifika creativity in action 💙
Congratulations 👏🏽🎉 to FAFSWAG artists Tanu Gago & Moe Laga on becoming round2 recipients for the New Zealand Writers Guild SEED Grants 2025. We're happy to see your feature film 'Shopping for Bullets' get the support it deserves! Can't wait to see what this dynamic writing and directing duo create.
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Biba FAFSWAG, Tanu, and Moe!! 🤩🤩 #Pasifika creativity in action 💙
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: you can put mac and cheese on your hot dog and there is no legal authority that can stop you
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: you can put mac and cheese on your hot dog and there is no legal authority that can stop you
Trying a new thing: noodling about with oracle cards. Let me know if you’d like me to pull a card/do a one card reading for you 🌌✨
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trying a new thing: noodling about with oracle cards. Let me know if you’d like me to pull a card/do a one card reading for you 🌌✨
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