Freyalyn
@freyalyn.bsky.social
Folklore, history, textiles ancient and modern, archaeology, nature, spinning and knitting teacher, dyer. Pretty keen on breadmaking too.
Yorkshire, UK.
"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."
Yorkshire, UK.
"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."
Pinned
Freyalyn
@freyalyn.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I have made more than a few of these little bunny hoodie and ganseys; happy to accept commissions, pick your colour and pattern!
Includes squeaky white bunny! And usually handspun yarn.
Includes squeaky white bunny! And usually handspun yarn.
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native French speakers: is there a connotation difference between “j’aime” and “j’aime bien”?
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
native French speakers: is there a connotation difference between “j’aime” and “j’aime bien”?
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Because Starmer’s skin is thinner than filo pastry.
Why has Labour blocked Andy Burnham from standing as MP?
Why has Labour blocked Andy Burnham from standing as MP?
Mr Burnham formally requested permission to stand for the contest on Saturday.
news.sky.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Because Starmer’s skin is thinner than filo pastry.
We have Seville oranges in for marmalade-making, but I need something nice just now (the world being horrible even though we're all trying our best) so I shall make @nigella.bsky.social 's lovely Bitter Orange Tart today. It will be lovely after haggis and mash this evening.
Bitter Orange Tart
Although I make the most of the Seville orange season (December to February), that bitter orange taste is too good to forsake during the long months that Seville oranges are not about. Then I simply t...
www.nigella.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:12 AM
We have Seville oranges in for marmalade-making, but I need something nice just now (the world being horrible even though we're all trying our best) so I shall make @nigella.bsky.social 's lovely Bitter Orange Tart today. It will be lovely after haggis and mash this evening.
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Inside story: the death of a Scottish charity
Nearly 1000 UK charities are closing every year now. You may not have heard of WEvolution in Glasgow but it changed the lives of 1500 women. This week it closes for good as funding dries up
It’s a story of our times
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Nearly 1000 UK charities are closing every year now. You may not have heard of WEvolution in Glasgow but it changed the lives of 1500 women. This week it closes for good as funding dries up
It’s a story of our times
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
WEvolution took lessons from women in India’s slums and transformed lives in Scotland
WEvolution changed the lives of more than 1500 Scottish women from some of the country’s poorest communities over the last 15 years, turning them…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Inside story: the death of a Scottish charity
Nearly 1000 UK charities are closing every year now. You may not have heard of WEvolution in Glasgow but it changed the lives of 1500 women. This week it closes for good as funding dries up
It’s a story of our times
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Nearly 1000 UK charities are closing every year now. You may not have heard of WEvolution in Glasgow but it changed the lives of 1500 women. This week it closes for good as funding dries up
It’s a story of our times
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Added it to Chrome and can verify it works, thank god
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Added it to Chrome and can verify it works, thank god
How to care for bones.
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
How to care for bones.
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You're watching BBC Scotland.
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
You're watching BBC Scotland.
@blithespirit4.bsky.social Oh my goodness, Maylin, what state were your wrists in when you'd finished the Gairloch blanket which has just appeared in my inbox this morning??
Schiehallion held double must make a gorgeous fabric, but the weight!!! (and needle size, for that matter!)
Schiehallion held double must make a gorgeous fabric, but the weight!!! (and needle size, for that matter!)
January 23, 2026 at 9:31 AM
@blithespirit4.bsky.social Oh my goodness, Maylin, what state were your wrists in when you'd finished the Gairloch blanket which has just appeared in my inbox this morning??
Schiehallion held double must make a gorgeous fabric, but the weight!!! (and needle size, for that matter!)
Schiehallion held double must make a gorgeous fabric, but the weight!!! (and needle size, for that matter!)
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Good question, little billboard
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Good question, little billboard
We have a lovely local cafe, Humble Pie, and I try to take Scotia once a week or so for socialisation purposes. She was very good this morning, calm and interested.
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
We have a lovely local cafe, Humble Pie, and I try to take Scotia once a week or so for socialisation purposes. She was very good this morning, calm and interested.
Cats!
Now wondering what I can use it for...
Now wondering what I can use it for...
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Cats!
Now wondering what I can use it for...
Now wondering what I can use it for...
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1. Does this clip make you want to find out more about our cat Jim and how utterly brilliant he is?
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
1. Does this clip make you want to find out more about our cat Jim and how utterly brilliant he is?
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
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Mark Carney is right, countries that are not at the table end up exposed, and Britain should stop pretending distance equals strength and anchor its future in Europe.
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Mark Carney is right, countries that are not at the table end up exposed, and Britain should stop pretending distance equals strength and anchor its future in Europe.
August to November I had horrible sciatica.
Early December I got proper flu and was poorly for ages.
Now I've had a nasty persistent cough for over a week.
I'm fed up now. I'd like to be healthy for a bit, please.
But I wonder, are we all more prone to general sickness since covid?
Early December I got proper flu and was poorly for ages.
Now I've had a nasty persistent cough for over a week.
I'm fed up now. I'd like to be healthy for a bit, please.
But I wonder, are we all more prone to general sickness since covid?
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 PM
August to November I had horrible sciatica.
Early December I got proper flu and was poorly for ages.
Now I've had a nasty persistent cough for over a week.
I'm fed up now. I'd like to be healthy for a bit, please.
But I wonder, are we all more prone to general sickness since covid?
Early December I got proper flu and was poorly for ages.
Now I've had a nasty persistent cough for over a week.
I'm fed up now. I'd like to be healthy for a bit, please.
But I wonder, are we all more prone to general sickness since covid?
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Here's Mark Carney totally redefining the world order at Davos.
This is the new leader of the free world. He has the emotional literacy to lay out the corruption of the old order, to state clearly that it's over, and the vision to lay out a new way of being.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e...
This is the new leader of the free world. He has the emotional literacy to lay out the corruption of the old order, to state clearly that it's over, and the vision to lay out a new way of being.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e...
Mark Carney addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos – watch live
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Here's Mark Carney totally redefining the world order at Davos.
This is the new leader of the free world. He has the emotional literacy to lay out the corruption of the old order, to state clearly that it's over, and the vision to lay out a new way of being.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e...
This is the new leader of the free world. He has the emotional literacy to lay out the corruption of the old order, to state clearly that it's over, and the vision to lay out a new way of being.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e...
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Sweater by Anne Tang Iversen, combining the Greenland and Danish flags.
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Sweater by Anne Tang Iversen, combining the Greenland and Danish flags.
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A Highlands play-park previously owned by the council and worth around £20,000 has been sold to a community group for £1
Scottish park worth £20,000 sold to local community for £1
www.thenational.scot
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 PM
A Highlands play-park previously owned by the council and worth around £20,000 has been sold to a community group for £1
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Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
This sounds like a funny story to start with, and then it gets scary.
I mean, no one dies, but it's more than alarming and leaves lots of people deeply inconvenienced.
I mean, no one dies, but it's more than alarming and leaves lots of people deeply inconvenienced.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
This sounds like a funny story to start with, and then it gets scary.
I mean, no one dies, but it's more than alarming and leaves lots of people deeply inconvenienced.
I mean, no one dies, but it's more than alarming and leaves lots of people deeply inconvenienced.
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Out of all the images circulating, this was the one that I think nails it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Out of all the images circulating, this was the one that I think nails it.
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One of the ways you know AI is junk is because of how hard it’s being marketed and rammed down our throats. If it was that good such endless harassment wouldn’t be necessary.
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
One of the ways you know AI is junk is because of how hard it’s being marketed and rammed down our throats. If it was that good such endless harassment wouldn’t be necessary.
Some really interesting comments and answers to this post/article.
Which King of England, what England, and why...
Which King of England, what England, and why...
"When I was a very small child, I had a sense, whereof I know not, that William the Conqueror was the first king of England and that history began in 1066. When I was a slightly less small child, I was delighted to learn that this wasn’t so..."
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Who was the first king of England?
A surprisingly complicated question.
jonn.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Some really interesting comments and answers to this post/article.
Which King of England, what England, and why...
Which King of England, what England, and why...