Lucy
@lucysmooshy.bsky.social
I live in Wiltshire and dream in glitter and cats. Queer af 🏳️🌈 Autistic. They/she. 30s. 💖💜💙
My cousins have had an offer accepted on a flat in Leith and it has stirred my 6-monthly longing for Edinburgh.
February 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
My cousins have had an offer accepted on a flat in Leith and it has stirred my 6-monthly longing for Edinburgh.
"But is anyone actually asking for that?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Tell me exactly what you want it to do"
"Tell me exactly what you want it to do"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“How can we get this to stick in people’s brains?"
“How can we get this to stick in people’s brains?"
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"But is anyone actually asking for that?"
We have a handywoman downstairs fitting a new door while we work upstairs, so Freddie has put himself on guard duty.
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
We have a handywoman downstairs fitting a new door while we work upstairs, so Freddie has put himself on guard duty.
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Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At least 36 UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula
It comes after some batches made by Nestle and Danone were recalled after being contaminated with a toxin.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hey, several batches of baby formula from a couple different brands in the uk and Europe have been recalled for contamination causing illness: if you formula feed, check your supply. Info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've been watching All Creatures Great And Small and it keeps reminding me of my grandad. I think simply because of all the sweater vests.
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I've been watching All Creatures Great And Small and it keeps reminding me of my grandad. I think simply because of all the sweater vests.
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As promised: crocheted goat sweater pics! 🧶
I made one for my librarian to try on her goats so I could check the sizing. She said one liked it so much he ran off with it & went to sleep. I need to add more of a turtleneck & bottom band to secure it but I'm very happy that it fits. More to come.
I made one for my librarian to try on her goats so I could check the sizing. She said one liked it so much he ran off with it & went to sleep. I need to add more of a turtleneck & bottom band to secure it but I'm very happy that it fits. More to come.
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
As promised: crocheted goat sweater pics! 🧶
I made one for my librarian to try on her goats so I could check the sizing. She said one liked it so much he ran off with it & went to sleep. I need to add more of a turtleneck & bottom band to secure it but I'm very happy that it fits. More to come.
I made one for my librarian to try on her goats so I could check the sizing. She said one liked it so much he ran off with it & went to sleep. I need to add more of a turtleneck & bottom band to secure it but I'm very happy that it fits. More to come.
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We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?
#lgbtqhistory
#lgbtqhistory
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
Friends fear she's signed up for a Return To Teaching advisor again.
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Friends fear she's signed up for a Return To Teaching advisor again.
I spent the weekend rearranging my study, as for the first time in six years I have an actual desk to work at.
Freddie has made his feelings on the changes known by vomming on the floor.
Freddie has made his feelings on the changes known by vomming on the floor.
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I spent the weekend rearranging my study, as for the first time in six years I have an actual desk to work at.
Freddie has made his feelings on the changes known by vomming on the floor.
Freddie has made his feelings on the changes known by vomming on the floor.
I am exhausted mind and body. And yet my brain will not yet me rest because it wants me to a) identify the precise name of my first Barbie doll from the mid-90s and b) decide on which brand of cordless power-tool ecosystem in which to invest.
February 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I am exhausted mind and body. And yet my brain will not yet me rest because it wants me to a) identify the precise name of my first Barbie doll from the mid-90s and b) decide on which brand of cordless power-tool ecosystem in which to invest.
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🧵Once a year, today, on the 31st January, beware of the headless horseman who haunts Sloane Track, which leads from Penselwood to Stourton. A black dog follows the horseman.
According to the legend, a man made a wager he could get from Wincanton Market to Stourton in seven minutes flat. 👻🧵
According to the legend, a man made a wager he could get from Wincanton Market to Stourton in seven minutes flat. 👻🧵
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🧵Once a year, today, on the 31st January, beware of the headless horseman who haunts Sloane Track, which leads from Penselwood to Stourton. A black dog follows the horseman.
According to the legend, a man made a wager he could get from Wincanton Market to Stourton in seven minutes flat. 👻🧵
According to the legend, a man made a wager he could get from Wincanton Market to Stourton in seven minutes flat. 👻🧵
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Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her
Tell me, darlings, in this dark time: what are you doing for comfort? How are you resting your heart?
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Tell me, darlings, in this dark time: what are you doing for comfort? How are you resting your heart?
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GNU Catherine O’Hara 💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
GNU Catherine O’Hara 💔
No!
Catherine O'Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports
Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71
Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
No!
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I've never aided a genocide or instituted a hereditary chamber of lords or locked anyone up or used even one nuclear submarine so I assume there's a form to fill out to get my taxes back or
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I've never aided a genocide or instituted a hereditary chamber of lords or locked anyone up or used even one nuclear submarine so I assume there's a form to fill out to get my taxes back or
I should get a prize for the level of professionalism I have maintained this week.
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I should get a prize for the level of professionalism I have maintained this week.
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The current vibe is get up at half past 10 at night, half an hour before you go to bed, eat a lump of freezing cold poison, work 28 hours a day at mill, and pay the mill owner to let you work there, then have your dad murder you in cold blood and dance about on your graves singing hallelujah.
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The current vibe is get up at half past 10 at night, half an hour before you go to bed, eat a lump of freezing cold poison, work 28 hours a day at mill, and pay the mill owner to let you work there, then have your dad murder you in cold blood and dance about on your graves singing hallelujah.
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VET: so what kind of cat is Macavity?
TS ELIOT: [visibly sweating]
TS ELIOT: [visibly sweating]
January 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
VET: so what kind of cat is Macavity?
TS ELIOT: [visibly sweating]
TS ELIOT: [visibly sweating]
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Just a reminder that there is zero evidence of sex self-ID being abused in New Zealand after two and half years of it.
Nor any evidence of any attacks by trans women on cis women in women’s spaces in NZ, ever.
Stop trying to create solutions for problems that don’t exist.
Nor any evidence of any attacks by trans women on cis women in women’s spaces in NZ, ever.
Stop trying to create solutions for problems that don’t exist.
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Just a reminder that there is zero evidence of sex self-ID being abused in New Zealand after two and half years of it.
Nor any evidence of any attacks by trans women on cis women in women’s spaces in NZ, ever.
Stop trying to create solutions for problems that don’t exist.
Nor any evidence of any attacks by trans women on cis women in women’s spaces in NZ, ever.
Stop trying to create solutions for problems that don’t exist.
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It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
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Cabbage Lady, Hellidon, Northamptonshire.
Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son, 1907-1920.
Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son, 1907-1920.
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Cabbage Lady, Hellidon, Northamptonshire.
Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son, 1907-1920.
Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son, 1907-1920.
In these awful times, please accept 53 seconds of calm in the form of Freddie and an ecstatic tummy rub.
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
In these awful times, please accept 53 seconds of calm in the form of Freddie and an ecstatic tummy rub.
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Save me, Birding With Sean Bean. Birding With Sean Bean, save me.
I just learned that this exists and now I have to share it with you all because I don't even listen to podcasts, but just knowing that this is a thing has unironically increased my overall happiness and wellbeing:
January 25, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Save me, Birding With Sean Bean. Birding With Sean Bean, save me.