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Mary Aileen
@patchworkmouse.bsky.social
Retired librarian, crafter, glass-wearing reading geek.
She/her, mostly ace.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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This is what happens when regeneration goes wrong and Peter Capaldi’s doctor regenerates into K-9
Picture of Higgins on drugs taken by the dogsitter.
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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"And then grandma got gored."
In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.
#sixwordstory #WritingCommunity
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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Julian of Norwich (if she had autocorrect): “All shall be we’ll, and all shall be we’ll, and all manner of thing shall be we’ll.”
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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I sent my aunt, the doctor,
an article with a headline
that read: “More Americans
Are Dealing With
Memory Decline at Work,”
and in response
my aunt, the doctor, sent me
an article with a headline
that read: “Long COVID
may be triggering
Alzheimer’s-like changes
in the brain.”
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Bond, Ellen Bond
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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I think I need to get offline more.

Honest to god, I just said to my boss, "It's only kaiju if they're from Japan. Otherwise, they're just sparkling giant monsters" and got such a look, like I'd starting speaking in tongues while snake handling.
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Breaking news: centaur's legs fell asleep. Situation unprecented. One down several injured (from laughing) - no but seriously what are centaurs even supposed to do about this. He can't stand up and you're laughing.
April 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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this one is called goose horse
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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finally found this tumblr post expounding on how stupid owls are piraticoctopus.tumblr.com/post/6741867...
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Please stop spreading misinformation, please do not post that they had to close the air space over El Paso because the president was sundowning and took Air Force One out for a joyride and now he is doing barrel rolls over West Texas while JD Vance clings to the wing like that Twilight Zone gremlin
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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This reminds me of @carolconnolly.bsky.social's story about being short at a concert, finding a hi-vis jacket, putting it on, & starting to order tall people to the back so short people could see.

It worked, to her horror and delight. :D
February 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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"Oh," the emperor of the galaxy said, "what happened to that monkey world?"

"Our agents infiltrated them some eight thousand years ago."

"Have they taken over the world?"

"Not yet."

The emperor licked a paw and started washing his ears.

"I'll still count it as one of mine," he purred.
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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honestly if you want to do something book-ish to support us, nothing gives us more joy than requesting our books at your library. (and also, you know, supporting your library!!!)

also I mean, what better tribute to the Mercenary Librarians. 💓💃
Huh. Apparently Kit Rocha as an author is getting notice since I just had four books added across two library systems. @mostlybree.kitrocha.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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The pronoun labeler, which was by far the most useful labeler on the site, was deleted by its creator. But thanks to @ripperoni.com there’s a new one available. I highly recommend it. It’s a great way to share your pronouns or see someone else’s pronouns at a glance.

bsky.app/profile/pron...
bsky.app
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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You can find me and all my #crochet patterns here on Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/people/LittleConkersUK
February 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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The head dr at the long covid clinic I’m in told me they’re seeing more patients develop ME (aka me/cfs), to the point they’ve added new coding in their whole hospital system for it.
No amount of magical thinking will prevent this, the ppl who have it aren’t less than or different than you. Wear a 😷
February 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Drop some BUNNIES 🐇👯‍♀️🖤🥕🐰
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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not even to mention ellis island etc name changes
But yeah, super common for older people to be like "my dumb bible name is boring as hell, I'm one of 12 Johns in my year, so I've decided that everyone will call me Budd from now on" and people just shrugged and called them Budd and nobody has called them anything else for 50+ years since.
February 10, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM