Caroline
@writercaroline.bsky.social
B.A His, FRHistS. Thomas Cromwell author & historian. Lover of Spain, heart transplants, trans rights & F1. Would put up a facade if I had the ability to maintain one.
It's the eye of the hog, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the hoooooog
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the hoooooog
The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained: defector.com/the-big-cana...
The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
defector.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It's the eye of the hog, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the hoooooog
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the hoooooog
Reminder: to leave twitter, you delete your account, stop pretending there needs to be some managed retreat.
Unless you like swimming with pedophiles.
Unless you like swimming with pedophiles.
Reminder that Elon Musk is in the Epstein files and has already been named by one of the survivors. Anyone still using X is helping a pedophile succeed.
February 15, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Reminder: to leave twitter, you delete your account, stop pretending there needs to be some managed retreat.
Unless you like swimming with pedophiles.
Unless you like swimming with pedophiles.
The headline with the breaking news banner is fitting
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The headline with the breaking news banner is fitting
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The Titanic chef who survived the sinking by getting completely wasted on booze is such a fascinating story because half the time ppl are like "he actually survived 2 hrs in water that killed ppl in 10 min wow" no he was probably in there for 2 min & it felt like 2 hrs because he was fully shitfaced
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The Titanic chef who survived the sinking by getting completely wasted on booze is such a fascinating story because half the time ppl are like "he actually survived 2 hrs in water that killed ppl in 10 min wow" no he was probably in there for 2 min & it felt like 2 hrs because he was fully shitfaced
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me in any conversation about anything lately:
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
me in any conversation about anything lately:
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Lovely hot pink dragonfly I saw in Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil 💘
No idea of species - I was there studying the capuchin monkeys so I’m only sure it’s not a monkey
No idea of species - I was there studying the capuchin monkeys so I’m only sure it’s not a monkey
February 14, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Lovely hot pink dragonfly I saw in Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil 💘
No idea of species - I was there studying the capuchin monkeys so I’m only sure it’s not a monkey
No idea of species - I was there studying the capuchin monkeys so I’m only sure it’s not a monkey
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So this is how it went down? #nzpol
> plans made to keep poo out of water
> "SEPARATING POO FROM WATER IS RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! ELECT US GOVERNMENT TO STOP IT!"
> they are elected
> poo is in the water
> plans made to keep poo out of water
> "SEPARATING POO FROM WATER IS RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! ELECT US GOVERNMENT TO STOP IT!"
> they are elected
> poo is in the water
February 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
So this is how it went down? #nzpol
> plans made to keep poo out of water
> "SEPARATING POO FROM WATER IS RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! ELECT US GOVERNMENT TO STOP IT!"
> they are elected
> poo is in the water
> plans made to keep poo out of water
> "SEPARATING POO FROM WATER IS RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! ELECT US GOVERNMENT TO STOP IT!"
> they are elected
> poo is in the water
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CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
February 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
Never underestimate the amount of time spent disassociating while staring at your keyboard when writing a book.
Uh Huuuuuuh... GIF
ALT: Uh Huuuuuuh... GIF
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Never underestimate the amount of time spent disassociating while staring at your keyboard when writing a book.
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🚨 NEWSFLASH
1 in 100 year rainfall recorded for the 2nd time this year (it's February)🤦🏻♂️
DON'T LOOK UP
#kikorangi
1 in 100 year rainfall recorded for the 2nd time this year (it's February)🤦🏻♂️
DON'T LOOK UP
#kikorangi
One in 100 year rainfall recorded in parts of Waikato
Waikato has been hit with a one in 100 year weather event, with extraordinary rainfall causing flooding and slips.
www.stuff.co.nz
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🚨 NEWSFLASH
1 in 100 year rainfall recorded for the 2nd time this year (it's February)🤦🏻♂️
DON'T LOOK UP
#kikorangi
1 in 100 year rainfall recorded for the 2nd time this year (it's February)🤦🏻♂️
DON'T LOOK UP
#kikorangi
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New Zealand never needed this rule because we grew up with an ice cream commercial that taught us "if you can't see the water, you're in underpants"
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM
New Zealand never needed this rule because we grew up with an ice cream commercial that taught us "if you can't see the water, you're in underpants"
Our weather has been saying thunder and heavy rain all day, and I've gone and turned on my sprinklers because absolutely nothing has happened today
February 13, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Our weather has been saying thunder and heavy rain all day, and I've gone and turned on my sprinklers because absolutely nothing has happened today
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This is bathrobe girl.
She is outside in the frigid AF midwestern winter sporting nothing but a comfy robe, fuzzy slippers and a thirst for justice.
Be like bathrobe girl.
She is outside in the frigid AF midwestern winter sporting nothing but a comfy robe, fuzzy slippers and a thirst for justice.
Be like bathrobe girl.
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
This is bathrobe girl.
She is outside in the frigid AF midwestern winter sporting nothing but a comfy robe, fuzzy slippers and a thirst for justice.
Be like bathrobe girl.
She is outside in the frigid AF midwestern winter sporting nothing but a comfy robe, fuzzy slippers and a thirst for justice.
Be like bathrobe girl.
My power bill for the month, in summer, is $916.
And the government wants to add extra taxes to our bills?
And the government wants to add extra taxes to our bills?
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 AM
My power bill for the month, in summer, is $916.
And the government wants to add extra taxes to our bills?
And the government wants to add extra taxes to our bills?
I watched the Italian Winter Olympics with my son when he turned one, and now we are doing the same for his 21st.
I had planned to drive up to Turin for the 2006 Games with my 2 and 1yo boys, but my third pregnancy was brutal, so I was so we stayed home.
Bit far to travel this time 😞
I had planned to drive up to Turin for the 2006 Games with my 2 and 1yo boys, but my third pregnancy was brutal, so I was so we stayed home.
Bit far to travel this time 😞
a blurred image of a figure skater with the olympic rings behind him
ALT: a blurred image of a figure skater with the olympic rings behind him
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I watched the Italian Winter Olympics with my son when he turned one, and now we are doing the same for his 21st.
I had planned to drive up to Turin for the 2006 Games with my 2 and 1yo boys, but my third pregnancy was brutal, so I was so we stayed home.
Bit far to travel this time 😞
I had planned to drive up to Turin for the 2006 Games with my 2 and 1yo boys, but my third pregnancy was brutal, so I was so we stayed home.
Bit far to travel this time 😞
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
Not Dawson 😥
He wasn't much older than me
He wasn't much older than me
February 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Not Dawson 😥
He wasn't much older than me
He wasn't much older than me
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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
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
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Anti-trans hate is an industry. Not a movement, not a moral concern, not an organic uprising of worried parents — an industry, deliberately constructed, lavishly funded, & strategically deployed to protect the interests of the powerful men who finance it
culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
The Projection Machine: Epstein's Intellectual Network and the War on Trans People
Mohan Dutta, Culture-centered approach, CARE, Massey University, Mohan Jyoti Dutta, Prof Mohan Dutta, Mohan J. Dutta, Communication for social change
culture-centered.blogspot.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Anti-trans hate is an industry. Not a movement, not a moral concern, not an organic uprising of worried parents — an industry, deliberately constructed, lavishly funded, & strategically deployed to protect the interests of the powerful men who finance it
culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
My son is 21 today, and it has me a bit teary.
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
My son is 21 today, and it has me a bit teary.
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Summer 1936 portrait of an unknown Gitano/Roma militiaman with anarchist scarf. One of many remarkable photos of Barcelona in Spanish Civil War by Antoni Campañà. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backman. (Insgrm). Working class power saying no pasarán.
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Summer 1936 portrait of an unknown Gitano/Roma militiaman with anarchist scarf. One of many remarkable photos of Barcelona in Spanish Civil War by Antoni Campañà. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backman. (Insgrm). Working class power saying no pasarán.
Time for a lil treat.
I just completed a small task that takes two minutes, and that I have put off since October.
I just completed a small task that takes two minutes, and that I have put off since October.
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Time for a lil treat.
I just completed a small task that takes two minutes, and that I have put off since October.
I just completed a small task that takes two minutes, and that I have put off since October.