Dr Amanda Brunton
@amandycat.bsky.social
Lover of early modern drama, PhD on early modern epitaphs in manuscripts. Chicken wrangler. she/her
Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV
Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some!
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some!
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴
Lenny says 'hi'
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Lenny says 'hi'
![A WhatsApp conversation as follows:
[begin transcript]
Her: Were medieval/early modern fandoms a thing
Me: Wtf else do you think saints are for
Her: Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Did they have fandom fights like my saint is cooler than your saint BITCH
Me: Idk but I know some friends who would know
[End of transcript]
Historian nerd friends of mine, what do we think?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwpgaf3fobitr46jvnibaurc/bafkreifvh3jge3pcmkdkmlwmewz44qixqt6sksmovcrucwgj4csmv4h74i@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Went to a beach known for its seaglass and filled our pockets, then sat in the sun and had a crow party about it, 15/10 strongly recommend
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Went to a beach known for its seaglass and filled our pockets, then sat in the sun and had a crow party about it, 15/10 strongly recommend
I'm good! I do miss research but I also enjoy relative job security and an easily navigable career path (I work I researched development now). We have a cute dog and that's honestly about as good as it gets 🥰
September 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I'm good! I do miss research but I also enjoy relative job security and an easily navigable career path (I work I researched development now). We have a cute dog and that's honestly about as good as it gets 🥰
Alt pride variety show and picnic were both just so fun, weird, chaotic, uplifting things to be part of.
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
August 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Alt pride variety show and picnic were both just so fun, weird, chaotic, uplifting things to be part of.
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!
I'm very excited about the makers' market as I will be selling my lino prints for the first time ever. My living room table has been a little print shop for the last few weeks while I build up stock of all my existing prints, and work on a couple of new ones!
August 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm very excited about the makers' market as I will be selling my lino prints for the first time ever. My living room table has been a little print shop for the last few weeks while I build up stock of all my existing prints, and work on a couple of new ones!
AND THAT'S NOT ALL EITHER
The following weekend there will be a Makers' Market at the Blue Moon. There's going to be 22 different stalls, follow the insta link for info on some of the makers (and more to come!)
www.instagram.com/p/DNLu7F0sqS...
The following weekend there will be a Makers' Market at the Blue Moon. There's going to be 22 different stalls, follow the insta link for info on some of the makers (and more to come!)
www.instagram.com/p/DNLu7F0sqS...
August 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
AND THAT'S NOT ALL EITHER
The following weekend there will be a Makers' Market at the Blue Moon. There's going to be 22 different stalls, follow the insta link for info on some of the makers (and more to come!)
www.instagram.com/p/DNLu7F0sqS...
The following weekend there will be a Makers' Market at the Blue Moon. There's going to be 22 different stalls, follow the insta link for info on some of the makers (and more to come!)
www.instagram.com/p/DNLu7F0sqS...
Friends, the good people of Trans Liberation Cambridge are putting on a show as part of Alternative pride, tickets are free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
August 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Friends, the good people of Trans Liberation Cambridge are putting on a show as part of Alternative pride, tickets are free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...
(venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)
Did the democracy thing today. Still a couple of hours for you to do the same. Dog petting opportunities abound.
May 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Did the democracy thing today. Still a couple of hours for you to do the same. Dog petting opportunities abound.
So that coffee social for trans folks I mentioned yesterday? It's fully funded.
If you're trans, and in Cambridge area, there's treats at a cafe waiting for you along with a lovely group of people to hang out with.
If you're trans, and in Cambridge area, there's treats at a cafe waiting for you along with a lovely group of people to hang out with.
![Trans coffee social - Sunday 20th April, 2.30pm @ Thrive, Norfolk Street
Join us for coffee on the patio of Thrive. Please take a covid test before coming if possible, and don't come along if you feel ill in ways that are unusual.
[Note - below info is now out of date as this is fully funded. I will instead provide links to the other fundraisers we are directing people to]
Calling Cis Comrades!
Feel like trans people deserve a little treat right now? Got a couple of quid spare? You can cover a trans person's tea, coffee or cake at this social. Any leftover funds will go to FiveforFive, to be split between transfem causes.
http://fiveforfive.co.uk
Trans Liberation Cambridge donations: https://opencollective.com/tlc](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwpgaf3fobitr46jvnibaurc/bafkreicvybqxzlelhpzuoqugos6kyt67izs7efwkbj7ekfjknfrtcbn5ma@jpeg)
April 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
So that coffee social for trans folks I mentioned yesterday? It's fully funded.
If you're trans, and in Cambridge area, there's treats at a cafe waiting for you along with a lovely group of people to hang out with.
If you're trans, and in Cambridge area, there's treats at a cafe waiting for you along with a lovely group of people to hang out with.
Submitted for your consideration blue-sky friends, my filthy dog being an absolute menace
March 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Submitted for your consideration blue-sky friends, my filthy dog being an absolute menace
'Møther, I would be more comfortable if I had more cushions pls'
January 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
'Møther, I would be more comfortable if I had more cushions pls'
This is Lenny, he whines and paws at the blanket if you don't tuck him in before bed. Pillows also non-negotiable.
January 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is Lenny, he whines and paws at the blanket if you don't tuck him in before bed. Pillows also non-negotiable.
Look who is well enough to be outside again!
January 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Look who is well enough to be outside again!
She is beauty she is grace she has food all over her face
January 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
She is beauty she is grace she has food all over her face
Just brought Lily home from the vets. Someone shot her in the back of the neck on Saturday evening. I have no idea how she is still alive, but here she is. I'm so relieved to have her back home safe.
January 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just brought Lily home from the vets. Someone shot her in the back of the neck on Saturday evening. I have no idea how she is still alive, but here she is. I'm so relieved to have her back home safe.
Someone shot one of my chickens. She's still alive, though I really don't know how. This 9mm ish bearing was embedded in the back of her neck, just below her skull.
I have no words.
I have no words.
January 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Someone shot one of my chickens. She's still alive, though I really don't know how. This 9mm ish bearing was embedded in the back of her neck, just below her skull.
I have no words.
I have no words.
They are total opposites and crack me up.
December 21, 2024 at 9:35 PM
They are total opposites and crack me up.
Our labrador is besties with our neighbour's greyhound, we took them on a big day out to the Christmas market in Ely. I think literally everywhere we paused to browse, both dogs were given endless ear rubs. 15/10 experience all round.
December 21, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Our labrador is besties with our neighbour's greyhound, we took them on a big day out to the Christmas market in Ely. I think literally everywhere we paused to browse, both dogs were given endless ear rubs. 15/10 experience all round.
I'm guessing I have been put on one of the starter packs since I suddenly have a whole load of academic followers, which is kinda flattering. Welcome from the Other Place presumably! Things were bad there. Have a goofy dog.
November 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
I'm guessing I have been put on one of the starter packs since I suddenly have a whole load of academic followers, which is kinda flattering. Welcome from the Other Place presumably! Things were bad there. Have a goofy dog.
This is my tension swatch - just started the actual jumper. First go at a colour work jumper, so very excited! The wool was a gift when I submitted my thesis in (ahem) 2021 so about time it came out of the stash.
November 10, 2024 at 11:34 PM
This is my tension swatch - just started the actual jumper. First go at a colour work jumper, so very excited! The wool was a gift when I submitted my thesis in (ahem) 2021 so about time it came out of the stash.
The yarn in the above picture is probably going to be really splitty. It's cotton and there isn't much "fuzz" making those individual strands hold together.
This stuff is acrylic and you can see it is a bit fuzzy, the twist in the wool is tighter, it's not going to fight your hook and split apart.
This stuff is acrylic and you can see it is a bit fuzzy, the twist in the wool is tighter, it's not going to fight your hook and split apart.
November 10, 2024 at 11:22 PM
The yarn in the above picture is probably going to be really splitty. It's cotton and there isn't much "fuzz" making those individual strands hold together.
This stuff is acrylic and you can see it is a bit fuzzy, the twist in the wool is tighter, it's not going to fight your hook and split apart.
This stuff is acrylic and you can see it is a bit fuzzy, the twist in the wool is tighter, it's not going to fight your hook and split apart.
I don't think it's so much an acrylic/real wool issue, more than you are moving from something with a fully uniform strand to something that actually can be separated as you work, like this:
November 10, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I don't think it's so much an acrylic/real wool issue, more than you are moving from something with a fully uniform strand to something that actually can be separated as you work, like this: