Ankaret Wells
@ankaret.bsky.social
Writer, cross stitcher, science witch, enamel pin gremlin, wife of @pmh1wheel, owned by two ridiculous cats @holmiesathome. Trans ally. Disability activism. She/her.
Young Mr Dinmont, of Dinmont's Fine Brass Doorware, gravely overestimated the lady customers' interest in his new patent self-shining knob mechanism. #GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Young Mr Dinmont, of Dinmont's Fine Brass Doorware, gravely overestimated the lady customers' interest in his new patent self-shining knob mechanism. #GirlsOwnCC
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
And businesses wonder why The Public are 'device-hoarding' their beloved 'non-smart' things and not buying their wonderful new 'upgraded' tech that's going to do things like this....
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
And businesses wonder why The Public are 'device-hoarding' their beloved 'non-smart' things and not buying their wonderful new 'upgraded' tech that's going to do things like this....
They should get Alex Horne to remake Round The Horne.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
They should get Alex Horne to remake Round The Horne.
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
I hope the research has not disproved the idea that they’re bold and resolute
How New Research Is Changing What We Know About The Great Hammerhead
How New Research Is Changing What We Know About The Great Hammerhead
The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) — one of the ocean’s most iconic predators — is in deeper peril than once thought. Once believed to roam vast ocean basins, new research reveals it may…
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I hope the research has not disproved the idea that they’re bold and resolute
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Honestly think the easiest value to society you can add as a bloke is to stand up for women you don't know.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Honestly think the easiest value to society you can add as a bloke is to stand up for women you don't know.
As M.C Escher was refused permission to exhibit his pictures at the Royal Academy that year, he smuggled in his reality-twisting creations in the form of ladies couture.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors (pretty please) & include #GirlsOwnCC
November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As M.C Escher was refused permission to exhibit his pictures at the Royal Academy that year, he smuggled in his reality-twisting creations in the form of ladies couture.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
I'll take 'Questions You're Going To Regret Asking' for $5000, Alex
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'll take 'Questions You're Going To Regret Asking' for $5000, Alex
Edwin had reached the last chapter of Mr Kafka' s book, and was dismayed that it gave no advice about what to do if your wife turned into a giant Cornish pasty and bore you a misshapen pastry baby with a detachable head.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Edwin had reached the last chapter of Mr Kafka' s book, and was dismayed that it gave no advice about what to do if your wife turned into a giant Cornish pasty and bore you a misshapen pastry baby with a detachable head.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Once. I asked it what books I'd written and it got the first two right but then hallucinated a YA called The Cat And The Staircase.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Once. I asked it what books I'd written and it got the first two right but then hallucinated a YA called The Cat And The Staircase.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
My elderly PC is dying and I am resigning myself to the annoyance of learning a new operating system, because to avoid chatbot creep I'm jumping ship to Linux.
I'm not even a knitter & I'm giving #gameofwool the side-eye. All the contestants seem lovely and very creative but I feel like they could have set a more reasonable timescale and then just had them finish the projects in the barn if they thought footage of people sitting there knitting was needed.
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm not even a knitter & I'm giving #gameofwool the side-eye. All the contestants seem lovely and very creative but I feel like they could have set a more reasonable timescale and then just had them finish the projects in the barn if they thought footage of people sitting there knitting was needed.
UK friends of a #goth / #tarot persuasion, the Killstar eBay outlet are selling these cards for £7 a box and they're an absolute bargain - heavy card, slightly metallic, silver edged, about the size of a big Thoth. Not sponsored or anything, just wanted to share.
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
UK friends of a #goth / #tarot persuasion, the Killstar eBay outlet are selling these cards for £7 a box and they're an absolute bargain - heavy card, slightly metallic, silver edged, about the size of a big Thoth. Not sponsored or anything, just wanted to share.
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
ebay.us/m/b26KJq
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
Reposted by Ankaret Wells
It may be uncharitable of me but this whole "but you are ENTITLED to my opposing opinion" shit brings up real bad memories for some of us. Way to show you've never been harassed irl or e-stalked
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It may be uncharitable of me but this whole "but you are ENTITLED to my opposing opinion" shit brings up real bad memories for some of us. Way to show you've never been harassed irl or e-stalked
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
Nobody is entitled to my time, attention, brain, body, or anything else
If people who are 'influentialish in AI ethics' want to listen to my point of view they can contact me and offer to pay me.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
People blocking you, whether artisinally or via blocklist, are doing you the courtesy of signaling that you will not vibe well with each other and self-selecting out of the pool of people on Bluesky you will potentially have to deal with.
Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If people who are 'influentialish in AI ethics' want to listen to my point of view they can contact me and offer to pay me.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
Which I note that AI companies did not do when they scraped my books or my AO3.
Postcat. Please excuse the state of the kitchen, Halloween happened.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Postcat. Please excuse the state of the kitchen, Halloween happened.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
Video alt text: Mycroft, a fluffy pale ginger Maine Coon cat, takes a letter out of the letterbox in a kitchen door and walks off with it.
Back from what, as it turned out, was not a Halloween Quiz.
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Back from what, as it turned out, was not a Halloween Quiz.
To be honest my aesthetic is always 'bog witch' but I am stepping it up a notch for Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
To be honest my aesthetic is always 'bog witch' but I am stepping it up a notch for Halloween
I am pretty certain Taylor Jenkins Reid has better things to do with her time and reputation than sending out spammy 'join my writing mentorship community' emails like the one I got today but I wonder what the scammers' end game is.
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am pretty certain Taylor Jenkins Reid has better things to do with her time and reputation than sending out spammy 'join my writing mentorship community' emails like the one I got today but I wonder what the scammers' end game is.
My house appears to be haunted by some kind of ghost bear.
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My house appears to be haunted by some kind of ghost bear.
As his castle burned down around him, Viktor regretted attempting to explain how AI girlfriends were the future to the pitchfork-wielding mob.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As his castle burned down around him, Viktor regretted attempting to explain how AI girlfriends were the future to the pitchfork-wielding mob.
#GirlsOwnCC
#GirlsOwnCC
A1 re-framing. (I'm not sure why you'd frame a floor hot dog but I hear there's room in the Louvre.)
"How do you expect to win back men...?"
We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.
We don't want those men. They are the hot dogs on the floor of humanity and we still have all these nice prepped hamburger patties if someone would just let them cook.
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A1 re-framing. (I'm not sure why you'd frame a floor hot dog but I hear there's room in the Louvre.)
I'm reasonably certain this is Big Red, the Parker Duofold I use every day, though my great-uncle Tom is unlikely to have bought it in Denmark.
Now I am wondering who I know who could tell me what 34 Kr was worth in 1928. I'm a little surprised it was more than a Montblanc.
#fountainpens
Now I am wondering who I know who could tell me what 34 Kr was worth in 1928. I'm a little surprised it was more than a Montblanc.
#fountainpens
From Denmark, #Christmas 1928: Writing Instruments and Personal Care from Illum
(+Duofold Set consisting of Pen and Pencil in a beautiful Case; Duofold Senior with Gold Band and Clip; Duofold Special with Gold Band and Clip; Duofold Lady with Gold Band and Ring, and more)
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(+Duofold Set consisting of Pen and Pencil in a beautiful Case; Duofold Senior with Gold Band and Clip; Duofold Special with Gold Band and Clip; Duofold Lady with Gold Band and Ring, and more)
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October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm reasonably certain this is Big Red, the Parker Duofold I use every day, though my great-uncle Tom is unlikely to have bought it in Denmark.
Now I am wondering who I know who could tell me what 34 Kr was worth in 1928. I'm a little surprised it was more than a Montblanc.
#fountainpens
Now I am wondering who I know who could tell me what 34 Kr was worth in 1928. I'm a little surprised it was more than a Montblanc.
#fountainpens
I still judge all medieval grand strategy games against Defender of the Crown.
It's kind of impossible now to understand how much of an OH SHIT moment this game was at the time.
Like someone dropping a F15 into WW2 or something. The visuals. The audio. Everything about it.
Like someone dropping a F15 into WW2 or something. The visuals. The audio. Everything about it.
Defender of the Crown ⚔️ First released in 1986, this was Cinemaware's debut game, one of medieval strategy and mini games. A technical showpiece for the Commodore Amiga featuring Jim Sach's artistic talents.
This truly was a showstopper for the young computer released only the year before.
This truly was a showstopper for the young computer released only the year before.
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I still judge all medieval grand strategy games against Defender of the Crown.
Seeing American friends post #NoKings but Stephen and genuinely thinking 'what, because he was so hopeless?' before remembering the author existed.
October 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Seeing American friends post #NoKings but Stephen and genuinely thinking 'what, because he was so hopeless?' before remembering the author existed.
Postal delivery around here is highly personalised but rather unreliable.
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Postal delivery around here is highly personalised but rather unreliable.