Stoat
@applecake.bsky.social
Agriculture, arts and TNF-α
Goth/Metalhead/Swiftie
Pokémon Trainer
Buying the farm,
In Essex, England
Goth/Metalhead/Swiftie
Pokémon Trainer
Buying the farm,
In Essex, England
Memories of repurposing egg cosy knitting patterns into patterns for Innocent smoothie charity hats.
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things
‘Egg cosy’
Artist: Eric Winter
(Knitting, 1972)
‘Egg cosy’
Artist: Eric Winter
(Knitting, 1972)
June 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Memories of repurposing egg cosy knitting patterns into patterns for Innocent smoothie charity hats.
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CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words?
@cambridgeup.bsky.social's new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me drfrancisyoung@outlook.com if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
@cambridgeup.bsky.social's new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me drfrancisyoung@outlook.com if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
May 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words?
@cambridgeup.bsky.social's new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me drfrancisyoung@outlook.com if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
@cambridgeup.bsky.social's new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me drfrancisyoung@outlook.com if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
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Well that's just dandy.
May 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Well that's just dandy.
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1830 sampler sewn by a young woman servant, UK, Elizabeth Parker recounting the abuse she suffered, indicating the vulnerability of young working-class women employed in households far from their families, and the power of needlework as a form of women’s expression #womensart
April 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
1830 sampler sewn by a young woman servant, UK, Elizabeth Parker recounting the abuse she suffered, indicating the vulnerability of young working-class women employed in households far from their families, and the power of needlework as a form of women’s expression #womensart
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It’s good to know my knowledge of sport was as strong then as it is now
April 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s good to know my knowledge of sport was as strong then as it is now
Was lucky enough to see this. The Mural was enormous, took up the whole, lengthy platform. I took so many photos, but this is pre-smartphone so where are they? Stuck in a box somewhere...
City Glow, Mountain Whisper' (2006), Japanese Pop artist Chiho Aoshima's mural at Gloucester Road tube station, London #womensart
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Was lucky enough to see this. The Mural was enormous, took up the whole, lengthy platform. I took so many photos, but this is pre-smartphone so where are they? Stuck in a box somewhere...
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An owl of despair.
If you feel strangely attracted to this cartoon, I can draw one for you!
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
If you feel strangely attracted to this cartoon, I can draw one for you!
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
April 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
An owl of despair.
If you feel strangely attracted to this cartoon, I can draw one for you!
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
If you feel strangely attracted to this cartoon, I can draw one for you!
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Post on my local FB yesterday. I did ask if they were okay (no judgement) they haven't replied...
April 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Post on my local FB yesterday. I did ask if they were okay (no judgement) they haven't replied...
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Ladybird man (1961)
DIY is no excuse for a relaxation of sartorial standards
Artist: Harry Wingfield
DIY is no excuse for a relaxation of sartorial standards
Artist: Harry Wingfield
April 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Ladybird man (1961)
DIY is no excuse for a relaxation of sartorial standards
Artist: Harry Wingfield
DIY is no excuse for a relaxation of sartorial standards
Artist: Harry Wingfield
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Judy Chicago,
Compressed Women Who Yearned to be Butterflies series, 1973 #WomensArt
Compressed Women Who Yearned to be Butterflies series, 1973 #WomensArt
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Judy Chicago,
Compressed Women Who Yearned to be Butterflies series, 1973 #WomensArt
Compressed Women Who Yearned to be Butterflies series, 1973 #WomensArt
US photographer Margaret Bourke-White on top of the Chrysler Building, New York, 1931 #WomensArt
April 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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The Coat of Hopes, a patchwork coat on an ongoing walking pilgrimage through the UK, raising ecological issues, made by, worn and walked by 100s of people on a journey on foot over more than a 1000 miles so far.... #FridayFeeling
April 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Coat of Hopes, a patchwork coat on an ongoing walking pilgrimage through the UK, raising ecological issues, made by, worn and walked by 100s of people on a journey on foot over more than a 1000 miles so far.... #FridayFeeling
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"you have to pick your battles"
ok I pick no battles ever
ok I pick no battles ever
April 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"you have to pick your battles"
ok I pick no battles ever
ok I pick no battles ever
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''No to sexual harassment'' by Egyptian street artist Mira Shihadeh #womensart
April 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
''No to sexual harassment'' by Egyptian street artist Mira Shihadeh #womensart
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A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
March 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
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Tesco has Mother's day sorted.
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Tesco has Mother's day sorted.
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'My wife doesn't work' poster (c.1976) by See Red Women's Workshop, London #WomensArt
March 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
'My wife doesn't work' poster (c.1976) by See Red Women's Workshop, London #WomensArt
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Ah yes. Monday.
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Ah yes. Monday.
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
Artist: Eric Winter
Rumpelstiltskin
I'm in Tesco Meal Deal area.
Ratty looking bloke puts Red Bull in his basket. His GF grabs a bottle of plain water. Bloke is horrified and chastises her "The PH in that is unbalanced! That's PH9! That's TERRIBLE for you" and makes her exchange it for something else.
Ratty looking bloke puts Red Bull in his basket. His GF grabs a bottle of plain water. Bloke is horrified and chastises her "The PH in that is unbalanced! That's PH9! That's TERRIBLE for you" and makes her exchange it for something else.
March 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I'm in Tesco Meal Deal area.
Ratty looking bloke puts Red Bull in his basket. His GF grabs a bottle of plain water. Bloke is horrified and chastises her "The PH in that is unbalanced! That's PH9! That's TERRIBLE for you" and makes her exchange it for something else.
Ratty looking bloke puts Red Bull in his basket. His GF grabs a bottle of plain water. Bloke is horrified and chastises her "The PH in that is unbalanced! That's PH9! That's TERRIBLE for you" and makes her exchange it for something else.
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I wonder whether stuff like this might produce a revival of 100% analogue publishing - publishers who accept only handwritten manuscripts that are then typeset directly in letterpress. The audiobook is someone who comes to your house and reads out the book
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I wonder whether stuff like this might produce a revival of 100% analogue publishing - publishers who accept only handwritten manuscripts that are then typeset directly in letterpress. The audiobook is someone who comes to your house and reads out the book
Roman Chicken Brooch in my local museum, reminding us that
"Chickens... considered to have prophetic abilities and show the gods' opinions".
Quite right too.
"Chickens... considered to have prophetic abilities and show the gods' opinions".
Quite right too.
March 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Roman Chicken Brooch in my local museum, reminding us that
"Chickens... considered to have prophetic abilities and show the gods' opinions".
Quite right too.
"Chickens... considered to have prophetic abilities and show the gods' opinions".
Quite right too.
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Self-care is over. We're doing evil now.
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Self-care is over. We're doing evil now.