Aoife
@blackcataoife.bsky.social
Knitting and cross-stitch. Magpie of odious books. She/her
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You know you can always judge a book by its cover. Look at this nice book about bears.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You know you can always judge a book by its cover. Look at this nice book about bears.
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there’s a trans woman on ‘only connect’ and graham linehan is hassling victoria coren over it.
i like how he thinks he can out-fox a three time world poker champion by laying down a dipshit ultimatum and then saying ‘a simple yes or no will suffice’ like the dumbass debate-me-bro he’s become.
i like how he thinks he can out-fox a three time world poker champion by laying down a dipshit ultimatum and then saying ‘a simple yes or no will suffice’ like the dumbass debate-me-bro he’s become.
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
there’s a trans woman on ‘only connect’ and graham linehan is hassling victoria coren over it.
i like how he thinks he can out-fox a three time world poker champion by laying down a dipshit ultimatum and then saying ‘a simple yes or no will suffice’ like the dumbass debate-me-bro he’s become.
i like how he thinks he can out-fox a three time world poker champion by laying down a dipshit ultimatum and then saying ‘a simple yes or no will suffice’ like the dumbass debate-me-bro he’s become.
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The medieval fantasy zine is now accepting entries!
We DO NOT accept submissions that contain the following:
-Middle-English speech
-knights or knighthood
-romance
-religious persecution
-kings and royalty
-humanoid "races"
-monsters
-framing devices that include historians or books
-magic
We DO NOT accept submissions that contain the following:
-Middle-English speech
-knights or knighthood
-romance
-religious persecution
-kings and royalty
-humanoid "races"
-monsters
-framing devices that include historians or books
-magic
October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The medieval fantasy zine is now accepting entries!
We DO NOT accept submissions that contain the following:
-Middle-English speech
-knights or knighthood
-romance
-religious persecution
-kings and royalty
-humanoid "races"
-monsters
-framing devices that include historians or books
-magic
We DO NOT accept submissions that contain the following:
-Middle-English speech
-knights or knighthood
-romance
-religious persecution
-kings and royalty
-humanoid "races"
-monsters
-framing devices that include historians or books
-magic
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Today in “AI is a scourge”: I’m in an embroidery group on Facebook, and it feels like every day brings a new person who says “I bought this pattern on Etsy but it didn’t come with instructions and I don’t understand how they got this effect”
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Today in “AI is a scourge”: I’m in an embroidery group on Facebook, and it feels like every day brings a new person who says “I bought this pattern on Etsy but it didn’t come with instructions and I don’t understand how they got this effect”
Celebrating our national holiday by watching questionable German comedy (Dudes on Netflix) for questionable reasons (don't ask)
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Celebrating our national holiday by watching questionable German comedy (Dudes on Netflix) for questionable reasons (don't ask)
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I
no but
look this is actually ... real? not sure that word means anything any more but apparently yes they are doing a garlic mayonnaise branded book because of *course* they are. I don't know why I ever thought they wouldn't.
www.hellmanns.com/us/en/craven...
no but
look this is actually ... real? not sure that word means anything any more but apparently yes they are doing a garlic mayonnaise branded book because of *course* they are. I don't know why I ever thought they wouldn't.
www.hellmanns.com/us/en/craven...
October 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I
no but
look this is actually ... real? not sure that word means anything any more but apparently yes they are doing a garlic mayonnaise branded book because of *course* they are. I don't know why I ever thought they wouldn't.
www.hellmanns.com/us/en/craven...
no but
look this is actually ... real? not sure that word means anything any more but apparently yes they are doing a garlic mayonnaise branded book because of *course* they are. I don't know why I ever thought they wouldn't.
www.hellmanns.com/us/en/craven...
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Nein wirklich, das Antifa-"Bekennerschreiben" bei Indymedia zu München war ein Fake eines Trittbrettfahrers? Das ist ja ein Ding!
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Nein wirklich, das Antifa-"Bekennerschreiben" bei Indymedia zu München war ein Fake eines Trittbrettfahrers? Das ist ja ein Ding!
I just reached 5 days of learning on DataCamp 💪 assets.datacamp.com/streaks/shar...
I just reached 5 days of learning on DataCamp 💪
Building up my regular learning habit.
assets.datacamp.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I just reached 5 days of learning on DataCamp 💪 assets.datacamp.com/streaks/shar...
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Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
September 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.
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please i am begging whoever has my voodoo doll stop making it read the news
September 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
please i am begging whoever has my voodoo doll stop making it read the news
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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
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Ciabatta bread was invented in the 80s, while Fast Food was the standard in Rome 2000 years ago, and Egypt had Fishnet Bodycon dresses 2000 years before that.
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
August 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ciabatta bread was invented in the 80s, while Fast Food was the standard in Rome 2000 years ago, and Egypt had Fishnet Bodycon dresses 2000 years before that.
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I'm reading a poem written in the 1820s in support of homosexual love, possibly by William Beckford. On the one hand this is a remarkable read. However, in a passage about the narrator fancying a serving-boy, the poet asks "Why for a menial did my entrails warm?" and I may never write romance again.
August 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I'm reading a poem written in the 1820s in support of homosexual love, possibly by William Beckford. On the one hand this is a remarkable read. However, in a passage about the narrator fancying a serving-boy, the poet asks "Why for a menial did my entrails warm?" and I may never write romance again.
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Over on Reddit someone is asking for science fiction for their precocious young reader and the people there are suggesting books that were old when that kid's grandparents were the same age as the kid, for fuck's sake if you didn't know any SF books from this millennium maybe sit this question out
August 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Over on Reddit someone is asking for science fiction for their precocious young reader and the people there are suggesting books that were old when that kid's grandparents were the same age as the kid, for fuck's sake if you didn't know any SF books from this millennium maybe sit this question out
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Ich liebe es. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #BVG #CSD
"Die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) haben wenige Tage vor dem CSD die U-Bahnstation am Bundestag mit der Pride-Flagge geschmückt. „Wir haben umdekoriert“, teilte die BVG auf Instagram mit."
"Die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) haben wenige Tage vor dem CSD die U-Bahnstation am Bundestag mit der Pride-Flagge geschmückt. „Wir haben umdekoriert“, teilte die BVG auf Instagram mit."
BVG schmückt U-Bahnhof am Bundestag mit Regenbogen: Protest gegen Klöckner
Am Bundestag weht zum CSD keine Regenbogenflagge mehr. Die Entscheidung stößt auf Kritik. Die BVG setzt hingegen ein Statement.
www.berliner-zeitung.de
July 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Serienmörder sein ist das einzige männliche Hobby über das sich Frauen gerne Podcasts anhören
July 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Serienmörder sein ist das einzige männliche Hobby über das sich Frauen gerne Podcasts anhören
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Target: let’s split the baby. That way both sides will be happy hahahah good plan.
Target's bold "Pride" collection this year features a colorless hoodie with the words "Out Loud & Proud" written teeny tiny only the string.
May 31, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Target: let’s split the baby. That way both sides will be happy hahahah good plan.
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Today is Saturday, March 1917th, 2020
May 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Today is Saturday, March 1917th, 2020
I sure love living in interesting times
May 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I sure love living in interesting times
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150% TARIFFS ON ALL MEETINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL
May 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
150% TARIFFS ON ALL MEETINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL
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Meanwhile in den Redaktionsstuben deutscher Talkshows:
May 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Meanwhile in den Redaktionsstuben deutscher Talkshows:
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Happy Terry Pratchett Day, on what would have been his 77th birthday.
April 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Re my previous skeet, Boundless (publisher previously known as Unbound) are today soliciting for pledges via email, so if you're on their mailing list, read this before giving them your money.
April 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Re my previous skeet, Boundless (publisher previously known as Unbound) are today soliciting for pledges via email, so if you're on their mailing list, read this before giving them your money.