Bec
@bookishecocreative.bsky.social
Formerly IshMotherBec on the bird site before it turned into a bin fire. Mum, school support staff, reader, crafty person, trying to be greener. May or may not post about any or all of these things.
Random question of the day: does anyone remember an advert in the 1990s that featured 'Desiderata'? I remember the voice reading it so clearly but have no memory of what the advert was for.
February 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Random question of the day: does anyone remember an advert in the 1990s that featured 'Desiderata'? I remember the voice reading it so clearly but have no memory of what the advert was for.
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Is this the actual würst käse scenario?
Pffft. Red roses for Valentine’s Day? German supermarket Edeka is out here making sausage bouquets.
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Is this the actual würst käse scenario?
So not only have I been ill for a fortnight, I now also have conjunctivitis. Good job we're not bothered about valentine's day, husband isn't going to want to come near me today!
February 14, 2026 at 6:47 AM
So not only have I been ill for a fortnight, I now also have conjunctivitis. Good job we're not bothered about valentine's day, husband isn't going to want to come near me today!
I'm on day 8 of a cold and it's the worst it's been today. Worried I'm just going to get incrementally snottier and croakier until I fully transform into Slimer.
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
I'm on day 8 of a cold and it's the worst it's been today. Worried I'm just going to get incrementally snottier and croakier until I fully transform into Slimer.
It took me embarrassingly long to realise that, in her latest song, Taylor Swift isn't actually singing about how this guy is so polite.
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It took me embarrassingly long to realise that, in her latest song, Taylor Swift isn't actually singing about how this guy is so polite.
I'm sure my nana had a tea towel of this print.
February 5, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I'm sure my nana had a tea towel of this print.
Something desperately needs to change here. And it's not the students. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
One in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September
Data comes as government prepares to publish plans to overhaul Send system in England
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Something desperately needs to change here. And it's not the students. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Had to do an age verification thing and it couldn't identify my age from a face scan 💅 it's like getting ID'd when buying wine for the modern era!
February 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Had to do an age verification thing and it couldn't identify my age from a face scan 💅 it's like getting ID'd when buying wine for the modern era!
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Greenlanders have a pretty good sense of humour.
February 2, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Greenlanders have a pretty good sense of humour.
This is who runs this account.
February 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This is who runs this account.
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Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘Cat among ferns’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Cat among ferns’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
January 31, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘Cat among ferns’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
‘Cat among ferns’
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
1. Approaches to modernism
2. Community theatre
3. Theatre and national identity
4. Intermediate French
5. Children's literature (part of the Open University Diploma I got in my late-twenties)
1. Approaches to modernism
2. Community theatre
3. Theatre and national identity
4. Intermediate French
5. Children's literature (part of the Open University Diploma I got in my late-twenties)
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
(Including undergrad and postgrad):
1. Modern Latin American literature
2. Molière and Racine
3. Spanish Translation
4. Language, Culture and Ideology
5. Language Testing and Assessment
(Including undergrad and postgrad):
1. Modern Latin American literature
2. Molière and Racine
3. Spanish Translation
4. Language, Culture and Ideology
5. Language Testing and Assessment
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
(closest in a UK setting)
1. British 1 (Post Roman to 1100)
2. British 2 (1000 to 1500)
3. Welsh History (Hanes Cymru in English, except 10 minutes in one lecture)
4. Archaeology
5. The US 1870 to 1920
(closest in a UK setting)
1. British 1 (Post Roman to 1100)
2. British 2 (1000 to 1500)
3. Welsh History (Hanes Cymru in English, except 10 minutes in one lecture)
4. Archaeology
5. The US 1870 to 1920
January 30, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
1. Approaches to modernism
2. Community theatre
3. Theatre and national identity
4. Intermediate French
5. Children's literature (part of the Open University Diploma I got in my late-twenties)
1. Approaches to modernism
2. Community theatre
3. Theatre and national identity
4. Intermediate French
5. Children's literature (part of the Open University Diploma I got in my late-twenties)
Ooh this could be the one ... I think I misremembered some facial features but it's probably the closest I'll get.
January 30, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Ooh this could be the one ... I think I misremembered some facial features but it's probably the closest I'll get.
Note that there is no mention in this article of addressing the reasons for the behaviours leading to suspension (despite the acknowledgement that rates are higher among SEND students) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do not always send suspended students home, government tells schools
Changes to England's school system say on-site suspensions should be used for non-violent behaviour.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Note that there is no mention in this article of addressing the reasons for the behaviours leading to suspension (despite the acknowledgement that rates are higher among SEND students) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're watching The Traitors Ireland and two of the contestants (Faye and Katelyn) really remind me of other people but I can't work out who. It's going to really bug me.
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We're watching The Traitors Ireland and two of the contestants (Faye and Katelyn) really remind me of other people but I can't work out who. It's going to really bug me.
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It’s a reminder of how completely unserious our nation is that we have a live illustration of where this leads in Minnesota and yet everyone pretends a Reform government is just an ok idea.
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It’s a reminder of how completely unserious our nation is that we have a live illustration of where this leads in Minnesota and yet everyone pretends a Reform government is just an ok idea.
I'm currently doing a colouring book of Australian wildlife (specific I know) and keep looking the animals up to check their colours. You can't tell me this isn't straight out of Angry Birds.
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I'm currently doing a colouring book of Australian wildlife (specific I know) and keep looking the animals up to check their colours. You can't tell me this isn't straight out of Angry Birds.
Ugh messenger has started offering to summarise my messages if I have more than one unread. So impersonal. I want to read every word my friends and loved ones send me. Stop trying to make us run every interaction through AI.
January 24, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Ugh messenger has started offering to summarise my messages if I have more than one unread. So impersonal. I want to read every word my friends and loved ones send me. Stop trying to make us run every interaction through AI.
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I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
Delicious to me
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
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Fascinating. Also....what if the tiny people are real and all around us and the mushrooms just let us see them.
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Fascinating. Also....what if the tiny people are real and all around us and the mushrooms just let us see them.
Anyone up for a virtual group hug? I'll start.
a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .
ALT: a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Anyone up for a virtual group hug? I'll start.
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This is really not much less than some authors would get from someone buying their book on a discount from The Evil Bookshop. Never feel bad about getting that book from the library! We want you to do it! Most of use use/have used a library a lot! We still get paid!
Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way.
For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.
For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is really not much less than some authors would get from someone buying their book on a discount from The Evil Bookshop. Never feel bad about getting that book from the library! We want you to do it! Most of use use/have used a library a lot! We still get paid!
Me: I'm not interested in celeb gossip.
Internet: There's Beckham beef.
Me:
Internet: There's Beckham beef.
Me:
a man in a suit and tie is holding a bucket of popcorn and says yep
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a bucket of popcorn and says yep
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Me: I'm not interested in celeb gossip.
Internet: There's Beckham beef.
Me:
Internet: There's Beckham beef.
Me:
Awful night's sleep. This is how I discover that Fitbit is a big fat liar. It's saying I was in light sleep at a time when I was literally on my phone.
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Awful night's sleep. This is how I discover that Fitbit is a big fat liar. It's saying I was in light sleep at a time when I was literally on my phone.