Frances Lievens
@franceslievens.bsky.social
parent, partner, teacher, singer, cyclist, city-dweller, she/her.
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Every act of creativity is a kind of resistance.
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
Zaghari-Ratcliffe made clothes for her daughter while waiting for her eventual release. Now, the idea of creativity as a form of resistance is the theme of a new collaboration between London’s Imperial War Museum and the fabric department of Liberty.
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Every act of creativity is a kind of resistance.
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Still can’t get over the fact of Americans using ordinary Lotus speculoos for their fancy desserts. We buy those by the kg and eat them as crisps. (Made my own last week btw).
HELLO BLUESKY I AM ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A THANKSGIVING DESSERT
PRAY FOR ME AND FOR ALL WHO WILL CONSUME THIS SWEET MADNESS
PRAY FOR ME AND FOR ALL WHO WILL CONSUME THIS SWEET MADNESS
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Still can’t get over the fact of Americans using ordinary Lotus speculoos for their fancy desserts. We buy those by the kg and eat them as crisps. (Made my own last week btw).
Fucking cancer can fuck the fuck off.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fucking cancer can fuck the fuck off.
LLM as fortune tellers…
So much happened in Buffy Season 3, none of which gets talked about in the description on the back of the DVD boxset
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
LLM as fortune tellers…
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So much happened in Buffy Season 3, none of which gets talked about in the description on the back of the DVD boxset
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
So much happened in Buffy Season 3, none of which gets talked about in the description on the back of the DVD boxset
I don’t want a guessing machine helping me out. I already have 15 guessing machines who don’t read the question before giving an answer.
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
Soon we can have chatbots grade the work of chatbots.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I don’t want a guessing machine helping me out. I already have 15 guessing machines who don’t read the question before giving an answer.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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Love this!
Said this many times before, but: There’s no other medium that so routinely plays with both form, and the reality it constructs, as comics. I think that sense of play is fundamentally part of why children love the medium, and why publishing dropped the ball for so long in not making them.
Said this many times before, but: There’s no other medium that so routinely plays with both form, and the reality it constructs, as comics. I think that sense of play is fundamentally part of why children love the medium, and why publishing dropped the ball for so long in not making them.
October 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Love this!
Said this many times before, but: There’s no other medium that so routinely plays with both form, and the reality it constructs, as comics. I think that sense of play is fundamentally part of why children love the medium, and why publishing dropped the ball for so long in not making them.
Said this many times before, but: There’s no other medium that so routinely plays with both form, and the reality it constructs, as comics. I think that sense of play is fundamentally part of why children love the medium, and why publishing dropped the ball for so long in not making them.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
He’s not a lap cat, but I’m sitting in his chair so he’ll make do.
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
He’s not a lap cat, but I’m sitting in his chair so he’ll make do.
Snurk duvet covers now come packed in cardboard. Was v pleased when they arrived (but don’t tell the kids, it’s a surprise!)
Yay for small things that make the world better! Every time I see something like this (swimming goggles today) that used to be sold covered in unnecessary plastic and now has paper/cardboard packaging, it makes me so happy. Manufacturers, I *will* choose this. Keep going! Make a better world real!
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Snurk duvet covers now come packed in cardboard. Was v pleased when they arrived (but don’t tell the kids, it’s a surprise!)
Was v posh & spent a lot of money to go to Cirque du Soleil yesterday & it was amazing! I like little circus productions, I love street theatre. Alegría is a big production, but it doesn’t compromise on artistic value and storytelling. Loved every second.
October 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Was v posh & spent a lot of money to go to Cirque du Soleil yesterday & it was amazing! I like little circus productions, I love street theatre. Alegría is a big production, but it doesn’t compromise on artistic value and storytelling. Loved every second.
This totally! Also wanting to add libraries should also cater for parents. My pupils don’t go to the library because their parents don’t want to let them go on their own & only read other languages. Also: stop asking for money for late books.
Reading was central to my happiness as a kid. Didn’t grow up in a household with books but had an amazing local library with wonderful librarians, a safe place where I also did arts and crafts and other things I didn’t at home. Libraries should be at heart of any campaign to get more kids reading
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This totally! Also wanting to add libraries should also cater for parents. My pupils don’t go to the library because their parents don’t want to let them go on their own & only read other languages. Also: stop asking for money for late books.
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Happy Horror Month to goth Daddy, bisexual icon Vincent Price.
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Happy Horror Month to goth Daddy, bisexual icon Vincent Price.
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Trump and Musk share a commonality of somehow being both quite clever and extremely dumb which I (and others) have found confusing.
I have a model that has been working.
I think they’re both clever guys with extremely narrow worldviews.
I have a model that has been working.
I think they’re both clever guys with extremely narrow worldviews.
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Trump and Musk share a commonality of somehow being both quite clever and extremely dumb which I (and others) have found confusing.
I have a model that has been working.
I think they’re both clever guys with extremely narrow worldviews.
I have a model that has been working.
I think they’re both clever guys with extremely narrow worldviews.
You are now a magician. A wizard. A sorceress. A witch.
What is your familiar?
A cat. We spend two hours a day hunting down your enemies and will snooze for the rest. We are very effective.
What is your familiar?
A cat. We spend two hours a day hunting down your enemies and will snooze for the rest. We are very effective.
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
You are now a magician. A wizard. A sorceress. A witch.
What is your familiar?
A cat. We spend two hours a day hunting down your enemies and will snooze for the rest. We are very effective.
What is your familiar?
A cat. We spend two hours a day hunting down your enemies and will snooze for the rest. We are very effective.
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Love when @hankgreen.bsky.social makes a video screaming what I have screaming in my head. It's good to not feel so alone.
Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Love when @hankgreen.bsky.social makes a video screaming what I have screaming in my head. It's good to not feel so alone.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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So, with Jane Goodall passing, I am reminded of a very fun incident where her institute sent a furious complaint over this cartoon on her behalf, only to have Goodall herself find it hilarious and go on to write the introduction to the collection it appeared in. A fantastic sense of humour.
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So, with Jane Goodall passing, I am reminded of a very fun incident where her institute sent a furious complaint over this cartoon on her behalf, only to have Goodall herself find it hilarious and go on to write the introduction to the collection it appeared in. A fantastic sense of humour.
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Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.
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A shoutout for my lovely friend, Weegbree. It’s her first publication outside of The Netherlands. If you have time, drop by and check out her cool weird story at www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/broo...
“Brood/Pain/Pan: A Breadtale in Three Movements” by weegbree | Weird Lit
www.weirdlitmag.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A shoutout for my lovely friend, Weegbree. It’s her first publication outside of The Netherlands. If you have time, drop by and check out her cool weird story at www.weirdlitmag.com/fiction/broo...
My sweet sweet Gigi died last night. He was only with us for 4 years when his little heart gave up. Now go and catch mice in your next life little guy. And remember: live snacks are eaten outside.
September 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My sweet sweet Gigi died last night. He was only with us for 4 years when his little heart gave up. Now go and catch mice in your next life little guy. And remember: live snacks are eaten outside.
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spent today at the amazing Hoge Veluwe forest park that also contains a modern art museum with about 40 staggering Van Goghs on display. All privately owned but accessible to the public.
Rich tech bros: THIS is what you do with your money instead of building Fallout bunkers.
Rich tech bros: THIS is what you do with your money instead of building Fallout bunkers.
September 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
spent today at the amazing Hoge Veluwe forest park that also contains a modern art museum with about 40 staggering Van Goghs on display. All privately owned but accessible to the public.
Rich tech bros: THIS is what you do with your money instead of building Fallout bunkers.
Rich tech bros: THIS is what you do with your money instead of building Fallout bunkers.