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Freya
@freyathefirst.bsky.social
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Hi, I’m Freya! I don't come here often. I hate AI and bigotry.
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#caturday Sitting with my baby
A little gray cat sitting in a beige chair. Her paws are up on the arm of the chair and her eyes are almost shut as she dozes
July 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Belatedly reading about how this all went down last time. The author is a gay man who was fortunately sent out of Germany before the Nazis could get him. He cites lots of sources that will be useful for further reading. Bring your notepad for this one.

History has been repeating itself for a while.
Cover of “The Pink Triangle” by Richard Plant. It contains a black-and-white photo of prisoners in vertically-striped prison outfits. The photo is bordered by a triangle and the whole cover has a pink tint to it. From top to bottom it reads: “The Nazi War Against Homosexuals”; “The Pink Triangle”; then there is a quote, “‘A powerful and painful account’ —Martin Gilbert, author of ‘The Holocaust’”; at the bottom is the author’s name, “Richard Plant”.
May 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Oh right, it’s #Caturday
A little grey cat sits on top of the refrigerator where it’s warm. She has her eyes closed and her front paws crossed. Her sister, a black cat, is sleeping beside her. A grey cat sits at the corner of the top of an LG refrigerator. Her eyes are half open which makes her look grumpy. Her paws are folded under her chest. In the background her sisters, another grey cat and a black cat, are sleeping in a little pile.
April 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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So the Factorio update did suck me in for over 200 hours. I’ve been stressedly hyperfixated on it for weeks now. I had about 400 hours at the start of this, and recently I hit a fun milestone
Factorio Steam library page showing 666 hours played, a fun number that scares christians
December 5, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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#Caturday The twins
Two gray cats snuggled up cheek to cheek on a recliner full of blankets and pillows with their eyes shut tight like cats do
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Nearly forgot #Caturday. Here’s a picture my wife took of her cat. In defiance of stereotypes, the black cat chose a sci-fi shelf instead of horror (mostly because she couldn’t reach the horror shelf). We are very proud of her regardless.
A black cat sitting on a bookshelf behind the books. Most of the books are by Neal Stephenson. There’s a stack of unsorted graphic novels to her right (including a lot of The Sandman, which makes them yucky to me because of Neil Gaiman’s alleged sexual predations), a stepstool in the right foreground, and a shelf full of Terry Pratchett and Tolkien above her. Oh, and there’s my meager horror collection at the top right.
November 16, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Got this today, so that was nice. Beautiful book. I miss the little illustrations at the start of each lesson, and I’m not sure how I feel about the type, but the book feels solid and ready for me to thumb through for years to come.
New edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Steering the Craft” by Silver Press. It is a book on writing by a great feminist author and queer ally. The cover has Ursula K. Le Guin’s name in the upper left in uppercase white font. In the lower right corner is “Silver Press” in black, with a logo that looks like two circles nearly on top of each other. The title “Steering the Craft” is in black, slightly higher than the logo and aligned to the left of the cover. The cover background is a color gradient that goes from light blue to yellow to orange to red orange.
November 9, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Impish glee seems to be my go-to expression when I take selfies. (Yes, that is “The Song of Achilles”; I’m posing in front of my favorite shelf, the queer girl’s shelf)
Freya smiling widely, mouth half hidden by an open copy of “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller. She is wearing floral print glasses and not looking directly at the camera even though she thought she was looking right into it. Behind her is a bookcase. On a higher shelf you can see a metal skull and some books. On the shelf directly behind Freya you can catch a glimpse of books like Madeline Miller’s “Circe” (in both hardcover and paperback because I wanted that textured paperback), Tamsyn Muir’s “Gideon the Ninth”, and C.S. Pacat’s Captive Prince series.
November 1, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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My wife brought me soup in bed and now tea with honey… ❤️ 😭 ❤️ My lovely wife….
A wooden serving tray in a bed. There is a mug of tea sitting on a napkin on the tray.
October 27, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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It is spooky season and I will be as silly as always
Freya grimacing at the camera in a dark room. Her face is lit from the bottom left in what should be a scary way, but her expression is too goofy to be creepy. Yes, this picture was taken in a bathroom, but contrary to the look on Freya’s face, she isn’t on the toilet.
October 23, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Cute story about this; my kid discovered it independently of me and we both want to read it!
A text conversation. Person A writes “i found a cool book about an asexual character,, and its about lesbians too.. its checked out but id like to get it once its back at the library cause it seems cool” Person B asks, “What’s it called?” Person A: “someone you can build a nest in” Person B: “Holy shit” Person A: “have you read it?” Person B: “By John Wiswell, i follow the author on bluesky. I just put it on my want to read list. I’ll put a hold on it” Person B: “they came up on my feed and i looked at their books!” The conversation cuts off.
October 23, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Had a pimple, but with some subtle photography tricks I was able to hide it without being too obvious.

(Also, I don’t think my alt text is perfect but I hope it’s a little delight to whomever finds it)
Freya, a pasty white chick with dark circles under her eyes, smiling widely at the camera. Her hair is wild and curly and she’s not wearing her glasses because there was too much glare. The pimple on her chin is obscured by a tea mug held up to the camera. The mug has baby opossums on it, tangled up in messy purple hair. Behind and above Freya, too much light shines at the camera through a rainbow flag.
October 21, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Ingrid is in the box vibing. Just being in the box all safe and regal. #Caturday
Little grey cat, Ingrid, in a cardboard box. She appears to be staring into space but she’s looking over the camera at Mother
October 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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(Re: the reference: The Larch!) And I hope this baby changing station I encountered in Toronto will give you a chuckle. It was in a nerd restaurant with a 40k themed restroom.
A baby changing station on a rough brick and mortar wall, in a restroom with a Warhammer 40K theme. The baby changing station is folded shut and has a sign on it that says “Place thy puny offering upon this altar for the delectations of Tzeentch, the changer of the ways.” Beneath the writing is a silhouette of a baby with many tentacles (I think) coming from its head. On the brick wall someone has spraypainted “Khorne Rulz OK” in red, dripping letters meant to look like blood.
October 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Little friend, come in, no need to be shy. Let me take your hat…oh, you ate it. That’s alright.
A dental floss dispenser being held open in a person’s hand. It looks like it has eyes and a big wide mouth that gives it a shocked look. With some effort you can imagine that it is holding a little hat in its hands, or it could be eating a cookie
October 10, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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I’ve now found a way to make this Raspberry Pi a single-app device that boots directly into a simple word processor called Wordgrinder. I also enlarged the font for the tiny screen. I’ll actually have to start writing stuff now.
A Raspberry Pi in a small blue case, a small portable display in a green case, a power strip and a bunch of wires. In the foreground is a mechanical keyboard.
October 9, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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There were hurdles, but I’ve got a working word processor thanks to my wife’s patience and a lot of failed attempts. Now I can start thinking about upgrades! The first being: make it run ONLY a word processor.
From left to right: a little blue box containing a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W; a portable monitor propped up on a stand; and a mechanical keyboard. Lots of messy cables are running between all of these items.
October 8, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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Almost forgot #Caturday. Here’s a big old floofster
A big fluffy cat, a Maine Coon mix, lying on his left side on a bed with purple and grey sheets. He is looking sort of past the camera and his front legs are pointed off to the left
October 5, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Well now that I’ve shown my face, you get the silly faces too
Freya, a woman with very light skin that doesn’t get much sunshine. Her curly brown hair is flying in every direction. She has a lip ring on her right lower lip and is wearing huge tortoiseshell glasses. There is a rainbow flag reflected in the glasses. Freya’s eyes are wide and her lips are pursed into an O shape. Freya, a woman with very light skin that doesn’t get much sunshine. Her curly brown hair is flying in every direction. She has a lip ring on her right lower lip and is wearing huge tortoiseshell glasses. There is a rainbow flag reflected in the glasses. Freya’s eyes are wide and her mouth is half open in a silly expression. Freya, a woman with very light skin that doesn’t get much sunshine. Her curly brown hair is flying in every direction. She has a lip ring on her right lower lip and is wearing huge tortoiseshell glasses. There is a rainbow flag reflected in the glasses. Freya’s eyes are wide as if she’s about to get hit by a rainbow truck. Her mouth is very wide open, top teeth showing, in a goofy way.
October 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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I did some more #TinyGlade doodling. What a great little game/tool. It's super relaxing and it scratches the itch of creating something. I could go on and on about it. Here's what I did for a recent prompt called "Two Neighbors", to which I'll add "and the Well-Worn Path Between Them".
A nighttime shot of a Tiny Glade diorama. It shows two cozy little houses, a two-story house on the left and a tiny one-story hut on the right. The houses are lit with warm light. Between the houses is a creepy old ruin full of dead trees and sickly green light. The ruin sits on the tallest hill between the houses, and more hills surround everything. There is a path between the two houses that constant travel has eroded until the path is at the level of the two houses and the hills are cut in two by it. Someone still tends the lamps that light the path, probably a duty taken on by whichever neighbor happens to be going past them at night. A daytime shot of a Tiny Glade diorama. It shows two cozy little houses, a two-story house on the left and a tiny one-story hut on the right. Between the houses is a high, abandoned old castle with dead trees all around it. The ruin sits on the tallest hill between the houses, and more hills surround everything. There is a path between the two houses that constant travel has eroded until the path is at the level of the two houses' front doors. Smoke rises from the cozy houses. Someone has left a lantern sitting on another small ruin that sits by the path, no doubt carried back and forth by the neighbors if they are returning home late.
September 29, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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Oh right, it’s #Caturday! Here’s what Ingrid has to say about that:
September 28, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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My Ingrid is always good for these situations
A little gray cat sitting in a spritely manner looking at the camera. She is mid-yawn or meow, so her mouth is slightly open and she appears to be smiling A little gray kitten getting head scratches between her ears. She has her eyes closed and her ears are perked up. She almost looks like she’s smiling
September 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Tiny Glade is very good. This is from Tuesday when the prompt was “Cozy Bakery.” My first session I was sucked in for 85 minutes and it felt fulfilling afterward
September 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM
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Sorry, it’s #Caturday and my Ingrid was lording over everything so I have to post for a third time today in spite of my (often ignored) policy of one post per day
A little gray cat on a cat shelf. She is looking at the viewer with wide eyes and tilting her head playfully. She does this a lot and it’s very cute A little gray cat on a cat shelf. She is looking down at the tiny worms that she calls subjects (we are her subjects)
September 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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A little dashboard magic. Thanks, Bluesky gods :) In all seriousness, I should say thank you to @wiswell.bsky.social for sending this encouragement out into the ether.
Two posts on my Bluesky dashboard (timeline, feed, whatever). The one on top is from me, and it says "Unfortunately I am not a writer (yet)" over top of a picture. The picture is of my result from an English vocabulary size quiz that says I am in the top 0.01%. Beneath my post is one from John Wiswell, @wiswell.bsky.social from 17 hours ago. John says "You are just as much a writer as I am if you've published just one story, of (sic) if you haven't broken in yet, or if you just write for your friends or an online group, or you do it for private fun and never share your stuff with another soul. You write. You're a real writer."
September 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM