Mad Ophelia
@madophelia.bsky.social
Artist, maker, poet, dreamer of dreams, kind of a weird girl, mosh pit enthusiast, autodidact, chaos goblin, fun at parties
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Mad Ophelia
@madophelia.bsky.social
· Dec 3
My hobbies include traipsing through the decaying remnants of industry with a camera and full contact roller skating
Made a dedicated page for my art (
Spotted in a shopping mall ladies' room. So many questions. Am I supposed to roll the tampon in the pop rocks, or do I need to use the sour candy drops for adhesion? I suppose if this one sold rubbers like in the old days, pop rocks in the tip could be an exciting and zesty surprise at the end.
November 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Spotted in a shopping mall ladies' room. So many questions. Am I supposed to roll the tampon in the pop rocks, or do I need to use the sour candy drops for adhesion? I suppose if this one sold rubbers like in the old days, pop rocks in the tip could be an exciting and zesty surprise at the end.
Picked up a copy of Cosmo for the first time in years and it's so weird to see ads in it for things mayo (with a potato salad recipe, no less!) and frozen mac & cheese.
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Picked up a copy of Cosmo for the first time in years and it's so weird to see ads in it for things mayo (with a potato salad recipe, no less!) and frozen mac & cheese.
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Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
October 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
Trading doomscrolling for spindle spinning when I just can't with the world has been very rewarding. Plying 330 yards into a giant turtle was incredibly satisfying (turtle shown w/ Puscifer cd for scale). All done except a bath to fluff & set the twist!
#handspinning #handspun #yarnsky #dropspindle
#handspinning #handspun #yarnsky #dropspindle
October 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trading doomscrolling for spindle spinning when I just can't with the world has been very rewarding. Plying 330 yards into a giant turtle was incredibly satisfying (turtle shown w/ Puscifer cd for scale). All done except a bath to fluff & set the twist!
#handspinning #handspun #yarnsky #dropspindle
#handspinning #handspun #yarnsky #dropspindle
Cutting healthcare funding for the most vulnerable among us is economic genocide. People will die. I'm not surprised the wannabe eugenicists in charge are delighted to sign a massive death warrant for the elderly, disabled, and poor into law, but I'm disgusted so few people see it for what it is.
October 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Cutting healthcare funding for the most vulnerable among us is economic genocide. People will die. I'm not surprised the wannabe eugenicists in charge are delighted to sign a massive death warrant for the elderly, disabled, and poor into law, but I'm disgusted so few people see it for what it is.
Just started spinning this 50/50 Yak and silk top and it's the absolute softest, most amazing feeling thing! If I had all of the money, I'd make myself a giant nest out of it.
#handspun #handspinning #yarnsky
#handspun #handspinning #yarnsky
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just started spinning this 50/50 Yak and silk top and it's the absolute softest, most amazing feeling thing! If I had all of the money, I'd make myself a giant nest out of it.
#handspun #handspinning #yarnsky
#handspun #handspinning #yarnsky
Had a dream that the Blink-182 nurse talked to my cats and said one of them told her his name was "Dave." I called him "Dave" this morning in case it was true and he looked at me like my toy mouse had lost all of its catnip*
*cat saying similar to "the cheese done slipped off your cracker" etc.
*cat saying similar to "the cheese done slipped off your cracker" etc.
September 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Had a dream that the Blink-182 nurse talked to my cats and said one of them told her his name was "Dave." I called him "Dave" this morning in case it was true and he looked at me like my toy mouse had lost all of its catnip*
*cat saying similar to "the cheese done slipped off your cracker" etc.
*cat saying similar to "the cheese done slipped off your cracker" etc.
Gorgeous rainbow this afternoon with funky, almost horizontal, streaks of light across it. Hard to see in the pics* but super cool irl. Light does wild stuff during sunset adjacent storms**
*cranked contrast, etc in 2nd for visibility
**or I didn't make the cut for the rapture. It's ok, I 💜 Earth
*cranked contrast, etc in 2nd for visibility
**or I didn't make the cut for the rapture. It's ok, I 💜 Earth
September 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Gorgeous rainbow this afternoon with funky, almost horizontal, streaks of light across it. Hard to see in the pics* but super cool irl. Light does wild stuff during sunset adjacent storms**
*cranked contrast, etc in 2nd for visibility
**or I didn't make the cut for the rapture. It's ok, I 💜 Earth
*cranked contrast, etc in 2nd for visibility
**or I didn't make the cut for the rapture. It's ok, I 💜 Earth
2nd single of the "Wizard and the Frog" roving from Avalon Springs Farm done! Spinning wee bits on breaks moved things along, but making time for a nice long session today to blast through the last chunk felt really good. Next, onto a bobbin, then plying both together.
#handspinning #handspunyarn
#handspinning #handspunyarn
September 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
2nd single of the "Wizard and the Frog" roving from Avalon Springs Farm done! Spinning wee bits on breaks moved things along, but making time for a nice long session today to blast through the last chunk felt really good. Next, onto a bobbin, then plying both together.
#handspinning #handspunyarn
#handspinning #handspunyarn
As far as scary dieases go, ebola is one of the scariest. Outbreaks can be kept in check, but it takes hard work and money; both scarce after U.S. cuts to international health & foreign aid. If you can spare some cash & want to help prevent the spread of ebola and save lives, donate via WHO's link.
🚨 Following the #Ebola outbreak in the #DRC, WHO is launching a US$ 21 million appeal to help the country:
- Scale up operations
- Interrupt transmission chains
- Prevent further spread
- Mitigate the impact on human health
Full donor support is critical to halt the outbreak 👉 bit.ly/3KtjsVG
- Scale up operations
- Interrupt transmission chains
- Prevent further spread
- Mitigate the impact on human health
Full donor support is critical to halt the outbreak 👉 bit.ly/3KtjsVG
September 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
As far as scary dieases go, ebola is one of the scariest. Outbreaks can be kept in check, but it takes hard work and money; both scarce after U.S. cuts to international health & foreign aid. If you can spare some cash & want to help prevent the spread of ebola and save lives, donate via WHO's link.
Just saw two bald eagles circling like vultures. Never seen them do that before. My superstitious side is tempted to think this means something, but my logical side is reminding me that I lack knowledge of eagle behavior.
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just saw two bald eagles circling like vultures. Never seen them do that before. My superstitious side is tempted to think this means something, but my logical side is reminding me that I lack knowledge of eagle behavior.
The "Gremlins" remake you didn't know you wanted
September 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The "Gremlins" remake you didn't know you wanted
Dear booksellers, please use a waterproof bag or wrapping in addition to a box when shipping due to a massive uptick in wet parcels reeking of perfume or detergent lately from various shippers. It's awful to see a book get damaged or destroyed, especially if it's out of print or scarce.
September 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Dear booksellers, please use a waterproof bag or wrapping in addition to a box when shipping due to a massive uptick in wet parcels reeking of perfume or detergent lately from various shippers. It's awful to see a book get damaged or destroyed, especially if it's out of print or scarce.
Look for the helpers
If you didn’t know, now you do! Sunny days are headed our way!
September 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Look for the helpers
Not sure what's going on with that one big rumor, but I keep picturing the skeksi emperor raging that he is still emperor from his deathbed in The Dark Crystal.
August 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not sure what's going on with that one big rumor, but I keep picturing the skeksi emperor raging that he is still emperor from his deathbed in The Dark Crystal.
We can still save #PBS & #NPR ! "Made possible by viewers like you" means us and they need us more than ever. If you canceled a Paramount, Prime, Post or Times subscription because they're jerks, why not give that $ to help the folks who brought us Sesame Street, Bob Ross, Martin Yan & so many more?
August 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We can still save #PBS & #NPR ! "Made possible by viewers like you" means us and they need us more than ever. If you canceled a Paramount, Prime, Post or Times subscription because they're jerks, why not give that $ to help the folks who brought us Sesame Street, Bob Ross, Martin Yan & so many more?
Dreamed about a shovel race. The shovel blades were jammed at an angle into packed snow. Racers held the handle, put one foot on top of the blade & kicked with the other to propel it. The race was 4 or 5 miles; racers each had 2 sled dogs to pull them to safety if they were too tired to finish.
August 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Dreamed about a shovel race. The shovel blades were jammed at an angle into packed snow. Racers held the handle, put one foot on top of the blade & kicked with the other to propel it. The race was 4 or 5 miles; racers each had 2 sled dogs to pull them to safety if they were too tired to finish.
It's amazing how slippery my brain can be to steer. I'm fighting an overwhelming urge to prune the vines in my yard & teach myself basket weaving right now because I'm apparently trying to sabotage the metric fuckton of housework that needs done on a tight deadline. I love the basket idea, though.
August 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's amazing how slippery my brain can be to steer. I'm fighting an overwhelming urge to prune the vines in my yard & teach myself basket weaving right now because I'm apparently trying to sabotage the metric fuckton of housework that needs done on a tight deadline. I love the basket idea, though.
It's not over yet! We can still save PBS an NPR!
● Donate to your local station(s). If you cancelled a subscription due to politics, that same amount can do a lot of good!
● Donate to stations in danger of shutting down. Stations serving indigenous people & remote areas face an immediate threat.
● Donate to your local station(s). If you cancelled a subscription due to politics, that same amount can do a lot of good!
● Donate to stations in danger of shutting down. Stations serving indigenous people & remote areas face an immediate threat.
If We The People own/finance public broadcasting, We The People have control over content. Think about it, and donate!
We Can Save Public Radio and Television
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We Can Save Public Radio and Television
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We Can Save Public Radio and Television
Viewers and listeners like us.
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August 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's not over yet! We can still save PBS an NPR!
● Donate to your local station(s). If you cancelled a subscription due to politics, that same amount can do a lot of good!
● Donate to stations in danger of shutting down. Stations serving indigenous people & remote areas face an immediate threat.
● Donate to your local station(s). If you cancelled a subscription due to politics, that same amount can do a lot of good!
● Donate to stations in danger of shutting down. Stations serving indigenous people & remote areas face an immediate threat.
Do you ever have the feeling where you don't want to leave the house because you're so desperately lonely that you're afraid you'll accidentally fall in love with the first person you see and that sounds like it couldn't possibly be a good idea? Or shatter into tears at a tiny kindness? Just me?
August 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Do you ever have the feeling where you don't want to leave the house because you're so desperately lonely that you're afraid you'll accidentally fall in love with the first person you see and that sounds like it couldn't possibly be a good idea? Or shatter into tears at a tiny kindness? Just me?
Exciting study results for a pill treatment for sleep apnea!
Full disclosure: I do own some of their stock. The reason I bought it is because sleep apnea effects people I care about. I've seen several struggle with cpap, & hope this is a viable, safe alternative.
finance.yahoo.com/news/incanne...
Full disclosure: I do own some of their stock. The reason I bought it is because sleep apnea effects people I care about. I've seen several struggle with cpap, & hope this is a viable, safe alternative.
finance.yahoo.com/news/incanne...
Incannex Reports Positive Topline Results from RePOSA Phase 2 Trial of IHL-42X
Statistically and clinically significant improvements across key clinical endpoints; IHL-42X reduced AHI by up to 83% from baseline. IHL-42X demonstrates compelling clinical benefit and an outstanding...
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July 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Exciting study results for a pill treatment for sleep apnea!
Full disclosure: I do own some of their stock. The reason I bought it is because sleep apnea effects people I care about. I've seen several struggle with cpap, & hope this is a viable, safe alternative.
finance.yahoo.com/news/incanne...
Full disclosure: I do own some of their stock. The reason I bought it is because sleep apnea effects people I care about. I've seen several struggle with cpap, & hope this is a viable, safe alternative.
finance.yahoo.com/news/incanne...
Final #TourDeFleece 2025 update:
Started with 2 spins in progress. Finished the fiddly one. 3/4 through the straightforward one & continuing through TDFF to push myself over the finish line. As a new spinner, seeing everyone's projects got me excited to learn & practice daily. Thank you all! 💜
Started with 2 spins in progress. Finished the fiddly one. 3/4 through the straightforward one & continuing through TDFF to push myself over the finish line. As a new spinner, seeing everyone's projects got me excited to learn & practice daily. Thank you all! 💜
July 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Final #TourDeFleece 2025 update:
Started with 2 spins in progress. Finished the fiddly one. 3/4 through the straightforward one & continuing through TDFF to push myself over the finish line. As a new spinner, seeing everyone's projects got me excited to learn & practice daily. Thank you all! 💜
Started with 2 spins in progress. Finished the fiddly one. 3/4 through the straightforward one & continuing through TDFF to push myself over the finish line. As a new spinner, seeing everyone's projects got me excited to learn & practice daily. Thank you all! 💜
Finished plying the merino!
I love it! And I got to use my new bat niddy noddy! Squee! The bobbins were uneven, so I had a low pressure chance to try chain plying. It just needs a wash & whack
Main spin: 308 yds
Chain ply experiment: 31.5 yds
#TourDeFleece 2025
I love it! And I got to use my new bat niddy noddy! Squee! The bobbins were uneven, so I had a low pressure chance to try chain plying. It just needs a wash & whack
Main spin: 308 yds
Chain ply experiment: 31.5 yds
#TourDeFleece 2025
July 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Finished plying the merino!
I love it! And I got to use my new bat niddy noddy! Squee! The bobbins were uneven, so I had a low pressure chance to try chain plying. It just needs a wash & whack
Main spin: 308 yds
Chain ply experiment: 31.5 yds
#TourDeFleece 2025
I love it! And I got to use my new bat niddy noddy! Squee! The bobbins were uneven, so I had a low pressure chance to try chain plying. It just needs a wash & whack
Main spin: 308 yds
Chain ply experiment: 31.5 yds
#TourDeFleece 2025
Not sure what official day of #TourDeFleece it is; the rest days threw me off, but it's 17 for me. Started plying the "Lollipop" merino from The Fiber Imp on my Snyder Spindles Turkish plying glider. Love how it's turning out and am excited to see the final skein!
July 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Not sure what official day of #TourDeFleece it is; the rest days threw me off, but it's 17 for me. Started plying the "Lollipop" merino from The Fiber Imp on my Snyder Spindles Turkish plying glider. Love how it's turning out and am excited to see the final skein!
The Prince of Darkness has left us. Thank you for the music and the memories. Love and strength to his family and loved ones.
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Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces
A statement from his family says Osbourne was with his family and
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July 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Prince of Darkness has left us. Thank you for the music and the memories. Love and strength to his family and loved ones.
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