Margaret Brown
@magstheobscure.bsky.social
Absolute nuisance. MA History. Online quizzer. Opera lover. Scottish in Ireland.
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Pinned Post about my research.
The Tyrant of the Bar: The 1902 Glasgow Licensing Courts and the Barmaid Question
In 1902 Glasgow tried to prohibit barmaids. Read about the panic behind it, the legal realities and the working class women affected.
oro.open.ac.uk/100192/
The Tyrant of the Bar: The 1902 Glasgow Licensing Courts and the Barmaid Question
In 1902 Glasgow tried to prohibit barmaids. Read about the panic behind it, the legal realities and the working class women affected.
oro.open.ac.uk/100192/
Regarding yesterday, if you want to see a lot of neurodivergent women then go to a Fibre Arts Fair.
A hobby that you can do on your own in the house, that has lots of accessories to collect, endless variation and a community that will simultaneously come together and start a fight in an empty room
A hobby that you can do on your own in the house, that has lots of accessories to collect, endless variation and a community that will simultaneously come together and start a fight in an empty room
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Regarding yesterday, if you want to see a lot of neurodivergent women then go to a Fibre Arts Fair.
A hobby that you can do on your own in the house, that has lots of accessories to collect, endless variation and a community that will simultaneously come together and start a fight in an empty room
A hobby that you can do on your own in the house, that has lots of accessories to collect, endless variation and a community that will simultaneously come together and start a fight in an empty room
Trying to find a pattern for fingerless gloves with actual fingers and not ones that stop at the knuckle.
I understand the other one is easier but I use a mobility electric wheelchair and the wind goes right up those.
I understand the other one is easier but I use a mobility electric wheelchair and the wind goes right up those.
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Trying to find a pattern for fingerless gloves with actual fingers and not ones that stop at the knuckle.
I understand the other one is easier but I use a mobility electric wheelchair and the wind goes right up those.
I understand the other one is easier but I use a mobility electric wheelchair and the wind goes right up those.
At the Knit & Stitch fair in Lisburn today
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
At the Knit & Stitch fair in Lisburn today
Book haul from yesterday. The Irish libraries have the kind of books that suggest they get properly funded
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Book haul from yesterday. The Irish libraries have the kind of books that suggest they get properly funded
@k8lister.bsky.social I assume your next column will be a massive burning magnesium light about this
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@k8lister.bsky.social I assume your next column will be a massive burning magnesium light about this
@bryb.bsky.social Didn't take that long to shake the clagnuts out did it?
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@bryb.bsky.social Didn't take that long to shake the clagnuts out did it?
So anyway while I read this you can all fill me in on what the latest news is.
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
So anyway while I read this you can all fill me in on what the latest news is.
Woke up this morning with the stunning thought that Ireland let's you use your library card to borrow from anywhere in the country. So I went to Dublin Central Library. Now I have books and am in a Wetherspoons with a Spice Bag and a gin
#Winning
#Winning
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Woke up this morning with the stunning thought that Ireland let's you use your library card to borrow from anywhere in the country. So I went to Dublin Central Library. Now I have books and am in a Wetherspoons with a Spice Bag and a gin
#Winning
#Winning
Reposted by Margaret Brown
Seeing videos online of people only doing nice stuff for people less well off because they're filming themselves doing nice stuff for people less well off so they can post monetised videos of themselves online doing nice stuff for people less well off.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Seeing videos online of people only doing nice stuff for people less well off because they're filming themselves doing nice stuff for people less well off so they can post monetised videos of themselves online doing nice stuff for people less well off.
Reposted by Margaret Brown
The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Saudi regime has executed 322 people this year. Some were child defendants, most were alleged drug offenders, more than half were foreign nationals.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
This excellent Guardian article, reported with Reprieve's help, gives voice to some of the victims of this unfathomably cruel execution spree.
As we approach Black Friday can I mention that *now* is the time that TV streamers deep discount membership to attract people for Christmas.
Usually it's for new subscribers only but that's what a burner email is for.
Usually it's for new subscribers only but that's what a burner email is for.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
As we approach Black Friday can I mention that *now* is the time that TV streamers deep discount membership to attract people for Christmas.
Usually it's for new subscribers only but that's what a burner email is for.
Usually it's for new subscribers only but that's what a burner email is for.
Managed to do an online delivery because I'm no longer in a place which is so rural that they can't go or so poor that they won't go.
Wave of the future. I bought a load of heavy stuff and @archivedelver.bsky.social need never have to be taken around the supermarket like a petulant 5 year old again
Wave of the future. I bought a load of heavy stuff and @archivedelver.bsky.social need never have to be taken around the supermarket like a petulant 5 year old again
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Managed to do an online delivery because I'm no longer in a place which is so rural that they can't go or so poor that they won't go.
Wave of the future. I bought a load of heavy stuff and @archivedelver.bsky.social need never have to be taken around the supermarket like a petulant 5 year old again
Wave of the future. I bought a load of heavy stuff and @archivedelver.bsky.social need never have to be taken around the supermarket like a petulant 5 year old again
All those forsaken puddys
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
All those forsaken puddys
Uh-oh Bluesky Book Discourse. You know what that means. You've gotta go buy a book. Right now. Get it bought
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Uh-oh Bluesky Book Discourse. You know what that means. You've gotta go buy a book. Right now. Get it bought
That is a rare photo of Maggie Simpson
signed by Nancy Cartwright.
It is worth $150.
signed by Nancy Cartwright.
It is worth $150.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
That is a rare photo of Maggie Simpson
signed by Nancy Cartwright.
It is worth $150.
signed by Nancy Cartwright.
It is worth $150.
As BBC DG, I will
1. Give money to BBC4 for more documentaries
2. Revive Face The Music and have a R3 presenter as host
3. Bring back Saturday morning telly with new music
4. Commission several new sketch shows and sitcoms
5. Get big US TV shows two years late and put them on at 6pm on BBC2
1. Give money to BBC4 for more documentaries
2. Revive Face The Music and have a R3 presenter as host
3. Bring back Saturday morning telly with new music
4. Commission several new sketch shows and sitcoms
5. Get big US TV shows two years late and put them on at 6pm on BBC2
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
As BBC DG, I will
1. Give money to BBC4 for more documentaries
2. Revive Face The Music and have a R3 presenter as host
3. Bring back Saturday morning telly with new music
4. Commission several new sketch shows and sitcoms
5. Get big US TV shows two years late and put them on at 6pm on BBC2
1. Give money to BBC4 for more documentaries
2. Revive Face The Music and have a R3 presenter as host
3. Bring back Saturday morning telly with new music
4. Commission several new sketch shows and sitcoms
5. Get big US TV shows two years late and put them on at 6pm on BBC2
I've PJ Proby'd my trousers and am now sitting tight legged in the bar waiting for 16:30 and the bus home
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I've PJ Proby'd my trousers and am now sitting tight legged in the bar waiting for 16:30 and the bus home
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Don't threaten me woth a good time.
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Don't threaten me woth a good time.
Spent today at the wool shop nosing through patterns. I can see why people buy online from individuals nowadays. It was all bloody ugly designs and about 20 years out of date
Go online and you'll find fabulous ideas just on YouTube alone
I mean look at something like this. The ultimate stash buster
Go online and you'll find fabulous ideas just on YouTube alone
I mean look at something like this. The ultimate stash buster
Crochet Log Cabin Granny Square Blanket 🧶
YouTube video by Hooked by Robin
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Spent today at the wool shop nosing through patterns. I can see why people buy online from individuals nowadays. It was all bloody ugly designs and about 20 years out of date
Go online and you'll find fabulous ideas just on YouTube alone
I mean look at something like this. The ultimate stash buster
Go online and you'll find fabulous ideas just on YouTube alone
I mean look at something like this. The ultimate stash buster