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• she/her • scottish cryptid, shitpost enthusiast // comms by day, troublemaker bi night 🩷💜💙 views my own, my precious //💀📚🎮🎬💫
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
i'm on what i believe the medical term is 'a fucktonne' of antihistamines, and having the most mundane yet bizarre dreams.

i told my partner and he said 'have you considered writing vignettes or short stories' - god forbid anyone actually reads them, so i will tell you here:
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A vaguely vampiric mari tonight (inspired by the visual fest of coppolas dracula)
I’m not sure its blood, most likely wine given maris perchant for booze
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
a colleague: i like grammarly, it makes such helpful suggestions that make my writing more concise

me, with two masters degrees in literature: *staring down 'use the correct version' like ron swanson in home depot*
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
doing a book sale for local charities as we inch toward completion on the library - send me all your unwanted books please and thank you 🙏🏼
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Reposting this poem here for @thelabandfield.bsky.social who retweets it every winter. Yet again, I'm wondering where *is* my soup and hibernation?
November 23, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.
September 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
there should be a d.a.r.e programme for "public intellectuals" that's just 'isaac chotiner interview: not even once'
September 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
reading this and immediately getting up to unshrimp, my physio will be sending marie le conte a fruitbasket
obviously the internet has become awful etc etc but I've just really enjoyed this gaming streamer I watch excusing himself briefly so he could stretch and walk for a bit, explaining that he needed to "unshrimp", something I'd never heard before but got immediately, isn't language great
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we log off?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's log off.

They do not log off.
November 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
ok what has happened to the ScotRail voice announcements?
May 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
my soul leaving my body when i read the report for the committee im addressing this week which says there are no PSED impacts, despite them being given a list of ways the issue would impact protected characteristics 5 months ago
February 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
introducing the reason i've had about 3 hours sleep since thursday - meet gaia 🐾🖤
February 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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they should invent unprecedented times that are good
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
what was the book, wrong answers only ⬇️
me, when the auld boy who runs the 2nd hand bookshop says 'oh that's a find, well done you!' when i buy my books:
excellent, i am going to get a good grade in bookshop, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.
December 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
me, when the auld boy who runs the 2nd hand bookshop says 'oh that's a find, well done you!' when i buy my books:
excellent, i am going to get a good grade in bookshop, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.
December 13, 2024 at 4:14 PM
me, at 8pm knowing i'm going to feel like garbage when i wake up because i got my winter vaccines: i have a cunning plan

me at 4am: i think there may be a flaw in my cunning plan 🙃
November 25, 2024 at 4:21 AM
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It should be illegal for digital subscriptions (especially yearly ones) to not give you advance warning that your subscription is about to renew.
November 24, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Please use alt-text! There are lots of guides to how to do it, but turning on the reminder in your bluesky settings makes it easier.

In very short: to tell us what we need to know about the picture, think about why you posted it. We don't need every detail, but do need what's relevant.
PSA for newbies:

Please include ALT text on your images.

This is an inclusive space for blind and visually impaired people.

Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people.

Also, please share this skeet, rather than liking it, to ensure the message gets delivered.

Thanks!
November 17, 2024 at 2:28 PM
oh alright then.
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
asserting my bisexuality to the neighbourhood by dressing like your dad and mowing the grass with a hand-me-down 40yo manual lawnmower
May 19, 2024 at 2:52 PM
i'm at that dangerous age where if left to my own devices i will start rewatching the west wing
May 8, 2024 at 5:36 PM
writing is going well 🙃

(pls ignore the many open tabs about call of duty, i remain unwell about it)
March 18, 2024 at 12:35 AM
ok but having the 🔪🐕🪖🪦 in MWZ & being practically unkillable makes you some kind of cocky with it, caught myself saying 'this abomination is going down easy' last night. got my duo out here going mano e mano with merc strongholds cos our car caught a stray on the way past, we need to be humbled.
January 25, 2024 at 3:12 PM