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MrsLScarles
@mrslscarles.bsky.social
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Some c̶a̶u̶t̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ diminishing hope for this place

art lover and dabbler 🧑‍🎨
compulsive crocheter 🧶
digital device support for over 60s 📱
Dog holiday boarding 🐶

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karinstenholm.bsky.social
Nu kan jag använda mina jeans igen! Den här typen av sashiko-inspirerade lagningar är väldigt roliga att göra.
#synliglagning
#visiblemending
#slöjd
#crafts
A pair of jeans with sashiko inspired mendings. Sashiko inspired mendings on a pair of jeans. Sashiko inspired mendings on a pair of jeans.
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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sculptedreef.com
🪸 Coral Gardens 🎨 Mixed media artworks with beaded glass corals 🪸

#ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡
A mixed media artwork featuring handcrafted corals made from tiny glass beads. An octopus sculpture depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus can be seen above the corals.
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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limbicnoodle.bsky.social
Check out some of the ornaments I have been embroidering for my kids.
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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drivelsieve.bsky.social
A giraffe trying to flick a peanut into its mouth
December 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
Furious that Robin has been pushed to this position.
Massive respect for his principled decision to go.
Keep fighting the good fight against cowards and bigots.
They haven’t won yet.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 6d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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fionadean.bsky.social
December 12th and I’ve just started day 10 of my mosaic crochet Advent CALendar blanket. Maybe I’ll catch up a bit over the weekend 🧶
A mosaic crochet Christmas blanket, a row of red baubles in a yellow background, then a row of silver blue snowflakes on a white background then some half finished pink letters on a blue background. In the background is the magazine with the instructions.
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
He wiz affie guid, byrraway. 😔
heraldscotland.bsky.social The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 7d
The Stanley Baxter Show ran on BBC One, between 1963 and 1971.

Legendary Scottish entertainer, Baxter who has died at the age of 99, is seen here in one of his classic Parliamo Glasgow sketches.

𝘚𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘌𝘕𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘛𝘚: 𝘉𝘉𝘊
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
Empire biscuits, a Scottish treat.
Eight empire biscuits in a circle, one of them in the centre. They are shortbread style biscuits consisting of two sandwiched with a raspberry jam centre, white icing over upper biscuit and a small sugar jelly sweet stuck in the middle of each one.
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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davidbrace2.bsky.social
In progress: "Old Garden Shed (small acts of magic)" (working title)(details), oil on canvas, 24x36" (gift). More flower work today. Added the red poppy on the left & the lavender tulip & raspberries on the right.
A close-up of a large floral showing an orange rose, fancy pink tulip, white & yellow roses, foxglove & pink roses & green leaves against a generally dark background. They are in a Crown preserves jar. A close-up of a large floral showing an orange rose, fancy pink tulip, white & yellow roses, foxglove & pink roses & green leaves against a generally dark background. They are in a Crown preserves jar.
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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nlfromnl.bsky.social
Now gifted, so I can post about it: a birthday present for my fabulous niece. For one side (the flowers/plants), I adapted the Spica Bag pattern by Natalia Kononova @outstandingcrochet ; the other side is my own design.

🧶 Crochet
A crocheted cushion displayed on a blue chair. The cushion is beige/grey and has a pattern in relief of plant stalks with leaves and buds/berries. A crocheted cushion displayed on a blue chair. The cushion is beige/grey and has a wavy pattern in relief.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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dorsetgirl.bsky.social
Rained off work shift 😞, but opportunity to do some more pagan symbols #Triquetra #spiral #Awen #craft #sewing #craft #fabricart
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
I eat my peas with honey;
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on the knife.
achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Achilles Micawber @achillesthe2nd.bsky.social · 14d
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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woolbotherer.bsky.social
Frank sewn and felted for #artAdventCalendar #OrangeSun #embroidery #art #cat #ginger #catsofbluesky #felt
An ambroidered picture of a ginger and white cat curled up.
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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dobbersw.bsky.social
Watched a delightful nativity today and it reminded me of the time I directed one early in my career.
I wanted 'Mary' to react in shock to 'Gabriel' and foolishly told her to react like a mum would - cue angel appearing and the six-year-old Mary yelling, "F*cking Hell!" at the top of her voice.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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fotofacade.bsky.social
Sunday Read (📸 my art): "In the journey from moor to crypt, from macrocosm to microcosm, the land gathers the wider story; the crypt concentrates it. And somewhere between the two, I’m reminded that we are not separate from the places we walk through." 👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
www.tom-cox.com/my-ex-husban...
My Ex-Husband's Landlady
You might think I am being unkind when I say “crazy shrub-haired widow” in reference to my ex-husband’s landlady, but I assure you I am not.
www.tom-cox.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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sundownerstudio.bsky.social
Rainy night, soggy clothes, and a beautifully curated exhibition.

Loved seeing my Singer Sewing Machine lino print as part of Private Spaces in the New Forest.
Me, Indian descent, long black hair, grey jumper and a yellow cape jacket, holding a glass of wine. Standing in the gallery in front of my Singer Sewing Machine lino print. Lino print art of Singer Sewing Machine in burnt Sienna.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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leemadgwick.bsky.social
Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
Small white building on pillars with steps. ‘Prompt This’ with an image of a middle finger sticking up is graffitied along the top.
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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renecampbellart.bsky.social
Decent painting progress on the carapace tonight. So many lumps and bumps.

🦀 #crustmas #sciart
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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paulmac.bsky.social
Every person on the planet will benefit from listening to this video.

youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
It’s still happy but regrowing more slowly now.
🌱
mrslscarles.bsky.social MrsLScarles @mrslscarles.bsky.social · Oct 29
Kept this supermarket basil alive for a couple of months now using the repot-and-only-water-from-the-bottom method.
It works.
Healthy two month old basil plant in terracotta pot placed in a sunny south facing window.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
Chocolate fudge traybake.
🤤🍫
Chocolate fudge traybake covered in chocolate butter icing topped with whole and crushed Maltesers.
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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davidwaywell.bsky.social
Rare that lyrics make me laugh but this song did just that.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tfH...
Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch (Official Video)
YouTube video by Carsie Blanton
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
mrslscarles.bsky.social
Sea glass haul.
🌊
White, green and pale blue sea glass spread out on a worktop drainer. Some pieces have steel reinforcement grids in them.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM