Irian Greenleaf
@orm-irian.bsky.social
*shrug* let's give it a go - genderless animist/feral buddhist, also plural so mostly use we/us instead of I/me - this is emphatically not a couples thing nor a royalty thing :) - (we're earhartsease on tumblr in case that's relevant)
omg extremely finally got our driving licence back (illness disqualification) and we and our friends instantly said "baader-meinhof!!" and here's why
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
omg extremely finally got our driving licence back (illness disqualification) and we and our friends instantly said "baader-meinhof!!" and here's why
this is very telling (even though it's only an exit poll)
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
this is very telling (even though it's only an exit poll)
@jesszafarris.bsky.social we just learned that the tabletop game Subbuteo is named for the eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) - the inventor wanted to just call the game Hobby but the patents office said nope, so he went smartarse on them
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social we just learned that the tabletop game Subbuteo is named for the eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) - the inventor wanted to just call the game Hobby but the patents office said nope, so he went smartarse on them
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
@jesszafarris.bsky.social thought you might like this bit of shropshire dialect from Precious Bane by Mary Webb - dang-swang means something like lickety-split
October 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social thought you might like this bit of shropshire dialect from Precious Bane by Mary Webb - dang-swang means something like lickety-split
gotta love Private Eye magazine
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
gotta love Private Eye magazine
we honestly have no idea how our cat came to be known as Sklibbage-Glibbage (aka Sklibbaggio, Skleeb-Gleeb, and various-slug-hovercraft) - she disappeared into the night in the early 90s and we're confident she now lives with a witch, is immortal, and is the size of a panther
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
we honestly have no idea how our cat came to be known as Sklibbage-Glibbage (aka Sklibbaggio, Skleeb-Gleeb, and various-slug-hovercraft) - she disappeared into the night in the early 90s and we're confident she now lives with a witch, is immortal, and is the size of a panther
@jesszafarris.bsky.social the digital eagle has landed in the UK!
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social the digital eagle has landed in the UK!
the birds make a sound like "will, willem" so that's what that's all about (guillemot for scale - in the US and Cornwall they're also known as Murres)
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
the birds make a sound like "will, willem" so that's what that's all about (guillemot for scale - in the US and Cornwall they're also known as Murres)
in equal measure
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
in equal measure
@jesszafarris.bsky.social we saw this ad and immediately thought "is a pietaster someone who makes terrible pies?" because poetaster (word for a terrible poet)
hmm or someone who's a shit magpie? because poetaster = poet-aster (-aster = poor quality) so piet-aster because piet is a word for magpie?
hmm or someone who's a shit magpie? because poetaster = poet-aster (-aster = poor quality) so piet-aster because piet is a word for magpie?
September 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social we saw this ad and immediately thought "is a pietaster someone who makes terrible pies?" because poetaster (word for a terrible poet)
hmm or someone who's a shit magpie? because poetaster = poet-aster (-aster = poor quality) so piet-aster because piet is a word for magpie?
hmm or someone who's a shit magpie? because poetaster = poet-aster (-aster = poor quality) so piet-aster because piet is a word for magpie?
always loved this weird shit from Brighton
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
always loved this weird shit from Brighton
and that left its own political statement
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
and that left its own political statement
still very much in love with this gorgeous section illustration from the compilation The Puffin book of Salt-Sea Verse, compiled by Charles Causely
September 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
still very much in love with this gorgeous section illustration from the compilation The Puffin book of Salt-Sea Verse, compiled by Charles Causely
and by an extraordinary coincidence
September 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
and by an extraordinary coincidence
if anyone's got some red paint handy and is wondering what to do about all these sudden st george flags being daubed everywhere, may we humbly suggest this enhancement? the bottom right part of the right hand character will do nicely :)
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if anyone's got some red paint handy and is wondering what to do about all these sudden st george flags being daubed everywhere, may we humbly suggest this enhancement? the bottom right part of the right hand character will do nicely :)
best of birds, the eurasian spoonbill 🤍
August 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
best of birds, the eurasian spoonbill 🤍
