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Sophronisba
@sophronisba.bsky.social
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Big fan of liberal politics, clean code, Victorian literature, and the Oxford comma. She/her.

My political opinions are mine alone and do not reflect the views of my employer.
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Long weekend baking: inspired by GBBO, a savory monkey bread with pesto, cheddar/Aleppo pepper, Manchego/green olive, and feta/herb sections. I was denied a handshake by our resident Paul Hollywood because the pesto section separated a little.
a savory monkey bread with pesto, cheddar/Aleppo pepper, Manchego/green olive, and feta/herb sections.
October 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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When we were in Glasgow a few weeks ago our favorite cafe served orange tahini French toast, and we liked it so much that I took a stab at orange tahini buns this weekend.
A photograph of an orange tahini bun on a vibrantly patterned blue, yellow, and orange plate.
September 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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One of my favorite passages by Hilary Mantel, who died on this day three years ago:
You come to this place, mid-life. You don't know how you got here, but suddenly you're staring fifty in the face. When you turn and look back down the years, you glimpse the ghosts of other lives you might have led; all houses are haunted. The wraiths and phantoms creep under your carpets and between the warp and weft of fabric, they lurk in wardrobes and lie flat under drawer-liners. You think of the children you might have had but didn't. When the midwife says, 'It's a boy,' where does the girl go? When you think you're pregnant, and you're not, what happens to the child that has already formed in your mind? You keep it filed in a drawer of your consciousness, like a short story that never worked after the opening lines.
September 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Screenshot here.

I think Musk is Jamie and Trump is Bobby Jon, but I can't explain why.
Bobby Jon and Jamie scream in each other's faces while standing nose-to-nose. The caption reads "Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows"
June 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Reply with an image from your comfort movie 🎥🖤
Renee Zellweger and Ewan MacGregor talking on the telephone. MacGregor is wearing dark green pajamas and has a breakfast tray on his lap. Zellweger is wearing a lavender hat and matching dress. A jagged yellow line separates them to indicate that they are speaking with each other but not in the same room.
May 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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No time for kneading and multiple risings today so I made a cheddar-parmesan quick bread instead.

#breadsky
Load of cheddar-parmesan quick bread
March 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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No bread today but I did make my beloved mushroom-Manchego biscuits.
A pile of rectangular biscuits topped with sliced cremini mushrooms and melted Manchego cheese
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Still reading Oliver Twist, and RIP Mrs. Bedwin, you would have loved Instagram filters.
‘Ah,’ said the old lady, ‘painters always make ladies out prettier than they are, or they wouldn’t get any custom, child. The man that invented the machine for taking likenesses3 might have known that would never succeed; it’s a deal too honest, Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist: or, The Parish Boy's Progress (Penguin Classics) (p. 101). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.
January 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Focaccia with tomatoes and feta #BreadSky
square focaccia with chopped orange, red, and yellow tomatoes and a sprinkling of feta, which has browned nicely
January 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The framing of this lede is sending me:

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
January 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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First finished object of 2025! #knitting
A pair of mosaic-style socks in lilac and variegated lilac, pink, yellow, and cream
January 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Manchego and smoked paprika bread. Flavor is incredible but the shaping leaves something to be desired. #BreadSky
A round, slightly lopsided loaf of bread with an off-center cross cut.
December 30, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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I am not frequenting the Bad Place anymore but I do wholly approve of this campaign:

#Survivor
A tweet from Danielle Reyes, the queen who should have won Big Brother 3, advocating for Vecepia Towery, the queen who did win Survivor: Marquesas, to be cast on the fiftieth season of Survivor.
December 29, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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It's not very pretty and I wish I'd gotten a slightly better rise but for pure flavor this might be the best loaf of bread I've ever baked.

(It's the Butter Bread from Ken Forkish's Evolutions in Bread.)

#BreadSky
December 22, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Pesto bread. My resident Paul Hollywood says the flavors are too intense. #breadsky
November 30, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY
On Survivor: David and Goliath, Angelina climbs a 25,000-foot cliff to find an idol.
November 26, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Tonight I made Japanese milk bread because my baby boy* is coming home and it's one of his favorites. #breadsky

* my baby boy is actually 22 and, confusingly, doesn't identify as "my baby boy".
November 25, 2024 at 12:30 AM
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It looks a little more rustic* than last week's effort but this cheddar and Aleppo pepper bread tastes pretty good.

* I am using "rustic" to mean "misshapen."
A moderately bulgy round loaf of bread, sprinkled with flour and Aleppo pepper.
November 17, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Post a pic YOU took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 15, 2024 at 1:16 PM