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theninewinds.bsky.social
Ella
@theninewinds.bsky.social
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She/her. What am I doing here? Who knows 🤷‍♀️
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danielwcarlson.bsky.social
When they ask me what radicalized me
The family of mice singing “No cheeses for us meeces” in the opening song (“Scrooge”) of THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992), a movie that I saw in the theater at age 10 and which immediately became a formative movie and deeply held family favorite, its annual viewing soon becoming a family tradition, and which has always been incredibly dear to me, even though I consider myself only an average enthusiast when it comes to the Muppets (I grew up with them and still love them with that warm childhood purity but I am not at Disney-Adult-levels of obsession or passionate opinion—but I will say that THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the best adaptations of Dickens’s story in the entire history of cinema, and no one since ’92 has come remotely close), and which I have always found incredibly moving and beautiful and tragic and redemptive, and which always makes me cry quietly during several key scenes; it is one of my strongest links to childhood memory.
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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dimension20.bsky.social
It's December 21st-- remember to make your breakfast, folks! 🍳

#Dimension20
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Had some car problems today, and seven different strangers offered their help while it was being sorted, which was so heart warming
December 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Every time I go to search something online I hear Siobhan Thompson's voice in my head reminding me to add '-AI'
December 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
A child headbutted me so hard today that I had to get it checked out at the urgent care centre :(
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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sarahmargs.bsky.social
Not to point fingers but like… it’s because of you there’s a giant in our midst and my wife is dead
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
A kid who hasn't learned to use names yet pointed at a photo of me and signed my name today!!!!!!!!💖💕🥰😍💕💖💕💖💕💕💖💕💕💖💖💖💖💕💕
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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chriscjackson.bsky.social
This entire weekend
in the pit
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
theninewinds.bsky.social
I just remembered when I was having a really tough time at my last job and told my teaching assistant not to be nice to me or I would cry.
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Being a SEND teacher has given me extremely strong opinions about Laminating and Velcro
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Today I went to email a colleague and instead typed @sarahmargs.bsky.social's email, I guess 20 years of emailing back and forth will do that to you
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
If there is one thing I'm serious about, it's The Muppet Christmas Carol
November 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Expressive elf ears mean everything to me
sarahmargs.bsky.social sarah margaret 🎄 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 26d
welcome to pages 6-7 of bladelands (feel free to make your 6-7 comments now)
and the return of a familiar face!
Ari: The pun.. the punish... p... the p... the pun?!?!? Elf: You'd better think fast, stranger. A young man with long blonde hair and a scar across his face appears, partially obscured behind some trees. It is immediately apparent who he is. Sky: Zerra! Zerra, what's going on over there? The elf, Zerra: Sky! I told you to stay hwere it was safe while I made sure- Sky: Come now, it's my anni... versary. Sky and Ari lock eyes for the first time. Ari, shocked and in tears: Sk... Sky? Sky tears up also. Sky: hhh. heh. it's... it's Ari. He breaks into a run, going to sweep Ari into a hug. Sky: IT'S ARI! Zerra: Uh, who? They embrace. Sky: It's Ari. It's Ari. It's Ari. Ari: It's me? it's YOU! How are you even real? How are you alive? You were gone. You were dead. Sky pulls back to get a good look at him. Sky: Gone? Yes. Dead? Not just yet. Ari, don't you know where we are? It's the bladelands. It's real, Ari. It's all real. Always has been. Just like I thought. Gods, you look so well. So young! Other than the scruff, you look just the same. Ari: Heh, I guess. I dunno. But this does explain her. He waves awkwardly at Zerra. Her elf ears assume an expression that resembles someone cocking their eyebrows. Ari: If we're in the bladelands, that's why there's an elf.
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
This mini comic will water your crops and make your pillow ever cool
sarahmargs.bsky.social sarah margaret 🎄 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · Nov 22
This is the thread for my minicomic, Into the Bladelands! I will be posting updates of anywhere from 2-4 pages here, hopefully to be finished before the end of the year.

Sky disappears. Ari gets left behind. Five years later, the door to the Bladelands opens again.
Into the Bladelans cover Ari (vo): When I was sixteen, my best friend disappeared. We grew up together in the woods between our houses. Sky could have fun no matter what. Sky: Pick up your sword and fith me like a man! Ari: Wait for me! Ari (vo): My favorite thing to do was just live in his world. Bully: Whatcha drawin, faggots? The map to your honeymoon? Sky punches him. Later, Ari tends to his wounds. Sky: You probably think I'm really stupid. Ari: I just think you're really brave. They kiss. Sky: We can't tell anyone about this, okay? Ari: Yeah, of course. A couple years pass. Sky and Ari are looking at the stars. Sky: Y'know, I think about it all the time. Ari: What we've been doing? Sky: No, man, the Bladelands! We'd run shit over there. Be warriors or kings or whatever. Ari: Heh, too bad it's not real. Sky: well, it could be. Ari: Dude. Sky: I'm just saying! Maybe we were picking up a signal or something. Like a radio station from another state, but with dragons. It feels like that sometimes. Y'know, I turn 17 tomorrow. And I'm starting to freak out a little because, like, this is it? I thought I could be more than this. Ari: Hey, you can be! When we're 18, we can get out of here. We'll move to the city. Together. Sky: I guess... it still just all feels so small. At least in the Bladelands, there's magic. And prophecy, and swords, and danger. You can be an adventurer. You can at least be, like, an important person. Ari: You're important, Sky. You're important to me. Sky: Heh. Gayyy. Ari: Shut up. Ari (VO): That was the last night I ever saw him. Ari walks away. Sky spots a mysterious portal behind a tree and reaches out to it. Ari (Vo): The next day, he was gone. We see a montage of Ari's lonely life. Sky's parents mourn and move away. Ari graduates. Gets a job working at a bookstore. The impromptu memorial for Sky rots. Ari (VO): And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And then five years were gone.
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Back to my emotional support pasta
An open box of gluten free pasta in various dinosaur shapes
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Dad's been ill for more than a month now, but finally there's been a little improvement, maybe the worst time of my life will come to an end at some point soon 😵‍💫😬🤞
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
I have never struggled so much to write an essay as the one I am supposed to be writing right now
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Never felt more British than two minutes ago when I genuinely jumped for joy at finding that I did after all have a tin of baked beans in the cupboard
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
So the coffee to help my migraine worked, but at what cost?
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
theninewinds.bsky.social
When I was younger, I was ill for a long time, about 3 and a half years, and part of that was some horrible nerve pain in one arm
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
If anyone needed to know how my life is going, I'm currently wearing 3 headache cooling patches at the same time
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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audreyporne.bsky.social
Looking left then right before whispering "at hotmail dot com" when giving my email to shop assistants
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
theninewinds.bsky.social
I'm having the worst time of my life at the same time as trying to do a post-grad diploma
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
theninewinds.bsky.social
Cancel all my plans I need a full weekend to listen to the release of The Hand by Annnabelle Dinda
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM