Karen
@valkyriekaren.bsky.social
Socialism's orphan child
Love, music, wine, and revolution
Love, music, wine, and revolution
I remember reading a book about a girl called Phoebe as a child and mentally pronouncing it "PO-bee"
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I remember reading a book about a girl called Phoebe as a child and mentally pronouncing it "PO-bee"
My French teacher asked the class one winter if we had been "tober-gunning" in the snow.
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My French teacher asked the class one winter if we had been "tober-gunning" in the snow.
What does the church do with the harvested Santa goo?
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What does the church do with the harvested Santa goo?
Most ridiculous crossbreed I ever saw was a chihuahua/whippet (chippet?). Basically a chihuahua on stilts.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Most ridiculous crossbreed I ever saw was a chihuahua/whippet (chippet?). Basically a chihuahua on stilts.
I rarely drink enough milk to get through a pint carton before it goes bad (I only take a tiny dash in tea and I don't eat cereal etc). I hear some organised people keep an icecube tray of milk in the freezer for such milk emergencies.
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I rarely drink enough milk to get through a pint carton before it goes bad (I only take a tiny dash in tea and I don't eat cereal etc). I hear some organised people keep an icecube tray of milk in the freezer for such milk emergencies.
Hello little lacewing! Are you looking for a warm place to hibernate?
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Hello little lacewing! Are you looking for a warm place to hibernate?
It's creepy AF is what it is. Have we just normalised drooling over the "beauty" of underage girls so much that even other women have started doing it? Ick.
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's creepy AF is what it is. Have we just normalised drooling over the "beauty" of underage girls so much that even other women have started doing it? Ick.
That cover image is like a Dennis Wheatley paperback! Awesomely schlocky.
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
That cover image is like a Dennis Wheatley paperback! Awesomely schlocky.
That's what I figured. Not worth wasting the energy on!
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
That's what I figured. Not worth wasting the energy on!
Did they ever give a coherent explanation?
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Did they ever give a coherent explanation?
I know better than to trust Daily Mail clickbait headlines.
I still don't quite get this though. If there's too much food on your plate you can just... not finish it?
I still don't quite get this though. If there's too much food on your plate you can just... not finish it?
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I know better than to trust Daily Mail clickbait headlines.
I still don't quite get this though. If there's too much food on your plate you can just... not finish it?
I still don't quite get this though. If there's too much food on your plate you can just... not finish it?
Why not go the whole infantalising hog and make us delicate ladies order off the kids' menu?
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why not go the whole infantalising hog and make us delicate ladies order off the kids' menu?
It's dinner round a mate's house, not a Michelin starred restaurant. Adjust your expectations, sunshine, or stay home with a KFC bargain bucket in front of Strictly - again.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It's dinner round a mate's house, not a Michelin starred restaurant. Adjust your expectations, sunshine, or stay home with a KFC bargain bucket in front of Strictly - again.
"If you don't have autism/ADHD but all your friends do, I have some news for you" is a joke for a reason!
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"If you don't have autism/ADHD but all your friends do, I have some news for you" is a joke for a reason!
Not sure if it was the milk or the caffeine but it was very unpleasant.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Not sure if it was the milk or the caffeine but it was very unpleasant.
There is no requirement to tolerate intolerance. Or the intolerable.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There is no requirement to tolerate intolerance. Or the intolerable.
OK, that's impressive!
Getting the (large, heavy, gorgeous) coffee table from Finsbury Park to Croydon was quite the adventure but the polecat definitely garnered more curious comments.
Getting the (large, heavy, gorgeous) coffee table from Finsbury Park to Croydon was quite the adventure but the polecat definitely garnered more curious comments.
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
OK, that's impressive!
Getting the (large, heavy, gorgeous) coffee table from Finsbury Park to Croydon was quite the adventure but the polecat definitely garnered more curious comments.
Getting the (large, heavy, gorgeous) coffee table from Finsbury Park to Croydon was quite the adventure but the polecat definitely garnered more curious comments.
Funny, because that map correlates very closely with areas of deprivation:
December 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Funny, because that map correlates very closely with areas of deprivation: