Varina
@varinajr.bsky.social
Librarian and open knowledge advocate at UofAberdeen. Lover of cats, yarn, tea, and liberation for all. All views my own. 🍵💙💜💗✡️🫒🍉
Second section of the yoke finished! These are jelly doughnuts, a modern Hannukah tradition, not as my partner suspected cupcakes, which have nothing to do with Hanukkah. The cat remains neutral
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November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Second section of the yoke finished! These are jelly doughnuts, a modern Hannukah tradition, not as my partner suspected cupcakes, which have nothing to do with Hanukkah. The cat remains neutral
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This creature just zoomed across the back of the sofa and headbutted me at all speed.
I was not holding a cheez-it at the time
I was not holding a cheez-it at the time
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This creature just zoomed across the back of the sofa and headbutted me at all speed.
I was not holding a cheez-it at the time
I was not holding a cheez-it at the time
I bought this Moomin tea simply because it was cute, but it turns out it's really nice tea?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I bought this Moomin tea simply because it was cute, but it turns out it's really nice tea?
My partner and I are both working from home, in different rooms so we're texting each other pictures of the cat sitting near us.
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My partner and I are both working from home, in different rooms so we're texting each other pictures of the cat sitting near us.
You've heard of Doggy Bark Mitzvahs, get ready for....
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
You've heard of Doggy Bark Mitzvahs, get ready for....
What should have been a 15 minute ride home took 40 minutes because of Christmas traffic and I arrived soaked to the skin in sleet. Only a warm cat and a huge mug of very fancy hot chocolate can fix what ails me
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What should have been a 15 minute ride home took 40 minutes because of Christmas traffic and I arrived soaked to the skin in sleet. Only a warm cat and a huge mug of very fancy hot chocolate can fix what ails me
In the past 25 years, the Booker prize has been won by a woman 8 times (counting a shared win by two female writers once), and only half of the female authored winners had female protagonists, so I'm not sure the Booker Prize is deeply concerned with the inner lives of women, actually
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In the past 25 years, the Booker prize has been won by a woman 8 times (counting a shared win by two female writers once), and only half of the female authored winners had female protagonists, so I'm not sure the Booker Prize is deeply concerned with the inner lives of women, actually
They're good little guys!
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
They're good little guys!
Making gingerbread Pokémon (as one does) and I have to wonder, why must we still live like this? Molasses technology have moved on. You could just put in in a jar! Even a can without that horrible treacle collection lip would be an improvement
November 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Making gingerbread Pokémon (as one does) and I have to wonder, why must we still live like this? Molasses technology have moved on. You could just put in in a jar! Even a can without that horrible treacle collection lip would be an improvement
I just realised my entire bucket list is just train journeys I want to go on.
Truly I have neve been read for filth as much as in this @princesmweekes.bsky.social video about Dracula (I can't tell if my attempt to add alt text worked. Phone being wonky. Let me know)
Truly I have neve been read for filth as much as in this @princesmweekes.bsky.social video about Dracula (I can't tell if my attempt to add alt text worked. Phone being wonky. Let me know)
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I just realised my entire bucket list is just train journeys I want to go on.
Truly I have neve been read for filth as much as in this @princesmweekes.bsky.social video about Dracula (I can't tell if my attempt to add alt text worked. Phone being wonky. Let me know)
Truly I have neve been read for filth as much as in this @princesmweekes.bsky.social video about Dracula (I can't tell if my attempt to add alt text worked. Phone being wonky. Let me know)
Honestly the perfect mug for a honey lemon when you're feeling poorly
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Honestly the perfect mug for a honey lemon when you're feeling poorly
This is why we need comprehensive sex education. There are really full grown adults out there who think women are werewolves.
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is why we need comprehensive sex education. There are really full grown adults out there who think women are werewolves.
Alternative history where everything is the same, except the scism in the Church of Scotland is about whether or not to embrace Mormonism
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Alternative history where everything is the same, except the scism in the Church of Scotland is about whether or not to embrace Mormonism
I do like that the Vercingetorixes seem to be genuine pals, be they short and Irish or buff and Bro-ish, a love of baking and ginger mustaches makes a base true friendship #GBBO
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I do like that the Vercingetorixes seem to be genuine pals, be they short and Irish or buff and Bro-ish, a love of baking and ginger mustaches makes a base true friendship #GBBO
I got a new cookbook called "Long Day? Cook This!" and my god did it deliver. I made this super tasty garlic butter salmon fried rice with smashed cucumbers in about 20 minutes flat
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I got a new cookbook called "Long Day? Cook This!" and my god did it deliver. I made this super tasty garlic butter salmon fried rice with smashed cucumbers in about 20 minutes flat
By use of some (I assume) heretofore unknown textile technology, @thedailytism.com have managed to make a t-shirt with a genuinely non-chokey collar that I don't want to rip off and set on fire even a little (cat demanded to be picked up, and then immediately demanded freedom)
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
By use of some (I assume) heretofore unknown textile technology, @thedailytism.com have managed to make a t-shirt with a genuinely non-chokey collar that I don't want to rip off and set on fire even a little (cat demanded to be picked up, and then immediately demanded freedom)
The kids in this neighborhood just don't appreciate how I would shower them in candy like kings of yore
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The kids in this neighborhood just don't appreciate how I would shower them in candy like kings of yore
I'm just saying, you're getting a pint of my blood (and not to brag, but I didn't live in the UK during the Mad Cow outbreak so, almost certainly prion-free blood), can we not have fun with it?
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I'm just saying, you're getting a pint of my blood (and not to brag, but I didn't live in the UK during the Mad Cow outbreak so, almost certainly prion-free blood), can we not have fun with it?
I can guarantee the winners trophy will be carefully inspected by a very Halloween-y black cat #BlackCatDay
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I can guarantee the winners trophy will be carefully inspected by a very Halloween-y black cat #BlackCatDay
Immediately after this she went and hid under a cupboard until I took it off (bit it was so cute)
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Immediately after this she went and hid under a cupboard until I took it off (bit it was so cute)
Technically a cardigan thick enough to be used as a coat, but I think it makes up for it by being so bright the colours can't actually be captured on films and it just looks blurry
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Technically a cardigan thick enough to be used as a coat, but I think it makes up for it by being so bright the colours can't actually be captured on films and it just looks blurry
It's the ninth anniversary of their gotcha day. Nine years of not being allowed to sleep in because Someone Needs Treats, and I can't imagine life without their stupid fluffy faces.
PS: when you talk about stripping people of ILR, this is who you're trying to orphan.
PS: when you talk about stripping people of ILR, this is who you're trying to orphan.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It's the ninth anniversary of their gotcha day. Nine years of not being allowed to sleep in because Someone Needs Treats, and I can't imagine life without their stupid fluffy faces.
PS: when you talk about stripping people of ILR, this is who you're trying to orphan.
PS: when you talk about stripping people of ILR, this is who you're trying to orphan.
While I was having a very enlightening afternoon catching up with mew projects from other @oipassoc.bsky.social members to push open publishing forward, my cat was busy working on her Halloween costume. I think she's got it.
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
While I was having a very enlightening afternoon catching up with mew projects from other @oipassoc.bsky.social members to push open publishing forward, my cat was busy working on her Halloween costume. I think she's got it.
Just sitting under a cozy quilt, eating a pumpkin cookie, drinking a pumpkin spice milk tea, petting my cat. This is my peak season
October 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just sitting under a cozy quilt, eating a pumpkin cookie, drinking a pumpkin spice milk tea, petting my cat. This is my peak season