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@softestpunk.bsky.social

Storyteller + rat de bibliothèque. Smale beste of gentil kinde. Relic of the 80s. They/them.

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One of the hazards of fountain pen use they don't warn you about is that if you use a high-sheening ink you may then lose 15 minutes turning your notebook side to side to admire the sheen

23.02.2026 03:06 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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BITE RISK IS BACK IN STOCK!! 🐺🔗🐾

👏 www.occulttrash.com 👏

#biterisk #werewolf #gothgoth #furryfashion #furryartist

17.02.2026 12:31 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

One of the perks of being an editor is that sometimes there will be a very good cat in the manuscript you're editing.

18.02.2026 02:22 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
drawing of a tiny red dragon with yellow wings holding a sewing needle, based on the toy previously posted

drawing of a tiny red dragon with yellow wings holding a sewing needle, based on the toy previously posted

I have work to do but...

06.02.2026 22:49 — 👍 373    🔁 109    💬 5    📌 0

Finished Queer Georgians. Cried at least a dozen times. Highly recommend.

05.02.2026 11:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's been so long since I finished a Real Actual Novel that now that I'm approaching the end of this one I feel like reality is melting around me 🙃

30.01.2026 09:16 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I haven't moved it yet so I expect to get even more mileage out of this one 😅

29.01.2026 02:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Picked up a plastic spider on my walk this morning & left it on my open notebook when I came in and have jumpscared myself twice as a result.

29.01.2026 00:45 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have cried twice already and fear I will cry many further times 😅

24.01.2026 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm three minutes into Queer Georgians and my eyes are already alight with delight as the author explains his approach. So excited for this.

24.01.2026 08:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

It's too hot to think but handily writing does not involve any thinking and I've still put 800 words into this manuscript while lying down and fantasising about being on the crew of the HMS Terror as a preferable alternative to the heat.

24.01.2026 02:18 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I have fallen into the 20ft deep "do I really need [medically necessary thing] or am I just a big ol' faker?" hole and hit the rock-carved sides a dozen times on the way down 🙃

23.01.2026 00:59 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh that is the greatest of betrayals

22.01.2026 10:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Utterly offensive that spending more time writing is in fact resulting in getting more writing done.

22.01.2026 03:47 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a Charlie Hart novel by Roxy Chambers. The front cover has a silhouette of a woman holding a gun, with a backdrop of the Union Flag of Great Britain but in the lesbian flag colours. 

A list of things to be found inside the book surround the cover. They are:

Queer spies 
Railway engineer 
Criminal mastermind 
Nukes 
Bri'ish, innit
Evil billionaire 
Very slow burn f/f
All was is class war
Spy+quartermaster smooching

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a Charlie Hart novel by Roxy Chambers. The front cover has a silhouette of a woman holding a gun, with a backdrop of the Union Flag of Great Britain but in the lesbian flag colours. A list of things to be found inside the book surround the cover. They are: Queer spies Railway engineer Criminal mastermind Nukes Bri'ish, innit Evil billionaire Very slow burn f/f All was is class war Spy+quartermaster smooching

Who could have foreseen the state of the world anyway apropros of nothing whatsoever here's a book about queers fighting a megalomaniac billionaire who wants to kill us all

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17.01.2026 23:55 — 👍 53    🔁 29    💬 3    📌 2
a colour illustration of a dark haired woman in sumptuous attire reclining with bowls of wine and a small dog beside her

a colour illustration of a dark haired woman in sumptuous attire reclining with bowls of wine and a small dog beside her

Woman drinking wine with her dog, Persia, 17th century

17.01.2026 21:11 — 👍 1618    🔁 334    💬 20    📌 47

Amongst the myriad joys of having ADHD is the capacity to become briefly intensely passionate about a new activity.

Anyway this week I am learning how to spin yarn and I am already looking into the care and keeping of sheep, perfectly secure in the knowledge that it will not go that far.

16.01.2026 01:14 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I fear I am the sort of person who tends to sound pretentious but alas I am actually just Like This For Real 😅

13.01.2026 04:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
4 valentines in a grid, a pelican eel with the words "You make my jaw drop", an anglerfish that says "You're my light in the darkness", a grimalditeuthis that says "I find you a LURE ing" and two octopuses and a snailfish on the skeleton of a whale that says "I've Whale Fallen for you" lmao. The octopuses are making a heart with their arms together.

4 valentines in a grid, a pelican eel with the words "You make my jaw drop", an anglerfish that says "You're my light in the darkness", a grimalditeuthis that says "I find you a LURE ing" and two octopuses and a snailfish on the skeleton of a whale that says "I've Whale Fallen for you" lmao. The octopuses are making a heart with their arms together.

Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.

The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.

But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

13.01.2026 01:46 — 👍 1385    🔁 472    💬 37    📌 10

😂😂😂

13.01.2026 01:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Take my hand. Let's get sodium poisoning together 😂

13.01.2026 00:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This was inevitable I suppose but I've started talking about hydration salt flavours as though they're expensive wines

12.01.2026 23:33 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
a sign that says “A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HORNY OR SAD THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE AN ARTISTIC DECISION”

a sign that says “A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HORNY OR SAD THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE AN ARTISTIC DECISION”

26.12.2025 21:40 — 👍 6322    🔁 2455    💬 10    📌 24

Highly recommend going through your library app and putting a bunch of stuff on hold as little gifts for future you.

29.12.2025 06:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I can't wait until the weather is such that warm socks will be a boon 😂

28.12.2025 08:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congrats on finishing!! 🎉

27.12.2025 23:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of a partially knitted sock cuff and leg on double-pointed needles in hot pink and neon green yarn

Photo of a partially knitted sock cuff and leg on double-pointed needles in hot pink and neon green yarn

I am working on my second pair now (destined to be frog socks)

27.12.2025 08:30 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of a pair of green and purple striped socks on a pair of feet which are up on a desk. Each sock has the opposite stripe pattern and cuff/heel/toe colour to the other.

Photo of a pair of green and purple striped socks on a pair of feet which are up on a desk. Each sock has the opposite stripe pattern and cuff/heel/toe colour to the other.

Forgot to show you guys my finished socks. They are imperfect but that does not stop them being warm and cosy 🥰

27.12.2025 08:28 — 👍 57    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

GenAI is by losers for losers.

21.12.2025 19:28 — 👍 165    🔁 47    💬 1    📌 0
A digital illustration depicting a young Welsh girl in traditional clothing, a red dress with a white apron and a black hat. She’s offering the gift of an apple to the Mari Lwyd, a horse skull dressed in sheets and ribbons.

A digital illustration depicting a young Welsh girl in traditional clothing, a red dress with a white apron and a black hat. She’s offering the gift of an apple to the Mari Lwyd, a horse skull dressed in sheets and ribbons.

Blessed Yule and Happy Solstice! ❤️❄️

21.12.2025 19:05 — 👍 367    🔁 147    💬 1    📌 0

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