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posts too much ecol/biologist in climate change settler. knitter 🧢. antiracist. chronically ill. #yeg Edmonton Alberta Treaty 6 Canada born @ 340ppm CO2 #BiInSci Wildfire resources: https://bsky.app/profile/alisonborealis.bsky.social/post/3lqep5ttvnt25

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Ha!

06.12.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating!

This bodes interestingly for me since I really want to order a full-size perfume from a not-Canadian company...

Hmm.... January adventure!

06.12.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is with everyone refusing to ship!!!

It's so frustrating.
I'm trying to come up with a solution for getting myself a copy of the Wild Fibers books... because the publisher does not ship outside of the USA.

06.12.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Promotional image for Of An Age.
A twilight photo of two fit, young white men standing on either side of a vehicle, both leaning on the roof and looking at each other. Everything is that post-sunset blue tint and the nighttime skyline is visible through the vehicle's window.
Title in pink over the roof of the vehicle, in the deep blue sky.

Promotional image for Of An Age. A twilight photo of two fit, young white men standing on either side of a vehicle, both leaning on the roof and looking at each other. Everything is that post-sunset blue tint and the nighttime skyline is visible through the vehicle's window. Title in pink over the roof of the vehicle, in the deep blue sky.

Are you in need of a bittersweet queer movie to break your heart this holiday season?

Check out the Aussie movie Of An Age.

It is really well done. A mostly talking head movie set in 1999, about two men who have an intstant connection that's immediately severed... and what happens.

06.12.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's classified as romantic but not LGBTQ+ and that about fits the bill.

It's wistful and sentimental. And bittersweet with a hint of hope.

Definitely worth watching. It's a kinda understated Y Tu Mama Tambien-like movie.

06.12.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two young men with their backs to the camera, turning to look over their shoulders.
They're at a shrubby beach. The waves are choppu, the wind is blowing hair and plants, and their short-sleeved collared shirts are billowing. The sun is slowly setting out over the water, and both men are glowing. The one on the left is in a colourful floral print shirt and looks more carefree, smiling and his shaggy hair is unkempt. The one on the right looks more reserved, in a blue chambray shirt and more conservative hairstyle. He looks happy but has a neutral expression.

Two young men with their backs to the camera, turning to look over their shoulders. They're at a shrubby beach. The waves are choppu, the wind is blowing hair and plants, and their short-sleeved collared shirts are billowing. The sun is slowly setting out over the water, and both men are glowing. The one on the left is in a colourful floral print shirt and looks more carefree, smiling and his shaggy hair is unkempt. The one on the right looks more reserved, in a blue chambray shirt and more conservative hairstyle. He looks happy but has a neutral expression.

Last night I watched a really lovely Taiwanese movie called A Balloon's Landing... which is an almost-queer story of two men meeting in Taiwan and getting to know each other while going on a really haphazard adventure to a beach one of them had heard about from a pen pal... who turns out to be...

06.12.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

SIGH alas.

When I was in England, my one and only time, I was eschewing commercialism (normal alison behaviour), so skipped the Harrods experience and wandered Covent Garden instead. I kinda wish I'd seen a UK department store now, tho.

I wonder if Marks & Spencer does one. My mom would love it!

06.12.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice!
I need to take notes off your calendars to go check products and calendars out.

06.12.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Liberty London? Like the fabric company? Oh, wait I just looked it up. That looks incredible. Also, it IS the fabric company.

I need to do research, apparently!

I hope you get every last penny of enjoyment out of your calendar!

06.12.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, it's fiction.
So...

06.12.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This just adds to my understanding that the Sydney Morning Herald really does embody the internet abbreviation it carries in its web address, because I am Shaking My Head.

06.12.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has there been a Lancet study on whether everything written by or for women will eventually be called YA?

06.12.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

I love your nerdy adventures on this.
I need to get me one of these not-food calendars next year.

06.12.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And/or borrow them from your local library! πŸ“šπŸ“–

06.12.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, also. Apparently there's a cardiology department and a cardiothoracic department at this hospital??

Seems redundant!

Why???

06.12.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This show is bananas.

The two main competing docotrs are both victims of the same incident from their childhood... one's father died from a malpractice incident, while the other's dad was a witness to it and got shipped off to North Korea to prevent his legal presence.

Fucking bananas.
Corruption

06.12.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

plenty of women stepping up to the challenge here, who are the men who fail to answer the call

06.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

not many know this but fossil records from the Carpathians show that there was at one point a bitter war between the Fraggles and the Muppets

06.12.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

My home ec class had one and ever since, I've always had one.

06.12.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent. Necessary.

06.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My emergency needle-finding magnet, in a little green fabric pocket with a string so you can sweep it around more easily.

My emergency needle-finding magnet, in a little green fabric pocket with a string so you can sweep it around more easily.

This is an appreciation post for strong magnets.

Every person who does needlework should have one.

I just flung my favourite sewing needle across the room. (By accident)

So glad it hit something on the way down and made a noise so I knew where to look.

06.12.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My brain is so aggressively associative...

I'm looking at my patch and remembering specific moments from the movie I was watching as I stitched...

06.12.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What even!
Lmfao!

06.12.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've only had it once but it was delicious.
I've bought mushroom broth to make it chez moi, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

06.12.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so annoyed!

06.12.2025 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finished my #VisibleMending heart patch!
Just in time for the farmers market this weekend.

I made it extra whimsical because why not.

This sweater needs a lot more mending.
But first I want to draw a pattern off it.

06.12.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My water bill is twice its usual amount. Am i paying for the Microsoft plant or is there a leak domewhere?

Like, seriously, i didn't even HAVE water for a bunch of days in there.

06.12.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

I did it again!
I fumbled my sewing needle and scraped it across the cuticle, drawing a long bloody line!

Argh!

06.12.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A very good point.

There has been an awful lot of division between administrative ethics and the departmental ethivs. But even those lines are getting wiped out now.

06.12.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have forgotten! I will have to do a rewatch!

I also appreciate the platonic conclusions, tbh.

More remationship diversity please!

06.12.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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