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Freyalyn

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Folklore, history, textiles ancient and modern, archaeology, nature, spinning and knitting teacher, dyer. Pretty keen on breadmaking too. Yorkshire, UK. "Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."

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Of course it is

04.03.2026 15:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Absolutely this.

03.03.2026 10:14 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Brad Francis, Deputy Assistant Senior Head Negotiator Of Sales Experience Subscribe now I'm making this short story, which I wrote last year, free to read for the next 24 hours. If you'd like to take out a paying subscription to this site (which will allow you to read ever...

I'm making this short story, which I wrote last year, free to read for the next 24 hours (but only telling people on Bluesky about it): www.tom-cox.com/brad-francis...

03.03.2026 10:08 — 👍 113    🔁 47    💬 7    📌 7

I have washing out on the line!

03.03.2026 10:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You cannibal you!

02.03.2026 09:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It wasn't normal, but I have a horrible feeling it's becoming so.

02.03.2026 09:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Not sure what else is left to say. All I’ve known for my whole life is most powerful country in the world and its satellite states killing as they please around the world to no consequence. And this ability to kill and oppress worldwide is the supposed testament to their greatness.

28.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 296    🔁 66    💬 2    📌 1

Can't possibly have people being trained to use their brains independently.

28.02.2026 18:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a group of sea creatures are playing drums in front of a sea shell Alt: various sea creatures playing musical instruments in the octopus's garden
28.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There is often truth in malapropism.

28.02.2026 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

28.02.2026 17:18 — 👍 18735    🔁 7998    💬 41    📌 115

And why not...

28.02.2026 18:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Your smugness is perfectly understandable.

28.02.2026 18:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think the supporters all assumed that they'd be able to profit from the people they didn't like (who were obviously the same people Trump didn't like) who were going to be dispossessed and crushed.

28.02.2026 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And EVERYTHING that uses anything OpenAI. The speed at which they were ready to jump in where Anthropic morally refused to go at astounding risk to its own existence is absolutely terrifying.

28.02.2026 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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a man in a suit and bow tie is clapping his hands and saying `` can t wait '' . Alt: rubbing hands in gleeful anticipation
26.02.2026 13:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have a very high instep too, but I do a short row heel over more than half of the stitches so it works.

A proper traditional turned heel, though, is immensely satisfying.

26.02.2026 13:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Booking for this year's Dunnett weekend closes on Saturday 28 February. We are aware that in one place on the website the date is given as 28 March; that is an error for which we apologise and which will be corrected as soon as possible. There are in fact only three days left to book.

25.02.2026 15:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lisa Nandy should definitely listen to her mum.

25.02.2026 20:20 — 👍 55    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0
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If you support Cuba against evil US aggression.

Show it.

25.02.2026 20:31 — 👍 177    🔁 55    💬 10    📌 4

One of the reasons I really like your writing, we get proper tie-ing up of all the plot lines rather than just finishing after the 'main event'.

25.02.2026 21:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Absolutely.

25.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We eat a lot of vegetarian and vegan food round here too, despite being very non-vegetarian.

Tonight's soup would have been an excellent vegetarian minestrone apart from using a very good chicken stock.

25.02.2026 21:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I tried it once but wasn't greatly smitten, but I don't think I was concentrating properly. I'll have to give it another go.

Mind you, I nearly always use Priscilla Gibson-Roberts' short row heel and toe, which works really well for both my knitting and my feet.

25.02.2026 21:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a man with long black hair is laughing and making a funny face with his mouth open . Alt: Loki, screaming, in prison

A big denouement AND a big reveal.

25.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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'Twas ever thus.

They think, because they're mighty, they are beyond normal rules and retributions.

Eventually, they are not.

23.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😊

23.02.2026 17:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Listen to Jason, kids.

23.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Two-year-old wolfdog Nazgul went viral after showing up uninvited at a cross-country ski course during the Winter Olympics.

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