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... Did I just get spoiled for Dropout's Crowd Control by the BSky fountain pen feed? I'm sure the overlap between fountain pen nerds and Dropout viewers is significant but I could not have foreseen this 😭

I could be like "Zigiotti just transferred in but the understanding she's already developed with Hinata is critical to United's playing style" but I could also be like "Haha their nicknames are Hini and Zigi, Hini-Zigi sounds cute"
#woso

Arghh *Miyazawa

Hinata Miyazawa and Julia Zigiotti standing, each with an arm around the other. 'Hinata' and 'Zigiotti' are visible on their respective red jerseys

Things I could talk about for hours:
My cats
Street photography
Vintage fountain pens
The effectiveness of Manchester United Women's Hinata Miyaza-Julia Zigiotti midfield double pivot

My words may not change the world,but reposting them could change my family's life.
In Gaza,every day brings new suffering.We have lost everything we own, and all we have left is hope in your hearts. Reposting could be our lifeline, and your donation will help my children survive.
gofund.me/0d7bdff2

13 photographs on display at the Tokyo Street Photography Festival 2025, as a collection called 'Perspectives from Asia & Oceania'

A framed print of the following photograph: A high-contrast candid street photograph of four women, highlighted by sunlight against a deep shadow my backdrop. Two of the women are dressed in black, holding small reusable takeaway bags and clear plastic cups filled witha white-coloured drink. The other two women are walking into frame from right

The festival is over, but the exhibition organisers sent me pics of my photo on display and the collection that it's part of. A pretty awesome gesture!

A poster with a black-and-white photograph as a backdrop and the following text: Tokyo Street Photography Festival 25 A street photography exhibition Dates: August 14 (Thu) – 17 (Sun), 2025 Hours: 10:00–18:00 (closes at 16:00 on the final day) Venue: Setagaya Art Museum, 1F Citizens' Gallery B Address: 1-2 Kinuta Park, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-0075 Admission: Free (re-entry allowed)

©Farah Natasya Roslee @farahphernalia_foto A high-contrast candid street photograph of four women, highlighted by sunlight against a deep shadow my backdrop. Two of the women are dressed in black, holding small reusable takeaway bags and clear plastic cups filled witha white-coloured drink. The other two women are walking into frame from right

The Tokyo Street Photography Festival opens today! Thrilled that one of my photos is included in the exhibition. I can't be there myself but if you're in Tokyo please check it out! (And I'd be so grateful to anyone willing to send me a photo of my photo on display 😁)
en.frametokyo.com/tspf-2025

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧.
My children came back carrying hope in plastic containers. It’s all we have.

🆘 Every donation no matter how small is a meal.
🤍 Please any help to secure the basics: food & water.

🔗 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀:
gofund.me/4f74922b

✅ 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕
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YouTube video by Vanessa Langton Jinhao 10 Nib Dry Out Prevention Tutorial

Maybe you'll have better luck with it than I did, or have a more suitable ink! And I haven't tried this yet, but I'm hoping it will help:
youtu.be/LisNWdRhXu8?...

A Jinhao 10 retractable fountain pen

The nib of the Jinhao 10 press retractable fountain pen

Handwritten text in blue ink. The text reads: Jinhao 10 press Stainless steel Fine nib Diamine Majestic Blue

Lines of handwritten text in blue ink. The ink colour starts of light and gets slightly darker every few lines. The text is a list of some fixtures for the UEFA Women's EURO football tournament

The Jinhao 10 retractable fountain pen. Works well enough throughout the day, but dries up so much overnight that I have to soak the nib to get it writing again and then have to deal with diluted ink for a bit. I don't need a retractable fountain pen that much though, just thought it'd be fun to try

It's a little pricey but that sheen is lovely!

Handwritten text in pink ink. The text says: Sailor Studio Ink #731 Sailor Shikiori Amaoto Touu

A Sailor Shikiori Amaoto Touu fountain pen

A closeup of the nib of a Sailor Shikiori Amaoto Touu fountain pen. The pen has pink ink stains

My hand, stained with vibrant pink ink

Sailor Ink Studio #731. Vibrant pink with a golden sheen

(This pen was leaking ink into the cap. Decided to flush it out and refill)

[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay …

Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or …

End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My Chemical Romance of the Three Kingdoms

A tabby cat lying prone on an office chair

Wow I feel like I just read my life story

I did not this reminder that Manchester United has a men's team 😭😭😭

A grey tabby cat lying on top of an open notebook while resting her paw on a fountain pen

Actually, there are two 😅
They have little interest in knocking stuff down, fortunately, but they employ many other methods of disruption, such as claiming my notebooks as territory as I attempt to write

So many of them charmed me, but ultimately Bridget Christie stole my heart with her style, wit, grace, and determination to test the limits of Alex Horne's patience

What a vicious yet aesthetic cycle

Three similar pen stands, each holding six fountain pens of various designs

When I first started my collection, I bought a cheap pen stand told myself that the six fountain pens it could hold would be my limit. I soon exceeded that, and then told myself, "Okay, I'm only allowed six INKED pens." Recently, I stopped living in denial and bought two more pen stands

My original thread about my attempt to salvage the nib:

bsky.app/profile/fren...

The golden nib clashes with the pen's silver trim bit I can't even bring myself to care. That nib is really something special.

A golden fountain pen nib. Heavily scratched surface. An old Pelikan logo and the label 'M' are visible

A Pelikan M205 Rose Quartz fountain pen. It is a translucent pink with silver-colour clip and trim. It is filled with dark pink ink

A Pelikan M205 Rose Quartz fountain pen with a vintage golden Pelikan nib, accompanied by handwritten text. The text reads: Pelikan 400NN nib 14C gold, Medium Pelikan M205 Rose Quartz body Sailor Okuyama ink

A while ago, I installed a nib salvaged from a broken vintage Pelikan 400NN onto a Pelikan M205. But I couldn't get the nib seated properly in the new collar, and it became scratchy due to misaligned tintes. Fortunately, a visiting nibmeister sorted it out. Now it glides so effortlessly over paper 🩷

Oh that would be nice, thank you! I've got some pens I'm excited about and plan to gush about them here soon 😁

This is great! Thanks for compiling this!

A vintage Pilot Elite fountain pen. It is small, and black with gold trim and clip.

The golden nib of a vintage Pilot Elite fountain pen. The nib had the following imprint: 18-750 PILOT <M>

Text written on white paper with a fountain pen, using purple ink. The text reads: Pilot Elite (Vintage) 18K gold Medium nib Colorverse Hayabusa ink

Fingertips stained with purple ink. The tip of the index finger has a darker and larger stain than the other fingers

Found time to tune this vintage Pilot Elite fountain pen. The ink flow was too dry, so I loosened the tines a little. Got this for fairly cheap—it's engraved, and I suspect it was cobbled together from parts of different pens because the '18K' imprint is on the wrong side. But hey, it works!

Quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky.