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@brooksandstone.bsky.social

English. Founder of #slowintentionaldesign. Exceedingly slow old Tudor house DIY renovation. Lots of sarcasm, design, sustainability and power tools. Occasional politics, family (3 little kids) and illustration. Current πŸ› οΈ: Kitchen www.brooksandstone.com

187 Followers  |  60 Following  |  59 Posts  |  Joined: 23.01.2025  |  2.2029

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Give you one guess

06.03.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 17919    πŸ” 3469    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 102
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Is this bots arriving on BlueSky? Because either this guy is lost or it’s a bot. Just in case you weren’t clear about who I am β€”
I’m extremely pacificist, don’t really believe in the military despite having a brother in it, believe 100% in science (incl evolution) and am pretty anti-religion too.

05.03.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Statue of Liberty should just be dismantled and taken back to France at this point to be honest.

05.03.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe start of the end of democracy” hmm I think we’re way past that point… that started in 1980, and came to a first milestone in 2016. Democracy has been actively bombed in the last 60 days.

05.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doing a thing tonight that is LONG overdue and we’re excited to have the change. But in the meantime, haven’t seen our parlour empty like this since we moved in! #oldhouselove

03.03.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The picture I drew the day Russia invaded Ukraine, because I had no concept of how to process what happened and I drew what I felt… Feb 25 2022. Raw emotion then and today - enraged by the state of affairs after the meeting in the Oval Office. #SlavaUkraini

01.03.2025 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looks great! Where is the runner from?

25.02.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True love is agreeing to pick up a #FBMPfind at 8.30pm on a weekday… get kids to bed, forgetting and getting a reminder message from the seller who is a 20 min drive away… for your husband to then offer to go pick it up because you hate driving at night… and he has zero clue what you’ve bought πŸ˜‚

20.02.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We also lust after having a good dust collector as well, major problem in our basement!!

16.02.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This has done a pretty good job, only made 1 error in about 50 cuts today and that was definitely a PEBKAC kind of problem. If we weren’t potentially moving in the next few years we’d be investing in proper Festool track saw for sure.

16.02.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I already had a good Makita circular saw and we’re trying not to buy corded electrical tools at the moment in case we move back to the UK in the next few years, so this was a happy medium. $100 for the add on tool. That said, I really want a proper Festool track saw if we were to invest in one.

16.02.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on building all the cabinets for around the new fridge this weekend… set up the basement as a much better workshop with a new Bora workable and got a new toy too (Kreg Accu-Cut)… wish I’d bought a track saw years ago because this is making rip cuts so freaking easy. #oldhouselove #kitchen

16.02.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t even like American football, but fuck me I’m enjoying the Eagles destroying the Chiefs, Kendrick destroying Drake, and all the T people being booed (sorry not sorry, not a fan). Not to mention Jon Batiste ::chefs kiss:: Maybe I’m becoming a Philly person after all 🀣 #superbowl

10.02.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah but they’ve historically had a shit record with removing contracts from women who get pregnant during the height of their career or don’t win enough. Feels like saving face and full of bullshit.

10.02.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Abolish ICE. Fuck Nazis. Protect trans folks. Save democracy. Go Birds!

Abolish ICE. Fuck Nazis. Protect trans folks. Save democracy. Go Birds!

GO BIRDS πŸ¦… #SuperBowl

10.02.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7

You know your local team is in the Super Bowl when the grocery stores are busier than the day before Thanksgiving today πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« My husband would be displeased if I didn’t add #gobirds

08.02.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is! We are hopefully building the cabinets around it in a few weeks time and then getting the panels

08.02.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh this is weird - I see the video here now as I comment from Flashes. Maybe it’s a bug? Anyway, I feel in the same boat as you. I don’t know why I’m on 60 different social apps now and so confused. You’re not alone!

07.02.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I joined too - but decided to keep them connected. It’s interesting how it auto publishes between the two apps depending on whether you have attached media or not.

07.02.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They just announced Flashes in beta today! Go check out the Bluesky feed and sign up for the beta. It’s interesting with both accounts connected and the auto publish between the two, but I like it so far and being able to designate all sorts of feeds for yourself. No stories yet though

07.02.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Waheyyyy… look at that a new fridge. It only took us 5 years, two walls, 3 builds, and floor repair to get here!

07.02.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re also not supposed to be able to create a department out of thin air and give random people power without the power of Congress … and yet that hasn’t stopped him.

06.02.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IG Feed: Influencers ignoring the state of the world sharing yet another effing Amazon link

Threads: lots of political reposts, but also 60,000 people repeating the same dumb engagement bait

Bluesky: sane people who are fucked off sharing useful info, real old house stories and cats πŸ˜‚ #home

06.02.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Laughs in DOS

06.02.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh hell no. Blocked!!!! Eww. Stay on Twitter and Facebook.

06.02.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg yay! One of my faves, cannot wait to listen to this one.

06.02.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously, like what are they waiting for?!!! (Genuine question) because it just feels like all the reps and Senators are on SM stating facts of what’s happening and not actually doing anything.

03.02.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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