She/her. Eclectic mama who loves books, music, theatre, woodworking, art, cooking and travel. But not all at the same time. Very happily married and also owned by two kitties. Human rights are non-negotiable. ๐ England -> Scotland -> California.
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This just breaks my heart. What they put Virginia through was horrific and she is owed the justice she never lived to see, along with the many others who were trafficked and sexually assaulted as CHILDREN. She was so brave to speak out, and hope the others get much more support than she ever did. ๐ข
You and me both!
Iโm glad itโs not just me! I searched using a few possible terms, but couldnโt find anything to confirm the people listed here donated for the redistricting bill efforts. If itโs true, thatโs great, but if itโs not then we only risk losing credibility by posting unverified information.
I just looked this up and I canโt find anything to corroborate it. Could you please list the source?
๐ณ How far away are you from the SF Bay Area? Iโll start walking now. I promise Iโm friendly, housetrained and (mostly) domesticated! ๐ More seriously, they look perfect. โบ๏ธ
He absolutely does. ๐
I laughed at an image online yesterday, of a 3D printed articulated shark. This morning, my husband woke me up to give me three of them, printed in purple sparkly plastic, having printed them overnight. Itโs not the most conventional love offering, butโฆI seriously love this man. ๐
Butโฆbut then theyโll be unable to do the bidding of the lobbyists who pay them off! What will they do without all that hard, cold cash?! That fourth house and yacht arenโt going to pay for themselves!
#mentalhealth #gr3tetag #FDT #felon47 #GVerse #25th #BlueHartedFamily #POS47
๐ Hmph. ๐
This is the PERFECT way to treat posts like this. Iโm literally sitting here giggling like a kid. ๐
I rarely eat a chain-type burger (maybe less than one a year), but I really wanted one tonight so we ended up at Wendyโs. I had no idea theyโre doing a Wednesday collab. Iโm very amused by the Meal of Misfortune & the Ravenโs Blood frosty was awesome. The entire gothy aesthetic made me laugh. ๐คฃ
Please speak out against #HateCrimes like these, @govevers.wisconsin.gov. Outlets describing it as a โfightโ are absolutely disingenuous when itโs a one-sided, racist attack on a child. The fact that racists are now less afraid to admit to and act on that bigotry is a stain on state and country.
Itโs been even hotter today! Basically Iโm like a lizard in the desert, darting between shady patches of, even better, air conditioned buildings and vehicles. ๐คฃ
Pretty sure the weather is just trolling me now. #California #melting #eeeeeep
One of the things I picked up today was this amazing book by @georgetakei.bsky.social, which Iโve wanted to read since Iโve known it was a thing. Tears already. Nobody should have to hide who they are, so long as it harms none. The world needs all the love it can get. #ItRhymesWithTakei #LoveIsLove
I saw lots of solar salesmen in the hardware store earlier, trying to take advantage of the current and future energy price hikes from the #TrumpTax. Iโm lucky to already have solar for our needs, but the vultures are definitely circling. Iโm so sorry. โน๏ธ
I accidentally deleted this (I blame the ridiculously hot weather), so Iโm reposting it. ๐
Popped into @illusivecomics.com today with the intent of buying one book and one game. Then I got talking with Al, a fantastic member of staff, and ended up buying a book and TWO games. I reckon thatโs a win for everyone involved. ๐คฃ Friendly but non-pushy staff are such a credit to the store. ๐
Itโs currently 36 degrees (Celsius) here. Itโs a good job Iโm known to be a non-flammable witch. ๐คฃ๐ฅโ๏ธ
This is a repost from my timeline, but I couldnโt resist adding this photo of #HamishTheOrangeDoofus sleeping in anโฆoriginal position for #Caturday. ๐ #CatsOfBluesky #cats #CatSky
The #TrumpTax has made things impossible for so many American families. ๐
Thereโs a persistent myth that new solar farms donโt really help tackle climate change because panels are โmade with coalโ and โnever pay backโ their carbon debt. This is simply false. - UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh - panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
No, but if there is, I wish Iโd known about it before I left the UK! #MermaidsAreAwesome
I want to see her version of โconsiderably apoplecticโ.
Photos from a walk around the local creek. Things I noticed: - the main scents I noticed were roses and rosemary. ๐ฅฐ - there are irrigation stations everywhere here - the only way our gardens can stay green! - California is hotttttt. ๐ฅต - I love the Little Free Library, and borrowed a cosy book! ๐ฅฐ
I know this is an old reply now, but I just wanted to say Iโm a survivor too - cancer followed by a whole decade of complications, but had my final surgery last year! Keep on doing what youโre doing, and may that horrific disease never darken your door again! โบ๏ธ
Iโve had countless IVs in my life and as a pale redhead, I bruise fairly easily. That looks EXACTLY like a bruise from an IV being placed in one of the phlebotomist-preferred veins in his hand. The fact that itโs recurring means heโs having repeated IVs put in.
Regarding the first two points: donโt threaten me with a good time! I live in CA and Iโd be happy for those two bawbags never to set foot in this state again. ๐
He likely thinks heโs improving on the flag by scribbling his name on it. ๐
#HamishTheOrangeDoofus sleeping in a totally 100% normal, not even slightly ridiculous position. ๐
They canโt be everywhere at once. Just saying. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I miss living in Scotland right now! ๐
Must be nice to have no oligarchs on your supreme court.
My only concern here is that one of those jackbooted thugs will shoot someone for โthreateningโ them with glitter antics. Great idea otherwise, though. Show everyone who the fascist footsoldiers are in their communities.
Out with friends in Hollister for a tribute concert - Fleetwood Mask and Queen Nation, so lots of silly fun and singable songs. Itโs so beautiful with the California hills in the background.
Stone is a desiccated, bloodsucking cockwomble. Iโd call him a bawbag, but at least they have a use.
Thatโs depressingly probable. ๐
@leelahelen.bsky.social - I have my โhappyโ playlist on today while I Build The Things in my woodshop, and all the ones you suggested really do add to it! Thank you for those suggestions months ago. You have excellent taste! ๐ฅฐ
Not wanting to be Mistress of the Bleedinโ Obvious here or anything, butโฆOH MY GOODNESS ITโS HOT. ๐ฅต #Gilroy #California
There are often bad actors in any demographic, and I absolutely understand that some will be trying to attack and discredit Newsom indiscriminately for dishonest reasons. I can only speak for myself, though. Thereโs nuance there for me - I can like some of his actions whilst disapproving of others.
Why thank you! ๐ I think thatโs one of the most wholesome replies Iโve ever had from a stranger. I think itโs possible for good people to disagree on many issues. With Newsom, my concern is that his comments, though personal, could be used to justify further persecution of trans folk.
Thatโs a fantastic photo! I lived in Edinburgh for 13 years before moving Stateside - where was this taken? ๐
Itโs disgusting that he was arrested in the first placeโฆbut awesome that heโs wearing a Morph t-shirt, with an important message too. ๐
And of course, this is why Don the Con made sure to disempower most of the legal and societal entities that could potentially make this happen. Everything he does is in 3 categories: 1. Enrich himself and his rich friends. 2. Keep himself out of prison. 3. Appease Putin and Netanyahu.
And I say that as an immigrant from the UK - a country with a history at least as morally reprehensible at times as the USโs. To be fair, I havenโt heard politicians there say we shouldnโt teach about colonialism, slavery or any one of a million stains on UK history. That would be absurd.
โThereโs been a lot of history in our country, both positive and negative.โ Exactly, and BOTH SHOULD BE TAUGHT. ๐
And thatโs great. What isnโt great is him allowing a wedge into the issue for bad actors. Again, I really do appreciate some of the things heโs doing right now - heโs doing a great job shining a light on Trump and his cultโs depravity. But I disagree with him on the trans issue.
Again, of course I did. He didnโt at any point say โI hate trans peopleโ or similar, but I feel he did somewhat capitulate on a matter that he shouldโve been very clear on. Iโm not saying heโs the devil - he does some good things - but I wish heโd been more firm in the direction of trans rights. ๐
I know it is. ๐
Of course I reviewed the primary source material! How else would I know whether somethingโs true or not? It was right there in his podcast, with (of all bloody people) Charlie Kirk. I agree with Newsom on a number of things, but I do feel he was cowardly and appeasing Kirk on the trans issue.
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Just #HamishTheOrangeDoofus beingโฆwell, peak Hamish. ๐คฃ
I agree entirely with her, and am also impressed that in the prose of such an important and damning dissent, she managed to drop a Calvin and Hobbes reference. I like her even more, now!
Happy, messy hair, just in from the woodshop me! I realised today that despite all the sensible precautions Iโve taken against the sun - I wear total sunblock, cover up, wear hats, use parasols and stay in if necessary - Iโm STILL getting freckles! WTaF, #California?!?
If itโs any comfort - most probably not - I feel the same when Iโm in England, the country in which I was born and raised. Fascism is gaining footholds around the world, as if nobody learned anything from WW2. Iโm now living in California and it feels like most of the world is insane, sometimes.
Iโm 52 and still in my flouncy goth phase - long gowns, corset and tiaras. Not planning on growing out of it, either, whatever age I live to! ๐
Thank you for making me laugh after todayโs onslaught of political ugh. ๐
This woman is so deficient in irony that she should seem medical attention. Are reporters pointing out that her cult leader acts this way all the damn timetime?
Masked little cowards cosplaying being tough, and trying to suppress legal free speech theyโre supposed to protect. ๐คฌ
I was literally eyeing up a couple of the shimmery Ferris Wheel Press inks recently, as they look so pretty. But while theyโre supporting JKR, Iโll never buy from them.
Thatโs gorgeous - especially from โscrapโ! Iโm not sure Iโve ever seen pine burl before , but I love the swirling colour contrasts - it reminds me of marble cake. ๐ Was there a lot of sap in the wood? I hate getting pine sap on my hands, and imagine it wouldnโt be fun to get on your lathe chucks.
Todayโs woodshop soundtrack, since Iโm working alone (and seriously, how am I being left in a fully functional woodshop without responsible adult supervision?! ๐) is โEnchantโ by Emilie Autumn, which I havenโt heard in ages. ๐ฅฐ #music #woodworking #woodsky #happy
And honestly, Iโm sure many of the MAGA cultists wouldnโt mind that. Trump has been pushing โRussia great, anywhere that opposes Russia badโ propaganda for years.
Iโm basically spendinga couple of hours installing and messing about with the grown-up equivalent of Meccano. And I love it. ๐ #woodworking #WoodSky #storage
Love that these exist. Hate that theyโre needed.
You GO to the corner and THINK about what youโve done! ๐คฃ
Anyone know a source of googly eyes that will stay adhesive and not melt when stuck to the carriage of a 3-D printer? Asking for a friend.
What a beautiful pudden! ๐ฅฐ
โWe have always been at war with Eastasia.โ Theyโll just retrofit their doctrine to fit.
I remember that sword! ๐
Spent the evening planning Frankencart, a mobile unit to house most of my #woodturning bits and pieces, plus the grindstone and honing wheels, and made from any offcuts and spare bits of plywood I have around. Itโs been fun! ๐ Also, weโre printing organisational bits. #woodworking #woodsky
Insalata caprese is one of my favourite summer meals! Add a crusty bread roll and a glass of wine and itโs perfection. ๐
Speaking as someone originally from the UKโฆIโm still angry that Virginia Giuffre never got to see justice meted out on Andrew. Heโs a disgusting individual who deserves to be behind bars.
Is it only me who has a tendency to name tools? Our dead blow mallet is called Persuasion, and the smaller one is called Little Persuasion. So if I need to gently convince something to fit in the workshop, Iโll say โI think this needs a Little Persuasionโ. ๐ #woodworking #woodsky
Unfortunately, the USA chose not to be party to the International Criminal Court. So the US is one of the few places Putin IS welcomed.
Rare photo of the Pope doing a one-pontiff Mexican wave. ๐
This was already debunked by Snopes. Please be careful to verify before you post - thereโs plenty of damning evidence without posting untrue claims, and itโs so important that people can distinguish between fact, fiction and hearsay.
Between the potatoes and tomatoes, youโre most of the way to patatas bravas! ๐
The lesser spotted Bunny Sploot! ๐
Yes, itโs a scam. Maddow has an official Telegram according to MSNBCโs โContact Rachelโ pageโฆand thatโs not it.
I wish more people would think critically about this stuff, as you have. Itโs such an obvious bot account scam, but people still repost it as fact.
Itโs a scam. Maddow has an official Telegram according to MSNBCโs โContact Rachelโ pageโฆand thatโs not it.
Itโs a scam. Maddow has an official Telegram according to MSNBCโs โContact Rachelโ pageโฆand thatโs not it.
Unfortunately, the USA chose not to be party to the International Criminal Court, so Putin can visit here without worrying about justice.
Funny how theyโve gone on about the civil war being about โstatesโ rightsโ for years, but theyโre suddenly happy to attack that principle in other states. Itโs almost like the civil war was about, yโknow, wanting to carry on enslaving other human beings. Or something. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Iโm 99% sure Iโm human. Mostly. ๐
You beat me to it. ๐ Iโm not actually Scottish as I was born in England (for my sins ๐) but I lived there for 20 years (just moved to California from Dalgety Bay) and Iโm married to a fantastic Scotsman. ๐
Scots is just fine. ๐ Scotch, however, is malt whisky, beef, lamb, pies, a couple of place namesโฆbut never a demonym. When Don the Con said โIโm Scotch myself!โ in an interview a few years ago, I felt so many simultaneous eyes roll in Scotland that it pretty much registered on the Richter scale. ๐
1. Hubby and I once installed a heavy cabinet saw in the woodshop, with huge effort. And then we read the instructions, which suggested 4-5 people. ๐ณ 2. Well done on doing that alone! 3. I hope your kid has a good college fund, because I see law school in their future. ๐
It was earlier than that. Bill Clinton signed the Statute but it was never ratified by the Senate. Then Bush got in and took the entire thing off the table. For obvious reasons.
Makes no difference, as the USA chose not to be a party of the ICC.
But the USA isnโt party to the International Criminal Court, right? I thought they decided not to join it?
I moved to the US from Scotland recently, and Janey Godley was a bona fide national treasure. ๐ That time that Don the Con said that the โScotchโ (thatโs NOT the term for Scottish people) love him, I nearly spat out my coffee. Heโs almost universally and very creatively DESPISED there.
Yes, heโs definitely a war criminal. However, the USA chose not to be party to the International Criminal Court, so thereโs no way to enforce that stuff.
Itโs definitely scummy behaviour. ๐ Makes me think how tragic the people are who post this stuff, or more likely program bots to post it. Itโs all aimed at exhausting people and making them unable to separate fact from fiction. Trump does the same thing with all his nonsense, and itโs disgraceful.
Definitely sketchy. Maddow does have an official Telegram account according to MSNBCโs โContact Rachelโ page, but this is NOT it.
Itโs definitely fake. Maddow does have an official Telegram account according to MSNBCโs โContact Rachelโ page, but this is NOT it.