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Ella Instead

@ellainstead.bsky.social
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Bewildered xennial who should be probably be good at new tech, but feeling like a grandma as I try to get to grips with this new social media. I will get there in the end! Eventually.

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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I watched S1 last month and very much enjoyed it!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m so sorry, lovely. Losing a pet is so hard. ❤️
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hannah 🌈🏡 @helcinda.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
VID POST: Isimo, Heated Rivalry. 💫 "You believed in every maybe" archiveofourown.org/works/84760731
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hannah 🌈🏡 @helcinda.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
VID POST: Weight of Living, Pt. 1, Heated Rivalry. ☀️ "It's the sun in your eyes" archiveofourown.org/works/84759641
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My sister has never liked a single piece of media in common with me ever and is the least fannish person I know. Yesterday, apropos of nothing, she recommended I watch Heated Rivalry then started describing HudCon interview content to me. So feels like a sign that I, too, am due a rewatch!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I, a high school teacher, was aware but am generally not convinced they should be.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Ditttooooo.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I was supposed to go to Mont St Michel this Christmas but it fell through. It is still high on my list!
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may @maysuser.name · 24/03/2026
even if trans women had a biological advantage at sports we let people with biological advantages participate in sports all the time—at a professional level they're basically required—and no one cares because those advantages don't trigger a reflexive discomfort in cis people
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I feel very confident I know exactly what shot this is and I am excited that you need it. 👀
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We happy few, not sleeping or doing something else, get excited at the name March the eleventh!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I liked this but it didn’t feel emphatic enough, so also ❤️ again and again and again.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It is not yet back for me so this feels like bullying. 😭
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
this is a cat checkpoint. show me the most recent cat image on your phone.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Your math is probably the same as my math re your previous job — so it’s you. You’re the celebrity.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Literally nobody. Maybe me, because my job means that about 6000 people know me (I did the math), but no one would l see me as a celebrity. But also, very much NOBODY. I researched to double check.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Great recommendation, thank you! I have been listening to the podcast on my commute this week, which has been a great life choice!
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
no longer is the dream of sliding down an icy slope of death while lying directly on top of/underneath your best friend exclusively for dudes
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I literally left the room to stress bake during the third period and just peeked through to the tv now and again.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I just. That was very painful.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Olympics opening ceremony and a massive glass of wine. The ideal Friday night!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Listen. I have already written about 1000 words about Ilya’s childhood and sexuality and relationship with hockey and stuff, which I have made people read and help me with Russian things for. But then I thought about NHL exhibition games played in London and, well. This happened. #wipwednesday
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I get that! I am definitely writing show fic not book fic, but I am also a magpie and like to take shiny bits and pieces from everywhere.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I have an in-progress timeline in a doc called “The Slowest Burn” with columns for the show, the book (to help give some shape to the skippiest of the time skips), and reality (eg who won gold in Sochi? How many times did Montreal play Boston in 2010?). Also, the sex is so good.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
When you find them, send them to me!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Yes. This. Signed, A licensed Canadian professional
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
if you're surprised to learn that the Winter Olympics are just a month away, don't worry, you're not alone, the people building all the venues in Italy also appear to be surprised the Olympics are just a month away
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
😂😂😂
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Please feel free to text me EVERY SINGLE thought and reaction. I’m on about my 12th rewatch.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Doooo ittttt.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Perfect.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
*gayest #heatedrivalry
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I mean. Sounds excellent. I will be doing the same once my family inevitably go to bed around 9pm!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
It sure was a lot! I don’t know what my face was doing when he came in but it probably wasn’t as cool and sanguine as I was going for. More likely along the lines of 🥴.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Found myself at a basement apartment party with Hugh Dillon of the Headstones. I had volunteered to help the host cook, which I did and then fled to the opposite end of the living room as it was too much for my fannish little 18 yo self to cope with. He did appear to enjoy the dinner I made though.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I will never learn apparently!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Update: I once again chickened out and did not do this. I made my mom bring a can of pumpkin all the way from Canada, made a whole ass pie, my dad and I (the only pumpkin pie lovers) ate about half of it over the last week, and today I threw the other half away because we can’t eat any more.
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hannah 🌈🏡 @helcinda.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
VID POST: Delicate, Heated Rivalry. archiveofourown.org/works/76617706
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Impeccable as always. Crying happy cottage sunset tears over in my corner here. ❤️
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Yes. My standard response to this and related is “Well, there are plenty of teaching jobs available!” To which I have always inevitably had the reply “Oh, no, I couldn’t work with teenagers at all!” It is very satisfying to watch people immediately U-turn on ‘so nice.’
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I have been thinking about trying this also because every Christmas I throw out half a pumpkin pie. I only haven’t because it is hard to get cans of pumpkin here and I get worried about wasting it. If you try and have any success, let me know!
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/11/2025
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Maybe experiment making pumpkin tarts and freeze them uncooked, then bake single serve new for yourself when you want to. I have not done this but feel like it must be possible!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I went there — it IS magical!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The Six Murders of Daphne St Clair by Mackenzie Common, because octogenarian female serial killer meets millennial lesbian podcaster is the odd couple murder mystery I didn’t know I needed until I read it.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Not easy but achievable, I say from the other side of that mountain!! Knowing in your brain and feeling in your bones are separate things, but you can get there!!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
That said — I can’t tell you why my steady diet of true crime and horrific history podcasts are more restful to me! But they are. So there you go.
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It is not morally superior to know more than you can cope with and actually undermines the energy you can bring to those things you can control! So avoid the scrolling minute by minute, focus on things that you can change, and don’t feel guilty when you need to step back!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I read an article a few years ago that really started me on this little self care path about how the modern news cycle has incorrectly conflated knowing about things happening with having an impact or activism. I would never be able to find it again but I hope I am saying the right things!
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Ella Instead @ellainstead.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Without in any way suggesting it has been easy to get there in my brain — it is okay to focus on the things you can control and limit how long you engage with things that are beyond your control and make you feel bad.
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