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Felicity

@fififinx.bsky.social
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She/her. Old/tired. Catminder General Proud & committed Luddite

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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's cool enough that Mammy turned the heating on
A fluffy black cat is reclining happily on a window sill behind a white voile curtain. To the right is a tartan curtain in yellow, red, blue, and white. Cat is directly above a radiator. Between the radiator pipe and a bookshelf is a screwed up toilet paper wrapper ballee
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GYTHA ÓG TWINKLE TOES FANCYPANTS SHADOW QUEEN BOUDICCA Preferred box: old busted & smelly Tail: chaotic Fur: black Climber: no Confirmed kills: none Best Toy: mousie When do I purr: scritches, book time, food time When do I yowl: any stranger cat appearing in my yard Secret skill: Can open doors
A fluffy black cat with green eyes is reclining on a bed with a William Morris Montreal patterned duvet cover and pillows. The bed is white cast iron. There is a teddy bear to the right, a mahogany bedside table with precarious stacks of books and a lamp to the left
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Exactly this! Our coat of arms onna fleg
The historical Irish coat of arms: blazoned azure a harp or, stringed argent.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is exactly the face Gytha Óg has when I forget that I'm pretending not to know where she is. Although, she's not quite the master of disguise that these lads are
A fluffy black tail is poking below a blue velvet curtain, with a tub of X mas decorations and a very elaborate raised cat bed below it. The bed's a bit of a mess
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I sometimes forget how beautiful my owner is
A dark brown/black fluffy cat is sitting on a white windowsill partially hidden by a navy curtain. There's a bunch of mess below her, assorted blanket and pillows
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Time to haul out my favourite!
A white covered book with a picture of a basic Yank boy in a red jumper pointing at a car engine. In Black text at the top "Everything I don't like is WOKE" black subheading "A book for basic dickheads". In white across the boy a quote "This engine is woke". In the lower left corner, the Ladybird books logo
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Quoth the Shadow "WHOSE bed?"
A black fluffy cat with green eyes is lying on a William Morris Montreal duvet cover on an iron bedstead directly in front of the pillow
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Can't speak to Apple, but Google in Ireland is NOT renaming. Screenshot taken just now. AFAIK, it's ONLY been renamed for the US market. Because the rest of the world actually DGAF what the Toddler-in-Chief says.
Google.ie maps showing the correct name of Lake Ontario, despite what the Toddler-in-Chief of the US has to say
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The only meme I have saved!
A book cover with a young Yank looking fella pointing at a car engine. In large font: Everything I don't like is woke". Sub heading: "A Book for Basic Dickheads". In white font across the picture: "This engine is woke"
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
... Or quietly sniggering to themselves
The fluffy black tail of a miscreant hanging below the blue curtain she is hiding behind. Beneath that can be seen her beddy of a blanket box, two pillows and three blankets. Not that she's at all spoilt, you understand. She just has certain standards
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Loving the juxtaposition here from the Grauniad. NOT loving the attempts to blame the Swedes for HAVING RULES. The fault here lies, as in all these cases, with the arseholes who voted for Brexit
The end of a whiny article about Sweden applying rules to Brits (clutch pearls!) with an ad featuring  a banner saying "An incredible self-own" directly beneath
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ooh! Now I've seen that somewhere before. Let me think... Oh yeah, here it is:
A portrait of Joseph Stalin wearing a bunch of medals he didn't earn but gave himself anyway
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is interesting, but I dispute it. As far as I'm concerned the infernal combustion engine is one of the worst things that has happened to this planet ever. Also the social media algorithm. Actually, we peaked with the flush khazi (not without its drawbacks) & the codex
Douglas Adams (author, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy): I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm not saying someone in the Irish gummint has shares in hi-vis companies. Maybe they just have a kink? Kink-shaming is mean, but so is forcing your kink onto a reluctant public. Especially if you have shares in a hi-vis manufacturer
E-scooters will be banned for anyone aged under 18, under proposals agreed by the Government.

It was also agreed that hi-vis jackets and helmets will also be mandatory for all e-scooter use.

This will take effect in August.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This one from Quora made me snort coffee (not as fun as it sounds). In the last 100 years the US has been defeated by: North Korea; Vietnam; Iraq; Afghanistan; & Iran. The only "war" the US has "won" without help was against a Venezuela so degraded it was analogous to swatting a kindergarten
A question from Quora: Since the United States is the most powerful military country and cannot be defeated, does this mean that Canadians who are unwilling to let Canada join the United states are irrational?
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill has died. Z"l. Here's how I first remember him
A young Sam Neill with slicked back hair, wearing a stiff collar & cravat is pictured with a man in a hat behind his right shoulder, against a background of a night-time London skyline with searchlights and Big Ben
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My beautiful, fierce, clever, sweet old lady Mistress Esmerelda Weatherwax-Rawson Little Lion went for the long sleep today. I only had her 8 months, but she had been around the sun 11 times. She is irreplaceable
A black fluffy cat with a glorious mane and very large intense green eye is sprawled on her Mammy's tummy, next to an open laptop
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This one from Quora made me laugh! A) Europe is a continent not a country; B) Your health system is considered morally indefensible IN EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE PLANET; C) Your own President (sick) admitted in his 1st term that no European try to emigrate to the US ("Shithole countries") SMDH
Here in America we are taught the fact that billions upon billions of people from countries such as Europe are trying to get into America to get healthcare and escape socialized medicine. Why do subjects of those countries refuse to admit this fact?
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Plus ça change, plu c'est la même chose
Picture of Germans saluting Hitler. ONE MAN REFUSES
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
"When dragons belch and hippos flee
My thoughts, Ankh-Morpork, are of thee
Let others boast of martial dash
For we have boldly fought with cash
We own all your helmets, we own all your shoes
We own all your generals - touch us and you'll lose.

Morporkia! Morporkia!
Morporkia owns the day!
We can rule you wholesale
Touch us and you'll pay.

We bankrupt all invaders, we sell them souvenirs
We ner ner ner ner ner, hner ner hner by the ears
Er hner we ner ner ner ner ner
Ner ner her ner ner ner hner the ner
Er ner ner hner ner, nher hner ner ner (etc.)
Ner hner ner, your gleaming swords
We mortgaged to the hilt

Morporkia! Morporkia!
Hner ner ner ner ner ner
We can rule you wholesale
Credit where it's due."
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
TWO wild strawberries from my garden today!
A hand wearing a white gold ring on the index finger is sitting on some very grubby gardening trousers, holding two tiny heart-shaped strawberries
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yeah, it is. Make Russia Muscovy again!
Map of the Principality of Muscovy ca 1400
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The FUTURE is NUCKULAR! We TOTALLY HAVE to build NUCKULAR!
France shuts down two nuclear reactors in heatwave precaution
France’s main energy provider Thursday shut down two nuclear reactors as an environmental protection measure to avoid discharging too much hot water into rivers already warming in a record-breaking heatwave, AFP reported.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This Gytha, alias: Gytha Óg Gyth Goo Twinkletoes Fancypants Monster Bundle Baby Queenie None of which are my password for anything
Glorious black fluffy cat reclining on a sofa
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Love this for them (yoinked from FB)
Patriarchy: I fyou don't want an unplanned pregnancy, keep your legs closed. Women: ...that's not... You know what? Fine. Patriarchy: Also, pick better men. Stop dating as(sic) holes and deadbeats.
Women: Onit.
<Male loneliness epidemic & declining birth rates enter the chat>
Patriarchy: NOT LIKE THAT!!!
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Post an actor or actress that starts with the letter B (First or Last)
Béatrice Dalle in her heyday
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Gytha sends her love
A very fluffy black cat with bright green eyes is lying on several blankets on a sofa
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Serendipity
Conehead the Barbarian's recipe for the perfect (sic) AI promt is seen directly above at T-shirt with "gobshitemaxxing" printed on it
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Would ye ever lookit my big strong babies!
A garden bed surrounded by willow branch fence with primroses and red campion in flower, ajuga yet to flower but spreading well
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Drop your crime-fighting Catholics
Liam Neeson as an RUC officer in Derry Girls
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The first baby I grew myself! So proud of her
A red campion flower (which is actually more purple than red) is shown at the top of a long, slim green stem. There are several unopened buds and some oval leaves
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Holy shit!
Orbán concedes election to Tisza’s Magyar
That’s it.

Viktor Orbán is now speaking at Fidesz’s election night and he says the election result is “clear” as he concedes defeat.

He says he congratulated the winning party and admits the result is painful for Fidesz.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Fucking called it!
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Fucking called it!
A horrific propaganda pic citing the "Easter Rising 2026" next to a caption in blue "Grassroots Campaign" (BULL SHIT, BTW) and the headline: "'Another few days will have things crippled': Inside the protest WhatsApp groups"
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
My garding! (WIP). It has gone from a desert that flooded regularly (like 2/3 flooded) to a wee oasis that has one placemat sized puddle in very heavy rain. The only non Irish-native is the apple tree All credit goes to @gardeningwell.ie for advice & patience
Raised bed edged with willow, containing primrose, ajuga & red campion. A new neighbourhood cat shelter to the sideA large raised bed edged with galvanised metal, containing 2 meadowsweet & 2 cuckoo flower plants (they spread alright?!). In the background, a honeysuckle, ajuga, & a dog rose are in a second raised bed edged with stoneLarge raised bed, with a dwarf apple tree in a big auld pot next to it
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
If Iran ends up inadvertently blowing up Al-Aqsa, that's going to be a BIG problem for them. Which is why "Iran is trying to get a nuke" is a dumb excuse, BB. If Iran ever nuked Jerusalem, or anywhere near it, it would be game over for them. The place is holy for all 3 Abrahamic faiths
Large blast hits Jerusalem’s Old City

Jerusalem's Old City has been struck by falling missile debris during an Iranian attack on Israel, The New York Times reports.

Footage released by Israeli authorities via AP shows a huge blast less than 500 metres from holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Western Wall.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Dubai is the new Amerikkka - the place where Europe has been storing its absolute trash. And they're immigrants, not "expats"
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Sorry Donnie, I can't hear you over this:
Two screeching viragos abusing Joe Biden during his SOTU address. The shorter one has brown hair glasses and is dressed in a black dress and shawl. The taller is a bleach blonde bad built butch bodied woman wearing a red dress
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Screenshot from FB. Post by Jay Kuo: Imagine not being able to find 12 jurors who don't already despise you. Below that is a Twitter screenshot. Post from Drew Harwell: They're having trouble getting jurors in one of the cases against @elonmusk because "so many people hate him so much". Photo of Musk wearing a suit with people in the background and words: 'Hate' for Musk Quickly Narrows Jury Pool in Twitter D...
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Thank you all for your lovely replies! Just so you have an idea, this is what I'm starting with (the plastic covered collapsed box used to be a feral cat shelter, ante storm)
A very grubby and barren backyardMore grubby and barren back yardSlightly less grubby but still barren backyard
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A hardback book on a yellow coffee table. The cover is mostly black with gold, brown, and orange geometric patterns. The title The Trial is printed in gold, over the author name Franz Kafka in white
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This is Esmé, and her older sisfur is Gytha (also black, also fluffy). Esmé is 10, Gytha 14. Their owner died in October so they came to me with no names. Two old ladies who wear midnight? Had to be Esmé & Gytha (yes Esmé is the grumpy one)
A glorious fluffy black cat is sitting on a window sill with white voile curtains behind her
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My 3rd to last Hanukkah present to myself finally arrived! Post is CRAZY this year, but my bourgeois points just got a major boost so overall very happy
A copper pot with brass handle sits on a black ceramic hob. The brand "De Buyer" is engraved on the side.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Wee post-Hanukkah treato for me, thanks to @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
A multi-coloured book is sitting on a bright yellow surface. The hard-covered book is mostly black with orange and gold geometric patterns on it. The title is gold on black "The Trial" with the author's name Franz Kafka in white below
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I am sick of the Judenhasser on the left trying "Antisemitism applies to *all* semitic peoples". It doesn't, it never has, and this piece of sophistry is why I prefer the term Judenhasser. Because it's clear & allows no wriggle room. However, since it's being used, here's the truth of it:
antisemitism, hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group. The term antisemitism was coined in 1879 by the German agitator Wilhelm Marr to designate the anti-Jewish campaigns underway in central Europe at that time. Nazi antisemitism, which culminated in the Holocaust, had a racist dimension in that it targeted Jews because of their supposed biological characteristics—even those who had themselves converted to other religions or whose parents were converts. This variety of anti-Jewish racism dates only to the emergence of so-called “scientific racism” in the 19th century and is different in nature from earlier anti-Jewish prejudices.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
That's just another piece of anti Jewish sophistry invented in the 20th Century, much like "the Nazis were Socialist, it's in their name" in the 21st Century. From Britannica.com:
antisemitism, hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group. The term antisemitism was coined in 1879 by the German agitator Wilhelm Marr to designate the anti-Jewish campaigns underway in central Europe at that time. Nazi antisemitism, which culminated in the Holocaust, had a racist dimension in that it targeted Jews because of their supposed biological characteristics—even those who had themselves converted to other religions or whose parents were converts. This variety of anti-Jewish racism dates only to the emergence of so-called “scientific racism” in the 19th century and is different in nature from earlier anti-Jewish prejudices.
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Hanukkah 2025. No menorah, because I hid it so the Jew Killers wouldn't see it through the window. No celebration. Just rage & despair
A solitary candle burns on a mantlepiece
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
There are foreign cats outside! Protect the mothership at all costs!
A gloriously fluffy back cat glares out the window. She is sitting on the window sill next to a wooden Xmas tree ornament, with a robin ornament above her, flanked by tartan curtains and fairy lights
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Esmé on the bed, Gytha on her cat adoration pedestal (apparently yes she does need all those pillows!)Their owner passed away and they weren't doing well at all in the sanctuary, so they came to live with me on Saturday. Esmé is 14, Gytha is 10
A black fluffy cat is sitting on a bed in a messy room. Her sister is sitting on a pile of pillows stacked on a blanket box under the window
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Felicity @fififinx.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This is MY sofa, that I bought & paid for myself. I got it in the Foy & Co sale, and lads I'm delira with it. The delivery service they have is great, their customer service is fantastic, they're sounders all round... BUT LOOKIT MY SOFA
The most gorgeous forest green velvet chesterfield style sofa in the world ever sits regally among the chaos that ensues when you don't order the bedroom carpets first. There's an obnoxiously yellow coffee table with a copy of "Marx for Cats" sitting on it in the left foreground
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