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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Still is. Not to mention the copious gin too.

Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thank you. I'd assumed David Austin just sold their modern (albeit beautiful) roses, so hadn't investigated the shop before.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

A nihilistic sheep, who, like so many other sheep, just wants to watch the world burn, staring at me insouciantly, moments after it has set fire to a large portion of the United Kingdom.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I want one (or more) of these but I haven't seen one for sale!

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Birds, including swans, are of course evolved from dinosaurs.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Out with the dogs before 5am.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you for the jade, and the update. Hope you're recovering, even if slowly.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It's 8.40pm and I'm in bed, and it's nice and I'm tired and looking forward to sleep. The sun won't set for an hour, but luckily I have blackout curtains. My teenage self would be appalled. (Tbf, it seems a pity to waste a lovely summer evening, but - tired.)

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I like to pretend I'm still in my 20s too, but at least I don't expect anyone else to pretend too.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

That’s the perfect name for this time of oligarchs: “the Re-Gilded Age.”

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and the children’s book world, is saddened by the news that author, mentor and friend, Jane Yolen, has died. She was 87 and her loss cannot be measured. Please find the full obituary here: www.scbwi.org/remembering-...

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

He may well not even realise how feeble he is. I've known more than a few men who imagine themselves so much better than they are, even in a gym class with a mirror that should show them how little they're doing.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The older generation - of which the Princess Royal is really the last senior member - knew the provenance is a bit dodgy. The newer lot, in which I include Camilla, don't know and/or don't care. Very much hoping for a scandal when something they shouldn't own comes out at a very public event.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It looks so frumpy on the mannequin and so elegant on Michelle!

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Doing what he's told to do, by those pulling strings and holding purses.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

How exciting! Congratulations!

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I work part-time at a boarding kennels. All dogs' bags/equipment/food is labelled with their name and surname: Luna Smith Cobweb Jones Rover MacDonald Bobby Brown

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Oh dear. What a pity. Never mind.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

One thing that was interesting is that my eyes got really dry (diabetes symptom) and made contact lenses uncomfortable. As soon as I'd lost a decent amount of weight, the dryness disappeared!

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What worked well for me was making large pans of tasty soup full of vegetables, beans, pulses, and eat lots of it. Filling, healthy, and at least two or three meals a week sorted.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Yes, this. Just some sort of activity after eating makes all the difference.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The main thing is work out the best way for you to lose weight and do it. Health reasons tend to concentrate the mind enormously.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I was diagnosed with incipient Type 2 a few years ago. I lost about 15kg weight with intermittent fasting and largely cutting out sugar. Weight has largely stayed off, sweet tooth disappeared (apart from occasional chocolate cravings) and I'm no longer at risk of diabetes. cont...

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What a nasty bruise! Goodness me! I wonder who gave him that? Richly deserved, regardless.

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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If you'd like to support my writing & ongoing treatment, why not visit my little Etsy shop which has dozens of Shell County & Natural History posters for sale, Japanese prints, English etchings & rare books: prices from £10, with more items added every day! Offers welcome. etsy.com/shop/Sourisd...

Shell Guide to Life in the Meadow. An original 1956 poster by John Leigh-Pemberton.

An 1816 aquatint of the Royal Exchange, Cornhill.

Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) woodblock print, ca.1838. "Bamboo" from the series "Three Beauties as Pine, Bamboo and Plum."

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Old Fox's recipes are always lovely in themselves, but also full of his time and place in the world too.

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Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

For sale! I've just listed a new collection of 19th century, Edo-period Japanese prints on my Etsy shop, including a spectacular Kunisada triptych and a series of exquisite Genji-e. If you like something, do feel free to make me an offer! etsy.com/shop/Sourisd...

Prince Genji stands by a flowing river under wisteria blossom. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Chapter 33, Fuji no Uraba, from Genji monogatari (Tale of Genji), 1853.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Then they downgraded education so the populace would believe what the rich elite told them to believe.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Started kind and nice, ended rather bleak?

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I've just been to look and everything I'd have recommended is already there. Good question to ask.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Absolutely. It's the best around at the moment, bridging that gap between academic stuff and popular. But yes, a bit out of date now.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Indeed. I have one pair of socks in it, and several more skeins. Must use them, there's no point in saving them.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I adore all of DoS's yarn. I have a small secret stash that I almost love too much to use.

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Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋 @danielrigal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The same people who anointed Starmer, and are trying to anoint Farage, are looking for all and any kompromat on Polanski. When you read weird stories in the papers against Polanski, and they seem desperately thin, know that they went dumpster diving and that rubbish was all they could find.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Lots of lovely references to #indigo and African and Indian #textiles.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Western Africa in general has a rich textile tradition. The noted Arab traveler Ibn Battutah once visited Kano, an ancient trading city in northern Nigeria, where he remarked on the indigo dye pits of Kofor Mata. Six hundred years later, those same pits are being used today.

Three men wearing striped white-blue indigo-dyed fabrics

A bunch of women wearing navy and light blue indigo-dyed fabrics.

Someone wearing a dark indigo-dyed head wrap.

Some men wearing traditional African garb and dark indig-dyed head wraps.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The level of realism of the one in the middle is quite astounding!

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ιм єνιℓ иσω :3 @vreni.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My stone through-terrace faces North, so I only get direct (and oblique) sun through the big front windows at this time of year. So we stay cool in hot summers, which is an added bonus I didn't realise when we bought it. Much smaller windows on the hot side, and I have blackout blinds

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Much easier to add heat to your body (more clothes, sitting on a radiator, clutching a HWB), than take it out, especially if you're active or can't get out of the sun.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

First thing I did with my Suzi Pro when I got it in 2002 was get a small orifice flyer instead of the delta. Now I mainly use the baby bobbins and flyer (not the lace one) because I like to spin fine and fast.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Snap! Mine's the same colour. I use it for plying, mainly as I don't like the delta orifice. Hope the knee mends well.

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

As the job rejection list grows longer and more disheartening after 8 months of applications, if you are in need of a researcher or tutor please do get in contact. I have over a decades worth of research and teaching experience as well as a strong publication record.

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Early start (before 7am) for a walk today, but still too hot to walk up Pendle. So we went round Lower Ogden reservoir and paddled in the river at Barley. Back home by 9.30 for another quiet day in the garden.

Gate with reservoir and hill beyond, dog with her head through

Green field, reservoir, Pendle Hill reflected

Stream with one dog paddling, other watching

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Freyalyn @freyalyn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Almost the same as me! Wordle 1,798 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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