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Sian

@Funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
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Former Midlander, Londoner, East Anglian; currently Glaswegian. Librarian, feminist, knitter, reader and Remainer / Rejoiner. Unbalanced duck fanatic. I mostly […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.scot/@Funktious, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026
*waves* Hello Mastodon, hope you're all well? We are having building work done, I've been going into work every day for 8 weeks and we're only halfway though 😭 hence my appalling absence, as all I'm doing is working, walking to and from work, playing shitty phone games and occasionally managing […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026
Happy to discover that #glasgow now has its own Science Fiction and Fantasy specialist book shop! sector7books.com Looking forward to exploring.
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Sector 7 Books
Enter Sector 7 Books - Your gateway to all things Horror, Sci Fi, and Fantasy. Inside you will find genre classics, new releases, and rare first editions.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026
We have amassed a sizeable collection of empty whisky canisters that cannot be recycled as they are because they all have metal bottoms. Decided to tackle them today! Prizing the bottom off with a blunt knife ❌ Whacking the bottom out with a rolling pin ❌ Sawing the bottom off with a rusty […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026
Apologies for the *terribly* boring toot, but if anyone in the UK has any opinions to share on reasonably priced brands of LVT flooring, I would love to hear them. Reddit has failed me as for every post saying X brand is great, there’s five posts saying they’re shit. Our budget doesn’t stretch […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026
Always nice to start the week with the sort of day that reminds you Spring is on the way 😀
The Forth and Clyde Canal under a clear blue sky
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026
My new smart watch* says I have done 357 intensity minutes this week, despite all this ice, and therefore I think I have earned this. (* Last year's model, £80 off with work discount, replaceable strap. Got caught out when the strap broke on my last one which […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A cup of tea and a behemoth of a mars brownie with caramel cornflake topping.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026
I’d rather have snow than all this ice - at least you can walk on snow! Have succumbed to my fear of falling and decided to stay home for the day, really hope the temperature rises as I have to go in tomorrow!
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026
Starting my 2026 book thread with a beautiful cover 😍 And the book behind it is just as beautiful. Just the sort of 'place as character' narrative that I really enjoy, this is a lively and lyrical exploration of a certain landscape and the people, animals and […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
Cover of When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026
The period in which Glaswegians compete to see who can dump their Christmas tree in the most egregious manner has begun. This one was literally thrown off a bridge into the river. #glasgow
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026
Spoilt for choice for my first 2026 read - this pile includes Christmas and birthday presents, the results of the annual book token and Waterstones points haul, and a couple of Oxfam Books finds from December also. Today shall be spent perusing and selecting […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A pile of 15 books on a table in front of bookshelves full of other books.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year!!! All the locals seem to have set off their fireworks 20 minutes early and run out already 🤣
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025
I'm off to teach a friend and her child to #knit today! And in looking up beginner resources for them, I'm annoyed at how many online tutorials teach the backwards loop cast on as a starting point - it might be easy but it's a terrible start for any project. And too many go for the knitted cast […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025
A slow clap for the Guardian writer who thinks the best winter walk in the whoooooole of Scotland is…. *drumroll* …Edinburgh to Leith along the Water of Leith. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/dec…
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11 of the UK’s best winter walks – all ending at a cosy pub
Too much turkey and Baileys? Blow away the Christmas cobwebs on one of our rambles. And if that doesn’t work, they all end at a pub for a hair of the dog
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025
Hello Mastodon, I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas! We're back in Glasgow after visiting my parents in the West Midlands, via Carlisle (amazing second hand bookshop!) and Lancaster (lovely yarn shop!) And now we have 9 more days of holiday, with piles of books and chocolates […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025
Dear Father Christmas, I have been very good this year, please can I have any of the following for Christmas; *a good book *some luxury hot chocolate *the long awaited downfall of David Walliams Hugs to Rudolph! Sian
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025
Here come the round ups - while it always annoys me how early these are*, the Reactor (previously tor.com) one is always good for filling my wishlist for the next year. reactormag.com/reviewers-choice-the… (*really, isn't this what the quiet week between Christmas […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025
It's December. It's Dark. I've had enough. I need a list.
Photo of a notepad with a list headed "things what I must do before Christmas'
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025
Is it cheating to try and catch up with your end of year reading goal by binging Murderbot? Well I'm doing it anyway. #books #bookstodon
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/11/2025
If the fashion of my youth is truly back, then where oh where are the slouchy cross body bags that are big enough for a book and some knitting. Where?!
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/11/2025
Anyone know how icy it is in #glasgow this morning? Is it yaktrax worthy?!
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025
I'm curious whether this will work, given that so much of the humour in Adrian Mole is in his skewed perspective of the world, and his inner voice. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/no…
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David Nicholls to adapt The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for BBC
One Day author leading writing team bringing one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s to life
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025
A still, sunny day means beautiful reflections on the canal. #glasgow
An urban canal under clear skies reflecting the scrappy late autumn trees along the bankAn urban canal reflecting a golden late autumn tree and a block of modern flats in the still water
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/11/2025
#silentsunday
A still, wide river under a clear blue sky. A yellow painted chain link fence on the foreground and a bright orange buoy in the water. Mountains in the distance.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025
One of my favourite things to spot on a cold but sunny day 😍
A fox curled up like a cat, sleeping in a sunny spot on the bank of the Forth and Clyde canal
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025
Reposting the #HiddenBooksGame in case anyone is in need of Friday distractions! hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com I can provide hints if you need them! #books #bookstodon
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Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!
Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/11/2025
Ooh, how did #HiddenBooksGame sneak up on me without me realising?! I'm diving in... hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com #books #bookstodon
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Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!
Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 08/11/2025
A beautifully located artwork in the glen at the Kelburn Estate near Largs.
A lively river runs through a glen and on the riverbank above it, a series of wooden letters spell out the words My Beloved. A smaller stream runs down between the letters to join the river.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025
If you’re following me on Bluesky, please know that I can’t follow you back unless you bridge your account. It’s not difficult! Instructions here: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started I miss you all and would be happy to follow you back if could.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025
A very sad read about working life at the British Library after the cyber attack that happened two years ago: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-… As a Library Systems person, that attack is always at the back of my mind as I work […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025
I hate to sound rabidly self centred, and of course I hope no one is hurt, but I have West Coast Main Line induced PTSD* so I can’t help but take it personally that the day before I have to travel for work, there is a derailment and all lines are blocked. I can already feel my heart rate […]
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Kolombiken @kolombiken.front-end.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025
These berries are mine! Don’t even think about it!
A fieldfare is perched on a small branch among a lot of red berries, it has a beautiful ochre-colored chest full of tiny dark spots, the light grey head is tilted to the side and it got a searching look.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025
The first of November, along the Kelvin Walkway #Glasgow #Scotland #poetry
A river bordered with autumnal trees, and a blue sky behindGolden leaves clinging to a tree, with blue skies behind A bridge over a river, with a church tower beside it and mostly bare trees, though one still has golden leavesText of the poem November by Maggie Dietz, from the Poetry Foundation website
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Photo of curled up fox. It snuck its nose under the tail.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2025
Two #UrsulaLeGuin treats from these days off. #books #bookstodon
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025
Having some days off to enjoy Autumn properly. #Crieff #perthshire #Scotland
A wide river with trees turning gold and red along it's bank and blue skies above.The tree canopy with green and gold leaves lit by the sun A broad path covered with fallen leaves, beneath green and gold trees lit by the sun Two men fishing in a river, bordered by autumnal trees
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2025
#SilentSunday
A riverside path with a low stone wall on the right and trees on the left, covered in fallen leaves and illuminated by the late, low sunAutumnal leaves clinging to a tree lit by the sunA faint rainbow over autumnal trees on a river bankLarge riverside houses reflected in the water
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2025
Showed great restraint at the Glasgow School of Yarn. #knitting #yarn
Four skeins of yarn; one dark blue DK from Iolair Yarns, one lavender blue 4 ply from Woollenflower, two vibrant green worsted from Rainbow Heirloom
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025
#SilentSunday
Sunshine lighting up oak leaves that are just starting to turn goldenA wooden bridge beneath an old oak tree, the path covered in fallen acornsTrees by the river turning to gold
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025
This is why I've been silent for several weeks - still only a baby cardigan but all the K1 P1 has been keeping me very busy. Cast off the second sleeve the very day its recipient was born, so once it's dry and has buttons it will be on its way. Pattern […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]
A green, textured, buttonless baby cardigan drying on a pink towel
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025
I was driven to the pub from my office and the very, very large spreadsheet of academic journal collections I'm wading through when I encountered "Advances in Cement Research" and the "Magazine of Concrete Research." I mean really.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025
Autumn sun at Balloch. Love feeling the changing of the seasons.
View up Loch Lomond with colourful buoys on the loch in the foreground and mountains in the distance
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025
I was worried I'd missed my chance for these beauties, but found an excellent haul on a wall along the canal yesterday 😍😍😍
A handful of conkers, beautiful shiny wonky conkers.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2025
Alas, my lucky run of never having being stung has ended, at the age of 42. Got stabbed right in the neck by a fucking wasp that got caught in my hair. In fucking September. Little bastard.
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Derick Rethans @derickr.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2025
📷 Wren 🚩 Hollow Lane, Wealden, United Kingdom #Photography #Birds #BirdPhotography #Aves
A little brown bird stands atop a lichen and moss covered branch amongst green foliage.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2025
I'd forgotten how very satisfying baby knits are - I started this on Saturday evening! Pattern is Breather by Lisa Chemery, yarn is Malabrigo Rios in Whole Grain. #knitting
Partially knitted baby jumper, in a mottled grey colour.
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025
Is the country not divided enough, that the Guardian needs to try and ignite the 'big light' debate once more? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/20… (As an avowed 'big light' person […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025
I've never received yarn in an *envelope* before! As soon as I cut the plastic it filled out in the most satisfying way, with a very gentle sigh.
Side on view of a vacuum packed plastic bag with 4 skeins of yarn, looking ludicrously thinTop view of vacuum packed bag of yarn
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2025
I am choosing yarn for some baby #knitting, which has got me thinking about the the ridiculous assumptions and preconceptions we have about colour. Like, I would put a baby girl in blue, but what if the parents don't want to? Is purple a good colour for babies - I instinctively feel it isn't […]
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2025
#SilentSunday
A river running into the sea on the Ayrshire coast. The sky is blue with white clouds, the wind is ruffling the sea into white crests and there's lots of grass growing on the dunes
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Sian @funktious.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2025
There are good deals on several Ursula Le Guin, Becky Chambers and Kazuo Ishiguro titles on Kobo right now. And also Lolly Willowes for £2.99 which is an excellent read. #books #bookstodon
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