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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Did three hours of CPR training at work this morning and then my brain and body agreed it was very unfair that I also had to do work in the afternoon

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went to the ice hockey derby between my local SHL team and our sworn enemies from another city in our region. We won, yay! But a bus ride home where fans of each team are singing their songs at each other and bouncing up and down is very loud, wow

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I finished my whole dumbbell strength training program!!! Last summer I was near the end when bad life things happened & I lost energy for all non-work activities, but this year I made it all the way through, though I adapted the schedule so it’s taken me a bit longer than the suggested 8 weeks

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Times are getting a bit tough on my end, and having some work lined up would help immensely. If you have any need of editing or sensitivity reading, please keep me in mind!

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quite enjoyed the new Spider-Man movie

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Learning pastel painting and becoming more involved with my union

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I don’t know who I could possibly blame for this, but I am currently watching Shetland

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Please witness me, I did my strength training! I skipped it earlier in the week for reasons, and I really don’t want to fall out of my routine, which I unfortunately tend to do in autumn. So trying to give myself extra pats on the back for the sessions I do #exercise

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I found a Rarity-69 word worth 89 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 815 points · 10 rare words. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/VT8PKS

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OUTLIER · Day 101

iaagel scored 815 on Day 101. Can you beat them?

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Another Lake Vättern motif.

A drawing on grey paper made with waterbased markers, pen, pencil and coloured pencils. It shows a small sail boat on a lake on an autumn day.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am being so ineffective at working from home today

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Omg this pole vault duel!!! Also omg Alison Dos Santos!!! #DiamondLeagueZürich

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I’m trying to create a better setup for myself to do pastel painting, so that I won’t have to take everything out and pack it back up every session, which currently is quite a hurdle. Spent tonight assembling an IKEA cart for my supplies.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

State of the world: multiple people in the pastel painting Facebook group I’m in are painting wildfires

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

One of my fave Swedish athletes, discus thrower Vanessa Kamga, won bronze at the Euros. She is like an injection of joy and power at all times, winning a medal clearly made it extra. (Such a pretty lady. And she also has a Swedish record in weight lifting.)

A muscular black woman in Swedish National colours spinning in place after just releasing a discus throw. She is bright against a dark sky.

A black woman in Swedish national colours holding up the Swedish flag behind her and smiling. She has a bronze medal around her neck.

A black woman in Swedish national colours holding up the Swedish flag behind her, raising her arms high and screaming in triumph. She has a bronze medal around her necklaces in

A black woman wrapped in the Swedish flag jumping up and down and screaming for joy. The flag billows out behind her like a cape.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I am enjoying making my silly little art tonight

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Was talking about Brötchen and how much her name delights me the other day, and here she is. I feel the name loses something in translation, though

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Having a migrainey week and I don’t like it

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

For my Swedish friends, a petition against Google AI data centres in Sweden: Den 10 augusti samlas kommunstyrelserna i Timrå och Sundsvall för att avgöra frågan om Googles nya massiva AI-center. Dags att rädda elnätet från techjättarnas exploatering! » kampanj.skiftet.org/s/MyKXHPe8

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Stoppa Googles serverhallar

Utländska serverhallar slukar energi motsvarande tiotusentals villor. Nu förbereds en massiv utbyggnad, vilket sätter press på elnätet och lokalmiljön.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Pangzi + dynamite = 😀😀😀

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It's me, Nico. @nicasio.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It is my birthday, please hire me.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When I order things from a shop in the UK, Royal Mail sends me emails about the delivery that appear google translated into something that isn’t Swedish but a pan-Scandinavian near miss

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Every time I remember that Berlin Zoo have a baby pygmy hippo named Brötchen, I get a spike of joy

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Please witness me, I have completed the project I set myself for summer leave, to go through my closets, sort out clothes for donation, and reorganise. I now have four bags to give away, one bag with stuff from the bottom of the closet to throw away, and closets are clean and not over stuffed

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Jarvis-dog had surgery yesterday to remove a small growth on his eyelid that was bothering his eye. Because he is old and has suboptimal kidney values, they sent him home with a couple of days’ worth of opioids instead of other painkillers. He is very adorably high as a kite in his cone of shame 😍

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sad to hear about Sam Neill leaving us. So much of his work will always be with me

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Thunderstorm! (I need a gif of Wu Xie and his tape recorder)

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Today we met this guy in the woods

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Now that I’m on summer leave I have time and energy to work on my drawing again. Still enjoying this “learning to make visual art with my hands in my middle age” stuff. Here is a drawing from my own reference photo of a bird I met a couple of weeks ago

A drawing of a white wagtail, a small black, white and grey bird, sitting on a wood railing against a background of green foliage.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

14° C (57° F) at 8am. After last week’s heatwave we got a huge drop in temperature and massive rain since yesterday afternoon

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perclexed @perclexed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

At $255/$555. Running out of OTC meds, and I need to pay for my prescription meds very soon or they won’t ship my auto refills in time. And I would very much like to purchase food this month. Reposts help, if you can’t lend a financial hand. We’re all stretched so thin…. #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I think this must be the knitted Icelandic sweater I got on a trip there as a kid in the mid 80s. Rediscovered it recently, and because 80s fashion was loose fitting, I can still wear it now as middle aged adult. And the wool is as new. Much tighter fit though 😂

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

In other devastating art news, I read @nghivo.bsky.social’s latest Singing Hills novella, A Long and Speaking Silence. Brutal & delicately tender, of and for these current times. Listened to the audiobook while walking round the lake & had to step off the path not to alarm people with my crying

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We finally watched Pluribus. It’s so damn good. I’m wildly in love with the cinematography; every single shot is so well thought through and well executed

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I wish to complain to the manager about this humidity

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, What’s yours?

A medieval tower sitting at the top of stone steps, seen through a brick archway

The same tower at night, lit by spotlights against a dark sky

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Excited to learn A.K. Larkwood will have a new book out next year, given my feral obsession with The Serpent Gates

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Started my strength training program again after having stopped last August when I was continuously exhausted after my mum’s death. Definitely obvious it’s been a while. I will be so sore tomorrow! #exercise

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Realising I always just assumed writer newsletters were like companies’ marketing emails and set to no-reply

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Iona @singlecrow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

it's the long, lovely, northern summer solstice! 17 hours of daylight, light till 11pm. for those of you elsewhere, there's Sing For The Coming of the Longest Night, @krfabian.bsky.social's and my weird-ancient, poly-romantic solstice novella www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...

cover for Sing For The Coming of the Longest Night - dark background, silver text, single sprig of holly

The world you know is underneath the substance of another, with cracks in the firmament that let the light of its magic in…

Layla and Nat have nothing in common but their boyfriend – enigmatic, brilliant Meraud – and their deep mutual dislike. But when Meraud disappears after an ambitious magical experiment goes wrong, they may be the only ones who can follow the trail of cryptic clues that will bring him safely home.

To return Meraud to this world, the two of them will confront every obstacle: the magic of the wild unknowable, a friendly vicar who’s only concerned for their spiritual wellbeing, and even the Thames Water helpline. All of which would be doable, if only they didn’t have to do it together.

But the winter solstice is fast approaching – and once the year turns, Meraud will be lost forever. As buried secrets lead to unexpected revelations, Nat and Layla must find a way to overcome their differences before it’s too late.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Glad midsommar, Swedish friends! 🌸🌼🌺🌼🌸

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I am now on four weeks’ leave! This spring has been a lot at work, and I felt like my leave came very suddenly in the midst of a really busy time. Will probably take some days to turn the stress off. Been having this weird feeling all evening of “what if I’m just bored and restless for four weeks?”

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Toft @toft.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I love these giant warrior and tiny monk stories

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Beetroot! It has this yucky sweetness I can’t stand (Because I come from Skåne, the southernmost region of Sweden, I’m compelled to say I mean red beets, because just beets clearly means sugar beets, which we grow by the fuckton. But you don’t generally eat those except in the form of, well, sugar.)

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Me: I want to share Swedish poetry with you! It is great! Also me: But all the translations are terrible!

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Since I was talking about him, have a poem by Harry Martinson in a not terrible translation by Robert Bly. “Dusk in the country”:

Picture of a poem that reads:

The riddle silently sees its image. It spins evening
among the motionless reeds.
There is a frailty no one notices
there, in the web of grass.

Silent cattle stare with green eyes.
They mosey in evening calm down to the water.
And the lake holds its immense spoon
up to all the mouths.

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Isagel @isagel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Explain your @ Isagel is a character in the 1956 epic sci-fi poem Aniara by Swedish author Harry Martinson, which I happened to be reading when I needed an internet handle. She is a pilot on a doomed ship drifting through space.

The cover of Aniara by Harry Martinson. It shows an watercolour painting in a simple style of the planet Earth surrounded by the blackness of space

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