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Kay Grannell

@ismarah.bsky.social
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sarcastic bi romantic immigrant zebra she / her stay at home designer / dabbler I’d rather do things solo than not do them at all <- note to self 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇸🇪🇺🇬🇧🇵🇸 🏊‍♀️🚶‍♀️📚🧵 London-ish, ex Reykjavík

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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Tldr; social media won’t make us happy
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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s a beautiful day in the tiger enclosure and you are a horrible goose.
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Ólafur Waage @olafurw.com · 10/10/2026
Wrong Icelandic Airport youtube.com/shorts/c67TS...
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Wrong Icelandic Airport #nordic #iceland #norway #sweden #airport
YouTube video by Ólafur Waage
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Ólafur Waage @olafurw.com · 09/10/2026
You replaying Half-Life again for the 20th time is the same thing as your boomer dad watching the Godfather for the 20th time. Sorry.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
++out of good books error++ ++rerereread old books++
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
happy bare minimum Friday to all who celebrate
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is interesting to me as someone who had a contrary reaction to the sedative given, which then led to the top up wearing off quickly. Nobody noticed until I said ‘ow that hurts’ and then me & the gastroenterologist had a long chat afterwards about weird drugs reactions. Tldr; do not recommend!
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 08/10/2026
Listening to a financial chat where someone says, "We're actually only in the first generation or two of women being able to have complete control of their own finances." And that was like an oh wow moment. Like you know it but you don't KNOW it, you know?
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David Rose's Shocked 'My God'
ALT: David Rose's Shocked 'My God'
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Email at 18:51 ‘your item will be delivered today’ I kind of hope not? Let the poor delivery person go home please.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For years I have scoffed at sweet and salty popcorn as an abomination (do one thing well, not both badly!) except now I am addicted to salted caramel chocolate pretzels. The shame.
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DRINK WATER FROM THE SKULLS OF YOUR ENEMIES! IF YOU HAVE CRUSHED THEIR SKULLS, USE A GLASS.
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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Save the king from rockslides” “save the king from drowning” listen, mobile game ads, we’ll talk when you make a game where I guillotine the king for his crimes.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reminded suddenly of the NYE party in ‘99 where people were subtly dissing me because they didn’t think I’d like Autechre. I looked too plump and mainstream, I guess. The joke was on them, I was the only one who knew how to make a gravy with the meal. Autechre, of all things.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two nap days again. Stupid flares. Stupid body.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I wanna fix something. I can’t fix it. I have to live with it. I don’t like it.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Decided on a rare breakfast in bed (rare because crumbs ick). Managed zero crumbs!! Spilt my drink instead.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I drive a dark blue BMW and sometimes wear my hi-viz jacket and sunglasses just to see how many drivers behave themselves and drive carefully. It's amazing how many do. The police should pay civilians to do this as a duty to keep bad drivers in check.
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Bex @bexg93.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.
A screenshot of the Wayback Machine page when trying to access the suppressed Amnesty report into anti-trans organisation and networks in the UK saying "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine".
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please talk me out of buying velvet covers for my sofa, for the snuggle factor.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Two years since crushing defeat, the Tories have made no substantive efforts for reputation rehabilitation. Are they regretful of Brexit? What about Partygate or austerity?” My col. ahead of Tory conference on the vandals of Britain. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances Ryan
Rather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployed, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
All my book options are unappealing but I can’t justify reading the Vorkosigan saga again this year. The eInk will wear out.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/10/2026
Ground Effect xkcd.com/3305/
Comic. [Two people flailing high in the air. Three people on the ground running ahead of them. Arrows and a dotted line indicate that this second group is within roughly one body length of the surface.] [caption] The “ground effect” explains why sprinters can run most efficiently if they stay within roughly one body length of the surface.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The other say I saw an image of a kebab spit style tiramisu which is obviously an affront to all things Italian but right now it would really hit the spot.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lol and lol again.
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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By me for Amateur Photographer: “I put the new iPhone AI photo editing tools to the test – the results are sometimes downright weird” Testing Clean Up, Extend and Reframe in the name of SCIENCE. And, yeah, the results were… variable. amateurphotographer.com/software/i-p...
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I put the new iPhone AI photo editing tools to the test - the results are sometimes downright weird
Apple says Clean Up is improved and infers that the new Extend and Reframe tools are a marvel, but the reality is more complicated
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ope about to be invisible again
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/09/2026
Boat. Gird.
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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everyone talks about Batman in icelandic being Leðurblökumaðurinn but Spider-Man is Köngulóarmaðurinn and he gets to be left alone about it
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 KINDLE UK DAILY DEAL 🚨 Don't miss out! Grab @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's belovéd fantasy classic THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and enter the court of reluctant ruler Maia as he learns to navigate his distant father's complex realm and builds bridges along the way. Snap it up for only 99p! 👉️ buff.ly/dnkFJbc
Against a black and gold patterned background, an eReader with the UK cover for Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN EMPEROR. White text: "Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal" 99p.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
never skip leg day
An oil painting of a giant white ox, with a massive body and extremely tiny legs. He stands solemnly in a field beneath a moody sky, as if presiding over some kind battle.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can you imagine we didn’t edit ourselves and just instantly said whatever came into our heads at all times? No me neither.
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 28/09/2026
Parasocial media: why influencers really aren't your friend www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/04-para... How the very design of social media supercharges misinformation and harm.
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Parasocial media: why influencers really aren't your friend
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 27/09/2026
“‘Don’t feed the trolls’ really is good advice – here’s the evidence” theconversation.com/dont-feed-the-t… > what really influences trolling behaviour is the social pleasure derived from knowing that others are annoyed by it
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‘Don’t feed the trolls’ really is good advice – here’s the evidence
A new study suggests that the pleasure of getting an angry reaction is the biggest predictor of online trolling behaviour – meaning that the best way to fight back is just to ignore them.
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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Column! I’m still using a six-year-old Apple MacBook Air M1 – here’s why I don’t need to upgrade. www.stuff.tv/features/im-... This one is sure to thrill Apple’s accounts team.
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I’m still using a six-year-old Apple MacBook Air M1 – here’s why I don’t need to upgrade | Stuff
Six years after Apple Silicon changed the Mac forever, the original MacBook Air with M1 still has enough power to make a second-hand one surprisingly tempting
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am reminded that in all my studies contextual theory was my favourite and maybe I SHOULD go do that ridiculous second MA. I mean, I won’t, because £££££, but it would be fun. Scary but fun.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🩷💜💙 oh hai bi visibility day 🩷💜💙
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Your occasional dose of ear candy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Ej...
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kwes. - LGOYH (Let Go Of Your Hurt) (feat. Sampha & Tirzah)
YouTube video by kwes.
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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026
Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I did not nap today and both I and my spine can tell.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have just done a task I have had planned since April. The relief I feel is only slightly greater than my chagrin at how little time it actually took, of course.
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 22/09/2026
“I said no and Apple said yes – David Bushell – Web Dev (UK)” dbushell.com/2026/09/22/apple-intel… > AI bros keep telling me “just turn it off” and when I do they remove the choice.
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I said no and Apple said yes
The one where Apple decides consent doesn’t matter anymore.
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Colm Ryan 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 @woodpigeon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Imagine if they just stopped reporting him - full stop. Just an old ghoul waving his fists at the clouds. And nobody reporting it. Just silence, as he launches spit-flecked missives into the ether.
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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Gemini: A Gemini is someone you can trust to help you hide a dead body, but you can’t trust them not to dress the body up in a clown costume and parade it around a bit.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having a rare ‘what should I read’ moment. I do have a stack TBR but none of it is gripping me right now.
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Ólafur Waage @olafurw.com · 19/09/2026
If you are a store and you wanna put an "ANNO" sign on the front and the year is after 1999? Just... don't. ANNO 2024 just looks sad. Sorry.
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Craig Grannell @craiggrannell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Column! I refuse to let old iPods, iPads and mobile games die and found a way to bring them back from the digital dead www.stuff.tv/features/i-r...
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I refuse to let old iPods, iPads and mobile games die and found a way to bring them back from the digital dead | Stuff
It turns out that I’m done abandoning perfectly good Apple gear and smartphone games, thanks to iMazing and an APK extractor
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have no words. WTAF. Denmark, how could you?!
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/09/2026
…yeah, okay, that’s pretty much it.
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Kay Grannell @ismarah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bookending my week by being too dizzy to function all day Monday and then again part of Friday is not how I want to be living my life.
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“This isn’t the sort of prejudice that comes with an ableist slur or a violent push. It is the gentle, everyday belief certain kinds of lives – certain kinds of people – come with low expectations.” My column on the growing care abroad scandal and what it says. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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An effective ban on disabled people leaving Britain? You read that right, and we will not settle for it | Frances Ryan
This scandal shows there are many who don’t expect us to live rich lives – and that paternalism lives on in disability services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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