#SmallBeauties #Caturday

I’m listening to #TheArchersPodcast, ep 62, where they are playing listeners’ favourite clips in anticipation of the 75th anniversary. Emma Freud refers to as “jealousy” Debbie’s feelings on learning that her father and her husband have been cheating. This strikes me as– 1/2 #TheArchers

[Full disclosure - I'm coming at this as a Zappa fan.] I have a problem with the 'tribute act' label. When The London Philharmonic play the Planet Suite, are they a Gustav Holst tribute act? If not, why not?

CHECK OUT THE SECOND SHOT! It’s incredible! #birds

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

One last Random Post for the night: This book I’ve started reading doesn’t have a date. Drove me mad so I looked it up online and wrote it in myself. This book does not have page numbers. No page numbers! If you can get words on a page, you can paginate. For crying out loud. LOL. Good night!

People always ask me what gives me hope these days and the answer is always the same: the next generation. This past fall, I spoke with two Spelman college students about Governor Lisa Cook, my pre-med chronicles, and why Black women and girls matter to #economics. It FED my soul. #blacksky

Afternoon. One of us has a small (but growing!) online archive. Follow the project at @oldzinescene.bsky.social and you'll see pieces of Irish (and occasionally other) literary history! #Irishmagazines #irishpoetry #irishliterature

Well, that was depressing. As usual, it’s the dead of night and I can’t sleep. I’m too rattled from being so exhausted and having to keep pushing through to be able to relax. I’m sick of reading and listening to music and listening to TV. So I looked to see if there was an app— 1/3

I remember when the future looked like this. It was beautiful and exciting and I was 10 years old and agape. I’m almost glad we couldn’t afford to go. Expo 67 Montréal has always been a gleaming fantasy for me. If we’d gone it would’ve been real and not as much fun 1/3 www.nfb.ca/film/impress... 

Canada needs more social housing. We have like 2/3 less public housing units per capita than the UK which is NOT a leader either

It is interesting to me the huge gap in understanding between folks who are not chronically ill and those who are, especially those with rare illnesses Likeas a rule just about anyone who is chronically ill, especially those with rare illnesses **knows** how valuable talking with other spoonies is

What a wonderful wide street! Is Ambridge so well appointed? #ReturnToCranford #TheArchers

The Roman festival of Saturnalia ran from Dec 17 - 23. Party party party....

In amannaí, is deacair a bheith i do Ghaeilgeoir. www.independent.ie/seachtain/ci...

Let people know how loved they are. Never hold back. Time flies. Apologize. Forgive. Be kind. Rebuild the bridges. Hold your palms up and open and allow for peace, freedom and blessings. There will be a last hug, last kiss, last smile, last words and last hand holding. Make each moment count.

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.social I don't suppose you have any idea who painted this, do you? (Wynken, Blynken and Nod)

You will be visited by three spirits.

#TheArchersXmasBingo #TheArchersChristmasBingo

Hang on! In the spirit of fairness & transparency. Bingo cards need to be posted by midnight 24th December. Predictions to cover till midnight on 6th January. Then on 7th we can all see who got the highest score. #TheArchers #TheArchersXmasBingo 1/2

I am watching Sandi's Wood, with Sandi Toksvig and her wife Debbie rehabilitating some English woodland. I just noticed that it's rated 18+. This absolutely baffled me till I remembered two things: she says fuck, and they're lesbians. I doubt it's to do with the latter, so that leaves the F word? 🤔

Two words: Palestine Action.

Against my better judgement I decided to try a new-to-me American SF series. There are five main characters: a Russian, a Chinese, an English, an American, and an Indian. Who do you think were the neutral-to-good characters (perhaps a bit lame), the main/hero guy, and the apparently bad guys?

And I now have some outsiders in the Meadow Farm tenancy race… The Grundys! Very very long odds, but if they all clubbed together…? Perhaps with a bit of help from Oliver, or Will selling up? The more I think, the longer the odds get I admit. But it’s a thought!! #TheArchers

I love that my friend’s wonderful novel, Winter on the Plain of Ghosts by Eileen Kernaghan, is mentioned on a website devoted to the Indus Valley, where the book is set. I love all of Eileen’s books, but this is my favourite. www.harappa.com/content/wint...

"A Bhríd (To Brigid)" by Alan Wells. On Stone on the Belly, a Brigit poetry blog. #BrigitOfIreland #BrigidGoddess #SaintBrigid #IrishMythology #PaganSky #Poetry stonebelly.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-bh...

Have I posted this lovely photo of a Sandhill crane? #blurb 🪶

I went to a craft fair and got a lovely felted bird for my friend.

@essythorn.bsky.social So funny! I just discovered I already published it under a different name. But I like enough to leave them both — unless you want me to take one of them down. (So confusing!)

@sarahmaintains.bsky.social Hi, Sarah. Would you be willing to let me post your brilliant poem "A Prayer to St Bridget” on my blog? Here is a link to it: stonebelly.blogspot.com (Sorry for the abrupt message. I feel more awkward even than usual asking permission, since it’s “in public.”)

Well! Somehow with the 1 million tabs I had open on the iPad I lost the recipe I was going to use. I wanted to watch that video one more time! Nevertheless, I farmered on and made my very first soda bread. It's not perfect visually, but it looks (and smells) yummy. Now, a few minutes for it to cool.

Oh, no! They are dumping Voyager, too! No no no no no no no no no!

Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.

Watching a few DS9 before Netflix kills the series. It’s so good. I’m really sorry to have it go.

I am 100% right eyebrowed. If only I could do with my left eyebrow what I can do with my right! It’s like there’s a tractor beam on my left eyebrow, but my right eyebrow can dance through space!

The story of Facebook. Corey Doctorow explains how social media starts out being great, but then locks in users, then locks in advertisers, and then screws both over in favour of shareholders. Enshittification is the word he invented to describe this.

I love the invertebrate feed because I get to see wonderful pictures of bees and spiders and moths and all kinds of things. But I find it distressing when I see an insect or spider killed and used for art. Luckily, there aren’t too many of those on the feed.

Guess what I’m going to make tomorrow!

Saw a nice cardigan in a shop window so I went in to have a look. $565. You can imagine how toney they thought I was when my response was, “Holy shit! Well, that’s not going to happen!”

56 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sadly, Netflix is dumping all of the Star Trek series except for one. Happily, the one series that it’s not dumping is my favourite: Voyager.

I used to be a Crisis volunteer. It was, indeed, a massive logistical undertaking. It was also where I learned to roll ciggies - decades before vapes, hundreds per day were handed out, rolled in our down time!

When did paper get so brittle? When I tear up paper to use the backside for notes it tears weirdly now. How has the process changed, I wonder?

Verses Felpersham 🤔 #TheArchers

Tatreez 101: Palestinian Embroidery with Alexandra Verma Sunday Dec 14th, 2025 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Workshops/Education Cross & Crows Books Vancouver, BC, Canada www.crossandcrows.com/events/39777...