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Karie Ghoulish

@kariebookish.bsky.social

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I do things with wool & words. She/her. Tired. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇰🏳️‍🌈 These are all my personal views and do not represent anyone else. Find my stuff at kariebookish.net

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hello! Quite a few new followers. I'm Karie, a Danish woman living in Glasgow, Scotland. I've written a knitting book about Early Modern printing, teach psychogeographical craft workshops, stamp books, make my own jeans, and married someone from Clan Fraser before it was cool.

White middle-aged cos woman with teal hair, fancy eyeliner, a yellow hand-knitted shawl and a green coat is hiding behind a takeaway coffee

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 3h

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1d

the "protein powder has a zillion percent lead in it" story explains a LOT of the conversations i overhear while waiting for a bench to free up

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 13h

My hairdresser, the lovely Antonio, was quite careful when he told me I needed to spend time styling my hair.

Trust me, my version of "styling" isn't as time consuming as drying long hair. I'll cope.

Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 13h

Haircut. Yes, I work in arts and heritage.

A middle-aged white woman with short blue hair.

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 13h

Also, the dark & dim room that house the Gutenberg bibles is a bank vault with fire doors. You know, in case there is an attempted robbery or a fire.

Of course everything being housed in an interim building might have changed that but .. I understand the set-up.

Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 13h

That makes sense if it's interim. The original building is purpose-built so it might be under renovation.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 14h

🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 13h

This does not match my experience of the Gutenberg Museum at all. There being no mention of Asian printing is deeply baffling to me, to say the least.

Granted, I was last there pre-pandemic but surely whole rooms could not have disappeared.

Roland Allen, author of 'The Notebook: a History' @zibaldoni.bsky.social · 1d

I don't normally like dumping on honest pros doing their job but I've just been round the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz and am disappointed to the point of fury.

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 14h

There is a room dedicated to Asian printing with a very big display of a Chinese type tray?

I'm fairly sure I did not hallucinate that one.

Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 14h

"Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights are not and have never been part of the law of Scotland" 😭

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 14h

That one really got me.

Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 15h

I read an instructional manual not long ago that was so very, very patient at spelling out things like "now turn the page" and I felt so sorry for whoever had worked on tech support for that thing.

"Now turn the page for further instructions."

I can FEEL the pain from here.

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 15h

If there is a bit in a FAQ that makes you go "why is this weird tidbit included" then you know that weird tidbit has been A Recurring Incident.

Related: ever wondered why knitting patterns tell you to make two sleeves? Or two socks? Now you know.

zuzak 🦭 @zuzakistan.com · 1d

Glasgow City Council has a whole sovereign citizen FAQ

whoever wrote this was so very tired

glasgow.gov.uk/whyyouneedto...

Why you require to pay Council Tax - Glasgow City Council

Information about why you are required to pay Council Tax.

glasgow.gov.uk

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Simon @ellisuk.com · 16h

Read the full 🧵 it’s amazing.

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 16h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there'll be a joke written by someone who's been dead for tens, hundreds of years & i'll stop and think about another human reaching through time to make another human laugh, long after they're gone, and it's so beautiful it makes me well up.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

there are many reasons i have never turned to a life of crime and i'd be lying if i said this wasn't one of them

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

Tired: pausing mid-heist to eat 10 cheese wheels

Wired: pausing mid-heist to read the extended edition of the Lusty Argonian Maid

Burglar in Rome got distracted by book.

A burglar who broke into an apartment in Rome on Tuesday night was ar-rested after stopping in the middle of the robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.

The man, a 38-year-old Italian, gained access to the building in the Della Vittoria district from the balcony but became distracted after seeing a book on a bedside table.

However the owner of the property, a 71-year-old man, woke up and con-fronted the burglar who was reportedly sitting on a bed absorbed in the book.

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 1d

NOM. But also boo.

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Carrie plays guitaaargh 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 1d

If you’ve read Small Town Joy you’ll know that Sunny G Radio is one of its stars, and that I found Steg and Delaina to be really inspiring. So I’m delighted to be the guest for this free Book Week event on 20 November at Sunny G HQ. Come along!

Meet the author promo image for me, Carrie, at sunny g radio at 7pm on 20 November. Tickets are free, email steg@sunnyg.org

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Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I did not put This Thing of Paper on Amazon, fyi.

Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math