Jaf
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Just a Jaf. Sometimes a librarian. Mostly tired. Crafty, in the good way. Trans women are women, trans men are men, trans rights are human rights. Kindness is free. Scotlandshire. She/her.
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In case you were wondering, yes, this *is* how all libraries work.
This is what happens when you wake up from sleep and a single sentence of the dream stays with you. It's not *my* fault my mind is a terrible place.

(this is what I was gleefully writing before Christmas. I make no claims about its quality, it's a brain dump)
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The boy groaned in frustration. One vigorous but misaimed kick and his football had flown completely off course, soaring beautifully but unhelpfully over the rear wall of the library. As the librar…
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Northern lights on view tonight in Drumnadrochit! Not that my camera is able to capture them 🤣
Clava Cairns are pretty snazzy.
Autumn morning Loch Ness view.
Well, they did their best to explain why we got our arses so severely kicked, but I still fail to see the appeal.
It's actually rather spacious inside..
At Culloden for some education on my own national history. So far, it's lots of recorded people talking at me.
This AirBnB has some unexpected equipment.
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Peafowl are some of the largest birds that can fly.

In fact, the chicks have all of their feathers when they emerge and are capable of flight roughly one week after hatching.

They are also known for their aggressive disposition, so we'd be careful with the insults.
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And finally, a little bit of video I took at the beginning, with the sound of me saying “ooh that’s funny” removed. This is how it would have appeared to a deaf person…
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
He's been sick in the night the last two nights, and very miserable. Luckily it seems to be clearing up now, and he's being a wee arse again 🤣
I'm beginning with a Dramatic Murder, as one always must.
Best kind of salon, really.
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You see a faded sign at the side of the road that says fifteen miles to the
boardwalk nut hut store, wildwood, new jersey, 1978
It is! I shall read them, then donate them to work for our users to borrow (although it may be a bit of a busman's holiday for them)
Ok, two thirds in and it's 2,000 words.
So far I've written 700 words about ghosts to do with work, and I'm expecting to probably do another 2-3000 words before it's complete.

Sorry Comms: this intranet blog post is gonna be a serial.
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Ugly end to Kryptos saga. Two people found the solution to the last encrypted portion of famed Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters. They found it in Smithsonian archive. They contacted artist who made sculpture, who is preparing to auction off solution; he threatened to sue them if they reveal it
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
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"No, but where are you *really* from?"
It was filled with festive delights!
Phwoar! Look at my sexy post!
I regard it as professional shitposting and just do it to amuse myself. I made a Thunderdome meme earlier this week to promote trustee elections - join me in being professionally silly! 😁
He's been sick the last two nights, I'm hoping it's just the tail end of a bug working through his system as things were improving yesterday.