Vae
@vae.bsky.social
Coder by trade, player of games and woodwind, knitter of things, reader and writer of fanfic, hopeless optimist. Bi, ace. Invisible disabilities. Old enough to know better. Will block/mute for gen AI.
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I don't auto follow back
May his memory be a blessing.
Arcadia absolutely lit me up the first time I saw it, Travesties was dizzying, and Shooting The Past might be as close to perfect as British TV of the time could be.
Arcadia absolutely lit me up the first time I saw it, Travesties was dizzying, and Shooting The Past might be as close to perfect as British TV of the time could be.
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
May his memory be a blessing.
Arcadia absolutely lit me up the first time I saw it, Travesties was dizzying, and Shooting The Past might be as close to perfect as British TV of the time could be.
Arcadia absolutely lit me up the first time I saw it, Travesties was dizzying, and Shooting The Past might be as close to perfect as British TV of the time could be.
still indie week for #showMeYourKnits so it's time to talk about The Woolly Tangle! Wonderful colours, wonderful bases, I'm particularly susceptible to their merino/yak/silk blend. I love the way a bit of yak mutes the colours and silk makes it strong and gives it a sheen
4plymerinoyaksilk | thewoollytangle
www.thewoollytangle.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
still indie week for #showMeYourKnits so it's time to talk about The Woolly Tangle! Wonderful colours, wonderful bases, I'm particularly susceptible to their merino/yak/silk blend. I love the way a bit of yak mutes the colours and silk makes it strong and gives it a sheen
ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
The Meteoric Rise & Dramatic Demise of Edmund Kean, Tragedian
City of Angels
Hadestown
Kiss Me Kate
The Beggar's Opera (yes it absolutely does count as a musical)
The Meteoric Rise & Dramatic Demise of Edmund Kean, Tragedian
City of Angels
Hadestown
Kiss Me Kate
The Beggar's Opera (yes it absolutely does count as a musical)
ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
Six
The Lightning Thief
Anything Goes
Hamilton
The Music Man
Six
The Lightning Thief
Anything Goes
Hamilton
The Music Man
ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen
Guys & Dolls
The Lion King
A Chorus Line
Singing in the Rain
The Boy from Oz
(that last was terrible, actually, but we did see Hugh Jackman on the opening night of previews for it on Broadway, so THAT part was cool!)
Guys & Dolls
The Lion King
A Chorus Line
Singing in the Rain
The Boy from Oz
(that last was terrible, actually, but we did see Hugh Jackman on the opening night of previews for it on Broadway, so THAT part was cool!)
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
ok but never mind concerts, introduce yourself with five musicals you've seen:
The Meteoric Rise & Dramatic Demise of Edmund Kean, Tragedian
City of Angels
Hadestown
Kiss Me Kate
The Beggar's Opera (yes it absolutely does count as a musical)
The Meteoric Rise & Dramatic Demise of Edmund Kean, Tragedian
City of Angels
Hadestown
Kiss Me Kate
The Beggar's Opera (yes it absolutely does count as a musical)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
One Direction
Years & Years
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Delays
My Chemical Romance
....hmm not enough women on there, I'll be trying to redress that
One Direction
Years & Years
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Delays
My Chemical Romance
....hmm not enough women on there, I'll be trying to redress that
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen—
Fall Out Boy
Arlo Guthrie
Wardruna
The Eagles
The New Pornographers
Fall Out Boy
Arlo Guthrie
Wardruna
The Eagles
The New Pornographers
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen—
REM
Green Day
Matchbox 20
Keane
Billy Joel & Elton John
REM
Green Day
Matchbox 20
Keane
Billy Joel & Elton John
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
One Direction
Years & Years
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Delays
My Chemical Romance
....hmm not enough women on there, I'll be trying to redress that
One Direction
Years & Years
Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Delays
My Chemical Romance
....hmm not enough women on there, I'll be trying to redress that
I mentioned them yesterday, so for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 indie week today, I want to highlight Bilum Yarns, who I first encountered at Edinburgh Yarn Festival, back in the before times! Their gradient yarns are glorious www.bilumyarns.com/product-cate...
Gradients – Bilum hand dyed yarns
www.bilumyarns.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I mentioned them yesterday, so for #showMeYourKnits 🧶 indie week today, I want to highlight Bilum Yarns, who I first encountered at Edinburgh Yarn Festival, back in the before times! Their gradient yarns are glorious www.bilumyarns.com/product-cate...
Happy cauliflower day!
Today is Septidi the 7th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate cauliflower.#JacobinDay
More information on cauliflower
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate cauliflower.#JacobinDay
More information on cauliflower
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Happy cauliflower day!
does YOUR winter holiday celebration feel like you're trapped in an inescapable situation with an eldritch or otherwise horror? Then YOU need FiveEvil!
The sale is on at @drivethrurpg.com grab a bargain while the grabbin is good. "The Burn" is ridiculously cheap. FiveEvil is well worth your time. And if you've missed a|state, grab that while it's a bargain.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
does YOUR winter holiday celebration feel like you're trapped in an inescapable situation with an eldritch or otherwise horror? Then YOU need FiveEvil!
Happy #wipWednesday! Tagging #showMeYourKnits 🧶 as well because the shawl in progress is by indie designer BooKnits (Ravelry only, sadly) in indie dyed gradient yarn from Bilum, and the socks are in yarn from indie dyer Corner of Craft/Chromatic Yarns
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy #wipWednesday! Tagging #showMeYourKnits 🧶 as well because the shawl in progress is by indie designer BooKnits (Ravelry only, sadly) in indie dyed gradient yarn from Bilum, and the socks are in yarn from indie dyer Corner of Craft/Chromatic Yarns
it's still indie week #showMeYourKnits 🧶! some of the very first hand dyed yarn I had was from Ginger Twist - Ginger's Hand Dyed is still going strong with glorious colours and lovely bases (and a fab little shop if you're ever in Edinburgh) gingertwiststudio.com/collections/...
GINGER'S HAND DYED
Ginger Twist Studio is a beautiful yarn & fabric shop in Edinburgh, Scotland selling British wool, Ginger's Hand Dyed yarns, a gorgeous selection of dressmaking fabrics and linens, as well as pattern ...
gingertwiststudio.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
it's still indie week #showMeYourKnits 🧶! some of the very first hand dyed yarn I had was from Ginger Twist - Ginger's Hand Dyed is still going strong with glorious colours and lovely bases (and a fab little shop if you're ever in Edinburgh) gingertwiststudio.com/collections/...
Thanks, grandad. I just won a small prize on Premium Bonds that I didn't know I still had, that were given to me when I was born.
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thanks, grandad. I just won a small prize on Premium Bonds that I didn't know I still had, that were given to me when I was born.
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
I suspect I still have them because 10 is too few to do anything with these days
indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so today I'm highlighting Corner of Craft, who dyes yarn as Chromatic Yarns, mostly with delightfully geeky inspirations. I've got a lot of her D&D inspired yarns, but she's also got a Stardew Valley collection chromaticyarns.co.uk/collections/...
Chromatic Yarns
Bright and vibrant yarns, lovingly hand-dyed in colourways inspired by all the things that I love.
chromaticyarns.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so today I'm highlighting Corner of Craft, who dyes yarn as Chromatic Yarns, mostly with delightfully geeky inspirations. I've got a lot of her D&D inspired yarns, but she's also got a Stardew Valley collection chromaticyarns.co.uk/collections/...
still indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so it's time to talk about DyeForYarn/DyeForWool who dye the most gorgeous saturated colours with amazing names. Their tussah silk lace is my absolute favourite yarn for lace shawls www.etsy.com/shop/dyefory...
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
still indie week for #showMeYourKnits 🧶so it's time to talk about DyeForYarn/DyeForWool who dye the most gorgeous saturated colours with amazing names. Their tussah silk lace is my absolute favourite yarn for lace shawls www.etsy.com/shop/dyefory...
look I'm working on the cables
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
look I'm working on the cables
Pez is an absolutete fucking delight and I wish I had enough money to dig her out. Come dig with me, if you can?
You know how you have that friend who just cannot catch a break right now and you really wish you could do just about anything for them? Yeah, that's currently one of my best friends. So once again sharing, because this week has been shit: gofund.me/50a9b0fa1
Donate to Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown, organized by Linda T
Pez. Potato. PezNo. PezYes. To know Pez is to know joy and laughter and occasionally needi… Linda T needs your support for Putting the Brakes on the Breakdown
gofund.me
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Pez is an absolutete fucking delight and I wish I had enough money to dig her out. Come dig with me, if you can?
I didn't have the patience to be a music teacher, or the skill and dedication to be a professional musician, and I'd made a few basic fansites for actors (hand coded HTML in notepad and FTP uploads), so I applied for a graduate trainee placement as a software developer
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I didn't have the patience to be a music teacher, or the skill and dedication to be a professional musician, and I'd made a few basic fansites for actors (hand coded HTML in notepad and FTP uploads), so I applied for a graduate trainee placement as a software developer
#showMeYourKnits 🧶is indie dyers and designers this week, so I need to shout out @thirdvaultyarns.com who is both a dyer and a designer! their colours are amazing, they have a good range of plant-yarns, their patterns do fun stuff with short rows & colourwork www.thirdvaultyarns.com/ourshop/cat_...
Fingering/ Sock weight - Shop
All our in stock Fingering/ Sock weight yarns in our different yarn bases.
You can either pick a specific base to see what is in stock in that base or peruse the full in stock range of Fingering/Sock...
www.thirdvaultyarns.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#showMeYourKnits 🧶is indie dyers and designers this week, so I need to shout out @thirdvaultyarns.com who is both a dyer and a designer! their colours are amazing, they have a good range of plant-yarns, their patterns do fun stuff with short rows & colourwork www.thirdvaultyarns.com/ourshop/cat_...
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 prompt is for indie designers and dyers, so I'll highlight @leelamary.bsky.social who's also got some lovely designs available at a discount for @fastenoffyal.bsky.social this year! payhip.com/leelamarykni...
Leela Mary Knits - FO2025
As I’m sure you can tell from looking at my designs, I love shawls and brioche. The possibilities for designing are endless!You can find me on both Ravelry and Instagram as leelamary or via my website...
payhip.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
this week's #showMeYourKnits 🧶 prompt is for indie designers and dyers, so I'll highlight @leelamary.bsky.social who's also got some lovely designs available at a discount for @fastenoffyal.bsky.social this year! payhip.com/leelamarykni...
Hey USians, wtf have you been up to while Europe slept?
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hey USians, wtf have you been up to while Europe slept?
Argonaut Books are a truly fab bookshop with a lovely cafe and beautifully curated stock. Please support them if you can, this feels like an intentional move from Waterstones to push a competitor out of business.
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Argonaut Books are a truly fab bookshop with a lovely cafe and beautifully curated stock. Please support them if you can, this feels like an intentional move from Waterstones to push a competitor out of business.
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
@bookbugs.bsky.social and @portalbookshop.bsky.social can you share this please?
Share a TV series you've watched beginning to end more than once.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Share a TV series you've watched beginning to end more than once.
book/librarian friends, catch me up! Niece is 8 and loves reading chapter books, she shies away from peril. What should I offer her to read? She's enjoyed Cressida Cowell, but I am not up on current books for 8 year olds
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
book/librarian friends, catch me up! Niece is 8 and loves reading chapter books, she shies away from peril. What should I offer her to read? She's enjoyed Cressida Cowell, but I am not up on current books for 8 year olds
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The first seal pups of 2025 have arrived on the Farne Islands!
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The first seal pups of 2025 have arrived on the Farne Islands!
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
what's the word for snow when it would be "drizzle" if it was rain?
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
what's the word for snow when it would be "drizzle" if it was rain?
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
anyway it's doing that now and last Monday it was 16C
Everyone deserves healthcare (including the right to safe legal abortion), a safe place to live, a roof over their head, enough food to eat and clothes enough to be comfortable. Trans people are not a threat and no human being is illegal.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Everyone deserves healthcare (including the right to safe legal abortion), a safe place to live, a roof over their head, enough food to eat and clothes enough to be comfortable. Trans people are not a threat and no human being is illegal.
this week's prompt for #showMeYourKnits 🧶is Floof, and while I'm not exactly allergic to either alpaca or mohair, both make me itch. So the closest I get to floof is cashmere, usually in a cashmere silk blend, which feels wonderfully decadent and is accordingly rare (because cost)
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
this week's prompt for #showMeYourKnits 🧶is Floof, and while I'm not exactly allergic to either alpaca or mohair, both make me itch. So the closest I get to floof is cashmere, usually in a cashmere silk blend, which feels wonderfully decadent and is accordingly rare (because cost)