Winter Skill
@winskillfull.bsky.social
A shambolic parody of womanhood. She/her.
Pinned
The rewards of being loved / the mortifying ordeal of being known
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Socrates: So you would hold that for everything that exists there is one true and perfect idea of it? Even cats?
Plato: <gestures emphatically at Ozzy>
Plato: <gestures emphatically at Ozzy>
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Socrates: So you would hold that for everything that exists there is one true and perfect idea of it? Even cats?
Plato: <gestures emphatically at Ozzy>
Plato: <gestures emphatically at Ozzy>
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"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."
Time for my annual close-reading-the-carol-sheet question: what does the "Away" in "Away in a Manger" actually mean?
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Away in" is just the English translation of "Pret."
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Bert’s trust in me is because of 3 incidents that saved his fledglings, home & life
Bert was bouncing down the lawn towards the feeder. I saw the sparrowhawk perched beside
I ran screaming, Bert flew in terror & then noticed the real threat
Minutes later he brought me a worm
1/3
Bert was bouncing down the lawn towards the feeder. I saw the sparrowhawk perched beside
I ran screaming, Bert flew in terror & then noticed the real threat
Minutes later he brought me a worm
1/3
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bert’s trust in me is because of 3 incidents that saved his fledglings, home & life
Bert was bouncing down the lawn towards the feeder. I saw the sparrowhawk perched beside
I ran screaming, Bert flew in terror & then noticed the real threat
Minutes later he brought me a worm
1/3
Bert was bouncing down the lawn towards the feeder. I saw the sparrowhawk perched beside
I ran screaming, Bert flew in terror & then noticed the real threat
Minutes later he brought me a worm
1/3
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Ozzy so wide now
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ozzy so wide now
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
(Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)
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I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
June 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think the Democratic establishment severely underestimates the extent to which the younger half of the electorate would cheerfully send Bill Clinton to Gitmo ourselves
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
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As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE
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Me seeing the Daily Mail and the Telegraph both turning on him this week:
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Me seeing the Daily Mail and the Telegraph both turning on him this week:
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FUCKING
FINALLY
FINALLY
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
FUCKING
FINALLY
FINALLY
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Tell me how shit like this isn’t an existential threat to our ability to seek new knowledge. Tell me how it’s better that e never know what’s true again so you can fuck your chatbot and write overblown Disney princess fanfic.
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tell me how shit like this isn’t an existential threat to our ability to seek new knowledge. Tell me how it’s better that e never know what’s true again so you can fuck your chatbot and write overblown Disney princess fanfic.
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UN refugee agency says women and children arriving 'exhausted and severely traumatised' after fleeing eastern DRC.
Tens of thousands flee DR Congo to Burundi amid rebel takeover of key city
UN refugee agency says women and children arriving 'exhausted and severely traumatised' after fleeing eastern DRC.
www.aljazeera.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
UN refugee agency says women and children arriving 'exhausted and severely traumatised' after fleeing eastern DRC.
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This is breaking the law. Delaying the Epstein files is breaking the law. But I guess if you're a rapist who was convicted of 34 financial felonies, the law isn't something you think about.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is breaking the law. Delaying the Epstein files is breaking the law. But I guess if you're a rapist who was convicted of 34 financial felonies, the law isn't something you think about.
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I read somewhere that the secret key to postwar British history is that in any incident, meeting, whatever, there’s a high chance that most participants are a bit tipsy and someone round the table is absolutely steaming drunk.
Happy 79th anniversary to this diary entry from Evelyn Waugh, in which he drinks enough to make you wonder how he lived for a further 19 years:
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I read somewhere that the secret key to postwar British history is that in any incident, meeting, whatever, there’s a high chance that most participants are a bit tipsy and someone round the table is absolutely steaming drunk.
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I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
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Last year I lost $14,000 betting on the Santa tracker but I’m not going to make that mistake this year. This year I’m going to win.
December 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Last year I lost $14,000 betting on the Santa tracker but I’m not going to make that mistake this year. This year I’m going to win.
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You know it’s over for a country when their ambassador resorts to shoplifting.
December 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
You know it’s over for a country when their ambassador resorts to shoplifting.
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I do not have children but this is one of my favourite books ever and we are watched over by the Bear, WITH HAT, to keep us in line.
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I do not have children but this is one of my favourite books ever and we are watched over by the Bear, WITH HAT, to keep us in line.
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Holly Purdey cut all fertilisers and sprays from day one on Exmoor. Soils recovered, plants rooted deeper, livestock thrived🐄. She shows that farming with nature can restore the land and nourish communities despite the challenges. ✨
👉https://tinyurl.com/bdeph2d9
👉https://tinyurl.com/bdeph2d9
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Holly Purdey cut all fertilisers and sprays from day one on Exmoor. Soils recovered, plants rooted deeper, livestock thrived🐄. She shows that farming with nature can restore the land and nourish communities despite the challenges. ✨
👉https://tinyurl.com/bdeph2d9
👉https://tinyurl.com/bdeph2d9
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I am going to mark this day every year.
Gisèle Pelicot is an international hero. I hope that every single day she knows safety and love and peace.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/dominiq...
Gisèle Pelicot is an international hero. I hope that every single day she knows safety and love and peace.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/dominiq...
Gisèle Pelicot's power, and Dominique Pelicot's shame | Girl on the Net
Gisèle Pelicot has shown us that shame can change sides. Her heroism can never be overstated. So let's talk about Dominique Pelicot's shame.
www.girlonthenet.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I am going to mark this day every year.
Gisèle Pelicot is an international hero. I hope that every single day she knows safety and love and peace.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/dominiq...
Gisèle Pelicot is an international hero. I hope that every single day she knows safety and love and peace.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/dominiq...
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We've all got that one homie who's too obsessed with The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We've all got that one homie who's too obsessed with The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
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On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
November 20, 2023 at 11:49 AM
On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
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