Liz
@liz-is.bsky.social
🏴 🏳️🌈 ♿️ She/her. Speculative Fiction fan, senior woman in tech. Gamer and gardener. Trying to make the best of this shitty timeline. Immunocompromised & I talk about masks a lot. Solidarity forever.
Profile pic: A woodpecker hanging from a bird feeder
Profile pic: A woodpecker hanging from a bird feeder
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Liz
@liz-is.bsky.social
· Oct 19
I'm whatever the opposite of a shitposter is.
I just want to find out about books and other forms of art, and have conversations about animals and plants and people doing their best in this hellscape.
I just want to find out about books and other forms of art, and have conversations about animals and plants and people doing their best in this hellscape.
New gig starts tomorrow and I’m excited, but also more anxious than usual.
Can’t afford more time off to recover from the toxic job I quit, so back on the horse I go!
Can’t afford more time off to recover from the toxic job I quit, so back on the horse I go!
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
New gig starts tomorrow and I’m excited, but also more anxious than usual.
Can’t afford more time off to recover from the toxic job I quit, so back on the horse I go!
Can’t afford more time off to recover from the toxic job I quit, so back on the horse I go!
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Me before October 7 🥲
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Me before October 7 🥲
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🚨glucose monitor recall
There's an urgent recall on a subset of FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus — they show FALSE LOW GLUCOSE READINGS.
The website to check the serial number of your sensors is
www.freestylecheck.com/us-en/home.h...
The website to check the serial number of your sensors is
www.freestylecheck.com/us-en/home.h...
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
www.freestylecheck.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🚨glucose monitor recall
When you are stuck in bed-gaming mode because sitting up hurts too much, so your partner surprises you with fairy lights to brighten the view ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
When you are stuck in bed-gaming mode because sitting up hurts too much, so your partner surprises you with fairy lights to brighten the view ❤️
Tiny birds were VERY ready for this feeder top up! Getting a dozen at a time but managed to capture a few.
Male and female pheasant stroll through to snack on whatever drops; haven’t gotten a photo of them yet.
And next door’s little black cat sits at a distance and watches them all
Male and female pheasant stroll through to snack on whatever drops; haven’t gotten a photo of them yet.
And next door’s little black cat sits at a distance and watches them all
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Tiny birds were VERY ready for this feeder top up! Getting a dozen at a time but managed to capture a few.
Male and female pheasant stroll through to snack on whatever drops; haven’t gotten a photo of them yet.
And next door’s little black cat sits at a distance and watches them all
Male and female pheasant stroll through to snack on whatever drops; haven’t gotten a photo of them yet.
And next door’s little black cat sits at a distance and watches them all
UK friends, please take a moment to nominate this awesome charity?
(Category in the dropdown = ‘community’)
(Category in the dropdown = ‘community’)
From 1st – 16th December, Benefact Group are donating £1,000 to 10 charities each day.
Please can everyone vote for us. It only takes a minute and we may be one of the lucky charities to win.
Thank you all so much for your support.
movementforgood.com
#MovementForGood
Please can everyone vote for us. It only takes a minute and we may be one of the lucky charities to win.
Thank you all so much for your support.
movementforgood.com
#MovementForGood
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
UK friends, please take a moment to nominate this awesome charity?
(Category in the dropdown = ‘community’)
(Category in the dropdown = ‘community’)
Another attempt to make my spine behave.
I chose injections in both sides, despite the risk of both legs going wobbly for a day.
No legs got wobbly, I feel bruised, and maybe I will improve?
Also stopped for veggie sushi on the way home and got to see the beautiful moors en route. Adventures!
I chose injections in both sides, despite the risk of both legs going wobbly for a day.
No legs got wobbly, I feel bruised, and maybe I will improve?
Also stopped for veggie sushi on the way home and got to see the beautiful moors en route. Adventures!
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Another attempt to make my spine behave.
I chose injections in both sides, despite the risk of both legs going wobbly for a day.
No legs got wobbly, I feel bruised, and maybe I will improve?
Also stopped for veggie sushi on the way home and got to see the beautiful moors en route. Adventures!
I chose injections in both sides, despite the risk of both legs going wobbly for a day.
No legs got wobbly, I feel bruised, and maybe I will improve?
Also stopped for veggie sushi on the way home and got to see the beautiful moors en route. Adventures!
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Sharing this "scientific paper" with Bsky because misery loves company: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Sharing this "scientific paper" with Bsky because misery loves company: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Iggy Pop
Leonard Cohen
Björk
Elvis Costello
PJ Harvey
Iggy Pop
Leonard Cohen
Björk
Elvis Costello
PJ Harvey
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
The Sisters of Mercy
Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
New Model Army
and out of left field
Muse!
🙂
The Sisters of Mercy
Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
New Model Army
and out of left field
Muse!
🙂
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Iggy Pop
Leonard Cohen
Björk
Elvis Costello
PJ Harvey
Iggy Pop
Leonard Cohen
Björk
Elvis Costello
PJ Harvey
Kagi+Orion (search engine you pay for vs being the product & privacy-focused browser) are really good so far.
I also like that my new (used) iPhone lets me toggle browsers and use any source of truth for site logins.
Not the Linux phone of my dreams yet, but slight improvement.
I also like that my new (used) iPhone lets me toggle browsers and use any source of truth for site logins.
Not the Linux phone of my dreams yet, but slight improvement.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Kagi+Orion (search engine you pay for vs being the product & privacy-focused browser) are really good so far.
I also like that my new (used) iPhone lets me toggle browsers and use any source of truth for site logins.
Not the Linux phone of my dreams yet, but slight improvement.
I also like that my new (used) iPhone lets me toggle browsers and use any source of truth for site logins.
Not the Linux phone of my dreams yet, but slight improvement.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My brain has decided I’ve had enough downtime and the only way to be unemployed now is to keep tackling the backlog of house chores.
At least I’m getting a lot of audiobook time as I shift and scrub things…
At least I’m getting a lot of audiobook time as I shift and scrub things…
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My brain has decided I’ve had enough downtime and the only way to be unemployed now is to keep tackling the backlog of house chores.
At least I’m getting a lot of audiobook time as I shift and scrub things…
At least I’m getting a lot of audiobook time as I shift and scrub things…
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Heads up! Amazon have a deal on the print version of @wtpress.bsky.social Fight Like A Girl 2 - a mere 4.99 for something both signable and absorbent, if you like that sort of thing... please share?
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
Fight Like A Girl - Volume 2
Fight Like A Girl - Volume 2 eBook : McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Bond, Charlotte, Morgan, Lou, Davies, K T , Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Heads up! Amazon have a deal on the print version of @wtpress.bsky.social Fight Like A Girl 2 - a mere 4.99 for something both signable and absorbent, if you like that sort of thing... please share?
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
Drifty in-between time while I’m unemployed.
Snow let up so I made it out to the garden. Plenty to harvest, & even ripe tomatoes in the greenhouse!
Watching YouTube talks on subjects I’m interested in. And ofc always reading.
Mask will be up soon enough. Now I have a little time to just be me.
Snow let up so I made it out to the garden. Plenty to harvest, & even ripe tomatoes in the greenhouse!
Watching YouTube talks on subjects I’m interested in. And ofc always reading.
Mask will be up soon enough. Now I have a little time to just be me.
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Drifty in-between time while I’m unemployed.
Snow let up so I made it out to the garden. Plenty to harvest, & even ripe tomatoes in the greenhouse!
Watching YouTube talks on subjects I’m interested in. And ofc always reading.
Mask will be up soon enough. Now I have a little time to just be me.
Snow let up so I made it out to the garden. Plenty to harvest, & even ripe tomatoes in the greenhouse!
Watching YouTube talks on subjects I’m interested in. And ofc always reading.
Mask will be up soon enough. Now I have a little time to just be me.
Reposted by Liz
very important cause and I suggest everyone buys a copy in order to support that worthy cause, the pictures are irrelevant I read it for the articles
The big news today is that there's a bunch of jacked firewomen in NZ who have put together a calendar to fundraise for breast cancer research: www.breastcancercure.org.nz/calendar/wah...
PRE-ORDER Wahine Toa Firefighter Calendar 2026 — Breast Cancer CURE
Original order SOLD OUT. Pre order now and help these trailblazing firefighters - every purchase makes a difference. 13 Firefighters. One Cause. From the frontline to your wall - New Zealand’s fir...
www.breastcancercure.org.nz
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
very important cause and I suggest everyone buys a copy in order to support that worthy cause, the pictures are irrelevant I read it for the articles
Trying to find ways to feel like myself again while I shake off the effects of the job I quit.
Today’s supporter package from @pmpress.bsky.social definitely helps! ❤️
Today’s supporter package from @pmpress.bsky.social definitely helps! ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Trying to find ways to feel like myself again while I shake off the effects of the job I quit.
Today’s supporter package from @pmpress.bsky.social definitely helps! ❤️
Today’s supporter package from @pmpress.bsky.social definitely helps! ❤️
What are your top 5 media* genres? mine are:
Friends & frenemies band together to fight scary things
Woman achieves greatness in the face of adversity
Dystopian hellscape + found family
Singing where you wouldn’t expect singing
Kaiju!
*modified to include other media (was movies)
Friends & frenemies band together to fight scary things
Woman achieves greatness in the face of adversity
Dystopian hellscape + found family
Singing where you wouldn’t expect singing
Kaiju!
*modified to include other media (was movies)
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- spot the BBC actor historical
- Utena and things that are basically Utena
- US-Japanese horror movie cross-pollination had a monster baby
- Derek Jacobi is in this, right?
- cosy mystery, or Gundam, why not both?
- spot the BBC actor historical
- Utena and things that are basically Utena
- US-Japanese horror movie cross-pollination had a monster baby
- Derek Jacobi is in this, right?
- cosy mystery, or Gundam, why not both?
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- men having a big fight and a cute little car chase because they’re in love probably
- when there’s a vial of something
- big poofy dresses
- the scary and also hot ones
- when someone doesn’t know they’re a ghost
- men having a big fight and a cute little car chase because they’re in love probably
- when there’s a vial of something
- big poofy dresses
- the scary and also hot ones
- when someone doesn’t know they’re a ghost
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What are your top 5 media* genres? mine are:
Friends & frenemies band together to fight scary things
Woman achieves greatness in the face of adversity
Dystopian hellscape + found family
Singing where you wouldn’t expect singing
Kaiju!
*modified to include other media (was movies)
Friends & frenemies band together to fight scary things
Woman achieves greatness in the face of adversity
Dystopian hellscape + found family
Singing where you wouldn’t expect singing
Kaiju!
*modified to include other media (was movies)
My face hurts. Because capitalism.
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My face hurts. Because capitalism.
Read this (then of course read Hild and Menewood if you have not)
Seriously. Top of your TBR
Seriously. Top of your TBR
This is such a lovely, perceptive, beautifully conceived critical appraisal that even if you never plan to read my novels, you should read the review essay. 💕 Deeply interesting in its own right!
You should start with _Hild_ and you should then read _Menewood_. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Read this (then of course read Hild and Menewood if you have not)
Seriously. Top of your TBR
Seriously. Top of your TBR
Unfollow or block every single person who uses body shaming or homophobia to attack anyone, including fascists.
It’s just lazy. And wrong.
Fash are such easy targets, we can all do better.
And the attack never lands on them. It lands on the fat/old/queer person who reads it.
It’s just lazy. And wrong.
Fash are such easy targets, we can all do better.
And the attack never lands on them. It lands on the fat/old/queer person who reads it.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Unfollow or block every single person who uses body shaming or homophobia to attack anyone, including fascists.
It’s just lazy. And wrong.
Fash are such easy targets, we can all do better.
And the attack never lands on them. It lands on the fat/old/queer person who reads it.
It’s just lazy. And wrong.
Fash are such easy targets, we can all do better.
And the attack never lands on them. It lands on the fat/old/queer person who reads it.
Reposted by Liz
PSA: if you are a cannabis grower in the United States or have been thinking about starting to grow, get any seeds you’ve been wanting to buy online before the end of the year. The new changes to the hemp laws make buying seeds online illegal again as of January 1, 2026
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PSA: if you are a cannabis grower in the United States or have been thinking about starting to grow, get any seeds you’ve been wanting to buy online before the end of the year. The new changes to the hemp laws make buying seeds online illegal again as of January 1, 2026
Me: it’s all muscle memory now, I can play the post-ending version of Hades 2 on painkillers after a hard day deep-cleaning the house. I want to finish the story, it’ll be fine.
Game: surprise! You now randomly drop into the first game’s boss fight no matter how few boons you have
#gaming #hades2
Game: surprise! You now randomly drop into the first game’s boss fight no matter how few boons you have
#gaming #hades2
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
No human on earth should go without access to nourishing food, a safe home, and adequate healthcare
Borders should be abolished
Coercive hierarchy should be dismantled at every opportunity
(Ok maybe I’m actually 357 woke opinions in a trenchcoat)
Borders should be abolished
Coercive hierarchy should be dismantled at every opportunity
(Ok maybe I’m actually 357 woke opinions in a trenchcoat)
"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 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
No human on earth should go without access to nourishing food, a safe home, and adequate healthcare
Borders should be abolished
Coercive hierarchy should be dismantled at every opportunity
(Ok maybe I’m actually 357 woke opinions in a trenchcoat)
Borders should be abolished
Coercive hierarchy should be dismantled at every opportunity
(Ok maybe I’m actually 357 woke opinions in a trenchcoat)
Damnit all. Mortality keeps taking the good people from us 💔
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Damnit all. Mortality keeps taking the good people from us 💔
Reposted by Liz
Everything about SARS-CoV-2 weakens us as a species. Population-level immune dysregulation leading to both reactivation of latent pathogens and creating niches for new ones; the politicisation of our response regressing public health and massively amplifying anti-vax ideology.
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Everything about SARS-CoV-2 weakens us as a species. Population-level immune dysregulation leading to both reactivation of latent pathogens and creating niches for new ones; the politicisation of our response regressing public health and massively amplifying anti-vax ideology.