Marguerite
@marguerites.bsky.social
Soprano, tech person, fan conrunner. Not usually in that order.
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as usual this did not work, nor did "do something you want to do only slightly less than you don't want to do the thing", but "take your ADHD meds and finish the five-minute task you've been procrastinating on all day" remains undefeated as a tactic
Unsurprisingly, procrastinating all day has not made the thing I need to do spontaneously resolve itself. Maybe if I procrastinate another half hour it will?
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
as usual this did not work, nor did "do something you want to do only slightly less than you don't want to do the thing", but "take your ADHD meds and finish the five-minute task you've been procrastinating on all day" remains undefeated as a tactic
I was wondering why my post about the Earl of Arran was getting likes again all of a sudden, but I see the original “Boofy” letter is also going around again.
Tl;dr: there are two earldoms of Arran, the one held by the Gores and the one subsidiary to the Duke of Hamilton.
Tl;dr: there are two earldoms of Arran, the one held by the Gores and the one subsidiary to the Duke of Hamilton.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I was wondering why my post about the Earl of Arran was getting likes again all of a sudden, but I see the original “Boofy” letter is also going around again.
Tl;dr: there are two earldoms of Arran, the one held by the Gores and the one subsidiary to the Duke of Hamilton.
Tl;dr: there are two earldoms of Arran, the one held by the Gores and the one subsidiary to the Duke of Hamilton.
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More than 68,000 women have already added their names to our letter in solidarity - Together we are showing that trans exclusion is not being done in our name.
You can join us and help keep the momentum growing…
✍️ Sign here: notinourname.org.uk
🔄 Please share to help us reach even more supporters
You can join us and help keep the momentum growing…
✍️ Sign here: notinourname.org.uk
🔄 Please share to help us reach even more supporters
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
More than 68,000 women have already added their names to our letter in solidarity - Together we are showing that trans exclusion is not being done in our name.
You can join us and help keep the momentum growing…
✍️ Sign here: notinourname.org.uk
🔄 Please share to help us reach even more supporters
You can join us and help keep the momentum growing…
✍️ Sign here: notinourname.org.uk
🔄 Please share to help us reach even more supporters
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today is the final stream of our charity fundraiser! 🩷 we'll be surviving in DBD + giving away a desk mat from the lovely @sezzadactyl.bsky.social ✨ all Twitch revenue is donated to Crits 4 Cats <3
💌 link in bio + comments
💌 link in bio + comments
December 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
today is the final stream of our charity fundraiser! 🩷 we'll be surviving in DBD + giving away a desk mat from the lovely @sezzadactyl.bsky.social ✨ all Twitch revenue is donated to Crits 4 Cats <3
💌 link in bio + comments
💌 link in bio + comments
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85 years ago today, on November 29th 1940, Maureen and Des Kenny opened Kennys Bookshop in Galway. Thank you to every person who has been a part of the story these past 85 years. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
85 years ago today, on November 29th 1940, Maureen and Des Kenny opened Kennys Bookshop in Galway. Thank you to every person who has been a part of the story these past 85 years. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
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Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
“What if I’m not autistic?” asks person handing assessor 91-page dissertation about life
An autistic person is anxious that they won’t receive a formal diagnosis at their upcoming autism assessment - despite providing the psychologist with a folder the size of Tolstoy's War and Peace. …
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December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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The mandatory waiting period should never have been put in place after Repeal and it is high time for its removal.
There is "no scientific support" for a mandatory waiting period for abortions in Ireland, according to the chief medical director of the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA).
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jrnl.ie/6894839
'No scientific support' for mandatory abortion waiting period, IFPA says
The Irish Family Planning Association found that between 2021 and 2024, 98% of IFPA clients went on to access abortion services after the waiting period.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The mandatory waiting period should never have been put in place after Repeal and it is high time for its removal.
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4 One great lesson after another, created by the titans of mid-century American illustration. Robert Fawcett, Austin Briggs, Norman Rockwell, and this guy, the founder of the school, Albert Dorne.
December 2, 2024 at 12:52 PM
4 One great lesson after another, created by the titans of mid-century American illustration. Robert Fawcett, Austin Briggs, Norman Rockwell, and this guy, the founder of the school, Albert Dorne.
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This is a lovely idea - but it's an AI-generated video.
Pay close attention to the dogs' leads and collars, as well as how they move.
The more you look at it, the easier it becomes to tell.
Pay close attention to the dogs' leads and collars, as well as how they move.
The more you look at it, the easier it becomes to tell.
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is a lovely idea - but it's an AI-generated video.
Pay close attention to the dogs' leads and collars, as well as how they move.
The more you look at it, the easier it becomes to tell.
Pay close attention to the dogs' leads and collars, as well as how they move.
The more you look at it, the easier it becomes to tell.
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We are currently working round the clock to save 40+ cats who were living in a home that recently burned down. These cats are in addition to the 100s we are caring for as winter is begins. We are in desperate need of food for all. If you can help we'd appreciate it.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We are currently working round the clock to save 40+ cats who were living in a home that recently burned down. These cats are in addition to the 100s we are caring for as winter is begins. We are in desperate need of food for all. If you can help we'd appreciate it.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
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Love my black reflector strip, or as I like to think of it Hi-Visigoth
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Love my black reflector strip, or as I like to think of it Hi-Visigoth
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I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I left Ireland and moved to New York in 1997. Decades on, what the US has become has broken my immigrant heart.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
It also baffled me, until I began to piece together Gen X memories of apartheid South Africa.
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A total of 14 women were murdered in the anti-feminist attack on Dec. 6, 1989. Canadians remember and honour the 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony.
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A total of 14 women were murdered in the anti-feminist attack on Dec. 6, 1989. Canadians remember and honour the 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony.
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This morning I used the handy "go to point" function of our robot vacuum to deliver toast to my partner in the living room and heard an "oh for fucks sake" in response
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This morning I used the handy "go to point" function of our robot vacuum to deliver toast to my partner in the living room and heard an "oh for fucks sake" in response
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🥳 LIVE NOW with a 16 Hour Stream Extravaganza to celebrate reaching 5K Followers! 🥳
🔗 twitch.tv/alpakawhacker
🥳 Jam Packed with Numerous Games and Special Guests Throughout! 🥳
🔗 twitch.tv/alpakawhacker
🥳 Jam Packed with Numerous Games and Special Guests Throughout! 🥳
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🥳 LIVE NOW with a 16 Hour Stream Extravaganza to celebrate reaching 5K Followers! 🥳
🔗 twitch.tv/alpakawhacker
🥳 Jam Packed with Numerous Games and Special Guests Throughout! 🥳
🔗 twitch.tv/alpakawhacker
🥳 Jam Packed with Numerous Games and Special Guests Throughout! 🥳
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Me when I’ve unloaded the dishwasher yet again.
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Me when I’ve unloaded the dishwasher yet again.
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Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Polling basics is you don’t let your cohort self select like this. More appalling bullshit journalism laundering government bullshit form the BBC
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Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Interesting thing to take away here.
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded.
And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔
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✨️Je T’offre L’infini pour t’aimer au- delà du temps et de l’espace✨️
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
✨️Je T’offre L’infini pour t’aimer au- delà du temps et de l’espace✨️
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
Oh hey, even though it’s Saturday (here) it’s still bandcamp Friday for another 8+ hours.
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Is it Bandcamp Friday?
Is it?
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December 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Oh hey, even though it’s Saturday (here) it’s still bandcamp Friday for another 8+ hours.
isitbandcampfriday.com
isitbandcampfriday.com
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December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM