Vicki Marklew
@vmarklew.bsky.social
Expat Brit still bemused by life in America. Avid reader, SFF & mystery fan. Sometimes I write stuff. Occasionally blogging at www.AbroadInTheUSA.com
Writing Guardians of the Weave. She/her
Writing Guardians of the Weave. She/her
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Vicki Marklew
@vmarklew.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Redrafting: Guardians of the Weave
“No-one can confront the darkness alone; every story is needed.”
• Found Family
• Ace/Aro rep
• Characters from different times & places
• Mental health struggles
• Ordinary people saving the weave of life
“No-one can confront the darkness alone; every story is needed.”
• Found Family
• Ace/Aro rep
• Characters from different times & places
• Mental health struggles
• Ordinary people saving the weave of life
Barely been in London 8 hours and already has the “So cold out!” “Yeah and it happened so fast!” convo with a complete stranger in the lift.
There’s no place like home ❤️
There’s no place like home ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Barely been in London 8 hours and already has the “So cold out!” “Yeah and it happened so fast!” convo with a complete stranger in the lift.
There’s no place like home ❤️
There’s no place like home ❤️
Hey, white commentator? Tell me again how we’re not increasingly under the dark cloud of fascism. Go on, tell me. I dare you.
😢😢😢
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hey, white commentator? Tell me again how we’re not increasingly under the dark cloud of fascism. Go on, tell me. I dare you.
😢😢😢
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The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Yeah this tracks.
(To be clear on the right to bear arms: guns, hell no, absolutely not, are you insane? Hoagies as resistance…Absolutely.)
Yeah this tracks.
(To be clear on the right to bear arms: guns, hell no, absolutely not, are you insane? Hoagies as resistance…Absolutely.)
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Yeah this tracks.
(To be clear on the right to bear arms: guns, hell no, absolutely not, are you insane? Hoagies as resistance…Absolutely.)
Yeah this tracks.
(To be clear on the right to bear arms: guns, hell no, absolutely not, are you insane? Hoagies as resistance…Absolutely.)
Another great read from @theradr.bsky.social Rabbj Ruttenberg: Deuteronomy’s Liberation Theology - and its lessons for us on creating a vision of wholeness for our own tomorrow www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/11dade2c-6...
Deuteronomy's Liberation Theology
how it can teach us to expand our vision for tomorrow
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Another great read from @theradr.bsky.social Rabbj Ruttenberg: Deuteronomy’s Liberation Theology - and its lessons for us on creating a vision of wholeness for our own tomorrow www.lifeisasacredtext.com/p/11dade2c-6...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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“But her emails” was just another confession disguised as an accusation, it’s so incredibly obvious now.
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“But her emails” was just another confession disguised as an accusation, it’s so incredibly obvious now.
OMG what an incredible story! Stayed up waaaay too late cos had to finish it. Time travel & romance; tragedy & heroism; twists I never saw coming; and an epically cranky horse. Truly unique.
💙📚#Booksky
💙📚#Booksky
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
OMG what an incredible story! Stayed up waaaay too late cos had to finish it. Time travel & romance; tragedy & heroism; twists I never saw coming; and an epically cranky horse. Truly unique.
💙📚#Booksky
💙📚#Booksky
Him: get off yr phone, the news is not good for you!
Me: no, listen, I’m learning all about dodgy old English cathedral foundations and unexploded WW2 bombs from @oldenoughtosay.com it’s really cool!
Him: can’t be that much…
Me: 😏
Me: no, listen, I’m learning all about dodgy old English cathedral foundations and unexploded WW2 bombs from @oldenoughtosay.com it’s really cool!
Him: can’t be that much…
Me: 😏
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Him: get off yr phone, the news is not good for you!
Me: no, listen, I’m learning all about dodgy old English cathedral foundations and unexploded WW2 bombs from @oldenoughtosay.com it’s really cool!
Him: can’t be that much…
Me: 😏
Me: no, listen, I’m learning all about dodgy old English cathedral foundations and unexploded WW2 bombs from @oldenoughtosay.com it’s really cool!
Him: can’t be that much…
Me: 😏
Best thread for a morning laugh. I heard all these in Sister Michael’s voice (Derry Girls).
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Best thread for a morning laugh. I heard all these in Sister Michael’s voice (Derry Girls).
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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@theradr.bsky.social
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
@theradr.bsky.social
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Life is a Sacred Text
Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Want Torah analysis, cool progressive takes on Talmud debates, & how to live/survive right here & now? Sign up/subscribe!
@theradr.bsky.social
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
@theradr.bsky.social
Life is a Sacred Text - Truth, transformation, & collective liberation; ancient stories serve as mirrors & lights. www.lifeisasacredtext.com
Oh this is a thing of beauty. 10/10 no notes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh this is a thing of beauty. 10/10 no notes.
Listen, if these fuckers make it so I don’t get to fly over to London in a couple of weeks to see my kid graduate, they’re going to get a whole new definition of “really unique” shoved up their asses 😡😡😡
Sean Duffy calls his move to cancel flights as "really unique action"
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Listen, if these fuckers make it so I don’t get to fly over to London in a couple of weeks to see my kid graduate, they’re going to get a whole new definition of “really unique” shoved up their asses 😡😡😡
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
My entire “following” feed tonight is screen after screen of celebratory FUCK YEAH posts and clearly I follow the best people.
And also, I am so happy right now - had forgotten what that feels like.
Yeah tomorrow is another day but tonight is 🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️
And also, I am so happy right now - had forgotten what that feels like.
Yeah tomorrow is another day but tonight is 🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
My entire “following” feed tonight is screen after screen of celebratory FUCK YEAH posts and clearly I follow the best people.
And also, I am so happy right now - had forgotten what that feels like.
Yeah tomorrow is another day but tonight is 🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️
And also, I am so happy right now - had forgotten what that feels like.
Yeah tomorrow is another day but tonight is 🎉🎉🎉❤️❤️❤️
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
It came! It came!!
This is a print of @museum.of.emilyk.art ‘s brilliant "Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness), a riff on the Jewish reaction to the Portland resistance frog. Emily’s explanation is pasted in the alt text.
Love it ❤️
This is a print of @museum.of.emilyk.art ‘s brilliant "Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness), a riff on the Jewish reaction to the Portland resistance frog. Emily’s explanation is pasted in the alt text.
Love it ❤️
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It came! It came!!
This is a print of @museum.of.emilyk.art ‘s brilliant "Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness), a riff on the Jewish reaction to the Portland resistance frog. Emily’s explanation is pasted in the alt text.
Love it ❤️
This is a print of @museum.of.emilyk.art ‘s brilliant "Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness), a riff on the Jewish reaction to the Portland resistance frog. Emily’s explanation is pasted in the alt text.
Love it ❤️
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I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I gotta give it up to the writers tho. If NYC elects a Muslim mayor on the day Dick Cheney died, that is one hell of a slow played story arc. Every time you want to fire 2025's writers room they give you a little narrative resolution as a treat.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
Me every year: oh the clocks go back, another hour of sleep, yay.
My aging joints and bladder every year: bitch you wish.
My aging joints and bladder every year: bitch you wish.
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Me every year: oh the clocks go back, another hour of sleep, yay.
My aging joints and bladder every year: bitch you wish.
My aging joints and bladder every year: bitch you wish.
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Sometimes i get sad at those “I wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Sometimes i get sad at those “I wanted to look up what kind of horse pulled medieval wagons It’s three hours later and playtex bra sewers made spacesuits i have a problem” no. No, you don’t. Hydrate and get back in there
Lots of leftover candy the past few years and suddenly this year a SURGE of wondrous Trick or Treaters and omg we just ran out of candy!!! 😱😱😱 Huddling in the dark and sending up apologies to all the Samhain spirits 😬💀
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Lots of leftover candy the past few years and suddenly this year a SURGE of wondrous Trick or Treaters and omg we just ran out of candy!!! 😱😱😱 Huddling in the dark and sending up apologies to all the Samhain spirits 😬💀
When you go to the indie bookstore to pick up one book (Willis) then find another you’ve been hoping to get (Kuang) and the owner says “Have you read any Alice Harrow?” & another patron pipes up “oh based on your library orders you’d love that!”
Weekend sorted.
Love my little town
💙📚🪐
Weekend sorted.
Love my little town
💙📚🪐
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When you go to the indie bookstore to pick up one book (Willis) then find another you’ve been hoping to get (Kuang) and the owner says “Have you read any Alice Harrow?” & another patron pipes up “oh based on your library orders you’d love that!”
Weekend sorted.
Love my little town
💙📚🪐
Weekend sorted.
Love my little town
💙📚🪐
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵