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CynInBelgië | she/her

@cynderness.bsky.social

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Cinéaste cat-sitter into nostalgia. Pesky vegan, breast cancer-er, ADHDr, dyspraxic, tofu wokerati, bookshop volunteer. Wanderer & wonderer. Edinburgh/Brussels via OC/LA/London/NRW/Hitchin/Brighton. Fix your heart or die 🇺🇦🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🕊️ https://ko-fi.com/cyninbxl

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hello. I am adopting a cat with extra needs and I'm trying to raise money to get him to me and for some tests and possible medication that he needs before and after. Should anyone feel like throwing a quid or two into the kitty (so to speak).
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A cat stretched out on the floor with all fours up. His head is black but from the neck down he is a kind of dirty brownish/tortie/black type. He promises to be quite a kooky lad.

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 2h

I bought some posh tea a few weeks ago for the wee gift bundle I'm assembling for the person currently looking after my new rescue cat - anyone know where I may have put this tea for safe-keeping?

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 2h

Found 'em!

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Hey Kids Rock'n'Roll @heykidsshop.bsky.social · 10h

NEW! from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com
My Little PLAGUE DOCTOR!
It's Octoberrific fun!

A paper model of a plague doctor. He is dressed in black with a long-nosed white mask and a white satin ribbon on the end of a cocktail stick cane

The same model but on a red background with some atmospheric fairy lights

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 2h

I've had to stop wearing them because my close-up vision has become so blurry with them and my glasses that there's no point anymore. I do miss them...

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 3h

What do you lot do for chronic lower back pain? It has got much worse lately and wakes/keeps me up repeatedly in the night. Daytime is horrible too. Joy.

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 3h

Think I saw that one a long ole time ago, so will have another go soon.

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 3h

My huge pleasure, as I think it's important for one to hear the good bits about what they do! I'll be holding a couple of my own events soon, so will be sending them through your handy form...

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 3h

Finally collected @hayleygullen.com's new book after ordering it a few weeks ago, and also saw @robinince.bsky.social's new one in the wild. All very pleasing.

My white-person hand holding up a book called THIS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU: A BREAST CANCER STORY. Hayley is an excellent graphic artist, so this featurer her own art.

My hand also holding up ICE CREAM FOR A BROKEN TOOTH, a book of poetry.

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 7h

Went to yet another event where everyone had heard of it via @edinburghminute.bsky.social. The Bible of Embra, we'd all be rotting away at home in a dark corner without it (I also encouraged fellow attendees to become paid members). Thank you, Michael!

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 7h

Oh yes, it was so terrible. It took me a while to work out what accent she was even attempting. I've just read about her being married to a Brit, so part of it could also be accidental (said as someone with a weird accent)

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 7h

(Tell me you're neurodivergent without telling me you're neurodivergent, etc, etc, etc...)

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 7h

As a friendly and chatty person, I've had a lifetime of people telling me to tone down the flirting or intensive interest in what someone was saying, when I was simply being nice and interested in what the person was saying. I did not fancy them in any form. 🤷🏼‍♀️

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 7h

Me, no longer knowing how to flirt or recognise signs:
Do you have a cat?
No.
Still, take my card; you might get one one day.

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 21h

When I posted this, I was still working on HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS and finishing it has proven to be one of my biggest chores in a long time. Sorry, George Cukor, but it's one of the worst movies (I can't even call it a film) I've ever sat through. And it's still not over...

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 23h

🎬 Nearly forgot #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched again

A collage a four film covers:
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
Terror by Night (1946)
Crimson Kimono (1959)
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 1d

Honestly, it's been a bit of a quieter week or two than would be... ideal. If there's a book that's on your mind, we'd love it if you bought it from us! Email us, DM us, etc.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

The place to go for depressing haircuts. (I'm allowed to say this as a depressive person.)

A shopfront called BLACK DOG BARBERS. (The joke is that depression is often known as The Black Dog. In case you missed that.)

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 22h

That is painful.

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 23h

🎬 Nearly forgot #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched again

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

I could possibly get it even smaller. Standard laptop for scale!

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

No one really heard of them in the US either... That was a very homemade video; genuinely where half of them lived. I used to hang out there and there weren't that many of us who followed them around!
Parker Lewis also wasn't v popular & I've not seenER in 25 years so don't remember him being in it

CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .

ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is sitting on a couch and making a funny face .

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

@chrisbrosnahan.com This makes the wheels look massive so I may need to try again once I'm home

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

The place to go for depressing haircuts. (I'm allowed to say this as a depressive person.)

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CynInBelgië | she/her @cynderness.bsky.social · 1d

Can I volunteer for you for a couple of hours on 1st November? I've DMd @chrisbrosnahan.com re a proposal... 😊