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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 59m

continuing gratitude!! grateful for living by the canal, and the amazing work that the Canal & River Trust do to maintain them and care for the wildlife there 💜 #gratitude tell me something you're grateful for today!

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 15h

made a cake for a mate and it was my first time using these bento cake pans (about 4in diameter) - super cute!! Chocolate coffee cake with dark/milk choc ganache, using sour cream in both elements 🥰 #baking #cakedecorating #homemade

The cake in question. It is small and has rainbow sprinkles on. I wrote "what about second b'day?" on top in white icing!

My mate posting on IG about their cake surprise 🥰 they are holding the plate after I handed it over in the street. I wrote a little caption: "Cakes for Mates 🥰🍰 baking brings me joy!! @elliebobs_ inspired me to go to my 1st open mic so had to say thanks in my own way xx"

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 1d

Update: thank you PowerPoint video / #mcrhalf summary is up on my IG here! tinyurl.com/thanksfromFr... 💜 #crohnsdisease

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 5d

next birthday I keep wanting to get people to make presentations again. did it a couple of years ago and it was really chaotic and great. very scattergun on themes though - maybe 'give a life update please' and I'll keep em on file x

fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 6d

Feeling like trash at the moment lol. Come tell me something you're grateful for? I'll start. I am grateful for the existence of Marmite, for meeting cool new people, and tiny pumpkins X #gratitudejournal

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 6d

I post about it mainly on IG if you wanna follow for that stuff btw 💖

fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 6d

oh yeah I should say here too, charity update - #mcrhalf completed it mate✅ 3:41:46 and more importantly £715 raised for Crohn's and Colitis UK this year!! 💖 yeah I was slower but I'll talk more about that later. For now enjoy this text from the 15km ish mark haha I'm so grateful for my family x

Screenshot of a text from me to the fam group chat.

"I'm just taking a tiny break as I am feeling a bit sick
I'll finish tho x
It's going to be slower than last year but who cares lol"

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 6d

going to update the substack a bit; I'm working on a new essay about running that isn't as traumatising as the last one??? or just generally lol. but today I added the left and realised this is actually a pleasing pair viewed together #poetry #cutuppoetry #collage

Two pages in an A5 scrapbook.

Left - background of a stone cottage with a wild garden. Text: 'Record amount of / Tribulations / we need to be / FURIOUS United / confident and self-assured/ it could change everything

Right - background of an opulent white and gold mansion with chandelier and mirror. Text: future generations will be used / as a weapon / in A psycho-thriller/ WORLD / anxious and exhausted/ covered in blood.'

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 10d

Manchester Half tomorrow looming overhead 😅 I'm excited though and so proud to be running for Crohn's and Colitis UK! 34 people have donated so I've sewn 34 hearts to my tutu this year, same as I did for donations last year 💜 www.justgiving.com/page/fran-kw...

#halfmarathon #crohnsdisease

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 10d

Artist is @bunnie.tatz on Instagram! Love her she was so friendly and we had a great chat, I'll be back for sure! #uktattooartists #tattoo

fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 11d

I feel such a kinship with him he's just the sweetest lil guy 🥹✨💖

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 11d

spent today getting the best tattoo I've ever had hahahaha it's just sassy little Bobby from King of the Hill. I'm in love with him 🥰 #tattoos #kingofthehill

A tattoo of Bobby Hill from King of the Hill. He is surrounded by sparkles ✨ and is wearing a purple shirt with a shooting star rainbow trail on. His shorts are leopard print. He's such a slay x

Me grinning like an idiot because this bobby hill tattoo is so good x

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 19d

won't lie to you I've been having a Time but i do recommend gratitude journaling. it's helping me to remember that there are lots of good things and people and general stuff that I am very lucky to have. the Time is temporary, but the good stuff isn't 💜 #journaling #gratitudejournal

Screenshot of my notes app - title gratitude for Thursday

- lots of new restaurants to try out nearby!
- Jim in the Sainsbury's who is always lovely to chat with
- folk music
- geese. I just love them and should be more like them. honk at people when I am angry
- the wetherspoons beer festival
- Men I Trust (the band, but also shout out to all the cool men I know and yes, trust)
- my friend Elle, who is so kind and thoughtful
- October is here!! I love October so much
- having a big list of horror films to watch every weekend of October
- planning our annual Halloween party
- the new Bright Eyes EP
- my brother in law who is running the half marathon with me and is generally awesome
- my mum who got a new job recently and I'm so proud of her
- my Pokémon Oodie which also makes a great blanket
- knowing so many people want me to thrive
- graffiti artists decorating around the construction site
- northernlion, philosopher of my generation
- pigeons!! so sweet and I love their colours
- Hideo Kojima for just being really cool and making games that qualify as art
- the bench by the old fisherman's cottage behind my flat
- the new walkway near the tram stop, which I discovered lights up at night!!

fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 20d

completely unedited but today I had one of those chats where you just feel affirmed and grateful and I wanted to pay tribute to The Waterhouse for that, so here you go. #poetry

unedited poem from my notes app titled 'sonnet to The Waterhouse'

felt like I walked into someones sitting room,
massive it was. it was not congruent
with paying two pounds and sixty five pence
for an imperial stout from my home town,
and sitting in the corner of a cheap labyrinth.
miraculously, this does still exist.
you can put the world to rights here,
and so can everyone else.
it's a free country after all innit love?
I'm the same as you, as her, as them two
loved up and necking shots in the corner.
we all need a moment of calm, of joy,
and when she turned to me we saw
no dividing lines, and rows of locking doors.

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 21d

you know, if NYT Games pay gates Connections I think that will be ruinous for my mental wellbeing. Still can't believe the Mini is gone x

fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 23d

signed up to be a friend of the Canal and River Trust! they include this free book of canal walks when you join, they send out a magazine twice a year and they maintain the lovely canal I live next to 💙 would recommend!!

Photo of me holding the things in my welcome pack from Canal and River Trust. The Coolcanals walking book, a welcome leaflet and their magazine, Waterfront! Not pictured: a little sticker for your car window (don't have a car lol) saying 'im a friend' 🥹

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 27d

I know I'm getting old when my reaction to seeing dealers promoting themselves via qr stickers just makes me think "think of all that lost tax revenue" lmao

fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 27d

literally just realised I failed to finish my thought on the crimson desert thingy haha sorry. meant to say I don't know the series and this felt aimed at someone who is already invested so think that's why I was a bit meh about it

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 27d

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 27d

okay so today's #StateOfPlay actually had bangers and that means I have thoughts as set out in the attached x #PlayStation

- Saros!! Rahul Kohli!! Okay I should play Returnal first but damn this looks sick
- zero parades (new za/um thing) looks rly bloody good but I know there was all the weird drama at the studio and the original disco Elysium team arent there?? and it was hard to follow idk what happened exactly. but yeah this does look good
- Microsoft flight simulator - a great day for plane nerds
- battlefield continues to be a thing, no further comment
- Deus ex!! Louie thinks this will cause drama lol remasters do be controversial. Also did anyone like announce this earlier because that as a surprise
- Halloween - ah yeah like the Friday the 13th game? fair okay
- last epoch: I'm just not the audience but slay yk if that's your thing
- seven deadly sins: yeah I just haven't watched this anime, does anyone rate it?
- apparently sonic racing is sick so yeah I might have to invest with this dlc
- there are so many samurai games I haven't played. I should at least play sekiro before I consider Nioh at all
- Louie cheered when he saw Lu Bu lmaoooo he actually has a decent amount of history knowledge from Dynasty Warriors hahahahaha
- CodeVein II -woah boobs. Bandai Namco soulslike / elden ring but anime (and boobs) does look good in fairness
- final fantasy tactics remake looks really good tbh and voice acting!
- let it die inferno: looks about as mad as Suda . it's nice to see something truly weird getting promo. December seems quick!
- Chronoscript - the art for this looks good (love a bit of woodcut inspired vibe) but they could have sorted out the opening video a bit with the flickering! cool but also I feel like it's a bit visually overwhelming like I would lose track of my guy?

- crimson desert: um I don't really feel any strong feelings about this one things are happening? It doesn't look bad? I guess because I'm
- true nerd stuff: hardware (speakers do look nice tho)
- PS plus: Alan wake II is FREE go claim and play it RIGHT GODDAMN NOW it's a masterpiece I will yell at you until you do it
- TEKKEN 3 !!!!! TOMB RAIDER!!!!!
- cars, I'm bored again sry happy 4 the car people out there I know you're having a good time x
- god of war controller - nothing will top the astro bot controller. Also Louie just said "people say PlayStation has more controllers than it has games" eek omg sorry that is a READ
- Wolverine took a while to come back huh. ooh gory mortal kombat wolverine slay ok
- also noted that the guy who plays wolverine is hot, thanks for having him with forearms out for us insomniac x
- honestly this state of play felt pretty stacked and good for length!! summer games fest sucked in comparison sorry to say

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 27d

really hard day today, mental health taken a hit and I had a cry at the office. still new to the job so felt a bit awful, but I am really proud that I was open with my teams that I have anxiety and depression and was taking time out to look after myself. if nothing else, I set a good example today x

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · 28d

It's been a truly exhausting day, the kind where you just have nothin' left in the tank. BUT i still went for a run, helped hype my bestie for an interview, hung out with some geese at lunch, and laughed. Enjoy this text exchange with my husband. Gotta laugh or you'll cry 😭

Whatsapp messages to my husband.
First one: Had my sandwich by the canal and the box started blowing away so got up to chase it
Fell over first onto my hand then landed flat on my arse 😭 in front of two random men

Second message shows a photo of a goose eating something on a wooden deck. The text says "this goose is eating the remains of my crisp sandwich"

Third message: Enjoy it diva x

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Sep 21

Just remembered that my wife and I are in my niece's phone as "Baddies," and honestly, it's my greatest accomplishment.

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fran 💖💜💙 @thestillestsea.bsky.social · Sep 20

it's almost #mcrhalf time!! it's my second year for Crohn's and Colitis UK 💜 if you donate I will add a purple heart to my outfit! Last year I got there in 3:09:39 so that's the time to beat 💨 #halfmarathon #justgiving I also post silly training reels on IG xx www.justgiving.com/page/fran-kw...

A photo of me holding my 2025 Manchester Half Marathon race bib. My number is 27428 and I'm in the Grey wave on 12 Oct 💜

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Low Poly Depression @polydepression.bsky.social · Sep 14

Happy 24th to the GameCube 🟪

‘Born to Play’ GameCube ads (2001)

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