Ella Frænka
@ellafraenka.bsky.social
She/her, cis, het.
Aunty Ella, it's the best job in the world.
1 husband, 5 cats, lots of niblings.
Knitter and watcher of K-dramas.
Went back to University and am working on my BA in English, and did Korean classes just for fun (안녕하세요 🫰🏻)
Aunty Ella, it's the best job in the world.
1 husband, 5 cats, lots of niblings.
Knitter and watcher of K-dramas.
Went back to University and am working on my BA in English, and did Korean classes just for fun (안녕하세요 🫰🏻)
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Ella Frænka
@ellafraenka.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I really should pin a post about how I ruthlessly block anyone I get a weird vibe from. Like, Elon Musk and Keanu Reeves have both made like 3 different accounts so they can follow me because I keep blocking them.
I'm a nobody don't follow me me unless there's a good reason to.
I'm a nobody don't follow me me unless there's a good reason to.
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This cartoon and two others are available now as prints here: www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This cartoon and two others are available now as prints here: www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025
Reading the whole thread is an adventure.
Rudolph gets all the love, so let’s talk about the names of Santa’s other reindeer.
dasher | noun | one that dashes
dancer | noun | one that dances
prancer | noun | one that walks or moves in a spirited manner
Ok, those three are easy to understand.
🧵⬇️
dasher | noun | one that dashes
dancer | noun | one that dances
prancer | noun | one that walks or moves in a spirited manner
Ok, those three are easy to understand.
🧵⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reading the whole thread is an adventure.
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Often associated with Santa, Father Christmas is actually much older than the modern incarnation, going back to the 1400s. A figure for adults that involved merriment, feasting, and gift-giving, Father Christmas was outlawed by the Puritans' brief ban on Christmas. #FolkyFriday
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Often associated with Santa, Father Christmas is actually much older than the modern incarnation, going back to the 1400s. A figure for adults that involved merriment, feasting, and gift-giving, Father Christmas was outlawed by the Puritans' brief ban on Christmas. #FolkyFriday
An image of a cat that doesn't appreciate having his picture taken.
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
An image of a cat that doesn't appreciate having his picture taken.
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“Just think: right now the new Santa is flexing his ovipositor so he can leave eggs inside every chimney”
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“Just think: right now the new Santa is flexing his ovipositor so he can leave eggs inside every chimney”
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His job was to make sense of the world, and there were times when he wished that the world would meet him halfway.
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
His job was to make sense of the world, and there were times when he wished that the world would meet him halfway.
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff
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"Hello, I'm here to order a Robotic Partner."
"Ah, welcome. Please fill in this form."
"Sure, for body options and features, right? Let's see... One of those, definitely. Hm. What's this 'Do you expect to be obeyed?' For that money, of course I do!"
"Then we cannot help you. We only do partners."
"Ah, welcome. Please fill in this form."
"Sure, for body options and features, right? Let's see... One of those, definitely. Hm. What's this 'Do you expect to be obeyed?' For that money, of course I do!"
"Then we cannot help you. We only do partners."
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Hello, I'm here to order a Robotic Partner."
"Ah, welcome. Please fill in this form."
"Sure, for body options and features, right? Let's see... One of those, definitely. Hm. What's this 'Do you expect to be obeyed?' For that money, of course I do!"
"Then we cannot help you. We only do partners."
"Ah, welcome. Please fill in this form."
"Sure, for body options and features, right? Let's see... One of those, definitely. Hm. What's this 'Do you expect to be obeyed?' For that money, of course I do!"
"Then we cannot help you. We only do partners."
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This is why foreplay is important
Last week in our student reading group we read the portion of Wealth of Nations in which Smith comments on the way generally unedifying ways that young men spend their gap year/ study abroad/ grand tour time.
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...
American Student Ends Up Trapped in Giant Vagina Sculpture
Firefighters embarked on an "extraordinary rescue mission" when an American exchange student got his leg trapped inside a giant vagina sculpture.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is why foreplay is important
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Any three dwarfs having a sensible conversation will always end up having four points of view.
- Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam
- Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Any three dwarfs having a sensible conversation will always end up having four points of view.
- Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam
- Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam
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In Norse Mythology, the Norns, Urðr (past), Verðandi (present), and Skuld (future) are a trio of deities that weave the fates (wyrd) of people from birth.
#Mythology
art by Johan Egerkrans
#Mythology
art by Johan Egerkrans
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In Norse Mythology, the Norns, Urðr (past), Verðandi (present), and Skuld (future) are a trio of deities that weave the fates (wyrd) of people from birth.
#Mythology
art by Johan Egerkrans
#Mythology
art by Johan Egerkrans
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This is very good. I like to remind people that headlines in the 80s would (regularly!) talk about people who drank lattes or ate sushi as exotic, self-indulgent yuppies with obscure tastes. Media constantly made fun of “haute cuisine” meals with tiny portions because fine dining was bad.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is very good. I like to remind people that headlines in the 80s would (regularly!) talk about people who drank lattes or ate sushi as exotic, self-indulgent yuppies with obscure tastes. Media constantly made fun of “haute cuisine” meals with tiny portions because fine dining was bad.
I may be going through some things these couple of months 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I may be going through some things these couple of months 🤔
Could this be defined as a cat tower... Just a very minimalistic one 🤔
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Could this be defined as a cat tower... Just a very minimalistic one 🤔
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Director #BongJoonHo said he hopes the proliferation of AI is "the beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do." But, he added with a laugh: "I’m going to organize a military squad where their mission is to destroy AI all over the world."
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Director #BongJoonHo said he hopes the proliferation of AI is "the beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do." But, he added with a laugh: "I’m going to organize a military squad where their mission is to destroy AI all over the world."
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November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I stepped out for a bit... It's -5°C / 23°F outside 🥶🥶🥶
Luckily I have a cat on my lap warming me up.
Luckily I have a cat on my lap warming me up.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I stepped out for a bit... It's -5°C / 23°F outside 🥶🥶🥶
Luckily I have a cat on my lap warming me up.
Luckily I have a cat on my lap warming me up.
I just used the opportunity to buy 4 of @ryanestrada.com 's books as DRM free electronic versions. Being in Iceland makes this option really valuable to me as I won't have to pay extra for shipping, then the duty and related fees for imports, and they arrive immediately 👍🏻
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store.ironcircus.com
store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I just used the opportunity to buy 4 of @ryanestrada.com 's books as DRM free electronic versions. Being in Iceland makes this option really valuable to me as I won't have to pay extra for shipping, then the duty and related fees for imports, and they arrive immediately 👍🏻
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Rincewind was not politically minded but there were some things he could work out not because they were to do with politics but because they had a lot to do with human nature.
- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Rincewind was not politically minded but there were some things he could work out not because they were to do with politics but because they had a lot to do with human nature.
- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
- Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
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Nanny Ogg had a pragmatic attitude to the truth; she told it if it was convenient and she couldn’t be bothered to make up something more interesting.
- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nanny Ogg had a pragmatic attitude to the truth; she told it if it was convenient and she couldn’t be bothered to make up something more interesting.
- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
- Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
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The Diderot Effect is when, after buying something, you feel pressured to buy more things to match it. The name comes from an 18th century essay by Denis Diderot, lamenting that a new red velvet robe led him to replace his furniture.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Diderot Effect is when, after buying something, you feel pressured to buy more things to match it. The name comes from an 18th century essay by Denis Diderot, lamenting that a new red velvet robe led him to replace his furniture.
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I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
Look at this handsome fella, just chilling in his cat cave.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Look at this handsome fella, just chilling in his cat cave.
He kept trying to get into the box (I was storing partial yarn balls in it) so I ended up emptying it. This is the result.
He's adorkable 🥰
He's adorkable 🥰
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
He kept trying to get into the box (I was storing partial yarn balls in it) so I ended up emptying it. This is the result.
He's adorkable 🥰
He's adorkable 🥰
Simple enough!
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
“Bein’ a soldier is not hard! If it was, soldiers would not be able to do it! There is only three things you need to remember, which are, viz: one obey orders two give it to the enemy good and hard three don’t die.”
“Bein’ a soldier is not hard! If it was, soldiers would not be able to do it! There is only three things you need to remember, which are, viz: one obey orders two give it to the enemy good and hard three don’t die.”
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Simple enough!
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The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.
We hope everyone flies free this weekend.
BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.