eviŁrooster
@evilrooster.bsky.social
Dual US/UK techie living in the Netherlands. Technical writer and contagious documentarian by day, bookbinder by night.
My opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of anyone who employs, hangs out with, or is in any other way stuck with me.
My opinions are my own, and do not reflect those of anyone who employs, hangs out with, or is in any other way stuck with me.
Multipurpose? Or just insulting to cats?
January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Multipurpose? Or just insulting to cats?
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Timeline cleanse: cat
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Timeline cleanse: cat
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Morning timeline cleanse, part 2: cat.
January 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Morning timeline cleanse, part 2: cat.
Timeline cleanse: cat.
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Timeline cleanse: cat.
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
THANK YOU. Drives me nuts.
Particularly since Billy Boyd (Pippin) worked as a bookbinder for six years.
Particularly since Billy Boyd (Pippin) worked as a bookbinder for six years.
Modern bookbinding in LotR.
#FilmSky, a quick question; what is the pettiest thing you have had to be annoyed at a film? I ask because I am watching The Gift from 2000, and the main character does divination with Zener Cards, which are not the same thing as Tarot at all. Why go for a more boring looking option?
January 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
THANK YOU. Drives me nuts.
Particularly since Billy Boyd (Pippin) worked as a bookbinder for six years.
Particularly since Billy Boyd (Pippin) worked as a bookbinder for six years.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Childbirth. Nearly bled out even with medical intervention.
Childbirth. Nearly bled out even with medical intervention.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Massive oak tree came down and smashed the back off my house. Would be dead but the electricity substation next to the house broke the tree’s fall.
Massive oak tree came down and smashed the back off my house. Would be dead but the electricity substation next to the house broke the tree’s fall.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Tequila. Drinking challenge was the only one who could drink a quint shot in one go.
Passed out whilst walking home across Weymouth beach.
Woke up with the tide lapping round my ankles, but was wet to my shoulders.
We haven’t spoken since.
Tequila. Drinking challenge was the only one who could drink a quint shot in one go.
Passed out whilst walking home across Weymouth beach.
Woke up with the tide lapping round my ankles, but was wet to my shoulders.
We haven’t spoken since.
January 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Childbirth. Nearly bled out even with medical intervention.
Childbirth. Nearly bled out even with medical intervention.
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
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English weather is wet
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
March 10, 2024 at 11:16 AM
English weather is wet
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
At the tattoo parlor! About to get a(nother) tattoooooooo!
December 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At the tattoo parlor! About to get a(nother) tattoooooooo!
Niche, but…
Walked past Michael Howard on the way into the Pantheon in 1998 and heroically did not say “but did you threaten to overrule him?” as I passed.
Walked past Michael Howard on the way into the Pantheon in 1998 and heroically did not say “but did you threaten to overrule him?” as I passed.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Niche, but…
Walked past Michael Howard on the way into the Pantheon in 1998 and heroically did not say “but did you threaten to overrule him?” as I passed.
Walked past Michael Howard on the way into the Pantheon in 1998 and heroically did not say “but did you threaten to overrule him?” as I passed.
I am, as I have always been, a Classicist from California who moved eastward and now lives among people entirely unlike the ones I grew up with.
But now all my friends are also murderers, as am I.
But now all my friends are also murderers, as am I.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I am, as I have always been, a Classicist from California who moved eastward and now lives among people entirely unlike the ones I grew up with.
But now all my friends are also murderers, as am I.
But now all my friends are also murderers, as am I.
Today I'm doing something very old-fashioned indeed: I'm turning a garment.
Specifically, I'm taking apart a polywool skirt that's pilled and ratty on the outside and fine on the inside and remaking it so the inside is the outside (and vice versa). I figure I can get another year's wear out of it.
Specifically, I'm taking apart a polywool skirt that's pilled and ratty on the outside and fine on the inside and remaking it so the inside is the outside (and vice versa). I figure I can get another year's wear out of it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today I'm doing something very old-fashioned indeed: I'm turning a garment.
Specifically, I'm taking apart a polywool skirt that's pilled and ratty on the outside and fine on the inside and remaking it so the inside is the outside (and vice versa). I figure I can get another year's wear out of it.
Specifically, I'm taking apart a polywool skirt that's pilled and ratty on the outside and fine on the inside and remaking it so the inside is the outside (and vice versa). I figure I can get another year's wear out of it.
If nothing else, regurgitating AI responses does make people politer during arguments.
December 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
If nothing else, regurgitating AI responses does make people politer during arguments.
Subskeet: I know it’s hard, venturing into the world of transformative works for the first time, to accept that just as your clever work may not be everyone’s cup of tea, so what you find hopelessly cringe may also be valid and valuable.
But it’s worth the effort.
But it’s worth the effort.
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Subskeet: I know it’s hard, venturing into the world of transformative works for the first time, to accept that just as your clever work may not be everyone’s cup of tea, so what you find hopelessly cringe may also be valid and valuable.
But it’s worth the effort.
But it’s worth the effort.
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
The gnomes have added another work to our art wall: Gnomerican Gothic.
December 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The gnomes have added another work to our art wall: Gnomerican Gothic.
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trans kids deserve the goddamn world and when we swing this pendulum back in the enemy’s face i hope there’s thousands of them who feel safe and supported enough to come out. liberation and justice for all. fuck the haters.
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
trans kids deserve the goddamn world and when we swing this pendulum back in the enemy’s face i hope there’s thousands of them who feel safe and supported enough to come out. liberation and justice for all. fuck the haters.
Well, it’s Christmas for me, so have my favorite Christmas story.
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
What Joseph Felt (A Christmas Story) | Jo Walton -- Science Fiction and Fantasy Author
www.jowaltonbooks.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Well, it’s Christmas for me, so have my favorite Christmas story.
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
www.jowaltonbooks.com/short-storie...
This is as reasonable as the theory that James Maybrick was Jack the Ripper.
greatest generation update; ex-Marine traumatised in combat on Okinawa may have been both the Black Dahlia perpetrator *and* the Zodiac killer: www.latimes.com/california/s...
An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings
Two retired LAPD homicide detectives say that both notorious cases are solved -- with a single culprit -- thanks to the work of a novice sleuth.
www.latimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This is as reasonable as the theory that James Maybrick was Jack the Ripper.
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God jul, nästa år vänder vi kampen mot fascismen till seger!
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
God jul, nästa år vänder vi kampen mot fascismen till seger!
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This needed better alt-text (it had adequate alt, but it’s art, and art needs a description, not just attribution)
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This needed better alt-text (it had adequate alt, but it’s art, and art needs a description, not just attribution)
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
It’s such a powerful piece of commentary.
It’s not yet Christmas, so I’m not too late to post my Advent story: Silence in the Hill-Country
evilrooster.dreamwidth.org/50289.html
evilrooster.dreamwidth.org/50289.html
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It’s not yet Christmas, so I’m not too late to post my Advent story: Silence in the Hill-Country
evilrooster.dreamwidth.org/50289.html
evilrooster.dreamwidth.org/50289.html
On Saturday M and I bought a table to put in a corner of the living room and play games on. Chunky, wood, old, leafs out. (1/n)
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
On Saturday M and I bought a table to put in a corner of the living room and play games on. Chunky, wood, old, leafs out. (1/n)