MariaCecilia
@meaniemary.bsky.social
Obssesive reader, a sarcastic woman who loves music, art, wine and Monty Python, slightly unhinged when it comes to Twilight. Sorry.
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My mum, Jo, did some really beautiful linoprints for the seven books I wrote for Unbound. She was never paid for any of them. In one book they even forgot to credit her for her work then, when I gently pointed this out, they sent her some flowers as an apology.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My mum, Jo, did some really beautiful linoprints for the seven books I wrote for Unbound. She was never paid for any of them. In one book they even forgot to credit her for her work then, when I gently pointed this out, they sent her some flowers as an apology.
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Since October, I have been reporting on the effects of Trump's mass deportation agenda in NYC.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
TPM has spent nearly two months on the front lines of Trump's mass deportation push in New York. We found masked agents, chaos in the courts, and a quietly growing movement that's fighting back.
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Life Inside the Undocumented Underground
During President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatic raids staged by the Immigration...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Since October, I have been reporting on the effects of Trump's mass deportation agenda in NYC.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
Look out! The Evil Queen is apparently up to her fruit shenanigans again. I was NOT tempted by the "innocent" fruit left on top of the mailbox, I poked it with a stick and ran away screaming, and so should you!
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Look out! The Evil Queen is apparently up to her fruit shenanigans again. I was NOT tempted by the "innocent" fruit left on top of the mailbox, I poked it with a stick and ran away screaming, and so should you!
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So I heard the advertisement world gave us another “oh no, he’s cute” wolf.
(I needed to add the subtitles myself because *holy appropriate song*, Batman!)
(I needed to add the subtitles myself because *holy appropriate song*, Batman!)
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So I heard the advertisement world gave us another “oh no, he’s cute” wolf.
(I needed to add the subtitles myself because *holy appropriate song*, Batman!)
(I needed to add the subtitles myself because *holy appropriate song*, Batman!)
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Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered landscapes #WomensArt #snow #winter
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered landscapes #WomensArt #snow #winter
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How the fuck is this duplicitous joke of a website still up? unbound.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How the fuck is this duplicitous joke of a website still up? unbound.com
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
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December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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LIMITED OFFER:
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at [email protected] with your address.
UK only, sorry.
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at [email protected] with your address.
UK only, sorry.
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
LIMITED OFFER:
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at [email protected] with your address.
UK only, sorry.
1 signed Everything Will Swallow You hardback
1 signed Ring The Hill paperback
1 signed 21st-Century Yokel paperback
1 FABULOUS hare linocut by my mum, Jo
All for £45 plus p&p
Grab them while they last by emailing me at [email protected] with your address.
UK only, sorry.
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Day 2. Spirit sister. Painted and engraved glass panel, 2016.
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Day 2. Spirit sister. Painted and engraved glass panel, 2016.
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Well that explains it
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Well that explains it
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'Torii at Atago' from the series 'Twenty Views of Kyoto' - Tokuriki Tomikichiro, ca. 1950s.
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
'Torii at Atago' from the series 'Twenty Views of Kyoto' - Tokuriki Tomikichiro, ca. 1950s.
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
#ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
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If you have time today, many in our resistance are joining the phone bank to help Get Out the Vote in TN-7. We’re calling voters to support Aftyn Behn, join us if you can!
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you have time today, many in our resistance are joining the phone bank to help Get Out the Vote in TN-7. We’re calling voters to support Aftyn Behn, join us if you can!
Another thing, after watching After the Hunt I wondered, is that how American academics really speak today, or is the movie dialogue an equivalent of the computer-tech speak in action movies that has my engineer friend groan-whisper-hiss "Shudduuup" next to me?
a cartoon of king of the hill with the words did you mean for all those words to come out together
ALT: a cartoon of king of the hill with the words did you mean for all those words to come out together
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December 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another thing, after watching After the Hunt I wondered, is that how American academics really speak today, or is the movie dialogue an equivalent of the computer-tech speak in action movies that has my engineer friend groan-whisper-hiss "Shudduuup" next to me?
I finally watched After the Hunt and it was like eating a roll of very dry biscuits. Excellent actors but the characters were all very disagreeable, and all in the same way: completely wrapped up in themselves. It made for very little real interaction/communication. Left me parched for some LIFE.
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I finally watched After the Hunt and it was like eating a roll of very dry biscuits. Excellent actors but the characters were all very disagreeable, and all in the same way: completely wrapped up in themselves. It made for very little real interaction/communication. Left me parched for some LIFE.
Unsolicited opinion no 324: If anyone decides to make a movie about Ursula von der Leyen, I absolutely think that Kate Dickie should play her.
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Unsolicited opinion no 324: If anyone decides to make a movie about Ursula von der Leyen, I absolutely think that Kate Dickie should play her.
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Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
This summer we went looking for my mother's birthplace. Please enjoy the power of the rushing river where my grandmother's family came from, up in the far north.
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This summer we went looking for my mother's birthplace. Please enjoy the power of the rushing river where my grandmother's family came from, up in the far north.
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Now that the book's been out for over a month, I'm re-posting this great review by @hawkwinglb.bsky.social of Queen Demon, for people who have had time to read the book and like really deep smart dives: locusmag.com/review/queen...
Queen Demon by Martha Wells: Review by Liz Bourke
Queen Demon, Martha Wells (Tor 978-1-250-82691-6, $28.99, 400pp, hc) October 2025. Cover by Cynthia Sheppard. I’ve loved Martha Wells’s fantasy novels ever since I picked up The Element of Fire. Qu…
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November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Now that the book's been out for over a month, I'm re-posting this great review by @hawkwinglb.bsky.social of Queen Demon, for people who have had time to read the book and like really deep smart dives: locusmag.com/review/queen...
Reading about ayahuasca therapy in the newspaper and then I go out and have a beer and listen to some live music with friends and, honestly? That's all the mind-altering I need. #livemusic #feelinggood
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reading about ayahuasca therapy in the newspaper and then I go out and have a beer and listen to some live music with friends and, honestly? That's all the mind-altering I need. #livemusic #feelinggood
Today I went to change the tires on my bike to winter tires, buy some more tea, I got the influenza vaccine shot and I picked up some books at my local indie bookshop. Now, I'm going home to make applesauce, knit mittens and read. I'm all set @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today I went to change the tires on my bike to winter tires, buy some more tea, I got the influenza vaccine shot and I picked up some books at my local indie bookshop. Now, I'm going home to make applesauce, knit mittens and read. I'm all set @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
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Annie Soudain is a contemporary UK artist and printmaker inspired by nature #WomensArt
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Annie Soudain is a contemporary UK artist and printmaker inspired by nature #WomensArt
I finally watched the latest #TheFantasticFour movie and while I was relieved to see that baby CGI has advanced since Reneesmee's days frankly I found the most unbelievable thing about the plot was how Sue Storm wasn't nursing the new baby 24/7. That was what nearly killed ME.
a woman in a blue superhero costume with the letter a on it
Alt: Sue Storm from Fantastic Four exhausted, but still valiantly battling Galactus and baby fatigue
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November 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I finally watched the latest #TheFantasticFour movie and while I was relieved to see that baby CGI has advanced since Reneesmee's days frankly I found the most unbelievable thing about the plot was how Sue Storm wasn't nursing the new baby 24/7. That was what nearly killed ME.
I always found brass orchestras vaguely threatening.
When she is much older, the girl will for a moment imagine herself still racing from a house that cares only for brass instruments.
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I always found brass orchestras vaguely threatening.