Writing our Destiny aka Andrew
@planecrazy.bsky.social
A strange assortment of knowledge, caprice, and whims. Throw in steel pens and DnD, shake, strain and serve.
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https://thesteelpen.com/
https://theesterbrookproject.com/
He/Him/Hey You
https://thesteelpen.com/
https://theesterbrookproject.com/
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Thought I'd try something, see if anyone is interested.
Let's look at a single object, humble and everyday for it's time, and unpack some of its context and importance.
This is a "steel pen" from Gillott. They were sold by the gross in small paper boxes.
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Let's look at a single object, humble and everyday for it's time, and unpack some of its context and importance.
This is a "steel pen" from Gillott. They were sold by the gross in small paper boxes.
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I'll make this a table of contents post for my steel pen posts. They seem to be reasonably popular, but I only post them periodically, so they may get buried. Here are the ones I've posted so far. I'll keep adding as I go.
Also, more info in my alt text.
The original.
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Also, more info in my alt text.
The original.
bsky.app/profile/plan...
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"The Maccabees are a small, start-up militia charged with defending the holy temple from the invading Greek army. Our rockstar candidate should be a motivated, goal-oriented self-starter, because we don’t have the bandwidth or manpower for micromanaging."
Job Posting: Team Leader for the Maccabees
About The Job The Maccabees are a small, start-up militia charged with defending the holy temple from the invading Greek army. Our rockstar candida...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"The Maccabees are a small, start-up militia charged with defending the holy temple from the invading Greek army. Our rockstar candidate should be a motivated, goal-oriented self-starter, because we don’t have the bandwidth or manpower for micromanaging."
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Beware the snake in squirrel-owl clothing!!!
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Beware the snake in squirrel-owl clothing!!!
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"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
support fill the dishes — My Grandfather's Cat
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
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POP-UP Pinocchio!
This book was treasured by its owner for nearly 90 years before coming to #NewberryLibrary! He played with it so much he had to replace one of this famous Italian toy character's heads!
December 13 (13/24)
#AdventCalendar
#LittleWoodenBoy #AndMeLegsAreSticks
#PuppetPulledItOff
This book was treasured by its owner for nearly 90 years before coming to #NewberryLibrary! He played with it so much he had to replace one of this famous Italian toy character's heads!
December 13 (13/24)
#AdventCalendar
#LittleWoodenBoy #AndMeLegsAreSticks
#PuppetPulledItOff
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Ever watch someone on a treadmill just slightly too fast for them but they arrogantly refuse to admit it?
That’s the vibes I get from Karoline Leavitt.
That’s the vibes I get from Karoline Leavitt.
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Ever watch someone on a treadmill just slightly too fast for them but they arrogantly refuse to admit it?
That’s the vibes I get from Karoline Leavitt.
That’s the vibes I get from Karoline Leavitt.
It's that time of year we need to do our yearly reading of the greatest Chanukah book of all time, "The Flying Latke."
"A family argument over a Buick on the first night of Chanukah results in a food fight, and when Uncle Izzy throws a latke out the window, the FBI mistakes it for a UFO."
"A family argument over a Buick on the first night of Chanukah results in a food fight, and when Uncle Izzy throws a latke out the window, the FBI mistakes it for a UFO."
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
It's that time of year we need to do our yearly reading of the greatest Chanukah book of all time, "The Flying Latke."
"A family argument over a Buick on the first night of Chanukah results in a food fight, and when Uncle Izzy throws a latke out the window, the FBI mistakes it for a UFO."
"A family argument over a Buick on the first night of Chanukah results in a food fight, and when Uncle Izzy throws a latke out the window, the FBI mistakes it for a UFO."
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
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Don’t shop at big retailers this year, give these gifts instead!
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Don’t shop at big retailers this year, give these gifts instead!
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
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My girl looks good in the snow
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My girl looks good in the snow
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Going through some old family photos. Christmas c. 1965-68.
There are so many presents because we had 7 kids and 6 adults at Christmases, and my uncle was a doctor, hence the fancy toy range. Love the aluminum tree.
There are so many presents because we had 7 kids and 6 adults at Christmases, and my uncle was a doctor, hence the fancy toy range. Love the aluminum tree.
September 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Going through some old family photos. Christmas c. 1965-68.
There are so many presents because we had 7 kids and 6 adults at Christmases, and my uncle was a doctor, hence the fancy toy range. Love the aluminum tree.
There are so many presents because we had 7 kids and 6 adults at Christmases, and my uncle was a doctor, hence the fancy toy range. Love the aluminum tree.
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Labour strikes aren’t new!
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Labour strikes aren’t new!
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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A custom request from one of our KS backers: 'can you make it look like the Wyrm is coming out of heavy mist?'
Several careful layers of white/grey paint and one white/grey inlay Wyrm later, this DM screen is looking stunning 🐉
#ttrpg #dmscreen #leathercraft
Several careful layers of white/grey paint and one white/grey inlay Wyrm later, this DM screen is looking stunning 🐉
#ttrpg #dmscreen #leathercraft
December 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A custom request from one of our KS backers: 'can you make it look like the Wyrm is coming out of heavy mist?'
Several careful layers of white/grey paint and one white/grey inlay Wyrm later, this DM screen is looking stunning 🐉
#ttrpg #dmscreen #leathercraft
Several careful layers of white/grey paint and one white/grey inlay Wyrm later, this DM screen is looking stunning 🐉
#ttrpg #dmscreen #leathercraft
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I'm obsessed with ancient sculpture. Like how is it so.... Je ne sais quoi...
March 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm obsessed with ancient sculpture. Like how is it so.... Je ne sais quoi...
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Polpetta; 2 Rue Paradis, 98000 Monaco https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.7401389%2C7.421571600000001&query_place_id=ChIJWWI2HIrCzRIR0fWZ0b-lX8M
December 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Polpetta; 2 Rue Paradis, 98000 Monaco https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.7401389%2C7.421571600000001&query_place_id=ChIJWWI2HIrCzRIR0fWZ0b-lX8M
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The Truth about MAGA Mike Duggan
The Gander kills it on Instagram. Wonder why they aren't on Bluesky.
www.instagram.com/gandernewsro...
The Gander kills it on Instagram. Wonder why they aren't on Bluesky.
www.instagram.com/gandernewsro...
December 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Truth about MAGA Mike Duggan
The Gander kills it on Instagram. Wonder why they aren't on Bluesky.
www.instagram.com/gandernewsro...
The Gander kills it on Instagram. Wonder why they aren't on Bluesky.
www.instagram.com/gandernewsro...
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Your wingèd weekend Umlaut.
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Your wingèd weekend Umlaut.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
Meet me down at the Lavish Libation? Should be a rockin' Saturday night.
(With a name like that, it's got to be a good time.)
(With a name like that, it's got to be a good time.)
Lavish Libation Pub & Inc; Evululuko, Three Corners Complex, 50001, C46, Oshakati, Namibia https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-17.7865285%2C15.717587&query_place_id=ChIJwbgmhrahkxsRMT7YSLaIDFE
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Meet me down at the Lavish Libation? Should be a rockin' Saturday night.
(With a name like that, it's got to be a good time.)
(With a name like that, it's got to be a good time.)
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Erik Satie
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
August 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Erik Satie
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
Composer
In 1917 Satie collaborated with Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso to produce Parade, a mixed media performance that included music, dance, and visual art.
Satie, Cocteau, and company were charged with “cultural anarchy” and put in jail for 8 days.
youtu.be/_Chq1Ty0nyE?...
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Disney on Ice but it’s all the BIPOC Princesses chasing ICE agents with razor skates, sharpened hockey sticks, wearing Jason hockey masks.
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Disney on Ice but it’s all the BIPOC Princesses chasing ICE agents with razor skates, sharpened hockey sticks, wearing Jason hockey masks.
For @leahfromsd.bsky.social ‘s holiday joy
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
For @leahfromsd.bsky.social ‘s holiday joy
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Today was a good day.
📍Wicklow mountains, Éire
📍Wicklow mountains, Éire
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Today was a good day.
📍Wicklow mountains, Éire
📍Wicklow mountains, Éire
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Y'ALL????
I PROPOSED TO MY GIRLFRIEND LAST NIGHT???
OR WELL
MY FIANCÉE NOW???
SHE SAID YES???
WE'RE ENGAGED??????
!!!!!!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I PROPOSED TO MY GIRLFRIEND LAST NIGHT???
OR WELL
MY FIANCÉE NOW???
SHE SAID YES???
WE'RE ENGAGED??????
!!!!!!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Y'ALL????
I PROPOSED TO MY GIRLFRIEND LAST NIGHT???
OR WELL
MY FIANCÉE NOW???
SHE SAID YES???
WE'RE ENGAGED??????
!!!!!!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I PROPOSED TO MY GIRLFRIEND LAST NIGHT???
OR WELL
MY FIANCÉE NOW???
SHE SAID YES???
WE'RE ENGAGED??????
!!!!!!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️