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Vanessa Knipe
@vjknipe.bsky.social
Malaysian-born, Scottish writer. Recovering Luddite, DIY house renovation, likes canoeing, decorates a mean cake, a highly biased mother.
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Website: https://vanessajknipe.wixsite.com/vanessa-knipe
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Thrown out of the Guardian Angels, Jack will search the Ends of Time for Lizzie.

Will History Ever Recover?

Last Days Forever is now available from
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Your daily fortune:
Today you will find success. Success at feeling overwhelmed, and spilling wine on your favorite sweater.
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Just about 2 days left
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info

Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative

Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

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December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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I’m no fan of Nigel Farage but credit to him for highlighting the brilliant work of the SNP government in ensuring that over a third of Scottish school children are fluent in multiple languages.

Thanks, froggy.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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velociraptor = distanceraptor / timeraptor
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?

B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.

C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Looking for a gift for the history lover in your life? Consider the Women of 1000 calendar! Meet a different woman each month from the year 1000. This year, we've got a few throwbacks to the first calendar mixed in with the most recent illustrations.

#MedievalSky 🗃️

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December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Hello! @wtpress.bsky.social are open for submissions for a Welsh Mythology anthology edited by myself and @rozc.bsky.social , to launch at Eastercon. Details here

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Anthology Submissions
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd) Times are hard. Perhaps not quite hard enough for Arthur to awaken from his long sleep, but other characters from mythology and history may still be here to…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
These card are beautiful especially if you want something a little different from robins.
6 packs left!
Christmas Card Sold out atm but Preorders are reopened!

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December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I'm sending these out as Christmas presents this year. Though I bought one sneaky bag of Mulled Wine truffles for me.
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Very close to 50 auctions bidded on out of the 63!!!!

Every bid gets you a wonderful item (mostly original artwork) and you help a charity!
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info

Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative

Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Check out my poem "The Last Man on Mars" in The Brazen Head for a dystopian take on a near-future Mars colony ...

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📚🪐 📚 #mars #colony #scifi #poem #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse
The Last Man on Mars
PAUL DEANE first read The Lord of the Rings at age 11, when one of his father’s co-workers gave him a copy. Not long after, he was assiduously reading science fiction and fantasy – Asim…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Every penny I make in book sales between now and Satanmas day will be donated to the RNLI.

Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come

Come on internet; show me what you can do.
This is the best quarter my human has ever had! Thank you kindly everyone!
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Unlike the debunked “millionaire exodus”, Britain’s young workers really are leaving in droves— 174,000+ since March 2024.

The motor of our economy walking away is a crisis that really should worry us.

🧵So, why are they leaving and how can we stop it? 1/9
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Today's #BookQW word is 'world'. Alwenna's crossing a rough sea on a tiny boat.

This moment is where her story first came into being. It evolved from a creative writing exercise, extracted alongside - it fascinates me how a distinct narrative takes on its own shape from little more than a vibe.
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.
Just to say, apropos of nothing, we don't allow trans-exclusive groups to set up at Nantymeillion to do things (things being wild women camps or womens drumming workshops). This has come up in the past. If your "feminist" group excludes trans women you can go somewhere else. We don't want you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Right, my trans homies! If you are trans (or non binary) and would like to take the 2 day Introduction to #Permaculture course on a pay-what-you-feel basis, give me a shout and we'll make it happen next summer....
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Book Quote Wedneday's word is 'world' #BookQW
Being able to see those who live in the supernatural realm is all very well, but there's a lot which Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin don't know, and that can land them in a world of hurt. Modern fantasy rooted in British myths and folklore #Booksky
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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39 auctions bidded on!

still lots of original artwork awaiting homes!
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info

Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative

Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Ate them.
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM