Blaiyde
@blaiyde.bsky.social
Software developer, gamer, nerd, artist, writer. She/Her.
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Hello❄️Commissions are open!
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December 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello❄️Commissions are open!
DM me if you're interested
I will be infinitely grateful for reposts 💗
DM me if you're interested
I will be infinitely grateful for reposts 💗
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Who Gives a Focal?
tá cúpla focal a rá agam.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Subscription tiers are now live. I’ll be coming up with some perks in the coming days but right now please consider contributing to this newsletter I have meant to start forever but have jumped into the deep end on whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
Who Gives a Focal?
tá cúpla focal a rá agam // I have a few words to say
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Subscription tiers are now live. I’ll be coming up with some perks in the coming days but right now please consider contributing to this newsletter I have meant to start forever but have jumped into the deep end on whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
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An seachtain seo, rinne mé nuachlitir. This week, i made a newsletter sign up and support here: whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
September 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
An seachtain seo, rinne mé nuachlitir. This week, i made a newsletter sign up and support here: whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
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I've accumulated a crew of brilliant folks in my life; one of these stars - among the most culturally astute and expressive in prose, @whogivesafocal.bsky.social - is launching a #newsletter showcasing her independent #writing & #journalism. Get in early: whogivesafocal.ghost.io/in-a-world-o...
In a World of Tommy Shermans, Be the Misery Chick
“People aren’t upset that Tommy Sherman died. They’re upset that they’re going to die.”
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September 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I've accumulated a crew of brilliant folks in my life; one of these stars - among the most culturally astute and expressive in prose, @whogivesafocal.bsky.social - is launching a #newsletter showcasing her independent #writing & #journalism. Get in early: whogivesafocal.ghost.io/in-a-world-o...
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Tomorrow morning a fresh newsletter will be piping hot in your inbox at 10:30 if you subscribe now!
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Who Gives a Focal?
tá cúpla focal le rá agam // I have a few words to say
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September 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tomorrow morning a fresh newsletter will be piping hot in your inbox at 10:30 if you subscribe now!
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Today I wrote about my Irish journey, collective grief and the times ahead. I’m pretty proud of it. Please give it a read and subscribe today!
The Revolutionary Art of Irish Caoineadh in Uncertain Times
Fáilte, welcome, caoinfimid le chéile, we will weep together.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today I wrote about my Irish journey, collective grief and the times ahead. I’m pretty proud of it. Please give it a read and subscribe today!
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An tseachtain seo // this week in the newsletter. Read it now and subscribe on whogivesafocal.ghost.io/the-irish-ar...
September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
An tseachtain seo // this week in the newsletter. Read it now and subscribe on whogivesafocal.ghost.io/the-irish-ar...
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Read and subscribe today !
An tseachtain seo // this week in the newsletter. Read it now and subscribe on whogivesafocal.ghost.io/the-irish-ar...
September 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Read and subscribe today !
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“There is something about this group of words, or mutations of one word, for all-encompassing grief that I think hooked itself in my very Southern gothic heart. As a writing professor once told me, “The specific is universal,” … Even as I write this, tá mé ag caoineadh.”
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“There is something about this group of words, or mutations of one word, for all-encompassing grief that I think hooked itself in my very Southern gothic heart. As a writing professor once told me, “The specific is universal,” … Even as I write this, tá mé ag caoineadh.”
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So give us a subscribe if youre into exploring what the hell this newsletter is about whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
Who Gives a Focal?
tá cúpla focal le rá agam // I have a few words to say
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September 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So give us a subscribe if youre into exploring what the hell this newsletter is about whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
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ICYMI: “The caoineadh Ní Ghríofa talks about is a song or poem in the form of a lament. It is also the verbal noun of “caoin,” or to weep, as in tá mé ag caoineadh. I am lamenting, I am weeping. But the practice of the Irish “caoin” is also funerary practice, an ancient one…”
The Revolutionary Art of Irish Caoineadh in Uncertain Times
Fáilte, welcome, caoinfimid le chéile, we will weep together.
whogivesafocal.ghost.io
September 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
ICYMI: “The caoineadh Ní Ghríofa talks about is a song or poem in the form of a lament. It is also the verbal noun of “caoin,” or to weep, as in tá mé ag caoineadh. I am lamenting, I am weeping. But the practice of the Irish “caoin” is also funerary practice, an ancient one…”
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I made a small goal at the beginning of the week: 5 new subscribers. We hit that goal in a couple of days to my surprise so I upped it to 10. We are up to 8! Who can push us over the edge? whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
Who Gives a Focal?
tá cúpla focal le rá agam // I have a few words to say
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September 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I made a small goal at the beginning of the week: 5 new subscribers. We hit that goal in a couple of days to my surprise so I upped it to 10. We are up to 8! Who can push us over the edge? whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/
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I’m really excited about tomorrow’s issue of “Who Gives a Focal?” I’ll be talking about V for Vendetta, fear and the Autumn equinox. Sign up to get it fresh in your inbox whogivesafocal.ghost.io
Who Gives a Focal?
tá cúpla focal le rá agam // I have a few words to say
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September 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m really excited about tomorrow’s issue of “Who Gives a Focal?” I’ll be talking about V for Vendetta, fear and the Autumn equinox. Sign up to get it fresh in your inbox whogivesafocal.ghost.io
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“It’s the same fear that propels the world of V for Vendetta, and while V offers us an ideal, a Billy Badass with a belief in justice and a better world, it’s really Evey who shows us that fear can be overcome in pursuit of that ideal.”
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“It’s the same fear that propels the world of V for Vendetta, and while V offers us an ideal, a Billy Badass with a belief in justice and a better world, it’s really Evey who shows us that fear can be overcome in pursuit of that ideal.”
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Newsletter is out now: There are very few major global events of my childhood where my anxiety was ever soothed by any authority in my life. So why would I think there would be comfort at the end of a movie or book that is about the destruction of everything I know and love?
"V for Vendetta" Is an Unflinching Love Story Amid Fascism
While V offers us an ideal, it’s really Evey who shows us that fear can be overcome in pursuit of that ideal.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Newsletter is out now: There are very few major global events of my childhood where my anxiety was ever soothed by any authority in my life. So why would I think there would be comfort at the end of a movie or book that is about the destruction of everything I know and love?
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Aistriúchán beag 🤏 de mo nuachlitir // a little translation of my newsletter. Read the full version in English here: whogivesafocal.ghost.io/v-for-vendet...
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Aistriúchán beag 🤏 de mo nuachlitir // a little translation of my newsletter. Read the full version in English here: whogivesafocal.ghost.io/v-for-vendet...
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“There’s this idea that you have to learn things like language when you’re young because it’s easier, but actually it’s not all that easier. We think it is because we don’t remember how hard it was to learn to speak as babies, but it also took us a really long time to get the words right then.”
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“There’s this idea that you have to learn things like language when you’re young because it’s easier, but actually it’s not all that easier. We think it is because we don’t remember how hard it was to learn to speak as babies, but it also took us a really long time to get the words right then.”
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My newsletter “Who gives a focal?” is now live with its first piece about an episode of Daria and the death of a really shitty football player named Tommy Sherman. Give it a read. And please subscribe! whogivesafocal.ghost.io/in-a-world-o...
In a World of Tommy Shermans, Be the Misery Chick
“People aren’t upset that Tommy Sherman died. They’re upset that they’re going to die.”
whogivesafocal.ghost.io
September 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My newsletter “Who gives a focal?” is now live with its first piece about an episode of Daria and the death of a really shitty football player named Tommy Sherman. Give it a read. And please subscribe! whogivesafocal.ghost.io/in-a-world-o...
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Signed Copies of Welsh Monsters are back in the shop!
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June 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Signed Copies of Welsh Monsters are back in the shop!
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At least 120 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours across Gaza, bringing the death toll to 55,104. Gaza’s Health Ministry added that at least 474 people have been injured over the past day. The latest deaths include at least 57 people who were seeking humanitarian aid at GHF sites.
Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 55,000 as Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens at Aid Sites
At least 120 Palestinians were killed and 474 have been injured in the last 24 hours across the enclave.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At least 120 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours across Gaza, bringing the death toll to 55,104. Gaza’s Health Ministry added that at least 474 people have been injured over the past day. The latest deaths include at least 57 people who were seeking humanitarian aid at GHF sites.
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My colleague @samculture.bsky.social wrote this piece, and I had to reach out and tell her that this article made me want to see Wicked when I hadn't previously planned to.
January 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My colleague @samculture.bsky.social wrote this piece, and I had to reach out and tell her that this article made me want to see Wicked when I hadn't previously planned to.