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Bethan M Jenkins

@gwenynen.bsky.social

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Please look after this Bee. Cymraeg a Saesneg, fel y mynnoch. Was Dyddgu elseweb. Ei/Hi. She/Her Signal -> https://signal.me/#eu/p-v5DrC5-xRE_oL2kkAN_8Txhbp3p5q7YIHFXT7jB8a0wOpn7mRFza5I5q80veGU

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Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 8h

OH THANK GOD.

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 9h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 7h

Penblwydd hapus!

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Djamila Knopf @Polaris #196 @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 14h

I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

a painting of a white cat lying in a drawer full of cutlery and miscellaneous items

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 9h

Diolch! I think I'll start small...

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 18h

More of this sort of thing.

Spider-Father @spider-father.bsky.social · 19h

A great story about the positive effect being part of a supportive hobby can have on your mental well being.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spalding Wargames Club putting mental health on the front line

Members of a wargaming club say the support they have been getting from the sessions are 'crucial'.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 10h

Meep? (I just bought the one that they were selling at the work shop for an exhibition!)

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 10h

Every time I see Timothy Olyphant in Alien Earth, I briefly think I'm looking at Malcolm McDowell.

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 14h

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 11h

A dyma hi / and here it is (1876 reprint)

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 11h

Can confirm 🙄

Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 12h

My house eats stuff too, only spits them out when I'm not looking 🙄

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 12h

I already did the pre-order before it was on the kick starter. Oh well! I do need the book at some point (and to pluck up the cottage to read the generic one I already have)

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 12h

The "Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet" aspect of this REALLY speaks to me. Like, this man just needed to let a map POUR out of him and used whatever piece of paper was closest.

The Wonder of Tolkien @tolkienwonder.bsky.social · 12h

The first Silmarillion map. Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet.

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 12h

*pre-order..even

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 12h

*sides into thread* is this a different thing from the reprint early bird reorder, does anyone know? 😳

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 22h

Just occurred to me that “stay tuned“ is one of those phrases we’ll have to explain to kids, because while the semantic meaning stays, the literal meaning is lost to them.

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 23h

I miss the days when higher education was seen as a social good, a national treasure. When the social, cultural and intellectual contribution of higher education was valued as highly as economic contribution. When students from poorer backgrounds had proper financial support. When the humanities 1/

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 22h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Michael Munnik @michaelmunnik.bsky.social · 20h

I don't want to give Badenoch's trope too much attention. Really, that's the only purpose for these "policy" proposals anyway.

But Otto's final line below is exactly right: study what interests you, and the rest will follow. You can't know what doors will open and close in your life.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Simon Kövesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 20h

Price of everything, value of nothing.

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, I have to have solo lunch on Saturday, I can do scrambled eggs!

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

Printers are like horses, they can sense fear and exploit it accordingly. The trick is to approach them with confidence and never show your belly.

neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 2d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Big Demon Energy @mayawest.online · 12d

your daily reminder that hope is a floatation device- grab it with both hands 🖤

screenshot from Everything Everywhere All At Once - he is saying "When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary.

It's how I've learned to survive through everything."

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Bethan M Jenkins @gwenynen.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, now those I have!

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The one colour I don't actually own...
I'm not going to use anything pale, I know it needs to have a reasonable contrast to show.

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