Helen Thwaite
@helensbookhoard.bsky.social
Books, yarn, and nerdy shit.
📖 Book reviews: https://helensbookhoard.carrd.co/
🧶Crochet: https://bit.ly/m/twocrows
📖 Book reviews: https://helensbookhoard.carrd.co/
🧶Crochet: https://bit.ly/m/twocrows
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In 2015, I burnt myself out and had a mental breakdown. Since my recovery (before that, tbh), I've been trying to get my writing career back on track.
It hasn't happened.
I've suffered losses and gone through a divorce, and I'm emotionally fragile. But that isn't why I've made the decision to quit
It hasn't happened.
I've suffered losses and gone through a divorce, and I'm emotionally fragile. But that isn't why I've made the decision to quit
The Sing Space Worsley's altos went out for afternoon tea.
This is us 👇 And this is the ploughman's lunch I had 👇
This is us 👇 And this is the ploughman's lunch I had 👇
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The Sing Space Worsley's altos went out for afternoon tea.
This is us 👇 And this is the ploughman's lunch I had 👇
This is us 👇 And this is the ploughman's lunch I had 👇
THIS.
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
THIS.
Dear self, you do not need to buy yarn. Stop it.
January 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Dear self, you do not need to buy yarn. Stop it.
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I can’t stop laughing at this
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I can’t stop laughing at this
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January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
He asked for permission and was granted it.
The baby was not breathing.
This family was attacked anyway.
ICE are rabid animals and need dealing with as such.
The baby was not breathing.
This family was attacked anyway.
ICE are rabid animals and need dealing with as such.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
He asked for permission and was granted it.
The baby was not breathing.
This family was attacked anyway.
ICE are rabid animals and need dealing with as such.
The baby was not breathing.
This family was attacked anyway.
ICE are rabid animals and need dealing with as such.
Remembering the beautifully talented Dolores O'Riordan, on the eighth anniversary of her tragic passing. 💔
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YouTube video by strangewanderingcat
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January 15, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Remembering the beautifully talented Dolores O'Riordan, on the eighth anniversary of her tragic passing. 💔
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This is a very important video to watch. Thank you Ashley the Barroness. One comment from IG was America isn’t becoming Germany. America is becoming America. That really hit home for me. Watch this! Be uncomfortable.
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This is a very important video to watch. Thank you Ashley the Barroness. One comment from IG was America isn’t becoming Germany. America is becoming America. That really hit home for me. Watch this! Be uncomfortable.
I so miss this man. 💔
Many handsome and touching tributes to the sorely-missed Alan Rickman, who died ten years ago today. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
A prompt to watch (or re-watch) his superb performance in The Song of Lunch, based on Christopher Reid's epic poem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXK...
A prompt to watch (or re-watch) his superb performance in The Song of Lunch, based on Christopher Reid's epic poem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsXK...
The Song of Lunch (2010) Starring Alan Rickman & Emma Thompson
YouTube video by Clips Universe
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January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I so miss this man. 💔
It has been a Day and I'm knackered. Want to go to bed. Need to cook dinner.
a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
ALT: a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
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January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It has been a Day and I'm knackered. Want to go to bed. Need to cook dinner.
@realtoddstashwick.bsky.social I've just come across www.teawithtolkien.com, which has some deep dives into his work. There is a religious slant to them but it's slight. I downloaded their "30 Days in the Shire" and it's full of lovely, slow ideas. Very Hobbitcore, heh.
Tea with Tolkien
Tea with Tolkien: A Free Online Community for the Hobbit at Heart
www.teawithtolkien.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
@realtoddstashwick.bsky.social I've just come across www.teawithtolkien.com, which has some deep dives into his work. There is a religious slant to them but it's slight. I downloaded their "30 Days in the Shire" and it's full of lovely, slow ideas. Very Hobbitcore, heh.
Raise. Your. Voice!!!
One of the shitty things about the racist and anti-lgbtq extremist direction of this administration (and all those like them) is people and corporations quit celebrating, or even supporting, marginalized people to avoid 'trouble.'
Fuck trouble. Fuck bigots.
Raise your voice.
Fuck trouble. Fuck bigots.
Raise your voice.
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Raise. Your. Voice!!!
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I think FF romance isn't as popular because of misogyny, and because of *internalised* misogyny. Women having sexual appetites, women focusing on women's pleasure, women being sexually aggressive, having swagger and sexual confidence - that's still villain-coded, friends.
January 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I think FF romance isn't as popular because of misogyny, and because of *internalised* misogyny. Women having sexual appetites, women focusing on women's pleasure, women being sexually aggressive, having swagger and sexual confidence - that's still villain-coded, friends.
I have just filled in and submitted a pre-op form for my gallbladder removal. Hopefully, that means it's soon.
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I have just filled in and submitted a pre-op form for my gallbladder removal. Hopefully, that means it's soon.
From the legendary unaired episode "The Orgy," featuring villager-snogging and Riker's trombone.
“Bring ‘em all aboard, we’re practically a hotel now.”
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
From the legendary unaired episode "The Orgy," featuring villager-snogging and Riker's trombone.
Gail knows where it's at.
January 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Gail knows where it's at.
@realtoddstashwick.bsky.social Back to art group today and we're making dioramas for our clay creations. Still in progress, but here's my dragon on a beach.
Would you give her a name, please? 🥹
Would you give her a name, please? 🥹
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@realtoddstashwick.bsky.social Back to art group today and we're making dioramas for our clay creations. Still in progress, but here's my dragon on a beach.
Would you give her a name, please? 🥹
Would you give her a name, please? 🥹
One step closer to Soylent Green. Though they'd probably call it something else as "green" is clearly too woke.
I thought this was a joke but it’s an actual post from the White House: “we are ending the war on protein”
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
How about ending the war on the health of this country?
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
One step closer to Soylent Green. Though they'd probably call it something else as "green" is clearly too woke.
🤣🤣🤣
I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
ICE recruitment is going well.
January 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
🤣🤣🤣
SO cool!!!
These 3 tiny dots are not just random stars in the sky.
That's Earth, Jupiter and Venus seen from Mars 🌌
That’s us… 225 million miles away 🤯
That's Earth, Jupiter and Venus seen from Mars 🌌
That’s us… 225 million miles away 🤯
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
SO cool!!!
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The concept that in an encounter with law enforcement (ICE, police, etc) one must magically know the right thing to say or do to keep that person from flying into a murderous rage is something only abuse victims understand. Compliance can easily be twisted into non-compliance to justify violence.
January 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The concept that in an encounter with law enforcement (ICE, police, etc) one must magically know the right thing to say or do to keep that person from flying into a murderous rage is something only abuse victims understand. Compliance can easily be twisted into non-compliance to justify violence.
How, in the year 2026, are we here? Where men of God are preparing for martyrdom in the USA, driven by its president? 😳😭
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
How, in the year 2026, are we here? Where men of God are preparing for martyrdom in the USA, driven by its president? 😳😭
In 2015, I burnt myself out and had a mental breakdown. Since my recovery (before that, tbh), I've been trying to get my writing career back on track.
It hasn't happened.
I've suffered losses and gone through a divorce, and I'm emotionally fragile. But that isn't why I've made the decision to quit
It hasn't happened.
I've suffered losses and gone through a divorce, and I'm emotionally fragile. But that isn't why I've made the decision to quit
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
In 2015, I burnt myself out and had a mental breakdown. Since my recovery (before that, tbh), I've been trying to get my writing career back on track.
It hasn't happened.
I've suffered losses and gone through a divorce, and I'm emotionally fragile. But that isn't why I've made the decision to quit
It hasn't happened.
I've suffered losses and gone through a divorce, and I'm emotionally fragile. But that isn't why I've made the decision to quit