Louise
@louiselooklisten.bsky.social
she / her
Shetland. Library. Making. Writing. Nonsense Peddling . Noticing things. Looking for spoons outside.
not verifying my age so can’t get/send DMs
Shetland. Library. Making. Writing. Nonsense Peddling . Noticing things. Looking for spoons outside.
not verifying my age so can’t get/send DMs
What fresh fuckery is this??
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What fresh fuckery is this??
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Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike.
Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.
Oh my goodness! that was fun!!
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Oh my goodness! that was fun!!
Off to @gaada.bsky.social this morning with a bag full of potential print matter! #AmIAnArtist?
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Off to @gaada.bsky.social this morning with a bag full of potential print matter! #AmIAnArtist?
Noticing 10.11.25
More Mould
More Mould
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Noticing 10.11.25
More Mould
More Mould
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Hello, this is Didymium spongiosum, also rather unfortunately called "the dog sick slime." It resembles the "dog VOMIT slime" (see the two lower photos below), which are closely related, but are in different genera.
What you got there is a dog SICK slime mold (Didymium spongiosum). Unlike its close relative the dog VOMIT slime mold (Fuligo septica) it prefers grass to dead wood & deposits calcite on its cortex rather than piles of microscopic chalk balls. Also the surface looks like weird crumpled grocery bags
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hello, this is Didymium spongiosum, also rather unfortunately called "the dog sick slime." It resembles the "dog VOMIT slime" (see the two lower photos below), which are closely related, but are in different genera.
Noticing 9.11.25
a slime mould? - seen so much of it of late in Bressay
a slime mould? - seen so much of it of late in Bressay
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Noticing 9.11.25
a slime mould? - seen so much of it of late in Bressay
a slime mould? - seen so much of it of late in Bressay
. This story is heartbreaking and I can imagine it’s not going to be the only time it happens. Stop giving AI all your power & magic
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
. This story is heartbreaking and I can imagine it’s not going to be the only time it happens. Stop giving AI all your power & magic
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
A wee balm for the soul today. I needed a “cleanse”
Of course, the actual rule is that you have to read the piece in the link, as well as share it. "But how will you know?" you might ask. *pulls mysterious face*. I just will.
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A wee balm for the soul today. I needed a “cleanse”
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Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 14, 5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1)
Mark discovers how life in Lerwick is shaped by sea, storms and Shetland spirit.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book
The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.
www.sciencenorway.no
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
A film I’ve seen more than 7 times is any film i’ve liked, because rewatching is the best way to regulate my nervous system (which i suspect is the same for many)
but in the spirit of the thing…
but in the spirit of the thing…
November 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A film I’ve seen more than 7 times is any film i’ve liked, because rewatching is the best way to regulate my nervous system (which i suspect is the same for many)
but in the spirit of the thing…
but in the spirit of the thing…
i just made an incredible sauce from cooking down peppers, onion tomato & garlic with oregano cumin & paprika and had it with chicken & rice . if this is my last night on this mortal coil, I’m really delighted with my lot & that was the sauce on top!
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i just made an incredible sauce from cooking down peppers, onion tomato & garlic with oregano cumin & paprika and had it with chicken & rice . if this is my last night on this mortal coil, I’m really delighted with my lot & that was the sauce on top!
actual footage of me this morning. I AM SO TIRED.
Off to a creative workshop and fear i have no creative energy left. Really want to go though, if i can get up!
Off to a creative workshop and fear i have no creative energy left. Really want to go though, if i can get up!
November 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
actual footage of me this morning. I AM SO TIRED.
Off to a creative workshop and fear i have no creative energy left. Really want to go though, if i can get up!
Off to a creative workshop and fear i have no creative energy left. Really want to go though, if i can get up!
I find it astounding that content creators- some very high profile and working to give voice to marginalised folk- find it absolutely ok to use substack. when i’ve asked about their feelings on this subject the comment either disappears or goes unanswered
Hey, music writers? Get off substack! I want to be able to read your words, but I refuse to give a Nazi-permitting platform a single click.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I find it astounding that content creators- some very high profile and working to give voice to marginalised folk- find it absolutely ok to use substack. when i’ve asked about their feelings on this subject the comment either disappears or goes unanswered
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
when you deeply respect the boundaries of a kindred due to their need for big healing and you also miss them to shalmileens
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
when you deeply respect the boundaries of a kindred due to their need for big healing and you also miss them to shalmileens
my clock change tip: if you don’t have any time planned activities today, then change the clock at a juncture today that suits you. Yes, you read that correctly. Bend that hour to your will.
Some phones wil change automatically but uou can change it back til ready to change all clocks to GMT
Some phones wil change automatically but uou can change it back til ready to change all clocks to GMT
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
my clock change tip: if you don’t have any time planned activities today, then change the clock at a juncture today that suits you. Yes, you read that correctly. Bend that hour to your will.
Some phones wil change automatically but uou can change it back til ready to change all clocks to GMT
Some phones wil change automatically but uou can change it back til ready to change all clocks to GMT
In Scots it’s ‘hurcheon’ which has a similar sound.
Incidentally there is no Shetland word for hedgehog, because it’s an introduced species but i feel even these ought to have a dialect name!
Incidentally there is no Shetland word for hedgehog, because it’s an introduced species but i feel even these ought to have a dialect name!
In Cumbrian dialects, 'urchin' is hedgehog
the entire world was once a big lake, and it was a giant hedgehog who brought earth in it's needles to create dry land
more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#nature #folklore #lakedistrict
art: Hannah Kugelfant
the entire world was once a big lake, and it was a giant hedgehog who brought earth in it's needles to create dry land
more: Folklore of the Lake District
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#nature #folklore #lakedistrict
art: Hannah Kugelfant
October 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In Scots it’s ‘hurcheon’ which has a similar sound.
Incidentally there is no Shetland word for hedgehog, because it’s an introduced species but i feel even these ought to have a dialect name!
Incidentally there is no Shetland word for hedgehog, because it’s an introduced species but i feel even these ought to have a dialect name!
constantly terrified that people are trusting AI and not checking sources or challenging responses. Just been on another platform where a local history q was asked. someone posted an AI response which was entirely wrong. when challenged they said “i just posted the answer i got. I’m not a historian”
October 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
constantly terrified that people are trusting AI and not checking sources or challenging responses. Just been on another platform where a local history q was asked. someone posted an AI response which was entirely wrong. when challenged they said “i just posted the answer i got. I’m not a historian”
Noticing 23.10.25
a lovely sight to see this lunchtime. Halos around the sun were often portents of bad weather but who knows!
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Noticing 23.10.25
a lovely sight to see this lunchtime. Halos around the sun were often portents of bad weather but who knows!
October 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
a lovely sight to see this lunchtime. Halos around the sun were often portents of bad weather but who knows!