ElizaB
@figandpen.bsky.social
Bodily autonomy for all https://figandpen.com
Despite it rankling dumdums, the term ‘cis’ is useful. For instance, I am happy to share a public restroom with a trans woman or a trans man. I do not wish to share with a cis man unless he‘s accompanying his child, in which case I’d appreciate a shout out before he enters. That is clarity.
When you won’t stop chewing your tail and are made to wear the shark of shame. (Note the smug chihuahua in the background, just behind the fin)
🌱 After a disastrous growing season last year, I decided to try Siberian bush varieties, mainly Urbikany and Aurora. Both seem happy with the Scottish conditions, and I’m happy to finally have some home-grown tomatoes. This is about 1/5 of the current crop.
Remembering Roberto Burle Marx, landscaper of Brasilia, on his birthday.
Roberto Burle Marx: The Artist of Landscape Design
Roberto Burle Marx is an icon of Brazilian Modernism. He created art with plants and changed landscape design forever.
dailyartmagazine.com
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
People Make Glasgow sign in the SECC tunnel, lined up with the late evening sun. #glasgow #peoplemakeglasgow #secc #sun
I once trolled Mumsnet with "my 5 year old won't drink coffee unless I put 4 or 5 sugars in it, is this normal?" If you were one of the outraged mums rushing to defend my kids from caffeine - I'm not in the least sorry. It was glorious.
Blessed Lughnasadh, the festival of the first harvest and a nod to the gradual shift from summer into autumn. Traditional celebrations include baking bread, gathering produce from the garden, and some form of fire.
When someone asks "does your art use Generative AI" I don't want the answer to be "well we utilized it at an early stage of development trained on ethical datasets internally used by our team of VERY respected human employees" I want the answer to be "No."
It will never not be funny that they followed a man who held no public office in the UK and only bothered to vote once on fishing while ‘serving’ as an MEP. He had no power to do anything but lie and they chose to believe because it suited their greed. Now they‘re crying. Sorry, but no one cares.
‘Sold down the river’: The Cornish fishermen betrayed by Brexit
A decade on from the EU referendum, Alex Ross visits Cornwall to discover a fishing industry still reeling from a betrayal by the Leave campaign
independent.co.uk
In Japan, a gorilla 🦍 named Kiyomasa got into trouble with his mate. She kicked him out of their enclosure at the zoo, and he was later spotted sitting alone, seemingly thinking now what
heads up if you talk to me this way im allowed to sneak into your house at night and extract one of your teeth. and i do NOT know what im doing
Found some exceptionally nice limes at Lidl, so we’re having key lime pie.
Painting by Kate Jarvik Birch ‘Summer Rain’ 2025. Gouache on paper. Dimensions 6 x 6 Inches.
I love that my best drawing time appears to be 1:30 in the pissing morning.
RIP Billie Joe McAllister. You would have loved the unreliable narrator trope.
This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone #ProofOfCat
Madame Decadent Sneezy-Bottom@darklyadapted.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone #ProofOfCat
I love that she scammed Americans by telling them she was a member of the Irish Royal family and that she had relatives who were high-ranking members of the IRA.
Convicted scammer who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK
A woman accused by scam victims of crisscrossing the U.S. claiming to be an Irish heiress is expected to learn next month whether she will be extradited to the United Kingdom.
apnews.com
Fancy a sweet, sunny & nostalgic 1990s love story FOR FREE? As a special gift to all you lovely people, I’m giving away ‘End of a Century’ on Kindle for the next two days. It’s ‘a gem of a book’, say readers - ‘a love story and so much more’. Don’t miss it! www.amazon.co.uk/End-Century-... #BookSky
The same people who insisted Nicola Sturgeon’s marriage was a sham are now saying there is no way she didn’t know what her husband was doing.
Dinah made a friend today. I’m assuming her friend is a girl because no one did the Harassment Dance and both ate lunch in peace.
chilling after an amazing morning of pooping on her paw and running around the house
Today my daughter asked me about growing up with fireflies and I had to explain that we didn’t have them because of the DDT fog trucks that drove up and down our street every summer evening, usually with a gaggle of children running behind.
