Wool-Encased Tea Addict

One of the many Whole Points is to let yourself try new inks. Whole facets of oneself one never dreamed of...

I think that sounds amazing.Thank you!

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Gorgeous! Have you got a favorite ink to use with it?

If a person wished to talk about this some more, they would have an audience. We all admire commitment to the bit.

Yet we are here to support and enable you. bsky.app/profile/berg...

I'm using Google Translate a lot to work out how to say certain things in French and sometimes when a sentence involves the second person it chooses the wrong form for what I need (tu vs vous) but it turns out I can get it to use the desired form by ending the sentence with either "buddy" or "sir" 🙃

I can't say that I'll be boycotting Chili's as it has been years since I've been in one, and you can't really boycott a restaurant you already don't go to. That said, I'll be happy not to change my habits, transphobia leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Destroy Chili’s

A nice surprise for my birthday week: my first ‘proper’ academic publication, for UCL Press / Paper Trails. I hope you enjoy it!

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Absolutely the dumbest people

When you literally don't know what "literally" means.

My favorite ever, anywhere.

I think every single day about “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.”

Typewriter handwriting tutorial YouTube video by FP ASMR

You should _certainly_ try a fountain pen because so many possibilities for joy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4NT... typewriter font

7 Quick Tips for Better Handwriting Right Now YouTube video by Erin Smith

7 Quick Tips for Better Handwriting Right Now:
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www.youtube.com/@writewithan... several fonts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4NT... typewriter font

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Excellent point, really.

I wish I could afford to travel regularly:

You better believe we’ll be investigating.

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For several years, boats and entire docks washed up on Pacific Northwest coasts, carried across the entire Pacific Ocean, over years, from Japan after this catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

This feels like a very Bluesky coded question : does anyone know of an existing off-the-shelf case that fits an Olivetti Lettera well and snugly? The sturdier, the better - it's likely gonna travel a bit.

(I have an OG case but it is in not great shape!)

Goodnight from Lewis Bramwell, comforted by the thought that if he dies due to tripping on one of the hundreds of books on his staircase at least his ghost will have a lot to read. Goodnight from Gemma Cross, scrabbling to make a chalk circle around her bed. Goodnight from Hookland.

Tomorrow's call list.
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This is a great piece and incidentally explains that if you do finally find ready-to-wear that fits today why a piece you buy in the same size a year later may not fit

The Submarine of Czechia: Or, The Life of a Spy at Mar-a-Lago A version of this short story was originally published in Flaming Hydra, an art collective I'm proud to be a part of. This is most definitely a work of...

so what happened was, i read nine john le carré books, then i saw the pictures of the preposterous drapery SCIF at mar a lago where the iran war was being conducted, and then i thought about how many spies there must be at that place

and then i wrote a short story

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Much more likely we get "Trump attempts to make a Senator a horse" leading to a clearly terrified Lindsay Graham trying to trot everywhere he goes least he invoke the wrath.

How To Refill A Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain Pen The Pilot Varsity is sold as a disposable fountain pen, but it seems like such a shame to throw one away once you’re done with it. Instead of tossing it in the garbage, what if you could refi…

I haven't tried yet... (I say ominously, cracking my knuckles)

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one day--someday soon-- I'll check Bluesky and it will have happened.

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No matter which route you take home tonight, you'll still wish you were sitting in a cozy secret library in the forest, sipping tea and reading about old magic with the wild folk of the wood.