Profile avatar
tcu.bsky.social
Knowledge is dour.
178 posts 9 followers 19 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 18 Comments 32

I don't care how bad it is, I will never complain about the food at an Italian restaurant. Insult Nonna's memory? On TripAdvisor? Unthinkable.

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

RIP Senator Joseph McCarthy, you would have loved this

submitted 150 days ago • 0 comments

Trains in the UK are beset by such a cacophony of problems, that there can be only one explanation: fairies.

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

Discarding those parts That no longer serve I eat The leaves at my feet #haiku #dailyhaiku #micropoetry

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

The internet makes fad terms for old things: Estrangement like low or no contact within families was not uncommon, it just wasn't named. And some people never found a partner or married. They weren't incels, they were maids and bachelors. Life's complications are ancient.

submitted 168 days ago • 0 comments

Tech has taught us that if you don't want people to do something, make it really annoying. Legalise drugs but make it 12 hour online queue, dynamic pricing, an automated text that requires you to rate every 10 minutes how good your high is (out of 39 for some reason) to continue your subscription.

submitted 178 days ago • 0 comments

As we enter a period that looks a lot like war, I wish so much that I could talk to my granny about how she coped through it, and I'm simultaneously glad she isn't around to see it happen again.

submitted 208 days ago • 0 comments

It is a true stereotype that British people start small talk with the weather. "It's gotten cold hasn't it?" "So the sun's come out finally!" I'd love to know what the small talk opener is in other countries and cultures! Or do you skip small talk altogether? #linguistics #smalltalk #culture

submitted 224 days ago • 2 comments

I had the fizzy brain today. I was very productive and had lots of Good Ideas but was also too talkative at work and had lots of Unrealistic Ideas and had a terrible headache all afternoon and I know it's going to be hard to get to sleep tonight. #autism

submitted 258 days ago • 0 comments

Chivalry isn't dead, it's just different. It's holding the door open for anyone who is behind you. It's saying "I love your nails!" to a stranger with a beautiful manicure. It's all the small acts of polite kindness that create the oil that keeps society's cogs slipping round smoothly.

submitted 262 days ago • 0 comments

Most of us know 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely' but we need to tag on the beginning 'power can attract the corrupt or those open to influence by corruption'. And we need to do better at identifying and valuing those who do not fit any of those statements.

submitted 271 days ago • 0 comments

Hi lovely creatives of BlueSky, seeing as we're not doing the official nanowrimo or inktober, are there any community led ones I can hop on? I really appreciate the motivation I get from working alongside fellow would-be procrastinators! #writing #ink #drawing #artist #writers #novel

submitted 288 days ago • 1 comment

The Bechdel test but for when animals have a relationship with each other that doesn't involve you

submitted 292 days ago • 0 comments

Millennials have been priced out of the traditional midlife crisis. A lot of us haven't reached a senior place in our career, don't own a house, and our kids are still in school. We don't have the spare cash for a sports car, so we're skipping straight to knitting and writing our first novels.

submitted 294 days ago • 0 comments

The best feeling in the world as a parent is when your child is proud of themselves.

submitted 299 days ago • 0 comments

What's your current social media strategy?

submitted 299 days ago • 0 comments

The water smells like the rock, the rock smells of moss The moss, of water. #waterfall #haiku #micropoetry #dailyhaiku

submitted 311 days ago • 0 comments

Y

submitted 312 days ago • 0 comments