Abigail
@abigail.bsky.social
Passionate about the power of creativity and connection. Teaching sewing in Belfast. Posts about sewing, cats, dogs and random ramblings. Was @abbyjss at the other place.
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“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA.
Learned a lot, watching this.
Learned a lot, watching this.
August 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA.
Learned a lot, watching this.
Learned a lot, watching this.
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I've been checking the source of quotes for my forthcoming book, and the performance of Gemini is extraordinary. I paste the quote into Google, and Gemini will barge in with the wrong answer over and over again. It's not an occasional thing - it's reliably wrong. Very odd.
Twice in the last week I've pasted a quotation into Google to check the source, and Gemini has barged in with the wrong answer. CS Lewis quote from The Seeing Eye (1967) was placed in The Screwtape Letters (1942). Alfred Loftus quote (1857) attributed to Austen Layard (1849). Gemini 0/2.
September 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I've been checking the source of quotes for my forthcoming book, and the performance of Gemini is extraordinary. I paste the quote into Google, and Gemini will barge in with the wrong answer over and over again. It's not an occasional thing - it's reliably wrong. Very odd.
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James out here asking the important questions.
Would you rather eat one donut sized Gruffalo or a hundred Gruffalo sized donuts?
September 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
James out here asking the important questions.
I love it when good things happen to lovely people. 😊🍩
…which is basically #1, if you don’t count the Gruffalo. 🤷
September 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I love it when good things happen to lovely people. 😊🍩
Me: I really should get the Glider into town more.
Also me: how many years would I get for throttling that middle aged man opposite me flicking through TikTok at full volume?
Also me: how many years would I get for throttling that middle aged man opposite me flicking through TikTok at full volume?
September 15, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Me: I really should get the Glider into town more.
Also me: how many years would I get for throttling that middle aged man opposite me flicking through TikTok at full volume?
Also me: how many years would I get for throttling that middle aged man opposite me flicking through TikTok at full volume?
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Someone in the thread pointed out this village is RIGHT next to a men's prison full of actual criminals - w a dedicated sex offender wing - & nobody's been so distressed by that they've had to stop litter picking
In checking this I discovered they're also next to a village called Horton Cum Studly.
In checking this I discovered they're also next to a village called Horton Cum Studly.
Of all the remakes, "racist Passport to Pimlico" was not on my bingo card www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why is Piddington in Oxfordshire holding a referendum on leaving the UK?
Residents of Piddington, near Bicester, will vote in a symbolic referendum on Tuesday.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Someone in the thread pointed out this village is RIGHT next to a men's prison full of actual criminals - w a dedicated sex offender wing - & nobody's been so distressed by that they've had to stop litter picking
In checking this I discovered they're also next to a village called Horton Cum Studly.
In checking this I discovered they're also next to a village called Horton Cum Studly.
Why does everything have to be so complicated?!?
Also why the fuck are we only getting post once a fortnight?!?
Also why the fuck are we only getting post once a fortnight?!?
September 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Why does everything have to be so complicated?!?
Also why the fuck are we only getting post once a fortnight?!?
Also why the fuck are we only getting post once a fortnight?!?
This is quite breathtakingly stupid of Airbnb.
September 14, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This is quite breathtakingly stupid of Airbnb.
Just discovered @downrail.bsky.social is on bluesky! 😊
Feeling a bit attacked by Downpatrick heritage railway for having the trains of my teenage years. I'm too young to be a part of heritage. 😆
September 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Just discovered @downrail.bsky.social is on bluesky! 😊
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Here it is - the viral content of its time: the Guinness ad with 'Guaglione' www.youtube.com/watch?v=u455...
Dancing Man Guinness TV Ad 1994
YouTube video by CR's Video Vaults
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Here it is - the viral content of its time: the Guinness ad with 'Guaglione' www.youtube.com/watch?v=u455...
Don't get a cat if you don't like opening doors.
September 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Don't get a cat if you don't like opening doors.
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I remember these, too. And how they used to have signage stating with quasibiblical certainty
SEATS ARE NOT FOR FEET
SEATS ARE NOT FOR FEET
Feeling a bit attacked by Downpatrick heritage railway for having the trains of my teenage years. I'm too young to be a part of heritage. 😆
September 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I remember these, too. And how they used to have signage stating with quasibiblical certainty
SEATS ARE NOT FOR FEET
SEATS ARE NOT FOR FEET
I'm basically turning into everyone's Irish mammy whose only conversation is who is ill and who has died.
Only about 20 years before most Irish mammies become that.
Only about 20 years before most Irish mammies become that.
September 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I'm basically turning into everyone's Irish mammy whose only conversation is who is ill and who has died.
Only about 20 years before most Irish mammies become that.
Only about 20 years before most Irish mammies become that.
Just heard another one of life's really good people died this week.
Frankie was the heart and soul of Coffee in the Wood in Collier's Wood. Through The Boy's little years she served coffee, babycinnos and reassurance that I wasn't fucking motherhood up. She will be so missed by everyone. 💔
Frankie was the heart and soul of Coffee in the Wood in Collier's Wood. Through The Boy's little years she served coffee, babycinnos and reassurance that I wasn't fucking motherhood up. She will be so missed by everyone. 💔
September 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just heard another one of life's really good people died this week.
Frankie was the heart and soul of Coffee in the Wood in Collier's Wood. Through The Boy's little years she served coffee, babycinnos and reassurance that I wasn't fucking motherhood up. She will be so missed by everyone. 💔
Frankie was the heart and soul of Coffee in the Wood in Collier's Wood. Through The Boy's little years she served coffee, babycinnos and reassurance that I wasn't fucking motherhood up. She will be so missed by everyone. 💔
Feeling a bit attacked by Downpatrick heritage railway for having the trains of my teenage years. I'm too young to be a part of heritage. 😆
September 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Feeling a bit attacked by Downpatrick heritage railway for having the trains of my teenage years. I'm too young to be a part of heritage. 😆
10 year old sewing birthday party finished. It's amazing to see all the girls leave with skirts.
My hearing however is doing that weird thing it does when you've just left a gig. 😆
My hearing however is doing that weird thing it does when you've just left a gig. 😆
September 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
10 year old sewing birthday party finished. It's amazing to see all the girls leave with skirts.
My hearing however is doing that weird thing it does when you've just left a gig. 😆
My hearing however is doing that weird thing it does when you've just left a gig. 😆
The world needs more whimsy.
Happy to see kids (and grown ups) can still drive the DLR with new stock.
September 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The world needs more whimsy.
I love how much the Trump loving right wing loyalists will be having a complete breakdown over this. 😆
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see unified Ireland and ‘it may as well happen now’ as he visits Dublin – live
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see unified Ireland and ‘it may as well happen now’ as he visits Dublin – live
US president is meeting politicians and business leaders – and playing golf – during two-day trip to Ireland
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I love how much the Trump loving right wing loyalists will be having a complete breakdown over this. 😆
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I never thought I’d live to see the day where an Orangeman would call for a united Ireland.
September 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I never thought I’d live to see the day where an Orangeman would call for a united Ireland.
I really wasn't prepared for the replies to this.
Yes, lots of awful things happen all the time.
Yes, America has gone down an awful road since 2016.
That doesn't take away from the fact 9-11 was objectively horrific. If you didn't find it so, that's on you.
Yes, lots of awful things happen all the time.
Yes, America has gone down an awful road since 2016.
That doesn't take away from the fact 9-11 was objectively horrific. If you didn't find it so, that's on you.
Someone left their kids in the car with the windows down today in East Belfast. They were shouting random things at strangers.
Along with 6-7 one of the things they shouted was 9-11.
Which makes me realise that there's a whole generation who just don't get the all consuming horror of it.
Along with 6-7 one of the things they shouted was 9-11.
Which makes me realise that there's a whole generation who just don't get the all consuming horror of it.
September 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
I really wasn't prepared for the replies to this.
Yes, lots of awful things happen all the time.
Yes, America has gone down an awful road since 2016.
That doesn't take away from the fact 9-11 was objectively horrific. If you didn't find it so, that's on you.
Yes, lots of awful things happen all the time.
Yes, America has gone down an awful road since 2016.
That doesn't take away from the fact 9-11 was objectively horrific. If you didn't find it so, that's on you.
Someone left their kids in the car with the windows down today in East Belfast. They were shouting random things at strangers.
Along with 6-7 one of the things they shouted was 9-11.
Which makes me realise that there's a whole generation who just don't get the all consuming horror of it.
Along with 6-7 one of the things they shouted was 9-11.
Which makes me realise that there's a whole generation who just don't get the all consuming horror of it.
September 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Someone left their kids in the car with the windows down today in East Belfast. They were shouting random things at strangers.
Along with 6-7 one of the things they shouted was 9-11.
Which makes me realise that there's a whole generation who just don't get the all consuming horror of it.
Along with 6-7 one of the things they shouted was 9-11.
Which makes me realise that there's a whole generation who just don't get the all consuming horror of it.
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Dismayed by defeat of the assisted dying bill. Nothing was won today – no new palliative care funding, no new disability support. And the suffering that brought this bill to parliament remains.
September 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Dismayed by defeat of the assisted dying bill. Nothing was won today – no new palliative care funding, no new disability support. And the suffering that brought this bill to parliament remains.
Having sat with my friend in the final hours of her life recently I am really struggling with the assisted dying discourse today.
September 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Having sat with my friend in the final hours of her life recently I am really struggling with the assisted dying discourse today.
Currently having Donut Squad read out loudly to me in a cafe.
He said bum sandwich loudly enough to startle a posh looking lady. 😆
He said bum sandwich loudly enough to startle a posh looking lady. 😆
September 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Currently having Donut Squad read out loudly to me in a cafe.
He said bum sandwich loudly enough to startle a posh looking lady. 😆
He said bum sandwich loudly enough to startle a posh looking lady. 😆