2024-09-17T07:03:46Z https://yabu.me Dr Alice Violett https://yabu.me/npub1zvnqr4erp7ccj9tjl3cdykschcrdyt9lgy0vwa56p8fhmzx7pjhsntmygc https://files.ohai.social/accounts/avatars/109/370/867/095/640/564/original/5c1eb44e76ccc086.jpg https://files.ohai.social/accounts/avatars/109/370/867/095/640/564/original/5c1eb44e76ccc086.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd26yr33kffr85qpm3d4p58tc69rqsm4egc3wmv2trylzwn4p2t0czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272zcf3g Not sure about the new BGA logo, it&#39;s giving &#39;club night for university students in 2008&#39; #BoardGames 2025-09-17T15:29:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswtx29q2c2v9x6kgl0jtxhppk9sutdmtcf9kswldjm2jdeg8s775czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ce4mcm My fiction is in the new issue of The Kleksograph :blobcatdance:<br/><br/>You can give my Gothic short story, Two Dreams, a read here (with apologies for PDF accessibility shortcomings!): <a href="https://www.kleksograph.be/">https://www.kleksograph.be/</a> #ShortStories #ShortStory #Gothic #WritersOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/115/145/348/229/867/814/original/04e93e18a7449506.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-04T09:37:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8y6g70ved9rx39fx6ek5hl4r3pj37el7jtupag3xlszcdq35fnlgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27c95hkx Is &#39;first experience of pizza&#39; a particular &#34;thing&#34; for boomers/silent generation-ers? My grandparents always referred to how my aunt was the first person in our family to have pizza, like it was a landmark in family lore. They didn&#39;t even like it that much when they tried it themselves. 2025-07-23T12:26:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgj6r028kzw65f949f96qunnm98m9hf0uw9jul4yqzvvczgynwkhczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx272s9nne Seeing Smashing Pumpkins, Skunk Anansie and White Lies a month today. Should probably familiarise myself with non-Mellon Collie SP, and White Lies in general. You can tell who we particularly got the tickets to see 😆 2025-07-14T12:49:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy7zsgzt2cv7v9z3pc7u5tajeqkgw6nd744t9awmdu9hfk254lfpqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx275hcjum In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jmzl06xl0xlt39y229dcx3ndf9jl0d5z5wnr2v5a90g63pmfv4q6dlugl'>nevent1q…lugl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The new Wolf Alice song is vair good, the new Halestorm song is better than the previous one.<br/><br/>Split Chain and Wet Leg can wait until the morning because it&#39;s time to change my bedsheet (with Toby Cat&#39;s &#39;help&#39;) and go to bed. 2025-07-10T23:34:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9jmzl06xl0xlt39y229dcx3ndf9jl0d5z5wnr2v5a90g63pmfv4qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27f3h5c5 When you&#39;re up past midnight on a Thursday night and Apple Music is like &#39;a new album just arrived! A new album just arrived! A new song just arrived! A new song just arrived!&#39; :blobcatgamer: (in the absence of the listening-to-music blobcat) 2025-07-10T23:27:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2uzexx52fntdqy2nrm2vkfmlfpq0q5zp2tsa29nj99r7c838ry9szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27fkdgqm A conversation about sponsored silences reminded me of the time in year 7 when my friend was doing one and I was her &#39;helper&#39;. During geography, she wrote me an irate note along the lines of &#39;you&#39;re supposed to put your hand up when the teacher asks a question&#39;. There&#39;s a reason nobody has ever suggested I do a sponsored silence 😅 2025-06-27T20:32:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2yxa3un0pc6c08np9xmwvlpalrz490nskfkpj2w8rvq5n8f5ejmczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27lr6y5n It&#39;s my stop on the blog tour for The Forty Rules of Love!<br/><br/>In which I suggest Shams of Tabriz (Elif&#39;s version) is AuDHD and asexual: <a href="https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-forty-rules-of-love">https://www.draliceviolett.com/blog-tour-the-forty-rules-of-love</a> #bookstodon #BookMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/691/773/996/788/259/original/a1ee8fbdcda6ad1c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-16T07:07:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspk7rqrjtl43g3sch67tldc7nsrrxhc7yqtjzkd7xvv3n0y37escqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27l622n8 Applying eyeliner, I am once again in awe of people who put it on every day/throughout a 45+ year career. So bloody fiddly. 2025-06-05T17:39:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz9905fsfxx2yz60zvvmpreq055emq7ee87f3lx227kq3m006lmwczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx270g0z9z The property of my dreams. Specifically, the dreams where I&#39;ve moved to a house where the layout is absolute clownshoes and I keep discovering unnecessary extra bathrooms, sinister staircases and hidden storage spaces full of random crap. Probably haunted.<br/><a href="https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160570865#/?channel=RES_BUY">https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160570865#/?channel=RES_BUY</a> 2025-04-16T18:06:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdzaxcmjuxxqr9da2u6fghxafvhd674gqx6fz2fq5efdsmx8tc04szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27g0mdtj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsregklaej97fx06wjm9v7e6fllh5xlntpszw92vpsvus7gpl2r8wg343swj'>nevent1q…3swj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m currently reading Luminous for a review 😊 2025-03-26T19:29:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hm0n593w3vte543m9u4cwlpcgm8hqymazkvnzf05zklqdt3duyqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27dvsqnu #MusicWomenWednesday Minuit Machine - I Don&#39;t Give a Damn<br/><a href="https://song.link/gb/i/1789809584">https://song.link/gb/i/1789809584</a> 2025-03-26T12:48:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqm7qgpypuepq6j08tlayuhawerhc0d5ct06alcm3e4d3p8wyaptszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27s2hqyg I feel like I&#39;m being watched.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/121/899/232/295/582/original/3277cd33543fe065.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-07T15:40:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs02hzsuz4avr2lask6mw5h6rhmrd5jczs7n5yj3qngvx53yn09tdczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27tu6y42 It&#39;s just occurred to me that I&#39;ve got a dentist appointment on Tuesday, the first day of the buses that normally go past my house being on diversion for two months 🫠 2025-02-22T18:11:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyrvwgf5us9rydk4j77ule04kcuuglh2qhxp7h64fcwwfz0rdtuzczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27hpm0mt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqzkfsrmyl52vua5md8hdpgpvyt8yzhzjgxm9efnk060an2ngeehcc28ms7'>nevent1q…8ms7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow, time flies 😯 happy gamebirthday everyone! 2025-02-19T17:42:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswwkuekzngdzy8gjrxqh5p69kn4h7yacrtnwg9wvdfnjlruwdpv9qzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27g05w3p A VERY sassy paw. #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/114/025/022/482/610/437/original/ac5ef23ff4f0974e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-18T13:03:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddzfk5jp32r25w6atklpfvrvwd7p2j0rdggymkn7p5ymgrhfqzuqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27ve83pl Tfw you need a lie-down but your cat is practising fourth position in the middle of your bed. #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/952/351/430/453/731/original/2b34d5ef9c5f5c86.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-05T17:02:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsry9y68xewum286navj8ztdhsuhdnjehed8h7m9v2qaqmf50p5g3czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27f3d4wz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9v8sjc57347fzdk6wnzdeve93jyj0c824rtuza939ez2l69hfwycw48d2j'>nevent1q…8d2j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>joy! 2025-02-05T08:59:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw9nz0pstvpr8et0l8wtyqh3m0xs4uvjuqpf2dxac8rtpn8ggtfvqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx2752dexe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzjqxmku5wtfxlwac099gegac4ewazkky055avjg0a7wfsh7fcsg70lmak'>nevent1q…lmak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also draining quicker than before 🙁 2025-02-05T08:13:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvcsar0mzjd08muvmv7e8wvrmf7yqndwqnhglv9z4asq070gndsnszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx274ptekp My phone has recently decided to use up 50% of its battery overnight, while in battery-saving mode. What could it possibly be doing?!??! (assume I&#39;ve looked at my battery settings/status and am no wiser thx) 2025-02-05T08:07:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswup4fwy4xhqj2efm8fst4pc9mjq6cjyaazyycwm0ttaja2ztsvwgzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27dma65a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ddz05mef8zkxx4t0drxu56g2yp4y7p29f8u0eaxvmx3d5zk2aasvy3g5d'>nevent1q…3g5d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last one, I promise! The wooden structure that looks like a whale&#39;s tail is a barge that has been rotting in place since Victorian times, as its owner died while staying overnight at the quayside inn and nobody reclaimed it.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/630/684/395/004/original/b47de1af681dcd9c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/633/342/264/094/original/c36ceafd7de5ce6e.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/635/684/381/500/original/19961bd1525db37f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/637/907/543/039/original/a5ff19e25ebd83d2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T19:28:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ddz05mef8zkxx4t0drxu56g2yp4y7p29f8u0eaxvmx3d5zk2aaszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27kcmfce In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrdz7mff3nz75855kj4dgvyx8wz3n47zp3ppctn52lm42yzpvanpqk7vfst'>nevent1q…vfst</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As well as the stress testing in the pagoda style buildings, they tested weapons against air pressure in a centrifuge, and water in a big pool.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/600/650/515/385/original/a35bd0a75c66f3b5.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/609/611/155/914/original/387875515de5048d.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/606/633/664/148/original/468e17c7a7567129.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/611/111/406/006/original/8fc30c3ac38114d0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T19:20:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrdz7mff3nz75855kj4dgvyx8wz3n47zp3ppctn52lm42yzpvanpqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27tfutqq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspm29rkunhtxnw2j7lpjvzlf25vf4u609ku25zyy0c80rzxwkq2ysz2pxje'>nevent1q…pxje</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I liked how nature was reclaiming the man-made in places!<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/580/580/924/440/original/6351739f5b6c0245.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/579/640/428/682/original/0e394f439a566acf.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/579/625/823/565/original/e3540e513e05a1bb.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/580/714/846/825/original/3c00981e7bab31ce.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T19:12:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspm29rkunhtxnw2j7lpjvzlf25vf4u609ku25zyy0c80rzxwkq2yszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27a5c9z8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxykn4f74ewqy6whr2tfy6t8an4ggcs4amnrndglh6cwvvj0gr3nct4wkym'>nevent1q…wkym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small history lesson: Orford Ness was used to test what would trigger nuclear weapons. The third photo is a building where personnel could observe whether or not a bomb went off in a testing structure. The pagoda-like building was designed so the pillars would blow out and bring down the tons of shingle on the roof in the event of an explosion.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/533/030/191/068/original/4f0a6a3c16721794.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/525/074/948/120/original/44caf30105aad4a5.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/532/193/102/917/original/9234ebeb07a8e416.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/530/347/472/705/original/90216242c605bc45.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T19:05:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxykn4f74ewqy6whr2tfy6t8an4ggcs4amnrndglh6cwvvj0gr3nczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27acmd6f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ur0cak3c8kkgda5pj8judlfq8a9gj4wyk9t7dv0dwjencltrlhqwzqydw'>nevent1q…qydw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some more photos from today. Managed to write something in the workshop that people seemed to like, and that I&#39;ll develop if pushed to.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/511/360/732/060/original/ebbe00e7b90c2cd1.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/509/512/947/857/original/03da3f8f60f10adf.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/511/299/727/469/original/c5a92beba2f402bf.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/890/509/552/101/698/original/33cf4989dad30870.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T18:54:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ur0cak3c8kkgda5pj8judlfq8a9gj4wyk9t7dv0dwjencltrlhqzyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27jat45p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrl6f759d788vd5zpctxzd5u9jz6l6c2hwtww7809h7m675uway0sgf804p'>nevent1q…804p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Back at base camp after nearly three hours walking. Knackered, taken a ridiculous number of photos, and haven&#39;t even got to the writing workshop bit yet 😄 I&#39;m normally not long out of bed at this time on a Saturday! 2025-01-25T12:35:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl6f759d788vd5zpctxzd5u9jz6l6c2hwtww7809h7m675uway0szyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27r0exe4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ypmecxsph6rynq0drn52lx5eclmd7hz0905uw3deggup5scjhrgetu4kz'>nevent1q…u4kz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More photodumping.<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/263/835/568/025/original/681fcf76bfd14012.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/262/905/124/971/original/de265bafdf08d4cc.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/263/183/877/418/original/759320f27b652cef.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/264/389/837/640/original/f6b430d65af43f0a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T09:24:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9muv399w4thxcmj92au9tuve2xz7u2e23hgh759vx5sxdy4xsuyczyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27p2lklm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs885p25chjvrk6yxslmf5y7fe9gceeuwlex76h4lkuee6uzqsxg4cjfn94f'>nevent1q…n94f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/040/257/593/028/original/3d915b92f444d388.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/040/262/206/456/original/5a840c4ce03c9e24.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/040/234/511/470/original/5d339474ebd2bc4d.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/888/040/279/956/338/original/46a76c14df6aadf1.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-25T08:28:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdhwwjtxehh2uq96mdll3fvfsp6gfzkh65cpjsy4639yva8nc7rhszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx270smlse In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqmncd0errsrmc4j8sxdhqrxpm3msusf3mypsu6qz00gqkdzmgmtsyxuuu7'>nevent1q…uuu7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>By popular request... he doesn&#39;t have a name yet, and also needs to grow into his ears :blobcataww:<br/> <img src="https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/113/885/445/346/566/025/original/970a020b7107cb6c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-24T21:27:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmncd0errsrmc4j8sxdhqrxpm3msusf3mypsu6qz00gqkdzmgmtszyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27xnx9h8 My friend can&#39;t come to games because she&#39;s getting a kitten, which is an excellent excuse, but she better send photos. 2025-01-24T18:04:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqr7rt33vec22y9uc8976k7pay2uhjn5v3qn8jpudnk6dy304636czyqfjvqwhyv8mrzg4wt78p5j6rzlqd53vhaq3a3mkngyaxlvgmcx27spfc43 Aaaaand we&#39;re back to feeling like crap 🙁 2025-01-23T07:55:23Z