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2026
my job would be easier if i were capable of reading physical documents or books for more than 30…original (opens in a new tab)
7 Oct 2026
Perhaps this is too hot a take for someone who is able-bodied-enough but having the majority of…original (opens in a new tab)
7 Oct 2026
People online love posting things about the Middle Ages and how they missed their calling to be a…original (opens in a new tab)
6 Oct 2026
always so fun (derogatory) trying to share medieval irish resources because honestly the vast…original (opens in a new tab)
6 Oct 2026
they’re also freely available on the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT), a site run by university…original (opens in a new tab)
6 Oct 2026
okay which type of magnesium is the good type of magnesium supplement again? i lose track. and where…original (opens in a new tab)
6 Oct 2026
found this to be a useful and non-judgmental article! traditions and/or terms don’t have to be…original (opens in a new tab)
4 Oct 2026
behind every arthuriana blogger is a cringefail arthurian novel written in high schooloriginal (opens in a new tab)
3 Oct 2026
i also think this is a factor in why i struggled so much when i was trying to learn russian and…original (opens in a new tab)
3 Oct 2026
i do think one reason that i am so anxious a lot of the time is that i am simply not eating quite…original (opens in a new tab)
3 Oct 2026
yo there’s a term for the fact i can’t understand speech unless i can mentally transcribe if so if I…original (opens in a new tab)
2 Oct 2026
went to Currys and looked at the fridge freezers that they had in the shop and they just don’t make…original (opens in a new tab)
1 Oct 2026
one thing i really don’t understand is why online listings for fridge-freezers appear to give you…original (opens in a new tab)
1 Oct 2026
i’m still thinking about the person last month who told me they had high standards for fantasy…original (opens in a new tab)
1 Oct 2026
the book in question was Ynys Gwales by rebecca thomas, if anyone here has read it and can give me…original (opens in a new tab)
30 Sept 2026
got colleagues asking me if I’ve read certain novels in welsh and I’m like. ah I’ve somehow given…original (opens in a new tab)
30 Sept 2026
Goodreads users will really make lists about anything. Who’s ready for uncle literature ‼️original (opens in a new tab)
30 Sept 2026
coming off my meds is really making me think my “migraines” are actually mostly occipital neuralgia…original (opens in a new tab)
29 Sept 2026
conceptual opposite of the gaeltacht vampire tbh. once again i am creating highly specific vampiresoriginal (opens in a new tab)
29 Sept 2026
the tails were, for the record, never remotely explained. as far as i can tell these were humanoids…original (opens in a new tab)
29 Sept 2026
actually while i’ve still got this soapbox stuck to my shoe i also wanna say i think culturally we…original (opens in a new tab)
29 Sept 2026
okay i finished it. it wasn’t very good. it did make a change but i definitely think the blurb was…original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
i often buy Kobo books on sale and then leave them on my device for ages before i read them, and…original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
genuinely if you are job hunting in england/the uk right now and it’s not going well, it’s not you,…original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
i worked in london zone 3 on £7.83/hr in 2018-19 and i was commuting from the border of zone 4-5 but…original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
There’s such a big gulf between the American tradition of “honouring our brave troops” and the…original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
i never paid any mind to book dedications and acknowledgements until i started working on my…original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
asking for my own edification/goal-setting, no other reason (at least none i’m conscious of)original (opens in a new tab)
28 Sept 2026
My body is a machine that turns “I’m going to take some time to think about how to reply to that”…original (opens in a new tab)
27 Sept 2026
“they kept him in a dark place like a cheese” is such a good sentence youd think it came from a…original (opens in a new tab)
27 Sept 2026
sometimes I’m like. well I ate the thing with chickpea flour in for months without realising so…original (opens in a new tab)
27 Sept 2026
27 Sept 2026
rediscovering my screencaps of gluck’s “margery kempe” and hi yeah what the fuck is this bookoriginal (opens in a new tab)
26 Sept 2026
It’s great being an advocate for pigeons but you NEED to be an advocate for gulls as well…original (opens in a new tab)
26 Sept 2026
i wish i could quit instagram cos a. I’m spending too much time there and b. on the rare occasions I…original (opens in a new tab)
26 Sept 2026
there’s a lot to be said for a “committed” relationship not in the sense of monogamous marriage but…original (opens in a new tab)
25 Sept 2026
i’m not sure the realities of most historical friendships lived up to their ideals at all but the…original (opens in a new tab)
25 Sept 2026
i gotta start going to bed early on wednesdays because welsh is NOT going well so far this term. i…original (opens in a new tab)
24 Sept 2026
I suffer from something that I can only describe as “grim postmonitions;” upon succeeding at a…original (opens in a new tab)
24 Sept 2026
THEY’RE FINALLY REFERRING ME TO NEUROLOGY IT ONLY TOOK TEN THOUSAND YEARS AND FAILING ALL THE DRUGSoriginal (opens in a new tab)
24 Sept 2026
in the waiting room at the gp and they called my first name, which isn’t the name I usually use but…original (opens in a new tab)
24 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
actually i could probably get a fair amount of mileage out of my childhood and adolescence (i.e….original (opens in a new tab)
24 Sept 2026
it also pisses me off that basically every time i see any medical professional about literally any…original (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
like just to clarify i was diagnosed with hypermobility in 2012. i was also diagnosed as having…original (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
i finally saw a specialist physio for the shoulder problem I’ve been having since february/marchoriginal (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
sorry to the person whose comment on my post I misread and snapped at. I have a migraine coming on…original (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
stand-up comedy set where you get sent a bibliography two weeks beforehand and have to do the…original (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
I’ve been watching a lot of standup recently and my toxic trait is that i have the completely…original (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
a. this was a casual comment by this person in the comment section of a comedian’s video. but I’m…original (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
instagram is now recommending me comedians from cork and you know what. I’m not even mad about itoriginal (opens in a new tab)
22 Sept 2026
happy 18th birthday to merlin !!! I hate you, I love you, you missed out on so many good plot…original (opens in a new tab)
22 Sept 2026
so i think láeg is a character that you can detach from violence (though not from hierarchy, really,…original (opens in a new tab)
21 Sept 2026
the thing about Dylan Thomas is that I mostly don’t have a clue what he’s talking about but the…original (opens in a new tab)
21 Sept 2026
#vision seen #for like a year my mouth would water whenever it rained so I understand this …original (opens in a new tab)
21 Sept 2026
grimdr:
thoughts I had in my dream that I’m still puzzling over now that I’m awake: “man, the...original (opens in a new tab)
21 Sept 2026
anyway okay I’m done ranting. it’s just been five days of close proximity and no release valve so i…original (opens in a new tab)
11 Sept 2026
personally my policy when talking to people in different fields of study to me who have expressed an…original (opens in a new tab)
11 Sept 2026
felt the need to tell me they do think classical civilisation should exist of course, we shouldn’t…original (opens in a new tab)
11 Sept 2026
aside from not being a straight man this person keeps hitting all of the stereotypes about…original (opens in a new tab)
11 Sept 2026
tfw you’re rage posting in the tags of a personal post and then your internet craps out and it…original (opens in a new tab)
10 Sept 2026
I have said this before probably but probably the biggest cultural disconnect between me and most of…original (opens in a new tab)
10 Sept 2026
“canon-typical [whatever]” is the funniest category of ao3 tags to me because it’s basically a nicer…original (opens in a new tab)
10 Sept 2026
The union insists I can’t demand single combat as a resolution to this grievance. Why do I even pay…original (opens in a new tab)
10 Sept 2026
finally got a physio appointment about my shoulder that has been constantly subluxating since…original (opens in a new tab)
10 Sept 2026
the state does not need to assign you a sex, nor does it need to keep inalterable record of it btworiginal (opens in a new tab)
9 Sept 2026
i’m asking about your primary source of income in this case. not here to judge, just curious how the…original (opens in a new tab)
9 Sept 2026
altogether far too much coughing and sneezing in these communal spaces where i am unable to…original (opens in a new tab)
9 Sept 2026
me: explicitly out of phone signal for a full week, specified that i MIGHT have wifi sometimes but…original (opens in a new tab)
8 Sept 2026
so funny that lancelot comes to the bars at guinevere’s window and he’s like i wish i could be there…original (opens in a new tab)
7 Sept 2026
either just unfucked my shoulder or re-fucked it in a new and exciting way but that sure was a big…original (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026
i always find these so interesting as someone who is not from the US and thus doesn’t actually have…original (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026
there should be a dedicated emotion word for when you realize a song is just pachabel’s canonoriginal (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026
til that americans say “counterclockwise” instead. i’ve seen this word around but never particularly…original (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026
i ordered my new welsh textbook and not only has it not arrived but i haven’t even had a dispatch…original (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026
really a lot of this boils down to, sure, is fearr gaeilge bhriste ná béarla cliste ach is fearr…original (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026
had basically decided not to take my wheelchair to [redacted] only for my knee to completely crap…original (opens in a new tab)
5 Sept 2026