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The Crafty Miss

@TheDonsieLass@mas.to

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We are in a climate emergency
Cri de cœur-ist disabled vegan migrant
Was an early modernist, now in public health
Aspiring Lorax living with solastalgia
Likes animals, plants, evidence, justice, languages & dialects, citizen science, the outdoors, tea
Prefers the quiet place
Curious about things

[Profile is the front page of a 17th-century pamphlet 'The Crafty Miss'; header is a colourful and cloud-streaked sunset over a green field]

748 Followers

550 Following

50 Posts

Joined April 25, 2022

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 2mo ago

Do we have #FountainPen people here who could help me choose a new pen? I've lost my Lamy Safari. I never especially liked it so don't want another. Lefty. Smallish hands prone to fatigue. Prefer to write posted so I don't lose the cap but hate backweight. Need a comfortable, easy, durable workhorse for notes or journalling that I can toss into a bag. Not ever going to have nice handwriting and not a pen enthusiast per se so don't care hugely about design etc. UK based. Rough budget £75-£125 or so

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@StaceyCornelius@zeroes.ca Allowable pranks are exclusively:

Sending a photo of the dog in the driver's seat and pranking them that Fido took your keys for a roadtrip
Pretending a cardboard box is haunted but actually there's a cat inside
olden style food that looks like a different food but is still delicious
heading to work/school/etc but you turn a different way en route. when they say 'hey, this is the wrong way' you reveal you've all got the day off for something delightful instead

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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If you want to know why I'm crying this morning

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@nakal I wanted to make you aware that you've used an ableist slur in your post. You may not have realised it as those slurs are quite common in everyday speech, but they have been part of a system of eugenicist dehumanisation of people with intellectual or learning (or other) disabilities of differences. Thought I'd mention it in case you wanted to avoid using words like "imbecile"

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@afewbugs moss, bicycles

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Crocus aren't native but the plants I've put into our garden this winter have been welcome for the hungry queen buff-tailed bumblebee I saw on Sunday

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@NorcalGma2 Ah, the Byrons are in bloom I see

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@stgm This is a face that deserves raisin toast

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@bright_helpings Honestly, I'd be gutted. A decent tradesperson is precious

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@mattgrayyes Now I just need a hack to make me less terrified to cycle in the city! But seriously, this is cool and an especially helpful idea for people who don't want to have to spend £4k just to get a bike with biggest possible range. That's why -- as you say -- we need the infrastructure

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 4mo ago

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@Catfish_Man@mastodon.social So happy she has a loving new home to go to and I hope it helps a bit with you having to part from her

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

Shite day, shite recruitment process, shite time of it out there

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@futurebird Pine barrens also my first thought

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@nakal Thanks for being cool about me telling you

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk Oh awesome!

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk Excellent. I had hoped we could cycle while the cars were out of the way

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@MyWildlifeAllotment Indeed. Everything newly planted or shallower is crisping up. I've lost so much already

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@kityates@mas.to Oh ffs

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@CatsOfYore Thanks, I'll take two Historical Kittens, pls

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@beandreams Enraged

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green Wow, that's amazing! I hope he's proud also

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@JimmyB@mas.to Good luck!

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@JimmyB@mas.to Sorry about your poorly pear. Are you in the UK or Europe? If so, suspect it's scab (but without a close-up, could be pear rust). Both are fungal diseases. https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/apple-and-pear-scab

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@hootalex Oh oh oh this is excellent!

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@WataruTenkawa_1 Learning things, being outside

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@MyWildlifeAllotment Perfect, thank you! Those were exactly my concerns!

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@StaceyCornelius@zeroes.ca Replacing April Fool's Day with April Delights Day

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@fullfathomfive But she is describing grammar checkers: 'stuff in your computer that pretends to correct your punctuation or grammar'. Some writers' 'style' relies on such support. To ignore our experiences is exclusionary. Given the reason some of us use those tools is our disability or neurodivergence, the quote -- especially out of context -- sounds like ableism. If the quote holds value for you, great. Its sentiment lands differently for some disabled and/or ND folks

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@fullfathomfive A different perspective: the dyslexic, autistic and other folks who struggle to write for general audiences without "stuff in [the] computer" like spell and grammar checks in word processors are not incompetent. By not considering these writers in such a take, we are reminded that exclusion and ableism can be perpetuated by quotes even from a darling like Le Guin

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@Kimberley Thank you!

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@afewbugs@social.coop Is your potato trying to live?

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@HeatherMJ That's great, I didn't know about him. Thanks for informing me

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 8mo ago

@alxd Charming. I'd love to play a game that looked like this

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@MyWildlifeAllotment I've been thinking of doing the same thing to my fence posts

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@JimmyB@mas.to Hmm. Perhaps pear blister mite. It doesn't always look that dramatic but can look pretty dark on occasion https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/pear-blister-mite

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@Jgbird What a beauty. I'm glad you're here to share it

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@eribosot@mastodon.social

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@MyWildlifeAllotment May I ask what lining you've used? I'm stuck choosing and it has kept me from making a pond.

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@Catfish_Man I'm so sorry. The bully breed stuff here is inexcusable. Would you welcome a boost for your post?

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@thelatestkate I love this flutterby kitten

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@CuriousMagpie can't believe it has taken this long

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@DJDarren #ThePlaylistSuggestion "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 8mo ago

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@jamesalegria@mastodon.design Thank you. A starting point for my own investigation at least

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 5mo ago

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@CuriousMagpie oh of course, there are no real consequences anticipated: "He said he intended to remain a faculty member, teacher and musician, and said he would live at Finberg House, on the college’s campus."

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 6mo ago

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@MyWildlifeAllotment Thank you. I have been looking at using puddled clay but have got spooked that I won't be able to get that right

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 8mo ago

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@jamesalegria@mastodon.design Have you identified an alternative for laptops that you could suggest? I want to do the same but am struggling to identify suitable alternative hardware

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The Crafty Miss @TheDonsieLass@mas.to

· 7mo ago

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@DJDarren Bet the fucker drives an SUV

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