An Odd Type of Dragon

📍🧵 I'm open for orders again! I make clothes in stretchy cotton jersey with fun prints and functional pockets. Everything is made-to-measure and customised to what you need. I am explicitly queer & trans & disability & size inclusive. Below is how to order + pricing!

@OG_Triquivijate @LeyNathan I kind of feel it's less safe with the paint as the road isn't wide enough for them and it gives cycling there a false sense of security!

@LeyNathan It's high-time the cycle 'lane' lines on Stratton Way were repainted too. They're almost totally obliterated between the Bath Street Turn and the lights at the vineyard. Its hard enough fighting for road space along that stretch, and it's not the only place that needs attention

@billyboy205gti @LeyNathan Me.

@LeyNathan Who has asked for this uninterrupted cycle route from Didcot to Oxford?

@Yuumei_Art Hi! Just received mine, but... do you have any written instructions instead of an hour long YouTube?

I'm so happy to announce that my DIY koi lanterns are available now on my webshop (linked in my profile) Build your very glowing koi and bring magic to your home. Choose from 8 metallic colors and 2 fin types, pair with RGB LEDs for an infinite display of colors :)

@climbinguphills I honestly do wear all my sparkly clothes at Christmas at home because I do rarely do otherwise! 😆 I am bizarrely overdressed compared to others in the household and I own it 😆

@BlondeHistorian Disagree! They're such a jerk! 😆

@JosieProc @EmilyKerr36 PLEASE! It would really increase the amount of time I could spend in the centre with my toddler!

@EmilyKerr36 Is this the time to gently ask for a small play space in town so Oxford becomes even MORE attractive, particularly for families?

@violet_femme Naomi Novik is fully on my shitlist for how awful her Scholomance books are in this regard. The main character is Welsh, and it is PAINFULLY obvious that the American author put absolutely zero thought into this beyond "hey, quirky fact!"

Okay, writer friends, I have a pet peeve to air. There are lots of majority-English-speaking countries. They have wildly different colloquialisms, slang, and turns of phrase. If your story is set in a country you don’t live in, have someone from that country do a read through.

@Z1L0416 Oh my goodness this is the most adorable thread ever!

I will always love you.

I'm going to a cafe with my dolls.

@BonTheWitch Great Fire of London!

@david_mccraw Are those custom footrests?

@Kastrel This sounds super fascinating!

@amanda_oleander @Norris1Emma That one is actually an accessibility aid! People who are blind can use a reading app on a phone or other device to read the text output, rather than having to rely on someone else looking at the test for them.

@Norris1Emma The one that got me recently was a digital pregnancy test kit. It's got a tiny camera in it that counts the lines for you and displays the result on a little screen. All those resources used and then thrown into landfill, when most people are perfectly capable of counting to two

@psychicwaffles Aaaaa I'm so happy for you!!

@in_the_bottle He had that self-heating coffee mug that cost about that

@in_the_bottle Rishi Sunak?

@fredfelt @LeyNathan P L E A S E

@BlondeHistorian We read it with two mummies, to reflect our household! 👩‍👩‍👧 (We change lots of books like that)

@EmilyP_Smith @BlondeHistorian She's actually vehemently denied that reading of it!

@BlondeHistorian She never said it herself I don’t think, so it is just a theory, but it justifies how passive the mother is I think 🤔

@LeyNathan I'd love them to give an actual example of what they mean here rather than vague slogans. Oh, they can't? How interesting. 🙄

@climbinguphills I haven't been there long enough to get an invite code, want me to ask around for one? The downside is you can't make locked accounts

Back again to announce that I'm also now on 🔵☁️. As oddtypeofdragon, surprisingly enough. Since nothing is locked there I just have one account, so will be more chatty than here. But also sewing!