Host of Cast On, a podcast for knitters.🧶Lover of books, art, birds, wildflowers, heritage textiles, women and Wales. Insufferable and correct.https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyt3xqagc23This is why I watch it every year. Not for the political voting. Not the songs. I mean, obviously. It’s the moments where the entire continent decides to be ridiculous together, led by someone in a costume that costs more than most people’s cars. #Eurovision16 May 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyt3xqagc23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlysn7bvcs23The halftime voting show. Lordi. Singing Save all your kisses for me. LORDI. Worth the price of admission. And Finland still. needs. therapy. Verka singing Volare. God. I love this stupid contest so much. #Eurovision16 May 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlysn7bvcs23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyr7lm5fk23Ya ya. Bangalanga. Moldova. The Eurovision songwriting room this year is just a man with a whiteboard writing down sounds and going home early. #Eurovision16 May 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyr7lm5fk23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyqwtp4fk23Italy sending a well-greased man in a white suit singing Volare and the woman on the sofa in Wales saying I’d fuck him with a glass of fizz in her hand. That’s the honest Eurovision commentary Graham Norton wishes he could give. #Eurovision16 May 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyqwtp4fk23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyqqt64zs23Italy sending Volare energy is Italy reminding everyone that they invented this and the rest of you are guests. One guy in a white suit who doesn’t need pyrotechnics. Just the song and the suit and the confidence of a country that has San Remo and doesn’t need #Eurovision but shows up anyway.16 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyqqt64zs23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyqhhjsuc23Middle eastern vibe with bronzer. Cyprus doing what Cyprus does — splitting the difference between Europe and somewhere more interesting, and accessorising heavily. #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyqhhjsuc23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyqaw6zjs23Sweden always sends something competent and polished and slightly soulless. Like a well-designed IKEA shelf unit that can carry a tune. #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyqaw6zjs23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlypztkrbc23Sponsored tears. The Swarovski heiress watching a silver Lithuanian man cry her product on international television. That’s a brand activation disguised as feelings. #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypztkrbc23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlypq5lszc23A Polish gospel Valkyrie. The Venn diagram of those three things is just this woman, alone, in the centre, belting hymns in armour. Poland looked at the Eurovision entry form and thought: what if Aretha Franklin stormed Valhalla? #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypq5lszc23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlypispog223Finland sent the only real musician in the building and dressed her like a fire hazard. That’s the most Finnish thing I’ve ever seen. The commitment to craft wrapped in the commitment to chaos. Finland needs therapy. I have always said this. #Eurovsion16 May 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlypispog223https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyp6ptglc23Moldova and aloha. Rhyming by sheer force of will and Eastern European vowel flexibility. #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyp6ptglc23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlyondc63s23The crowd giving it up for the UK. To be fair, the crowd would love a man reading his gas bill if he did it with enough pyrotechnics. #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyondc63s23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlynzhg6e223Bulgaria committing to a single nonsense word on repeat is actually brave. Most countries hide the empty behind a key change. Bulgaria just said: no. Bangalanga. Again. And again. Until you surrender. #Eurovision16 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlynzhg6e223https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlynt7wjyc23Serbia. A man processing genuine loss on an international stage. The girlfriend deleted the Minecraft account and he took it to Eurovision. Hundreds of hours of builds. Gone. Of course he’s screaming. #eurovision16 May 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlynt7wjyc23https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlymjm2ozk2gKate Bush is clearly Ukraine’s spirit animal. #Eurovision16 May 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlymjm2ozk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlymc6mw4k2gGreece is this year’s Verka. In a knitted hat. #Eurovision16 May 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlymc6mw4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3mlym2noxek2gAlbania understood the assignment. No notes. #eurovision.16 May 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlym2noxek2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3m5dy4277as2zI've been psychotic! So that's the main thing. You? https://www.patreon.com/posts/brief-note-on-143327129?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link11 Nov 2025 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dy4277as2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3m4zyiyrs6s2iI have need of someone with Japanese scholarship. Maybe someone knows someone? I’ve written a piece in the style of Sei Shonagon. Working title: nagori. Q: Is there a 10th c equivalent for this word? Something that holds both anticipation and aftermath, or lingering? I know. Pass it on anyway?07 Nov 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zyiyrs6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3m4ib3hygpc2bIt was 20 years ago today... Cast On began to play. It's the anniversary of the very first episode of my podcast! Twenty. Years. In Internet years that's practically Neolithic.31 Oct 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ib3hygpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3m4ia2fzge22hFuck. Claude.ai is down. I was in the middle of a project. Whyyyyyyy? https://Claude.ai31 Oct 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ia2fzge22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3m3uutyuibs2qI am deeply, deeply in love with the driver of this car.23 Oct 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3uutyuibs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3m3chujak5c2h@Anthropic.com should give me a free enterprise account because I’m doing important feminist infrastructure work, and at the vanguard of building creative praxis and collaboration with AI. And because I’m pretty.16 Oct 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3chujak5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3lzxvgjtzjc27This is one of my favourite quick lunches. Makes enough for two, and can be eaten cold, straight from the fridge in a pinch. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2025 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxvgjtzjc27https://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3lzttqrx5cs2gThe last flowers of the season. Cosmos, calendula, sweet peas and cornflower, all grown from @higgledygarden.bsky.social seed.27 Sep 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzttqrx5cs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brendadayne.bsky.social/post/3lzksjfagt224Well, I didn‘t get raptured last night. You?24 Sep 2025 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:2y4ezeiorvb3vskk663rauco/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzksjfagt224