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  1. A fun - an extremely thorough - look at the #GävleGoat tradition

    Though I disagree with their description of the destruction being malevolent (sometimes the gods must be appeased 🤷‍♀️ ) I'm glad the 2024 Goat survived

    commondreams.org/further/the-g

    #YuleGoat #Gavlebocken #GavleGoat

  2. Last minute mistake kept me in the sewing room after dark, but it’s fixed and my #InarticulateGoat quilt top is done!

    I’m so relieved. I chose a wideback for the brick fabric (wanted that color/pattern specifically) and this quilt has been shredding under my needle the entire time. I won’t make that mistake again

    Narrator: She will.

    An explanation of the outside #DataViz border is in the replies

    #Quilting #GävleGoat ##Yule #YuleGoat #Christmas

  3. The Gavle Goat's officially called as destroyed... as birds have eaten too much of the straw to really call it intact anymore.

    And it's being called as a win-win for everybody.

    #GavleGoat #YuleGoat #Gavlebocken

  4. "This year, so far, the Gävle Goat stands tall, proud, and unburned. But it has a new enemy: jackdaws. ... [T]his year’s straw has lots of grain still stuck to it. Flocks upon flocks of jackdaw birds have decided that the Goat makes a tasty Christmas treat. They have been pecking away at it diligently since it was unveiled ...." — Brian Klaus

    open.substack.com/pub/briankla

    #GävleGoat
    #GävleBocken
    #Goatwatch2023 #jackdaws #YuleGoat #Julbock

  5. Oh no! The Gävle Goat has been damaged again! 😮 This time by jackdaws after the seeds on the straw.

    According to Wikipedia it has 24-hour guards on site, double fence, 24-hour public webcam stream. Which obviously isn't much used against the birds 😆

    (Article in Swedish, but there's a video of the birds)

    svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/gavlebor

    #GävleGoat #Gävlebocken #YuleGoat