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Lancashire is a very wet location to set a graphic novel, it turns out
This explains so much! That said, for the few who do write in big print so I'm included, thank you so much again, & please don't stop. This is now explaining a lot with college texts from last year though. That'd be why the damned thing was waffling away & not reading sections I was looking for.
One thing off the long-term to-do list today: It's taken a year, but the sofa now has proper antimacassars. Reversible purple/yellow to fit with our overall decorating scheme. Just need final hand finishes tonight & that's job done.
Happy birthday!
Anyone wanna point out to Ken just why it is there are more French timezones anywhere in the world... 😉
At least three big UK telly people I could add to this list. No excuse, there’s a ‘can’t post without alt’ button in accessibility settings. It’s just lazy and ableist. Maybe it’s time to start adding people to the list. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Science is real
...was, but I think it must've been published between late 2019 & now, because I think I read it during lockdown. Definitely it was one of the linguistics journals. Just can't remember which one - sorry.
...brilliant). They found that extreme left leaning folks (presumably as far as you can get before closing the loop - a la France) have a reading tolerance close to 300 words, whereas extreme right leaning folks' tolerance tends to be around 62 syllables. Doesn't help I forget which journal it...
There was a paper I read (I really ought to make a system so I can find my way back to the cool ones - but you never know in the moment if you'll need it again), that concluded that reading tolerance & political alignment tend to correlate (there was a whole bit on how they handled it - it was...
The presence of Eddie, Lilith and Marty on this list suggests that people are watching a lot of Channel 4 on weekday mornings.
How did the suffragettes become terrorists the establishment approves of? Because their aims have been accepted? Or because they were morally correct? Perhaps because some of them were extremely posh? It’s hard to remember what a bold campaign of chaos they laid on
can I be an old nerd for a second? I have noticed that The Youths are applying cute colorful blemish patches on their wee adorable faces and I am all for this and also every time I see this my brain goes "oh they did that in 18th century France a few decades before the revolution) ...
Happy Labour Day US friends & family. 😉
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
“He’s behind me, isn’t he?”
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
From today, goods shipped through the postal system from Ireland to the US worth over €85 incur a 15% tax. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
Productive day at ours: * Hole in floor is gone * 1st #Passata made & bottled * Spouse made "my best loaf ever - looks wise" * I patched 15 holes in the back-up oven gloves. Fri = last of the antibiotics. Should be vaguely human for back to work on Mon! (but don't hold me to it 😉) #TurningACorner
This paper in J Neuroscience provides evidence that some of the heterogeneity in dopamine signals in the striatum is related to value decay - interesting idea, I hadn't encountered this before: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3... 🧠📈 🧪 #NeuroAI
Looking for someone who fell or nearly fell for a scam text promising help with winter fuel. Liiiike this one:
I have a lot of folks I'm close to who are authors, but this is the first time I get the privilege to be along for the #DebutBook ride (this is one of three in the series) & it's one Hel of an experience. So proud of you Megs! #Fantasy lovers, you'll love it. 2/2
Obviously we've known it was coming, but there's a world of difference between #MeganGarbe has a book coming out (Thu!) & #Pegasus sent it out, to holding it in your hands. 🧵1 of 2
"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading." Isaac Asimov
I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.
Today has sucked a lot of ways round (not just the non lethal but pretty horrible antibiotics), but then my Mum told me I'm strong, so I'm over here having a slightly happier bawl...
Oil pressing or oil processing is the best I can think of(?)
Today is turning out much more exciting than would've been ideal. Someone was for sure looking out for us when we decided to change the furniture round for autumn/winter this morning. #RadiatorLeak
Two new studies suggest that the university happiness effect is complicated. 1) www.nature.com/articles/s41... 2) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cry my beloved country...
Can folks do me a favor? I was on Bluesky early & it was great. Mostly. I hit the eject button in January. I came back, many colleagues are here, but still don’t know I am. I co-created Halt and Catch Fire. I write TV & comics. Here’s two favorite set photos. Repost? I am in the wilderness.
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
Quite a few of the family buried here.
In cont. '2025 is trying to kill me' fashion, I got sick again. Hopefully on the mend🤞, but my poor wee garden is so neglected... Spouse taking over on this year's v. meagre harvest (a lot of things just haven't made it). Looks like we should at least be able to jar some passata & sauces this year.
Yup. ☺️
Okay. I've got admin bits to sort today. So to distract me while i wait on things to run at various points: For every few likes this get, a fact about university websites and how gen z and below interact with information, as proven by testing/data. (Most of which unis aren't handling well yet)
Andrea Hayes, textile artist based in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, known for her textile landscapes #WomensArt
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
That whole 'Money can't buy you happiness' thing is another one of those where it's been lopped in half to change the meaning & attempt to control people. The original is geared at (effectively, 'cos I can't remember the exact quote) it can't buy you happiness if you have too much of it.
This is Pungo. He is glad you found a new favorite hobby, but please don't forget about his favorite hobby. 13/10 (IG: ksmith.clay)
Friendly reminder.
Can confirm. #librarians #booksky
A moment that changed me: I slipped in the shower, realised I was exhausted – and transformed my life
There was an Italian hit track by Adriano Celentano that was essentially just a loud of garbage syllables deliberately grouped together to sound like American pop.
Another randomly variagated two-tone dahlia 'Natal' 🌱📷 #Bloomscrolling #FlowerFeed #PlantSky #UKGardening #DahliaLove
First book of the day was a while ago, but I forgot to post it. It was "Odd Dog Out" by the excellent @robbiddulph.bsky.social. - Michael
Tonight‘s song to the dog, to the tune of “La Cucaracha”: 🎶 Are you a baby? Are you a baby? Baby, baby, baby Higg You are a baby A precious baby You are small you are not big 🎶
Congratulations! 🎉 Have a good cry - you deserve it. 😉
It's really cool, isn't it. My 73yo Mum recently did the same - she's so much more relaxed to be back on working tech.
The H&S Executive in London apparently has a 240pg risk assessment on the dangers of writing risk assessments in frames all down the main hallway. ...I'm told this is not a good travel aspiration for something interesting to go see...
Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to fill in our survey. If there's anyone who didn't quite get to it yet, or if there are other colleagues who might not have seen it, please could you take a few moments to fill it out & share it with all your colleagues in the industry. Thanks
Knock-a-door run. South Manchester (though we lived in a wee cul-de-sac & it was banned by the time we were coming up, but I remember my Mum catching the big boy up the street at it. That was hilarious!
N'awwww!
That's so cool that she has lunchtime snuggles. Our Kleo Will appear at 12.20 like clockwork to demand snuggles. I never came across another cat to do that until now.
1. I’ve never read Victor Serge, but just came across this remark of his: “[Seeing clearly] is less a question of an exalted or shrewd intelligence, than of good sense, goodwill, and a certain sort of courage to enable one to rise above the pressures of one’s environment…
There’s a bird – very rare in Britain – called Zitting Cisticola, and while three of them have been seen this summer, I have no particular desire to seek them out, because I’m just happy to know that there exists a bird with the name Zitting Cisticola.
Not too bad for a sicky day. Must keep an eye out for a better stool. Maybe I can find one of those slanty, kneeler ones second hand somewhere (if only I can work out what the search term would be). That's not a today issue though. For today, I've a happy spouse. #DIY #HappyBirthday
Alright here we go... calling ALL Bi Authors for the Bi Visibility Week Itch.io Mega-Bundle! If you are Bi, this bundle is for you! All genres accepted! Up to 50 authors accepted so don't be shy! Sign-ups end September 1st! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Male graduate earn more than women graduates in 29 of 35 subject fields. Choosing teaching careers is one of the factors that contributes to this disparity. Discuss. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4fJqEsy
That'll be a Monday then. 😉
Her name is Birdie Sanders, by the way.
Ended up having to patchwork a table top, & that's currently drying. Then there's just rigging the wee lights & carpeting to sort. Shout-out to the Sr Watch Off. at Westmeath Fire service who gave advice for safety (& my 2 retired firemen friends for reassurances). Coming on nicely! 2/2
Started on repurposing under the stairs (for spouse's upcoming birthday) today. My sewing chair is a temp. fix - I was checking for height of desk. Given their height, I need to find an office chair on wheels so they can slide the chair out, sit into it, & skootch under desk while sitting. 🧵1/2
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Health ≠ worth
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Maybe they're trying to soothe a soul?
Happened with some of Dad's books. Which then also harms the living relatives left behind both in impact & also the sheer Hel of having to do the associated admin.
Quick Look around and a lovely Miller had appeared, didn’t think I was going to get anything nfy in Plympton today because of the wind, so a lovely surprise
Heather Humphreys confirms she is 'seriously considering' seeking Fine Gael nomination for president jrnl.ie/6792450
The key word here being “idiot.”
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
Nicolas Lampert, A People’s Art History.... "Orozco stressed that it was essential for artists to organize into trade unions and to link up with other working-class organizations. Moreover, he argued that trade unions, not the government, should be the primary backers to fund working-class art.
1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology? 2) Are you in the US? 3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa? 4) Are you available to travel September 4-6? If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
Happy anniversary to my person 💖
How gorgeous! For a minute there I thought it was a dandelion in a cool vase. Then I remembered.
I've said it before elsewhere, but we need to get weirder in science fiction. The same tropes get recycled again and again, but the problem is that science itself is outpacing those tropes. GO WEIRD IN YOUR SCI-FI!!
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
I'm sorry it's not okay for you just now. Wanna vent?
More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy. This seems kinda significant.
Of course it's a thing you can do. You will be excellent at it. ::rattles pompoms:: Just remember to be nice to yourself & drink plenty of fluids.
Turquoise Day
Turquoise Day.
She was a very beautiful lady. Look at the wit in those eyes!
Yay!
So, if that hadn't have been said, we'd have rocked up this Sunday, all set for a parlour magic for adults set in a controlled environment, for free because a child is *dying*, only to find it's now family magic for a festival at no fee & the Gods only know what set-up. 🧵5 of 5
Obviously we've said that's not possible & spouse was just about to say to them: 'Don't worry, we'll wave the usual cancellation fee because the child is dying' ...& yer man says: 'Maybe next year then. We've gone in with a local festival so it'll be an annual thing.' (!) 🧵4 of 5
Comes today, call from the organisers: Change of date - to THIS Sunday. 🧵3 of 4
were to do a benefit gig at the end of this month. We'd made an exception to do it, because it was supposed to be a fundraiser (so in our case parlour magic for adults in a controlled space) to raise money for medical costs for a child who is dying. 🧵2 of 3
Heads-up for fellow #VarietyActs in #Ireland Potential scam gig - we narrowly dodged it, so be aware & don't get caught out as it's an especially cold & nasty one. 🧵1 of 2
Please do fill out our survey & also pass it to all your #performing colleagues who work in #Ireland. Accurate data speaks volumes. #IrishTheatre #IrishFilm #ColleaguesSupportingColleagues #PleaseShare
...and this morning's earworm: "If you liiike a lot Of choc'let on yer bis-kit Join our Club!"
Oh wow look at that! ...see that's the era of Opal Fruits. Mentioned that to a young colleague the other day. They thought I was bonkers! 😂
Dahlia love 🌱📷 #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour #White #Bloomscrolling
Crikey. I'd almost forgotten those! Didn't the purple one just have a sprig of currants on it & the mint ones a mint leaf? ...or was that a fever dream? - see part of the problem with these things, my Da was in advertising, so sometimes I remember wrappers that never launched.
#CornwallForeverMyHome...