Do you have a migration story you'd like to share? It’s a question we’ve asked over 7,000 people across the UK. Over the coming months we will be highlighting a few story discs using #MigrationStories. One story, out of thousands, that stayed with us was…

Today's @theycantalk.bsky.social calendar comic is timely! We planted sunflowers this year and the garden is now a scene of devastation as squirrels launch themselves from the top of the fence to try and land on the stalks so they can chew off the dried flower heads and scarper off with a seed haul!

The more I learn even baaaaasic Spanish, the more I'm astonished by multilingual people. Learning languages when I was younger was so much easier (even if it feels like I've forgotten most of them at this point). Learning a completely new language as an adult. Woof!

If you are in the North West, check out this talk. It's a panel and a book launch. It's a fantastic topic. Please repost!

IMPORTANT All freelancers, self-employed, creatives This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices Deadline to respond is 23 October 1/2

Does anyone have any intel on reasonably priced city centre spaces which seat approximately 50-people located in... 1) Nottingham 2) Norwich 3) London Historic building preferred but not essential.

my @artsemergency.bsky.social badge has suffered slightly in the British weather (it's been on this bag for years now). Time to visit Joe Lycett's online shop to get another and send a few extra quid to AE while I'm at it!

I made my oatmeal using tea this morning and I can't believe I've never done this before. I'm fitting an entire extra cup of tea into my morning routine!

Can I repost with extreme emphasis?

Same, little tree. Same.

I’m especially keen to showcase purpletufts, one of the grooviest and most underrated mistletoe specialist frugivores (sister to Tityras and becards) (pic by Jesus Alferez)

My new plan (let's see how long I do it for) is to try and translate the previous @theycantalk.bsky.social calendar page when we changed it, to help me practice. They are always relatively short, simple sentences! It'll definitely be more transliteration-esque for now, but I'll get there...

Okay, I'm gonna need Steve Mould to do an in-depth YouTube video on curl pattern mechanics. The insta algorithm caught me yesterday with a 10 sec video and this morning I held my hairbrush differently (brushing up and out instead of down and under) and my hair is maybe the curliest it's ever been.

Still out of stock. I know my local shop requested it in their order, but they've not received any yet. I've resorted to e-mailing Scheepjes to ask if there actually is a supply issue. My knit a bit a day blanket is uhh, well, I'm more than a little behind now. Might soon resort to a grafting plan.

could have used this info before going for a walk earlier and encountering the 100% definitely haunted carving I'd completely forgotten about at the local nature reserve

I really miss my only posts feed, it's still not working right for me.

to be honest I've always found it kinda fun to end up being a little bit crappy at whatever I try to do... Takes a lot of pressure off, and I feel like everyone can tell when you're doing something just for the love of the game

Anyway. If we had polls (SIGH), I’d be asking: Is your mental image of a redwood a. so ludicrously tall your neck hurts trying to see the top b. so improbably wide you can’t feel it curving away under outstretched arms c. not nearly as impressive in your imagination as the real deal

We’re looking for a Designer (or design team)! Help us bring the Migration Museum in a Box to life—a portable, interactive display + miniature architectural model that will share migration stories across the UK. Fee: up to £3k Fabrication: up to £3.5k Deadline: 21 Oct 📸 ©National Maritime Museum

dudes rock

I'd like to buy a new campaign-specific dice set, from a UK indie/small-biz. If anyone has recommendations for your favourite D20 system dice shops, drop them in the replies? (Bonus if you know of ghostly, haunted woods, or mossy feeling dice sets! But I'm willing to be inspired by browsing too.)

I'd like to buy a new campaign-specific dice set, from a UK indie/small-biz. If anyone has recommendations for your favourite D20 system dice shops, drop them in the replies? (Bonus if you know of ghostly, haunted woods, or mossy feeling dice sets! But I'm willing to be inspired by browsing too.)

there's something weird about seeing a single pickle in a jar and now I know why it's giving off that energy

Bloody Mary inspired mac and cheese. oh yes please

The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November. If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look. They welcome donations too.

lets go ghouls

Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary

Every day there's something new to be angry about. I try really hard to focus on things I can impact; stay informed, but not get sucked into black holes of bad news. But nevermind applying for citizenship in case Reform win, if this is what Labour is planning now... www.bbc.com/news/article...

VACANCY closing in one week: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata. Closing date: Sunday 5 Oct #Skystorians

SPOOKY SEASON SALE! HOCUS POCUS:The Complete Collection, our Eisner-nominated series is currently 30% off! Delve into the intertwined histories of magic, science and the paranormal for cheaper than ever! But don’t take my word for it! www.vanishingincmagic.com/ebooks/hocus...

is Alice Roberts trolling @romanpalace.bsky.social

For some reason posting a video to Bluesky isn't an option for me anymore. What did I miss?

Supposedly to help reduce illegal migrants from working... 🙄 If you didn't already know, employers already have to use a digital system to confirm a migrant's ID and their right to work in the UK.

Jabs jabbed! 💪

PLEASE sign up for Skype a Scientist: www.skypeascientist.com They need more archaeologists! It's fun, answer kids questions on zoom for an hour.

📢 EXCITING NEWS 📢 Lucy Newton will join Arts Emergency founder Neil Griffiths as Co-CEO to harness their individual strengths to deliver Arts Emergency’s mission: a future where every young person can contribute to the culture they live in. Read more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/noticeboard/...

I'm not suggesting a 'bury your head in the sand tactic' but if you don't have the Only Posts feed enabled, I recommend it. Sometimes the re-/quote- posts on main feed are overwhelmingly reactive. It's nice to see what the accounts you follow are actually saying. Even if it's about the same topics.

sooo... should I seriously be thinking about applying for British citizenship at this point, or?

Has anyone got ideas on these distinctive tombstones? Does this style appear anywhere else?

In too many WhatsApp groups and sick of seeing notifications even if you mute/archive? Here’s what you do to save leaving the group completely. 1. Mute the chat 2. Lock the chat 3. Remove ‘locked’ from the bar at the top where it shows notifs This means you can simply check in as and when.

godsdamnit would people stop making t-shirts I want. I genuinely don't need anymore t-shirts AND BUT

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves. Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

I want to share your post, but your image doesn't have alt text. I want to share your newest piece of writing, but you're still using substack.

One Week until 'No Ordinary Deaths' Talk and Book Signing with Molly Conisbee 🖤 📆 Thursday 25th September: 6pm-8:30pm 🔗 Purchase your tickets here: oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/... All ticket sales support the museum as a registered charity

I suppose I'd give the Lady Gaga response to this, but that's me. www.youtube.com/shorts/S6n3p...

I used to think a lot of who I am now is because I was bereaved quite young, relatively speaking. But then I look at the people in power, who surely have also experienced loss in their lifetime, and realise that it doesn't change everyone in the same way.

Waiting for a (delayed, of course) train & spotted this extraordinary statistic. 40% of Avanti trains at Birmingham are late! 40%! That is insane! When British people grumble about things getting shitter it’s stuff like this that is part of the grinding down of morale and a functioning society.