Elbows are down, I repeat, elbows are down.

Apple throwing me some shade by saying don’t worry the length of time you’ve had an Apple account is plenty proof you’re over 18.

It’s Sunday morning, we’re having breakfast in bed and listening to the church bells here in the most haunted village in England.

How is it that I live in a 500 year old thatched cottage and yet all the architecture accounts I end up following are modernist. I need inspiration for my own house.

Also Labour: we don’t care if a few universities fail

I had a commenter on one of my posts insist that it's impossible that Mark Carney is worse for the climate than Harper was, and having taken the time to respond at length, I thought I should share that as a thread because it's clearly not just one person operating under that false belief. 🧵1/

I honestly think the world would be a better place if White House reporters spent a lot more time laughing loudly during briefings.

I confess I’m very intrigued to see what arrangements the museum had in place with the studio that actually did the work.

This would be a great year for a team called Canadiens to win the cup.

Trying to arrange meeting my brother for dinner in London when he’s visiting next month. Proving difficult as he wants to be in walking distance of where he’s staying whereas I’m trying to keep my journey home to under two hours.

Reading Trump say the US will use their best efforts to ensure boats are escorted safely through the Strait and wondering if a post can be legally binding.

Yes, it’s the Europeans who are being duped.

Be vigilant about the new PayPal pending charge scam. Unfortunately, the scammers have exploited PayPal's procedures so that the email itself comes from PayPal. Don't call the number - double check your account. H/T @aliascelli.bsky.social www.tedcromwell.com/blog/that-pe...

my very favorite Richard Dawkins headline of all time remains “British scientists don't like Richard Dawkins, finds study that didn't even ask questions about Richard Dawkins”

Happy #caturday all. Just bought my first all white bedding set. At least it was, at the start of the week.

It’s the time of year to be sharing this.

Can anyone get hold of this article for me... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I don’t really experience reminders as friendly

Let’s say Trump can have his ballroom, but on the condition they promise to only have regency era balls there. I want to see him dance like Mr Collins

Interesting article looking at the teaching side of the crisis in UKHE. We need to look at what’s happening with research as well.

It's today, today!

Pope Leo has lost the Protestants, I repeat Pope Leo has lost the Protestants, this is unpreced— <wait my producer is just whispering something in my ear> Apparently this is precedented

Heists are indeed very sexy.

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

Ah, interesting! Of course my first thought was whether that made it into the final contract, because I’m cynical that way. Also think it would be hard to argue in re how they’re actually delivering the services.

And just like that, the apple blossom is out and we are really in spring 🌱

Perfect timing for all of us who need a laugh

I’m looking for an automated way to read others’s scientific data without giving credit or acknowledgement, and also claim full credit for insights from it. And I want it to have a fitting name OAI: say no more

Just seen a promoted post on LinkedIn quoting an Elon X post. I’m so Bluesky brained it took me awhile to realise they weren’t dunking on him.

Remembering a couple of years ago my Hungarian friend saying he’d campaigned for the opposition and how disheartening it was to encounter such blind enthusiasm for Orbán and his party. So much can change in even a short time.

We need to talk about #BillC22- the largest surveillance bill Canada has ever seen. It would force every messaging app, cloud service, and internet provider we use to build government backdoors into their infrastructure. Permanently. Tell your MP to kill it now 👇 openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky

There really are a lot of people who think that reporting rumours is somehow a magic shield against a defamation suit.

Man, we have the same conversations every time a major story like this breaks. It’s exhausting. It is SO HARD to publish a story about gendered violence for a whole host of reasons, a main one being that victims (rightly so!) don’t want to talk.

omg those astronauts who are parents? THEY CAN LITERALLY TELL THEIR CHILDREN “I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK”

One of the things I miss about old Twitter is if I posted something like this on there then my entire print run for that week would sell out in about two hours and I’d spend days fulfilling the orders. I’ve only sold one print via Bluesky in all the time I’ve been here.

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

Live Webinar Thread Małgorzata Iwaniec-Thompson begins. Her paper in progress is Investigating practical difficulties for journalists reporting on retracted scientific research.

Democratic Rep. Larson did the long-form impeachment: There's something in here for everybody!

Last autumn I bought (not enough) new tulip and daffodil bulbs and we planted them. Today they’re bringing me joy. 🌱 #BloomScrolling

My friend Reena's book about faerie contract law came out today! bsky.app/profile/reen...

Annual reminder that virtually every 'Easter was a pagan festival' claim online is bullshit. historyforatheists.com/2017/04/east...

I worked on the research contract for this project. It was a great experience as university research support to help the academic to protect her IP on this one.

Last night, around midnight UK time, my Bluesky feed was full of Americans wondering if their president plans to drop a nuclear bomb on Tuesday.

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

And the BIG BAD I SAID NO blogpost is live! (If you know the cartoon I'm referring to, welcome: childhood memory unlocked). Huge thanks to everyone below who commented on my post about 'how [and whether!] to say no in academia'. drlauravarnam.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...

I'm going to keep periodically re-sharing my article 'Coping with the university funding crisis'. Mainly because I'm vain and crave approval, but partly because it's one of the articles I'm proudest of. Unfortunately it's always topical. I look forward to its obsolescence.

Me, trying to finalise a contract.