THREAD. 3 & 1/4 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he'd been living, in rural Cornwall, & decided he wanted to live with us instead. We decided to call him Jim. This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st 2022

Imagine if there was a group called "Labour Friends of Russia" that channeled money from the Russian government to Labour ministers in exchange for international support and beneficial policies including the mass incarceration of people in the UK protesting against Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

A poem for World Bee Day.

Wasnt the Olympics in London last time the UK hosted it? How about sharing it around a bit? How about you shut the hell up, you absolute bell-end? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...

I can understand being ticked off if one of your co-authors has used a citation that doesn't exist, but the answer is to accept your punishment and never work with them again, not let everyone off the hook.

Another week, another deck. This one is the Da Vince Enigma Tarot tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/d... #DaVinci #Tarot

Fun fact: Our original Star Trek Tarot deck matches every classic Star Trek episode with its corresponding Tarot card, fully illustrated with original inkline-and-watercolor paintings of key episode scenes. No "pip" cards. #TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com

Every time I see a news item about Trump XI my first thought is they're talking about the 11th card in the Major Arcana - which half the time represents Justice. Justice for Trump and Xi. If only.

Tetrahedra - it's a crossover

Well these guys could have told them that A 20-year study found that re-cloning success declines after a number of generations. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...?

Thanks to Katie Carr on Threads, I just learned: in 1996, the cast of the newly-launched “Star Trek: Voyager” got together to do a feature for Parade magazine about the power of late-’90s technology. Behold its fabulously unhinged glory. 1/

I'm not quite clear (as the article is behind one of those "let us sell your personal info or fuck off" walls) what the alternative to dating someone who doesn't have a house is? Only date homeless people? Or people who are already living with you? The issues here seem bewildering.

Delighted to be making my debut at Jisc’s Connect More event, on May 13th, 10:50 - 11:20. I’ll be talking about our interdisciplinary undergraduate module on #sustainability and #ClimateChange, why the module was needed and how it works, as well as some of the impact. www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more

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The Ghost in the Shell – Watch the trailer for the new anime series bit.ly/4ueGGkv #TheGhostInTheShell #anime #manga #TV #GhostInTheShell #scifi

Initially posted "I bet he didn't see that coming" then checked and found there were already a few quote posts making the exact same joke. Which I should have foreseen.

Years ago I made my own Tarot deck using images from 50s and 60s bubblegum cards. this is my review tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/f...

So in short: a judge aimed to misdirect a jury by lying to them about their rights under the law, their lawyer corrected him about the law regarding jury nullification and it's the _lawyer_ who's in contempt? novaramedia.com/2026/05/07/p... These people have no shame.

and yes, a respected colleague calculated the intensity of the on-stage storm because that’s what heroes do.

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

Make a weird noise for #DeliaDerbyshireDay for all those who celebrate.

Today would have been #deliaderbyshire’s 89th birthday. We find Delia consistently inspires kids of all ages. 🎥 Belle Vue Productions, supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, a short film about Delia available on our YouTube. #deliaderbyshireday #musiccharity #electronicmusic

In 1980 a Tarot deck showcasing 85 different fantasy artists was published. I bought one. This is me reviewing the cards, but also talking a bit about the artists that came up. #Fantasy #Art #Tarot #JoshKirby #KellyFreas tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/f...

Excellent thread. Read at your peril. :-D

If you;re looking for a 1986 movie to remake, this is the only correct choice.

Another blog post reviewing the Australian Contemporary Dreamtime Tarot tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/a... I go off a bit on whether it's cultural appropriation or not.

Month 6 of #TheGreatStargateRewatch and I'm up to Season 5 episode 1 of Atlantis and a building has fallen on Rodney's head. Just got season 5 of SGA, SG1 Continuum (I put it about now in the chronology) and Universe to go.

Yeah, they used an free, IP-infringing clone of commercial font news.sky.com/story/you-wo...

Science and Tarot? Together? Surely some mistake? Nope. Here's my review of the Science Tarot deck tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/s... sciencetarot.com #Science #Tarot

Barista thought bubble: “I’m going to write exactly what you said and let the universe handle the rest.”

Candy Wolf definitely. The only way I can be sure i won't lapse back into prediabetes.

Wow what an awful piece of shit this guy was. How anyone can suggest any sadness at his demise is beyond me. though looking at the responses, no-one will.

Mark is continuing to turn my #MusicByNumbers thread into a radio show! 😻

Another show last night using @yamiacat.bsky.social 's playlist, eventually there'll be all the numbers from 1 to ... well who knows? hour one timbre-player.sharp-stream.com/embed/item/3... numbers 50 - 60, hour two hour 2 timbre-player.sharp-stream.com/embed/item/b... 61 - 71,

Holy shit. This is writing.

Another #Tarot blog post - this one synthesises multiple myths - which gives a lot more openings for interpretation. tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/u... (The image bsky has randomly selected is - unhelpfully - all the _other_ decks with the same name)

Sometimes you see a photo of a couple and you wonder what became of them.

never was a fan, much happier in the post-places era.

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. #SupermanDay

A new study from UC Santa Barbara shows that watching experimental animation expands creativity and opens new ways of seeing the world. #Animation #ExperimentalAnimation #MentalHealth #BrainRot

For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today.... This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine. 🧵

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My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years. I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...

For me, holiday time=reading time. I don’t remember where I saw the signpost this marvellous book, but it feels a bit more likely that it was @bsky.app than @linkedin.com! Thank you @mikecollins.bsky.social and @markchilds.bsky.social for firing up so many synapses!

Well I don't qualify for this (wrong sex) www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/health/a7... But looks like a good idea. Only quibble is with "where you can choose Jo as one of the coaches". Ignore the word "can". Choose Jo. Doing the couch to 5k and having another reluctant runner as a coach really helps.

Remember, everybody, it was bad and wrong to criticise the Democrats for actively supporting a genocide. When YOUR team is doing genocide you should just give it a thumbs up. Then you'll to get to gloat at the people who thought genocide was WRONG when it was YOUR team doing it.

Another #Tarot blog post tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/l... This one on a deck that links to Arthurian Legend.

Love that Corgi 🤣🐶

Have to say burying someone face down to stop them from coming back from the dead is remarkably slack - no holy water, no stake, no reducing the body to ash. www.euronews.com/video/2026/0... although as my wife just pointed out, it worked. none of them ever came back to life.