Ten days ago I set off on an expedition to cross the Finnmarksvidda plateau in northern Norway on ski. After five days of hauling a pulk and camping in temperatures below -30°c, we travelled just under 100km.

Today I tidied my bedroom and threw out a lot of paperwork. I'm not sure what I was procrastinating against, but it feels good to have done. Maybe I'll find out tomorrow what I should have been doing instead. Apart from the podcast, obviously. :D

I have been informed that today is National Handcuff Day. Make of that what you will. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/handcuf...

The face of a writer when they spot their words in a bookshop. I don't think it could ever get old? And yes, obviously I was looking for it. You have to enjoy every little boost in this game! #writingcommunity #📚💙 #💙📚 #travelwriting

Can you still get Purple Ronnie stuff? I loved it in the 90s.

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week to aro folks out there! 💚🤍🖤

Slug has his most seductive expression (and moustache!) on to wish you all a very happy commercialised love day. But that aside, he’s sending love or hugs or flirts to anyone who needs them. MWAH xxx

After all the hype about #WutheringHeights, here's the ruins of Top Withins, inspiration for the novel, along with #Bronte Bridge #Yorkshire

I’m imagining Valentine’s Day as a day where people who are called Valentine have a conference on how to increase the use of the name Valentine … It’d probably be held in some … incredibly grey conference center in somewhere like Basingstoke.

Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport “It seems a strange anomaly that while the UK is willing to recognise dual nationality, it refuses to recognise that a valid EU passport held by a UK citizen can give right of entry to the UK.”

A book fell on my head; I can only blame my shelf.

my mom visited London a few years ago and after every interaction with a queer barista, she’d be like, “well *someone* was into you; why don’t you give ‘em your number; is that what you do?”

One of my tasks for this year is to write a series of posts I'm calling "Barefoot Freedoms", where I take an image and talk about what sense of freedom it inspires for me. Here's my first one: the Freedom of, well, just being me! www.instagram.com/p/DUrBYnTDADJ/

Last day to complete the survey for the consultation on earned settlement - you can go straight to the consultation page at www.gov.uk/government/c...

The judge ordered forfeiture and destruction of the pogo stick.

No one has more expertise in colonisation than the British.

Good news from the north! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Me this morning: the medication so far has been great for me, & I've only been on 30mg. Now I start the 50mg, & honestly I don't imagine it'll make much difference overall. Also me: leaves work at 6pm, & only then because i can't do any more till the overnight update. & I felt frustrated about it.

every faceless profile on Grindr in London is actually Morgan McSweeney

I didn't need more reasons to love Olivia Colman, and yet.

Blue hours that last for hours at a time are the best, tbh

Turns out Beyond Burgers are really yummy and also not a textural nightmare, yay

A cool poetic description except we have *amazing* WiFi and high speed internet because of all the science.

I kinda love how the fake front to cover up the scaffolding on Hampton Court Palace also has scaffolding on it 😅

I live in hell. 🤣

Move parliament out to a new much cheaper/accessible/sustainable building outside of London. Let the old building become a historic monument and allow it to decay gracefully over time with just enough work to keep it safe. Or, get guy fawkes back as my learned friend mentioned earlier.

“My dad is a Swiss man from Switzerland. And then finally now we went to Switzerland for the first time and it was liberating. My whole life, I’ve always felt like my dad didn’t really love me. And then now, I was like, ‘no, he’s just Swiss!’” - Trevor Noah 🤣🤣🤣

"The pointless yet poignant crisis of a co-ed" - Dar Williams "Happiness Is Just a Chant Away" - Chumbawamba "I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More" - PSB "I love you (but you're boring)" - Beautiful South "I Never Want an Easy Life If Me and He Were Ever to Get There" - Charlatans

All I Want For Xmas is A Dukla Prague Away Kit. - Half Man Half Biscuit

The Pointless, yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-ed by Dar Williams

Always and forever the Divine Comedy's brilliant The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count.

First day of civil twilight today and, around lunchtime, it was definitely thinking about dawn.

This must be a government psi-op, YouTube sending me signs it knows exactly who I am. #Attacked.

When they do come over here, they have such big families in a bid to replace us.

It's been a while since we've had a shameless plug so I think we're overdue 😅 As you know I love travel & beer so I started a FB Group where people can share the places they find and ask for recommendations for upcoming trips 🧡 If anyone is interested ☺️ www.facebook.com/share/g/182i... #BskyBeer

Is the mayoral election the day after tomorrow?

Pingu taking none of this shit

My 'motivation medication' requires me to take regular blood pressure and heart rate readings. This would be easier if I could find a pulse. [I realise this isn't doing anything to answer the 'Nel is a chaos fae gremlin' belief some of my friends have.]

Twirly skirts are the best skirts.

Found this in some old photos: the cartoon that got my biggest twitter numbers

my favorite thing about being a nonbinary bisexual is, aside from proudly being among the most insufferable people in "The Community" i also have a license to engage in conversations like this: hot person: "so are you into [INSERT A GENDER]" me: "i'm into hot people" *subtle nonbinary wink*

i need to be honest with myself because when i say "i wish i had an assistant" what i really mean is "i want someone else to do my job so i can spend the rest of the week with a dry martini in a moody cocktail bar reading archeology articles and learning facts on london in ancient roman times"

I *love* the tiny bit of superstition that somehow permeates up here. We have proper aurora scientists and astronomers and other sky professionals, guides and photographers, but nobody calls the aurora borealis by name.

Uhm, this is wild. WILD!

This is wild! It definitely tops any of my worst bus stories

I need to be extremely clear because context is *crucial* here. It is the polar night. That is not the sun. There is no sun for another month yet. The sky is doing that on its own.

This is insanely awesome and I would definitely suggest it be included in our #narrowboat build. Of course, it would be a strong and flat no from Wendy 😳