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5yo: “Daddy, I know the D word” Me, slightly concerned: “Oh, what’s the D word?” 5yo: “DRAGONS! And I know the F word” Me, lulled into a false sense of security: “And what’s that?” 5yo: “FUCKING!”

Today is Eel Day in Ely! To mark the occasion, a giant eel rampages through the city, grazing on the occasional child, before the cityfolk chase it through the streets and back to the river.

An honour to receive the Grady-Stack Award at #ACSSpring2025 yesterday evening! Congratulations to all of the other award winners, and thanks to everyone on #ChemSky and beyond who supports and shares my chemistry infographics

I’m flying out to San Diego for #ACSSpring2025 today! Here’s a reminder of the chemistry that cleans the air you breathe on a plane in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/safety/consu... #ChemSky 🧪

I guess our 5yo’s class has been talking about climate change as part of #BritishScienceWeek… he told us that he hopes no more greenhouses get built because their gases make the oceans sad 😂

My Christmas window effort this year is a wintry Ely scene. Probably more accurate if the snowflakes were raindrops!

When you have to move house but your budget only allows for a train ticket 🚂🧳

Wondering what this mushroom is though… my hunch is a grisette w lack of skirt, saccate volva seen in pic 2, and the dark colour of the cap. But I don’t know amanitas very well so it’s all guesswork! Welcome suggestions! #fungifriends

Found some beautiful wood blewits just a stone’s throw from where we live! #fungifriends