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I went to see Project Hail Mary last night. First cinema trip since before Covid. Totally worth it. Best book-to-film adaptation I have ever seen. Also, I LOVE ROCKY!

#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where I’m seeing the first mirror view since last year 😊

I would very much like this to be a thing that really happened 😄

1/ Spotted a yellow leg flag on a Curlew? Please share the sighting with us, as this could be one of our headstarted birds. 😀 Report via bit.ly/ReportACurlew #Ornithology #WorldCurlewDay

🤍 #flowers

"Yes, Mr Spider. That one's yours."

I found a lithographic museum!! 😍 #Cadiz

“I’ll be back.” —Arnie, 14:2-3

My view right now… sailing into Cadiz 😍

I’ve discovered so many beautiful flowers in Portugal. I think this one is my favourite. INaturalist tells me it’s a Fern-leaved Beggarticks (bidens aurea). I understand they’re invasive, but this was the only one I saw. #flowers

I’m in Porto, and I’m reading Proto. It’s confusing.

Even on holiday, I’m training for the @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social Trek26! It’s a 26-mile hike with nearly 5,000’ climbing 😬 in Wales in June. Please see my story here (2-minute read): www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

I am half way through Project Hail Mary. Despite rarely reading fiction, and not having read sci-fi since my teens, this is already one of my favourite books of the *century*!

🩷 #pink

Nodded off on the sofa last night. Fully clothed, lights blazing. Cat. Slept for NINE HOURS STRAIGHT

Spring flowers #purple

I’m setting a French book at the moment, which gave me the excuse to buy this 😍 #BookPost

i feel like when you're on holiday there should be cats you can hire. I'm not used to having this much space in the bed. wtf am i meant to do with it

Finally, a rug for the elderly to safely play on...

Midhurst, Sussex (UK) to Bodø (Arctic Norway) return: sole-driver, 4,840 miles, nine countries, *three kids in the back*. Took three weeks with a 4-day break in Bodø, and I would do it again ❤️ Longest drive in one day? John O’Groats to Sutton: 724 miles – never again!

A curated feed of microphone holders, so people can boomscroll

I have wonderful friends! Week 3 of training for the Bannau Brycheiniog Trek26 in June, in aid of @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and, basically, each Sunday I’m being dragged the long way* to a different pub, then being bought beer 🥰 (*long way = 8 to 12 miles)

Happy #FingerPostFriday. Where are you heading out to this weekend?

Last night I dreamt I was listening to “Englishman in New York” while waiting in the queue for a petting farm 🤔

#Monday:

I am now so fluent in Gen-Z (thanks, Offspring), that I am struggling to think in Gen-X – and, as I obviously can't include the expression "to chat shit about…" in an academic essay, can someone please remind me how to say this in my own language. Thanks. #sociolinguistics

My 1949 Penguin paperback edition of Wuthering Heights. The pages have not yellowed, the sewn binding is still tight. The prevalence of non-acid-free paper and glued bindings means I have hardbacks published less than ten years ago that have aged less well.

Instead of ranting about how literally all my trains to and from the rehearsal this evening were cancelled I’ll calmly give you this photo of a swallow I’m fine everything’s fine

#OliversCampaign I am angry @NHSE_WTE have always been clear: people with a learning disability & autistic individuals delivering Oliver’s Training should be paid Band 5 rates Yet many charities with contracts to deliver it are paying minimum wage Not On My Watch Please retweet

My view right now 😊

I have devised a neologism: “irritager”. A young person who is no longer a teenager, but is still fucking annoying.

You know that saying – leave a job long enough and it won't need doing after all? It's true. I no longer have to put away that final box of xmas bits from last year 😁

I ran an unintentional 10k on Saturday. First outing for yonks, and my first 10k since 2020. Now I'm walking like I need a hip replacement 🫩 #running #doms

Serious border ornamentation points!

Autscape Organisation (a UK-based nonprofit charity that hosts the annual Autscape conference, an autism-centred gathering run for and by autistic people since 2005) has left X (1.731 followers) Bluesky: @autscape.org

Last week, my local indie-bookshop was devastated by fire (info in alt-text). They’re hoping to reopen in temporary (much smaller) premises nearby, but to help tide them over, please consider buying a book from their page at uk.bookshop.org/shop/onetree.... Thank you! @bigbeardedbookseller.com

My view right now 😎

My view right now 🤩

My view right now 😊

Narrating audiobooks can be "tricky" sometimes, but my sound booth has nice soft foamy walls, and banging my head against them has no effect on frustration levels. So instead, I might have got into the habit of head-butting the mic... 👀 #AudioBooks #Recording

Go Outside and Touch Grass: 7 Inspiring Books About Nature and the Environment bookriot.com/nonfiction-b...

Omicron = O micron = little o Omega = O mega = big o i.e. short o and long o 😍 (Apologies to any Greeks for my excitement;I have only just worked this out!) #linguistics #language #typography

I’ve often wondered why Portuguese, a Romance language, sounds so Slavic – rather than more like Spanish or Italian. Here’s the answer! portuguesepedia.com/why-portugue... #linguistics #languages

Massive storms in France just now 😳

PSA: don’t do this! This guy is taking *multiple* calls on speakerphone. And because the (nice) music in here is loudish, he has the volume turned up. So basically he’s shouting at his table, and his table is shouting back.

When you spot a hornet creeping into a crevice right by your front door.. 😍😳😍😳😍😳😍😳

Off to the big smoke today, to an art exhibition. Can’t remember the last time I went to London, but the price of a train ticket has doubled 😳 Also, people…