the Norwegian campaign against enshittification is pretty great tbf vimeo.com/1168468796

A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.

Can a piece of technology be made with the intent to help ease barriers? Sure. But until you address things like pay gaps and resource deserts and malevolent bureaucracy, all you’re doing is inventing a reason people will claim discrimination is over.

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

I bought a lego botanicals kit and built it. Finally, cut flowers that are safe from my cat 😁

simonoxfphys on insta Wind turbines kill birds, yes but...

Having a good time at The Hive @worcesteruni.bsky.social with Stitching Cromwell.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

“Bedford Borough Council holds no authority over the Council of Nicaea and was not responsible for the creation of the moon 4.53billion years ago.”

“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

Post a banger that isn't in English. Akino Arai singing Kooru Suna (Frozen Sand).

Reminds me of my favourite six nations advert

good lord, I love how the most unhinged thing I've ever posted On Here gets the most likes. anyway, I am pure of heart and only make beautiful things like this monarch butterfly cardigan (just finished it this week!)

I'm only about a quarter of the way through Silver & Blood by @jessiemihalik.com and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. A desperate heroine who isn't so straight that you could use her as a ruler, a grumpy yet kind hero, and a fascinating magical world.

The message from the stars was very long and complex, but contained instructions how to decode and parse it incrementally. There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said: "Send cat pics please!' #MicroFiction

Mum was having a clearout and I snagged this lapel pin from her old colleagues at Family Planning

Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'. And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.

Rough day for Sex Matters

A true believer in Devolution, Wallace made the jump to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999 representing the Orkney Islands alone. Entering coalition as Deputy First Minister, he served in that post until stepping down as party leader in 2005. He retired in 2007, taking up a peerage shortly after.

Wallace was first elected to the UK Parliament in 1983 as a Liberal, taking over in Orkney and Shetland from Jo Grimond who had been the MP for 33 years, and leader of the Liberals for over a decade of that. Wallace didn't match Grimond's popularity, but was easily elected to Westminster four times.

Very sad news that Jim Wallace, Scotland's inaugural Deputy First Minister, has died suddenly. Not only did he lead his party into government for the first time in decades, but he held down the fort after the death and resignation of the first two First Ministers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS: Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring. Here's a weird starting point: There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr. Cats that roar = genus Panthera Cats that purr = genus Felis

EIS President Adam Sutcliffe is with the delegation, and is one of those who has been blocked from entering Palestine.

Sound on to hear this very zonked out cat. The cuteness is exploding my heart. #Caturday #ProofOfCat

It’s me! Talking about Stitching Cromwell with friends @guildmedmak.bsky.social!

'I’m obsessed with Cromwell’s correspondence – there was just so much of it, and it is incredibly wide ranging.' We're a broad church here at the Guild and enjoy showcasing creative-critical work from the fringes of the medieval period! Read about textile artist @drelvey.bsky.social's work here:

Photo shows 5 Greenlandic women in their national dress with beaded yokes. In the late 1920s Norway sought to possess East Greenland. Norwegian knitting designer Annichen Sibbern Bøhn designed a sweater which mimicked the Greenlandic beaded yoke. And that's how yoked sweaters became a thing. 🧵

#BlueMonday was definitely blue but nobody told us about #DarkRainyStormyWindyWednesday.

Just came across this ticket in my studio. On the train back to London the following day, I said to my beloved “I’m going to stitch that.” 12 years later, I’m still stitching Cromwell. I’m just making a start on my latest Cromwell Trilogy piece, a full length portrait of Jane Seymour.

A recent, and lovely, compliment I received from a friend: "I love the lines around your eyes. You clearly smile a lot." Yes, I do smile a lot. I'm happy with my life in my 40s.

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

STUC Deputy General Secretary, @lindasomerville.bsky.social, spoke at the @stwc.bsky.social demonstration outside the US Consulate. Scotland's trade union movement demands no blood for oil in Venezuela.

The stone face found in Rousay (which is remarkably similar to a carving in ST Magnus) has gone international!

This is exactly how I spent my Sunday today. Glorious.

People are scared of the spread of fascism, rightly so. We have 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 elections in May and it’s essential to keep Reform out. The far right thrive on apathy and hopelessness. Good turn out almost always beats them. Register to vote. Why wait? Do it today www.gov.uk/register-to-...

I can't decide between: 1. Punched myself in the face, changing a pillowcase. Broke my glasses which cut me on the bridge of my nose. Or 2. Picked up a book in a library, got a papercut, and had to ask the librarian for a plaster because it wouldn't stop bleeding.

@drelvey.bsky.social Lolly Willowes!

Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.

👏🏼👏🏼 “I feel that I cannot accept a personal honour because disabled people are being so dishonoured at this time.In fact we are being demonised, dehumanised and scapegoated for political choices and policy failures by consecutive governments.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Barbara G. Walker is no longer with us. A lifelong feminist, writer, folklorist, and knitting pioneer. A trailblazer, a guiding light, and a woman who always connected her making hands with her inquisitive brain. Vale, Barbara. Thank you for knocking down doors over & over.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

The Gwen Mayor Trust, a charity established in memory of Dunblane Primary School teacher Gwen Mayor, has announced the nursery and primary school arts, sports, culture and community projects it is providing funding support for this year. #EISNews https://www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/gwenmayor2526

#Dowagers, Titterstone in the wild! #GeorgetteHeyerReadalong

Come for the chart of shifting party support, stay for the fury at the fact we're going to have one of the most consequential Scottish (and definitely most consequential Welsh) elections since devolution, yet the Westminster media can't stop speculating about PM Farage in 2029 long enough to care.

High school report: not recommended for physics Bitch, I teach physics now and I do it better than you.

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.