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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 9h

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 21h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 15h

Ooh, enjoy!

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 15h

It's a joyous thing.

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 15h

A few months ago on my high street, one of those guys was evangelizing /very/ loudly, maybe a foot away from a homeless woman who was visibly shaking and asking him to move back; he wouldn't. Not a great advertisement for what he's preaching.

KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 15h

Watching a renovating show on which someone's interpreted "You can do x once a qualified tradesperson's on site" as that person having pulled into the car park. Nooo.

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 15h

I could HEAR the weariness in that two word post.

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 16h

Awful. Thinking of you at this difficult gaming time.

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 16h

You've just made a trombone very sad.

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 18h

It is in your house.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 19h

Short article I wrote* on recent advances in the story of early Homo sapiens is now available online!

*commissioned as accompanying BBC Human series, although tbh I did not love their Neanderthal episode :-(

www.sciencefocus.com/science/huma...

We didn’t conquer the world alone. This is humanity’s untold origin story | BBC Science Focus Magazine

We’re discovering there were more characters, and more acts, in the tale of how Homo sapiens spread across the globe.

www.sciencefocus.com

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

Baby steps?

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, hooray! Glad to hear he's back in the neighbourhood.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 20h

This is a huge moment in linear broadcast TV. When I began my TV career in 2005, even history documentaries were expected to get 2 million viewers

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 21h

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

I hope you're not the only one - that would say terrible things about your colleagues. 😁

KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

Jenrick is such a a bad faith ignoramus.

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

Fantastic! 🐉

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

For #ALD25, find out more about Roma Agrawal, engineer and author:

Roma Agrawal @romatheengineer.bsky.social · Jun 2

Why should engineers do comedy?!

Find out in my latest newsletter.

It would mean the world if you signed up (it's free!).

romatheengineer.substack.com/p/why-engine...

Why Engineers should do Comedy

A bonus post. Nailed it.

romatheengineer.substack.com

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KateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 19h

Hydrated AND furious - multitasking!

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 23h

This is the first time in 15 years that I'm running Ada Lovelace Day without also putting on a big event in London, and I have to admit, it feels kinda weird.

If you have a minute, please share a story of your favourite woman in STEM with the hashtag #ALD25.

Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 23h

Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!