2dot
@2dot.bsky.social
Interested in neurodiversity, photography, nature, sci-fi, chocolate, books - not necessarily in that order!
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Dogs in the snow are awesome
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Dogs in the snow are awesome
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Great repost, even better story in the comments 🧅😭🤣😂🧅
Not a red rose or a satin heart.
I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love…
—Carol Ann Duffy, “Valentine”
in A Red Rose or a Satin Heart: An Anthology of Scottish Love Poems
#ValentinesDay 💝 #poem #poetry
#BookWormSat
I give you an onion.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love…
—Carol Ann Duffy, “Valentine”
in A Red Rose or a Satin Heart: An Anthology of Scottish Love Poems
#ValentinesDay 💝 #poem #poetry
#BookWormSat
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Great repost, even better story in the comments 🧅😭🤣😂🧅
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I still have a few spaces on my 28 Feb botanical illustration & mental health w'shop
I teach you
🌿how to break plants down to simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health
Earlybird price expires 14 Feb
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
I teach you
🌿how to break plants down to simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health
Earlybird price expires 14 Feb
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I still have a few spaces on my 28 Feb botanical illustration & mental health w'shop
I teach you
🌿how to break plants down to simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health
Earlybird price expires 14 Feb
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
I teach you
🌿how to break plants down to simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health
Earlybird price expires 14 Feb
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
@thewoodhermit.bsky.social please post your lovely stuff here more often (saw you on Facebook saying which account should you use). You seldom show up in my FB feed any more 🙁
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
@thewoodhermit.bsky.social please post your lovely stuff here more often (saw you on Facebook saying which account should you use). You seldom show up in my FB feed any more 🙁
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The DWP are pretending their new changes are good - but they'll leave new disabled Universal Credit claimants with £2550.48 LESS a year
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
DWP tries to make screwing disabled UC claimants sound like a good thing
The DWP are pretending their new changes are good - but they'll leave new disabled Universal Credit claimants with £2550.48 LESS a year
www.thecanary.co
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
The DWP are pretending their new changes are good - but they'll leave new disabled Universal Credit claimants with £2550.48 LESS a year
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Love this ❤️
THE YORKSHIREMAN PREPARES FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Seh summat.
Just seh summat.
Dunt
Sit
On’t
Flowers.
Seh
Summat. Dunt
Stand theer
Sackless.
Seh summat.
Just seh summat.
Dunt
Sit
On’t
Flowers.
Seh
Summat. Dunt
Stand theer
Sackless.
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Love this ❤️
Me too!
!["How to lure me to my death" [a sign that reads Hold A Baby Lamb in hand painted lettering on the site of a Scottish country road.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreigfulxz5pduhll6j66i4gear2t2xeivrbhuqty3xu32ckmczdkvfu@jpeg)
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Me too!
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First cup of tea: in morning’s darkroom the liquid picture develops.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 AM
First cup of tea: in morning’s darkroom the liquid picture develops.
Spring is coming! “Who knows who wrote that song of summer, that blackbirds sing at dusk?” (Kate Bush, ‘Sunset’)
A blackbird told me it was February (sound up for some much needed birdsong dopamine-these are my very favourite birdy notes):
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Spring is coming! “Who knows who wrote that song of summer, that blackbirds sing at dusk?” (Kate Bush, ‘Sunset’)
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This government clearly don't really understand the complexity or the danger of the situation. They show no sign of beginning to understand, and every sign of asking the monorail salesman how public transport should work. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but don't leave this to politicians.
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This government clearly don't really understand the complexity or the danger of the situation. They show no sign of beginning to understand, and every sign of asking the monorail salesman how public transport should work. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but don't leave this to politicians.
Essential reading for ‘everyone’, before you do a Government AI course
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Essential reading for ‘everyone’, before you do a Government AI course
How much more evidence do we need??
FYI, here's a very long thread of what we know from all the many pilots and studies done, all one one page. It's my pinned thread unrolled.
skyview.social?url=https://...
skyview.social?url=https://...
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
How much more evidence do we need??
Marvellous indeed!
Good morning. Today's #BirdOfTheDay has #poise.
That's a theme that most birds could justly lay claim to, but this Marvellous Spatuletail in northern Peru really has it all going on, I think.
#naturephotography #birds #EastCoastKin
That's a theme that most birds could justly lay claim to, but this Marvellous Spatuletail in northern Peru really has it all going on, I think.
#naturephotography #birds #EastCoastKin
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Marvellous indeed!
Probably the most consistently intriguing/enjoyable item in my Bluesky feed:
I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– a short film about wind
– Hotel Where?
– A Word a Day
– COW TOOLS
– The joy of The Ladykillers
– HORSES
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– a short film about wind
– Hotel Where?
– A Word a Day
– COW TOOLS
– The joy of The Ladykillers
– HORSES
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Six Things, Volume 144
Wind | Hotel Where? | Word A Day | Cow Tools | Ladykillers | Horses
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Probably the most consistently intriguing/enjoyable item in my Bluesky feed:
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January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
First egg laid!
Need a distraction? The Big Bear Valley eagles have just laid their first egg of the season.
Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1
YouTube video by FOBBV CAM
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
First egg laid!
This blog has interesting links onwards for anyone who wants to learn more about Art Nouveau (new destinations unlocked for future holidays!)
23/1/26
Here's the Art Nouveau staircase and landing in the ‘Hotel’ Tassel, a townhouse in Brussels designed by architect Victor Horta in 1893 stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/art-nou...
Here's the Art Nouveau staircase and landing in the ‘Hotel’ Tassel, a townhouse in Brussels designed by architect Victor Horta in 1893 stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/art-nou...
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
This blog has interesting links onwards for anyone who wants to learn more about Art Nouveau (new destinations unlocked for future holidays!)
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here makes it easier to share ;)
January 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
here makes it easier to share ;)
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Snowdrops I met one winter's day.
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Snowdrops I met one winter's day.
The everyday lives of these birds unfolding in a corner of your screen (sound on!) is very calming
If you need a break from things, the eagles Jackie and Shadow, are in the nest building stage of prep.
1-10-2026 Shadow Delivers Fish Gift for Jackie…
YouTube video by FOBBV CAM
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The everyday lives of these birds unfolding in a corner of your screen (sound on!) is very calming
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In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
@in-otter-news.bsky.social Steve, are these your great-great- great etc grandparents?
St Cuthbert’s Church, Crayke, North #Yorkshire
“St Cuthbert” window (2020)
#HelenWhittaker
The detail shows the Tale of the Affectionate Sea Otters who were reputed to have warmed & dried Cuthbert's feet after a night of him meditating & praying whilst standing in the sea.
#StainedGlassSunday
“St Cuthbert” window (2020)
#HelenWhittaker
The detail shows the Tale of the Affectionate Sea Otters who were reputed to have warmed & dried Cuthbert's feet after a night of him meditating & praying whilst standing in the sea.
#StainedGlassSunday
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM
@in-otter-news.bsky.social Steve, are these your great-great- great etc grandparents?