Aurora
@auroracalliope.bsky.social
Middle aged SoCal lady living on a boat in Cheshire, England…immigrant to the U.K. Wifey to a Scot, managed by a cat. Look at art, trust science, grow things, & fight fascism.
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😱 noooo 😂😂
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
😱 noooo 😂😂
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Nailed it!
meme via Angel Stroyan
meme via Angel Stroyan
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Nailed it!
meme via Angel Stroyan
meme via Angel Stroyan
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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"The very fact that the preceding sentence sounds hopelessly utopian might provide a plausible answer to the Great Silence"
― Brian Cox, Human Universe
― Brian Cox, Human Universe
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The very fact that the preceding sentence sounds hopelessly utopian might provide a plausible answer to the Great Silence"
― Brian Cox, Human Universe
― Brian Cox, Human Universe
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"Rich white blokes In suits have done more damage to me and mine than a poor bloke in a dinghy ever could"
via The Daily Scar
via The Daily Scar
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"Rich white blokes In suits have done more damage to me and mine than a poor bloke in a dinghy ever could"
via The Daily Scar
via The Daily Scar
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Tax the greedy
help the needy
meme via The Other 98%
help the needy
meme via The Other 98%
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Tax the greedy
help the needy
meme via The Other 98%
help the needy
meme via The Other 98%
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December 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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🎄Do y’all have a Christmas video to put on in the background Christmas morning?
Just came across this one. This one might make Christmas morning. 🥰
Just came across this one. This one might make Christmas morning. 🥰
🎄 Christmas in Scotland! 🏴 | 8Hrs of Beautiful Celtic Christmas Music
YouTube video by Twenty-Five Christmas Lane
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
🎄Do y’all have a Christmas video to put on in the background Christmas morning?
Just came across this one. This one might make Christmas morning. 🥰
Just came across this one. This one might make Christmas morning. 🥰
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Be kind to yourself. 😌
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Be kind to yourself. 😌
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Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite.
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite.
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This study is getting a lot of attention for different reasons, but I wanted to address one thing about it quickly:
It does show that there is a lower risk of mortality for non-COVID causes of death among the vaccinated and unvaccinated. At least some of this reflects the bias that plagues all...
It does show that there is a lower risk of mortality for non-COVID causes of death among the vaccinated and unvaccinated. At least some of this reflects the bias that plagues all...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
doi.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This study is getting a lot of attention for different reasons, but I wanted to address one thing about it quickly:
It does show that there is a lower risk of mortality for non-COVID causes of death among the vaccinated and unvaccinated. At least some of this reflects the bias that plagues all...
It does show that there is a lower risk of mortality for non-COVID causes of death among the vaccinated and unvaccinated. At least some of this reflects the bias that plagues all...
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It's December so welcome to the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar featuring one species each day for 24 days. We start with a Southern Migrant Hawker. This one was at Canvey Island in July. They're showy and huge. #UKWildlife #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's December so welcome to the 2025 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar featuring one species each day for 24 days. We start with a Southern Migrant Hawker. This one was at Canvey Island in July. They're showy and huge. #UKWildlife #DragonflyAdventCalendar #invertebrates @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
O M G
Cheese sauce AND pickles!
(Starts learning Norwegian)
Cheese sauce AND pickles!
(Starts learning Norwegian)
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
O M G
Cheese sauce AND pickles!
(Starts learning Norwegian)
Cheese sauce AND pickles!
(Starts learning Norwegian)
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Good morning BlueSky
Dogs choosing their humans
I'm not crying
YOU'RE CRYING
Dogs choosing their humans
I'm not crying
YOU'RE CRYING
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good morning BlueSky
Dogs choosing their humans
I'm not crying
YOU'RE CRYING
Dogs choosing their humans
I'm not crying
YOU'RE CRYING
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Did you see the full moon last night? Our Whitney Portal 1 camera captured this time-lapse of the moonset and beautiful sunrise over Mt. Whitney this morning.
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Did you see the full moon last night? Our Whitney Portal 1 camera captured this time-lapse of the moonset and beautiful sunrise over Mt. Whitney this morning.
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Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
This is egregious. Please sign.
Why has this area been felled? The Clashindarroch was called a ‘wildcat wonderland’ by the govt, it is not disputed that there is a nationally important population of wildcats there....
www.change.org/p/scottish-g...
www.change.org/p/scottish-g...
STOLEN CAMERA SITE CLEAR FELLED
Hi All
So, this is all now very real and deeply disturbing. As you know, Vattenfall stole one of our cameras from a known wildcat site. We replaced the camera and returned to check the area yesterday....
www.change.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This is egregious. Please sign.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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3. The industry knows that words are important. If Moses had been obliged by labelling laws to promise the Israelites a land of mammary secretions and insect vomit, I doubt many would have followed him into Canaan, though these are accurate descriptions of milk and honey. 3/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
3. The industry knows that words are important. If Moses had been obliged by labelling laws to promise the Israelites a land of mammary secretions and insect vomit, I doubt many would have followed him into Canaan, though these are accurate descriptions of milk and honey. 3/6
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"Part of the iconic Wetherspoons brand—imagine Denny’s and a Greyhound bus station have unprotected sex, and the baby is raised by carpet... The customers—the bitter, the deranged, and the men in full motorcycle outfits eating lasagne at 11am—shoot us curious, guarded glances." 😱
This is perfect.
This is perfect.
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Part of the iconic Wetherspoons brand—imagine Denny’s and a Greyhound bus station have unprotected sex, and the baby is raised by carpet... The customers—the bitter, the deranged, and the men in full motorcycle outfits eating lasagne at 11am—shoot us curious, guarded glances." 😱
This is perfect.
This is perfect.