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Helen Simmons (She/Her)
@littlehen.bsky.social
A bricolage of things. Nature, creativity, community, kindness…

Unbothered. Moisturised. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

Profile picture: me in a pink jumper smiling
Header image: me in a purple hat taking a picture of myself in a broken mirror
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Different ways of living are possible, and are already taking place all over the world. They’re ways of love, kindness and joy. They’re quiet, humble, slow, small. They’re vital and restorative, regenerative and inclusive. I’m pledging to celebrate, support and amplify them. Will you join me?
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Well guys, two days ago they started installing the tallest part of the Sagrada Familia, the cross at the top of its central tower.
After more than a century, it is going to be finished pretty soon.

sagradafamilia.org/en/-/avanca-...
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.

If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
youtu.be/vLHRYBaAu2E @wombat37.bsky.social a few moments of beautiful music
But it’s Mine
YouTube video by Ralph Hawkes - Topic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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It didn't happen this time, but eventually hackers are going to get people's prompt histories and it's going to be wild
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How many times can one doorbell be rung during a ten minute meditation is one of the things I am pondering this morning 😆
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yesterday I watched The Choral film. It was moving, funny and sad. Although set during World War One, it made me think a lot about current day politics and the burdens people quietly carry through life. Recommend.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Biodiversity is *crucial* to our wellbeing.

We need to stop treating it as expendable.
share.google/pKw8odZguEG8...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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People are struggling. I want us to think about how we're going to help each other hang in there this winter. How are you going to support your friends, co-strugglers, and community as they push through this moment? How can you help people muddle through, materially and/or emotionally?
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Best part of my birthday having all the kids sit around the dining table together. Very rare these days. My heart is full
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Insurance companies realising how dangerous and damaging AI can be.

www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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A fitting moment to bring back this old transit meme. However they’re powered—gas, hydrogen, electricity, or driverless—leaning on cars instead of investing in quality public transit is still a poor long-term strategy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Our emotions and beliefs are contagious. By choosing to share hope and optimism, rather than despair or anger, you have a positive ripple effect
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

There’s something magical about letting people be.

Letting them shine in the ways that make sense to them.

🧡

#kindness #positivity #belief #compassion
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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The fallen leaves have revealed this honey bee nest, in the woods at Haughmond Hill. #ukwildlife #photography #Nature #wildlife #insects #shropshire #bees
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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The Bike Bus has made it!
On one strange morning, 180 kids rode into the Upside Down. A ride filled with adventure, joy and friendship. #BikeBus #StrangerThings #Netflixpartner @netflix.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Are you using AI, as a professional? Check your insurance cover, because a lot of the big insurers are about to pull out of insuring it. Which means that if you let it write your stuff or control your operations, you are potentially personally liable for its errors...
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”

www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ChatGPT is racist
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.

Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.

#Critical_AI_Literacy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
if you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM