Alice Sheppard
@penguingalaxy.bsky.social
Citizen scientist, Brit in Sweden, endless maker of soup for babies. Galaxy Zoo turned me into a penguin. Always looking for more galaxies.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Got an e-mail from my bank to tell me I've received cashback - the queenly sum of 10 pence. Whatever shall I do with it?
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Got an e-mail from my bank to tell me I've received cashback - the queenly sum of 10 pence. Whatever shall I do with it?
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Full Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Two of my favourites!)
The Full Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Two of my favourites!)
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Theory of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Upon a Time in the West World War Z
The Theory of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Upon a Time in the West World War Z
Insert a movie into another movie.
"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Homeward Bound."
but who gets to voice George and Gracie? 🤔
"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Homeward Bound."
but who gets to voice George and Gracie? 🤔
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Full Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Two of my favourites!)
The Full Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Two of my favourites!)
Good morning BlueSky, I had a nightmare about falling into a black hole! As nightmares go that has to be one of the coolest ever. There was a distorted universe and a rocket and all. Chilling though 😱
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Good morning BlueSky, I had a nightmare about falling into a black hole! As nightmares go that has to be one of the coolest ever. There was a distorted universe and a rocket and all. Chilling though 😱
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
Cats are so obsessed with following their humans into the toilet. Do they feel neglected when we don’t escort them into their litter trays?
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Cats are so obsessed with following their humans into the toilet. Do they feel neglected when we don’t escort them into their litter trays?
I just bought a Jehovah’s Witness advent calendar. Every time you open a door someone tells you to go away.
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I just bought a Jehovah’s Witness advent calendar. Every time you open a door someone tells you to go away.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Good morning BlueSky, have a picture from 4pm yesterday: moonlight over a Swedish lake. I don't live quite in the land of the midnight sun - merely midnight twilight - in the summer; but November is a very dark month until the snow gets going. We had a lovely dark warm windy walk in the forest.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Good morning BlueSky, have a picture from 4pm yesterday: moonlight over a Swedish lake. I don't live quite in the land of the midnight sun - merely midnight twilight - in the summer; but November is a very dark month until the snow gets going. We had a lovely dark warm windy walk in the forest.
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Over 100 people have registered for this!
I'm going to select five winners at the end of the day Monday.
I'm going to select five winners at the end of the day Monday.
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Over 100 people have registered for this!
I'm going to select five winners at the end of the day Monday.
I'm going to select five winners at the end of the day Monday.
Husband found this hilarious site replaceyourboss.ai (apparently actually not AI, but made by justifiably annoyed humans). "Last night I dreamt about a post-sleep workforce" 🤣 Has @askamanager.org seen this?!
AI CEO – Replace Your Boss Before They Replace You
Stop working for humans. AI CEO delivers algorithmic thought leadership, with instant decisions, and zero ego. Replace your boss before they replace you.
replaceyourboss.ai
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Husband found this hilarious site replaceyourboss.ai (apparently actually not AI, but made by justifiably annoyed humans). "Last night I dreamt about a post-sleep workforce" 🤣 Has @askamanager.org seen this?!
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#ToucanButtoftheDay
Something away from Bijagua (finally!), a Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) at San Vito, Puntarenas #CostaRica
#toucans #birds #nature
Something away from Bijagua (finally!), a Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) at San Vito, Puntarenas #CostaRica
#toucans #birds #nature
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#ToucanButtoftheDay
Something away from Bijagua (finally!), a Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) at San Vito, Puntarenas #CostaRica
#toucans #birds #nature
Something away from Bijagua (finally!), a Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) at San Vito, Puntarenas #CostaRica
#toucans #birds #nature
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what’s grey and has four legs and a big horn? a mouse in a brass band
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
what’s grey and has four legs and a big horn? a mouse in a brass band
What's grey and has four legs and a trunk? A mouse going on holiday.
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What's grey and has four legs and a trunk? A mouse going on holiday.
Husband blew some compressed air into my laptop as the fans were going wild. It has now developed a scary high-pitched whine that makes it impossible to concentrate on anything else while it’s switched on. Oh no.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Husband blew some compressed air into my laptop as the fans were going wild. It has now developed a scary high-pitched whine that makes it impossible to concentrate on anything else while it’s switched on. Oh no.
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I bet she would though
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I bet she would though
Toddler wasn’t terribly impressed with the mall playroom. So she escaped into the craft shop next door. And omg … it is a good craft shop. I wanted to stop and examine all the wool. But I was pursuing a toddler who has become VERY fast and sure-footed. And I hadn’t got my purse. Or shoes!
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Toddler wasn’t terribly impressed with the mall playroom. So she escaped into the craft shop next door. And omg … it is a good craft shop. I wanted to stop and examine all the wool. But I was pursuing a toddler who has become VERY fast and sure-footed. And I hadn’t got my purse. Or shoes!
One time in a supermarket, I happened to pick up a bottle of magnolia something or other and took a sniff. Instantly I was transported back to my adopted-great-aunt's house. She had died >20 years previously. I couldn't do anything this cool with that, though! www.positive.news/society/the-...
The man who uses perfume to unlock opportunities in prisons - Positive News
In jails across northern England, fragrances are being used to spark reflection and creativity among inmates
www.positive.news
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One time in a supermarket, I happened to pick up a bottle of magnolia something or other and took a sniff. Instantly I was transported back to my adopted-great-aunt's house. She had died >20 years previously. I couldn't do anything this cool with that, though! www.positive.news/society/the-...
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This person is now very sad and saying they regret their vote now that half the Hispanic students at our school didn't show up today.
Had a pretty liberal English teacher colleague become a Trump supporter after RFK Jr. endorsed. I think that was a bigger deal than many suspected at the time.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This person is now very sad and saying they regret their vote now that half the Hispanic students at our school didn't show up today.
I'm organising a little Christmassy festival with my housing association - mimicking an adorable one that took place in our previous housing association. Swedish Christmas music, drinking Swedish glögg, etc.
I, and the other person most involved, are both immigrants. I find this so entertaining!
I, and the other person most involved, are both immigrants. I find this so entertaining!
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm organising a little Christmassy festival with my housing association - mimicking an adorable one that took place in our previous housing association. Swedish Christmas music, drinking Swedish glögg, etc.
I, and the other person most involved, are both immigrants. I find this so entertaining!
I, and the other person most involved, are both immigrants. I find this so entertaining!
@joannechocolat.bsky.social I made a poor imitation of Vianne's spiced hot chocolate today. Taste knocked us over, but in a good way. Thank you for writing the recipe!
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@joannechocolat.bsky.social I made a poor imitation of Vianne's spiced hot chocolate today. Taste knocked us over, but in a good way. Thank you for writing the recipe!
Talk about a heck of a way to wake up: I'd gone back to bed because lovely husband had taken 2-year-old out. So once I'd dropped off, the dear neighbours decided to drill a hole in the wall right next to my head! Cat and I both jumped out of our skins and left the room.
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Talk about a heck of a way to wake up: I'd gone back to bed because lovely husband had taken 2-year-old out. So once I'd dropped off, the dear neighbours decided to drill a hole in the wall right next to my head! Cat and I both jumped out of our skins and left the room.
Smugpost: I haven't got a car. I have never owned a car. To be fair I live in Stockholm and have lived in London a lot of my life, but I have also coped in Cornwall and rural Wales. Long live public transport and investment in it.
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Smugpost: I haven't got a car. I have never owned a car. To be fair I live in Stockholm and have lived in London a lot of my life, but I have also coped in Cornwall and rural Wales. Long live public transport and investment in it.
I generally loathe ready meals but I just love ready made lasagne. I also like home made lasagne though it overcooks and dries out horribly easily. I had a shop bought lasagne for lunch and I just keep wanting more lasagne. I think I'm turning into Garfield.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I generally loathe ready meals but I just love ready made lasagne. I also like home made lasagne though it overcooks and dries out horribly easily. I had a shop bought lasagne for lunch and I just keep wanting more lasagne. I think I'm turning into Garfield.
A bit over 13 years ago I was doing MSc Astrophysics and loads of citizen science with @galaxyzoo.org and I just loved giving public talks about space. I also wanted to raise funds for FGM charities. So I put on a public space talk series to raise said funds.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A bit over 13 years ago I was doing MSc Astrophysics and loads of citizen science with @galaxyzoo.org and I just loved giving public talks about space. I also wanted to raise funds for FGM charities. So I put on a public space talk series to raise said funds.