Leonie M.Smith Strawbridge
@turquoisefloyd.bsky.social
- Neurodivergent. She/her.
- Writes SF & a little light Horror
- One of life's great pedestrians, sometimes has the Elephant of Surprise in tow
- Daiquiri drinker
- Occasionally mistaken for an Australian
- https://linktr.ee/leoniemsmithstrawbridge
- Writes SF & a little light Horror
- One of life's great pedestrians, sometimes has the Elephant of Surprise in tow
- Daiquiri drinker
- Occasionally mistaken for an Australian
- https://linktr.ee/leoniemsmithstrawbridge
Pinned
Fair Wind To A Steel Breeze eBook : Smith, Leonie M.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Fair Wind To A Steel Breeze eBook : Smith, Leonie M.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
amzn.eu
Break out the fireworks and champagne: IT'S HERE! Fair Wind To A Steel Breeze is up and available on Amazon! Or I'll sell a reasonably priced PDF or ePub to you direct if you're not into feeding the Amazon beast. Bezos-east. Bezeast. Something. *shrug* amzn.eu/d/h5WDKUh
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🎧 Do you live with tinnitus or sound sensitivity?
We’re running a study to learn about people’s experiences of talking to their GP, and what support you were offered. If you're 18+ and live in the UK, you can take part.
👉 Scan the QR code below or email [email protected] for the link.
We’re running a study to learn about people’s experiences of talking to their GP, and what support you were offered. If you're 18+ and live in the UK, you can take part.
👉 Scan the QR code below or email [email protected] for the link.
December 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🎧 Do you live with tinnitus or sound sensitivity?
We’re running a study to learn about people’s experiences of talking to their GP, and what support you were offered. If you're 18+ and live in the UK, you can take part.
👉 Scan the QR code below or email [email protected] for the link.
We’re running a study to learn about people’s experiences of talking to their GP, and what support you were offered. If you're 18+ and live in the UK, you can take part.
👉 Scan the QR code below or email [email protected] for the link.
Most years, I listen to All About Eve's Scarlet and Other Stories in September at least once, but I never think to play December in the month of the same month.
Until now. What a track.
Until now. What a track.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Most years, I listen to All About Eve's Scarlet and Other Stories in September at least once, but I never think to play December in the month of the same month.
Until now. What a track.
Until now. What a track.
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⏳There’s still time to take part!
We’re inviting GPs to share their experiences managing tinnitus and hyperacusis in primary care.
📆 Survey closes 31 Dec 2025
✅ 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 💬 Your insights matter
👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey
We’re inviting GPs to share their experiences managing tinnitus and hyperacusis in primary care.
📆 Survey closes 31 Dec 2025
✅ 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 💬 Your insights matter
👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
⏳There’s still time to take part!
We’re inviting GPs to share their experiences managing tinnitus and hyperacusis in primary care.
📆 Survey closes 31 Dec 2025
✅ 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 💬 Your insights matter
👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey
We’re inviting GPs to share their experiences managing tinnitus and hyperacusis in primary care.
📆 Survey closes 31 Dec 2025
✅ 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 💬 Your insights matter
👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey
Treble Seventeen, not out and new horizons. open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Treble Seventeen, not out and new horizons. open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
New post on my Substack blog, in case you've been wondering where, oh where have I been? turquoisefloyd.substack.com/p/and-so-im-...
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New post on my Substack blog, in case you've been wondering where, oh where have I been? turquoisefloyd.substack.com/p/and-so-im-...
Zing!
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Zing!
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Today marked the launch of a book which contains my first published short story - more fact than fiction though! It also happens to be the first thing published about my PhD research project.
#phdchat #tinnitus #hyperacusis #phdsky #UoN
#phdchat #tinnitus #hyperacusis #phdsky #UoN
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today marked the launch of a book which contains my first published short story - more fact than fiction though! It also happens to be the first thing published about my PhD research project.
#phdchat #tinnitus #hyperacusis #phdsky #UoN
#phdchat #tinnitus #hyperacusis #phdsky #UoN
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👋 I’m Nic Wray, PhD researcher at NIHR Nottingham BRC.
We’re asking GPs to share experiences of managing tinnitus & hyperacusis in primary care.
🩺 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 📋 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey #Research #Hyperacusis
We’re asking GPs to share experiences of managing tinnitus & hyperacusis in primary care.
🩺 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 📋 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey #Research #Hyperacusis
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
👋 I’m Nic Wray, PhD researcher at NIHR Nottingham BRC.
We’re asking GPs to share experiences of managing tinnitus & hyperacusis in primary care.
🩺 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 📋 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey #Research #Hyperacusis
We’re asking GPs to share experiences of managing tinnitus & hyperacusis in primary care.
🩺 10–15 mins | 🔒 Confidential | 📋 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #Tinnitus #GPsurvey #Research #Hyperacusis
Him: "We have too many books."
Me: "No, you can never have too many books. If anything, you can never have enough books."
*buys two more books*
Me: "No, you can never have too many books. If anything, you can never have enough books."
*buys two more books*
a person is pushing a stack of books on a table and one of the books has the letter t on it
ALT: a person is pushing a stack of books on a table and one of the books has the letter t on it
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Him: "We have too many books."
Me: "No, you can never have too many books. If anything, you can never have enough books."
*buys two more books*
Me: "No, you can never have too many books. If anything, you can never have enough books."
*buys two more books*
I don't know if anyone else is using the phrase "The Age of Arseholes", but if you ask me, it is entirely fitting to our times.
Apologies to the great Chinese proverb but: "May you live in interesting times that are not beset with arseholes."
Apologies to the great Chinese proverb but: "May you live in interesting times that are not beset with arseholes."
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I don't know if anyone else is using the phrase "The Age of Arseholes", but if you ask me, it is entirely fitting to our times.
Apologies to the great Chinese proverb but: "May you live in interesting times that are not beset with arseholes."
Apologies to the great Chinese proverb but: "May you live in interesting times that are not beset with arseholes."
Reposted by Leonie M.Smith Strawbridge
Every day, GPs help people living with #tinnitus or #hyperacusis, but we know support varies across the UK. Please help us identify what resources & training could make a difference.
🩺 Survey link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #HearingHealth #MedicalResearch
🩺 Survey link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #HearingHealth #MedicalResearch
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every day, GPs help people living with #tinnitus or #hyperacusis, but we know support varies across the UK. Please help us identify what resources & training could make a difference.
🩺 Survey link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #HearingHealth #MedicalResearch
🩺 Survey link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#PrimaryCare #HearingHealth #MedicalResearch
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In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
George Orwell
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
George Orwell
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I’m inviting #GPs to take part in a short service evaluation on #tinnitus & #hyperacusis management in #PrimaryCare
Your experience can help shape better care for people living with these conditions.
Survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#GeneralPractice #GPSky #BJGP #RCGP #JustAGP
Your experience can help shape better care for people living with these conditions.
Survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#GeneralPractice #GPSky #BJGP #RCGP #JustAGP
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I’m inviting #GPs to take part in a short service evaluation on #tinnitus & #hyperacusis management in #PrimaryCare
Your experience can help shape better care for people living with these conditions.
Survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#GeneralPractice #GPSky #BJGP #RCGP #JustAGP
Your experience can help shape better care for people living with these conditions.
Survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham...
#GeneralPractice #GPSky #BJGP #RCGP #JustAGP
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We often speak of you.
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We often speak of you.
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Don’t Look Up: Writing Cosmic Horror - come join the madness - 15/11/25 - 11:00
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Don’t Look Up: Writing Cosmic Horror - come join the madness - 15/11/25 - 11:00
I know from reading Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall, Spike Millgan wasn't a fan of the "bloody Warsaw Concerto", but I bloody love it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I know from reading Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall, Spike Millgan wasn't a fan of the "bloody Warsaw Concerto", but I bloody love it.
Passed an old folks home on my travels this morning, where the residents were having a singalong to 'Side By Side@ with a chap on a guitar. Made me wonder what us Gen Xers will be singing when we fill up the homes. Britpop? Metal? "Everybody! SOOOO SALLLLY CAN WAAAIT, SHE KNOWS IT'S TOO LAAAATE..."
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Passed an old folks home on my travels this morning, where the residents were having a singalong to 'Side By Side@ with a chap on a guitar. Made me wonder what us Gen Xers will be singing when we fill up the homes. Britpop? Metal? "Everybody! SOOOO SALLLLY CAN WAAAIT, SHE KNOWS IT'S TOO LAAAATE..."
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I’m looking for a little help with my PhD research: a service evaluation to understand how GPs assess and manage ppl presenting with #tinnitus & #hyperacusis.
If you’re a #GP, your insights are incredibly valuable. The short, confidential survey takes around 10–15 mins.
Scan QR or link in thread
If you’re a #GP, your insights are incredibly valuable. The short, confidential survey takes around 10–15 mins.
Scan QR or link in thread
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I’m looking for a little help with my PhD research: a service evaluation to understand how GPs assess and manage ppl presenting with #tinnitus & #hyperacusis.
If you’re a #GP, your insights are incredibly valuable. The short, confidential survey takes around 10–15 mins.
Scan QR or link in thread
If you’re a #GP, your insights are incredibly valuable. The short, confidential survey takes around 10–15 mins.
Scan QR or link in thread
Samir Zitouni deserves the George Cross for his courageous actions on Saturday night. It's awarded "for acts of the greatest heroism or for most conspicuous courage in circumstance of extreme danger", not in the enemy's presence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Samir Zitouni deserves the George Cross for his courageous actions on Saturday night. It's awarded "for acts of the greatest heroism or for most conspicuous courage in circumstance of extreme danger", not in the enemy's presence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Somehow Fesshole has been invited to SWEDEN. Tell your Swedish friends. Can't quite believe this is happening.
We're also playing Liverpool very soon and have just announced some new Leicester dates.
TICKETS --> sites.google.com/view/fesshole
We're also playing Liverpool very soon and have just announced some new Leicester dates.
TICKETS --> sites.google.com/view/fesshole
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Somehow Fesshole has been invited to SWEDEN. Tell your Swedish friends. Can't quite believe this is happening.
We're also playing Liverpool very soon and have just announced some new Leicester dates.
TICKETS --> sites.google.com/view/fesshole
We're also playing Liverpool very soon and have just announced some new Leicester dates.
TICKETS --> sites.google.com/view/fesshole
New post on the Substack about my third novelette, and second in the Vespertine series. open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New post on the Substack about my third novelette, and second in the Vespertine series. open.substack.com/pub/turquois...
What a cracking evening: brilliant Bugle Live show AND Gian Van Veen winning the European Darts Championships!
Double screening the Darts European Championships and The Bugle 18th Anniversary Live Show @thebugle.bsky.social @podchris.bsky.social ! What a time to be alive!
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What a cracking evening: brilliant Bugle Live show AND Gian Van Veen winning the European Darts Championships!
Double screening the Darts European Championships and The Bugle 18th Anniversary Live Show @thebugle.bsky.social @podchris.bsky.social ! What a time to be alive!
October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Double screening the Darts European Championships and The Bugle 18th Anniversary Live Show @thebugle.bsky.social @podchris.bsky.social ! What a time to be alive!
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I tested AI and the outcome was scarier than I expected
open.substack.com/pub/eyglo/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/eyglo/p/...
AI and Cosmic Horror: A Conversation
Know thy enemy I told myself and asked it a question. I was not quite prepared for the answer. "No malice, no motive, no reason"
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I tested AI and the outcome was scarier than I expected
open.substack.com/pub/eyglo/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/eyglo/p/...