Verity Imelda Player
@verityplayer.bsky.social
Yorkshirewoman pestered by a guardian devil!
Read my adventures: #ThePriceOfTime #TheEveningLands #TheTwistedGrain #Fiction
#Fantasy #SciFi #Prosopagnosia #Tea
Read my adventures: #ThePriceOfTime #TheEveningLands #TheTwistedGrain #Fiction
#Fantasy #SciFi #Prosopagnosia #Tea
Good morning 🌅!
It is getting dark and there are wolves abroad. It is wise to band together at a time like this.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Good morning 🌅!
Well, quite.
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Well, quite.
Well, #usa, it was nice knowing you...
Jeez. All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Well, #usa, it was nice knowing you...
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You're kidnapped.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You're kidnapped.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read a riveting mystery novel, drink endless cups of tea, and eat a multitude of croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a snowstorm?
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read a riveting mystery novel, drink endless cups of tea, and eat a multitude of croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a snowstorm?
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Covering Climate Now: Share Your Thoughts on the Climate Story in 2025 & 2026
As we look toward the end of 2025, CCNow is soliciting thoughts from you, our journalistic community, about climate stories that were undercovered in 2025 and which ones should get more coverage in 20...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Tell us in the comments, slide into our DMs, or take the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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May those outside of the rainy PNW send pictures.
A massive sunstorm (G3 - G4) is underway. ts2.tech/en/strong-g3...
Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained
Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained - TechStock²
ts2.tech
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
May those outside of the rainy PNW send pictures.
Good morning 🌞 and happy Pearl Harbor day to all who celebrate that time when 🇺🇸 came into a war on the actual right side!
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Good morning 🌞 and happy Pearl Harbor day to all who celebrate that time when 🇺🇸 came into a war on the actual right side!
I met a traveller from an ancient land...
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I met a traveller from an ancient land...
Sam Bates, known as SMUG, Australian-born, realistic street #artist. This one is in Glasgow.
In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist.
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art
In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist.
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wow, in the year of my birth I might have been a tory!
This vision of the Tory Party no-longer exists. It barely exists in the Labour Party. Where is the case for 'profit for a purpose'? Where is the implacable opposition to inequality in the two old parties? It will be the task of the 'minor parties' in the years ahead to reassemble this perspective.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Wow, in the year of my birth I might have been a tory!
Here is an actually useful use for #AI:
AI is already useful for me on note-taking: Transcript services have saved me days of work, being able to photograph a page & copy-paste the text is similarly very useful. The bit of work I would most like to hand over though is the arrangement of notes - getting them in order.
December 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Here is an actually useful use for #AI:
Amazing image of Wells Cathedral through one day:
✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Amazing image of Wells Cathedral through one day:
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Amazon won't be delivering lots of packages by drone in the UK. Partly because it's a dumb idea but also because any drone big enough to carry a parcel is big enough to carry an explosive parcel. And distinguishing between Amazon and Russia could be hard.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Amazon won't be delivering lots of packages by drone in the UK. Partly because it's a dumb idea but also because any drone big enough to carry a parcel is big enough to carry an explosive parcel. And distinguishing between Amazon and Russia could be hard.
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Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Can I let you in on a little secret?
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity.
It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.
Some daily exercise is good for you
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Loss of basic skills is a real issue...
Me and my wife are in our thirties and neither of us know how to use a tin opener properly. We only buy tins if they have the ring pull on top.
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Loss of basic skills is a real issue...
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239 years ago, on the 30th of November 1786, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany became the first modern state to abolish the death penalty. Grand Duke Leopold I, who was influenced in the decision by the book 'On Crimes and Punishments', would later become Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II. #otd #history 🗃️
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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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.
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It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
Wow!
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wow!
Good morning 🌞!
red sky at night
sailor’s delight
red sky at morn
oh shit that’s aliens
sailor’s delight
red sky at morn
oh shit that’s aliens
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Good morning 🌞!