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Well this is nice ☀️💫🌕
My long life experience finds me grateful for all good things 🤗💐🦋
My long life experience finds me grateful for all good things 🤗💐🦋
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Getting ready for a busy Saturday? Take a moment with the waves of Chesil Beach to prepare before or soothe after. 🌊
285 Late October on Chesil Beach (sleep safe)
YouTube video by Radio Lento
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Getting ready for a busy Saturday? Take a moment with the waves of Chesil Beach to prepare before or soothe after. 🌊
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Sunrise over grease ice forming on Lake Winnipeg this morning. A little bit of calm for your day.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sunrise over grease ice forming on Lake Winnipeg this morning. A little bit of calm for your day.
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I will never tire of these wonderful comics about Ada Lovelace (and Charles Babbage] from Sydney Padua
sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/co...
sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/co...
![4 panel comic showing the origin of Ada Lovelace
1. Ada was the daughter of "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" poet and nutcase Lord Byron.
[A dramatic Lord Byron drawn with a quill in one hand and desperate romantic admirers clinging around him]
2. Her mother Anabel fled her husband but was afraid their daughter would inherit his WILD BLOOD!!
[Woman fleeing from him with a swaddled baby in arms]
3. ADA MUST NEVER BECOME POETICAL!
[Stern looking woman, possibly her mum but maybe a governess, standing while grimly declaiming, while in a the background a small girl reads a book]
ONLY ONE THING HAS THE POWER TO SUBDUE POETRY..
4. ...MATHEMATICS!!
[Drawing of a young Ada engrossed in a book about ADVANCED CALCULUS]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreidcxkn3sxzfze7ethmmm6l63hu7kbnacnayjnhqk3rhrlrvskfkzu@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I will never tire of these wonderful comics about Ada Lovelace (and Charles Babbage] from Sydney Padua
sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/co...
sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/co...
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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Wonderful communal version of Gaudete - how it must have been played & sung, communally
youtu.be/Yew4i2-ox-E?...
youtu.be/Yew4i2-ox-E?...
Gaudete (1581) Anonymous Bremerton WestSound Symphony and Chorale
YouTube video by Almanraeder
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Wonderful communal version of Gaudete - how it must have been played & sung, communally
youtu.be/Yew4i2-ox-E?...
youtu.be/Yew4i2-ox-E?...
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When I get deliveries of chilled and frozen foodstuffs from environmentally conscientious suppliers these days it comes with wool insulation. It's compostable, but that's not an option here, so I'm thinking of using it for upholstery projects.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
When I get deliveries of chilled and frozen foodstuffs from environmentally conscientious suppliers these days it comes with wool insulation. It's compostable, but that's not an option here, so I'm thinking of using it for upholstery projects.
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The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The geology department at the University of Leicester, where myself and countless others did our palaeontology PhDs, is at serious risk of closure
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
Please show your support by signing the below!
c.org/KtYyZB8dHk
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A bit of Sir Walter Scott poetry on Prebend’s Bridge in Durham
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A bit of Sir Walter Scott poetry on Prebend’s Bridge in Durham
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I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m gonna keep sharing these ovarian cancer symptoms whenever I see them.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
I will add - from personal experience - diarrhoea and fatigue.
Get it checked! Remember, there’s no routine screening for ovarian cancer.
Is there any possibility that we could all pause obsessing about politicians and their proven mendacity?
Other life forms are available.
Thank you.
Other life forms are available.
Thank you.
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Is there any possibility that we could all pause obsessing about politicians and their proven mendacity?
Other life forms are available.
Thank you.
Other life forms are available.
Thank you.
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White chocolate is too cloying just to eat, but it can do miraculous things. And in this White Chocolate Cheesecake, a no-bake affair, it imparts a fragrant vanilla flavour and ensures a perfect, sliceable yet tender set. May #RecipeOfTheDay bring joy to your weekend! www.nigella.com/recipes/whit...
White Chocolate Cheesecake
The white chocolate is only a delicate presence here. It brings a gorgeous, rounded vanilla flavour and helps the cheesecake set in the fridge overnight to a perfect, tenderly firm consistency. And wh...
www.nigella.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
White chocolate is too cloying just to eat, but it can do miraculous things. And in this White Chocolate Cheesecake, a no-bake affair, it imparts a fragrant vanilla flavour and ensures a perfect, sliceable yet tender set. May #RecipeOfTheDay bring joy to your weekend! www.nigella.com/recipes/whit...
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I’ll use this recipe, but adding Marmite in place of the salt. Can’t say how much until I make it, though! www.nigella.com/recipes/salt...
Salted Caramel Sauce
Real salted caramel requires patience, dexterity and a sugar-thermometer, none of which come naturally to me, but a salted caramel sauce can be rustled up in a matter of moments. True, in those moment...
www.nigella.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I’ll use this recipe, but adding Marmite in place of the salt. Can’t say how much until I make it, though! www.nigella.com/recipes/salt...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Another #solarstorm is approaching Earth 🌍 It's associated with an X1.2-class solar flare, again from active region AR 14274 (same as the CME predicted to arrive late tomorrow). It has an estimated initial speed of 1208 km/s - expected arrival is Wednesday, November 12th around 02:47 ± 5.67 UTC.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another #solarstorm is approaching Earth 🌍 It's associated with an X1.2-class solar flare, again from active region AR 14274 (same as the CME predicted to arrive late tomorrow). It has an estimated initial speed of 1208 km/s - expected arrival is Wednesday, November 12th around 02:47 ± 5.67 UTC.
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⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for bird flu via the forms below ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
Report dead wild birds
How to report dead wild birds.
www.gov.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for bird flu via the forms below ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.../daera-de....
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report
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A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
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Despite a very strong wind, I managed to salvage about fifteen minutes of exposure out of an hour and a half of tracking before it set, just enough for a last-minute farewell to Comet Lemmon, capturing it a second time after my first shot in early October. 🔭
#Astrophotography
#Astrophotography
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Despite a very strong wind, I managed to salvage about fifteen minutes of exposure out of an hour and a half of tracking before it set, just enough for a last-minute farewell to Comet Lemmon, capturing it a second time after my first shot in early October. 🔭
#Astrophotography
#Astrophotography
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Osteopenia refers to a reduction in bone mineral density that does not meet the diagnostic criterion for osteoporosis.
Read our new 10-Minute Consultation on osteopenia and linked editorial on clinical complexity in osteopenia
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read our new 10-Minute Consultation on osteopenia and linked editorial on clinical complexity in osteopenia
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Osteopenia refers to a reduction in bone mineral density that does not meet the diagnostic criterion for osteoporosis.
Read our new 10-Minute Consultation on osteopenia and linked editorial on clinical complexity in osteopenia
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Read our new 10-Minute Consultation on osteopenia and linked editorial on clinical complexity in osteopenia
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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I did ours a few months ago... if you click start now on this link it should take you through the process... you will need a photo of your signature to upload...
www.gov.uk/apply-postal...
www.gov.uk/apply-postal...
Apply for a postal vote
Use this service to apply to vote by post so you can take part in elections in the UK. You must be registered to vote in the UK before you can apply.
www.gov.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I did ours a few months ago... if you click start now on this link it should take you through the process... you will need a photo of your signature to upload...
www.gov.uk/apply-postal...
www.gov.uk/apply-postal...
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Parisian arcades.
October 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Parisian arcades.
Vodaphone outage since 3pm UK 🫢🫣😯
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Vodaphone outage since 3pm UK 🫢🫣😯