Jacqueline
@jac-wac.bsky.social
Belfast native, biology teacher, mother of boys.
I know this may look like an ordinary bend in a suburban Belfast road; it's anything but.
At this time of year as you round this bend on your way home heading west, you can be met with the most glorious view of the golden sun, setting in a peachy sky that fades to deep blue.
It's magnificent.
At this time of year as you round this bend on your way home heading west, you can be met with the most glorious view of the golden sun, setting in a peachy sky that fades to deep blue.
It's magnificent.
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I know this may look like an ordinary bend in a suburban Belfast road; it's anything but.
At this time of year as you round this bend on your way home heading west, you can be met with the most glorious view of the golden sun, setting in a peachy sky that fades to deep blue.
It's magnificent.
At this time of year as you round this bend on your way home heading west, you can be met with the most glorious view of the golden sun, setting in a peachy sky that fades to deep blue.
It's magnificent.
Stopped getting nails done this year but felt festive yesterday. So now they look like red wine.
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Stopped getting nails done this year but felt festive yesterday. So now they look like red wine.
Of all the spam emails i get, my favourites are from Exceptional Ron.
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Of all the spam emails i get, my favourites are from Exceptional Ron.
I can't watch this because, having grown up against a backdrop of a constant threat of violence, I know the long-term impact on the collective mental health of a community. You get on with your life, but it's not normal.
That this is taking place on such a large scale there is just unthinkable.
That this is taking place on such a large scale there is just unthinkable.
Thoughts and Prayers is an HBO documentary about “the impact of the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry on schools and communities across America”. It’s completely sickening that we choose to live this way in America. [kottke.org]
Thoughts and Prayers
This is the trailer for an HBO documentary called Thoughts and Prayers about “the impact of the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry on schools and communities across America”.
It’s tough to watch, as is th
kottke.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I can't watch this because, having grown up against a backdrop of a constant threat of violence, I know the long-term impact on the collective mental health of a community. You get on with your life, but it's not normal.
That this is taking place on such a large scale there is just unthinkable.
That this is taking place on such a large scale there is just unthinkable.
Schools are heaving with viruses currently.
I am holding out so far; 3 more weeks.
I am holding out so far; 3 more weeks.
Sarah Akinterinwa on surviving sickness season – cartoon
Sarah Akinterinwa on surviving sickness season – cartoon
Tis the season to be poorly. But here’s how to avoid that
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Schools are heaving with viruses currently.
I am holding out so far; 3 more weeks.
I am holding out so far; 3 more weeks.
Reposted by Jacqueline
"You seem happier"
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"You seem happier"
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
I attended a talk during the week about careers in the film industry, and the audience (around a hundred 15/16 yo) was asked views on ai.
Anyone love it? Couple of hands.
Anyone hate it? About 5 times as many hands.
Hardly robust data, but made me smile.
Anyone love it? Couple of hands.
Anyone hate it? About 5 times as many hands.
Hardly robust data, but made me smile.
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I attended a talk during the week about careers in the film industry, and the audience (around a hundred 15/16 yo) was asked views on ai.
Anyone love it? Couple of hands.
Anyone hate it? About 5 times as many hands.
Hardly robust data, but made me smile.
Anyone love it? Couple of hands.
Anyone hate it? About 5 times as many hands.
Hardly robust data, but made me smile.
Gorgeous new tune for my winter playlist. youtu.be/aBpYk9vuneE?...
Bleachers - Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BleachersVEVO
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Gorgeous new tune for my winter playlist. youtu.be/aBpYk9vuneE?...
So one week in 98 Jamie Theakston described Cher as "no spring chicken" and the next week, still at number 1, Kate Thornton comments that she's 2 years older than her mum.
She was 52.
Glad it wouldn't happen now, but wouldn't have happened to a 52 year old man back then.
#totp
She was 52.
Glad it wouldn't happen now, but wouldn't have happened to a 52 year old man back then.
#totp
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
So one week in 98 Jamie Theakston described Cher as "no spring chicken" and the next week, still at number 1, Kate Thornton comments that she's 2 years older than her mum.
She was 52.
Glad it wouldn't happen now, but wouldn't have happened to a 52 year old man back then.
#totp
She was 52.
Glad it wouldn't happen now, but wouldn't have happened to a 52 year old man back then.
#totp
Thank Frig it's Friday. ❤️😁
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Thank Frig it's Friday. ❤️😁
This is absolutely shameful from @nature.com
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is absolutely shameful from @nature.com
5am drive to the airport has me up with the birds earlier than usual.
A friend told me that the reason humans find the dawn chorus so reassuring is because it signified for our hunter-gatherer ancestors that night, and danger, had passed for now. Love that.
A friend told me that the reason humans find the dawn chorus so reassuring is because it signified for our hunter-gatherer ancestors that night, and danger, had passed for now. Love that.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
5am drive to the airport has me up with the birds earlier than usual.
A friend told me that the reason humans find the dawn chorus so reassuring is because it signified for our hunter-gatherer ancestors that night, and danger, had passed for now. Love that.
A friend told me that the reason humans find the dawn chorus so reassuring is because it signified for our hunter-gatherer ancestors that night, and danger, had passed for now. Love that.
Come on Tuesday, day of the Norse god of single combat and justice.
Ready for ye.
Ready for ye.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Come on Tuesday, day of the Norse god of single combat and justice.
Ready for ye.
Ready for ye.
So very interesting!
To whom it may concern,
Live results from the sharpener/parer/topper debate can be found here:
finaldraft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
What the feck is going on in Kerry?!
I want to credit the map-maker/survey owner, but alas they are an anonymous Redditor so I cannot.
#speirgorm ✏️✏️✏️
Live results from the sharpener/parer/topper debate can be found here:
finaldraft.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
What the feck is going on in Kerry?!
I want to credit the map-maker/survey owner, but alas they are an anonymous Redditor so I cannot.
#speirgorm ✏️✏️✏️
ArcGIS Dashboards
ArcGIS Dashboards
finaldraft.maps.arcgis.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So very interesting!
Outdoor lights are up.
Youngest son is quoting some arbitrary rules about 1st December to me, but you can't pass up a dry, bright Sunday like that.
Plus whoever climbs the ladder makes the rules round here.
Youngest son is quoting some arbitrary rules about 1st December to me, but you can't pass up a dry, bright Sunday like that.
Plus whoever climbs the ladder makes the rules round here.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Outdoor lights are up.
Youngest son is quoting some arbitrary rules about 1st December to me, but you can't pass up a dry, bright Sunday like that.
Plus whoever climbs the ladder makes the rules round here.
Youngest son is quoting some arbitrary rules about 1st December to me, but you can't pass up a dry, bright Sunday like that.
Plus whoever climbs the ladder makes the rules round here.
I just kept choosing roads that took my interest. On a volunteering stint in final year at uni I found myself standing at the front of a science classroom in a boys' high school in north Belfast, explaining states of matter.
Felt right.
Felt right.
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I just kept choosing roads that took my interest. On a volunteering stint in final year at uni I found myself standing at the front of a science classroom in a boys' high school in north Belfast, explaining states of matter.
Felt right.
Felt right.
This is a really beautiful event that I've attended at St Anne's the past couple of years, to remember my niece Lily.
It's a tough time for the grieving, so this provides welcome peace. I mostly gern throughout, and that's OK.
It's at City Hall this year. www.cruse.org.uk/get-involved...
It's a tough time for the grieving, so this provides welcome peace. I mostly gern throughout, and that's OK.
It's at City Hall this year. www.cruse.org.uk/get-involved...
Light up the Night: An Occasion to Remember - Cruse Bereavement Support
Join Light Up the Night: A Night to Remember at Belfast City Hall, a candlelit remembrance event supporting Cruse this December.
www.cruse.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is a really beautiful event that I've attended at St Anne's the past couple of years, to remember my niece Lily.
It's a tough time for the grieving, so this provides welcome peace. I mostly gern throughout, and that's OK.
It's at City Hall this year. www.cruse.org.uk/get-involved...
It's a tough time for the grieving, so this provides welcome peace. I mostly gern throughout, and that's OK.
It's at City Hall this year. www.cruse.org.uk/get-involved...
The Nepalese sherpa on Gardener's World, living in Scotland since 1997, has the best accent I've heard in ages.
Great story.
Great story.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Nepalese sherpa on Gardener's World, living in Scotland since 1997, has the best accent I've heard in ages.
Great story.
Great story.
If i could, I'd buy this for the whole population for Christmas.
I understand many wouldn't thank me 😁 but finding it so, so interesting.
I understand many wouldn't thank me 😁 but finding it so, so interesting.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If i could, I'd buy this for the whole population for Christmas.
I understand many wouldn't thank me 😁 but finding it so, so interesting.
I understand many wouldn't thank me 😁 but finding it so, so interesting.
I have such a clear memory of walking home from school along Rosetta Road in 1989 with my friend Averyl, talking about how blown away we were by this brilliant new song & band. Mani's iconic intro still alters my mood instantly.
Such sad news.
youtu.be/wD6Pq0bSMPo?...
Such sad news.
youtu.be/wD6Pq0bSMPo?...
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I have such a clear memory of walking home from school along Rosetta Road in 1989 with my friend Averyl, talking about how blown away we were by this brilliant new song & band. Mani's iconic intro still alters my mood instantly.
Such sad news.
youtu.be/wD6Pq0bSMPo?...
Such sad news.
youtu.be/wD6Pq0bSMPo?...
Intelligent and interesting debate, really enjoyed this at the Lyric.
(Probably makes no sense if your postcode doesn't begin with a BT.)
(Probably makes no sense if your postcode doesn't begin with a BT.)
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Intelligent and interesting debate, really enjoyed this at the Lyric.
(Probably makes no sense if your postcode doesn't begin with a BT.)
(Probably makes no sense if your postcode doesn't begin with a BT.)
The emergence of this box of photos has reignited discussion in our family group chat about the photograph that my granda brought home from the war, of Mussolini's body hanging in a square in Italy.
I thought I'd imagined it, but siblings confirm they've seen it too.
I thought I'd imagined it, but siblings confirm they've seen it too.
My aunt has dropped off some old photos today.
Funny how the sight of a single item can instantly transport you back to your childhood.
Funny how the sight of a single item can instantly transport you back to your childhood.
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The emergence of this box of photos has reignited discussion in our family group chat about the photograph that my granda brought home from the war, of Mussolini's body hanging in a square in Italy.
I thought I'd imagined it, but siblings confirm they've seen it too.
I thought I'd imagined it, but siblings confirm they've seen it too.
My aunt has dropped off some old photos today.
Funny how the sight of a single item can instantly transport you back to your childhood.
Funny how the sight of a single item can instantly transport you back to your childhood.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My aunt has dropped off some old photos today.
Funny how the sight of a single item can instantly transport you back to your childhood.
Funny how the sight of a single item can instantly transport you back to your childhood.
