Sarah Collins 🇨🇦🇬🇧
@secollins.bsky.social
Canadian immigrant in the UK. Lover of food, science, music and geekery. I write about science and tech at @cam.ac.uk. She/her
Just saw Hamnet and it was INCREDIBLE.
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just saw Hamnet and it was INCREDIBLE.
My 11-month-old niece is more mature than this.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My 11-month-old niece is more mature than this.
Reverse culture shock after too long in the UK: people loudly arguing against trans sports bans and in support of trans athletes on Canadian broadcast TV. You would NEVER see that in the UK.
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reverse culture shock after too long in the UK: people loudly arguing against trans sports bans and in support of trans athletes on Canadian broadcast TV. You would NEVER see that in the UK.
I know that giving Air Canada a shout out feels weird to all Canadians, but I genuinely love the bag tracker function in their app.
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I know that giving Air Canada a shout out feels weird to all Canadians, but I genuinely love the bag tracker function in their app.
I'm sorry, I don't want to see anyone saying 'utilise' or 'utilize'. USE is right there, you weirdos.
“Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.”
Linguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings | CBC News
Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents, including the 2025 federal budget.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm sorry, I don't want to see anyone saying 'utilise' or 'utilize'. USE is right there, you weirdos.
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
Just once it would be nice to wake up to some good news.
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Just once it would be nice to wake up to some good news.
I will never stop thinking about the stabby trees.
I may have spent an hour this weekend reading about the Darién Gap, because I need to know how the man from Paraguay is going to cross it. #Pluribus
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I will never stop thinking about the stabby trees.
Thoughts and prayers with non-North Americans on this one.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thoughts and prayers with non-North Americans on this one.
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Such a loss as Robin is an outstanding science communicator, but if voicing support for marginalised people is incompatible with working for the BBC, then what the hell are they for?
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Such a loss as Robin is an outstanding science communicator, but if voicing support for marginalised people is incompatible with working for the BBC, then what the hell are they for?
China is positively chill compared to this.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
China is positively chill compared to this.
A country actually celebrating immigration? Encouraging not just top researchers, but their whole teams to come?
Or you could come the UK! It will cost a fortune, we'll demonise you constantly, and you can't bring your family!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Or you could come the UK! It will cost a fortune, we'll demonise you constantly, and you can't bring your family!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
‘Come North!’ Canada Makes Play for H-1B Visa Holders With New Talent Drive
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A country actually celebrating immigration? Encouraging not just top researchers, but their whole teams to come?
Or you could come the UK! It will cost a fortune, we'll demonise you constantly, and you can't bring your family!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Or you could come the UK! It will cost a fortune, we'll demonise you constantly, and you can't bring your family!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
One of the evergreeniest evergreen quotes, from Eric Williams: "The British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
One of the evergreeniest evergreen quotes, from Eric Williams: "The British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
I may have spent an hour this weekend reading about the Darién Gap, because I need to know how the man from Paraguay is going to cross it. #Pluribus
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I may have spent an hour this weekend reading about the Darién Gap, because I need to know how the man from Paraguay is going to cross it. #Pluribus
My pettiest behaviour is that if you sit in an aisle seat on the train and put your bags in the window seat, I will be climbing over you. every. time.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My pettiest behaviour is that if you sit in an aisle seat on the train and put your bags in the window seat, I will be climbing over you. every. time.
"Uh...so there's good news and bad news..."
Grain ships from the Black Sea helped avoid famine, but also brought the Black Death to Europe.
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/volc...
Grain ships from the Black Sea helped avoid famine, but also brought the Black Death to Europe.
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/volc...
Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe
Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence that led to the devastation of the Black Death in Europe.
www.cam.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Uh...so there's good news and bad news..."
Grain ships from the Black Sea helped avoid famine, but also brought the Black Death to Europe.
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/volc...
Grain ships from the Black Sea helped avoid famine, but also brought the Black Death to Europe.
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/volc...
I listen to classical and jazz while I work and...
#spotifywrapped
#spotifywrapped
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I listen to classical and jazz while I work and...
#spotifywrapped
#spotifywrapped
JKR and her minions will not be stopped until trans people are chased from public life entirely. The cruelty is the point.
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
JKR and her minions will not be stopped until trans people are chased from public life entirely. The cruelty is the point.
And this is why I will never get rid of my Mad Men blu-rays.
(Although 'vomit hose guy' sounds like a cool job tbh.)
(Although 'vomit hose guy' sounds like a cool job tbh.)
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And this is why I will never get rid of my Mad Men blu-rays.
(Although 'vomit hose guy' sounds like a cool job tbh.)
(Although 'vomit hose guy' sounds like a cool job tbh.)
Tag yourself, I'm the bathroom with two tubs. Not to be confused with the six other bathrooms in a three-bedroom bungalow.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tag yourself, I'm the bathroom with two tubs. Not to be confused with the six other bathrooms in a three-bedroom bungalow.
Hey journalists, I love you, but maybe stop using AI-generated results to research your stories? I've had two queries this week looking for people who don't exist, and it's only Tuesday.
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Hey journalists, I love you, but maybe stop using AI-generated results to research your stories? I've had two queries this week looking for people who don't exist, and it's only Tuesday.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
One of my profs in journalism school did the same thing, and I'm profoundly grateful for it.
One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
One of my profs in journalism school did the same thing, and I'm profoundly grateful for it.
"You've got no one but yourself to blame if you're poor - it's not my problem." -Jesus, in a secret gospel you only get to read if you're right-wing.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"You've got no one but yourself to blame if you're poor - it's not my problem." -Jesus, in a secret gospel you only get to read if you're right-wing.
Gosh, if only anyone had warned this would happen.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gosh, if only anyone had warned this would happen.