@sophiacollins.bsky.social
Swearing, feminism, lefty, eco, argumentativeness, home education, science, public engagement with science. Occasional pedantry.
And maybe some menopause jokes.
I failed to copy over my contacts from the other place. I’ve not ditched you on purpose.
And maybe some menopause jokes.
I failed to copy over my contacts from the other place. I’ve not ditched you on purpose.
Happy St Andrew’s Day! The sound and light show at Edinburgh Castle is amazing, I loved it. This is before you even get inside.
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Happy St Andrew’s Day! The sound and light show at Edinburgh Castle is amazing, I loved it. This is before you even get inside.
Why are exercise bike seats in gyms always like this? Who wants to balance their lady garden on a razor blade for half an hour?
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why are exercise bike seats in gyms always like this? Who wants to balance their lady garden on a razor blade for half an hour?
Salt and pepper on both.
Both variants were delicious. I’ve eaten pretty much a whole sweetheart cabbage again.
Fortunately I cooked three.
Both variants were delicious. I’ve eaten pretty much a whole sweetheart cabbage again.
Fortunately I cooked three.
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Salt and pepper on both.
Both variants were delicious. I’ve eaten pretty much a whole sweetheart cabbage again.
Fortunately I cooked three.
Both variants were delicious. I’ve eaten pretty much a whole sweetheart cabbage again.
Fortunately I cooked three.
I imagine Lucy would use the chart.
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I imagine Lucy would use the chart.
I don’t think it can be 10degC, car. Because this bottle of water, which has been sitting in the car all day, is partly frozen.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don’t think it can be 10degC, car. Because this bottle of water, which has been sitting in the car all day, is partly frozen.
Well that headline was a wild ride www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Well that headline was a wild ride www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...
Neither of these are exactly what you are asking, but they might amuse or entertain anyway:-
The second hand bookshop at Culzean Castle had this display of things found in donated books.
The second hand bookshop at Culzean Castle had this display of things found in donated books.
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Neither of these are exactly what you are asking, but they might amuse or entertain anyway:-
The second hand bookshop at Culzean Castle had this display of things found in donated books.
The second hand bookshop at Culzean Castle had this display of things found in donated books.
I deleted the skeet because on reflection I realised I should have blacked out the names. So here are the photos again.
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I deleted the skeet because on reflection I realised I should have blacked out the names. So here are the photos again.
I cleared out and organised the second tier cutlery drawer. If I can do that, I can do anything.
Behold!
Behold!
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I cleared out and organised the second tier cutlery drawer. If I can do that, I can do anything.
Behold!
Behold!
This quote is from a book published in 1985, and I don’t think that things have changed fundamentally since then.
![And all politicians are at it today [the General Election], but of course us, as we are the BBC, we have to play it absolutely down the middle. One day I am going to wear a red tie and one day a blue one and ... what's that one for the Alliance thing - oh, a green one ... And it's today that the armed forces pay rise is announced, they will all be off at 5.00 p.m. to listen to Radio One, and if they do get one my goodness they deserve it.
Radio One disc jockey,
9.45 a.m., 12.5.83](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vtgavvcilmc52mlkpop7m7gj/bafkreid6wijimos5b2tm3y3whwlqmcf33voxfpd7sqnoa7ug6fzmzfa5ny@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This quote is from a book published in 1985, and I don’t think that things have changed fundamentally since then.
OK, but how do we KNOW there aren’t creatures living in the molten magma, with these being their dead bodies?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
OK, but how do we KNOW there aren’t creatures living in the molten magma, with these being their dead bodies?
Th Sulawesi tarsier looks like an evil gremlin.
@nationalmuseumsscotland
@nationalmuseumsscotland
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Th Sulawesi tarsier looks like an evil gremlin.
@nationalmuseumsscotland
@nationalmuseumsscotland
Son and I changed an inner tube. We felt like gods.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Son and I changed an inner tube. We felt like gods.
I just sent him this
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I just sent him this
House tried her best to join in with hide and seek.
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
House tried her best to join in with hide and seek.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The annual Halloween disappointment, on opening the sweetie tub, that it’s only half full.
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The annual Halloween disappointment, on opening the sweetie tub, that it’s only half full.
For reference, here’s the pic I was aiming for.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
For reference, here’s the pic I was aiming for.
We tried to make pumpkin-shaped calzone, which I saw online. It didn’t quite work out. But it was very funny.
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We tried to make pumpkin-shaped calzone, which I saw online. It didn’t quite work out. But it was very funny.
I don’t know why we would want spooky themed pasta. But I know that I do.
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I don’t know why we would want spooky themed pasta. But I know that I do.
I hope someone is doing a PhD on constructions of ‘good neighbourliness’ in renewables discourse.
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I hope someone is doing a PhD on constructions of ‘good neighbourliness’ in renewables discourse.
There’s nothing that I can see, in Apple podcast app, to indicate there are any new episodes since June 2024. I only realised there was because I happened to follow you here and you mentioned it the other day.
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There’s nothing that I can see, in Apple podcast app, to indicate there are any new episodes since June 2024. I only realised there was because I happened to follow you here and you mentioned it the other day.
I saw this one at the time. It broke all box office records for the theatre, and was extended until April. It kept being on the local news.
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I saw this one at the time. It broke all box office records for the theatre, and was extended until April. It kept being on the local news.
We were at Wollaton Park this morning. Tally made me take a photo of the hall in the mist.
October 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We were at Wollaton Park this morning. Tally made me take a photo of the hall in the mist.
Watch out. Horny deer.
October 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Watch out. Horny deer.