Tony in ‘t Veld-Brown
@tonyivb.bsky.social
Brit living in 🇳🇱 with family & a menagerie of pets. Avid podcast listener, with interests in politics, science, nature & weird stuff.
Strong supporter of LGBTQ+, Neuro-Divergent & Human rights.
Geologist for last 20 years, who knows for the next 20?
Strong supporter of LGBTQ+, Neuro-Divergent & Human rights.
Geologist for last 20 years, who knows for the next 20?
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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My genetics students are so talented- check out this poster one group made for their unit 2 project! Prompt was to dive into the genetics of at least 5 corn snake morphs. Shared with permission.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My genetics students are so talented- check out this poster one group made for their unit 2 project! Prompt was to dive into the genetics of at least 5 corn snake morphs. Shared with permission.
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Trans people deserve youth. Trans people deserve old age.
October 9, 2023 at 12:14 AM
Trans people deserve youth. Trans people deserve old age.
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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This has me picturing a miniature gallows for moths
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This has me picturing a miniature gallows for moths
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![[Scene is a MEDIEVAL PLAGUE PIT with all the bodies inside it. On the edge of it is a young peasant woman, in a sack cloth dress, covered in boils. She is lounging glamorously next to the pit. Her boyfriend is standing a few feet away, photographing her with an anachronistic mobile phone]
GIRL:
OK so I'll sit here...
With my hair like this…
Rubbing my cyst with the corpse's hand.
[She produces a whithered severed hand and starts rubbing it on her face.]
[We are treated to a revolting close up of her rubbing the severed hand on her disgusting massive cyst.]
[Her boyfriend takes a photo of her.]
SNAP
GIRL:
OK, now write this:
"Hanging out at the burial pit, rubbing my sebaceous cyst with a severed corpse hand from
#BurtsGraverobbers…”
And then: #selfcare, #metime, #BurtsGraverobbers…
... nails emoji, heart emoji, cyst emoji.
BOYFRIEND:
Um...
Should we really be promoting this?
I mean… does rubbing a corpse's hand on a cyst actually work?
GIRL:
Look, Burt's done research, OK?
And he's paying us four groats.
BOYFRIEND:
Hmm.
[Boyfriend dutifully taps out the post on his phone]
TAP TAP TAP
BOYFRIEND:
Cyst emoji?
GIRL:
Just use a fried egg.
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Possible outcomes if I tried this:
- pulling a muscle/tendon/ligament
- falling on my arse
- trouser seam splits
- boot flies off foot
Note - none of the options include successfully making contact, and combos of the above are likely!
- pulling a muscle/tendon/ligament
- falling on my arse
- trouser seam splits
- boot flies off foot
Note - none of the options include successfully making contact, and combos of the above are likely!
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Possible outcomes if I tried this:
- pulling a muscle/tendon/ligament
- falling on my arse
- trouser seam splits
- boot flies off foot
Note - none of the options include successfully making contact, and combos of the above are likely!
- pulling a muscle/tendon/ligament
- falling on my arse
- trouser seam splits
- boot flies off foot
Note - none of the options include successfully making contact, and combos of the above are likely!
Excellent 🧵!
You're Not Autistic? That can't be true. I have a 4-year-old nephew who is Not Autistic and he's nothing like you! 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Excellent 🧵!
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Hitting up the work bathroom, taking a Google Sheet
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Hitting up the work bathroom, taking a Google Sheet
Bloody hell… a tough and sobering read!
Unmade beds and overdue books: Photographing the rooms of kids killed in school shootings
Unmade beds and overdue books: Photographing the rooms of kids killed in school shootings
The families of eight school shooting victims opened their doors to Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, allowing them to document their children's bedrooms.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Bloody hell… a tough and sobering read!
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B-52 with escorts, just in case Venezuela does something stupid, on FR24 off the coast of Venezuela
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
B-52 with escorts, just in case Venezuela does something stupid, on FR24 off the coast of Venezuela
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Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Post a famous bathroom scene
Friedeggite?
Great little crystal of bright orange scheelite. It would be surprisingly heavy if you held it due to the tungsten in this mineral. #MineralMonday #GeoscienceBluesky ⚒️🧪
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Friedeggite?
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Just to clarify: we don’t actually know whether Hilary Cass recommended a ban on puberty blockers. The Cass Review itself doesn’t say that. Instead, the DHSC sought “evidence” from three “experts”, including her, which was kept secret.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just to clarify: we don’t actually know whether Hilary Cass recommended a ban on puberty blockers. The Cass Review itself doesn’t say that. Instead, the DHSC sought “evidence” from three “experts”, including her, which was kept secret.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
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Wholesome teaching from Avot deRabbi Natan: God made human tastes varied to prevent envy, and gave us varied appearances so we can recognize loved ones.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wholesome teaching from Avot deRabbi Natan: God made human tastes varied to prevent envy, and gave us varied appearances so we can recognize loved ones.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
Apparently, Stephen Miller cosplayed a “many great legal scholars” last night.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Remember: if a legal opinion is sound then it matters not how “great” or “distinguished“ the lawyer is.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.
And if it is not sound, it is not saved by the lawyer being “great” or “distinguished“.