Anna S
@amphianna.bsky.social
#cyclist, #bisexual, #Quaker, #birdwatcher, #ex-scientist, #London, #musictheory, #multilingual, #LanguageLearning, #ChoralSinging, #nature, wildlife, #AuDHD
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Creating Videos On How To Solve Puzzles
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November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's also worth supporting #CrackingTheCryptic on Patreon for the extra puzzles, including videos on incredibly hard Listener #Crosswords www.patreon.com/crackingthec...
Another favourite #YouTube channel of mine is Will Anderson on #Scrabble. He has a brilliant way of highlighting the most amazing games of professional Scrabble and explaining them, always being kind to both players and humble about his own top skills youtu.be/DBVtDFs_KhU?...
The Highest-Scoring Pair Of Moves In Scrabble History
YouTube video by Will Anderson
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November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Another favourite #YouTube channel of mine is Will Anderson on #Scrabble. He has a brilliant way of highlighting the most amazing games of professional Scrabble and explaining them, always being kind to both players and humble about his own top skills youtu.be/DBVtDFs_KhU?...
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Why have I only just realised @remembrancewatch.bsky.social is here? Some wonderful replies in this thread, as well as posts showing great and not so great displays of poppy love.
New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talk about, poppy music.
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
And a little entertainment afterwards?
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Why have I only just realised @remembrancewatch.bsky.social is here? Some wonderful replies in this thread, as well as posts showing great and not so great displays of poppy love.
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Latest article on arms industry complicity in Andrew’s abuse of women and girls:
"That photo, the one with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, was broadly part of his government job – where he influenced elites through sex and good times to buy British weapons."
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
"That photo, the one with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, was broadly part of his government job – where he influenced elites through sex and good times to buy British weapons."
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
The arms industry is complicit in Andrew and his ilk's abuse of women and girls
Andrew influenced the super rich through child rape and abuse to buy British weapons - and the arms industry actively facilitated him
www.thecanary.co
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Latest article on arms industry complicity in Andrew’s abuse of women and girls:
"That photo, the one with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, was broadly part of his government job – where he influenced elites through sex and good times to buy British weapons."
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
"That photo, the one with his arm around Virginia Giuffre, was broadly part of his government job – where he influenced elites through sex and good times to buy British weapons."
www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Finally for now, one of my favourite #YouTube channels, Lost in Adaptation by Dominic Noble. Most of his videos analyse how books are adapted into movies, but this one is the best ode to Sir Terry #Pratchett and #Discworld that I've seen. youtu.be/ZzmHrHs4emc?...
Discworld.
YouTube video by Dominic Noble
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Finally for now, one of my favourite #YouTube channels, Lost in Adaptation by Dominic Noble. Most of his videos analyse how books are adapted into movies, but this one is the best ode to Sir Terry #Pratchett and #Discworld that I've seen. youtu.be/ZzmHrHs4emc?...
My second #YouTube recommendation is the weekly solve of the Times #CrypticCrossword by Simon Anthony on #CrackingTheCryptic. He never assumes knowledge in the viewer and explains how the clues work. His enthusiasm for cryptics is infectious. I never miss one of these. youtube.com/watch?v=TaNE...
The Times Crossword Masterclass: 7 November 2025
YouTube video by Cracking The Cryptic
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My second #YouTube recommendation is the weekly solve of the Times #CrypticCrossword by Simon Anthony on #CrackingTheCryptic. He never assumes knowledge in the viewer and explains how the clues work. His enthusiasm for cryptics is infectious. I never miss one of these. youtube.com/watch?v=TaNE...
My first YouTube recommendation is #ClassicalMusic: a new release of the full Bach Goldberg Variations for two guitars. Absolutely divine. To get a flavour, try Variations 25 and 26 - depth of emotion in 25 followed by the virtuousity in 26. youtu.be/mxqNzYPBn6s?... #ClassicalGuitar #YouTube
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Two Guitars) - Thibaut Garcia & Antoine Morinière - Complete Album
YouTube video by Warner Classics
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My first YouTube recommendation is #ClassicalMusic: a new release of the full Bach Goldberg Variations for two guitars. Absolutely divine. To get a flavour, try Variations 25 and 26 - depth of emotion in 25 followed by the virtuousity in 26. youtu.be/mxqNzYPBn6s?... #ClassicalGuitar #YouTube
What am I on BlueSky for? So far it has been to read and repost. But I watch a lot of YouTube and I think I'm going to start posting about what I watch here. Videos are in a wide range of categories, but include classical music, music theory, Sudoku, cryptic crosswords, cycling, London, and ADHD.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What am I on BlueSky for? So far it has been to read and repost. But I watch a lot of YouTube and I think I'm going to start posting about what I watch here. Videos are in a wide range of categories, but include classical music, music theory, Sudoku, cryptic crosswords, cycling, London, and ADHD.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
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The biggest unforced error of the left is being shocked every time the right is hypocritical.
"You say people shouldn't do x, but you do x yourself!"
Of course they do. They're very open about their belief that those with privilege should get special rules. Why are you still surprised???
"You say people shouldn't do x, but you do x yourself!"
Of course they do. They're very open about their belief that those with privilege should get special rules. Why are you still surprised???
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The biggest unforced error of the left is being shocked every time the right is hypocritical.
"You say people shouldn't do x, but you do x yourself!"
Of course they do. They're very open about their belief that those with privilege should get special rules. Why are you still surprised???
"You say people shouldn't do x, but you do x yourself!"
Of course they do. They're very open about their belief that those with privilege should get special rules. Why are you still surprised???
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Thank you @feministgreens.bsky.social for supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social!
Women — if you haven’t yet signed our NION open letter, go here: notinourname.org.uk
Everyone — if you haven’t yet joined the Green Party, go here 😆 join.greenparty.org.uk
Women — if you haven’t yet signed our NION open letter, go here: notinourname.org.uk
Everyone — if you haven’t yet joined the Green Party, go here 😆 join.greenparty.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thank you @feministgreens.bsky.social for supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social!
Women — if you haven’t yet signed our NION open letter, go here: notinourname.org.uk
Everyone — if you haven’t yet joined the Green Party, go here 😆 join.greenparty.org.uk
Women — if you haven’t yet signed our NION open letter, go here: notinourname.org.uk
Everyone — if you haven’t yet joined the Green Party, go here 😆 join.greenparty.org.uk
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
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Really really good post that fits with a lot of my experiences as well
If you’re a man who dates women and you wonder why you’ve been rejected, there’s a decent chance it’s for one of the reasons listed herein
If you’re a man who dates women and you wonder why you’ve been rejected, there’s a decent chance it’s for one of the reasons listed herein
"It’s more than possible the answer to ‘why aren’t we compatible’ is flashing bright neon signs that you just aren’t actually looking at."
NEW blog: why did I get rejected?
#Dating #DatingAdvice
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/why-i-g...
NEW blog: why did I get rejected?
#Dating #DatingAdvice
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/why-i-g...
Why did I get rejected? | Girl on the Net
One of the things I often hear guys complain about when it comes to dating is that they got rejected (or sometimes ghosted) without understanding why. They wouldn’t mind a ‘no’ if there was some obvio...
www.girlonthenet.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Really really good post that fits with a lot of my experiences as well
If you’re a man who dates women and you wonder why you’ve been rejected, there’s a decent chance it’s for one of the reasons listed herein
If you’re a man who dates women and you wonder why you’ve been rejected, there’s a decent chance it’s for one of the reasons listed herein
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
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"If Grokipedia is getting things about me wrong, what else is it getting wrong in other articles, where I do not have the same level of domain knowledge?" - @scalzi.com
A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject
What? You didn’t know that Grokipedia exists? Well, it does, and it’s Elon Musk’s attempt to run Wikipedia out of town on a rail: An “AI”-generated compendium of infor…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"If Grokipedia is getting things about me wrong, what else is it getting wrong in other articles, where I do not have the same level of domain knowledge?" - @scalzi.com
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Some woolly thinking here by the producers, but the replies have you covered for some actual knitting puns.
I am so unsettled by the title of this show. It sounds like it should be a pun. It is not a pun. Becoming increasingly distressed by this as my brain tries and fails to bridge this gap.
Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter review – Tom Daley is a twinkling, passionate joy of a presenter
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Some woolly thinking here by the producers, but the replies have you covered for some actual knitting puns.
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Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
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99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
Children of Time ebook by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Children of Time Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel" by Adrian Tchaikovsky available from Rakuten Kobo. Humanity is overrated.
**The tenth anniversary edition of...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
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Manchester: Hiyaween
Birmingham: Y'arightbabween
Birmingham: Y'arightbabween
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Manchester: Hiyaween
Birmingham: Y'arightbabween
Birmingham: Y'arightbabween
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“For any of the defendants to be convicted, you have to be sure
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest
Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“For any of the defendants to be convicted, you have to be sure
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
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When the Government ape the language and the rhetoric of the right - such as Starmers island of strangers speech - there are real life consequences.
Huge solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social and everyone facing racism.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huge solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social and everyone facing racism.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police investigate alleged racial abuse of Green deputy leader
Mothin Ali claims a "racist thug" threatened to "smash my head in" at a London train station.
www.bbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When the Government ape the language and the rhetoric of the right - such as Starmers island of strangers speech - there are real life consequences.
Huge solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social and everyone facing racism.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huge solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social and everyone facing racism.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“We’ve been able to resurrect some of the ancient life that shows what this wetland was like prior to urbanization."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“We’ve been able to resurrect some of the ancient life that shows what this wetland was like prior to urbanization."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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A long-ago tyrant named Mandy
thought a likeness in stone would be dandy,
but the statue fell down,
leaving only a frown,
and the rest has become rather sandy.
thought a likeness in stone would be dandy,
but the statue fell down,
leaving only a frown,
and the rest has become rather sandy.
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A long-ago tyrant named Mandy
thought a likeness in stone would be dandy,
but the statue fell down,
leaving only a frown,
and the rest has become rather sandy.
thought a likeness in stone would be dandy,
but the statue fell down,
leaving only a frown,
and the rest has become rather sandy.