Bethan M Jenkins
@gwenynen.bsky.social
Please look after this Bee. Cymraeg a Saesneg, fel y mynnoch. Was Dyddgu elseweb. Ei/Hi. She/Her
Signal -> https://signal.me/#eu/p-v5DrC5-xRE_oL2kkAN_8Txhbp3p5q7YIHFXT7jB8a0wOpn7mRFza5I5q80veGU
Signal -> https://signal.me/#eu/p-v5DrC5-xRE_oL2kkAN_8Txhbp3p5q7YIHFXT7jB8a0wOpn7mRFza5I5q80veGU
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Reminding us that dear old Bovril is a combo of “bos”, Latin for cow, and “Vril”, the life energy of an underground master-race in a very strange 1870s novel…
forgotten fortifying beef drinks of the 1890s ...
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reminding us that dear old Bovril is a combo of “bos”, Latin for cow, and “Vril”, the life energy of an underground master-race in a very strange 1870s novel…
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As I was going to St Ives I met a polycule with a severe hoarding problem
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
As I was going to St Ives I met a polycule with a severe hoarding problem
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Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remembrance Day is now dominated by performative nonsense. You don't need a house sized poppy and a model spitfire to show you care about the sacrifices made for the country. Where's the sense of dignity and the quiet respect gone?
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As someone who spent ten years in grad school (and did defend + graduate) I’m always so weirded out by people who think being smart about one thing makes them smart about everything when what being highly educated did to me was saddle me with the crushing certainty that I’m not smart about anything
the pandemic really fucked him up. he had no expertise in public health, but felt like being a quant guy should make him an expert by default, and people not agreeing with him on that point just sent him into a bizarre radicalizing ego spiral.
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
As someone who spent ten years in grad school (and did defend + graduate) I’m always so weirded out by people who think being smart about one thing makes them smart about everything when what being highly educated did to me was saddle me with the crushing certainty that I’m not smart about anything
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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They even made a shadow of the tail! I mean really. I hope they gave the workers a bonus. Assuming they weren’t slaves……
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
They even made a shadow of the tail! I mean really. I hope they gave the workers a bonus. Assuming they weren’t slaves……
News I can use (genuinely, I have a cowbell)
Here’s a tip: if you’re travelling with a cowbell and laptop adaptors in hand luggage, don’t put the adaptors inside the cowbell because that looks suspicious.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
And an extra tip from my cousin Charlotte - be careful about travelling with a pack of polenta too. Also looks dodgy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
News I can use (genuinely, I have a cowbell)
Shaking, crying, throwing up...😬
IT HAPPENED TO ME: I stopped faffing about and Did The Thing and it turns out that this is What Gets Things Done.
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Shaking, crying, throwing up...😬
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It is somehow both “this has been the longest year in recorded history” and also “how is it the middle of November already” right now
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It is somehow both “this has been the longest year in recorded history” and also “how is it the middle of November already” right now
Any of my Cryptid loving pals have a rec?
Can anyone recommend a book about cryptids suitable for a 12/13 year old girl who is a precocious reader and a bit of a weirdo (I made her)
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Any of my Cryptid loving pals have a rec?
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I'll be writing the intro fiction for this cool new TTRPG of Arthurian gangster awesomeness. There's a couple of days left to back it, which you totally should!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Under the Table - A Sword & Speakeasy Arthurian Gangster TTRPG by Muse Afire Games - Gamefound
Camelot, Illinois. 1929. Arthurian mythology meets American gangster drama in a
stylish, magic-infused alternate timeline during the days of Prohibition. The Royals are
a legendary gang known for boot...
gamefound.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'll be writing the intro fiction for this cool new TTRPG of Arthurian gangster awesomeness. There's a couple of days left to back it, which you totally should!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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We don't care what James Acaster says - he's just trying to be edgy.
Bet he was more into those little coin purses that looked like a backpack...
Bet he was more into those little coin purses that looked like a backpack...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We don't care what James Acaster says - he's just trying to be edgy.
Bet he was more into those little coin purses that looked like a backpack...
Bet he was more into those little coin purses that looked like a backpack...
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Drawing cats in hats and mittens reminded me of this that I drew a while ago.
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Drawing cats in hats and mittens reminded me of this that I drew a while ago.
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Their reaction to the jazz station is just hilarious.
Juat discovered via @whenisbirths.bsky.social that Sesame Street debuted on this day in 1969. This came to mind, pretty much instantly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_tr...
#Muppets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_tr...
#Muppets
Sesame Street: Martians Discover a Radio
YouTube video by Sesame Street
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Their reaction to the jazz station is just hilarious.
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Happy birthday to Sesame Street, which began exactly 56 years ago on the NET network. Possibly the most important programme ever created by American television.
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Sesame Street: Episode 0001 (HD) (1969)
YouTube video by Treble Gnocchi
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy birthday to Sesame Street, which began exactly 56 years ago on the NET network. Possibly the most important programme ever created by American television.
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
Such trippy pre-titles. It really is a product of the late sixties.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPMA...
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
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The whole BBC bias story is a manufactured one in order to weaken the organisation.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The whole BBC bias story is a manufactured one in order to weaken the organisation.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
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This is now one of my favorite photos of the Guys. You can see the wheels turning: "Hmm, to bite or not to bite?" To his credit, he decided to leave her outstretched toes alone, which for a kitten takes a remarkable amount of self-control.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is now one of my favorite photos of the Guys. You can see the wheels turning: "Hmm, to bite or not to bite?" To his credit, he decided to leave her outstretched toes alone, which for a kitten takes a remarkable amount of self-control.
S-rl-y "--man C--ll--r as B---N Ha---p"
One for the teenagers there...
One for the teenagers there...
Here is the first poster we will be looking at in detail, at PantoSplaining!
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
S-rl-y "--man C--ll--r as B---N Ha---p"
One for the teenagers there...
One for the teenagers there...
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OK no more editing of Trump. Broadcast every stumble, every nonsensical ramble and brain fart. No more tidying him up or explaining him. Instead of commentary, just replace every reporter with this GIF every time he does anything:
elmo from sesame street is making a funny face with his big eyes .
ALT: elmo from sesame street is making a funny face with his big eyes .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
OK no more editing of Trump. Broadcast every stumble, every nonsensical ramble and brain fart. No more tidying him up or explaining him. Instead of commentary, just replace every reporter with this GIF every time he does anything:
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Shocking to see Panorama’s dodgy editing of Donald Trump. Is this the kind of honest, responsible journalism that we’ve come to expect from the show that exposed the failure of the Swiss spaghetti harvest as far back as 1957?
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Shocking to see Panorama’s dodgy editing of Donald Trump. Is this the kind of honest, responsible journalism that we’ve come to expect from the show that exposed the failure of the Swiss spaghetti harvest as far back as 1957?
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My BBC DG manifesto.
1. CBeebies and CBBC to get two hours on BBC1, from 4 to 6pm so old people get to see something that isn’t about property or tat in the attic. Because not everything has a price, Auntie Joan.
1. CBeebies and CBBC to get two hours on BBC1, from 4 to 6pm so old people get to see something that isn’t about property or tat in the attic. Because not everything has a price, Auntie Joan.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My BBC DG manifesto.
1. CBeebies and CBBC to get two hours on BBC1, from 4 to 6pm so old people get to see something that isn’t about property or tat in the attic. Because not everything has a price, Auntie Joan.
1. CBeebies and CBBC to get two hours on BBC1, from 4 to 6pm so old people get to see something that isn’t about property or tat in the attic. Because not everything has a price, Auntie Joan.
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I want this BBC - my BBC back. It's been stolen from us by politics and politicians.
timworthington.org/2020/03/18/m...
timworthington.org/2020/03/18/m...
My Fleeting House
What do I think of when I see the letters ‘BBC’?
timworthington.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I want this BBC - my BBC back. It's been stolen from us by politics and politicians.
timworthington.org/2020/03/18/m...
timworthington.org/2020/03/18/m...
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Better than making Marmite. 😝
Beer yeast leftovers spun into a promising sustainable yarn 50% stronger than wool
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/beer-ye...
Beer yeast leftovers spun into a promising sustainable yarn 50% stronger than wool
Brewery waste can be turned into a cheap, environmentally-friendly textile
www.chemistryworld.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Better than making Marmite. 😝