Helen Knott
@helenknott.bsky.social
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Good morning!
Last night I learned three important things:
1) My flight today from Toronto to NYC to give a talk in the Planetarium at AMNH tomorrow was cancelled due to the snow
2) The best alternative Air Canada could offer me was Wednesday morning: too late!
3) But there is a TRAIN 🚂
Last night I learned three important things:
1) My flight today from Toronto to NYC to give a talk in the Planetarium at AMNH tomorrow was cancelled due to the snow
2) The best alternative Air Canada could offer me was Wednesday morning: too late!
3) But there is a TRAIN 🚂
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Good morning!
Last night I learned three important things:
1) My flight today from Toronto to NYC to give a talk in the Planetarium at AMNH tomorrow was cancelled due to the snow
2) The best alternative Air Canada could offer me was Wednesday morning: too late!
3) But there is a TRAIN 🚂
Last night I learned three important things:
1) My flight today from Toronto to NYC to give a talk in the Planetarium at AMNH tomorrow was cancelled due to the snow
2) The best alternative Air Canada could offer me was Wednesday morning: too late!
3) But there is a TRAIN 🚂
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*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE
NNU issued the following statement in response to the murder of Alex Pretti, RN: “The nation’s nurses, who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immig...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:06 AM
We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u
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For years Republicans have said the answer to the everyday US occurrence of school shootings was good guys should carry guns. Well they just executed a good guy for carrying a gun. So what now America?
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
For years Republicans have said the answer to the everyday US occurrence of school shootings was good guys should carry guns. Well they just executed a good guy for carrying a gun. So what now America?
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😡😡😡😡😡😡
‘Computer illiterate’ Nige.
He was a city trader FGS: :did he use crayons and an abacus?
The money he has grifted would pay the annual salaries of 9 nurses.
Pz complain.
‘Computer illiterate’ Nige.
He was a city trader FGS: :did he use crayons and an abacus?
The money he has grifted would pay the annual salaries of 9 nurses.
Pz complain.
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 AM
😡😡😡😡😡😡
‘Computer illiterate’ Nige.
He was a city trader FGS: :did he use crayons and an abacus?
The money he has grifted would pay the annual salaries of 9 nurses.
Pz complain.
‘Computer illiterate’ Nige.
He was a city trader FGS: :did he use crayons and an abacus?
The money he has grifted would pay the annual salaries of 9 nurses.
Pz complain.
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I can’t tell you how happy I am that these Cheese Blintzes – which are like a heavenly melange of pancake and cheesecake –
have just been added to nigella.com. And to celebrate, they’re #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/chee...
have just been added to nigella.com. And to celebrate, they’re #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/chee...
Cheese Blintzes
The cheese blintz is a wonderful thing: a pancake cooked on one side only, filled with a mixture of curd cheese, lemon zest, vanilla and egg yolk, folded into a parcel and then fried in butter before ...
www.nigella.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:09 AM
I can’t tell you how happy I am that these Cheese Blintzes – which are like a heavenly melange of pancake and cheesecake –
have just been added to nigella.com. And to celebrate, they’re #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/chee...
have just been added to nigella.com. And to celebrate, they’re #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/chee...
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Shrove Tuesday - 17th February.
Order your crepe pan now to make sure you can practise!
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/iron-frying-...
Order your crepe pan now to make sure you can practise!
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/iron-frying-...
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Shrove Tuesday - 17th February.
Order your crepe pan now to make sure you can practise!
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/iron-frying-...
Order your crepe pan now to make sure you can practise!
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/iron-frying-...
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You Know When Something Just Clicks*
January 24, 2026 at 10:37 AM
You Know When Something Just Clicks*
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
I have candles… this is brilliant!
Shropshire man turns used candles into stoves for Ukraine
Mark Stevens has supplied thousands of candles to war damaged areas of Ukraine.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I have candles… this is brilliant!
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Even a little ice can be far more dangerous than snow in some places. Here's a map of where forecasters are most concerned.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
Why the Ice Forecast Has Officials Worried Across the South
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Even a little ice can be far more dangerous than snow in some places. Here's a map of where forecasters are most concerned.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/w...
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My niece in Dallas found this hysterical, and accurate:
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My niece in Dallas found this hysterical, and accurate:
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CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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Waiting for the ice storm has that same awful feeling that came before the pandemic reached my area -- knowing shit is going to suck for an extended period and not being able to do anything to change that
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Waiting for the ice storm has that same awful feeling that came before the pandemic reached my area -- knowing shit is going to suck for an extended period and not being able to do anything to change that
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But I will do the daily whistle update: last night we reached 101,330 whistles shipped to 37 states in the first 23 days of 2026.
Good morning also to rogue band of 3d printing nerds who made that happen!
To celebrate, here's a 🌈 whistle video. 😂
Good morning also to rogue band of 3d printing nerds who made that happen!
To celebrate, here's a 🌈 whistle video. 😂
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
But I will do the daily whistle update: last night we reached 101,330 whistles shipped to 37 states in the first 23 days of 2026.
Good morning also to rogue band of 3d printing nerds who made that happen!
To celebrate, here's a 🌈 whistle video. 😂
Good morning also to rogue band of 3d printing nerds who made that happen!
To celebrate, here's a 🌈 whistle video. 😂
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Remember that this ice storm is dangerous and you shouldn’t drive in it at all because you will be at serious risk of an accident and serious injury or death.
… unless you drive a cybertruck. Yeah, you should take it out and drive far away from people with it and prove how versatile they are.
… unless you drive a cybertruck. Yeah, you should take it out and drive far away from people with it and prove how versatile they are.
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Remember that this ice storm is dangerous and you shouldn’t drive in it at all because you will be at serious risk of an accident and serious injury or death.
… unless you drive a cybertruck. Yeah, you should take it out and drive far away from people with it and prove how versatile they are.
… unless you drive a cybertruck. Yeah, you should take it out and drive far away from people with it and prove how versatile they are.
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⚠️ Yellow weather warning updated ⚠️
Rain across southern parts of Wales and southwest England
Now – Saturday 22:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware
Rain across southern parts of Wales and southwest England
Now – Saturday 22:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 AM
⚠️ Yellow weather warning updated ⚠️
Rain across southern parts of Wales and southwest England
Now – Saturday 22:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware
Rain across southern parts of Wales and southwest England
Now – Saturday 22:00
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware
Return of the light!!!
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Return of the light!!!
🤣🤣🤣 you have to laugh otherwise you would be spiralling into chronic depression.
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
🤣🤣🤣 you have to laugh otherwise you would be spiralling into chronic depression.
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NEW: GoFundMe's rules forbid fundraisers tied to legal funds for violent crimes. One for the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, currently nearing $500K, changed the language in its description after @wired.com reached out (but not in the images at the top of the page, oops) @dell.bsky.social reports:
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
NEW: GoFundMe's rules forbid fundraisers tied to legal funds for violent crimes. One for the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, currently nearing $500K, changed the language in its description after @wired.com reached out (but not in the images at the top of the page, oops) @dell.bsky.social reports: