Silversprite
@silversprite.bsky.social
📖Research: planetary boundaries, apples, orchards, sustainable food systems
🌍Interests: European heatwaves, deep ecology, biodiversity loss, GCR and ER, ecological economics
🚶♂️Outside: Scandinavia, archipelagos, glaciers
🍰Food: lussekatter, semla, tosca
🌍Interests: European heatwaves, deep ecology, biodiversity loss, GCR and ER, ecological economics
🚶♂️Outside: Scandinavia, archipelagos, glaciers
🍰Food: lussekatter, semla, tosca
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Silversprite
@silversprite.bsky.social
· Jan 11
Hi, wave of new people (exodus from Twitter / X?). Academic and research interests in the bio.
Warning: this is the least exciting account on Bluesky. Cakes and pastries, rural walks, exploring Sweden & Norway, apple and orchard observations, weird stuff the cat does, text adventures, um that's it?
Warning: this is the least exciting account on Bluesky. Cakes and pastries, rural walks, exploring Sweden & Norway, apple and orchard observations, weird stuff the cat does, text adventures, um that's it?
The 13th of February is my mom's birthday.
This summer past I scattered the remainder of her ashes on the Malvern Hills, in a line of sight of where the family orchard once grew.
Happy birthday, Jill.
This summer past I scattered the remainder of her ashes on the Malvern Hills, in a line of sight of where the family orchard once grew.
Happy birthday, Jill.
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The 13th of February is my mom's birthday.
This summer past I scattered the remainder of her ashes on the Malvern Hills, in a line of sight of where the family orchard once grew.
Happy birthday, Jill.
This summer past I scattered the remainder of her ashes on the Malvern Hills, in a line of sight of where the family orchard once grew.
Happy birthday, Jill.
A couple on the other side:
Him: This is like when we rode the log flume with the kids at Alton Towers. Do you remember?
Her: I remember the egg sandwiches you made us because you were too tight to pay for food there. They were rank.
{silence}
Him: This is like when we rode the log flume with the kids at Alton Towers. Do you remember?
Her: I remember the egg sandwiches you made us because you were too tight to pay for food there. They were rank.
{silence}
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
A couple on the other side:
Him: This is like when we rode the log flume with the kids at Alton Towers. Do you remember?
Her: I remember the egg sandwiches you made us because you were too tight to pay for food there. They were rank.
{silence}
Him: This is like when we rode the log flume with the kids at Alton Towers. Do you remember?
Her: I remember the egg sandwiches you made us because you were too tight to pay for food there. They were rank.
{silence}
On the back road bus, which is almost aquaplaning in places. The driver is noticeably clenching the steering wheel tensely as we approach each lane-wide puddle of uncertain depth.
Behind me, an elderly couple are discussing where to source their ham for next Christmas.
#ham #HamBus
Behind me, an elderly couple are discussing where to source their ham for next Christmas.
#ham #HamBus
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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That dehydrated apple in a suit is someone I refuse to take seriously about anything. signed your neighborhood immigrant who brought cheekbones and art.
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
That dehydrated apple in a suit is someone I refuse to take seriously about anything. signed your neighborhood immigrant who brought cheekbones and art.
Taking a break from working through the Warp Records back catalogue (multi-year project) by working through Jan Blomqvist's back catalogue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_g8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_g8...
Jan Blomqvist feat. Elena Pitoulis - More (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Armada Music TV
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Taking a break from working through the Warp Records back catalogue (multi-year project) by working through Jan Blomqvist's back catalogue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_g8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_g8...
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Last week one of my students complained to me about how they feel like AI is being forced down their throats “by their other professors” “not English” (☺️) and I was surprised to hear how much other disciplines are embracing it and even using it to make their teaching materials
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Last week one of my students complained to me about how they feel like AI is being forced down their throats “by their other professors” “not English” (☺️) and I was surprised to hear how much other disciplines are embracing it and even using it to make their teaching materials
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Post or post not. There is no drafts.
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Post or post not. There is no drafts.
(1/3) Asked what my highlight of 2025 was.
Thought about this, and it has to be having a long and pleasant conversation with Maria Sjöholm while she was putting the bins out, utterly unaware of who she is, or who her husband (Tony Iommi) is.
Context: Worcestershire village where I went to a...
Thought about this, and it has to be having a long and pleasant conversation with Maria Sjöholm while she was putting the bins out, utterly unaware of who she is, or who her husband (Tony Iommi) is.
Context: Worcestershire village where I went to a...
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
(1/3) Asked what my highlight of 2025 was.
Thought about this, and it has to be having a long and pleasant conversation with Maria Sjöholm while she was putting the bins out, utterly unaware of who she is, or who her husband (Tony Iommi) is.
Context: Worcestershire village where I went to a...
Thought about this, and it has to be having a long and pleasant conversation with Maria Sjöholm while she was putting the bins out, utterly unaware of who she is, or who her husband (Tony Iommi) is.
Context: Worcestershire village where I went to a...
The cat is snoring, again.
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The cat is snoring, again.
Age verification?
Crackling some Fizz Wizz in my mouth while waiting several minutes for a 48 Kilobyte game to load from cassette tape into a ZX Spectrum.
Crackling some Fizz Wizz in my mouth while waiting several minutes for a 48 Kilobyte game to load from cassette tape into a ZX Spectrum.
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Age verification?
Crackling some Fizz Wizz in my mouth while waiting several minutes for a 48 Kilobyte game to load from cassette tape into a ZX Spectrum.
Crackling some Fizz Wizz in my mouth while waiting several minutes for a 48 Kilobyte game to load from cassette tape into a ZX Spectrum.
Right. Popping to the village store to buy some eggs, and chat to the assistant about apple varieties and locating abandoned orchards.
NO ONE is allowed to resign from the government until I return.
(UK government, that is. The US government can [redacted] as far as I'm concerned.)
Tally ho.
NO ONE is allowed to resign from the government until I return.
(UK government, that is. The US government can [redacted] as far as I'm concerned.)
Tally ho.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Right. Popping to the village store to buy some eggs, and chat to the assistant about apple varieties and locating abandoned orchards.
NO ONE is allowed to resign from the government until I return.
(UK government, that is. The US government can [redacted] as far as I'm concerned.)
Tally ho.
NO ONE is allowed to resign from the government until I return.
(UK government, that is. The US government can [redacted] as far as I'm concerned.)
Tally ho.
Glanced at the Guardian to see a piece that's *exactly* in the centre of this week of the course I'm doing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?"
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?"
#climate
Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Glanced at the Guardian to see a piece that's *exactly* in the centre of this week of the course I'm doing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?"
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?"
#climate
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Keir Starmer sitting at his desk, knowing that he can struggle on or by 6pm he could be knocking back his second Kingfisher whilst waiting for his butter chicken and plain naan to turn up.
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Keir Starmer sitting at his desk, knowing that he can struggle on or by 6pm he could be knocking back his second Kingfisher whilst waiting for his butter chicken and plain naan to turn up.
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Anyone who wants to campaign be the next Prime Minister will need good graphic design
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Anyone who wants to campaign be the next Prime Minister will need good graphic design
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Not everything has to be connected to the internet. In fact, life would be better if more things weren't.
February 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Not everything has to be connected to the internet. In fact, life would be better if more things weren't.
Checking a webcam to figure out how cold Stockholm is.
Appears to be people walking/skating off Norr Mälarstrand. Though that's not technically the sea, it's still connected and is on the ferry route (obvs not today) to Vaxholm?
I'm assuming it's cold, then.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY6...
Appears to be people walking/skating off Norr Mälarstrand. Though that's not technically the sea, it's still connected and is on the ferry route (obvs not today) to Vaxholm?
I'm assuming it's cold, then.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY6...
MEDview: DN-Skrapan, Stockholm
YouTube video by MED - Mediateknik
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Checking a webcam to figure out how cold Stockholm is.
Appears to be people walking/skating off Norr Mälarstrand. Though that's not technically the sea, it's still connected and is on the ferry route (obvs not today) to Vaxholm?
I'm assuming it's cold, then.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY6...
Appears to be people walking/skating off Norr Mälarstrand. Though that's not technically the sea, it's still connected and is on the ferry route (obvs not today) to Vaxholm?
I'm assuming it's cold, then.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agY6...
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Folks, I'm getting a cat on Tuesday and I've never lived with a cat so I'm a bit nervous. Tell me the ways in which your cats have made your lives better?
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Folks, I'm getting a cat on Tuesday and I've never lived with a cat so I'm a bit nervous. Tell me the ways in which your cats have made your lives better?
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Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
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In this photo, taken #OTD in 1984, Bruce McCandless is an *football field away from the space shuttle with no safety tether.*
No astronaut, before or since, has been that far away from their ship while in orbit. (2/n)
No astronaut, before or since, has been that far away from their ship while in orbit. (2/n)
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
In this photo, taken #OTD in 1984, Bruce McCandless is an *football field away from the space shuttle with no safety tether.*
No astronaut, before or since, has been that far away from their ship while in orbit. (2/n)
No astronaut, before or since, has been that far away from their ship while in orbit. (2/n)
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I'm fascinated to watch & time people eating in restaurants, 54 seconds is the record for an entire Sunday roast at a Toby Carvery, the guy was like a pelican, just shoving it in and swallowing. There was no chewing.
February 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm fascinated to watch & time people eating in restaurants, 54 seconds is the record for an entire Sunday roast at a Toby Carvery, the guy was like a pelican, just shoving it in and swallowing. There was no chewing.
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Ban-Dia nan coilltean
The caillach cut off my hand
Jealous that it touched her son
In ways she could not
I wait, hiding in the woodlands
Tall, surveying my lands
Her spell will fail in time
And we will be united
(Title: Goddess of the woods)
#PegsPoyums
The caillach cut off my hand
Jealous that it touched her son
In ways she could not
I wait, hiding in the woodlands
Tall, surveying my lands
Her spell will fail in time
And we will be united
(Title: Goddess of the woods)
#PegsPoyums
Every time I walk past this bit of fallen tree I can't help imagining it scuttling around, crablike, after sundown, and getting up to no good.
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Ban-Dia nan coilltean
The caillach cut off my hand
Jealous that it touched her son
In ways she could not
I wait, hiding in the woodlands
Tall, surveying my lands
Her spell will fail in time
And we will be united
(Title: Goddess of the woods)
#PegsPoyums
The caillach cut off my hand
Jealous that it touched her son
In ways she could not
I wait, hiding in the woodlands
Tall, surveying my lands
Her spell will fail in time
And we will be united
(Title: Goddess of the woods)
#PegsPoyums
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Team Mongolia’s uniforms for the Winter Olympics in Italy, 2026. ❄️🔥😮💨
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Team Mongolia’s uniforms for the Winter Olympics in Italy, 2026. ❄️🔥😮💨
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shout out to the alpine horn duet going on calmly during the curling chat
February 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
shout out to the alpine horn duet going on calmly during the curling chat
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Downhill skiiing: risking splintering yourself into matchsticks while being chased by a drone.
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Downhill skiiing: risking splintering yourself into matchsticks while being chased by a drone.