Kirsty
@snowythepyro.bsky.social
Legal Editor. Scouse-land via London and Glasgow(ish). Alto at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. Prommer. Brownie leader. Knitter. Reader. Loves to travel. 🐧=❤️
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It was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times... 🫣
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times... 🫣
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This headline makes it sound like they decided to go on a local sightseeing tour rather than turn up at the venue, but actually they just lost
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This headline makes it sound like they decided to go on a local sightseeing tour rather than turn up at the venue, but actually they just lost
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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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Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Don’t know who needs to hear this but one of the puppies on the Puppy Bowl this year is named Chappell Bone
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In my experience, talent is a *detriment* to learning.
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark
talent alone could *never*
talent alone could *never*
February 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
In my experience, talent is a *detriment* to learning.
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
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Buses should have windscreen wipers for the top deck so that if you're pretending to drive from the front right you can see where you're going...
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Buses should have windscreen wipers for the top deck so that if you're pretending to drive from the front right you can see where you're going...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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E.g. James Levine was a Very Good Conductor, but he wasn’t the only one; what made him *indispensable* was the fairy dust that 40-foot posters and gal dinners with sponsors confer.
The grotesque paradox in music/academia is that the ‘stars’ are made by the press/PR - there are always a dozen more supremely talented people ready to take their place. But then they are *made* indispensable to sales and so must needs be protected.
this is the same argument that protects abusers in classical music, by the way, & is just as wack, & has the same consequences
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
E.g. James Levine was a Very Good Conductor, but he wasn’t the only one; what made him *indispensable* was the fairy dust that 40-foot posters and gal dinners with sponsors confer.
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I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
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Two important things:
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Two important things:
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself
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Books are not clutter. Clutter is all the other stuff that gets in the way of having more books.
February 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Books are not clutter. Clutter is all the other stuff that gets in the way of having more books.
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Yeah, feels like it, doesn't it?
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Yeah, feels like it, doesn't it?
FURTHER embarrassment 😳
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson resigns from Labour to avoid causing "further embarrassment" to party as result of Epstein links.
February 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
FURTHER embarrassment 😳
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This is very true (except in early years). We would do well to consider why children go increasingly from movement to being static the older they get within the education system.
I find it astonishing what we expect of children - don't think I could sit in five hours of lectures every day, five days a week and take in everything.
February 1, 2026 at 9:53 AM
This is very true (except in early years). We would do well to consider why children go increasingly from movement to being static the older they get within the education system.
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"Sorry Liz. We already allowed the lettuce to join."
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 AM
"Sorry Liz. We already allowed the lettuce to join."
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This thread is incredible
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This thread is incredible
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The Sultana/Jones interview is IMO Exhibit A on why, on TV*, I think soft questions are underrated. She comes across so much worse with Jones just softly going 'let's talk about ideas' than most politicians do with the 'be berated live on BBC One on Sunday' round.
*broadly defining TV interviews
*broadly defining TV interviews
“Anti imperialism means confronting empire which is why we should leave NATO“ is obviously nonsense and I doubt she could explain or defend it. She’s also noticeably struggled even when sympathetic reporters like Owen Jones try to engage her on economics
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The Sultana/Jones interview is IMO Exhibit A on why, on TV*, I think soft questions are underrated. She comes across so much worse with Jones just softly going 'let's talk about ideas' than most politicians do with the 'be berated live on BBC One on Sunday' round.
*broadly defining TV interviews
*broadly defining TV interviews
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Indeed, Anne Frank was a teenager who was culturally Dutch, having moved here at age 4, but was not a citizen. For Americans asking what they would do for a non-citizen child facing deportation to an unsafe country they never knew, there is a lot to think about here.
January 28, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Indeed, Anne Frank was a teenager who was culturally Dutch, having moved here at age 4, but was not a citizen. For Americans asking what they would do for a non-citizen child facing deportation to an unsafe country they never knew, there is a lot to think about here.
I don't remember this, but Newsround is still generally a good shout for non-catastrophising when there's bad news.
A formative TV memory of mine is watching BBC's Newsround break the news of the Challenger shuttle accident, just minutes after it had happened. And the presenter (Roger Finn) in his woolly jumper being not quite as calm as Newsround newscasters usually were. Anyway, that's 40 years ago today.
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I don't remember this, but Newsround is still generally a good shout for non-catastrophising when there's bad news.
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Last night, israeli occupation forces raided Al Kamandjati Center located in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, destroying all musical instruments inside the center.
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
Al Kamandjati - الكمنجاتي on Instagram: " قامت قوات الاحتلال ليلة أمس باقتحام مركز الكمنجاتي الكائن في مخيم قلنديا لللاجئين والذي يعود ملكيته لجمعية مركز البرامج النسوية في المخيم. حيث قامت قوات ا...
427 likes, 15 comments - alkamandjati on January 27, 2026: " قامت قوات الاحتلال ليلة أمس باقتحام مركز الكمنجاتي الكائن في مخيم قلنديا لللاجئين والذي يعود ملكيته لجمعية مركز البرامج النسوية في المخيم...
www.instagram.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Last night, israeli occupation forces raided Al Kamandjati Center located in Qalandiya Refugee Camp, destroying all musical instruments inside the center.
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
This will be met, yet again, with silence from our classical music industry
www.instagram.com/p/DUBUWwSiCxl/
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
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This is what always gets me about these "WASPI" campaigners. *I* remember reading about the pension age changes when I was a teenager, thirty years ago. And I am in multiple ways not in the affected demographic.
"I was wilfully ignorant for thirty years that an inequality in my favour had ended".
"I was wilfully ignorant for thirty years that an inequality in my favour had ended".
One of so many reasons I could not cut it in politics: I would not be able to bring myself to go “sorry, you needed…how many years notice to know when you needed to retire?”
Gonna be honest, if the government did give in to this letter (I very much hope they won’t), I will become a Maoist
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This is what always gets me about these "WASPI" campaigners. *I* remember reading about the pension age changes when I was a teenager, thirty years ago. And I am in multiple ways not in the affected demographic.
"I was wilfully ignorant for thirty years that an inequality in my favour had ended".
"I was wilfully ignorant for thirty years that an inequality in my favour had ended".
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I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy.
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I'm trying a new "see how well AI image gen is" test. This time I'm going to ask it to draw a map of the world, and then zoom in to Europe, the UK, Yorkshire and York to see when things start to get hazy.
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
All of these are with the free models using the smart/thinking variants. 1/n
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I love this excuse for 'after Bernard Jenkin was asked about it on air by Matt Chorley, we changed the quote'. Engagingly blatant in its 'come off it'-ness.
They've now sent out a new version of the statement with the mental health part deleted...
"A draft version of our response to the Suella Braverman defection was sent out in error earlier. With apologies, please find the correct final statement below"
"A draft version of our response to the Suella Braverman defection was sent out in error earlier. With apologies, please find the correct final statement below"
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I love this excuse for 'after Bernard Jenkin was asked about it on air by Matt Chorley, we changed the quote'. Engagingly blatant in its 'come off it'-ness.