Suw
@suw.bsky.social
Writer, creative ecologist, owned by Grabbity & Copurrnicus. Currently writing an eco-sitcom podcast, Fieldwork, about four ecologists studying a rewilding project. https://fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/
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Suw
@suw.bsky.social
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Hello, lovely new followers! I'm Suw, and I post about whatever catches my eye. This might include, but is not limited to, volcanoes, cats, the Welsh language, science, cats, books and publishing, writing, Wrexham AFC, women in STEM, cats, crafty stuff, ecology, nature, and my various newsletters.
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THIS! Also I get more of a thrill seeing my book in a library than in a bookshop I reckon....
It's PLR statement day! Massive thanks to the 1010 people who borrowed Out Of The Woods and Men At War from their local libraries this past year. Often feels like people don't realise that we get paid when people borrow books from libraries, but we do, and it is hugely appreciated x
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
THIS! Also I get more of a thrill seeing my book in a library than in a bookshop I reckon....
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In defiance of rules, Michael tried to jump on the kitchen bin last night. She was not aware it was emptied and lidless.
Michael 0 Bin Day 1
Michael 0 Bin Day 1
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
In defiance of rules, Michael tried to jump on the kitchen bin last night. She was not aware it was emptied and lidless.
Michael 0 Bin Day 1
Michael 0 Bin Day 1
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It's not often you get to say you were right, especially when so many people were screaming rhat I was wrong.
For four years I said this would fail. And it has.
I'm sad for the impact these losses will have. I'm sad that this money could've been spent on literally anything else better.
For four years I said this would fail. And it has.
I'm sad for the impact these losses will have. I'm sad that this money could've been spent on literally anything else better.
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It's not often you get to say you were right, especially when so many people were screaming rhat I was wrong.
For four years I said this would fail. And it has.
I'm sad for the impact these losses will have. I'm sad that this money could've been spent on literally anything else better.
For four years I said this would fail. And it has.
I'm sad for the impact these losses will have. I'm sad that this money could've been spent on literally anything else better.
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This should be the policy on all public transport. I've come across absolute bafflement when I've suggested to people that perhaps listening to something out loud isn't ok (usually phrased as 'Do you have headphones? Because everyone else can hear what you're listening to.' in a helpful tone)
National Express are very strict about the lack of using headphones when using mobiles. People are threatened to be chucked off. Not once have I seen/heard pushback. Of course, it's the 2nd driver who can go up to passengers and inform them to comply or else.
January 18, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This should be the policy on all public transport. I've come across absolute bafflement when I've suggested to people that perhaps listening to something out loud isn't ok (usually phrased as 'Do you have headphones? Because everyone else can hear what you're listening to.' in a helpful tone)
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✨ Sesiwn Ar-lein i Ddysgwyr: Llysgennad dros y Gymraeg✨
Cyfle i sgwrsio â Gwilym Bowen Rhys am ei gerddoriaeth, ei deithiau a'i fywyd!
📅 Nos Fawrth, 20 Ionawr
⏰ 7-8yh
📍 Zoom
Am ddolen i ymuno, cysylltwch â post@cymdeithas.cymru
Cyfle i sgwrsio â Gwilym Bowen Rhys am ei gerddoriaeth, ei deithiau a'i fywyd!
📅 Nos Fawrth, 20 Ionawr
⏰ 7-8yh
📍 Zoom
Am ddolen i ymuno, cysylltwch â post@cymdeithas.cymru
January 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
✨ Sesiwn Ar-lein i Ddysgwyr: Llysgennad dros y Gymraeg✨
Cyfle i sgwrsio â Gwilym Bowen Rhys am ei gerddoriaeth, ei deithiau a'i fywyd!
📅 Nos Fawrth, 20 Ionawr
⏰ 7-8yh
📍 Zoom
Am ddolen i ymuno, cysylltwch â post@cymdeithas.cymru
Cyfle i sgwrsio â Gwilym Bowen Rhys am ei gerddoriaeth, ei deithiau a'i fywyd!
📅 Nos Fawrth, 20 Ionawr
⏰ 7-8yh
📍 Zoom
Am ddolen i ymuno, cysylltwch â post@cymdeithas.cymru
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I’m telling you, this is a line we should not allow to be blurred.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Without meaningful pushback from regulators and users, Grok’s example risks setting a permissive precedent—signaling to other nudification apps and platform companies that AI-generated NCII can be treated as funny, harmless, or otherwise tolerable, writes Kaylee Williams.
Grok Supercharges the Nonconsensual Pornography Epidemic
Without meaningful pushback from regulators and users, Grok’s example risks setting a dangerously permissive precedent that, writes Kaylee Williams.
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I’m telling you, this is a line we should not allow to be blurred.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Assert that what has been done is illegal.
Have it investigated as illegality.
Bring prosecutions of company officials on illegality.
Describe the basis of each step clearly and without obfuscation or imprecision.
Was gonna do some stuff, but apparently now I am not.
January 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Was gonna do some stuff, but apparently now I am not.
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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You can tell by the eyes.
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
You can tell by the eyes.
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I am shocked* I tell you.
*I am not shocked
*I am not shocked
January 17, 2026 at 10:44 AM
I am shocked* I tell you.
*I am not shocked
*I am not shocked
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I did not know this was a thing. Sounds like a fun idea to me. Read the replies below for more.
i think more indie bookshops should bring back offering to stamp the inside cover of books for customers. Love to find a secondhand book with a Foyles stamp in, eg. Feels special!
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I did not know this was a thing. Sounds like a fun idea to me. Read the replies below for more.
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Not ONLY is Piglets series 2 newly available on the ITV player, I have just realised S1 is now up on Disney plus. www.itv.com/watch/piglet...
www.itv.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Not ONLY is Piglets series 2 newly available on the ITV player, I have just realised S1 is now up on Disney plus. www.itv.com/watch/piglet...
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Thanks to everyone who's supported ALD so far! If you can share this thread so that we reach more people, I'd be very grateful. I'd love to be able to cover my (minimal) wages for this month and next if at all possible!
Last year, nearly one hundred people donated to ensure I could move the Ada Lovelace Day website to a new hosting platform, go to four events, and run ALD online in October.
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser:
www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...
Donate to Ada Lovelace Day 2026, organized by Suw Charman-Anderson
Support Ada Lovelace Day and women in STEM!
It's really great that Ada Lovelace Day con… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Ada Lovelace Day 2026
www.gofundme.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Thanks to everyone who's supported ALD so far! If you can share this thread so that we reach more people, I'd be very grateful. I'd love to be able to cover my (minimal) wages for this month and next if at all possible!
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In the jungle, the mighty jungle ....
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
In the jungle, the mighty jungle ....
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There's a cat living at one of my sister's neighbours that visits her house daily - he has worked out that he can reach up to her letterbox cover and flick it with his paw, so he actually *knocks* to be let in
Fine during the day
Less so when she hears him knocking at 3am
Fine during the day
Less so when she hears him knocking at 3am
January 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
There's a cat living at one of my sister's neighbours that visits her house daily - he has worked out that he can reach up to her letterbox cover and flick it with his paw, so he actually *knocks* to be let in
Fine during the day
Less so when she hears him knocking at 3am
Fine during the day
Less so when she hears him knocking at 3am
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Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
OK, people who know how Bluesky functions: I just reshared some posts on @adalovelaceday.bsky.social that I originally posted 18h ago, but they do not show up on my timeline at @suw.bsky.social at all. I reshared in order to bump the posts for followers who missed them yesterday, but it seems...
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
OK, people who know how Bluesky functions: I just reshared some posts on @adalovelaceday.bsky.social that I originally posted 18h ago, but they do not show up on my timeline at @suw.bsky.social at all. I reshared in order to bump the posts for followers who missed them yesterday, but it seems...
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Reform is a private Limited company majority-owned by one man, in the interests of making money for that man and the shareholders.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
I keep seeing people on the left talking as if Reform are a shoo-in for the next government, and I beg you, please don't do that. If we on the left talk about them as if their victory is inevitable, it will become inevitable. Every time we talk about a Reform government, we legitimise that idea...
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Reform is a private Limited company majority-owned by one man, in the interests of making money for that man and the shareholders.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.
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Also, the next GE is miles off. This is the same as people obsessing over seat projections. Not only will a lot change before voting matters, people's vote changes when it actually matters.
I keep seeing people on the left talking as if Reform are a shoo-in for the next government, and I beg you, please don't do that. If we on the left talk about them as if their victory is inevitable, it will become inevitable. Every time we talk about a Reform government, we legitimise that idea...
January 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Also, the next GE is miles off. This is the same as people obsessing over seat projections. Not only will a lot change before voting matters, people's vote changes when it actually matters.
I keep seeing people on the left talking as if Reform are a shoo-in for the next government, and I beg you, please don't do that. If we on the left talk about them as if their victory is inevitable, it will become inevitable. Every time we talk about a Reform government, we legitimise that idea...
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I keep seeing people on the left talking as if Reform are a shoo-in for the next government, and I beg you, please don't do that. If we on the left talk about them as if their victory is inevitable, it will become inevitable. Every time we talk about a Reform government, we legitimise that idea...
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I've got a format which I keep using in the hope it catches on: make the first post a thread title with just the necessary information, like BOOK EVENTS THREAD. Then when it appears at the top each time, there's less to get annoyed by. It's like books where the title appears at the top of each page.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I've got a format which I keep using in the hope it catches on: make the first post a thread title with just the necessary information, like BOOK EVENTS THREAD. Then when it appears at the top each time, there's less to get annoyed by. It's like books where the title appears at the top of each page.
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I'm too cheap to buy one - and too lazy to learn the skillz - but this guy's polyphonic ceramic bass whistles are the goat. youtube.com/shorts/X57nT...
Innato in B3, more info at www.stonewhistle.com
YouTube video by Stonewhistle
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January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I'm too cheap to buy one - and too lazy to learn the skillz - but this guy's polyphonic ceramic bass whistles are the goat. youtube.com/shorts/X57nT...
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The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
Is there any other animal, other than a cat, that makes such a song and dance about having a damn poo?
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Is there any other animal, other than a cat, that makes such a song and dance about having a damn poo?
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