Aliya Zaidi
@aliyazaidi.bsky.social
Geek, feminist, foodie. Optimist. Brightonian/Londonista. 💜 Words, music, books, tech, marketing, digital, nerd culture. Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
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Congratulations NO OTHER LAND on winning the Best Single Documentary – International award at the #GriersonAwards 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Congratulations NO OTHER LAND on winning the Best Single Documentary – International award at the #GriersonAwards 🏆
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fun fact: in the Pluribus universe, everyone knows what's in the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
fun fact: in the Pluribus universe, everyone knows what's in the Epstein files
Humans: "If you're different from me, I don't understand you & you're not one of us."
The natural world: "Here's a million different variations of exactly the same species."
🤷🏽♀️ 🤔 🍃
#biodiversity #naturalworld #diversity
The natural world: "Here's a million different variations of exactly the same species."
🤷🏽♀️ 🤔 🍃
#biodiversity #naturalworld #diversity
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Humans: "If you're different from me, I don't understand you & you're not one of us."
The natural world: "Here's a million different variations of exactly the same species."
🤷🏽♀️ 🤔 🍃
#biodiversity #naturalworld #diversity
The natural world: "Here's a million different variations of exactly the same species."
🤷🏽♀️ 🤔 🍃
#biodiversity #naturalworld #diversity
OMITB has jumped the shark so far as to be completely intolerable apart from the always excellent soundtrack. Fallen so far, the new series is a total waste of time 😬😶
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
OMITB has jumped the shark so far as to be completely intolerable apart from the always excellent soundtrack. Fallen so far, the new series is a total waste of time 😬😶
So profoundly grateful for vaccines and fascinated by the science behind them, so it's probably fitting that I accidentally put it twice 😅
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So profoundly grateful for vaccines and fascinated by the science behind them, so it's probably fitting that I accidentally put it twice 😅
Incredible day at Festival of the Girl with my daughter trying robotics, making vaccines, parkour, deadlifting, skateboarding, football, making vaccines, jiu-jitsu, VR and so much more ✨️💪🏽🙏🏽
Highly recommended for a fun day challenging gender stereotypes and empowering young girls.
#stem #feminism
Highly recommended for a fun day challenging gender stereotypes and empowering young girls.
#stem #feminism
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Bought Blind Date with a Book a few months ago from Kuala Lumpur. Randomly decided today was the day to find out what I bought.
Turns out it was Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen. It seems they got my taste spot-on as already own The Flame.
#books #lit #literature #poems #poetry #LeonardCohen
Turns out it was Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen. It seems they got my taste spot-on as already own The Flame.
#books #lit #literature #poems #poetry #LeonardCohen
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bought Blind Date with a Book a few months ago from Kuala Lumpur. Randomly decided today was the day to find out what I bought.
Turns out it was Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen. It seems they got my taste spot-on as already own The Flame.
#books #lit #literature #poems #poetry #LeonardCohen
Turns out it was Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen. It seems they got my taste spot-on as already own The Flame.
#books #lit #literature #poems #poetry #LeonardCohen
Trauma dumping online is the new screaming into a pillow - healthy, necessary and therapeutic
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trauma dumping online is the new screaming into a pillow - healthy, necessary and therapeutic
Who's your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Who's your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)
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Have they stopped teaching Superman in schools?
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Have they stopped teaching Superman in schools?
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We must learn to have peaceful, grown-up conversations with people who have a different experience from us and who we may not agree with, leaving our inherited biases behind. Compassion is the only route to peace.
We must learn to have peaceful, grown-up conversations with people who have a different experience from us and who we may not agree with, leaving our inherited biases behind. Compassion is the only route to peace.
Israel and Palestine Conversation Quicksand
The quest to be right in conversations is like quicksand. We lose sight of the real purpose of dialogue: to build understanding, not win an argument.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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We must learn to have peaceful, grown-up conversations with people who have a different experience from us and who we may not agree with, leaving our inherited biases behind. Compassion is the only route to peace.
We must learn to have peaceful, grown-up conversations with people who have a different experience from us and who we may not agree with, leaving our inherited biases behind. Compassion is the only route to peace.
Just to add another insane thought to this thread this morning - when you're an insightful, thoughtful person, there is also absolute joy in sharing the analysis of pure loathing - that in itself is a super fun experience 😀 🫠
I have just been to the most toe-curlingly mediocre and electrifyingly trite exhibition I have seen in decades.
It was at a London gallery. The artist was there. He held forth in terms that if I repeated them, you would think I was quoting David Brent.
The reviews have been glowing.
VERY weird.
It was at a London gallery. The artist was there. He held forth in terms that if I repeated them, you would think I was quoting David Brent.
The reviews have been glowing.
VERY weird.
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Just to add another insane thought to this thread this morning - when you're an insightful, thoughtful person, there is also absolute joy in sharing the analysis of pure loathing - that in itself is a super fun experience 😀 🫠
"Scientists are mulling an intriguing possibility: if aliens exist, their technology may be only marginally better than ours."
I don't accept the radical mundanity theory because, let's be honest, it wouldn't take much to outpace Earth at the moment in the face for superior intelligence.
I don't accept the radical mundanity theory because, let's be honest, it wouldn't take much to outpace Earth at the moment in the face for superior intelligence.
‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?
‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?
Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Scientists are mulling an intriguing possibility: if aliens exist, their technology may be only marginally better than ours."
I don't accept the radical mundanity theory because, let's be honest, it wouldn't take much to outpace Earth at the moment in the face for superior intelligence.
I don't accept the radical mundanity theory because, let's be honest, it wouldn't take much to outpace Earth at the moment in the face for superior intelligence.
Loved sharing this experience with @mattpotteruk.bsky.social 🤣
I have just been to the most toe-curlingly mediocre and electrifyingly trite exhibition I have seen in decades.
It was at a London gallery. The artist was there. He held forth in terms that if I repeated them, you would think I was quoting David Brent.
The reviews have been glowing.
VERY weird.
It was at a London gallery. The artist was there. He held forth in terms that if I repeated them, you would think I was quoting David Brent.
The reviews have been glowing.
VERY weird.
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Loved sharing this experience with @mattpotteruk.bsky.social 🤣
We are booked 🙌🏽
@samarthemjap.bsky.social 🎉
@samarthemjap.bsky.social 🎉
Craig David (@craigdavid) all over your...
He's back for an exclusive one-off show 👀
https://bit.ly/46ZvcIm
He's back for an exclusive one-off show 👀
https://bit.ly/46ZvcIm
Craig David announces special one-off show to celebrate 25 years of Born To Do It
Craig David has revealed that he'll be playing an exclusive one-off show to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his debut album Born To Do It. Confirmed by Craig this morning, the event will take place...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We are booked 🙌🏽
@samarthemjap.bsky.social 🎉
@samarthemjap.bsky.social 🎉
Pro-tip for if you're visiting the museums in South Kensington - it's £19 for salmon and salad at the V&A museum cafe. Walk 10 minutes to Imperial College campus cafe, and get the same thing for £8.50.
August 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pro-tip for if you're visiting the museums in South Kensington - it's £19 for salmon and salad at the V&A museum cafe. Walk 10 minutes to Imperial College campus cafe, and get the same thing for £8.50.
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Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
Sure Start children’s centres provided £2 of savings for every £1 in costs, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), prompting calls for the government to look at such services as potentially paying for themselves.
The centres, championed by the last Labour government, created £2.8bn in savings and revenues at the scheme’s peak in England, according to the IFS study. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
Quite pleased with my museum gift shop haul
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Quite pleased with my museum gift shop haul
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
Only in London could you go to the @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social in the morning, followed by a snack of smoked salmon bagels at @jw3london.bsky.social then head to Camden Arts Centre for an exhibition of Richard Wright paintings, and finish with Vietnamese Pho for lunch.
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Only in London could you go to the @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social in the morning, followed by a snack of smoked salmon bagels at @jw3london.bsky.social then head to Camden Arts Centre for an exhibition of Richard Wright paintings, and finish with Vietnamese Pho for lunch.
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
@mattpotteruk.bsky.social
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Yes because what America needs is to be more ignorant about stories from unfamiliar lands... 🙄
Because movie tickets weren’t expensive enough.
May 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Yes because what America needs is to be more ignorant about stories from unfamiliar lands... 🙄
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Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years
Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have announced they are working on a new outing for the monster in the deep dark wood, due out in September 2026
He’s got knobbly knees, turned-out toes, a poisonous wart at the end of his nose … and he’s back, for the first time in more than 20 years: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have announced they are working on a new Gruffalo book.
Due out in September 2026, the as-yet-untitled picture book will return to the world of the bestselling stories The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child, which were published in 1999 and 2004 respectively. The books are among the most popular children’s titles in the world, with The Gruffalo having sold 3.2m copies to date, and The Gruffalo’s Child 2.1m copies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years
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A performance of ‘oceanic’ jazz club vibey, Lynch-meets-Morricone whistling with Molly Lewis, supporting Beck at Royal Albert Hall. ‘The Crying Game’ cover a poignant piping highlight #MollyLewis #Beck #RoyalAlbertHall
April 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A performance of ‘oceanic’ jazz club vibey, Lynch-meets-Morricone whistling with Molly Lewis, supporting Beck at Royal Albert Hall. ‘The Crying Game’ cover a poignant piping highlight #MollyLewis #Beck #RoyalAlbertHall
Two turntables and a microphone, and an 80-piece orchestra and a lot of fun, with #Beck performing at @royalalberthall.bsky.social last night 🎼🎸🎻
April 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Two turntables and a microphone, and an 80-piece orchestra and a lot of fun, with #Beck performing at @royalalberthall.bsky.social last night 🎼🎸🎻