Sophie Agrell
@chalcedonyvark.bsky.social
Smallholder, mediaevalist, occasional poet, goat keeper, dog lover, insatiable reader.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
Wishing @annelouiseavery.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays with love from me and her namesake Anne.
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Wishing @annelouiseavery.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays with love from me and her namesake Anne.
It’s the first official day of autumn and right on cue Delphine asked for her duvet for the first time in weeks. #sighthound
September 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It’s the first official day of autumn and right on cue Delphine asked for her duvet for the first time in weeks. #sighthound
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Science is real
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is real
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Big-eyed dragon in the margin among the psalms
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.371v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.371v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Big-eyed dragon in the margin among the psalms
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.371v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.371v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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Clive Lewis Labour MP speaks out in @bylinetimes.bsky.social
‘A consultation saw 88% of 28,000 respondents back public water ownership
Yet, these voices have been systematically marginalised by a Govt determined to operate within narrowly enforced ideological boundaries’
‘A consultation saw 88% of 28,000 respondents back public water ownership
Yet, these voices have been systematically marginalised by a Govt determined to operate within narrowly enforced ideological boundaries’
'Keir Starmer's Timid Refusal to Nationalise Failing Water Companies is a Symptom of a Government Cast Adrift'
Starmer's administration is proving itself to be "devoid of moral compass or political courage", argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
bylinetimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Clive Lewis Labour MP speaks out in @bylinetimes.bsky.social
‘A consultation saw 88% of 28,000 respondents back public water ownership
Yet, these voices have been systematically marginalised by a Govt determined to operate within narrowly enforced ideological boundaries’
‘A consultation saw 88% of 28,000 respondents back public water ownership
Yet, these voices have been systematically marginalised by a Govt determined to operate within narrowly enforced ideological boundaries’
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This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
June 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
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Something to emphasize--as muddled and contradictory as the Supreme Court decision is, it does not actually mandate that institutions must ban trans people from single-sex spaces.
Public figures who have been alleging this are spreading misinformation in order to further a climate of hostility.
Public figures who have been alleging this are spreading misinformation in order to further a climate of hostility.
(a) This is not in any sense 'defying the Supreme Court', unless there's a gender quota for the Board of Toilets.
(b) Good. Glad to see teachers telling bigots that they will continue to support their trans colleagues. More please.
(b) Good. Glad to see teachers telling bigots that they will continue to support their trans colleagues. More please.
"BRITAIN’S largest teaching union has voted to defy the Supreme Court, insisting trans women in schools must be allowed to use ladies’ toilets." [Mail]
May 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Something to emphasize--as muddled and contradictory as the Supreme Court decision is, it does not actually mandate that institutions must ban trans people from single-sex spaces.
Public figures who have been alleging this are spreading misinformation in order to further a climate of hostility.
Public figures who have been alleging this are spreading misinformation in order to further a climate of hostility.
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1. "I left as fast as I could. I didn’t wait for pain control. Is this the future for trans people in hospitals now?"
My incredible friend Jamie Hale - writer, director, head of @cripticarts.bsky.social - was in hospital today, and this was their experience. They've given me permission to share.
My incredible friend Jamie Hale - writer, director, head of @cripticarts.bsky.social - was in hospital today, and this was their experience. They've given me permission to share.
May 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
1. "I left as fast as I could. I didn’t wait for pain control. Is this the future for trans people in hospitals now?"
My incredible friend Jamie Hale - writer, director, head of @cripticarts.bsky.social - was in hospital today, and this was their experience. They've given me permission to share.
My incredible friend Jamie Hale - writer, director, head of @cripticarts.bsky.social - was in hospital today, and this was their experience. They've given me permission to share.
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80 years ago, 30 April 1945…
April 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
80 years ago, 30 April 1945…
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Seattle Times: Satellite photos show the Port of Seattle empty, with just one Chinese ship headed its way. After that, no more. The Port says that in years past, it annually supported over 121,000 jobs and generated $38 Billion in business revenue. Trump’s tariffs destroyed all that in 6 weeks.
April 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Seattle Times: Satellite photos show the Port of Seattle empty, with just one Chinese ship headed its way. After that, no more. The Port says that in years past, it annually supported over 121,000 jobs and generated $38 Billion in business revenue. Trump’s tariffs destroyed all that in 6 weeks.
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I’d ask my many cis-gender friends and followers to take a moment today to consider this scenario.
You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.
You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.
April 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I’d ask my many cis-gender friends and followers to take a moment today to consider this scenario.
You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.
You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.
About 1 in 6 rapes are reported. Of those, THREE % go to court. If all the ‘feminists’ and ‘women’s rights campaigners’ put the energy into campaigning for justice for rape victims, 96% of whom are women, that they put into limiting transgender rights & lives, we’d be living in a better country.
In the year ending June 2024, UK police recorded 69,184 rapes. (It’s likely this represents c. 1 in 6 of the rapes actually committed.) In 2023/24 there were 2,283 prosecutions for rape, and 1,220 convictions. And c. 11,900 rape cases are currently waiting to go to court, many for more than 2 years.
April 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
About 1 in 6 rapes are reported. Of those, THREE % go to court. If all the ‘feminists’ and ‘women’s rights campaigners’ put the energy into campaigning for justice for rape victims, 96% of whom are women, that they put into limiting transgender rights & lives, we’d be living in a better country.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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By "free speech," the Americans mean creating a media environment in your country dominated by American digital fascism preparatory to right-wing regime change. Vance essentially said as much in Munich. Give in now, forget about sovereignty later.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal
‘Good chance’ of agreement, says JD Vance – but sources say his concerns over Britain’s hate speech laws ‘are still a red line’
www.independent.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
By "free speech," the Americans mean creating a media environment in your country dominated by American digital fascism preparatory to right-wing regime change. Vance essentially said as much in Munich. Give in now, forget about sovereignty later.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
A really clever lesson for all ages about some of the effort that goes into getting a book published.
Sharing this for historians and writers- this was an activity I had for for the 3rd graders. I wanted to highlight how long the publication process is for writing history. The kids had a ton of energy and couldn’t believe how many steps there are!
April 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A really clever lesson for all ages about some of the effort that goes into getting a book published.
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The reality of genocide in Gz this week: a bakery that served a neighborhood forced to close due to the lack of flour, Rafah, the once promised 'red line' bombed with people trapped inside, new types of bombs rain down on a school packed with the displaced, the only water desalination plant bombed.
April 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The reality of genocide in Gz this week: a bakery that served a neighborhood forced to close due to the lack of flour, Rafah, the once promised 'red line' bombed with people trapped inside, new types of bombs rain down on a school packed with the displaced, the only water desalination plant bombed.
A dragon for you, @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social
Friday night is dance night!
#Fridayfeeling
#Fridayfeeling
The world is falling apart so let's dance!
The Morgan Library, MS M.459; Richard, de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour; c.1290 CE; Northern Italy; f.5r
The Morgan Library, MS M.459; Richard, de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour; c.1290 CE; Northern Italy; f.5r
April 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A dragon for you, @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social
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On the subject of, you know, all *this* I came across a poem about the end of the world crammed into the flyleaf of a 10th century manuscript. Wanna hear it?
Of course you do. Buckle up.
Listen, earth. Listen, edge of the great sea.
Of course you do. Buckle up.
Listen, earth. Listen, edge of the great sea.
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
On the subject of, you know, all *this* I came across a poem about the end of the world crammed into the flyleaf of a 10th century manuscript. Wanna hear it?
Of course you do. Buckle up.
Listen, earth. Listen, edge of the great sea.
Of course you do. Buckle up.
Listen, earth. Listen, edge of the great sea.
Delphine is unconvinced by the clock change. #EasyLikeSundayMorning #SkyHounds
March 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Delphine is unconvinced by the clock change. #EasyLikeSundayMorning #SkyHounds
Apparently, today is World Sleep Day, so here is Delphine making the most of a chance for a snooze. #SkyHounds
March 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Apparently, today is World Sleep Day, so here is Delphine making the most of a chance for a snooze. #SkyHounds
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What do Greece and Argentina have in common?
Both have prosecuted national statisticians for publishing accurate statistics in defiance of political leaders.
Both have prosecuted national statisticians for publishing accurate statistics in defiance of political leaders.
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What do Greece and Argentina have in common?
Both have prosecuted national statisticians for publishing accurate statistics in defiance of political leaders.
Both have prosecuted national statisticians for publishing accurate statistics in defiance of political leaders.
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽