Charlotte Benton
@charlottebenton.bsky.social
Physics by day, sedition by night.
(Formerly @c_j_benton from the Twitter that was.)
🦀 Pro carcinisation. 🦀
(Formerly @c_j_benton from the Twitter that was.)
🦀 Pro carcinisation. 🦀
I've come across another of those cryptic road markings. I'm not sure what that final mirror-image-B symbol even is, but there exists an intersection between S and whatever it denotes.
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I've come across another of those cryptic road markings. I'm not sure what that final mirror-image-B symbol even is, but there exists an intersection between S and whatever it denotes.
A railway snowplough lays in wait...
June 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
A railway snowplough lays in wait...
I'm not sure why someone has painted "Six for-all perpendicular" in this parking space. What does it mean?
June 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I'm not sure why someone has painted "Six for-all perpendicular" in this parking space. What does it mean?
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel had a modified pet dog of the second kind.
May 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel had a modified pet dog of the second kind.
And it has a Pride flag. Track ballast tamping has been captured by woke.
May 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
And it has a Pride flag. Track ballast tamping has been captured by woke.
I wanted to get this train, but I had to get some boring class 220 instead.
May 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I wanted to get this train, but I had to get some boring class 220 instead.
There are currently three railway snowploughs to the north of Taunton station. Either this is where they're stored over the summer, or Network Rail are expecting something.
May 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
There are currently three railway snowploughs to the north of Taunton station. Either this is where they're stored over the summer, or Network Rail are expecting something.
I decided to check my own. This little beaut is from my usual 200 microgram per day patch.
March 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I decided to check my own. This little beaut is from my usual 200 microgram per day patch.
The Taunton station café has a very nice route map. Unfortunately, many of the stations closed over half a century ago.
January 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Taunton station café has a very nice route map. Unfortunately, many of the stations closed over half a century ago.
@drskyskull.bsky.social I found a copy of one of your books in a charity shop in the deepest darkest wilds of Devon (specifically Sidmouth).
December 27, 2024 at 1:12 PM
@drskyskull.bsky.social I found a copy of one of your books in a charity shop in the deepest darkest wilds of Devon (specifically Sidmouth).
A glendonite formation from Yukon. These calcium carbonate crystals can only grow in very cold water.
December 21, 2024 at 9:32 PM
A glendonite formation from Yukon. These calcium carbonate crystals can only grow in very cold water.
And here are some #scheelite (calcium tungstate) crystals, from the Pingwu beryl mine in China.
November 18, 2024 at 8:44 PM
And here are some #scheelite (calcium tungstate) crystals, from the Pingwu beryl mine in China.
Maybe #geology will get me more followers. Here are some crystals of #millerite (nickel sulfide) from my rock collection. Note the very fine hair-like growths.
November 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Maybe #geology will get me more followers. Here are some crystals of #millerite (nickel sulfide) from my rock collection. Note the very fine hair-like growths.
I'd also like to see in-Skeet support for Conway's Game of Life, but I doubt we're getting that any time soon.
October 20, 2024 at 10:43 AM
I'd also like to see in-Skeet support for Conway's Game of Life, but I doubt we're getting that any time soon.
Get yourself one of these. They usually do the trick.
October 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Get yourself one of these. They usually do the trick.
Addendum: While going through my photoroll, I found a neighbourhood cat that looked a lot like Hitler.
October 14, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Addendum: While going through my photoroll, I found a neighbourhood cat that looked a lot like Hitler.
I need a "hook" to attract more people to follow me. People like 1960s diesel locomotives don't they? So here's a video I took at the West Somerset Railway a few months ago. #Class14
October 13, 2024 at 10:05 AM
I need a "hook" to attract more people to follow me. People like 1960s diesel locomotives don't they? So here's a video I took at the West Somerset Railway a few months ago. #Class14
Calling it now that by the 2028 election, Musk will have lost executive control of SpaceX, and will have multiple restraining orders preventing him from entering any of its facilities.
October 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Calling it now that by the 2028 election, Musk will have lost executive control of SpaceX, and will have multiple restraining orders preventing him from entering any of its facilities.
I'm starting to think that the person who's prolifically stickering/graffitiing "I read this so aliens unharvest our sun" all over places in south west England would do a better job of running the country than any of the mainstream candidates.
August 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
I'm starting to think that the person who's prolifically stickering/graffitiing "I read this so aliens unharvest our sun" all over places in south west England would do a better job of running the country than any of the mainstream candidates.