Kimberley
@kimberley.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
I own a tiny little coffee roastery in South Yorkshire, UK. Also a newly graduated environmental scientist interested in plants and insects. Owned by many cats. More […]
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WTF is going on at World of Books? I've seen mismatched descriptions before but this is unhinged. Have they let AI loose on it?
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
WTF is going on at World of Books? I've seen mismatched descriptions before but this is unhinged. Have they let AI loose on it?
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Sleeping on the job used to be frowned upon.
But a Pew Research Center survey found that 34% of Americans take daily naps.
According to experts, 30 minutes or less of catnapping can “restore alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents” in the workplace.
In the 1960s […]
But a Pew Research Center survey found that 34% of Americans take daily naps.
According to experts, 30 minutes or less of catnapping can “restore alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents” in the workplace.
In the 1960s […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sleeping on the job used to be frowned upon.
But a Pew Research Center survey found that 34% of Americans take daily naps.
According to experts, 30 minutes or less of catnapping can “restore alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents” in the workplace.
In the 1960s […]
But a Pew Research Center survey found that 34% of Americans take daily naps.
According to experts, 30 minutes or less of catnapping can “restore alertness, enhance performance and reduce mistakes and accidents” in the workplace.
In the 1960s […]
When my cat Deborah was still a kitten the first time she heard Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas she completely freaked out at the high notes and in her panic to find somewhere to hide she jumped in to the bath which was still draining. So we don’t avoid Wham at Christmas in this house […]
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ecoevo.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When my cat Deborah was still a kitten the first time she heard Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas she completely freaked out at the high notes and in her panic to find somewhere to hide she jumped in to the bath which was still draining. So we don’t avoid Wham at Christmas in this house […]
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Just need to scream a little bit about how there are actually hard limits to how much stuff we can have in orbit without severe consequences! It's ok to say that out loud, even if the techbros don't want to hear it!
It's ok (and vitally important) to have in your list of recommendations for […]
It's ok (and vitally important) to have in your list of recommendations for […]
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mastodon.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just need to scream a little bit about how there are actually hard limits to how much stuff we can have in orbit without severe consequences! It's ok to say that out loud, even if the techbros don't want to hear it!
It's ok (and vitally important) to have in your list of recommendations for […]
It's ok (and vitally important) to have in your list of recommendations for […]
I've emailed three potential PhD supervisors this week. Managed to rule one more out simply because the already opaque sounding process became even more opaque after attending an online seminar with the doctoral training centre running it. Another that I was on the fence about seemed incredibly […]
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ecoevo.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I've emailed three potential PhD supervisors this week. Managed to rule one more out simply because the already opaque sounding process became even more opaque after attending an online seminar with the doctoral training centre running it. Another that I was on the fence about seemed incredibly […]
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An air-source heat pump in an older UK terrace house
https://coffeenow.moomop.uk/post/2025/11/heat-pump-install/
#heatpump #energyefficiency
The gas boiler in our house has definitely been on its way out over the past few years […] The cheapest option, would have been just to replace the gas […]
https://coffeenow.moomop.uk/post/2025/11/heat-pump-install/
#heatpump #energyefficiency
The gas boiler in our house has definitely been on its way out over the past few years […] The cheapest option, would have been just to replace the gas […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
An air-source heat pump in an older UK terrace house
https://coffeenow.moomop.uk/post/2025/11/heat-pump-install/
#heatpump #energyefficiency
The gas boiler in our house has definitely been on its way out over the past few years […] The cheapest option, would have been just to replace the gas […]
https://coffeenow.moomop.uk/post/2025/11/heat-pump-install/
#heatpump #energyefficiency
The gas boiler in our house has definitely been on its way out over the past few years […] The cheapest option, would have been just to replace the gas […]
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Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
Original post on social.chatty.monster
social.chatty.monster
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Randall Monroe's #xkcd comic has the power to make you laugh, to make you think ... and sometimes to make you cry. For the right reasons.
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
* Posted in Nov 2012: Two Years
* Posted in Dec 2017: Seven Years
* Posted in Nov 2020: Ten Years
* Posted yesterday (Nov 2025): Fifteen Years […]
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Rescue Not Retail need your help in the fight for animals trapped in pet shops.
Grab some leaflets and get out to your local Pets at Home shop to spread to spread this important message: animals are not objects and they do not deserve to be bought and sold.
RnR […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Grab some leaflets and get out to your local Pets at Home shop to spread to spread this important message: animals are not objects and they do not deserve to be bought and sold.
RnR […]
[Original post on social.coop]
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Rescue Not Retail need your help in the fight for animals trapped in pet shops.
Grab some leaflets and get out to your local Pets at Home shop to spread to spread this important message: animals are not objects and they do not deserve to be bought and sold.
RnR […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Grab some leaflets and get out to your local Pets at Home shop to spread to spread this important message: animals are not objects and they do not deserve to be bought and sold.
RnR […]
[Original post on social.coop]
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It's not a "homelessness" problem, please use the correct terminology
It's a "Billionaires have hoarded so much of everything not all of us are expected to survive" problem.
It's a "Billionaires have hoarded so much of everything not all of us are expected to survive" problem.
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's not a "homelessness" problem, please use the correct terminology
It's a "Billionaires have hoarded so much of everything not all of us are expected to survive" problem.
It's a "Billionaires have hoarded so much of everything not all of us are expected to survive" problem.
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Academics, looks like there's an open letter against solar geoengineering that you can sign on to here: https://www.solargeoeng.org/
Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Our initiative stands against such emerging initiatives to explore planetary techno-fixes as a climate policy option.
www.solargeoeng.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Academics, looks like there's an open letter against solar geoengineering that you can sign on to here: https://www.solargeoeng.org/
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Does anyone in the Barry/South Wales area want a 3 tier vermicompost complete with worms?
I can't take care of it now I'm disabled and want them to go to a good home.
Collection only from Barry.
#valeofglamorgan #Wales #vermicompost
I can't take care of it now I'm disabled and want them to go to a good home.
Collection only from Barry.
#valeofglamorgan #Wales #vermicompost
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Does anyone in the Barry/South Wales area want a 3 tier vermicompost complete with worms?
I can't take care of it now I'm disabled and want them to go to a good home.
Collection only from Barry.
#valeofglamorgan #Wales #vermicompost
I can't take care of it now I'm disabled and want them to go to a good home.
Collection only from Barry.
#valeofglamorgan #Wales #vermicompost
I've whittled my potential PhD project list down to 5 that I want to apply for but I keep talking myself out of it.
1. I don't have a masters and can't really afford to do one but I know I'll be competing with candidates who do have one
2. One of the programmes has the assessment rubric and it […]
1. I don't have a masters and can't really afford to do one but I know I'll be competing with candidates who do have one
2. One of the programmes has the assessment rubric and it […]
Original post on ecoevo.social
ecoevo.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I've whittled my potential PhD project list down to 5 that I want to apply for but I keep talking myself out of it.
1. I don't have a masters and can't really afford to do one but I know I'll be competing with candidates who do have one
2. One of the programmes has the assessment rubric and it […]
1. I don't have a masters and can't really afford to do one but I know I'll be competing with candidates who do have one
2. One of the programmes has the assessment rubric and it […]
Reposted by Kimberley
Watercolour on Two Rivers handmade paper, the thick stuff. 79x56 cm.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Watercolour on Two Rivers handmade paper, the thick stuff. 79x56 cm.
Reposted by Kimberley
Meta’s 2020 research project, Project Mercury,
measured the effect of ‘deactivating’ Facebook & Instagram
According to Meta docs obtained via discovery…
’people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness & social comparison’
measured the effect of ‘deactivating’ Facebook & Instagram
According to Meta docs obtained via discovery…
’people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness & social comparison’
Meta’s 2020 research project, Project Mercury, “gauge[d] the effect of ‘deactivating’ Facebook & Instagram, according to Meta docs obtained via discovery…’ppl who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness & social comparison,’ internal docs said.”🧪
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Meta’s 2020 research project, Project Mercury,
measured the effect of ‘deactivating’ Facebook & Instagram
According to Meta docs obtained via discovery…
’people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness & social comparison’
measured the effect of ‘deactivating’ Facebook & Instagram
According to Meta docs obtained via discovery…
’people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness & social comparison’
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We don't do #blackfriday but a few years ago we noticed people trying to apply a BlackFriday voucher code just in case they got some money off so we put in a little surprise just for them 😉
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We don't do #blackfriday but a few years ago we noticed people trying to apply a BlackFriday voucher code just in case they got some money off so we put in a little surprise just for them 😉
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People’s Kitchen for Justice
28th November 2025, 7pm
#sumaccentre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX
We are eating together to raise funds for a legal battle in solidarity with a local human rights protester.
Recommended Donation: £5
28th November 2025, 7pm
#sumaccentre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX
We are eating together to raise funds for a legal battle in solidarity with a local human rights protester.
Recommended Donation: £5
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
People’s Kitchen for Justice
28th November 2025, 7pm
#sumaccentre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX
We are eating together to raise funds for a legal battle in solidarity with a local human rights protester.
Recommended Donation: £5
28th November 2025, 7pm
#sumaccentre, 245 Gladstone St, NG7 6HX
We are eating together to raise funds for a legal battle in solidarity with a local human rights protester.
Recommended Donation: £5
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In case this is helpful to share again:
Some friends and I put together an info sheet on worm composting. Still seems to me to be the best way to compost items that the worms will take (esp paper). It doesn't require transportation elsewhere, and the nutrients go back into the garden when the […]
Some friends and I put together an info sheet on worm composting. Still seems to me to be the best way to compost items that the worms will take (esp paper). It doesn't require transportation elsewhere, and the nutrients go back into the garden when the […]
Original post on mas.wrong.tools
mas.wrong.tools
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
In case this is helpful to share again:
Some friends and I put together an info sheet on worm composting. Still seems to me to be the best way to compost items that the worms will take (esp paper). It doesn't require transportation elsewhere, and the nutrients go back into the garden when the […]
Some friends and I put together an info sheet on worm composting. Still seems to me to be the best way to compost items that the worms will take (esp paper). It doesn't require transportation elsewhere, and the nutrients go back into the garden when the […]
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Does anyone have a good resource for turning a picture into an #embroidery pattern? I may be I out of my depth with a project 😅
Boosts appreciated!
#crafting #askfedi
Boosts appreciated!
#crafting #askfedi
November 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Does anyone have a good resource for turning a picture into an #embroidery pattern? I may be I out of my depth with a project 😅
Boosts appreciated!
#crafting #askfedi
Boosts appreciated!
#crafting #askfedi
I intended to spend today reducing my longlist of potential PhD projects down to a shortlist to write applications for. Instead I've added 3 more to the list 🤦♀️
I am mostly looking for entomology and rewilding related projects, but these new additions are flood wildcards. I blame the rain
I am mostly looking for entomology and rewilding related projects, but these new additions are flood wildcards. I blame the rain
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I intended to spend today reducing my longlist of potential PhD projects down to a shortlist to write applications for. Instead I've added 3 more to the list 🤦♀️
I am mostly looking for entomology and rewilding related projects, but these new additions are flood wildcards. I blame the rain
I am mostly looking for entomology and rewilding related projects, but these new additions are flood wildcards. I blame the rain
This people pleaser who hates saying no to stuff has to email the volunteering manager to withdraw from a voluntary programme that is not being very well run and is making me all stressed. I'm just trying to get some experience and references to move in to a new sector, it often seems impossible!
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This people pleaser who hates saying no to stuff has to email the volunteering manager to withdraw from a voluntary programme that is not being very well run and is making me all stressed. I'm just trying to get some experience and references to move in to a new sector, it often seems impossible!
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Every potter is a bit of a pyromaniac. As soon as the temperature drops below 60°F, it’s fire season. I have an entire body of work that I only make in the winter because I fire #pottery in my outdoor woodfire kiln. #permaculture geeks will love this: I built […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Every potter is a bit of a pyromaniac. As soon as the temperature drops below 60°F, it’s fire season. I have an entire body of work that I only make in the winter because I fire #pottery in my outdoor woodfire kiln. #permaculture geeks will love this: I built […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
If you're a fan of Sheffield's gorgeous Grey to Green, London's Barbican Estate or the Tower of London superbloom you may be interested in Nigel Dunnett's talk on urban public gardens next Monday in Sheffield. In person only, no live stream or recording afaik unfortunately […]
Original post on ecoevo.social
ecoevo.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If you're a fan of Sheffield's gorgeous Grey to Green, London's Barbican Estate or the Tower of London superbloom you may be interested in Nigel Dunnett's talk on urban public gardens next Monday in Sheffield. In person only, no live stream or recording afaik unfortunately […]
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Here's our new coffees coming this week which are now available for pre-order:
Cajamarca, Peru. Toffee, red apple, milk chocolate, caramel. https://roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee/cajamarca-peru/
1000 hills, Rwanda. Gooseberry, orange, black tea, nutmeg, toffee […]
Cajamarca, Peru. Toffee, red apple, milk chocolate, caramel. https://roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee/cajamarca-peru/
1000 hills, Rwanda. Gooseberry, orange, black tea, nutmeg, toffee […]
Original post on mastodonapp.uk
mastodonapp.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Here's our new coffees coming this week which are now available for pre-order:
Cajamarca, Peru. Toffee, red apple, milk chocolate, caramel. https://roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee/cajamarca-peru/
1000 hills, Rwanda. Gooseberry, orange, black tea, nutmeg, toffee […]
Cajamarca, Peru. Toffee, red apple, milk chocolate, caramel. https://roastinghouse.co.uk/buy-coffee/cajamarca-peru/
1000 hills, Rwanda. Gooseberry, orange, black tea, nutmeg, toffee […]
Reposted by Kimberley
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM