Lauren
@littlepiggin.bsky.social
she/her, historian, allotment witch, amateur potter & jeweller, and huge nerd
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Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"
December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"
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📰 'Mongolian Wall Excavation Reveals Medieval Artifacts, Tools, and Even a Human Body'
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @discovermag.bsky.social
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @discovermag.bsky.social
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
Mongolian Wall Excavation Reveals Medieval Artifacts, Tools, and Even a Human Body
Learn more about the Mongolian Arc, a section of medieval wall that is changing how we understand the ancient populations of Eurasia.
www.discovermagazine.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📰 'Mongolian Wall Excavation Reveals Medieval Artifacts, Tools, and Even a Human Body'
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @discovermag.bsky.social
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
#AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @discovermag.bsky.social
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...
plenty of action up at the allotment right now; fruits are plumping up, the onions & garlic look almost ready, a ton of salad stuff, and the beans are trailing!
the borage & comfrey are also absolute beasts, humming with all different kinds of pollen-drunk bees, bringing lovely colour to the plot 💜
the borage & comfrey are also absolute beasts, humming with all different kinds of pollen-drunk bees, bringing lovely colour to the plot 💜
May 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
plenty of action up at the allotment right now; fruits are plumping up, the onions & garlic look almost ready, a ton of salad stuff, and the beans are trailing!
the borage & comfrey are also absolute beasts, humming with all different kinds of pollen-drunk bees, bringing lovely colour to the plot 💜
the borage & comfrey are also absolute beasts, humming with all different kinds of pollen-drunk bees, bringing lovely colour to the plot 💜
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A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore
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Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, meaning to act in an ambiguous or evasive way to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, meaning to ‘walk crookedly’.
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, meaning to act in an ambiguous or evasive way to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, meaning to ‘walk crookedly’.
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my old toaster did this :(
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
my old toaster did this :(
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I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library
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oh. i see the british press is doing their ‘nobody had a problem with the gays in the 90s’ thing again. 🙄
ahistorical nonsense.
oh look it even says ‘transgender’ on it.
ahistorical nonsense.
oh look it even says ‘transgender’ on it.
February 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
oh. i see the british press is doing their ‘nobody had a problem with the gays in the 90s’ thing again. 🙄
ahistorical nonsense.
oh look it even says ‘transgender’ on it.
ahistorical nonsense.
oh look it even says ‘transgender’ on it.
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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Yes, it can happen again. 👀
January 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yes, it can happen again. 👀
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No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
January 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No, I don't need a bloody copilot for this document, thank you.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
Writing is, in no small part, a tool for thinking. If you outsource that element to a machine that cannot think, you shouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the process, neither you nor your reader are any the wiser.
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Check out the article 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
January 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Check out the article 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
quick draw what you're wearing, 5 minutes max
I have one of those massive, oversized hoodies & it’s so cosy but BRIGHT red (I also have a fluffier lilac one)
and then my comfy joggers and slippers 🤘
I have one of those massive, oversized hoodies & it’s so cosy but BRIGHT red (I also have a fluffier lilac one)
and then my comfy joggers and slippers 🤘
January 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
quick draw what you're wearing, 5 minutes max
I have one of those massive, oversized hoodies & it’s so cosy but BRIGHT red (I also have a fluffier lilac one)
and then my comfy joggers and slippers 🤘
I have one of those massive, oversized hoodies & it’s so cosy but BRIGHT red (I also have a fluffier lilac one)
and then my comfy joggers and slippers 🤘
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There’s a small bookshop “adult scholastic book fair” at a local brewery
They vastly misunderstood the demand
They vastly misunderstood the demand
January 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There’s a small bookshop “adult scholastic book fair” at a local brewery
They vastly misunderstood the demand
They vastly misunderstood the demand
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I've got a new long read for you, in which I climb Truro Cathedral, turn into a conspiracy theorist about church spires, and try really hard not to interrupt a Christmas carol concert.
It's packed with pretty pictures and you can read the whole thing here: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...
It's packed with pretty pictures and you can read the whole thing here: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...
January 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I've got a new long read for you, in which I climb Truro Cathedral, turn into a conspiracy theorist about church spires, and try really hard not to interrupt a Christmas carol concert.
It's packed with pretty pictures and you can read the whole thing here: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...
It's packed with pretty pictures and you can read the whole thing here: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...
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In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde; it was condemned by Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance”
January 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In 1977, Vincent Price starred in a one-man-show where he played openly gay Oscar Wilde; it was condemned by Anita Bryant. When asked about her condemnation, Price replied that Wilde had already written a play about Anita: “A Woman of No Importance”
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According to Dru Marland's authoritative and indespensible Canal Ice Scale, today is definitely an IC4 leaning towards IC5!
Copies can be purchased from Dru here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/7...
#ukcanals #ice
Copies can be purchased from Dru here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/7...
#ukcanals #ice
January 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
According to Dru Marland's authoritative and indespensible Canal Ice Scale, today is definitely an IC4 leaning towards IC5!
Copies can be purchased from Dru here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/7...
#ukcanals #ice
Copies can be purchased from Dru here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/7...
#ukcanals #ice
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“im sure starmer still has principles“ my dude he said israel had the right to cut of the water and continues to support the genocide at that point principles become meaningless so they might as well not be there
December 30, 2024 at 9:02 AM
“im sure starmer still has principles“ my dude he said israel had the right to cut of the water and continues to support the genocide at that point principles become meaningless so they might as well not be there
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Dark Matter is the best and worst branding in science. Best because “DARK MATTER” kicks ass, but worst because dark matter physics sounds like it is an /explanation/ for something weird about the universe when actually it is just…something weird about the universe.
December 24, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Dark Matter is the best and worst branding in science. Best because “DARK MATTER” kicks ass, but worst because dark matter physics sounds like it is an /explanation/ for something weird about the universe when actually it is just…something weird about the universe.
did some decorating today 🦌✨
December 24, 2024 at 2:24 PM
did some decorating today 🦌✨
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I realize that writing retreats are all the rage, but I honestly feel that the idea of a baking retreat holds a lot of potential.
December 23, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I realize that writing retreats are all the rage, but I honestly feel that the idea of a baking retreat holds a lot of potential.