Sarah Wills
@ludditewills.bsky.social
Human. Rooted in the countryside. Lover of caffeine & chocolate. Cautiously optimistic. Be kind
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All shares of this much-appreciated. Sorry if it's boring. Just another instance of me attempting to rehabilitate one of my books after my ex-publisher Unbound failed to pay me a large chunk of earnings from it, went into administration and took it temporarily out of print.
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
All shares of this much-appreciated. Sorry if it's boring. Just another instance of me attempting to rehabilitate one of my books after my ex-publisher Unbound failed to pay me a large chunk of earnings from it, went into administration and took it temporarily out of print.
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I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Amazing account of JPMorgan's ties with Epstein: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...
How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Amazing account of JPMorgan's ties with Epstein: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...
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Self Care September - Day 4: Plan a fun or relaxing activity and make time for it actionforhappiness.org/self-care-se... #SelfCareSeptember
September 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Self Care September - Day 4: Plan a fun or relaxing activity and make time for it actionforhappiness.org/self-care-se... #SelfCareSeptember
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John Candy: I Like Me | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Ryan Reynolds
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Art review!
This time we''ll be looking at 'De boerendans' (the farmer's or peasant's dance) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, from c. 1567.
I love Pieter's art & of course I love art that depicts an era generally still considered to be bland, dark & horrid, as also being a bit fun.
This time we''ll be looking at 'De boerendans' (the farmer's or peasant's dance) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, from c. 1567.
I love Pieter's art & of course I love art that depicts an era generally still considered to be bland, dark & horrid, as also being a bit fun.
September 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Art review!
This time we''ll be looking at 'De boerendans' (the farmer's or peasant's dance) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, from c. 1567.
I love Pieter's art & of course I love art that depicts an era generally still considered to be bland, dark & horrid, as also being a bit fun.
This time we''ll be looking at 'De boerendans' (the farmer's or peasant's dance) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, from c. 1567.
I love Pieter's art & of course I love art that depicts an era generally still considered to be bland, dark & horrid, as also being a bit fun.
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On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
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September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Well I'm told that there's going to be a big turnout for my talk about Notorious next week in Oundle..
Some tickets left.
9th September
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oun...
Some tickets left.
9th September
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oun...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Well I'm told that there's going to be a big turnout for my talk about Notorious next week in Oundle..
Some tickets left.
9th September
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oun...
Some tickets left.
9th September
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oun...
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
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A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog
Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
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Perhaps rather than endlessly promoting Mr Farage, the national media could highlight what his local councillors are doing - as demonstrated here by @northantstelegraph.bsky.social
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
Corby Reform councillor resigns over serious racism allegations
Reform councillor Robert Bloom, who has been in his North Northamptonshire Council post for just 117 days, has resigned after a neighbour alleged he used appalling racial slurs toward her family.
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Perhaps rather than endlessly promoting Mr Farage, the national media could highlight what his local councillors are doing - as demonstrated here by @northantstelegraph.bsky.social
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...
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Quick note also to say that today is the FINAL day of the 25% offer at @waterstones.bsky.social on pre-orders of Everything Will Swallow You: www.waterstones.com/book/everyth...
July 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Quick note also to say that today is the FINAL day of the 25% offer at @waterstones.bsky.social on pre-orders of Everything Will Swallow You: www.waterstones.com/book/everyth...
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Dogs shouldn't be on nature reserves at all.
The clue's in the name.
They have the scent of a top predator and they scent mark with urine like a top predator.
The clue's in the name.
They have the scent of a top predator and they scent mark with urine like a top predator.
A sheep killed at our Pegsdon reserve is one of a string of dog attacks on livestock, people & wildlife on our sites this year. Dogs must be on leads on nature reserves all year round. Warning this article contains an image some people may find upsetting.
www.wildlifebcn.org/news/warning...
www.wildlifebcn.org/news/warning...
Warning as animals killed, staff attacked and wildlife disturbed by loose dogs on nature reserves | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
As nature reserves head into the busiest time of the year conservationists have warned that dogs off leads are causing injury and disturbance to animals and people.
www.wildlifebcn.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dogs shouldn't be on nature reserves at all.
The clue's in the name.
They have the scent of a top predator and they scent mark with urine like a top predator.
The clue's in the name.
They have the scent of a top predator and they scent mark with urine like a top predator.
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A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
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I know everyone's seen this but I just saw it again and I think it's the funniest thing ever recorded on a podcast youtu.be/GKfHcas_cZg?...
"Jeff Epstein" - Jim Downey on Conan
YouTube video by Box Chat
youtu.be
July 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I know everyone's seen this but I just saw it again and I think it's the funniest thing ever recorded on a podcast youtu.be/GKfHcas_cZg?...
Noctilucent clouds I think this evening
June 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Noctilucent clouds I think this evening
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Hello. I'm doing another raffle.
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
PLEASE Repost (ta).
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hello. I'm doing another raffle.
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
PLEASE Repost (ta).
You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.
All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.
Tickets are just £2 each
Details HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
PLEASE Repost (ta).
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Who/Whom
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
June 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Who/Whom
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.
If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’
-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.
-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.
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Fascinating: Did you know that the Sun's energy output per cubic meter is only about the same as that of a compost heap? ☀️🍂
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
June 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Fascinating: Did you know that the Sun's energy output per cubic meter is only about the same as that of a compost heap? ☀️🍂
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
About 277 watts per m3
(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)
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Did you hear about the time David Goodhart went to a bus stop to find someone of a different ethnicity so he could try out a joke? He waited for ages and then three turned up at once! Thank you, thank you. Anyhow, just as he was telling them his joke, an out-of-service bus arrived. No one got it.
Among the many oddities is this paragraph. If you try and “share a joke” with a stranger at a bus stop, then *you* are the person who has failed to even remotely integrate into London life. It’s the first rule anyone learns.
June 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Did you hear about the time David Goodhart went to a bus stop to find someone of a different ethnicity so he could try out a joke? He waited for ages and then three turned up at once! Thank you, thank you. Anyhow, just as he was telling them his joke, an out-of-service bus arrived. No one got it.
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A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Trump’s deal could kill 7,000 British green jobs – act now
A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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This is very very lovely.
As you knew it would be.
Thanks, Jonn!
As you knew it would be.
Thanks, Jonn!
It'll be two years, this Monday night. Time, at last, to write about Agnes.
The Long Goodbye
Time, at last, to write about Agnes.
jonn.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is very very lovely.
As you knew it would be.
Thanks, Jonn!
As you knew it would be.
Thanks, Jonn!