Minion Herder
@minionherder.bsky.social
🏴🏳️🌈Human She/Her. The original and best Minion Herder since joining Twitter in October 2014.
/a'na:l naθ'rax, u:rθ va:s be'θud, dox'je:l 'djenve:/
/a'na:l naθ'rax, u:rθ va:s be'θud, dox'je:l 'djenve:/
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The final part of this incredible long-read from @garius.bsky.social is genuinely epic.
Out now for all to read for free — but you can support our work bringing you more incredible stories like this by subscribing for the price of a couple of coffees a month!
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Out now for all to read for free — but you can support our work bringing you more incredible stories like this by subscribing for the price of a couple of coffees a month!
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Bringing her home: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 5
The crew of the California have to deal with their biggest challenges yet: African rivers, and a flight longer than their flying boat was ever designed to make.
theupfront.media
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The final part of this incredible long-read from @garius.bsky.social is genuinely epic.
Out now for all to read for free — but you can support our work bringing you more incredible stories like this by subscribing for the price of a couple of coffees a month!
theupfront.media/bringing-her...
Out now for all to read for free — but you can support our work bringing you more incredible stories like this by subscribing for the price of a couple of coffees a month!
theupfront.media/bringing-her...
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My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is one of Scientific American’s Best Fiction of the Year, 😊.
Scientific American’s Best Fiction of 2025
The 10 best fiction books of 2025, explore far-off planets, future climate catastrophes and more
www.scientificamerican.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is one of Scientific American’s Best Fiction of the Year, 😊.
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Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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So, what will you be spending your £10 for Christmas allowance from DWP on?
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
So, what will you be spending your £10 for Christmas allowance from DWP on?
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ANNOUNCING...THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 2025 POLL!!
Books! Movies! TV shows! Book covers! Video games! MORE!!! Reactor Magazine wants to know your favorites from the year!
Books! Movies! TV shows! Book covers! Video games! MORE!!! Reactor Magazine wants to know your favorites from the year!
Favorite SFF Stories of 2025
Reactor Magazine wants to know: What were YOUR favorite scif-fi/fantasy/horror/romantasy genre books, movies, and television shows of 2025??
We’d like you to share your favorite genre fiction books, m...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ANNOUNCING...THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF 2025 POLL!!
Books! Movies! TV shows! Book covers! Video games! MORE!!! Reactor Magazine wants to know your favorites from the year!
Books! Movies! TV shows! Book covers! Video games! MORE!!! Reactor Magazine wants to know your favorites from the year!
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Proud to say I’ve helped launch a #nonprofit to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to medical conditions, including my own, #longcovid #mecfs.
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
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Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
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November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Proud to say I’ve helped launch a #nonprofit to promote the study of #autonomic #neuroscience as it relates to medical conditions, including my own, #longcovid #mecfs.
Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
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Please consider donating and/or subscribe to our free newsletter! Every bit helps 🙏
ansyme.org
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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I will be sharing Smol Paul content all day to celebrate his fifth adoptiversary. If you'd like to help us (now a registered charity!) continue our work helping wobbly cats, please contribute, we're going to REALLY need it next year
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Donate to Holly's Merry Moggies cat rescue (registered charity number 1215708, woo!)
Thank you for helping us help the disabled, different, and 'difficult' kitties of Nottingham and beyond, often when no one else would.
Seeing the difference in a kitty who thought there was no hope ...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I will be sharing Smol Paul content all day to celebrate his fifth adoptiversary. If you'd like to help us (now a registered charity!) continue our work helping wobbly cats, please contribute, we're going to REALLY need it next year
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
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5 years ago today, Pandemic Year. It had been a month since I opened my "side project" (lol) cat rescue in the spare room of my flat in London.
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
5 years ago today, Pandemic Year. It had been a month since I opened my "side project" (lol) cat rescue in the spare room of my flat in London.
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
I saw an ad for a male kitten with "balance & walking problems" who urgently needed a home. And so it began. HAPPY SMOL PAUL DAY!
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
Moggies looking for homes
After hearing 50,000 times that we should put the available cats on the website, we’ve made a page! Hooray! However, it is still just me doing most of the work in the shelter. So there’…
hollysmerrymoggies.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
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The scribbled note that became an awesome book.
(And the moral of this tale is: Write down all your ideas, however sketchy, however throwaway. And write them down WHEN YOU HAVE THEM. Because you never know...)
(And the moral of this tale is: Write down all your ideas, however sketchy, however throwaway. And write them down WHEN YOU HAVE THEM. Because you never know...)
scrolling through old notes on my notes app looking for something & came across this from 2017:
Sleepless, scientists trying to cure them, commentary on M.E./overwork? 1st person. diary. (this could be a bloody good idea don’t fuck it up)
friends, that note became Awakened! 🥺
Sleepless, scientists trying to cure them, commentary on M.E./overwork? 1st person. diary. (this could be a bloody good idea don’t fuck it up)
friends, that note became Awakened! 🥺
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The scribbled note that became an awesome book.
(And the moral of this tale is: Write down all your ideas, however sketchy, however throwaway. And write them down WHEN YOU HAVE THEM. Because you never know...)
(And the moral of this tale is: Write down all your ideas, however sketchy, however throwaway. And write them down WHEN YOU HAVE THEM. Because you never know...)
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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“ ‘The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation’ … [But] in 2024, food-at-home is no longer 33% of household spending. For most families, it’s 5 to 7 percent.”
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“ ‘The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation’ … [But] in 2024, food-at-home is no longer 33% of household spending. For most families, it’s 5 to 7 percent.”
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Important update
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Important update
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The wizard mixes up beverages that taste like fenugreek, persimmon and a road stretching onward to have with the ex-paladin, who brought scones with birds eye chili and hard buttery cheese from the baker.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The wizard mixes up beverages that taste like fenugreek, persimmon and a road stretching onward to have with the ex-paladin, who brought scones with birds eye chili and hard buttery cheese from the baker.
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Our rescue has a seasonal T-shirt fundraiser going if you'd like a cute Christmas shirt to support kitten rescuing and mama TNR!
Our rescue has a seasonal T-shirt fundraiser going if you'd like a cute Christmas shirt to support kitten rescuing and mama TNR!
'Tis the Season for Cats | Bonfire
Do you have naughty kitties or nice? Get ready for the holidays with a cat rescue shirt!. The holidays are just around the corner and you need a cat shirt to celebrate...
www.bonfire.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Our rescue has a seasonal T-shirt fundraiser going if you'd like a cute Christmas shirt to support kitten rescuing and mama TNR!
Our rescue has a seasonal T-shirt fundraiser going if you'd like a cute Christmas shirt to support kitten rescuing and mama TNR!
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The wizard oils his magic orrery, then turns it, making a clean, satisfying clicking sound.
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The wizard oils his magic orrery, then turns it, making a clean, satisfying clicking sound.
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The little cat steps on the wizard's face, waking him up. He goes to make waffles with pineapple compote and put some fish out for the little cat. As he makes tea, the air fills with the smell of nectarine. After breakfast, he takes in the empty trash can.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The little cat steps on the wizard's face, waking him up. He goes to make waffles with pineapple compote and put some fish out for the little cat. As he makes tea, the air fills with the smell of nectarine. After breakfast, he takes in the empty trash can.
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This research goes so deep the headline doesn't do it justice. Very big moment in medicine: shines a bright light on how ebv affects b-cells. Plenty of that light is spilling over to multiple sclerosis too. Perhaps can even illuminate rheumatoid arthritis and #mecfs.
Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists
Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease, say scientists
Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine
A common childhood virus appears to be the trigger for the autoimmune disease lupus, according to groundbreaking research.
The study suggests that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which for most people is harmless, can cause immune cells to “go rogue” and mistakenly attack the body’s own tissues. The team behind the work said that uncovering the cause of lupus could revolutionise treatments. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This research goes so deep the headline doesn't do it justice. Very big moment in medicine: shines a bright light on how ebv affects b-cells. Plenty of that light is spilling over to multiple sclerosis too. Perhaps can even illuminate rheumatoid arthritis and #mecfs.
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The little cat steps on the wizard's face, waking him up. He goes to make waffles with gooseberry compote and put some fish out for the little cat. As he makes tea, the air fills with the smell of jasmine. As he eats, he reads the spellbooks that were delivered from magic interlibrary loan.
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The little cat steps on the wizard's face, waking him up. He goes to make waffles with gooseberry compote and put some fish out for the little cat. As he makes tea, the air fills with the smell of jasmine. As he eats, he reads the spellbooks that were delivered from magic interlibrary loan.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Anyone have The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham on their list for this year? Anyone at all? [Moves to high ground.]
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Anyone have The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham on their list for this year? Anyone at all? [Moves to high ground.]
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"I don't know, Mr Betteridge, what do you think?"
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"I don't know, Mr Betteridge, what do you think?"