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Dr Miriam Silver
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I'm a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the UK working to improve mental health of children/young people. I tweet about psychology, mental health & politics. Biog: https://t.co/IhHll3GfnI
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A porcucrime has been committed!
Centre left is a drawing of a porcupine - a biro drawing of a hedgehog like ball of spines facing right, labelled "porkupine". Above him is a similar shaped and oriented character dressed in black and white stripes, labelled "porkucrime". Below them a similar character has three-pronged forks instead of spines and is labelled "forkupine" and a porcupine drawing with a clock on him is labelled "porkutime". Top right is a similar shaped character, though without spines except on the ridge, with speckles and a little pointier in shape at snout and tail to suggest a citrus fruit, labelled "porkulime". Middle right is a porcupine with a mobile phone, labelled "porku999". Bottom right is the porkucrime character in the black and white stripes having cut up another character with a large knife, with a shaded puddle of blood. The slices reveal the inside profile of a citrus fruit. Porku999 is saying "porkucrime just chopped up porkulime!"
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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2. Variations on a tiny dragon
Top row: A pencil cartoon of a small dragon facing to the right with four little nub legs, then a cute dragon standing up with smile and wings. Second row: a dragon with too many legs each wearing little ballet shoes faces right, with tail emerging from a shaded area intended as a tutu. It is labelled "dragopiller ballerina", a similar winged figure to the front-on cute dragon above, but with mouse facial features and tail, labelled "mouse trying to be a dragon". Third row: a dragon with four legs wearing ballet shoes faces right, with tail emerging from a shades area intended as a tutu. It is labelled "dragon ballerina", a similar winged figure to the front-on cute dragon and mouse above, but with cat features including black ears and tail, labelled "haku is a secret dragon". Fourth row: a dragon with far too many legs (each wearing ballet shoes) faces right, with tail emerging from a shaded area intended as a tutu. It is labelled "cantagon ballerina". Fifth row: a dragon with even more legs faces right. It is labelled "milagon ballerina". Beside it a dragon with even more legs faces right. The legs are so small they look like a scribble, but a magnifying glass shows a close up of the same style of little feet. It is labelled "bilagon ballerina".
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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2. Some images suggesting her sister's cat is obese
Some very simple pencil drawings on oblong snippets of paper of various sizes, showing a cat. Top row from left: a cat stretched out long and thin, labelled "loki poki", then a small cat labelled "Mr chub chub" then a cat laying sphinx-like labelled "chonker plonk". Middle row: a cat standing up, labelled "chubba chubba", a small cat labelled "loki" Bottom row an anthropomorphic cat sitting up like a human, holding hands with a smaller circular character labelled "loki and kirby being best buddies", a circle character with mouth open to the right, with a cat drawn overlapping the mouth, labelled "kirby can't inhale loki", then the final, largest picture of a cat with a hugely deeper body but tiny little legs and head in scale with the other pictures, labelled "mr definitely not at all chubby".
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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The world is feeling a bit bleak, so I thought I'd share some of the doodles my teenage daughter leaves around the place. I think my favourites are first and last on this short thread.

1. On the inside of what was a tissue box: The goose!
"Goosey goose" (pencil sketch of simple bird facing right in profile) "Breaking news" (in cartoon style flash from TV showing news reader) "Hide your children, lock your doors and have your weapons at the ready, for THE GOOSE IS LOOSE!" (large speech bubble comes from pencil sketch of newsreader on TV) "There is a goose on the loose" (pencil sketch shows close-up of goose on TV, he is holding something) "HONK HONK DUCKERS" (close up of goose holding large knife) "2 mins later... static" (TV screen now shows chaos and static)
March 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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A fallen oak twig from my garden in Derbyshire, England.
an oak twig covered in various shaggy pale green lichen species sits on a grey slatted table.
February 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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We should share Rose Ferreira's inspiring story as widely as possible to spite those trying to erase female and minority impact in STEM: scitechdaily.com/nasa-intern-... I see no "DEI", just an incredible, determined, accomplished space scientist, who earned her opportunities every step of the way.
February 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Total AI fail. When asked when to use Smoothed vs Smoothened, Google gives the examples:
"He straightened his tie nervously and smoothed (down) his hair" and "You can find the definition of 'smoothened' on Vocabulary.com".
November 28, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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Black Friday? Don't buy it. Few of the bargains are as good as they seem. 80% of electronics and clothing bought on Black Friday, plus the plastic packaging they are wrapped in, end up in landfill, incineration, or low-quality recycling after a very short life.
Advert proclaims "Black Friday up to 70% off, shop now"
November 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM