Nom Nom Nom de Plume
@nomnomnom-de-plume.bsky.social
Grew up in USA (TN /FL/ MA/TX + Navajo Nation)
I moved to the U.K. in 1999.
Based in Abu Dhabi 2008 - 2019 and now back in the UK
Anthropology (human evolution) & Library Info Science
Mum of 4
Medical Zebra- Nonunion rib fracture behind shoulder blade
I moved to the U.K. in 1999.
Based in Abu Dhabi 2008 - 2019 and now back in the UK
Anthropology (human evolution) & Library Info Science
Mum of 4
Medical Zebra- Nonunion rib fracture behind shoulder blade
@docwyattbeyond.bsky.social
After the 2 truths, 1 lie today… it got me thinking about this.
After the 2 truths, 1 lie today… it got me thinking about this.
@docwyattbeyond.bsky.social After a lot of new powers being revealed recently, I decided to have a crack at organising the elemental powers by source and I was wondering what you though of it
Also is Chaos its own artificial source? Since the Forbidden Five’s powers come from Thunderfang…
Also is Chaos its own artificial source? Since the Forbidden Five’s powers come from Thunderfang…
April 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
@docwyattbeyond.bsky.social
After the 2 truths, 1 lie today… it got me thinking about this.
After the 2 truths, 1 lie today… it got me thinking about this.
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Really love these clothes from the Tibetan label Norlha.
November 27, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Really love these clothes from the Tibetan label Norlha.
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Record your families’ history! Record your grandparents! Parents!
This is my focus-my mom left an extensive oral history.
November 26, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Record your families’ history! Record your grandparents! Parents!
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Also sometimes people just don’t wanna drink alcohol on a particular occasion but do wanna drink tasty things and it is nice to have some options other than water and lukewarm mixers
Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
November 26, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Also sometimes people just don’t wanna drink alcohol on a particular occasion but do wanna drink tasty things and it is nice to have some options other than water and lukewarm mixers
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Reminds me of this rather excellent Oatmeal strip (not the "Exposure$$$" one either, so he's done at least 2 great strips!) on not believing things you're told. Having our mind changed is bally challenging:
You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about the backfire effect.
theoatmeal.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Reminds me of this rather excellent Oatmeal strip (not the "Exposure$$$" one either, so he's done at least 2 great strips!) on not believing things you're told. Having our mind changed is bally challenging:
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I've never read a Stephen King novel. Which one is your favorite? Which one would you recommend to a person who doesn't like horror?
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
I've never read a Stephen King novel. Which one is your favorite? Which one would you recommend to a person who doesn't like horror?
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
November 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
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In fact there is! By William Beckett, who is the lead singer of the band The Academy Is.
Getting awesome musicians to make songs related to your books is fun and I really recommend it.
youtu.be/98Ry87NBpek
Getting awesome musicians to make songs related to your books is fun and I really recommend it.
youtu.be/98Ry87NBpek
November 22, 2024 at 1:35 PM
In fact there is! By William Beckett, who is the lead singer of the band The Academy Is.
Getting awesome musicians to make songs related to your books is fun and I really recommend it.
youtu.be/98Ry87NBpek
Getting awesome musicians to make songs related to your books is fun and I really recommend it.
youtu.be/98Ry87NBpek
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"The past few decades have seen the emergence of the idea that cumulative cultural change is our species’ secret ingredient, but recent work, including this project, is really changing that view.”
Chimps Share Knowledge Like Humans Do, Spurring Innovation
Female chimps who migrate to new social groups bring skills and technology with them, helping to drive development of increasingly complex tool sets
www.scientificamerican.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM
"The past few decades have seen the emergence of the idea that cumulative cultural change is our species’ secret ingredient, but recent work, including this project, is really changing that view.”
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There's something I need people to understand.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
November 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
There's something I need people to understand.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
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Oh, right: Wil Wheaton and I once did a charity anthology based on this magnificent piece of art (by Jeff Zugale), and it raised $25K to fight Lupus. The details (and links to PDF and ebook versions of the anthology) are at the link.
whatever.scalzi.com/2020/09/20/c...
whatever.scalzi.com/2020/09/20/c...
November 22, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Oh, right: Wil Wheaton and I once did a charity anthology based on this magnificent piece of art (by Jeff Zugale), and it raised $25K to fight Lupus. The details (and links to PDF and ebook versions of the anthology) are at the link.
whatever.scalzi.com/2020/09/20/c...
whatever.scalzi.com/2020/09/20/c...
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Also, Starter Villain is again #1 for all science fiction ebook titles on Amazon (#2 for SF/F, #6 overall); I'm sure that's entirely due to the quality text and not the fact it's on sale for $1.99 (you can probably find the ebook for a similar price at other stores, too). Sale ends soon, though.
November 18, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Also, Starter Villain is again #1 for all science fiction ebook titles on Amazon (#2 for SF/F, #6 overall); I'm sure that's entirely due to the quality text and not the fact it's on sale for $1.99 (you can probably find the ebook for a similar price at other stores, too). Sale ends soon, though.
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Woke up to 150,000 followers, which is a heck of a way to say "good morning." Thank you, folks, for giving me a follow and for being part of Bluesky. If you're new, I hope you like it here. To celebrate 150K, I've made a donation to World Central Kitchen, which is feeding those in need.
wck.org
wck.org
World Central Kitchen
Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick ac...
wck.org
November 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Woke up to 150,000 followers, which is a heck of a way to say "good morning." Thank you, folks, for giving me a follow and for being part of Bluesky. If you're new, I hope you like it here. To celebrate 150K, I've made a donation to World Central Kitchen, which is feeding those in need.
wck.org
wck.org
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I've always viewed social media as a cocktail party (same as your analogy, I guess, but indoors). Wander around, find a conversation, and if you don't like that one, wander some more until you find one you do.
November 17, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I've always viewed social media as a cocktail party (same as your analogy, I guess, but indoors). Wander around, find a conversation, and if you don't like that one, wander some more until you find one you do.
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& most bookstores have websites where you can shop &/or have stores up on bookshop.org. So, when I'm buying gifts for my niece & nephew who live in LA, I usually shop online from LA bookstores close to them & have the books shipped
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
November 11, 2024 at 10:15 PM
& most bookstores have websites where you can shop &/or have stores up on bookshop.org. So, when I'm buying gifts for my niece & nephew who live in LA, I usually shop online from LA bookstores close to them & have the books shipped
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If other government agencies join Bluesky and become your favorite agency just remember who was here first and who has two eagles in their logo.
November 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
If other government agencies join Bluesky and become your favorite agency just remember who was here first and who has two eagles in their logo.
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New art challenge:
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
November 12, 2024 at 2:58 PM
New art challenge:
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
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“It is beyond time that we stopped treating the deep ocean as something to exploit, and start treating it for what it really is – a mind-blowingly vast, virtually unknown world within our world, filled with beauty and wonder.”
watch 🌊 DEEP-SEA MINING
2/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7C...
watch 🌊 DEEP-SEA MINING
2/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7C...
Deep-Sea Mining: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses deep-sea mining, whether or not it’s worth doing, and which undersea creature he most wants to eat. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/lastweektonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: www.facebook.com/lastweektonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: www.twitter.com/lastweektonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: www.hbo.com/lastweektonight
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June 20, 2024 at 2:11 PM
“It is beyond time that we stopped treating the deep ocean as something to exploit, and start treating it for what it really is – a mind-blowingly vast, virtually unknown world within our world, filled with beauty and wonder.”
watch 🌊 DEEP-SEA MINING
2/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7C...
watch 🌊 DEEP-SEA MINING
2/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7C...
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Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
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okay, so. i have bipolar disorder. we have a suicide rate of about 1/5. i've basically spent my entire teenage and adult life trying not to kill myself. so with that in mind, here are my tips on how to hang in there: 1) don't isolate. i know all the excuses. but don't do it
November 6, 2024 at 11:42 PM
okay, so. i have bipolar disorder. we have a suicide rate of about 1/5. i've basically spent my entire teenage and adult life trying not to kill myself. so with that in mind, here are my tips on how to hang in there: 1) don't isolate. i know all the excuses. but don't do it