Gemma
@sleeperwaking.bsky.social
I work with trains and watch birds. Love succulents and other planty things.
South Yorkshire, UK
South Yorkshire, UK
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I made a little book trailer for Endlords. #torbooks #orbitbooks
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I made a little book trailer for Endlords. #torbooks #orbitbooks
Currently watching Trigun Stampede - 1st time I've ever rewatched an episode just to better hear the soundtrack (Ep3, originally watched it on a noisy train). Really beautiful music ❤️ Not 100% taken with the 3DCG animation style but the piano scenes are 🔥🔥🔥
#trigun #trigunstampede #ost #TatsuyaKato
#trigun #trigunstampede #ost #TatsuyaKato
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Currently watching Trigun Stampede - 1st time I've ever rewatched an episode just to better hear the soundtrack (Ep3, originally watched it on a noisy train). Really beautiful music ❤️ Not 100% taken with the 3DCG animation style but the piano scenes are 🔥🔥🔥
#trigun #trigunstampede #ost #TatsuyaKato
#trigun #trigunstampede #ost #TatsuyaKato
I always thought it was just me! I drive an estate, and SUVs with HID headlights not aligned properly means I get them pointed straight in my eyes. Trains have to have HID headlight alignment checked so they don't blind trackside workers, IMO alignment checks should be added to the MOT for cars.
Four out of five drivers worried about dazzling headlights in the dark, survey shows
Four out of five drivers worried about dazzling headlights in the dark, survey shows
Four in five drivers are worried about car headlights dazzling them in the dark, according to a new survey.
news.sky.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I always thought it was just me! I drive an estate, and SUVs with HID headlights not aligned properly means I get them pointed straight in my eyes. Trains have to have HID headlight alignment checked so they don't blind trackside workers, IMO alignment checks should be added to the MOT for cars.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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"You cannot buy happiness."
"But you can buy frog wellies"
"But you can buy frog wellies"
"You cannot buy happiness."
"But you can buy 100% natural fiber yarn."
"But you can buy 100% natural fiber yarn."
"You cannot buy happiness."
"But you can buy new fountain pens."
"But you can buy new fountain pens."
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"You cannot buy happiness."
"But you can buy frog wellies"
"But you can buy frog wellies"
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Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
September 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
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For some perspective, 1,680 football pitches is 0.018% of UK protected land. To say that temporary HS2 construction sites are visible from space is desecration is insane. On google maps a dinner plate on a table in my back garden is visible from space.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For some perspective, 1,680 football pitches is 0.018% of UK protected land. To say that temporary HS2 construction sites are visible from space is desecration is insane. On google maps a dinner plate on a table in my back garden is visible from space.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
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She was right.
RIP Janey Godley.
RIP Janey Godley.
February 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
She was right.
RIP Janey Godley.
RIP Janey Godley.
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In the interest of stress reduction, please take a moment to enjoy this nice Silvereye, looking a bit borby and floofed up after a bath.
Churchill National Park, Victoria, Australia
Churchill National Park, Victoria, Australia
February 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
In the interest of stress reduction, please take a moment to enjoy this nice Silvereye, looking a bit borby and floofed up after a bath.
Churchill National Park, Victoria, Australia
Churchill National Park, Victoria, Australia
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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a young Puffling flying for the first time as it leaves the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
December 22, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a young Puffling flying for the first time as it leaves the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
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"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 20, 2024 at 10:30 AM
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
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My 2nd lake sturgeon (again, Wisconsin River) was a little bigger than the first, and a lot less serrated. Someone said it looked like I was about to rip into a wicked solo, and someone else made it happen. #25DaysofFishmas #sturgeon #acipenser
December 19, 2024 at 5:29 PM
My 2nd lake sturgeon (again, Wisconsin River) was a little bigger than the first, and a lot less serrated. Someone said it looked like I was about to rip into a wicked solo, and someone else made it happen. #25DaysofFishmas #sturgeon #acipenser
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"But there's something that’s much more difficult to confront than the inspiration and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot. 51 men. 51 men who are #notallmen… but who are, also, quite a lot of men. 51 of them, in fact."
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
December 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
"But there's something that’s much more difficult to confront than the inspiration and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot. 51 men. 51 men who are #notallmen… but who are, also, quite a lot of men. 51 of them, in fact."
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
Exceptional opening monologue by @sophyridge.bsky.social tonight. ~AA
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We will soon be launching DucklingWatch, which will allow anyone in the UK to record mallard ducklings. We’re particularly interested in repeat records of individual broods. No matter your expertise, please get involved! You can find more info at www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro... #BES2024 6/6
December 12, 2024 at 4:12 PM
We will soon be launching DucklingWatch, which will allow anyone in the UK to record mallard ducklings. We’re particularly interested in repeat records of individual broods. No matter your expertise, please get involved! You can find more info at www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro... #BES2024 6/6
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HUGE NEWS. I went from elated to devastated but now I’m elated again because…
A Colleague in Greece confirmed it this little fish really truly is called Booooops booooops. Not BOH-ops BOH-ops like the wiki article suggests.
LONG LIVE BOOPS BOOPS!
🧪🪼🌿🦑🐙🌊
A Colleague in Greece confirmed it this little fish really truly is called Booooops booooops. Not BOH-ops BOH-ops like the wiki article suggests.
LONG LIVE BOOPS BOOPS!
🧪🪼🌿🦑🐙🌊
![Picture of a wiki page with a small silver fish, the text reading: Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps ˈboʊ.ɒps/ BOH-ops; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdsijt3kvfafo7ng4i7r55ll/bafkreiazmqgd3xh33x6emtfkcrqob7upmkyd7f3vshqdl4ra4k4n7a6a4a@jpeg)
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 PM
HUGE NEWS. I went from elated to devastated but now I’m elated again because…
A Colleague in Greece confirmed it this little fish really truly is called Booooops booooops. Not BOH-ops BOH-ops like the wiki article suggests.
LONG LIVE BOOPS BOOPS!
🧪🪼🌿🦑🐙🌊
A Colleague in Greece confirmed it this little fish really truly is called Booooops booooops. Not BOH-ops BOH-ops like the wiki article suggests.
LONG LIVE BOOPS BOOPS!
🧪🪼🌿🦑🐙🌊
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Two, but:
"Within minutes, all that remained was the silence of the graveyard. On the casket of Don Estridge, a collection of red rosettes cast pink shadows in the pale morning light."
every.to/the-crazy-on...
"Within minutes, all that remained was the silence of the graveyard. On the casket of Don Estridge, a collection of red rosettes cast pink shadows in the pale morning light."
every.to/the-crazy-on...
December 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Two, but:
"Within minutes, all that remained was the silence of the graveyard. On the casket of Don Estridge, a collection of red rosettes cast pink shadows in the pale morning light."
every.to/the-crazy-on...
"Within minutes, all that remained was the silence of the graveyard. On the casket of Don Estridge, a collection of red rosettes cast pink shadows in the pale morning light."
every.to/the-crazy-on...
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I've been to meet the truly remarkable botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw.
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
November 28, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I've been to meet the truly remarkable botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw.
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
The 98-year-old has been recording the flora in Teesdale for decades and we talked about plants, legacy, and how the area has adapted to a changing climate.
You can see the full report here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/a...
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Beavers and red deer and black grouse, oh my!
For the next 6 days, all donations to the Surrey Wildlife Trust's heathlands campaign will be DOUBLED.
Follow the link below... and reskeet.
For the next 6 days, all donations to the Surrey Wildlife Trust's heathlands campaign will be DOUBLED.
Follow the link below... and reskeet.
Readers (both of them?) who've read my novel THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY will know how much the remnant heaths of Surrey mean to me. They could become a home to beavers & other rare beasts - if the Surrey Wildlife Trust can raise £100k by Christmas. Please chip in if you can.
One Hundred for Heathlands | Surrey Wildlife Trust
As part of our £1million fundraising drive to Save Surrey’s Nature, Surrey Wildlife Trust is fighting to restore our spectacular lowland heathlands for wildlife and people.
www.surreywildlifetrust.org
December 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Beavers and red deer and black grouse, oh my!
For the next 6 days, all donations to the Surrey Wildlife Trust's heathlands campaign will be DOUBLED.
Follow the link below... and reskeet.
For the next 6 days, all donations to the Surrey Wildlife Trust's heathlands campaign will be DOUBLED.
Follow the link below... and reskeet.
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If silent feathers are the 🦉 prerogative, noisy feathers are a common adaptation in many birds & it is the Snipe’s version that I like best. During the breeding season, male & female Snipe make a far-carrying humming during diving flight, the source of which puzzled ornithologists until ~1850.🌿🌏🧪🧵1/
December 3, 2024 at 4:27 PM
If silent feathers are the 🦉 prerogative, noisy feathers are a common adaptation in many birds & it is the Snipe’s version that I like best. During the breeding season, male & female Snipe make a far-carrying humming during diving flight, the source of which puzzled ornithologists until ~1850.🌿🌏🧪🧵1/
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Starting tomorrow, our advent calendar! A daily dose of wild colour on your BlueSky feed, with some surprises too...
Starting with this - free chocolate! Just re-post this, give us a follow if not already doing so, and tell us your favourite butterfly. We'll draw 5 names on 14 Dec, each gets a bar.
Starting with this - free chocolate! Just re-post this, give us a follow if not already doing so, and tell us your favourite butterfly. We'll draw 5 names on 14 Dec, each gets a bar.
November 30, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Starting tomorrow, our advent calendar! A daily dose of wild colour on your BlueSky feed, with some surprises too...
Starting with this - free chocolate! Just re-post this, give us a follow if not already doing so, and tell us your favourite butterfly. We'll draw 5 names on 14 Dec, each gets a bar.
Starting with this - free chocolate! Just re-post this, give us a follow if not already doing so, and tell us your favourite butterfly. We'll draw 5 names on 14 Dec, each gets a bar.
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Earlier this year two reports of the Atlantic Blue Crab, were made on the Sussex coast. This species is non-native to the UK, originating in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Anglers & divers are being asked to report any sightings of this distinctive crab.
Find out more > https://buff.ly/4i6l8B6
Anglers & divers are being asked to report any sightings of this distinctive crab.
Find out more > https://buff.ly/4i6l8B6
November 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Earlier this year two reports of the Atlantic Blue Crab, were made on the Sussex coast. This species is non-native to the UK, originating in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Anglers & divers are being asked to report any sightings of this distinctive crab.
Find out more > https://buff.ly/4i6l8B6
Anglers & divers are being asked to report any sightings of this distinctive crab.
Find out more > https://buff.ly/4i6l8B6