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@sophiacollins.bsky.social
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Swearing, feminism, lefty, eco, argumentativeness, home education, science, public engagement with science. Occasional pedantry.
And maybe some menopause jokes.

I failed to copy over my contacts from the other place. I’ve not ditched you on purpose.
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This quote is from a book published in 1985, and I don’t think that things have changed fundamentally since then.
And all politicians are at it today [the General Election], but of course us, as we are the BBC, we have to play it absolutely down the middle. One day I am going to wear a red tie and one day a blue one and ... what's that one for the Alliance thing - oh, a green one ... And it's today that the armed forces pay rise is announced, they will all be off at 5.00 p.m. to listen to Radio One, and if they do get one my goodness they deserve it. Radio One disc jockey, 9.45 a.m., 12.5.83
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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OK, but how do we KNOW there aren’t creatures living in the molten magma, with these being their dead bodies?
Part of a weird rock, showing round shapes, a few inches across. Also shown, the info board that accompanies the weird rock. From a gallery at National Museum of Scotland. Close up of weird rock. The shapes are black and dark grey. Roughly circular, with layers. The rock between is whitish. Text of info label:- Weird rock How did the mysterious spherical shapes in this rock form? The spectacular concentric and spoke-like patterns, called orbicules, grew as the rock cooled from its hot molten state. The dark areas are full of iron minerals. Dark and light circles developed as the iron concentration varied while the rock was cooling. During cooling, there were a limited number of points around which orbicules could grow. Over time, they settled together under the force of gravity. Orbicular granodiorite Western Australia
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Th Sulawesi tarsier looks like an evil gremlin.
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A very small stuffed prímate in a museum display. It has ears like a vampire bat and it’s eyes are large but scrunched up. It’s fingers and toes are long, with sharp claws. It looks kind of evil. It’s part of the Monkeys exhibition at National Museum of Scotland.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Son and I changed an inner tube. We felt like gods.
An upside down mountain bike on a kitchen floor. An old inner tube and some tire levers are in the foreground.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I just sent him this
Graffiti that reads, “Against all authority Except my mum.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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House tried her best to join in with hide and seek.
A one storey house whose front is covered with tatty tarps.
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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And this is why billionaires fund fascism. Distraction.

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Infographic produced by Oxfam. On one side human figures represent the global population. On the other side a funnel shape - extremely wide at the top, narrowing steeply to be very thin from about half way, all the way down. Showing that the richest 10% of global population are responsible for 48% of emissions The middle 40% are responsible for 44% of emissions The poorest 50% are responsible for 8% of emissions
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The annual Halloween disappointment, on opening the sweetie tub, that it’s only half full.
A tub of Swizzels Sweet Shop Favourites, with a disappointing amount of tub side visible. Boo!
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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For reference, here’s the pic I was aiming for.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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We tried to make pumpkin-shaped calzone, which I saw online. It didn’t quite work out. But it was very funny.
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I don’t know why we would want spooky themed pasta. But I know that I do.
A packet of ‘Halloween pasta’ from Lidl’s. A closer up shot of the bag of Halloween pasta. Shapes visible are pumpkins, bats and spiders. Yum!
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I hope someone is doing a PhD on constructions of ‘good neighbourliness’ in renewables discourse.
A rural scene, at dusk. Colours in the sky, gentle hills, distant horizon. In the foreground is a gate and fence. Attached to the fence is a printed sign, reading, “Be a Good Neighbour Refuse Contracts with Solar Farms, Wind Farms and BESS (Battery energy storage systems) Big renewables wreck landscapes and destroy communities.”
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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There’s nothing that I can see, in Apple podcast app, to indicate there are any new episodes since June 2024. I only realised there was because I happened to follow you here and you mentioned it the other day.
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I saw this one at the time. It broke all box office records for the theatre, and was extended until April. It kept being on the local news.
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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We were at Wollaton Park this morning. Tally made me take a photo of the hall in the mist.
October 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Watch out. Horny deer.
October 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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@alomshaha.bsky.social Guess where we are?
October 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Text accompanying a museum display:- In 1995, after the break-up of Yugoslavia, the Bosnian Serb army killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslim civilians in Srebrenica, and expelled more than 25,000 others. Una survived. Both started new lives in the UK. Listen to their stories here. Refugees still arrive in the UK almost every day. Are we listening to their stories?
October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Home ed trip to the National Holocaust Museum today. I really recommend it.
A facsimile bakers shop, with a smashed window and a Star of David and the word ‘Jude’ daubed on it in red paint.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Have some self-respect, Bing.
A screenshot of a Bing websearch, in Microsoft Edge. The search terms are 'google chrome download'. Underneath a pop-up box says- 'Promoted by Microsoft THERE'S NO NEED TO DOWNLOAD A NEW WEB BROWSER. Microsoft recommends using Microsoft Edge for a fast, secure and modern web experience that can help save you time and money. With a button saying Try Now.
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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I have been foraging a long time, and I have never seen the hedgerows as laden with fruit as this year.
A large, upright hawthorn tree, heavily laden with dark red/burgundy haws. A close up of a branch on a different hawthorn bush. The haws are very plump, shiny and red, and very numerous. A close up of a branch of an aaple tree, densely packed with yellowish apples. A mid-shot of an apple tree, with hundreds of yellow windfallen apples gathered around the bottom of the trunk. Not easy to see, but behind and to the right of this tree, another apple tree has branches packed with shiny, dark red fruit.
October 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Honestly, this would be quite convincing if the number wasn’t from the USA.
Screenshot of a phishing text message received on an iPhone. “Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has verified your entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payment under the 2025–2026 scheme. This financial support of £200–£300 will be provided as a one-off payment for heating and household energy expenses. Applications must be submitted no later than 3 October 2025. Any received after this date will not be processed. Apply securely through:https://gov.uk-dwpdax.bond/uk”
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Protesting again. For what it’s worth.
A photo taken outside the Scottish Parliament. A banner says, “Mothers Against Genocide, Scotland.” On the ground, another banner says, “YES IT IS A GENOCIDE”. Arthur’s Seat is in the background.
September 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM