Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2h

Apparently I’m a bigot for using the word allistic 🙄

1 1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 5h

Hope you’re more comfortable and can enjoy some time with your family xx

Reposted by Beth W

Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 6h

That’s such a fluffy, sleepy pumpkin 🧡

#art #cozyart #caturday

Watercolor illustration of a bunch of colorful pumpkins, with a beige striped cat sleeping on top of them curled up into a ball, slightly resembling the round pumpkins itself.

12 730 2.1K

Reposted by Beth W

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 6h

“When an allistic person demands eye contact from an autistic person, they are asking for something that only benefits them. Why should we experience discomfort for you?” @doodlebeth.com, republished with permission at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2018/01/eye-... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

Eye Contact — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

"If we try and make eye contact, it can distract us from what is being said because of how horrible it can feel and the effort involved.”

thinkingautismguide.com

2 14 44

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 7h

That’s only about five or six photos that have been exposed

1 2

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 7h

I only really ate it in the 90s, in a home that didn’t know of the existence of seasoning 😭
Didn’t help that I lived on a farm and that my vegetarianism was seen as the worst thing in the world so I think they hoped sosmix would turn me back onto meat

1 1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 8h

Ohh I remember that stuff! Trying to make it into something more interesting (and usually failing)

1 1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 8h

This t-shirt is always accurate

Selfie. I’m laying in bed in a tie dye tee printed with a cartoon cat asleep on top of text saying always tired

6

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 13h

Glad you will have them with you. Love you guppy x

1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 15h

Lots of love xxxx

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 15h

Lots of good wishes and fingers as nd paws crossed

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 1d

Love your style!

1 1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 1d

I really need to stop tempting fate by making posts like this because the last 24 hours my hands have hurt like hell. Last night my whole body felt electric. I try and celebrate the good stuff but maybe I shouldn’t get ahead of myself 😢

Doodlecats @doodlecats.com · 4d

Do you know how good it feels to be creating stuff?! Drawing still really hurts, especially if I do too much, but I think the peak levels of pain that were keeping me awake all night have calmed down. I don't mind pushing through pain if I can still sleep! (I'm like a cat, I need a lot of sleep).

a hand holding an Apple Pencil with a rubber grip. on the iPad screen is a drawing of five cartoon cats. there is rainbow text saying All Cats Are Beautiful

1 5

Reposted by Beth W

Daz B @dazb.co.uk · 1d

A flock of approximately fifty+ Redshank flying over the high tide this morning.
#UKbirding - Portishead "The Hole", 10 October 2025.

Fifty-or-so Redshank birds fly over a thin strip of vegetation submerged by a high tide. The birds are brown, white & grey and have orange legs.

Fifty-or-so Redshank birds fly over sea, with a sea wall in the background. The birds are brown, white & grey and have orange legs.

Twenty Redshank birds fly over a sea and vegetation. The birds are brown, white & grey and has orange legs.

2 9

Reposted by Beth W

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

420 9.7K 26K

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 1d

After I eventually got to sleep, I was woken up by a cat biting my toes 😭😭

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

Oh restless legs. I always forget just quite how awful you are.

😭

1 9

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 1d

Thanks. It’s such a horrible sensation

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

Oh restless legs. I always forget just quite how awful you are.

😭

1 3

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

Yeah I don’t believe she’s read a single book of his

1 1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

It’s nearly as bad as Kemi Badenoch saying she loved Terry Pratchett (he would not have loved her!)

1 1

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

Don’t let that sweet face fool you. This guy is making the worst smells tonight 😩

A tabby cat with white feet, asleep on my lap. He has a sweet smile on his face

1 2 44

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

They are adorable and I love that they bring their chicks to our garden in the spring.
I am always saying ‘bobin!’ every time I see one :D

1

Reposted by Beth W

Daz B @dazb.co.uk · 2d

Highlight of this morning's high high tide was an extremely well-hidden Snipe amongst the remaining foliage. Would not have seen it had it not done a little fly-and-land. (Think we saw two more fly off and into the distance as well but can't confirm 100%).
#UKbirding - Portishead, 9 October 2025.

lots of greeny-brown-yellow grass and foliage at the edge of a blue-ish sea. Amongst all the foliage is a very well hidden stripey brown bird with a long beak and beady eye - a Snipe.

1 2 10

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

Why does the @rspb.bsky.social magazine still have adverts for foreign travel birding holidays… in the same issue that mentions climate change’s affect on salt marshes etc. Jetting around the world to look at birds is not good for the planet!

The RSPB Magazine
Taking action for nature together
Autumn/Winter 2025
Saltmarsh sentinel
Thanks to you, Redshanks could face a brighter future despite recent declines

PATAGONIA &
THE CHILEAN FJORDS
An exploration of the land of fire & ice aboard the MS Island Sky
15th January to 1st February 2027
Those who have a passion for the wilder places on our planet usually have Patagonia on their must do list. Shaped by fire and ice, this rugged, yet hauntingly beautiful land of windswept pampas, hanging glaciers and cloud piercing peaks, remains today as enticing and fascinating as it did to Magellan, Drake and more latterly Darwin.
Chile is made for crising. Its shape and geographic location is just perfect; thousands of miles of coastline that you can of course explore aboard one of the many huge cruise vessels calling at the major cities of South America or alternatively join us aboard the 118-passenger MS Island Sky and enjoy the wonders of this magical country, some of which only small ships have access to.
Wildlife abounds here and the skies are filled with the cries of seabirds. Albatross' and petrels' wheel overhead and sea lions bark from their rocky outcrops. Helping us understand all the wonders we will encounter will be our experts and expedition staff who will accompany us ashore and our small ship will allow us to enter small inlets and explore fjords and stretches of magnificent coastline.

Naturetrek
Group & Tailormade Wildlife Holidays
AFRICA | ASIA | AUSTRALASIA | EUROPE: | THE AMERICAS | ANTARCTICA
Naturetrek is the UK's leading wildlife holiday specialist offering:
• The widest choice of expert-escorted birding & wildlife tours worldwide
• Tailormade wildlife & cultural holidays crafted by experts
• Wildlife cruises on exclusive Naturetrek charters
• Birdwatching, botany, mammals & more
• Unrivalled expertise built over 39 years

1 10

Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 2d

Thankfully we can park right by the sea wall so I could mostly just sit in the car (got out to take photos). I think I’ll be sleeping al afternoon

1