2dot
@2dot.bsky.social
Interested in neurodiversity, photography, nature, sci-fi, chocolate, books - not necessarily in that order!
Ooh, I want one of these!
All these leaves came from the same specimen of Fothergilla gardenii—on the same day.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ooh, I want one of these!
‘Textcast’, what a brilliant idea! And I will be exploring the links from this for weeks, so many interesting choices of music to listen to 🙂
My textcast - where you read it, but there's also an accompanying playlist - is BACK. Some remarkable choices from @joannawyld.bsky.social that were new to me. Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Thank you. #FirstLastAnything
NEW! #FirstLastAnything Ep 32: We are back each Sunday, till Christmas, and my guest today - versatile and fascinating music writer and musician Joanna Wyld (@joannawyld.bsky.social) - talks about bellringing, Queen, liner notes, Molly Drake and much more. firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/09/f...
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
‘Textcast’, what a brilliant idea! And I will be exploring the links from this for weeks, so many interesting choices of music to listen to 🙂
So clever!
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So clever!
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The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.
Truly terrifying 😱
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Truly terrifying 😱
The Bagpuss mice, and their friend the seal of approval, wish you a happy Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The Bagpuss mice, and their friend the seal of approval, wish you a happy Halloween 🎃
This is so clever, takes an original mind to see that pic
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is so clever, takes an original mind to see that pic
I enjoyed this essay on ‘Paradise Lost’ - perhaps you would too, @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social, if you aren’t already aware of it?
publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-so...
publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-so...
The Sound and the Story: Exploring the World of Paradise Lost
John Milton’s Paradise Lost has been many things to many people — a Christian epic, a comment on the English Civil War, the epitome of poetic ambiguity — but it is first of all a pleasure to read. Dra...
publicdomainreview.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I enjoyed this essay on ‘Paradise Lost’ - perhaps you would too, @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social, if you aren’t already aware of it?
publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-so...
publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-so...
A thing of beauty 🙂
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A thing of beauty 🙂
Worth a read, I thought I had my Facebook privacy nailed down but found out Meta was helping itself to my camera roll pics without ever asking for my permission 🤬
“as a sector that prides itself on its collective mission of fighting inequity and injustice, we also cannot absolve ourselves of the responsibility of grappling with difficult conversations about the tech we use and how we may be complicit in furthering the things we’re seeking to counter.”
GoFundMe and the much scarier stuff behind many of the technologies we use daily
Hi everyone, this week is Halloween, which is probably my favorite holiday, mainly because I like the easy access to junk food everywhere I go. If you’re on Instagram, check out my “Scary Nonprofit St...
www.nonprofitaf.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Worth a read, I thought I had my Facebook privacy nailed down but found out Meta was helping itself to my camera roll pics without ever asking for my permission 🤬
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October 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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An atmospheric retelling of the history of Ramsbottom
Crows lived in Ramsbottom before there were humans there, and they reminisce about how human civilisation settled there
#Ramsbottom
@fotofacade.bsky.social
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
#Ramsbottom
@fotofacade.bsky.social
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hi...
Ramsbottom – The crows reminisce
Crows lived in Ramsbottom before there were humans there, and they reminisce about how human civilisation settled there
northwestbylines.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
An atmospheric retelling of the history of Ramsbottom
My dad worked in the tax office when these were new, and brought home ascii calendars and punched paper tape with holes spelling my name. I remember doing homework in the corner of his office and watching the tapes whirring round
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
“A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971)
Artist: BH Robinson
“A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971)
Artist: BH Robinson
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My dad worked in the tax office when these were new, and brought home ascii calendars and punched paper tape with holes spelling my name. I remember doing homework in the corner of his office and watching the tapes whirring round
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Land Beneath the Waves paperback has been chosen for Waterstones pre-order promotion!! Pre-orders make such a difference & if you could support & share, I'd be so grateful.
Enter “OCTOBER25” at checkout for 25% off RRP.
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
#WPreorder
Enter “OCTOBER25” at checkout for 25% off RRP.
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
#WPreorder
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Land Beneath the Waves paperback has been chosen for Waterstones pre-order promotion!! Pre-orders make such a difference & if you could support & share, I'd be so grateful.
Enter “OCTOBER25” at checkout for 25% off RRP.
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
#WPreorder
Enter “OCTOBER25” at checkout for 25% off RRP.
www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social
#WPreorder
After a few years of lack-lustre growth of a mystery shrub in my garden (bought as a solanum, but clearly not that) it has suddenly produced a few berries for the first time and been revealed as a spindle berry. I could not be more thrilled!
Spindle berries still doing their neon thing. #WildflowerHour
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
After a few years of lack-lustre growth of a mystery shrub in my garden (bought as a solanum, but clearly not that) it has suddenly produced a few berries for the first time and been revealed as a spindle berry. I could not be more thrilled!
A candidate for tree of the day, perhaps @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ? It may become more beautiful but I wanted a photo in case the wind tears it to pieces
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A candidate for tree of the day, perhaps @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ? It may become more beautiful but I wanted a photo in case the wind tears it to pieces
This makes sense to me
I am increasingly convinced that the feeling of being unable to focus, procrastinating and being addicted to scrolling are often actually the feeling of being desperate to learn something new and difficult. To let your brain chew solid food.
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
are you asking enough of your brain?
scrolling addiction is actually a sign you're desperate to learn new things
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This makes sense to me
‘Do Good Work’ is an insightful essay that tugs at the heartstrings . Thanks for the recommendation,Terri
I particularly recommend Marina Benjamin's book 'A Little Give: The Unsung, Unseen, Undone Work of Women' to anyone who wrestles with the competing demands of creative work and caregiving work. @ecatherine.com also wrote a good essay on this: ruadanbooks.com/do-good-work/
Do Good Work - Ruadán Books
E. Catherine Tobler When my mother discovered that I wanted to be a writer, she told a friend at work. I do not know if she told this friend out of pride or vexation, though I suspect the latter. I ha...
ruadanbooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
‘Do Good Work’ is an insightful essay that tugs at the heartstrings . Thanks for the recommendation,Terri
It's that #wildflowerhour time of the week, but I haven't had time to admire any this week. Will a cosmos with a butterfly do instead?
October 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's that #wildflowerhour time of the week, but I haven't had time to admire any this week. Will a cosmos with a butterfly do instead?
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
2.8m signatures, but rate of responses is slowing down. Let’s get this signed by as many people as possible and get Keir Starmer etc to think a bit harder about the fact that we pay them to do the will of the people. Pass it on!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
2.8m signatures, but rate of responses is slowing down. Let’s get this signed by as many people as possible and get Keir Starmer etc to think a bit harder about the fact that we pay them to do the will of the people. Pass it on!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
A great bargain and a great book!
That is a bargain! Also a great thread of bargains!
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A great bargain and a great book!
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RIP Jane Goodall, zoologist, primatologist, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees & the inspiration for millions of young women who wanted to become scientists, including me. She also believed in Bigfoot. Go well into the great forest you wonderful human 💔
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
RIP Jane Goodall, zoologist, primatologist, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees & the inspiration for millions of young women who wanted to become scientists, including me. She also believed in Bigfoot. Go well into the great forest you wonderful human 💔
Yay!
Apparently the UK site Bookshop.org has now expanded to provide ebooks as well as just physical (this was standard in the US but has only just reached the UK site).
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
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yay!
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Feeling stressed? Here are some otters enchanted by a butterfly.
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Feeling stressed? Here are some otters enchanted by a butterfly.