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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jul 5

Here is Jim's volleyball Youtube page so you can see him in action! youtube.com/@jamesmcvoll...

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hi! My son, Jim, has been selected for the England Men's #Volleyball U22s in the CEV Qualifiers in Italy! Unfortunately, volleyball receives v. little funding & so players have to self-fund. If you want to help Jim on his volleyball journey, that would be great! gofund.me/2181bfc2 Much appreciated!

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Feb 22

He is!! Turning 17 in June and already 6ft 4"! Hope you are yours are well, too? xxx

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Feb 15

Ps - you don't have to watch it! 😆

Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Feb 15

Hyalinea balthica (Schröter, 1783) x 200 (v small, usually larger) from Loch Sunart. This planispiral evolute #foraminifera is easily distinguished by its thick glassy walls separating the chambers & thick glassy periphery. Likes organic rich seds & cooler waters. (Nearly!) #ForamFriday.

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Feb 15

Hi folks! If you are willing & able, please subscribe to my son's #volleyball Youtube channel!! We need 50+ subscribers before we can livestream games. Really useful for those who can't attend (like me sometimes!) and to keep a recording for his profile! Thanks! 😍🏐 www.youtube.com/@JamesMCVoll...

Photo of U18s boys playing volleyball. Jim is number 10, jumping for the ball.

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jan 25

Statistics and images of two volleyball players (one girl, one boy) from the Volleyball England Super Series 3

Team photo of the England U17 Men's team for NEVZA 2024.

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jan 25

I did say there would be some personal life posts! Proud mum moment! Well done to my boy, James Cox! Top Setter in @volleyballengland Super Series #3 (play offs between the top 8 teams in England). Also, England U17 Men's #volleyball captain in the 2024 NEVZA tournament in Denmark! Go Jim! 🏐 👏

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jan 10

Beautiful views with the cold weather in #newcastleunderlyme #staffordshire. 😍🌨 Doggo is enjoying it too!

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Jan 10

One for @janeearland.bsky.social!

Like the intricate ice crystals in our sub-zero temperatures here in Staffordshire, here is the delicate Textularia earlandi Parker, 1952 (x 130) from Loch Sunart. I love this fragile, little agglutinated benthic #foraminifera. #ForamFriday

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Dec 27

A pretty bauble for the Christmas tree! Favulina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) (x160) from Loch Sunart, NW Scotland, UK. (Used to be Oolina hexagona). #ForamFriday #Festivefossils

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · Dec 20

Last day in the office today before the Christmas break and I wanted to post somethign upbeat - but first your obligatory #NIghtmareBeforeChristmas thread - it's surprisingly funny...

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Dec 20

This benthic #foraminifera always reminds me of an upside down Christmas tree! Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 1826 (x 100, shown aperture down for tree-ness!) from Loch Sunart. Found in stratified waters in Sunart. Also linked to high organic matter. #ForamFriday #Seasonsgreetings!

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Dec 13

Spiroplectinella wrightii (Silvestri, 1903) x 90 from Loch Sunart. Funny angle but shows aperture. Not great images tbh! But it's nearly Christmas!🎄 #ForamFriday

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Dec 13

It's nearly time! Christmas tree candidate #1! Spiroplectinella wrightii (Silvestri, 1903) (was Spiroplectammina wrightii) x 55 from Loch Sunart. A common UK shelf benthic #foraminifera species; groups with other taxa that suggest saline waters & higher energy environments. #ForamFriday

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera - looks a bit like a Christmas tree in shape!

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Dec 6

#ForamFriday: continuing with how amazing agglutinated #foraminifera are & how they are very particular when it comes to grains used to build their test... here is Ammoscalaria runiana (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1916) x 80 from Loch Sunart, Scotland. This #foram likes them chunky!

SEM image of an agglutinated benthic foraminifera

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Dec 6

One of my fave agglutinated #foraminifera Recurvoidella bradyi (Robertson, 1891; superseded Haplophragmoides bradyi) x180 from Loch Sunart, Scotland. Amazes me how #forams are so particular about grain mineralogy & size. This one has a smooth, shiny test of tiny grains & is usually a browny-orange.

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Nov 29

They are heading out of the weather now, but yesterday my PhD student, Ally, was in the middle of the Celtic Sea on RV Tom Crean with Dr Mark Coughlan (UCD) and his team, collecting samples and data for #bluecarbon studies in shelf seas. What a great experience for him! Thanks Mark & team!

Location of RV Tom Crean in the Celtic Sea - taken from marine traffic.com

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Nov 29

Recurvoides trochamminiformis Höglund, 1947 (x 200) from Loch Sunart, NW Scotland. I like the way agglutinated #foraminifera can select different grain sizes - here the grain size is much finer around the aperture, giving a distinct edge/lip. #ForamFriday (Ignore the '10' - that's from my plate!)

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Nov 23

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Nov 22

I've not posted here for a while but here is a late #ForamFriday! Cassidulina obtusa Williamson, 1858. x250. Loch Sunart, Scotland. Usually found in more temperate waters. Signature characteristic - that little indent at the top of the aperture.

A greyscale SEM image of a benthic foraminifera on a black background.

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Alix Cage @alixcage.bsky.social · Nov 20

A warm welcome to @mattrpharris.bsky.social! Follow Matt for ice chat, contamination discussions and some stats loving! 🧊

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Yueng Djern Lenn @yuengdl.bsky.social · Nov 19

Applications are open for the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Mixing!

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