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Lyndsay J
@eljay2.bsky.social
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Scottish, parent, dog servant, book lover. I don't do "follow back". Pronouns are she/her
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Lyndsay J @eljay2.bsky.social · Jul 22
Source of current profile picture. I love First Dog ❤️
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What’s that brain? I should look at the internet some more? OK if you say so | First Dog on the Moon
You may think a beloved national treasure like myself would be outside chatting to marsupials but no I am on the internet feeling bad for not replying to emails
www.theguardian.com
eljay2.bsky.social
I broke both of mine, they got better (and let's face it, they broke themselves, I just failed to catch them)
January 17, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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goodmer5.bsky.social
Use the good china!

I found fancy fountain pen inks dried out.

That expensive liquor oxidizes and changes flavor.

The lotion goes rancid.

Drink it, use it, don't save it for a brighter day. Find joy in your world. Grab Grandma's crystal for your morning juice. Don't wait. Life is short.
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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sassytealady.bsky.social
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.

It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.

No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
a mini barbie dreamhouse atop a giant (relative to the house) chicken legs
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
for this book project I need to find at least one person who knows Greek and/or is a romance language linguist to make sure I am not totally lying about all of these words. how do I get to linguistic editor craigslist or whatever
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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paulgcornish.bsky.social
Parents & teachers! A good friend of mine works for the Royal Mint & is running a short story competition for kids aged 7 to 11.

Stories can be in English or Welsh. Prize is £5,000 for their school or local library & their story illustrated by an artist.

www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/learning/sho...
Short story competition
Calling all young writers! Could you write a story of no more than 500 words and win £5,000 for your school library? Find out more on our website.
www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
eljay2.bsky.social
An image from DuckDuckGo showing my stance of "No AI". The poll below has 94% of voters agree
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2 #smbc
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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quaker.org.uk
So strange when people say things like this. Without Margaret Fell, Quakerism probably would not have survived! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weu2...
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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fergus.oolong.co.uk
Good dawning Edinburgh, well done
A hazy sunrise over Edinburgh, with the mist glowing orange in the morning sun.
January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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ncdominie.bsky.social
Much of this sector is run by the sort of people who'd take the chassis out of a car to reduce weight and make it go faster.
melissaterras.bsky.social Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 2d
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Discrimination law should mean that people have their rights protected *regardless* of their sex, not because of a defined category of sex they fall into. The terrible notion of "sex-based rights" is exactly how we have ended up in such a terrible legal position in the UK.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d
People claiming we need to define 'sex' purely by reproductive biology to save Title IX are missing the point. That narrow definition actually makes it harder to stop discrimination. You remove the broader gamut of gender discrimination in the process. Bostock didn't need a definition!
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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awmercer.bsky.social
We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
Charlie the orange cat lying on his side next to a black laser printer looking innocent while of paper are spilling out of the printer onto the floor.
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
eljay2.bsky.social
London, Glasgow, Athens, Paris
A view down Long Acre in London towards the distant tower of the Freemasons Hall A view from a high balcony showing the Tron Kirk and the arcades of Buchanan Street in Glasgow The Academy of Athens, with a fancy two-lantern lamppost and a very utilitarian pole A shot of the Eiffel Tower framed by trees and buildings
January 14, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
Steven Soderbergh is 63.
‘It takes a lot of energy to be an asshole’
www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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kristadb1.bsky.social
BAMI THE DOG HAS BEEN FOUND YOU GUYS SHE HAS BEEN FOUND

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Rescue dog found after 54 days in wilderness on Metro Vancouver's North Shore | CBC News
A rescue dog was found in Metro Vancouver's North Shore after being lost in the wilderness for 54 days, after an outpouring of support from the local community and concerted efforts from searchers.
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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fullfact.org
A video shared online with captions claiming it shows an asylum seeker giving a tour of their home after being removed from a migrant hotel is misleading.

The clip was actually filmed by a property investor to market a house which is up for sale.
Property investor’s video falsely shared as ‘migrant showing off new house’ – Full Fact
A clip shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it shows an asylum seeker filming their new accommodation was actually posted by a property investor marketing a house up for sale.
fullfact.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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acwise.bsky.social
A bittersweet story about two sisters trying to bring their dead mother peace and closure after she returns to them as a hungry ghost - Magie Vol, Ogies Toe by @clhellisen.bsky.social

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“Magie Vol, Ogies Toe” by CL Hellisen
kaleidotrope.net
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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thatjohn.bsky.social
If there is one resolution I want for journalists this year: it is to get off S*bstack and use Ghost or any other indy publishing platform that does not fund literal nazis instead.
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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profgsheffield.bsky.social
Please support me as I walk 50 miles in January for DementiaUK in memory of my Dad. Nearly £600 raised so far - hoping for £750 and then £1000!

fundraise.dementiauk.org/fundraisers/...
Gary Sheffield
Hi there, This month, I’m walking 50 Miles for Dementia UK – a cause close to my heart. Just £10 could pay for the telephone costs of two families calling its free Dementia Helpline, so any sup...
fundraise.dementiauk.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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jaythechou.bsky.social
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765
Paddington in Godzilla Minus One (2023)
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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dfgillie.bsky.social
Nurse's approach is totally at odds with UKRI 's position on Research Culture, and any (normal) human's position on expectations in law abiding, civil society.

More of this ⬇️ is needed.
profrachelgan.bsky.social Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 5d
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul, Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied. A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial. I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists. I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. Yours sincerely, Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
January 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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museum.of.emilyk.art
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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mattielubchansky.com
clearing my thoughts | patreon.com/lubchansky
PANEL 1: MATTIE, huddled in the dark in a bathroom. She's staring at a glowing screen. MATTIE: It's so BAD in here. WOW. MATTIE: I'm gonna go for a walk. Clear my head. PANEL 2: MATTIE, walking in the park. MATTIE: Ahh! Much better! MATTIE: Just me and my own thoughts. PANEL 3: Closer in. MATTIE puts a finger to her lips. PANEL 4: MATTIE collapses to the ground in agony. MATTIE: Oh no…my thoughts!
January 12, 2026 at 3:07 PM