Sam Smith. Not That One.
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She/her. DO NOT HUG. Tea, books, baking, bicycles. Chocolate. #OU Astronomy student. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️🌈
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I'm #autistic. I am a #chaosbisexual younger #millennial.
I'm a lapsed physicist turned historian turned forecasting enthusiast. Also I test and document software now idk. But mostly I'm tired 😂
Happy Friday, happy timezone
I'm a lapsed physicist turned historian turned forecasting enthusiast. Also I test and document software now idk. But mostly I'm tired 😂
Happy Friday, happy timezone
I'm #autistic. I'm #alivingnitemare I'm #Millennial. I'm a freelance writer, who also started on my first book which may be out by the end of 2029. But mostly.. I'm TIRED. TIRED of my brain controlling me, but I carry on, what choice do I have. Happy Thursday(or whatever day you're reading this).
I'm #autistic. I'm a stealth #disasterbisexual #xennial.
I'm a perimenopausal part-time astrophysics student, full-time broadcast news flunky, with a gift for falling off (a) bikes when stationary, (b) shoes with anything narrower than a Doc Martens sole.
Mostly, I'm tired.
Happy Nearly the Weekend.
I'm a perimenopausal part-time astrophysics student, full-time broadcast news flunky, with a gift for falling off (a) bikes when stationary, (b) shoes with anything narrower than a Doc Martens sole.
Mostly, I'm tired.
Happy Nearly the Weekend.
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My Union has just given me free accidental death insurance, which may seem unlikely given I work in a library.
To that I say read more horror.
To that I say read more horror.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
My Union has just given me free accidental death insurance, which may seem unlikely given I work in a library.
To that I say read more horror.
To that I say read more horror.
Congratulations to ESA on finding the Platonic ideal of a space potato for this graphic.
Fifth poster in our series: "Space Safety - in action!"
Mission: Flyeye telescopes
Objective: Autonomously scan the night sky for potentially hazardous asteroids
Unique feature: Insect-inspired design provides ultra-wide field of view
Operational: 2027
Download at: esa.int/space-safety/in-action
Mission: Flyeye telescopes
Objective: Autonomously scan the night sky for potentially hazardous asteroids
Unique feature: Insect-inspired design provides ultra-wide field of view
Operational: 2027
Download at: esa.int/space-safety/in-action
January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Congratulations to ESA on finding the Platonic ideal of a space potato for this graphic.
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Me every time I see the black cat in the garden that looks like our black cat who isn't allowed outside.
January 19, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Me every time I see the black cat in the garden that looks like our black cat who isn't allowed outside.
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Ed Davey might have found his spiritual home
Sub-zero resistance: Minnesotans standing tall against ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Ed Davey might have found his spiritual home
People don't believe me when I tell them this.
one of the biggest things I’ve struggled with as an American immigrant to the U.K. is explaining to people that coffee cake doesn’t have coffee in it
Y'all got any more of that coffee cake or
January 18, 2026 at 8:04 PM
People don't believe me when I tell them this.
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Posties and their alarming willingness to get their knees out do not actually count in regards to kneewatch. Low hanging fruit, so to speak 😉
I'd like to thank the exceedingly dedicated posties who've made sure I can take part pretty much every day.
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Posties and their alarming willingness to get their knees out do not actually count in regards to kneewatch. Low hanging fruit, so to speak 😉
Lorne, just hanging out in the background.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Lorne, just hanging out in the background.
Orcas checking if potential target passes the smell* test.
*stinking rich
*stinking rich
Oh my god, watch this guy in Aotearoa. What an incredible experience (if you can enjoy it without feeling like you're about to be a snacky snack*).
* Yes, I know they don't attack humans but still...
* Yes, I know they don't attack humans but still...
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Orcas checking if potential target passes the smell* test.
*stinking rich
*stinking rich
I like to think General Chang was also aware, and appreciative of, this use for his Complete Shakespeare (in the original Klingon).
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I like to think General Chang was also aware, and appreciative of, this use for his Complete Shakespeare (in the original Klingon).
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“Thanks, man. Where was I? Oh yeah, so it was December, and I just wanted to get out of the cold. I knocked on some random guy's door. I’m tellin’ ya, dude was out of his friggin' mind! He kept asking me a bunch of super weird questions and whining about some chick named Lenore."
January 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
“Thanks, man. Where was I? Oh yeah, so it was December, and I just wanted to get out of the cold. I knocked on some random guy's door. I’m tellin’ ya, dude was out of his friggin' mind! He kept asking me a bunch of super weird questions and whining about some chick named Lenore."
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If you want to find out if your NHS trust is using Palantir you can search right here
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
If you want to find out if your NHS trust is using Palantir you can search right here
I love this little rover so much.
January 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I love this little rover so much.
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As a treat on your Friday, please make sure to scroll to the top of this thread to thoroughly enjoy just how much these cats (there’s two! A twist!) do not live in this house.
Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
January 16, 2026 at 10:59 AM
As a treat on your Friday, please make sure to scroll to the top of this thread to thoroughly enjoy just how much these cats (there’s two! A twist!) do not live in this house.
Also the first recorded sighting of Feathers McGraw.
✨A monument of Delos ✨
If you’ve ever wondered where the Roman fascination for phalluses came from, look no further than Delos. The Greek island is home to some monumental phallic sculptures dedicated to the god of wine and revelry, Dionysus.
If you’ve ever wondered where the Roman fascination for phalluses came from, look no further than Delos. The Greek island is home to some monumental phallic sculptures dedicated to the god of wine and revelry, Dionysus.
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Also the first recorded sighting of Feathers McGraw.
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And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
First night this week I fell asleep as soon as I rolled over (as is normal) too.
I really feel for people who don't sleep well. I do, usually, so it screws me right up when I don't. Can't imagine that being my normal.
I really feel for people who don't sleep well. I do, usually, so it screws me right up when I don't. Can't imagine that being my normal.
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 AM
First night this week I fell asleep as soon as I rolled over (as is normal) too.
I really feel for people who don't sleep well. I do, usually, so it screws me right up when I don't. Can't imagine that being my normal.
I really feel for people who don't sleep well. I do, usually, so it screws me right up when I don't. Can't imagine that being my normal.
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Have you read my 2025 short story, "Dare Seize the Fire"?
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
Dare Seize the Fire, Jennifer R. Donohue
This isn’t how I’m supposed to die.
futurefire.net
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Have you read my 2025 short story, "Dare Seize the Fire"?
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
Awards-eligible! Contains sirens! and smoke jumping!
I read a lot about sheep behavior for the sake of a couple of paragraphs!
futurefire.net/2025.73/fict...
"You want me to what? ...well, I suppose, if you really want me to."
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"You want me to what? ...well, I suppose, if you really want me to."
I reached this episode last night. He has Hugh Grant curtains. And a really solid moustache!
Titus Welliver???? As a drizzled ecoterrorist? Incredible
January 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I reached this episode last night. He has Hugh Grant curtains. And a really solid moustache!
Look at how excited they all are to exist!!
Hey #portfolioday!
My name is AJ, I'm an illustrator, animator and director from the UK. I specialise in 3D/CGI and I love to make goofy characters 😍
moonjam.com
instagram.com/moonjam3D
My name is AJ, I'm an illustrator, animator and director from the UK. I specialise in 3D/CGI and I love to make goofy characters 😍
moonjam.com
instagram.com/moonjam3D
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Look at how excited they all are to exist!!
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Overheard on EMR train from London to Sheffield "Reservations have become futile".
Very Borg 😂
Very Borg 😂
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Overheard on EMR train from London to Sheffield "Reservations have become futile".
Very Borg 😂
Very Borg 😂
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I’d love it if the ambassador travels with a secret catalogue of ‘the good stuff’ that Lego can produce in return for very special favours.
January 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’d love it if the ambassador travels with a secret catalogue of ‘the good stuff’ that Lego can produce in return for very special favours.
"Ultimately, journalism is falling into the same pattern as most everything else in our society: an increasingly narrow-minded focus on only those events and affairs that can easily be analyzed, engaged with, and reported on via the Internet."
Rejecting Reality in the Age of AI
The Internet and AI are encouraging more and more people to deny reality itself. Here's why that's bad.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
January 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
"Ultimately, journalism is falling into the same pattern as most everything else in our society: an increasingly narrow-minded focus on only those events and affairs that can easily be analyzed, engaged with, and reported on via the Internet."