Suw
@suw.bsky.social
Writer, creative ecologist, owned by Grabbity & Copurrnicus. Currently writing an eco-sitcom podcast, Fieldwork, about four ecologists studying a rewilding project. https://fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/
I’ve never owned a car.
Kia Mentor
Toyota Corolla
Honda Jazz
Citroen C3 Picasso…..
….and that’s it. I get second hand cars and keep them running….
Toyota Corolla
Honda Jazz
Citroen C3 Picasso…..
….and that’s it. I get second hand cars and keep them running….
Introduce yourself with 5 (or 6!) cars you’ve owned:
Ford Escort
MGF
Another Ford Escort
Ford Focus
Another Ford Focus
Nissan Qashqai
Ford Escort
MGF
Another Ford Escort
Ford Focus
Another Ford Focus
Nissan Qashqai
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I’ve never owned a car.
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Oh look, yet another disaster for ordinary people caused by Tory governments abandoning social responsibility in pursuit of cost-cutting for lower taxes, which has unfolded exactly as experts predicted at the time, and clearing up the mess will now cost public money desperately needed elsewhere.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Oh look, yet another disaster for ordinary people caused by Tory governments abandoning social responsibility in pursuit of cost-cutting for lower taxes, which has unfolded exactly as experts predicted at the time, and clearing up the mess will now cost public money desperately needed elsewhere.
By any cat’s standards, this is enough food for 10 hours. Any small-hours complaints will be ignored.
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
By any cat’s standards, this is enough food for 10 hours. Any small-hours complaints will be ignored.
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I always suggest that people think about what urban centres like New York or London were like 150 years ago — dangerous, unbelievably polluted air and water, desperately inequitable, few trees or green space.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
At its peak, 100-200k NYC horses, 30 lbs of poop/day each. People would use these boot scrapers, that you can still see everywhere today built into the brownstone wrought iron fences, to scrape, 70%? of the poop off the bottom of their shoes before they went into the house. Horse poop everywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I always suggest that people think about what urban centres like New York or London were like 150 years ago — dangerous, unbelievably polluted air and water, desperately inequitable, few trees or green space.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
And then imagine building the cities where we look back to *today* and see the same thing.
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Study shows wildcats could return to Devon 🐾
A two-year study by the South West Wildcat Project has found that reintroducing wildcats to mid-Devon is feasible — and that most local people support the idea. It envisages 40-50 animals being released, though not before 2027.
🧵4/5
A two-year study by the South West Wildcat Project has found that reintroducing wildcats to mid-Devon is feasible — and that most local people support the idea. It envisages 40-50 animals being released, though not before 2027.
🧵4/5
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Study shows wildcats could return to Devon 🐾
A two-year study by the South West Wildcat Project has found that reintroducing wildcats to mid-Devon is feasible — and that most local people support the idea. It envisages 40-50 animals being released, though not before 2027.
🧵4/5
A two-year study by the South West Wildcat Project has found that reintroducing wildcats to mid-Devon is feasible — and that most local people support the idea. It envisages 40-50 animals being released, though not before 2027.
🧵4/5
Damn. Missed the train by a minute and now have to wait for 40.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Damn. Missed the train by a minute and now have to wait for 40.
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Would love to hear a comic being asked “do you think you were phenomenally lucky to be able to build your reputation during a time that encouraged and rewarded creative freedom? And why do you think that stopped?” And NOT answer “humans outside my core audience started objecting to being bullied.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Would love to hear a comic being asked “do you think you were phenomenally lucky to be able to build your reputation during a time that encouraged and rewarded creative freedom? And why do you think that stopped?” And NOT answer “humans outside my core audience started objecting to being bullied.”
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You know the drill. If you would like to have this cartoon in your life, I can draw one for you.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
You know the drill. If you would like to have this cartoon in your life, I can draw one for you.
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I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
This path leads to chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One thing I've struggled with as a Welsh learner is finding ebook-audiobook pairs so that I can listen whilst reading. That's why I want to record an audiobook to go with my non-fiction ebook about mammals. Pre-reg here – www.kickstarter.com/... – to be notifie...
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One thing I've struggled with as a Welsh learner is finding ebook-audiobook pairs so that I can listen whilst reading. That's why I want to record an audiobook to go with my non-fiction ebook about mammals. Pre-reg here – www.kickstarter.com/... – to be notifie...
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Setting aside the merits of migration, getting it down isn't some massive achievement when the officials who issue visas work for you.
You can just order them to issue fewer visas.
It's a tap you control, why are you bragging about turning it?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
You can just order them to issue fewer visas.
It's a tap you control, why are you bragging about turning it?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Setting aside the merits of migration, getting it down isn't some massive achievement when the officials who issue visas work for you.
You can just order them to issue fewer visas.
It's a tap you control, why are you bragging about turning it?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
You can just order them to issue fewer visas.
It's a tap you control, why are you bragging about turning it?
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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Just caught up with a friend who got back in touch recently after we hadn't seen each other for OH GOD twenty five years. He's recently written a book about hand-rearing baby gorillas, which is not where I thought he'd end up, but wow. Here is the book: summersdale.com/titles/alan-...
ANYWAY...
ANYWAY...
Gorillas in Our Midst
Step into the fascinating world of Bristol Zoo with Alan Toyne, a dedicated zookeeper and primate expert whose extraordinary story of hand-rearing two baby g...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just caught up with a friend who got back in touch recently after we hadn't seen each other for OH GOD twenty five years. He's recently written a book about hand-rearing baby gorillas, which is not where I thought he'd end up, but wow. Here is the book: summersdale.com/titles/alan-...
ANYWAY...
ANYWAY...
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"A systematic review of 144 studies published through 2024 suggests a prevalence of 36%"
Oooof
Oooof
Right.
I see.
And they said disease control was expensive.
How many buildings could we have fixed with this kind of money? Hmmm?
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
I see.
And they said disease control was expensive.
How many buildings could we have fixed with this kind of money? Hmmm?
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"A systematic review of 144 studies published through 2024 suggests a prevalence of 36%"
Oooof
Oooof
I could do all the pics in my next Welsh book with AI, but I believe in paying artists, not stealing from them. If you have a fiver to share so I can pay the wonderful Lizzie Harper for her pics, that'd be grand. Pre-register here: www.kickstarter.com/... Please...
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I could do all the pics in my next Welsh book with AI, but I believe in paying artists, not stealing from them. If you have a fiver to share so I can pay the wonderful Lizzie Harper for her pics, that'd be grand. Pre-register here: www.kickstarter.com/... Please...
Copurrnicus being ludicrously cute.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Copurrnicus being ludicrously cute.
Absurdly happy that the leftover nut roasts fits exactly into our tupperware.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Absurdly happy that the leftover nut roasts fits exactly into our tupperware.
I've spent most of my carer working in male-dominated environments, but the very fucking worst community without a shadow of a doubt is a comedy whatsapp I'm in, where it's apparently fine to say sexism is just women feeling hard done by, and stats are all lies. I just fucking can't.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I've spent most of my carer working in male-dominated environments, but the very fucking worst community without a shadow of a doubt is a comedy whatsapp I'm in, where it's apparently fine to say sexism is just women feeling hard done by, and stats are all lies. I just fucking can't.
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As always, I’m reminded of our Agendum sketch about the government changing what 8x6 is, in response to public opinion that it’s probably 52.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As always, I’m reminded of our Agendum sketch about the government changing what 8x6 is, in response to public opinion that it’s probably 52.
Hello to my new followers from the Communicate conference! 👋
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
Fieldwork | Suw Charman-Anderson | Substack
Join us as we explore the experiences of ecologists working in the field and turn them into a comedy podcast. Our aims are to entertain and to increase awareness of ecology as a subject and as a caree...
fieldworkpodcast.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hello to my new followers from the Communicate conference! 👋
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
My posts here are pretty random, covering everything from volcanoes to cats, publishing, writing, a bit of politics (but not much), and my eco-comedy podcast project, Fieldwork (fieldworkpodcast.substack.com)
I love the sound of cranberries exploding as I'm making cranberry sauce.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I love the sound of cranberries exploding as I'm making cranberry sauce.
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So, do you all do writing differently in the US?
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
So, do you all do writing differently in the US?
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
This writer turns up unannounced at her agent's office.
Agent is like, 'have you brought me pages?'
What the fuck? I found myself thinking, "forget the meeting, this entire scene could have been an email."
The Beast in Me is fine, but jarring.
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"People should be allowed to have an innocent flutter."
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"People should be allowed to have an innocent flutter."
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
Nope.
Get a better hobby.
Sorry.
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My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My carefully considered, nuanced and balanced policy view is that we should tax gambling profits, including sports betting, at like 98% and one executive's kidney per quarter.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
I'm not sure having every UK mainstreet be three quarters Ladbrokes is good, actually.
@jamesbluecat.bsky.social I think you'll like this!
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House | The Ghost Geek
That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury
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#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
That time I was overwhelmed by a sudden sense of doom one summer day in Avebury
www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...
#StandingStones #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Psychology
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House
That time I was overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in Avebury...
www.theghostgeek.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@jamesbluecat.bsky.social I think you'll like this!
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The very definition of public service
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The very definition of public service