Helen Saxton
theobromantic.bsky.social
Helen Saxton
@theobromantic.bsky.social
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Organic chemist, been working in journals publishing for years. Interests include peer review, also genealogy, language, occasionally politics, Yorkshire. She/her
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'Moonlight Murmuration' by artist Kerrie Ann Gardner, painting on stone #WomensArt #FullMoon #October
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Stained glass roof of The Peace Portal, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia by glass artist Ulla Darni #womensart
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When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
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One day to the next, 2020 by UK painter Emma Haworth #WomensArt
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Apparently it’s World Embroidery Day so maybe you’ll enjoy this aerial landscape I made of my beloved childhood haunt - the White Horse of Uffington. An @nationaltrust.org.uk site from the later Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Find out more here www.oxfordarchaeology.com/uffington-wh...
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Ah no, sorry, it used to but not now
Chemistry Education Research and Practice @cerp.rsc.org is free to access
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Hand embroidered artwork by Vicki Foster, contemporary textile artist #WomensArt
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One of many fascinating artists interviewed for the NEW WomensArt book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' is Northumbrian artist Rebecca Vincent #womensart
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The Faroe Islands have a unique summer tradition where a large rock in Sandur is yarn-bombed by local women, inspired by a local legend about a "Troll Woman's cave"...... #WomensArt
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Embroidered artwork created by women of the Otomi people of the central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #WomensArt
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UK sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #WomensArt
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Fiona Watson, visual artist based in Scotland with a diverse body of work including printmaking and digital art...
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic

Photo: Pete Seaward
Absolutely this - it's not a race, it's a community event and *everyone* is welcome
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Rowena Cade (1893–1983) artist, builder, creator of the open air cliff-side Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt
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Louise Durham creates driftwood and glass sculptures #WomensArt

#Solstice Northern & Southern hemispheres
According to my daughter, about 4 months. Replying for a friend, obviously 😂
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CERP editors and board chair are out and about this July:
➡️at @iupac.org 2025 in Malaysia, Mageswary Karpudewan is chairing the green chemistry in education symposium
➡️at GRC Chemistry education research and practice, in the US, Scott Lewis, Gwen Lawrie and @graulichcer.bsky.social are presenting
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Parkrun isn’t competitive! Parkrun involves no changing rooms! Anyone can do parkrun! What the actual fuck are these people on about
They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?
I was overtaken once by a chap with a prosthetic leg. Not even a running blade, a regular prosthesis. I didn't care - it's definitely about the community not "winning"
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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We’ve excited to join the #chemed community on @bsky.app and to share that 2025’s issue 2 is out now – with two exciting covers. Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...