Verity Imelda Player
@verityplayer.bsky.social
Yorkshirewoman pestered by a guardian devil!
Read my adventures: #ThePriceOfTime #TheEveningLands #TheTwistedGrain #Fiction
#Fantasy #SciFi #Prosopagnosia #Tea
Read my adventures: #ThePriceOfTime #TheEveningLands #TheTwistedGrain #Fiction
#Fantasy #SciFi #Prosopagnosia #Tea
Good morning 🌞!
#TIL the #EU has a longstanding commitment to defend itself.
(You never know when it might come in handy)
#TIL the #EU has a longstanding commitment to defend itself.
(You never know when it might come in handy)
No, it was introduced with Lisbon Treaty.
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/article...
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/article...
Article 42(7) TEU - The EU's mutual assistance clause
Article 42(7) TEU is the European Union’s mutual assistance clause. Once activated by an attacked Member State, all other Member States have to provide assistance in response. The article thus guarant...
www.eeas.europa.eu
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Happy #QuantumDay!
1. An experimental result doesn’t make sense
2. A physicist proposes a radical solution.
3. The solution seems too weird to be real. Everyone assumes it must be a convenient trick.
4. Eventually, everyone realizes it wasn't a trick, and reality is in fact weirder than they expected. (9/n)
2. A physicist proposes a radical solution.
3. The solution seems too weird to be real. Everyone assumes it must be a convenient trick.
4. Eventually, everyone realizes it wasn't a trick, and reality is in fact weirder than they expected. (9/n)
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy #QuantumDay!
Have just received the report about the Bruce treadmill test I had in April.
Apparently I failed.
Apparently I failed.
a close up of a heartbeat on a black background .
Alt: A bright green ECG trace on a black background. The trace flatlines after a single beat.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Have just received the report about the Bruce treadmill test I had in April.
Apparently I failed.
Apparently I failed.
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It's certain that standing stones are singing songs of the land, it's just a question of who to and whether they are listening. – Lou Kemp, Hookland artist, 1981
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's certain that standing stones are singing songs of the land, it's just a question of who to and whether they are listening. – Lou Kemp, Hookland artist, 1981
We 🇬🇧 were one.
We got feck-all except a racizt 'war on terror'.
We got feck-all except a racizt 'war on terror'.
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We 🇬🇧 were one.
We got feck-all except a racizt 'war on terror'.
We got feck-all except a racizt 'war on terror'.
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It's only been five years, but it's amazing how quickly we've forgotten that the people who really affect ours lives positively are medics, farmers, shop workers, etc, and not entrepreneurs, billionaires, etc
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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If you are "moving at pace and breaking things" then I guarantee that 90% of the time you're creating issues for people further down the line to fix. This isn't the way to be operating as a human being unless you're knowingly choosing to be an arsehole.
December 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you are "moving at pace and breaking things" then I guarantee that 90% of the time you're creating issues for people further down the line to fix. This isn't the way to be operating as a human being unless you're knowingly choosing to be an arsehole.
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That pro-Brexit British patriot account you follow is Russian mate.
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
That pro-Brexit British patriot account you follow is Russian mate.
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Most computerised systems are vulnerable to solar storms. Another one like the Carrington Event of 1859 will put us back in the Middle Ages for weeks if not months. We are not prepared.
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Most computerised systems are vulnerable to solar storms. Another one like the Carrington Event of 1859 will put us back in the Middle Ages for weeks if not months. We are not prepared.
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If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.
#AI latest: fakes
As an author, I’ve already gotten multiple emails from people asking me for fake articles and books that I’ve supposedly written, because chatbots have told them fake references. I *cannot imagine* the frustration and time waste for librarians and especially ILL library professionals right now.
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#AI latest: fakes
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Why we need to tax the super rich more.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Why we need to tax the super rich more.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
Their wealth is growing MUCH faster than everyone else's.
And they're using it to outbid you for real resources: housing, assets, healthcare, education and everything else of real value.
Good morning 🌅!
It is getting dark and there are wolves abroad. It is wise to band together at a time like this.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Good morning 🌅!
Well, quite.
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Well, quite.
Well, #usa, it was nice knowing you...
Jeez. All tourists - including those from Britain - will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country's border force
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Well, #usa, it was nice knowing you...
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You're kidnapped.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You're kidnapped.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you.
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read a riveting mystery novel, drink endless cups of tea, and eat a multitude of croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a snowstorm?
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read a riveting mystery novel, drink endless cups of tea, and eat a multitude of croissants in a quaint château in the French countryside during a snowstorm?
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Covering Climate Now: Share Your Thoughts on the Climate Story in 2025 & 2026
As we look toward the end of 2025, CCNow is soliciting thoughts from you, our journalistic community, about climate stories that were undercovered in 2025 and which ones should get more coverage in 20...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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May those outside of the rainy PNW send pictures.
A massive sunstorm (G3 - G4) is underway. ts2.tech/en/strong-g3...
Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained
Strong G3 Geomagnetic Storm Forecast for December 9, 2025: Northern Lights Chances and Possible Impacts Explained - TechStock²
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December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
May those outside of the rainy PNW send pictures.
Good morning 🌞 and happy Pearl Harbor day to all who celebrate that time when 🇺🇸 came into a war on the actual right side!
December 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Good morning 🌞 and happy Pearl Harbor day to all who celebrate that time when 🇺🇸 came into a war on the actual right side!
I met a traveller from an ancient land...
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I met a traveller from an ancient land...
Sam Bates, known as SMUG, Australian-born, realistic street #artist. This one is in Glasgow.
In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist.
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art
In the comments, I've included different views of this piece, as well as some other pieces of this hyper-realistic street artist.
#StreetArt #WallMural #murals #UrbanArt #art
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wow, in the year of my birth I might have been a tory!
This vision of the Tory Party no-longer exists. It barely exists in the Labour Party. Where is the case for 'profit for a purpose'? Where is the implacable opposition to inequality in the two old parties? It will be the task of the 'minor parties' in the years ahead to reassemble this perspective.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Wow, in the year of my birth I might have been a tory!