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Liz Renner
@lrrenner.bsky.social
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Academic; cats, culture, child development, cultural evolution, social learning; she/her #BiInSci
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local hill creating its own weather system
A picture of a hill in the distance, surrounded by clouds with the sun glowing from behind. In the foreground are some fields and stone walls
January 24, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Finally, Jade has the most important realisation. The average Faithful gets less clever over the course of the show, and the average Traitor gets more.

#TraitorsUK
Jade, in the kitchen at the Traitors castle, wondering why she and some others are still in, having been wrong so often.
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Verdict: tastes almost exactly like regular Irn Bru [complimentary]
A can of Irn Bru Winter Bru ("spiced ginger & cinnamon flavour"). The can proclaims it's Limited Edition.
January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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This guy is a zipper goblin
A Sphynx cat pulling firmly on a green zipper pull with his mouth
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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A cactus with pink flowers in roughly a ring around the top
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Why is this cactus blooming in January? 🤔
A small cactus viewed from above, with several orange flowers blooming on top. The cactus is in a light purple container.
January 17, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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How do cats sleep so hard?
A Sphynx cat asleep in a grey blanket
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Made one batch of cookies and I am knackered.
A mixing bowl full of dough with chocolate chunks on top.
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Solar-powered cat, in a sunbeam
An alert Sphynx cat sitting on a grey sofa cushion looking at the camera. There is a small white and blue mouse toy with a feather near its outstretched paws. The sunlight is casting a shadow behind him.
December 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The 3 modes of cat: asleep, smug, and gnat-in-brain
A sphynx cat sleeping between two blankets. A sleepy but smug sphynx cat lounging between blankets and kneading a human hand. His eyes are half-closed and you can see his claws A sphynx cat with ears half-back and eyes wide open, looking as though he might have just tried to have a thought.
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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sometimes cats just wanna hold yr hand @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social
A Sphynx cat with ears forward wrapped in a grey blanket, with one paw reaching out of the blanket and delicately holding my hand
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Just finished this book (why yes I DID borrow it from an academic library), and really enjoyed the interpretation of teenage behaviour. Asolescents aren't deficient, they are trying to figure things out.
The cover of the book Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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sweet sphynx grooming
A sphynx cat (on the left) licks another cat's face (on the right); she has her eye closed. They are both wrapped in a red blanket.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Toboggan team
two sphynx cats wrapped under blankets, looking contented
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I read ahead and...shit's getting real
Excerpt from How to break up with your phone (p. 92) DAY 5 (FRIDAY) DELETE SOCIAL MEDIA APPS As we've discussed, social media is like junk food: bingeing on it makes us feel bad, and yet once we start consuming it, it's really hard to stop. So let's take control of it.
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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had to tell this little pal that it's not super safe under the bin.
A small frog sitting on the ground
September 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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This is happening!
A book entitled How to Break Up with Your Phone: the 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life by Catherine Price. The cover is yellow, white, and blue.
September 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Cleaning his beans
A hairless cat licking his leg. Toe beans are fully visible.
August 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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This guy does not give a sh*t about the brain-as-computer metaphor and would like more head scritches please
A Sphynx cat with his eyes closed and face toward the camera (and some cute forehead wrinkles) is sitting under a grey blanket with his ears halfway between forward and back. His human (not pictured) is reading about the brain-as-computer metaphor.
August 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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It's a lap standoff

My lap can accommmodate 1.5 cats comfortably. Unfortunately there are 2 cats.
One Sphynx cat is wrapped in a pink blanket and lying comfortably on a human lap. A second cat is standing on the arm of the chair with no blanket, looking pointedly at the first cat.
August 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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My partner has pointed out that now that the cats are middle-aged, I should stop using baby-talk with them. But wook at his widdle face!
A happy Sphynx cat wrapped in a red blanket with his eyes closed and ears forward
August 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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I couldn't possibly do any work today. Chins need scratching!
A Sphynx cat with his eyes closed wrapped in a grey blanket. His chin is being scratched and he seems happy with this.
August 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Have you dangled the blue flamingo today?
A sphynx cat looks up inquisitively, with a blue flamingo cat toy at his feet
August 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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When the cat is just pretending to be asleep
A one-eyed sphynx cat with her eyes closed, wrapped in a grey blanket. Her ears are pointed forward giving the impression that she is not quite asleep.
August 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The gremlin twins, settling in for a long summer's nap
Two sleepy sphynx cats wrapped in the same grey blanket
August 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM