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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you! X

Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Jul 24

A story for Fitzrovia Futures 2055: an Applied SciFi / Futures project. You can read it and find out more about the project: stephenoram.net/fitzrovia-fu...

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Fitzrovia Futures 2055

Fitzrovia Futures 2055 is a locally run project designed to open up discussion on our possible futures. Through workshops and storytelling, the project uses participatory foresight and applied scie…

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Jul 24

“You’re a tourist? Trouble with your wifi? Round here, you need to get on Fitznet. I can trade you an access voucher, on the sly. Fitzcoin please. Zap me here. I had a bit of a problem with the wifi myself, the other day.”

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Image: Egor Kunovsky

BT tower a tall circular tower of glass, seen against a blue sky, towering above London streets with buildings of brick and stone.

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · May 29

Thanks for this hard work, and for shortlisting ‘Muzzweed’!

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Apr 29

Two swooping over north London yesterday

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Apr 28

“They’ve made it again,
Which means the globe’s still working” Ted Hughes

Yes!!! Swifts over my street this evening, north London.

tbh, scarily earlier than we usually expect them. #swifts

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Sue Brown @suebrownsb.bsky.social · Apr 25

Great day at #Facilitate2025 today. Connecting, learning and having fun. Looking forward to tomorrow.

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Apr 25

Donating a bag of pre-loved mini-figures for the not-a-raffle community fundraiser at #Facilitate2025. Contents care of my lovely nephew who had a clear-out.

Plastic bag with assorted Lego pieces. Handwritten text says ‘mini figures and accessories pre-loved care of Penny’s nephew’.

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Apr 25

Got this excellent surprise present from Figiverse creator Camilla Gordon at #Facilitate2025: a bespoke on-brand bag for my minifigures. 🙏🏼

Cream coloured cloth bag on a wooden table. The bag has an acorn and oak leaves printed on in black.

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Drawnalism @drawnalism.com · Apr 25

Great to be at #Facilitate2025 where @alex.drawnalism.com is enjoying some learning through play!

Attending #Facilitate2025 where some serious learning through play is clearly already going on!
At Drawnalism.com - Graphic recording in the Moment, On the Air and At the Studio

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IAF England & Wales @iafenglandwales.bsky.social · Apr 25

#facilitate2025 begins!

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Apr 25

A little bit of quiet time with a fabulous breakfast before I head across the road to #facilitate2025 for two days of busy excitement and stretch with #facilitator pals old and new!

Inside a cafe with plants and a poster on the wall. In the foreground, yellow crockery with teapot, mug, and bowl of porridge with peaches

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Apr 15

'Apprenticeship', a piece of speculative fiction, published by MIR Online (Mechanics Institute Review). #speculativefiction #amwriting

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Composite image of a geological map overlaid with multicoloured rectangles.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Dec 21

Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.

The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.

Fiat lux!

📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social

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alex is writing (or supposed to be!) @alexlopezwrites.bsky.social · Nov 28

can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem 🥹

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Penny Walker @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social · Nov 21

Seconding warm cinnamon apples. For a fat-and-sugar-free variation, chop raw eating apple into cubes, a little bit of cinnamon and dry-fry so they get a bit browned, but not burnt. In my secret brain I call them apple croutons.

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