Thea
@theadrogna.bsky.social
Academic Admin & student welfare. Writer, sci-fi lover, RPGer, stitcher & parental unit. Actually autistic. She/her.
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Drawing cats in hats and mittens reminded me of this that I drew a while ago.
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Drawing cats in hats and mittens reminded me of this that I drew a while ago.
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
Someone gave us some cat socks (as in socks for cats) for Christmas one year and I don't think we managed to get get a single one on a cat 😂
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I could play it back to listen in on the whole conversation but I could also punch myself in the head with a sampling drill and I was not going to do that, either.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I could play it back to listen in on the whole conversation but I could also punch myself in the head with a sampling drill and I was not going to do that, either.
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This thread is amazing and great job on the alt-text too.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This thread is amazing and great job on the alt-text too.
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Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.
Every year I back the Ogglio Olive Oil kickstarter and get lovely Sicilian olive oil (usually) in time for Christmas. They're a small family business and could do with a few more backers to make their target with just over a week to go, so if this is something you'd like:
2025 Olive Oil Harvest
Help us bring our Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Sicily to the UK, the EU and the USA in time for Christmas
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year I back the Ogglio Olive Oil kickstarter and get lovely Sicilian olive oil (usually) in time for Christmas. They're a small family business and could do with a few more backers to make their target with just over a week to go, so if this is something you'd like:
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Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish. It's also available as a print at www.tomgauld.com/
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish. It's also available as a print at www.tomgauld.com/
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Fox could get a little overwhelmed with the things life threw at her. She was the first to admit she found it hard to keep it all in perspective.
She was learning to take time away from everything when she felt that way.
She wasn’t hiding.
When she was ready she’d reconnect.
She was learning to take time away from everything when she felt that way.
She wasn’t hiding.
When she was ready she’d reconnect.
October 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Fox could get a little overwhelmed with the things life threw at her. She was the first to admit she found it hard to keep it all in perspective.
She was learning to take time away from everything when she felt that way.
She wasn’t hiding.
When she was ready she’d reconnect.
She was learning to take time away from everything when she felt that way.
She wasn’t hiding.
When she was ready she’d reconnect.
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This jar stands at an impressive height of 75 cm. The painted decoration depicts an octopus, swimming in an abstract seascape. The jar comes from the Minoan palace at Knossos, on the island of Crete, and was created in the 15th century BCE.
October 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This jar stands at an impressive height of 75 cm. The painted decoration depicts an octopus, swimming in an abstract seascape. The jar comes from the Minoan palace at Knossos, on the island of Crete, and was created in the 15th century BCE.
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It's PHYSICS FOR CATS publication day!! Luna has her copy: do you? www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It's PHYSICS FOR CATS publication day!! Luna has her copy: do you? www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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this is so me_irl that this is my desk. and my floppy drive. I took this picture
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
this is so me_irl that this is my desk. and my floppy drive. I took this picture
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I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
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Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns
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Now it just looks like Jesus beating up a hod carrier
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Now it just looks like Jesus beating up a hod carrier
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Good morning! Here is a meme (ganked from somewhere it was retooted on Mastodon, original source lost in the mists of time)
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Good morning! Here is a meme (ganked from somewhere it was retooted on Mastodon, original source lost in the mists of time)
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NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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"Violence comes from fear, and love drives out fear" should be such a simple, unassailable, straightforward thing to read, but in a world so saturated with fear and hate it's like a hammer blow.
This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
August 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"Violence comes from fear, and love drives out fear" should be such a simple, unassailable, straightforward thing to read, but in a world so saturated with fear and hate it's like a hammer blow.
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Every time you walk around this gate, a sheep bites a random child
August 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Every time you walk around this gate, a sheep bites a random child
Having two teens doing exams has been a bit nerve wracking but Eldest is off to his first choice university and Mini got the GCSEs she needed for A levels. I have never been so relieved.
August 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Having two teens doing exams has been a bit nerve wracking but Eldest is off to his first choice university and Mini got the GCSEs she needed for A levels. I have never been so relieved.
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This is why physical media is still so important.
August 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is why physical media is still so important.
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Apparently you can't just record yourself screaming as a description, so I have relunctantly written some actual words about the problems we're facing as a rescue
Donate to Help! Everything is terrible and we are drowning, organized by Holly Brockwell
Hello! I'm Holly-the-Perpetually-Exhausted, owner of Holly's Merry Mo… Holly Brockwell needs your support for Help! Everything is terrible and we are drowning
www.gofundme.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Apparently you can't just record yourself screaming as a description, so I have relunctantly written some actual words about the problems we're facing as a rescue