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Safety nerd, travel nerd, book nerd, love nerd. Not in that order. They/them.
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For one week only, get my F/F romance advent calendar novella for 99p!

Bethan, dragged back to her Welsh village, is desperate to escape before Christmas until she meets new neighbour Mali.

One chapter per day from 1-25 December - snap it up now to start reading on Dec 1!

books2read.com/u/bPOa0d
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I bounced around a bit and then I saw an email about a secondment opportunity and went "wait, you can turn being a catastrophist into a JOB?"
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I swear
By the moon and the stars in the sky
So always look on the bright side of death
A-just before you draw your terminal breath
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
listening now and this episode is already a brilliant example of why this podcast won a Hugo
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
if i was the Pope i would absolutely WANT to do this but incredible that it actually happened!
He said "Amen" straight into the drop

Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Jennifer Williams as always one of the most interesting and on-point commentators on Greater Manchester
I meant to do a thread on this but got sidetracked. So a couple of thoughts…
I often struggle to come up with tangible examples of English devolution but this is one. Greater Manchester is doing its own £1bn regeneration investment fund

on.ft.com/43InqRk
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Set it up for humans, and it turns out... humans like it
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
this is the news i needed today omg
🚨SAPPHIC LIFETIME CHRISTMAS MOVIE THIS YEAR🚨
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:

saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3

and a worker tier whose emails are like:

Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Making people hate you so much they prep an eviscerating obituary for you just so this can be published after their own death is next level, truly
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Before they changed the constituency boundaries, I used to have Afzal Khan as my local MP.

Every time we had Levy Pride on, he made a point of tweeting something nice, polite and supportive about it. And back in 2013 he voted for gay marriage when it comes to it.
If you asked me to come up with the names of politicians who are publicly and unapologetically pro-LGBT and pro-trans rights in particular, two of the most obvious would now both be Muslim mayors of major cities. And both are routinely smeared as regards to 'Sharia Law'.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Vaccines make a difference!
Please read, sign, and share, this petition to urge the UK government to overturn its policy regarding access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Make it universally available, free of charge, regardless of age - subject to our own medical history.
www.change.org/Make-Covid-V...
Sign the Petition
Make COVID vaccine universally available in the UK - free of charge.
www.change.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Once was a king called Ozzy (MANDIAS!)
Had a wrinkled sneer to cold (COMMAND US!)
Wanted all the peeps to despair at his (WORKS!)
Giant statue of himself lookin like a (JERK!)
Statue broke down in the endless (WASTE!)
Only legs left and a busted (FACE!)
There once was a king, Ozymand
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Good news if you prefer print books - my Christmassy Welsh F/F romance novella All Is Bright is now available in paperback:

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FYGLJ6CB
Bethan, dragged back to her home village, is desperate to escape before Christmas. Mali, grieving the loss of a friend, knows Christmas won't be the same this year. A misunderstanding starts them off on the wrong foot - but perhaps they're each just what the other needs?

Buy links in thread!
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
emma thompson remaining iconique
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
i don't like Streeting but this does need to happen more. if Britain is a nation of only white people, it loses out on SO MUCH. communities have thrived on diversity literally since there have been people.
Striking to hear a senior Government minister in Wes Streeting clearly condemning Sarah Pochin's racism and the wider spread of racism across the UK, while defending the contribution of migrants to our country. Feels like a long time since we've heard a government minister speak like that
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social at the Bridgewater tonight was an A++ gold star reminder that we can sing and we don't need a reason why, fantastic
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Um what
BTW, it really does appear that Tori Amos created the first known pumpkin spice latte.

(Not a joke!)
October 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM