Sometimes Syd
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Have curls. Ears are not as cold.
This thread 😐
Want to hear about my worst ever Christmas Day? Sure you do.
20-ish years ago, my then-girlfriend said her brother had invited us to spend Christmas day with him and his girlfriend at said girlfriend's mum's house. Sounds cosy, right? Nope. 1/
20-ish years ago, my then-girlfriend said her brother had invited us to spend Christmas day with him and his girlfriend at said girlfriend's mum's house. Sounds cosy, right? Nope. 1/
December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This thread 😐
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The Ghost Story, Alfred Bestall, 1930
#Christmasghoststories
#Christmasghoststories
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Ghost Story, Alfred Bestall, 1930
#Christmasghoststories
#Christmasghoststories
100% agree and will be making it a yearly tradition.
Pillion is a Christmas movie
November 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
100% agree and will be making it a yearly tradition.
Emergency tooth extraction was not on my bingo card for this week.
October 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Emergency tooth extraction was not on my bingo card for this week.
Absolute powerhouse of an actor. RIP
Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award and captured hearts with her endearing performance as Woody Allen's eccentric, insecure girlfriend in the 1977 romantic comedy ‘Annie Hall,’ died at age 79, People reported on Saturday, citing a family spokesperson reut.rs/3W11pJa
October 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Absolute powerhouse of an actor. RIP
Great little thread. The scale of this pollution in the west wouldn’t be seen in glaciers until the Industrial Revolution
The Roman Empire didn’t just conquer by sword and siege.
It poisoned the air.
From lead smelting in Iberia to furnace smoke in Judea, Rome reshaped the atmosphere of an entire continent.
A new Global Threads post 1/8
It poisoned the air.
From lead smelting in Iberia to furnace smoke in Judea, Rome reshaped the atmosphere of an entire continent.
A new Global Threads post 1/8
May 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Great little thread. The scale of this pollution in the west wouldn’t be seen in glaciers until the Industrial Revolution
Well, Arundel is ridiculously lovely.
May 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Well, Arundel is ridiculously lovely.
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New piece from me: Why the new political right is bad news for autism - RFK, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch offer daily blasts of nonsense that amount to a cruel insistence: that neurodiversity must be denied, decried and put back in its box maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-ne...
Why the new political right is bad news for autism
RFK, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch offer daily blasts of nonsense that amount to a cruel insistence: that neurodiversity must be denied, decried and put back in its box
maybeimamazed.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New piece from me: Why the new political right is bad news for autism - RFK, Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch offer daily blasts of nonsense that amount to a cruel insistence: that neurodiversity must be denied, decried and put back in its box maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-ne...
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This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
Great article!
Wrote a blog about how racists who only like white men telly keep saying 'over-representative'. My argument: ATB only has a few Black characters and they were all real people, really there, so how can it be?
A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻♀️
grapplingwithhistory.com/2025/01/20/a...
A man commented: "grossly over-representative" 🤷🏻♀️
grapplingwithhistory.com/2025/01/20/a...
A quick note on A Thousand Blows, Black boxers in 1880s London, and ‘woke history’
Ching Hook (Hezekiah Moscow), Alec Munroe, Jem Haines, Jack Davenport, Albert Pearce, ‘Meat Market Charlie’ Bartlett, Violet and Rosaline Mills, Jack Watson, J. Oliver, Tom Tully, Felix Scott, Char…
grapplingwithhistory.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Great article!
Brain glass! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud
The pea-sized brain was found in the skull of a 20-year-old man killed in the volcanic eruption.
www.bbc.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Brain glass! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Beautiful Luminous at St Paul’s
February 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Beautiful Luminous at St Paul’s
Really good spooky drama, right into your ears.
Enjoying the new #Uncanny TV series? You might like my 2021 investigation, The Battersea Poltergeist. It is being re-released weekly on BBC Radio 4 and you can listen to all the episodes on BBC Sounds. It’s the series that lead to Uncanny as so many people sent me their stories after I made it!
February 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Really good spooky drama, right into your ears.
What are you following on here?
I follow a few US independent journalist & comedians so my feed is Trump heavy at times. Would like some light to balance the dark.
I follow a few US independent journalist & comedians so my feed is Trump heavy at times. Would like some light to balance the dark.
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What are you following on here?
I follow a few US independent journalist & comedians so my feed is Trump heavy at times. Would like some light to balance the dark.
I follow a few US independent journalist & comedians so my feed is Trump heavy at times. Would like some light to balance the dark.
Borstal memories
January 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Borstal memories
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Perfect.
January 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Perfect.
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Composite image of #Venus and #Saturn setting together last night. Each shot was taken 5 minutes apart as the pair set in the southwest. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
January 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Composite image of #Venus and #Saturn setting together last night. Each shot was taken 5 minutes apart as the pair set in the southwest. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
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Watched the cut version of The Muppets Christmas Carol only to find out the full version is in the extras section. Why Disney, why?!
December 21, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Watched the cut version of The Muppets Christmas Carol only to find out the full version is in the extras section. Why Disney, why?!
Spent Saturday evening watching #Lipschoir sing their hearts out.
Groups like this one highlight how important it is to support arts in the community!
Groups like this one highlight how important it is to support arts in the community!
December 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Spent Saturday evening watching #Lipschoir sing their hearts out.
Groups like this one highlight how important it is to support arts in the community!
Groups like this one highlight how important it is to support arts in the community!
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Listerine cigarettes, c.1930. The tobacco was infused with the same antiseptic oils used in the mouthwash for a "cooling and soothing effect." Listerine cigarettes were not very popular because there is almost no record of their existence. #histmed
December 15, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Listerine cigarettes, c.1930. The tobacco was infused with the same antiseptic oils used in the mouthwash for a "cooling and soothing effect." Listerine cigarettes were not very popular because there is almost no record of their existence. #histmed
To the disrupters of the world: just because you can do something it doesn’t mean you should.
Why? Who is this meant to be good for? Nobody wants your shit AI books, never mind 8,000 in a year. Just a terrible idea and a horrible road the publishing industry is heading down.
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 PM
To the disrupters of the world: just because you can do something it doesn’t mean you should.
Loving all the #starterpacks & #lists folks are putting together. Quickly found a lot of my favourite historians, comedians and journalists!
November 16, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Loving all the #starterpacks & #lists folks are putting together. Quickly found a lot of my favourite historians, comedians and journalists!