Mrs Cosmopilite
@whowhatwhywhen.bsky.social
Just learning stuff - don't know where I'm heading
Mine eats her beds, so this has become an acceptable option
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Mine eats her beds, so this has become an acceptable option
Bodmin Moor, particularly the Cheesewring.
Totally took it for granted when I was growing up and have no desire to move back, but
Ahhhhhhh
Totally took it for granted when I was growing up and have no desire to move back, but
Ahhhhhhh
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Bodmin Moor, particularly the Cheesewring.
Totally took it for granted when I was growing up and have no desire to move back, but
Ahhhhhhh
Totally took it for granted when I was growing up and have no desire to move back, but
Ahhhhhhh
Read this in my parents' Times today.
What's to blame for flooding? Poor drainage infrastructure and where & how we build our houses.
Good points.
Despite mentioning intense rainfall several times, there was absolutely no mention of climate change 😶
No, of course I'm not surprised
What's to blame for flooding? Poor drainage infrastructure and where & how we build our houses.
Good points.
Despite mentioning intense rainfall several times, there was absolutely no mention of climate change 😶
No, of course I'm not surprised
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Read this in my parents' Times today.
What's to blame for flooding? Poor drainage infrastructure and where & how we build our houses.
Good points.
Despite mentioning intense rainfall several times, there was absolutely no mention of climate change 😶
No, of course I'm not surprised
What's to blame for flooding? Poor drainage infrastructure and where & how we build our houses.
Good points.
Despite mentioning intense rainfall several times, there was absolutely no mention of climate change 😶
No, of course I'm not surprised
Tell me you live in a house full of men without telling me you live in a house full of men🫧
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tell me you live in a house full of men without telling me you live in a house full of men🫧
What could possibly go wrong
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What could possibly go wrong
If you're looking up bubbly beaches, you're spumescrolling
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you're looking up bubbly beaches, you're spumescrolling
Didn't quite manage to dodge this shower
Certain amount of jeopardy watching the wall of rain approach, coatless..
Certain amount of jeopardy watching the wall of rain approach, coatless..
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Didn't quite manage to dodge this shower
Certain amount of jeopardy watching the wall of rain approach, coatless..
Certain amount of jeopardy watching the wall of rain approach, coatless..
The royals possibly using taxpayer's money propping up a wrong-un and also profiting from their monopoly during a C-o-L crisis
Imagine reinvesting wind farm rental income to improve the grid and benefit all
Not a sovereign wealth fund. The Sovereign's wealth fund.
Soz. My FT uni sub can't share
Imagine reinvesting wind farm rental income to improve the grid and benefit all
Not a sovereign wealth fund. The Sovereign's wealth fund.
Soz. My FT uni sub can't share
October 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The royals possibly using taxpayer's money propping up a wrong-un and also profiting from their monopoly during a C-o-L crisis
Imagine reinvesting wind farm rental income to improve the grid and benefit all
Not a sovereign wealth fund. The Sovereign's wealth fund.
Soz. My FT uni sub can't share
Imagine reinvesting wind farm rental income to improve the grid and benefit all
Not a sovereign wealth fund. The Sovereign's wealth fund.
Soz. My FT uni sub can't share
I still regularly refer to this New Scientist exchange from 1997
October 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I still regularly refer to this New Scientist exchange from 1997
My 12yo son came home from a village fete with these shot glass welly boots. He was especially impressed that they measure double as well as single shots
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My 12yo son came home from a village fete with these shot glass welly boots. He was especially impressed that they measure double as well as single shots
Stop looking at me!
STOP LOOKING AT ME!!
STOP LOOKING AT ME!!
September 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Stop looking at me!
STOP LOOKING AT ME!!
STOP LOOKING AT ME!!
And another Pratchett endorsement 😁
I'm hearing him being referenced more and more often.
Starting to think that anyone considering public office should read all his Ankh-Morpork books
This feels appropriate ATM.
From Unseen Academicals
I'm hearing him being referenced more and more often.
Starting to think that anyone considering public office should read all his Ankh-Morpork books
This feels appropriate ATM.
From Unseen Academicals
September 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And another Pratchett endorsement 😁
I'm hearing him being referenced more and more often.
Starting to think that anyone considering public office should read all his Ankh-Morpork books
This feels appropriate ATM.
From Unseen Academicals
I'm hearing him being referenced more and more often.
Starting to think that anyone considering public office should read all his Ankh-Morpork books
This feels appropriate ATM.
From Unseen Academicals
Give the people what they want.
Wait.. they want what..?
The late, great Terry Pratchett laying out the options in Unseen Academicals
Wait.. they want what..?
The late, great Terry Pratchett laying out the options in Unseen Academicals
September 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Give the people what they want.
Wait.. they want what..?
The late, great Terry Pratchett laying out the options in Unseen Academicals
Wait.. they want what..?
The late, great Terry Pratchett laying out the options in Unseen Academicals
Expanded on in UA.
The footnote to the footnote is typically wise
The footnote to the footnote is typically wise
September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Expanded on in UA.
The footnote to the footnote is typically wise
The footnote to the footnote is typically wise
Dec 2003.
My mum would consider that amateurish.
Might need a teaspoon handle in order to loosen it up...
My mum would consider that amateurish.
Might need a teaspoon handle in order to loosen it up...
September 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dec 2003.
My mum would consider that amateurish.
Might need a teaspoon handle in order to loosen it up...
My mum would consider that amateurish.
Might need a teaspoon handle in order to loosen it up...
I was at the Imperial War Museum yesterday.
For all the arresting, thought-provoking, heart-rending images, this one stayed with me.
My first and, still, overriding thought is that any public outrage at this happening now would be drowned out by cheering.
I want to be wrong
For all the arresting, thought-provoking, heart-rending images, this one stayed with me.
My first and, still, overriding thought is that any public outrage at this happening now would be drowned out by cheering.
I want to be wrong
September 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I was at the Imperial War Museum yesterday.
For all the arresting, thought-provoking, heart-rending images, this one stayed with me.
My first and, still, overriding thought is that any public outrage at this happening now would be drowned out by cheering.
I want to be wrong
For all the arresting, thought-provoking, heart-rending images, this one stayed with me.
My first and, still, overriding thought is that any public outrage at this happening now would be drowned out by cheering.
I want to be wrong
I was very taken with the synergy between the geometry of the harvest of grain and the harvest of sunshine
August 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I was very taken with the synergy between the geometry of the harvest of grain and the harvest of sunshine
Geometry in harvesting grain and sunshine
July 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Geometry in harvesting grain and sunshine
You're so right. For me, you, our respective children, their friends and everyone else. We must care and fight for every little win.
You give us encylopedically appropriate extracts every day.
Right back at you
You give us encylopedically appropriate extracts every day.
Right back at you
July 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You're so right. For me, you, our respective children, their friends and everyone else. We must care and fight for every little win.
You give us encylopedically appropriate extracts every day.
Right back at you
You give us encylopedically appropriate extracts every day.
Right back at you
Meanwhile, in North Dorset.
My children sometimes play cricket matches at the club in this field.
A benign landowner is fine - until they're not.
'This is mine and don't you forget it'
My children sometimes play cricket matches at the club in this field.
A benign landowner is fine - until they're not.
'This is mine and don't you forget it'
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Meanwhile, in North Dorset.
My children sometimes play cricket matches at the club in this field.
A benign landowner is fine - until they're not.
'This is mine and don't you forget it'
My children sometimes play cricket matches at the club in this field.
A benign landowner is fine - until they're not.
'This is mine and don't you forget it'
Today's View From The Boundary
Cricket's a good sport when you want to support your teen, and they want to be supported, but they don't want you to be seen supporting
Cricket's a good sport when you want to support your teen, and they want to be supported, but they don't want you to be seen supporting
June 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today's View From The Boundary
Cricket's a good sport when you want to support your teen, and they want to be supported, but they don't want you to be seen supporting
Cricket's a good sport when you want to support your teen, and they want to be supported, but they don't want you to be seen supporting
Meanwhile, in Dorset.
In May.
In May.
May 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Meanwhile, in Dorset.
In May.
In May.