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Safety nerd, travel nerd, book nerd, love nerd. Not in that order. They/them.

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Lev Parikian@levparikian.bsky.social · 2d ago

– good lord, Parikian, what on earth is that? – well, sir, it’s rather complicated – yes, I can see – it’s an arboreal conglomeration of small Spanish dishes such as you might find in a slow-moving creek or stream – oh fuck – yes, it’s my… – please don’t – bayou tapas tree – get out

Chaucer Doth Tweet@levostregc.bsky.social · 5d ago

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6d ago

there are many serious reasons to follow scientists on here but also for “it glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks”

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6d ago

There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”

fighting crime and eating marmite@twistedsoup.bsky.social · last wk.

mine was my sister, who was young at the time, earnestly telling the my dad and me that "Princess Anne's dead!"

Dr Jo Kershaw@mthrjo.bsky.social · last wk.

I don’t have anything profound to say about the death of Diana. It did strike me at the time when people said that “and like the JFK assassination, you’ll always remember where you were when you heard” that for most of the British public, it would be “in the kitchen, making the first tea of the day”

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...

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Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.

fighting crime and eating marmite@twistedsoup.bsky.social · 4w ago

i am British and i assumed the fact that i can only sing it was part of that (and possibly @justip.bsky.social 's fault?), quite reassured that this appears to be a general thing!

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 4w ago

I took a law class in high school and our teacher asked all of us if we could recite the Preamble. We all immediately started singing it to the Schoolhouse Rock theme. She’d never heard it before and looked at us like we were all in a cult.

National Trust@nationaltrust.org.uk · 4w ago

ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar

A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround itThe sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the backgroundA shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"