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A picture of a snowboard boot and snowboard against a grey ground backdrop.

It's been a while since I did some snowboarding. Preparing myself for some cramped legs later 😂

Yesterday we went to see the Galeón Andalucía at the Albert Docks. Cass managed to resist the urge to pirate the vessel, so for now we are still living in our house on land. It's still in Liverpool for a few more days though... 🏴‍☠️

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“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”

Happy #caturday from Hannibal. 😺

It's delicious. They're generally soft, whereas granola bars are hard. Never had them with raisins, they're usually plain when I make them (though I've made some chocolate coated ones before as well)

But sometimes I'm not and it crushes me :(

It's quite an exhausting experience trying to live your life every day while the media screams that people like you are unnatural and shouldn't exist. I guess I'm quite good at compartmentalization. 🏳️‍⚧️

The First International Symposium of Nonbinary Scientists has put out a call for abstracts and registration! 🧑‍🔬🧪

Dates: November 1-3
Location: Virtual

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#academicjobs

The Queer Lives of Frogs What frogs teach us about sex, science, and why biology is messier than we think.

"A queer feminist approach ... would not frame chemically-poisoned frogs as pitiable freaks of nature, as well-intentioned scientific and media coverage tends to do."

A garden spider against a white backdrop. The shot shows the underside of the spider, as it sits in the centre of it's web. The web is not visible in the shot, so it appears as though the spider is floating.

Garden spider that had made a web next to my backdoor! Created its own little photoshoot backdrop 🕷️🕸️ #nature #spider

Ginger tabby cat sitting on a grey fluffy pet bed, giving the camera a side eye

Tan Staffordshire terrier is main focus of the shot, giving a side eye to the camera.

New phone means my camera is finally able to take pictures of what is important!

Got a new phone number and accidentally lost all my WhatsApp chat history. Woops!

Thank you for highlighting this app to me! I've been meaning to download a good bird app for a while, and this ticks a lot of boxes 🦆🦅🐦

I had a chain of thought I wanted to write, but I've become upset and lost it. :( I miss you, Granny.

A couple of months ago, my grandmother died. She was like a parent to me, and helped bring me up after my dad died when I was 9. Her passing is a huge hole in my life. I miss her when I am having a tough time and need to reach out for support, I miss being able to share my achievements with her.

A wall mounted switch, similar in style to a light switch. The button is marked "press" but someone has attached a label above it that says "DO NOT PRESS"

Mixed messages

A hand sculpted and painted octopus sculpture, depicting the species Octopus cyanea, also known as the Day Octopus. This sculpture has a warm brown pattern with subtle patches, a bluish webbed pattern and a big white stripe over the mantle. The paintwork represents one of this species most remarkable color expressions.

🌌 Lorelei the Day Octopus 🐙 Hand sculpted from clay 🎨

#ArtYear #ArtGallery #Art #Sculpture #Octopus 🦑🐡

takeout has always been a thing because human beings have always known it’s unsustainable to Do It All All of the Time™

A picture of the Liverpool Pride 2025 march. The focus of the picture is a man in amongst the crowd of people marching together near the Liver building in Liverpool. The man is wearing a black tshirt with a dragon graphic on it and "trans rights" written on it. He is holding a placard that says: Don't talk to me about "biological sex" I am a biologist.

Liverpool Pride 2025 was a good time. I got lots of compliments on my sign today.

The speeches at the start were super moving. I found myself in tears on a few occasions. The energy of the people marching today was great, so many people marching in solodarity for trans people 🏳️‍⚧️🩷🤍🩵

I'm taking steps to improve upon this, but it will be a lot of work to undo a lifetime of negative thought patterns.

I struggle to not hear those criticisms inside my own head whenever I make a mistake, or interrupt someone while they are talking etc. Instead of my adhd diagnosis giving me a sense of self acceptance right now, I'm dealing with frustration and despair that nobody thought to intervene earlier.

I guess its silly to try and think like that, as the support that exists now didn't really exist in the same way when I was a kid.

I've apent my whole life being told I'm lazy, clumsy, don't try hard enough, that I'm careless, that I am a time waster.

I am resentful that I wasn't diagnosed with adhd before I spent 3 decades nuturing a permanent state of insecurity and low self esteem as a result of living with my adhd symptoms. Currently mourning 'a life that could have been' if I'd had a diagnosis earlier.

Yesterday I was diagnosed with ADHD. It's good to have an answer for some of the issues I've been facing in the past (and present). There's a 10 month(!!!) wait on starting titration of medication which is frustrating, but what's one more year when I've been waiting my whole life.

YouTube video by Worthikids - Topic Stone Jars

youtu.be/00L571GxJJM?... Currently obsessed with this song 🤡🍔

Who can work in science, EVERYONE #pride

He is back home after his surgery 😍 Very sleepy and sluggish, but I' very happy he's home <3

2025 has been really rough

Well, he had another emergency blockage and they had to intervene with surgery. I hope he pulls through, it's been a really difficult year for me already and I don't want to lose my baby boy too 😭