Moss Piglet

Ridiculous situation. A man who has spent the last thirty years being one of the most inventive, prolific and funniest stand-ups out there. You should make a beeline for this, I'd say.

That is a good print

I'm near HP and had a bit of a nightmare trying to get home from work on public transport last night. I can hear the concert from my house. It sounds much louder than last night. Don't know if that's something to do with the weather, or if they've actually turned everything up.

They've got form: Belle Gibson's book. It seems the due diligence there took the form of coaching the author in responding to journalists, rather than actually fact checking her claims.

I once found a note to self that just said "TABULATE ALL OF THE THINGS". I must have been having a frantic week, don't remember writing it at all.

Captain, aka Pigeon when her purrs turn into coos ❤️

I had an almost identical encounter once. Only it was the Midland Hotel and Sam Allardyce.

Why I returned the Faraday prize to the Royal Society Andrea Sella explains how inaction over Elon Musk's membership motivated him to act

'US science is suffering a destruction from within.'
Andrea Sella explains why he returned the Royal Society’s Michael Faraday prize over their inaction regarding Elon Musk’s membership. #ChemSky #SciSky #ScienceSky

Royal Society prize winner returns award in protest over Elon Musk [FREE TO READ] Andrea Sella is latest scientist to express dismay over UK science academy’s refusal to criticise tech billionaire

@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, a @ucl.ac.uk chemistry professor, has returned his 2014 Michael Faraday Prize to protest the @royalsociety.org's failure to take more decisive (or any) action against Elon Musk for his attack on science. 👏

Please give blood if you can. I can't donate any more, and I'm going to miss the happy, helpful feeling 🩸❤️

Crochet skull with red, black and cream roses on top. The cream roses have spiders on them.

Many spooky returns! Spidery flower skull finished just in time for the youngest's birthday. Pattern by Fluffy Tummy on Ravelry. Yarn is Scheepjes Catona. #craftsky #crochet #crochetsky

That's a shame, it's really pretty, but the balance has to be right. I love Clover Amour hooks. Feel great in the hand and so smooth to work with. I love the gorgeous colours you're working with there!

Thank you

Close up of the bole of a sycamore tree with two hollows from which grow large bracket fungi. Ivy grows up the trunk at the bottom of the picture

Bracket #fungi on sycamore at the allotment.

It's gorgeous. Pockets for the win!

Ah, you're still a spring chicken. On a serious note, please do the screening. In the UK we don't screen until 50. I'm 49 and not in any risk category but was diagnosed with bowel cancer in Nov (stage 2: T3 tumour). Surgery in Jan and all ok now. It's very treatable if caught early.

This was in the UK but you'd be forgiven for thinking it was in the US.

The devastating impact of the Supreme Court judgment | Good Law Project We asked the trans community how they have been affected after the Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act. The response has been chilling.

This happened in the UK. Many people have understandably assumed it was in the US. It follows a devastating Supreme Court judgement that endangers all women, cis and trans: goodlawproject.org/the-devastat...

‘I worked on it little by little, with the help of a beer’: Making MOFs out of paper Chemistry World talks to Ryo Horikoshi about engaging students with chemistry concepts using his stunning paper models

Ryo Horikoshi's impressive paper models of supramolecular structures were achieved through many hours of effort, and a little help from a beer. As he says himself, 'Isn’t the structure of MOCs and MOFs very architectural complex and beautiful?'
#ChemSky #ScienceSky

I once gave myself a very bloody black eye turning on the TV.

Love this! I'm watching with my daughter who was born at home during Eurovision 17 years ago. My waters broke just as the last performance finished. We switched the TV back on to see who won after she arrived, and the judging was still going on.

Lion King but with axolotls

Side by side pictures of a black and white cat. She has a fork stuck to the catflap magnet on her collar. On the left side she is licking her lips and on the right she's staring impassively at the photographer.

No, of course I didn't lick your plate! Oh, this? It's a...necklace?

The first thing I did when I bought mine (it came threaded) was to unthread and re-thread it over and over until I was confident 😄. I was so determined not to let it beat me!

Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link

Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Two photos of a back and white cat sitting on a sofa. A fork is stuck to the catflap magnet on her collar. On the last she's licking her lips. On the right she's looking impassively at the photographer.

"Curry? What curry?"

Some of Captain's best moments

My favourite culinary autocorrect was when it decided I definitely was asking my partner to take the insulted nutter out of the fridge to soften

Yarn is Stylecraft Naturals Bamboo and Cotton. It's lovely to use but quite thin for a double knit so I went down a hook size

Yes, I put the pattern and yarn in an earlier post. It's a version of Spirit of Flora. I love her designs.