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@edclarke57.bsky.social

Occasional grower of beautiful crystals

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Latest posts by edclarke57.bsky.social on Bluesky

It's a sure sign that you've overcooked them.

17.01.2026 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quote from the Sky Sports reporter during the match: "O'Reilly is from Aston Villa, so you know he's going to be good"

11.01.2026 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tech platforms censor words, not meaning. Itโ€™s frighteningly insidious. This kind of censorship explicitly empowers bad actors by robbing their critics of the language to criticize.

Euphemisms are often the domain of fascists and predators. Itโ€™s a domain that online media wants to gate us inside.

28.12.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1278    ๐Ÿ” 401    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Footage of Tyrone turfing Mason Greenwood out of that list

20.12.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Treat yourself to some Animals That Swim.

10.12.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amid considerable opposition from the family, I'm trying to make The Green Knight a Christmas thing.

29.11.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm impressed how artfully he turns it into a forward roll though, we never got that with Paul Alcock and Paolo Di Canio.

23.11.2025 23:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's only a thousand billion, so heaven knows how he'll scrape by.

08.11.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alternatively, one dog packed into a smaller space = more concentrated dog.

15.10.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could've been done over insecure Signal.

26.09.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If cleanliness is next to godliness that makes Powerwash Simulator 2 almost a requirement.

23.09.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When your PR agency has arranged an exciting film tie-in for your product but it turns out to be The Human Centipede.

29.08.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had the customary first game look around to see who's back and who's new, when an old guy to the right was missing it's the first time I've thought "maybe he doesn't have a smartphone?"

16.08.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

Cover of The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

Superb, and just the thing to read shortly before your annual performance review #booksky

27.07.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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YEP

27.07.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 481    ๐Ÿ” 138    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Tessa Sanderson once gave me second prize in a fancy dress contest.

19.07.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been a good year for butterflies (until they meet the cats).

14.07.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Choon:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmmE...

10.07.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did Coventry City have a clause in the contract about the colour of his suit?

04.07.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Consecutive posts on Instagram feed featuring John Everett Millais' Ophelia and a crocodile floating in the same pose.

Consecutive posts on Instagram feed featuring John Everett Millais' Ophelia and a crocodile floating in the same pose.

My Instagram feed has got very niche.

25.06.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The woe of the modern scientist, when your new phone autocorrects germanium into geranium.

21.06.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is an oversight that anthem singing ability isn't taken into account when picking national football teams #england

18.06.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How I arrived on Bluesky youtu.be/7y4ATS5RTeg?...

18.06.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I misinterpreted that and thought you'd touched Dion Dublin, Gareth Southgate and Martin Keown with Emma Watson's credit card.

13.06.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's time for the annual conference programme assembly all-nighter, where we find out how many people don't know where they work or what the names of their co-authors are #UKS25 #IshisnamereallyBrain

12.06.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me in the National Security team group chat

24.03.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Good morning

13.03.2025 07:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Take me home, country toads Cane toads have remarkable navigation abilities, even when their sense of smell and magnetic-sensory systems are compromised.

Have a look at this coverage of the new paper led by Daniel Shaykevich, featuring Andrius Pasukonis, both currently at
@klivvvienna.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜Š Link to paper in the comments ๐Ÿธ
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

03.03.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

There's a Nature sub-editor out there somewhere who deserves all the awards ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿ‘‘

06.03.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just reached my steps target for the day walking to the kitchen for some peanuts #goals

09.02.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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