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Alex Cochran

@cannotbegrouped.bsky.social
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Alex Cochran (he/him) is the alias of the less-spellable Alex Weinle. Wrote The Pollutant Speaks. Editor of Byron. Lapsed scientist. mybook.to/thepollutantspeaks

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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 23h
A little PSA for our #daggerheart group.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brown sugar, apples sliced and premade pastry. Precook apples and sugar roll soggy 😋
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Beech. The Sistene Chapel of trees.
Beech trees
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New acquisitions in project anti-streaming. All for less than the price of a month on Spotify.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yesterday was #legday, and now, as I ascend the stairs, I make an involuntary sound that sounds like an incantation by Mola Ram, high priest of the Thuggee. And yes, he's available as #Lego.
Mola ram in Lego
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Getting assistance #writing this morning.
Red bug on mouse pad.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
David Mitchell is single-handedly responsible for the massive increase in murders in the #Cambridge area. If you see him, do not approach; contact the police. #ludwig
David Mitchell as Ludwig.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This Wayne Anderson exhibition was great. It's on until November at @staplefordgranary.bsky.social 🐉🐲🧙🏼‍♂️
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I've slightly slurped him, but he is a lovely #coffee #bear.
Bear face in coffee foam.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I did wonder where they kept it.
Locked box marked FIRE
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can you spot what's gone wrong with this lazy Susan? 😭 Turns out putting it in the dishwasher was a bad move...
Warped lazy Susan
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A plant so undemanding that even I can get it to flower. My lovely lily.
A peace lily flowering.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Guidance on what you can and can't store in chair backs on British Airways.
Literature only, written on back of airplane seat pocket.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Also... There's an apostrophe in King's *tut* 😆
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nice.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@tadethompson.bsky.social seems to remember you like Toulouse Lautrec... Some good examples in Athens @ Basil Elise Goulandris Foundation.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Some inspirational artefacts for you #fantasy and #RPG #writers. A magic sphere, a sculptural offering for restored sight and the cutest owl in Athens.
Magic sphere.Eyes inserted into a pillar.A stone carved owl.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Well, this was nice. Off to Socrates' prison today. I'll try to trap more famous monuments in glass!
Alex Cochran is eating at a restaurant in view of the Acropolis.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Great Scott!!! I'm out of tea. DUN DUN DAAAAAAH.
Empty tea caddy.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I have missed the container due to withdrawal symptoms!
Caffetiere with coffee grounds around it.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Milton Little Library... There's a copy of the Pollutant Speaks in there!
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My faith in solar mechanics is affirmed. I require this at least once every 20 years; otherwise, I believe in weird stuff.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This year we are working on *red* sunflowers, as there is a family connection with Theodore Cockerell, who bred the first one in Colorado. Here's a picture of Theo and his lovely wife with a red sunflower in 1934.
Red sunflower 🌻Theo and W. P. Cockerell in 1934.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ok people. Let's get out there.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
PSA: Remember to turn your voltmeter off.
Voltmeter turned off.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Split Second Rutger Hauer
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#US accuses #France of grandstanding... By throwing a hissy fit. The US had just made a coalition with North Korea and Russia. 🫣 share.google/b39aBfKjIFHX...
US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Maybe #CJP is the new way of politics? You test the government with a joke; if they can't handle it with grace, it ceases to be a joke. www.channel4.com/news/inside-...
CJP movement in India
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Why are they interviewing Little Miss Irrelevant? Where's the real opposition? @countbinface.bsky.social
Burnham cuts rates, and Badenoch makes shrew-faced remarks.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This android suffered from the classic "someone put the wrong colour on the brush". Incredibly common on later models. #doodles #android #paint
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trainee reapers welcome 🤗☠️⚰️💀
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Accidentally doodling androids.
Watercolour of an android.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Also, found a new free library and swapped for a copy of The Pollutant Speaks in #Harlton. #books
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
What a beautiful day for hunting #radio #telescopes. #Mullard is one of the easiest, no mountain hikes, and on an immaculate Anglian day, a pleasure to stroll around. Warning. The 5km array is... Ahem, at least 10km around 😆🥵
Mullard Radio Observatory
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
More #library finds...
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Respect to whoever left this origami dragon just above the copy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's "Protogaea". I'll leave it for someone else to find and enjoy. #library #amazing
A library shelf with an origami dragon on it.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Can you spot POTUS actively discouraging green vehicles? 🙄 Global EV Data Explorer – Data Tools - IEA share.google/8WCAePIJVi0e...
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
People of Earth 🌍! It is time to eat ice cream.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Yes, that's hail. Bring back the sun 🌞😎
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Never seen one of these before ...
Stick insect in UK garden.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Due to brain kaniption, I bought the hardback and forgot that I'd got the paperback on preorder. DOH! #slowgods #sf #books #clairenorth
Slow gods book
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I mean - just 😘 "Order a diet coke or invade Iran?" www.instagram.com/p/DYW1uJAiDM...
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Do you get hungry and sick of clingy people at night? Got you covered...
A pillow advert "it is not easy to cover sweat and cling to people" titled as tofu pillow.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
These #WoW tips are getting a bit pointed. Some developer needs a holiday.
Tip: If you are having trouble finding something in a capital city, try moaning about it on social media for hours.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Giganteus seedlings... Still too small to go outside 🌻
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
As mentioned in the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social online panel, Memoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison. It took me a while to track it down! #bfs #sciencefiction #conlang
Memoirs of a Spacewoman by Naomi Mitchison.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Fulbourn #sky.
Fulbourn sky with con trails.
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Total religion-based bargain ❤️❤️🐰🐰
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Results... Well done @tadethompson.bsky.social @emilyinkpen.bsky.social @nickwells451.bsky.social 💯👍🏼
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Alex Cochran @cannotbegrouped.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Blumin' flip! It's @tadethompson.bsky.social 😊
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