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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 6 of my #BatChallenge. Might be the most high effort outfit you get all month because the baby napped in his cot for 40 MINUTES. Last ever baby sensory class (sob) so picked an outfit that would show up well in the dark. No babies tried to rip my earrings out! www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Black dress with white moons, enormous dangly flocked bat earrings. Eyeliner.

Baby wearing a bat hat, white top with blue stars and light blue trousers with cartoon bats, bones and lightning bolts. Sat on a pink fluffy mat holding glowing objects.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 6 of my #BatChallenge for @batconservation.bsky.social and this outfit probably doesn't meet my criteria TBH but it's a really nice dress (given to me by a friend when I was pregnant) that I haven't worn enough since I stopped pumping. More Mini Boden for baby. www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Black dress with signs of the zodiac pattern.

Baby top grey with stripey blue sleeves. Dog in a pumpkin design. Blue trousers and orange socks.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Day 5 of my #BatChallenge for @batconservation.bsky.social is another terrible photo for me but the GP called and wanted me to bring the baby in at 9.30am when I was still in my pjs so we rushed out today. Of course though I prioritised his outfit... www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Photo of baby eating the dummy box instead of the perfectly good teether next to him (shaped like a remote control). Wearing black top with ghost design and black spotty leggings and white socks.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Vertically challenged parents of children too young for a floor bed- buy a travel cot with a zip down side and thank me later. I think this might actually be sustainable and practical!!

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today's # BatChallenge for @batconservation.bsky.social photo taken while nap trapped. The new cot worked for 5 minutes but apparently draped over my lap was more comfortable?! I adore this Joanie ghost jumper it's so cosy. www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Selfie of black jumper with repeating white ghost pattern. Baby asleep practically upside down on lap.

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The Occasional Bat @theoccasionalbat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🦇 Happy Bat Appreciation Month! 🦇

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today we stayed in and caught up on chores- I think this tshirt is supposed yo be pjs but I wear it out of the house regularly. I also wore these cute ghost earrings- the baby was interested but didn't pull them out! He had a mid day accidental outfit change. www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Selfie - Minnie Mouse Halloween t shirt, white ghost stud earrings.

Photo of baby's orange trousers and pumpkin pattern top. Standing up using bedrail. Photo actually taken a few weeks ago as the top didn't survive long enough to be in photos today.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's photo for #BatChallenge is terrible but it's the only part of my outfit that survived the day. I got my dress caught putting the buggy in the boot and the seam split open almost 2 feet, so I'll repair that before I share it with the internet. www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Photo of bat leggings, black socks and black skirt. The skirt looks like it has a brown bleach stain but it's just a trick of the light.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The oh so independent baby no longer wants to be held or rocked to sleep but isn't actually capable of falling asleep without being held or rocked, it's quite the dilemma. He's just woken up mid nap and fallen asleep again on me. I'm savouring it while he's still only just over 15% of my bodyweight.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After a year off while roughly the size of a house, I'm back to my annual #BatChallenge wearing Halloween clothes daily in October to raise money for @batconservation.bsky.social. if you have my number, you can ask to join a WhatsApp group to see baby bat photos! www.justgiving.com/page/josie-w...

Sat on the floor by the mirror. Josie wears a white t shirt with black bats all over. Baby has stripey bat leggings and a pumpkin sticker over his face.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🦇 The next round of Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant applications are OPEN and will close at 10am, 26 October. We encourage any place of worship in England that needs assistance with their bat roost, such as managing a cleaning issue, to apply. More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Two women and a 10 year old child have lost their lives in the Channel. These deaths are a tragedy and our thoughts are with their loved ones and all those on the boat. Safe, accessible routes, NOW. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Three people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UK

Official says deaths – and dozens of injuries – were probably caused by crushing on boat carrying 105 people

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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026

Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men

Witches are naturally nosy,” said Miss Tick, standing up. “Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though.”
“Will it cost me anything?”
“What? I just said it was free!” said Miss Tick.
“Yes, but my father said that free advice often turns out to be expensive,” said Tiffany.
Miss Tick sniffed. “You could say this advice is priceless,” she said, “Are you listening?”
“Yes,” said Tiffany.
“Good. Now...if you trust in yourself...”
“Yes?”
“...and believe in your dreams...”
“Yes?”
“...and follow your star...” Miss Tick went on.
“Yes?”
“...you’ll still be beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy. Goodbye.

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Dolly Parton Day 🦋💖 Take 9-25 off to celebrate

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Dolly Parton's Iconic Wink

Alt: Dolly Parton's Iconic Wink

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West Coast Birdwatching @westcoastbirds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

HELP NEEDED! There is a stranded Manx Shearwater in the West Midlands (SOLIHULL) that needs a ride back to the coast. Can anyone in that area help? Even to take it some of the way and pass on to another volunteer? Please call 01437 723193 if you can help 🙏

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is really interesting. I am not sure I can afford the COVID vaccine this year, but last year I took promethazine just before my appointment for my needle phobia/anxiety (because a sedating antihistamine is pretty much the only option in pregnancy) & I did not feel like death after that vaccine!

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Child bashes forehead on TV stand and gets a line shaped bruise from the edge of the shelf. Buy stick on edge protectors. Apply to TV stand. Child's favourite thing to do is now to peel the edge protectors off.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...

popsci.com

The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever

Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.

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Dr Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#31DaysOfGraves prompts are ready for October 1st 2026! 🪦Welcoming posts from graveyards, cemeteries, or related places throughout October. No rules - interpret however and wherever you want, but AI is strongly discouraged. Browse previous posts using the tag. Translations welcome, German is below 👇

An image of the New Jewish Cemetery, Kraków, overlaid with text:
#31 Days of Graves
Day 1: Flower
Day 2: Urn
Day 3: Glass
Day 4: Entrance
Day 5: Vehicle
Day 6: Weather
Day 7: Home
Day 8: Animal
Day 9: Lettering
Day 10: Missing
Day 11: Humorous
Day 12: Ordinary
Day 13: Unusual
Day 14: Brick
Day 15: Language
Day 16: Faith
Day 17: Music
Day 18: Earth
Day 19: Water
Day 20: Fire
Day 21: Air
Day 22: Mourning
Day 23: Wings
Day 24: Contrast
Day 25: Tree
Day 26: Accident
Day 27: Portrait
Day 28: Landscape
Day 29: Fruits/Vegetables
Day 30: Colour
Day 31: Memento Mori

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bank of England and the British financial system were deeply involved in the enslavement and trafficking of millions of African people. Slavery and colonialism is part of British history. It should be part of school curriculum, so that we can recognize ourselves and do better.

theguardian.com

Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds

Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This, my friends, is one of your legislators. We didn't elect him, but he sits in the House of Lords as a reward for bringing us Brexit, injecting his bigotry, perversity and ignorance into our lives. Daniel Hannan in the Daily Mail today, once again grossly misrepresenting history.

Meanwhile, Caribbean countries are demanding ‘reparations’, not from the African states that enslaved their ancestors, but from the nation that poured its blood and treasure into a relentless campaign for abolition.

Incredibly, African countries – which became British colonies, in no small measure, because we were trying to extirpate slavery – also straight-facedly demand compensation.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Have just realised that because a lot of people like to share cute photos of their kids online without showing faces, more and more kids clothes for toddlers have the main cute design on the back instead of the front. Tech influencing fashion...

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Hercule Poirot dressed all in black speaks to Captain Hastings in a grand hallway “Please ask the suspects to gather in the library, Hastings: I wish to reveal that our births are random, our lives meaningless, and our deaths absurd.”

Caption “Having investigated so many awful murders over the years, it was perhaps unsurprising that Hercule Poirot turned to Existentialism”

p.s. Poirot had presumably been reading a lot of Sartre recently…

"It is meaningless that we live and it is meaningless that we die," Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant)

“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.” Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (La Nausée)

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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A HMRC official was sacked because he was caught on camera saying he gives wrong information to black and brown people when they call for advice in a bid to sabotage them. He was a member of the far right group Patriotic Alternative. How many more?

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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 11/09/2026

"To make things that don't exist yet ... and to send them out into the world is wildly, impractically, gorgeously hopeful," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in today's encore episode. Read "The plum you're going to eat next summer” by @gaylebrandeis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4yCIF45

graphic featuring a portion of Gayle Brandeis' poem

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Spat out my tea reading this review of The Uprising. The what of what now? Popular understanding of medieval history has taken a hell of a pounding in recent weeks. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

WARNING ⚠️ There’s a new AI-generated scam impersonating me and offering slots on my podcast — if you receive an email from Gregjenner.host@gmail.com then please report it as spam. Thank you 🙏

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.org

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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

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Help raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This ancient Egyptian bronze of a mother cat nursing her kittens is a scene which feels instantly familiar thousands of years later! 🐈‍⬛ 🐾😍 The cat represents the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet in her role as protector of mothers and children. 📷 Brooklyn Museum #Caturday #Archaeology

This Brooklyn Musem image shows a small bronze group of a mother cat and four kittens set on bronze base, which is in turn set on a wooden base. The mother cat is reclining on her left side with legs outstretched and her head at right. Her left fore and hind legs lie forward while her right fore and hind legs are drawn back. Her tail is draped over her right hind leg. Her head is upright perhaps tilted back slightly as one of the kittens, set between her forelegs, playfully climbs toward her neck. The next three kittens are being nursed by the mother cat. Two are between her fore and hind legs, the last is between the cat's tail and left foreleg. Mother cat wears a necklace which is indicated by an incised line running around her neck. On the front of the bronze base toward the right side (below the cat's left paw) is an inscription ‘Bastet, given life’, showing that the cat represents the goddess fulfilling one of her roles as protector of women and children. Dated circa 664-30 BC, Dynasty 26 or later. Said to come from Saqqara. The museum gives the dimensions as 6.1 x 8.8 x 5 cm.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Other half put up a baby gate at 5pm. At 6.30pm I tripped over the bottom bar and went flying. Fully flying. My elbow broke my fall but I'm also going to have bruises on both feet and both legs for sure. Fucking dyspraxia tax.

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

everyone is going insane for this but it's a slop machine. the first character i rolled was a child who died in 5th century BCE Iran and the site generated me a picture of "his home" which had drainpipes and telephone wires. fuck this.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

gotta bring this classic over here

a tweet from my old twitter account reading “[historian voice] it has always sucked ass to be alive”

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Long COVID is not a mystery anymore. The field is finally moving from “What is happening?” to “How do we fix it?” 🧬 A must-read Nature feature on where the science is heading: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #LongCovid

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When do infections lead to long COVID? Scientists close in on triggers and treatments for post-viral syndromes

Hundreds of millions of people have long-term conditions as a result of an infection. Researchers are working out how to help them.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An example of the 'science' that the @royalsociety.org endorses by keeping him as a fellow

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Friends of Edgbaston Reservoir @edgresfriends.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Fri 4 Sept is the evening to get out and join us for Bat night .19.30 start . Meet at Reservoir rd entrance. Free. No booking needed @bosfonline.bsky.social @brumcjc.bsky.social @bearwoodcouncil.bsky.social

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Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab @bpal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well dang, should’ve just memed it in the first place

An illustration by Gustave Dore for Dante’s Divine Comedy that shows two silhouetted figures standing on a tall summit gazing up at a great celestial conflagration of souls in heaven. Text reads “We already had free art for people who are broke or bad at designing things. It’s called the PUBLIC DOMAIN”

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bed guard has arrived, but delivery came after the baby was in the cot so I can't try it until tomorrow. Not convinced it's going to work though... the clicks when it folds are noisy and I think the bar will be too bulky under the mattress... I'm going to end up buying a floor bed aren't I?

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026

An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.

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Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Baby is crawling. I am not ready for this life. Please send baby gates, furniture anchors and some more sanity. Thanks.

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