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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 15/07/2026

Today only - don't miss out! My e-book (Up - A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us) is available for 99p from Amazon. Aimed at Radio 4 listeners - adult readers with an interest in the world around us but not necessarily with any science background. Tell your parents! amzn.eu/d/053vIKR9

Advertising pic of the book Up by Lucy Rogers. Quote above by Helen Macdonald (author of H is for Hawk) "A book rich with light, love and the best kind of astonishment"

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Tip tip: when walking in Exmoor, don't touch the footpath signs, there's a chance it's been up a pony's arse crack for scratching purposes.

A moorland scene of grass and bracken, with a wooden footpath sign disappearing into the butt cheeks of a brown Exmoor pony.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The interval act is always the best part. Lordi singing Brotherhood of Man's Save Your Kisses For Me was just bizarre.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Just waiting for one of the Tenerife "we don't want them here" voxpops to suggest sending the MV Hondius through the Strait of Hormuz.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The Cambridge Skywriter is in a happy mood today!

A smiley face in the blue sky made by smoke from an aerobatic aircraft, with a river surrounded by greenery below.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Happy bring-your-cat-to-work day to those who celebrate.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Lol. Giving it to a Venezuelan is the best "f*** you" to the orange-faced felon! Nicely done, Nobel committee.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Trying to decide if I should go out for a walk after lunch. BBC weather and the Met Office have very different views. Is there some kind of meta-forecast that forecasts which forecast is more likely to be accurate?

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

"Carve me like one of your French girls"

A statue of Archbishop Richard Sterne in York Minster. The figure is laying down with slightly crossed legs, with the head resting on a hand.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Watching the news today is, again, like watching a soap opera. Dirty Don and all the other dodgy characters...

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I think this means they're ordering pizza. #ChimneyWatch

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Two chicken breasts costing £2.50 is in a security box at my local Co-op. WTF!?

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Liz Truss visits the Queen. Queen dies. JD Vance visits the Pope. Pope dies. I'm spotting a pattern....

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I hope that orange thing in his mouth is actually a carrot and not some weird new tradition for the state visit of the American president.

A TV showing BBC News, with a picture of King Charles playing a carrot in a similar manner to a recorder. The caption says "King Charles plays a carrot".

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

My train ticket looks like the dilemma of what to do about Prince Andrew.

The core part of the ticket includes two three letters acronyms, HRH and TBD, with an arrow from the first to the second.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"Raw earth" (sic)? Zelenskyy should send him a few bags of topsoil, and he'd never know the difference.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I don't see the point in news channels having a live camera feed of the outside of the Pope's hospital. Are they expecting a puff of red smoke to come from the chimney if he dies?

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I bought wine for the train journey home but didn't have a glass or cup, so had to improvise...

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

There's a lot of shit in the world right now, but there is also much beauty. The dictators, billionaires, and other assorted cunterati cannot take that away from us. (📍Valley Gardens, Windsor Great Park)

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Richmond Park wildlife is getting into the #ValentinesDay spirit

Two bright green parakeets sitting on a tree branch with their red beaks touching in a way that looks a bit like a kiss.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Why is there a sculpture of the American dictator outside of London's Paddington station?

A sculpture of some kind, consisting of a large, irregular blob of orange, topped with a small, vaguely spherical blob of yellow. The sculpture stands outside of a modern steel and glass building.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This artwork, part of the Canary Wharf Winter Lights, uses human forms created by AI, which is probably why the one at the back looks like he's choking the chicken.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I'm hearing a wide variety of pronunciations of "Éowyn" on TV today. But Lord of the Rings fans are all like, "I got this"

A screen grab of the BBC News at Six showing "Storm Éowyn" on the big screen, with newsreader Sophie Raworth standing in front of the screen.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Word of day is ‘unasinous’ (17th century): united in stupidity. A riff on ‘unanimous’: which comes from the Latin for ‘one mind’. ‘Unasinous’ means ‘one ass’.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I thought it might be funny to edit some inauguration footage to replace the music with the circus march, but it turns out I don't need to.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I really hope they don't televise the bit of the ceremony where the tech CEOs line up to kiss his orange ring.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Probably safer to take my chances with the traffic than the skating rink that the refrozen pavement ice has become 🙄

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

A winter wonderland on Edale Moor in the Peak District National Park. So much better than the damp grey days we've been having.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I was thinking earlier how tedious it is to watch fireworks on a screen. That was until Bahrain decided to fly a camera drone right through them. (Was kinda hoping for a hit taking out the drone, but alas...)

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Having bought this toy for my brother's kid, I can vouch for the accuracy of this review 😀

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Morning! Happy Friday everyone!

A river with the orange glow from the rising sun in the background, silhouetting some trees. In the foreground are three swans feeding.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

And the same goes for Elonia. Way too much orange on my TV right now.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Dear news media covering the Notre-Dame reopening, please focus on the great achievement of the French in rebuilding it so well and so quickly, and not on the orange-faced felon attending - it's not about him. Thx.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It's always a pleasure to see the St James's Park pelicans, but feeding time is a treat. Other birds, hoping for a free lunch, gather ahead of feeding time - they know the drill. One roach was too big for the pelicans to swallow; the herons and cormorants tried but it was left to the gulls to finish

A pelican with its bill open and pointed up into the air. A heron stands in the background looking at the pelican.

Three pelicans with their bills open, waiting to catch a fish that will be thrown to them. Other pelican and other birds are in the lake in the background.

A pelican picking at a dead fish on the b e ground.

Two gulls pecking at a dead fish on the ground. A crow looks on.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Today, I reached my hiking goal for the year: 2000 miles/3219km. Conveniently, this happened just metres from my favourite refreshment stop in London's Bushy Park, so a little celebration was in order 😀

Me with a beer in my hand, with a background of trees and a low sun.

A pigeon with just one leg standing on a fence post, with a background of a pond.

A large conifer with its needles a bright orange, reflected in a pond. The sky is blue with just a few light clouds

A pond with various trees in the background. One tree has bright yellow leaves, some have no leaves.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Is it my imagination, or are the autumn colours staying with us for longer this year?

A large lawn surrounded by trees of varying colours, including green, yellow, orange, and brown. The sky is partly cloudy.

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James Bulpin @jamesbulpin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Blue skies with some beautiful clouds. Lake District, pre-sunset on Monday.

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