ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 9hI checked mine in 2016 and that's why it got caught early. And if you find anything, even if you think you're imagining it, go to your GP! 000
Reposted by ScarletBeaMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 16467531846
Reposted by ScarletBeaautumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ 1213829748
Reposted by ScarletBeaKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world. 573322868
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've finished "Blood over Bright Haven" by M.L. Wang, and wow! Great story on magic at a university, racism and sexism discrimination, whether the end justify the means, and after all is known, are you ready to stand by your values, no matter what? 📚💙🪐 030
Reposted by ScarletBeaEleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot) 19504216
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I've read "The Log Books" by @tashwalker.bsky.social and Adam Zmith, a very interesting history about Switchboard (LGBTQ+ helpline) based on their discovery of the old handwritten log books. I really enjoyed the idea of queer elders, and learnt a lot about british history since the mid-70s 📚💙 250
Reposted by ScarletBeaYorkshire Cancer Research @yorkshire-cancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Big news for the future of cancer prevention in Yorkshire, and beyond 📣 More than £345,000 in research funding has been awarded to a pioneering first-of-its-kind study helping to shape cancer prevention. Read more: bit.ly/4hn9tOF #WorldCancerResearchDay 031
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm becoming 'radioactive ScarletBea' later today, for a bit, so I'm loving all this research, it does give me hope for the future, even if I might not benefit from it. (and please donate if you can) 010
Reposted by ScarletBeaMark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Very often "pacing" in books is simply used by people to describe the rate of delivery of things that interest them. Since readers' interests vary wildly, two people can have opposite views about the pace of the same book. 3466
Reposted by ScarletBeaLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification': 4383198
Reposted by ScarletBeazeobun @zeobun.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Healing my burnout one squirrel at a time (wip) 11854229
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"The Rages" trilogy by Kritika H. Rao. Science-fantasy plus Hinduism ideas, floating cities in the sky while the earth shakes, it's got a fantastic plot and grown-up main characters! 011
Reposted by ScarletBeaCatherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I have been making more seaglass pendants and earings and have these ones available now. Made from seaglass from #Shetland beaches 34812
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Thanks a lot for this interview! As someone who read both Doug's books, it was interesting (and a bit sad) to discover all his struggles. 010
Reposted by ScarletBeaMaria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Lookie here, the UK legal definition of terrorism! I'd say this falls under 1b, 1c, 2c, 2d. Again, this is the same definition used to proscribe Palestine Action. 15636
Reposted by ScarletBeaBreast Cancer Now @breastcancernow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Thousands of signatures. Thousands of emails. Thousands of people given the hope of more time. Thanks to you, people with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer in England will have access to Enhertu. 264
Reposted by ScarletBeaManchester Breast Centre @mcr-breastcentre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Celebrating 25 years of the Breast Biology Group🎉 Bringing together scientists & clinicians with a common goal of better basic & translational breast research. Lessons: it's commitment to the common good that makes team science work, but it takes time & perseverance for research to come to fruition. 011
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm normally not a big fan of novellas, but I've just read "The Masquerades of Spring" by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social and I loved it! 😀 The setting, the story, young Nightingale and especially Gussie's voice, they were all great! 100
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Even ignoring media influence, imagine living a life in fear of 2/3 (?) of the world. Imagine always assuming that everyone "different" you meet is bad. Imagine always thinking others are out to get you. That's making your own life awful on purpose. Why would people choose it? 020
Reposted by ScarletBeaRJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just an FYI. Packed away while we do building work is an extra copy of the SUPERB @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social copy of MORTEDANT'S PERIL. When the work is over I'll be giving it a way. All you'll need is a screenshot of a review you've left somewhere. 3268
Reposted by ScarletBeaAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett. 5330021272
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For those who know me, just so you know I'm not feeling too good at the moment: Cancer's spread all over bones. No new mutation, so no new fancy targeted therapy. I'll start chemo tablets soon. My usual strength has vanished today, I hope (know!) it will return, but today is a 🤬 😢 day. 210
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I absolutely LOVE this series! It's one I first read from the library and went on to buy all books for keeps. 131
Reposted by ScarletBeaKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026FWIW I don’t think that AI is an existential threat, nor on track to become one. I do however think that the leaders of the biggest AI companies, AI’s strongest boosters, and some of the folks who are most adept at using it to exploit others are actively hastening along OTHER existential threats. 492153416
Reposted by ScarletBeaBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Mathematics only makes sense as a gift economy. It has no trade secrets. Substituting a monetizable ersatz culture for the one evolved through historical experience is a particularly insidious form of knowledge collapse.” Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:bostonreview.netKnowledge CollapseAI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding? 1355121
Reposted by ScarletBeaAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off. 1553136712
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I've just received the Shetland glass earrings from @catherinemmunro.bsky.social and they are amazing! Even the box is lovely 220
Reposted by ScarletBeaCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145111506
Reposted by ScarletBeaLendwithcare @lendwithcare.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What difference can a loan make? 🌱 For Adolfo and his family in Ecuador, it means being able to continue growing the business they have spent eight years building and supporting their four children's education. Thank you to every lender helping entrepreneurs like Adolfo. 💚 073
Reposted by ScarletBeaHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/09/2026Easy to follow guide from the British press 81634506
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I haven't seen anyone talking about #NewZealandSpy and it's so incredibly funny 😄, especially if you remember the 70s and 80s James Bond films... (and I love Rose Matafeo in anything, haha) 011
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026For my writer friends 😄 (at work I've learnt to avoid the word "final" in any file - numbers ftw!) 000
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I watched the last episode of #TheVampireLestat, and wow, this season was a whirlwind: of feelings, of excess, of music, of lies, of assumptions... I feared the 'update', I should have trusted them. And thanks @reactorsff.bsky.social, for the reviews: they gave me an extra layer of meaning 010
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I was listening to 'Any answers' on Radio 4 on the way home and I despair at 2 things: 1. The number of people saying that renewables don't make sense because the sun isn't always shining or the wind always blowing 🙄 Have they never heard of batteries?... plus several similar questions about (1/2) 120
Reposted by ScarletBeaDaniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You know who else has an unfair advantage in sport? Naturally talented athletes. And people with high hemoglobin. And rich people with money for sports camps and coaches. Why should they be allowed to compete? “Fairness in sports” my ass. Never since NFTs have I heard such bullshit. 30115402282
Reposted by ScarletBeaEd Douglas @calmandfearless.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Pretty good going from BBC R4's Today to talk for 15 minutes about the disaster in Nepal and not once mention the impact of climate change A massive chunk of glacier collapsed and fell 1.2km, reduced to 'flash flood'. 19464143
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"a glacial collapse" - oh yes, nothing to see here, it's just summer, it's supposed to be hot... 😡theguardian.comNepal flash flood live updates: more than 1,000 people missing after glacial collapse at Tibet borderAt least 165 people have died, with hundreds of foreign nationals from India, US, UK, Australia, Malaysia and Ukraine among those missing 041
Reposted by ScarletBeaJane Horton 🇺🇸 🇦🇩 🇺🇾 🏳️🌈 @janebhorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Five clay dogs buried under a palace doorway at Nineveh around 645 BC. Each one has its name written on its side in cuneiform. Expeller of evil. Catcher of the enemy. Biter of his foe. Loud is his bark. Don't think, bite. That last one is an instruction, written on the dog, addressed to the dog. 161044324
Reposted by ScarletBeaAction for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“Find out who you are and do it on purpose” - Dolly Parton ❤️🙏 Image: www.instagram.com/joycreatives... 04115
Reposted by ScarletBeaDr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 26/08/2026What makes you extraordinary? Inspired by a friend lamenting they weren't special in any way, I wanted us to recall that worth starts not from what you've done but from who you are. #dignity #communitystewarthotston.comWhat makes you extraordinary?A friend of mine was lamenting that they felt like they wanted to be able to be someone who excelled at something - it didn't matter what - but they felt like they were mediocre at everything they did. There's a lot of arguments around this, about innate talent, the role of luck, the impact of work, nature vs. nurture and whether we can pick up excellence and mastery later in life (we absolutely can given the right environment and opportunities and commitment). 1143
Reposted by ScarletBeaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We have had this conversation so many times. You do not have to platform/debate obscene views that are also false. I wrote during a wave of pressure on progressives to compromise with far-right haters: 422252481
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I love the idea/results behind this article! #PositiveNewspositive.newsThe mobile library bringing books to rural SyriaIn rural communities across Syria, a converted bus is bringing books, puppets and art workshops to children who have grown up with war 020
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This, and all the replies, made me laugh so much 🤣 000
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026On a more positive note, just look at this! 😍 #Lego #TheXFiles 030
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Just shouting into the aether: f*** cancer! 🤬 Any type, but at the moment, the smart little b**** that adapt and escape the effects of medication. 130
Reposted by ScarletBeaBreast Cancer Now @breastcancernow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026New research from Dr Isaac Garcia-Murillas at the Institute of Cancer Research, London has shown that a new type of ‘tissue-free’ blood test could provide a cheaper, more accessible way to predict breast cancer recurrence. breastcancernow.org/about-us/res... 044
ScarletBea @scarletbea.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It says something about the current situation that it took me until the panel's names to realise this was satire 😬 040