And the woman did speak unto the hound, saying, What do you mean, normal men, and the hound answered the woman, saying, We are just innocent men. And great was her emotion

Two, Three…. Our falcon laid her second egg at lunchtime on Thursday 19th March, standing up to reveal it at 12.29pm when it was only minutes old.  Not quite 60 hours had elapsed since egg 1. Her third egg arri…

More Eggs!
Sheffield Peregrines blog.

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Peak British burn.

Also spotted: grey wagtail, wren, robin, the usual tits and corvids (no jay today) dunnock, mallard, canada geese, song thrush. Heard but not seen: chiffchaff and pheasant. Merlin claimed a siskin and treecreeper but I couldn't spot them so it doesn't count.

Merlin screenshot of a white throated dipper

Thinks: ooh it's been a long time since I've seen a dipper on the river and lo! One appears!

so. Much. grading.

My secret superpower is an eye and memory for detail, and sufficient pedantry to follow up on things that seem ever so slightly off.

Do not even try to slide plagiarised work past me.

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

UK authors - I urge you to read this article about a school in Manchester who removed hundreds of our books from their library they deemed ‘inappropriate’ and share. This is appalling censorship - and it’s coming from the school’s head and SLT themselves. @indexoncensorship.org

Wishing a very happy Mother's Day to everyone celebrating in the UK, Ireland and Nigeria today. And a happy, don't panic, it's only Mother's Day in the UK, Ireland and Nigeria so you've not forgotten to everywhere else in the world x

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Educaton Town Hall in one meme

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WHAT.

Who do I need to slap?

14 pieces of coursework remaining.

A great thread for alien worldbuilding. Our exoplanets will have limpets

I absolutely loved that the experiences Dan and Fin went through didn't result in a very specific change to their household circumstances. Another great installment in the series!

Ken is lovely!

Why agentic AI creeps out women: because it's written by bros for bros who want Stepford Wives, and conveys that vibe: commercial AIs are fine-tuned to perform as cheerfully submissive handmaids, not working partners:

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a spongebob squarepants scene with a mailbox and a flower Alt: a spongebob squarepants scene with a mailbox and a flower. Spongebob is posting his vote.

Looks like job losses in Chemistry then.
Guess I know what I'm doing with my ucu ballot now.

Possibly the greatest "in mice" outcome of all time

Cast of Wonders 680: Firecrackers on 28 Mott Street | Cast of Wonders The children wield firecrackers as they enter the old shop on Mott Street. Copper wind bells chime as the door closes behind them. Inside, velvet curtains block all natural light. Here the glow of…

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Cast of Wonders, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Kaleidotrope: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...

Don't mind me, I'm just going to go sit and stare at the wall for a few hours while my brain attempts to assimilate this crucial new information

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

Crucible theatre Sheffield

14yo successfully interviewed for a work experience placement at Sheffield Theatres. So proud!

An owl like figure offer a claw displaying three talons. Three drops of blood depend from each talon. Pencil drawing with applied colour.

...at any rate, good afternoon.
Queen of Owls from Hookland for you.

Weird bloods but nothing's wrong with you.
Normal bloods, nothing's wrong with you, lose weight.
Oh wait, bloods ARE weird, let's do more tests and get you on thyroxine.

Only taken a year?

They all hold a Guinness World Record. (Speed-recitation of Hamlet, Pogo-stick bounces, number of supernumerary teeth, not necessarily in that order)

They all appeared on the gameshow Blockbusters as children

Still from The Shining. A slightly untidy kitchen with a bookshelf and laundry basket in view. At a table covered with a checked cloth sit little Danny and his mother Wendy. Danny is obediently eating a sandwich; Wendy is reading a copy of The Catcher In The Rye. Neither looks at the other; each sits in quiet isolation.

Apparently there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories about why, in Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING, Wendy Torrance is reading JD Salinger’s THE CATCHER IN THE RYE.

I haven’t read Stephen King’s book, but I know the answer to the mystery. It’s storytelling!

It tells us about Jack’s abuse.

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Also:

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"It was pitiful. It was like watching some TV gourmet chef eat a piece of buttered toast and squeal, "But this is delicious! Unheard of! Where has it been all my life?"

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