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Hi! My son, Jim, has been selected for the England Men's #Volleyball U22s in the CEV Qualifiers in Italy! Unfortunately, volleyball receives v. little funding & so players have to self-fund. If you want to help Jim on his volleyball journey, that would be great! gofund.me/2181bfc2 Much appreciated!

He is!! Turning 17 in June and already 6ft 4"! Hope you are yours are well, too? xxx

Ps - you don't have to watch it! 😆

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera.

Hyalinea balthica (Schröter, 1783) x 200 (v small, usually larger) from Loch Sunart. This planispiral evolute #foraminifera is easily distinguished by its thick glassy walls separating the chambers & thick glassy periphery. Likes organic rich seds & cooler waters. (Nearly!) #ForamFriday.

Photo of U18s boys playing volleyball. Jim is number 10, jumping for the ball.

Hi folks! If you are willing & able, please subscribe to my son's #volleyball Youtube channel!! We need 50+ subscribers before we can livestream games. Really useful for those who can't attend (like me sometimes!) and to keep a recording for his profile! Thanks! 😍🏐 www.youtube.com/@JamesMCVoll...

Statistics and images of two volleyball players (one girl, one boy) from the Volleyball England Super Series 3

Team photo of the England U17 Men's team for NEVZA 2024.

I did say there would be some personal life posts! Proud mum moment! Well done to my boy, James Cox! Top Setter in @volleyballengland Super Series #3 (play offs between the top 8 teams in England). Also, England U17 Men's #volleyball captain in the 2024 NEVZA tournament in Denmark! Go Jim! 🏐 👏

Beautiful views with the cold weather in #newcastleunderlyme #staffordshire. 😍🌨 Doggo is enjoying it too!

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera

One for @janeearland.bsky.social!

Like the intricate ice crystals in our sub-zero temperatures here in Staffordshire, here is the delicate Textularia earlandi Parker, 1952 (x 130) from Loch Sunart. I love this fragile, little agglutinated benthic #foraminifera. #ForamFriday

SEM of a benthic foraminifera.

A pretty bauble for the Christmas tree! Favulina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) (x160) from Loch Sunart, NW Scotland, UK. (Used to be Oolina hexagona). #ForamFriday #Festivefossils

Last day in the office today before the Christmas break and I wanted to post somethign upbeat - but first your obligatory #NIghtmareBeforeChristmas thread - it's surprisingly funny...

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera.

This benthic #foraminifera always reminds me of an upside down Christmas tree! Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 1826 (x 100, shown aperture down for tree-ness!) from Loch Sunart. Found in stratified waters in Sunart. Also linked to high organic matter. #ForamFriday #Seasonsgreetings!

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera

Spiroplectinella wrightii (Silvestri, 1903) x 90 from Loch Sunart. Funny angle but shows aperture. Not great images tbh! But it's nearly Christmas!🎄 #ForamFriday

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera - looks a bit like a Christmas tree in shape!

It's nearly time! Christmas tree candidate #1! Spiroplectinella wrightii (Silvestri, 1903) (was Spiroplectammina wrightii) x 55 from Loch Sunart. A common UK shelf benthic #foraminifera species; groups with other taxa that suggest saline waters & higher energy environments. #ForamFriday

SEM image of an agglutinated benthic foraminifera

#ForamFriday: continuing with how amazing agglutinated #foraminifera are & how they are very particular when it comes to grains used to build their test... here is Ammoscalaria runiana (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1916) x 80 from Loch Sunart, Scotland. This #foram likes them chunky!

SEM image of an agglutinated benthic foraminifera

One of my fave agglutinated #foraminifera Recurvoidella bradyi (Robertson, 1891; superseded Haplophragmoides bradyi) x180 from Loch Sunart, Scotland. Amazes me how #forams are so particular about grain mineralogy & size. This one has a smooth, shiny test of tiny grains & is usually a browny-orange.

Location of RV Tom Crean in the Celtic Sea - taken from marine traffic.com

They are heading out of the weather now, but yesterday my PhD student, Ally, was in the middle of the Celtic Sea on RV Tom Crean with Dr Mark Coughlan (UCD) and his team, collecting samples and data for #bluecarbon studies in shelf seas. What a great experience for him! Thanks Mark & team!

SEM image of a benthic foraminifera.

Recurvoides trochamminiformis Höglund, 1947 (x 200) from Loch Sunart, NW Scotland. I like the way agglutinated #foraminifera can select different grain sizes - here the grain size is much finer around the aperture, giving a distinct edge/lip. #ForamFriday (Ignore the '10' - that's from my plate!)

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A greyscale SEM image of a benthic foraminifera on a black background.

I've not posted here for a while but here is a late #ForamFriday! Cassidulina obtusa Williamson, 1858. x250. Loch Sunart, Scotland. Usually found in more temperate waters. Signature characteristic - that little indent at the top of the aperture.

A warm welcome to @mattrpharris.bsky.social! Follow Matt for ice chat, contamination discussions and some stats loving! 🧊

Applications are open for the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Mixing!

Ahhh! I love being back in my home town! Where talking to random folk and being called 'love' is normal, getting life stories in shops from people you've never met is frequent, and 'cock/cocker' is a term of endearment! 😂 #northernlass #lancashire #manchester

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A warm welcome to @simondhaenens.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to more #foraminifera fans joining us over here for more #ForamFriday content and discussion!

Pains me to say as a Lancashire lass, but Yorkshire Tea > Lancashire Tea! 😬

Screenshot of a Twitter post from Volleyball England wishing the U17 boys and girls squads good luck for the NEVZA comp in Denmark. The photo shows the squads all together dressed in red and black England training strips.

No #ForamFriday from me because I was busy getting my lad ready for this! Super proud of my boy, and of the hard work & commitment these kids & their coaches at #Volleyball England and club level have put in to make this happen! What a fantastic set of boys and girls too! Enjoy yourselves! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏐💪😍