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January 13, 2009

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You can find me on goodreads, flickr, twitter, facebook, ravelry and pinterest among others, but I’m more at home here in my own space than in those other places.

Quick Clips

Can you get a diagnosis just by coughing into your phone? This might be the most optimistic futuristic thing I’ve read in ages, I hope something like this works! 20201030

Yup, I’m deffo going to stay in quiet well ventilated spaces! 20201030

An article about why other people believe such nonsense, and I, of course, don’t (but, obviously, probably do). 20201028

This is an interesting database of Covid superspreading events. 20201027

24 hour magical mathematical YouTube show. Looks like fun! 20201027

A tale of two plagues. 20201026

It’s like a strange variation of the Turing Test but I have no idea whether this story about the president of the United States’ Twitter password being “maga2020” is a satirical news story or not. 20201023

You can control the sky laser light show! Fab idea, I wish I had an excuse to go to Leeds and play. 20201023

Timepage: my new favourite iOS calendar app. 20201022

The fascinating story of how the author of “How to Lie with Statistics” got involved with doing just that for the tobacco industry. 20201021

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Fab exhibition from #joanavasconcelos - I was espe

Fab exhibition from #joanavasconcelos - I was especially intrigued by the Portuguese crochet elements.

More of the #huddersfieldnarrowcanal - coming down

More of the #huddersfieldnarrowcanal - coming downhill from Marsden where the canal tunnels under the Pennines, I wonder what happened to the E on 41 & 42!

Two months of #mysteryblanket knitting left! I hav

Two months of #mysteryblanket knitting left! I have more fishes 🐠 🐟 😁 #debbieabrahamsmysteryblanket #knitting

🐱 Ajay enjoying the 🍂autumn 🌞 sunshine.

🐱 Ajay enjoying the 🍂autumn 🌞 sunshine.

Another day, another hill 😁

Another day, another hill 😁

Yup, quite windy up here! 💨

Yup, quite windy up here! 💨

More canal counting. Last set ended at 22 though s

More canal counting. Last set ended at 22 though so I’ll have to go back & collect 21. 10 is in the background of 11 but I’ll start from there another time. 😬🚴🏻‍♀️ #huddersfieldnarrowcanal

Found a table where I can lay out my #debbieabraha

Found a table where I can lay out my #debbieabrahamsmysteryblanket - as long as the sun keeps shining! #knitting #rowanyarns

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