2026-10-26T17:29:09Z https://nostr.now Emma the Curious 🧐🏳️‍🌈 https://nostr.now/npub18n6ypvtx0gfkn5x7xxsvkwn60zrdv9dsfcdnh7cyhqmmzj308qass45kt4 https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/115/587/824/903/259/505/original/324c446f4d7b4eac.jpg https://stockroom.wandering.shop/accounts/avatars/115/587/824/903/259/505/original/324c446f4d7b4eac.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq2ewz929gdrt0dh8x3p7mcy0u79psa8dl86wtk9su3ehlc5732gqzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkyfqqpf &#34;Plans to introduce &#34;bee bus stops&#34; aimed to boost biodiversity in urban areas have been approved for Peterborough.<br/><br/>Peterborough City Council said 34 bus stops could include Living Roofs, mini-gardens planted on top of bus shelters that are made up of wildflowers and other vegetation.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62e9vynyvdpo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62e9vynyvdpo</a><br/><br/>#GoodNews #bees #solarpunk 2026-10-29T15:04:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqz3e73r0f39fc5mxt3r472shzkhraszp6fzgxhg8r7w5626h866szyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkc6suck &#34;Many analysts think we&#39;re in an AI bubble, as building and running AI tools is so astronomically expensive that some companies may never turn a profit. If the bubble pops, untold numbers of AI businesses will merge or shut down. The data that billions of people give to AI tools could then be purchased by almost anyone. You may never find out what happens to it.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20261029-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets">https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20261029-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets</a><br/><br/>#AI #privacy 2026-10-29T10:58:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy9xehk0ffl8k9tfc8qpjc9p0uag9d4vmr0em74jjpxp7w4mh34xgzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkey3l95 Just read the best answer to a stupid ice breaker question someone was asked at work.<br/><br/>Q: What kitchen appliance would you be?<br/>A: A slow cooker. Leave it alone for 8 hours and it just gets on and does the job. 2026-10-25T17:01:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf9nzxhp6jl5c4qy5txm64jywdtxfjvwr4xqyvkrrtjspuqew6xqgzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkfl4jtj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsggs5exlythylw04c26ykwc0zrz0xnaau02c7spw947e923u4hhtcevcfng'>nevent1q…cfng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a second blog, which is about growing plants in space. <br/><br/><a href="https://spacebotany.uk/">https://spacebotany.uk/</a> 2026-10-25T08:37:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspqxggpv5xqgtnlajxxe24dj5yt7vslwahhf44aftvx533tadysqqzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkj5afqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlcnn952cxrmwzawqzgk9znctcywt4dgecccjj58wq8ngxly8c4gnk9e85'>nevent1q…9e85</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My blog is a bit erratic at the moment. It hasn’t quite found its (new) feet. It used to be a gardening blog, but I gave up gardening and started writing fiction instead. 2026-10-25T07:40:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxd7hxjqlpc7pr5sy822swxgt0egrlv9dq4rg5y9u99pq6h583rrczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurk8y0uph In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx2uftus0jwdtxuxz2uw0m8prnku3gc5rcnuscvad55m5dwrpuxsq26d0t3'>nevent1q…d0t3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What’s your weird style? 2026-10-25T07:00:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv45n59pvz45u9e85v8vfa7mp4pjf0gdtpwkgzg8gp9k9m4rwawagzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkd2qv7d I joined a writer’s Discord yesterday afternoon, and left it this morning.<br/><br/>For sure, I cannot cope with the chaotic onslaught that is a busy Discord server.<br/><br/>Also, I don’t know what I want from a writer’s community, except that it’s not what everyone else seems to want.<br/><br/>I despair of ever finding my people 😢 2026-10-25T05:58:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzcmfj8a3kjp45s0wz9zst8rrvjj78j4rwquzu89dvew46vxanmczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkcfrvh0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6mxed528dknwt7upmts4ynvq4yd5sekdfjsu8jwzq42dmaqauuql385lv'>nevent1q…85lv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Loved this article, thanks! 2026-10-22T04:35:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgjfsceqltzsdyxlrc7xfdpjktk8yzsv6usutr65vq5e28lfce82gzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkatxejf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzuzetvujwd3czutj9ch5cku83gplgmqemsq9y4h6smztu8hg66snh5esc'>nevent1q…5esc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;‘Puffling’, Una Wrack’s story of the year she spent marooned on a lonely outcropping won critical acclaim. The young wildlife photographer’s account of how the colony of puffins she befriended taught her to live with hope and joy is nothing but heartwarming, and beautifully illustrated with enchanting photos of her feathered companions.<br/><br/>The book flopped commercially, however, mainly due to an understandable public outcry over its inclusion of a recipe section.&#34;<br/><br/>#fiction  2026-10-18T10:42:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspzuzetvujwd3czutj9ch5cku83gplgmqemsq9y4h6smztu8hg66szyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkmlacr6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstvp3gdrn4egd70ud8n3q88a5effxnttv33x4tf4v6auz8l84kemck8ejps'>nevent1q…ejps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The classic self-help book, &#39;How to Make Millions Through Magical Mind Control&#39; by Archmage Midas Goldfinger could once be found on every would-be-wizard’s bookshelf.<br/><br/>These days, of course, it has been largely superseded by &#39;Minted: Magical Mind Control for Trillionaires&#39;. However, it&#39;s always worth re-visiting the OG volume that began this ever-expanding genre.<br/><br/>Just for laughs, of course. Most attempts to follow &#39;the programme&#39; end in flatulence and spontaneous combustion.&#34;<br/><br/>#fiction 2026-10-17T11:12:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstvp3gdrn4egd70ud8n3q88a5effxnttv33x4tf4v6auz8l84kemczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkwjgj7f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ythzfdqm2nf8208nr9h9twa2h5vpmy3f25qq023zjjv6xnzqnrgxrprcq'>nevent1q…prcq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;In these days of soaring rents and shrinking apartments, many witches despair of ever finding a suitably compact familiar. After all, there&#39;s only so much you can do with a Hissing Cockroach or a Giant Land Snail. <br/><br/>As a breeder of tiny, intelligent desk weasels, Neve Lisa Mustelid believes she has the solution. In her book, &#39;How to Train Your Desk Weasel&#39;, she explains how to get the best from your new adoption, which, at the very least, can be trained to bite on command.&#34;<br/><br/>#fiction 2026-10-16T09:09:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ythzfdqm2nf8208nr9h9twa2h5vpmy3f25qq023zjjv6xnzqnrgzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurk9gpgul I&#39;ve had it mind for a while that I would like to do a daily post from a fictional world. I never really honed that into an idea, but this morning I think I found something that might work.<br/><br/>[Bearing in mind my follow-through on these kinds of things is dismal.]<br/><br/>The first post is in the works, but I don&#39;t know how to (succinctly) mark it as fictional.<br/><br/>One long thread? Hashtag? (if a hashtag, which one?)<br/><br/>I could append an image that explains it, I suppose. 2026-10-16T07:53:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0weqf4pe8y5ky8f5hc37e6ry4dfxdffdl9a8hxsnsetm5q9ajvlczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkhftq5v The Finch app challenged me to discover one fun fact about the place I grew up.<br/><br/>Apparently, there’s a network of tunnels underneath the High Street in High Wycombe. Although there were rumours they were military, or some sort of escape route, the truth is considerably more prosaic.<br/><br/>A brewery built them to transport beer to many, many pubs, without the hassle of carting barrels through busy streets. <br/><br/>🤣 2026-09-08T04:54:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs94sy59vwvwmv2d633cq6z89rv8uuvvxg6ealr9rghdghudc4n0mgzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkh3l6cu More than two decades aboard the International Space Station have taught us a great deal about surviving in space, but the Moon presents an entirely different set of hazards. Keeping the inhabitants of a Moon base alive presents a challenge. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/6-ways-die-moon">https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/6-ways-die-moon</a> 2026-09-01T07:53:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6pnmjypquh37aa7k3mrw7n9cx2zy42czmmwpalw03pzm3dng2nszyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkgw97a7 Despite only numbering around six million in a country of 270 million, the Bugis people of South Sulawesi are highly influential.<br/><br/>Their prowess as seafarers and traders established their influence across Indonesia and the Malay Archipelago (and struck fear into the hearts of European colonisers, who regarded them as ruthless pirates).<br/><br/>And they recognise five genders.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20210411-asias-isle-of-five-separate-genders">https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20210411-asias-isle-of-five-separate-genders</a><br/><br/>#gender #Queer 2026-08-16T07:33:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswa7ptyrp5pgtlw9dyxga7nlxk366mpw8znyq57nxsul27yjzap5gzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkmmlt94 Apparently, you can hack a smart bulb to be a tiny web server holding... e.g. banned books.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/">https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/</a> 2026-07-22T07:49:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2n2k2k0gh0u2hxev7jnau5xrpu4k05cdng6rlat760e7sayvwazqzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurk2e7fc7 Doom running on E. coli. Penguin relationship drama. A Rothko painting matched to your local weather. The internet&#39;s cabinet of curiosities is alive and well, if you know where to look – and it&#39;s full of gloriously niche people I would very much like to have over for tea. New Slightly Unhinged post, with a writing prompt.<br/><br/><a href="https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/slightly-unhinged-geeky-obsessions/">https://theunconventionalgardener.com/blog/slightly-unhinged-geeky-obsessions/</a><br/><br/>#WritingPrompt 2026-06-26T06:46:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvafax7u39w99vt88uaj3x8psyhqma0kpsk8qajg48uumcpxhtwqczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurk8wy2qz It all started in the middle of nowhere, in the South Pacific Ocean. What began as a grassroots project has evolved into a global movement by merging cutting-edge science, tech, creativity, and community-led action to revolutionise ocean conservation. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-8LPwcfbM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-8LPwcfbM</a><br/><br/>#solarpunk #coral #ocean 2026-06-24T07:31:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9llneh79j6ww8q07dsh8sg9dd8tn5av3u5ds68ttnpzs7mnwmxmczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkd9mc8s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0mseuav95ll3t4wup8c7zngssz67ag8wn8jxrgds7rraj6lm0qgvzd7ve'>nevent1q…d7ve</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;THE SOCIETY FOR THE EXPLORATION OF CONFIDENTIAL ENVELOPE TINTS<br/><br/>We are a playful collective of Obscurationists: amateur pattern-hunters, whimsical archivists, and curious minds united by one thing – wanting to learn all about security envelope patterns.<br/><br/>You know, those prints inside your bills the average person doesn’t think twice about? We think about them all the time.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://secret-archive.org/the-archive/">https://secret-archive.org/the-archive/</a> 2026-05-29T08:03:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0mseuav95ll3t4wup8c7zngssz67ag8wn8jxrgds7rraj6lm0qgzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkz86q45 I recently learned that some people collect the security patterns printed on the insides of envelopes. Which is wild. 2026-05-29T07:56:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8rrn25wzgtxktluauf50crhpluzqf5uydj5ldnt02mjhcrs554lczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkhtaraa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvnww77l02m6np2tsw8l0h3lsx22ad9jeutm83n0cgnzn3cadzmq9ncxgk'>nevent1q…cxgk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There was a similar question on a purity test when I was a teenager, and everyone was really freaked out by me saying yes 😕 2026-02-02T09:10:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dm2p6zkcrxuz38vcqermm3k9dcxnw3h72wwzupramqtefhn033gzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkflp6y9 Many of Istanbul&#39;s visitors are unaware that the city is home to half-a-millennium-old stone-carved bird houses that reflect the Ottomans&#39; reverence for the animals.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20251217-turkeys-ornate-ottoman-era-bird-palaces">https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20251217-turkeys-ornate-ottoman-era-bird-palaces</a> 2025-12-19T16:00:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9q3sh3mf754qplwpm83u87mxkl82ee2zuhe4w38nmtply0z5jegzyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkrt0t3u I want to follow more artists* who make colourful, joyful art.<br/><br/>Suggestions please! (I know nothing about art, so… that’s all I’ve got, for the moment.)<br/><br/>*in the widest possible sense. Make art? You’re an artist!<br/><br/>#MastoArt #Art #joy 2025-12-19T05:40:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp7chu5gy3nyluw9j224jjfe8ezl7qcv5edmyyvd9fvzp3xef7a4czyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkw8kgn8 I just signed Praxis&#39; open letter calling on Minister for Communities Angela Rayner to stand up to hate and keep all our communities safe.<br/><br/>Right now, this Government is leaving far-right hate unchecked. Demand better. Sign the letter.<br/><br/><a href="https://act.praxis.org.uk/sign-open-letter">https://act.praxis.org.uk/sign-open-letter</a> 2025-12-15T08:41:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst2wupxvlfhsypyde2mnq75lrj0pqaz9vt00d74j9xl8pa53wpprszyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkwxpqgs “The first saplings grown from the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree will be planted this weekend.<br/><br/>Five saplings will be installed in Coventry, Staffordshire, Berkshire, Cambridge and Strabane on Saturday, the National Trust said.<br/><br/>Next week more plantings will take place in Hexham, Leeds and Sunderland.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4d7mnxvwlo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4d7mnxvwlo</a> 2025-11-22T06:11:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jgl0zy6yvvxdzu7aekxy59d55d4rph9rnypeppn92npwsnxnewczyq70gs93veapx6wsmcc6pje60fugd4s4kp8pkwlmqjur0v229uurkf6jrcj Hello, I’m Emma (she/they). I have moved to a new instance, so it’s time for a fresh #introduction.<br/><br/>I am a science writer, but I’m starting to get (back) into writing fiction.<br/><br/>I’m #ActuallyAutistic, with an ever-changing portfolio of interests. Today I would say I’m into #books, #dragons &amp; #botany. <br/><br/>I enjoy friendly conversations, but don&#39;t want to get involved in gnarly debates.<br/><br/>Oh, and I have a Mastodon alter ego that waffles on about growing plants in space. 2025-11-21T13:39:44Z