James Clare

🦂🚨🦂 New Chalkdust alert! 🦂🚨🦂 DNA origami, tracks and an interview with El Nombre feature in our AW25 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns. Read the entire new issue now at chalkdustmagazine.com

Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it’s not a bad idea. techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/eco… via @techcrunch

@StoryShortest Well my to-read list keeps getting longer, a library would be nice to spend just a bit more time in

THE GHOST HUNTER

@StoryShortest Army ants or wasps, let the bee make their honey

HOW TO SERVE REVENGE

@StoryShortest Pretty sure blood of virgin olive is olive oil, just weird phrasing

THE RITUAL WON'T WORK

@StoryShortest Ooh you mean gothic or steampunk, ok sold

BABY SHOES A.K.A. SUCK IT, HEMINGWAY

@chalkdustmag hi, when and where is a good time and place to pick up 10 copies of the latest issue? I can get to Imperial uni fairly easily

@StoryShortest The sunglasses sounded like it came with instructions, and collectively it sounds like a warning, get out of there, mind out for the hazards though

JUNK DRAWER

@StoryShortest As someone runs and cycles every week, there is no such thing as bad weather, but bad clothing. Also group exercises make it much more enjoyable. But I hope you can say Spring is coming and smile

Been dealing with a wee bit of seasonal depression. Low mood, fuzzy focus, high anxiety, small efforts feel big. Tasks/habits that come naturally suddenly feel uphill. For anyone else waiting out winter: spring is coming. Hang in there. We got this.

From today you'll see local MathsJams posting about what they're doing at @mathsjam" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mathstodon.xyz/@mathsjam - there's already been an update from Christchurch MathsJam in New Zealand! Follow there to see what people are up to this evening!

@StoryShortest Good boy

RESCUE DOG

@tower727 Gods play dice, it was most likely an unlikely roll of the dices

I used to wonder what I did to deserve you. It must have been something Really bad

MathsJam email went out, I'll see you Tuesday, just remember VENUE CHANGED TO KINGS ARM due to renovations

@StoryShortest Living Statues Drug?

NIGHT OF THE LIVING STATUES

Luce and the Rock - very cute and short film (6 minutes) shortoftheweek.com/2024/07/19/luc… #youtube #feedly

WALK THE EARTH AGAIN

@HackneyOneTouch @ilfordparkrun @goodgym @ggredbridge Weirdly just my socks were soaked, and my trainers

Seems umbrellas are not meant to bend like that.... But it still did its job during a damp #Valentines #Parkrun marshalling with some of the #Goodgym #Redbridge crew. P.S.. @bluecombats - we should have done a soaked selfie!

Thrilled @gremathematics hosts free talks by #maths stars at @uniofGreenwich next week in @imamaths Maths Festival and @mathsweekldn. There's @ch_nira and @Aoife_Hunt on Tue 25, @FryRsquared Wed 26, @Bobby_Seagull Thur 27. Places still available: book at gre.ac.uk/articles/engsc…

@StoryShortest That probably would be cooler than the original movie, story arc could be kid princess likes a frog near a lake, grown up campaigns for frog injustices, visits different countries just to talk about frogs, like Tarzan...sort of

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

THE FIRST HEALER