A bare twig which has tiny needles of hair ice growing perpendicular to the surface.

My son took this photo somewhere near Edinburgh last week.

Can't like this, in conscience. Utterly sick of it and it's due to go on and on.

Did this sort of thing as a school teacher with a class and yes, it astonished me how much space there is between planets.

My son spent time in Helmand with the Rifles. He came home unhurt but some of his friends died.
I think I could maybe punch Trump, given the opportunity.

A herring gull with one malformed leg standing on my car with a look that says "You threw me some bacon fat last year, that counts as a contract"

My street's herring gull, named Limpy by me, has returned from goodness knows where for at least the fifth year running. And yes, s/he would welcome chips.

Well, just to cheer you up, one of the herring gulls that nests in my street (I call him/her Limpy) has returned from goodness-knows-where for at least the fifth year running and IS A BIT PECKISH.

Durham Cathedral has some gorgeous columns made of "Frosterly marble" - a dark grey limestone containing these fossils.

Looks delish. I've made 9 jars and am on the way to making another lot of darker with brown sugar.

Ah, hands up! You appeared on David KC's "starter pack". I've been a member of blue sky for quite a while and, as on Twitter, usually just read. I'm always glad to have good recommendations to maybe try to recreate my enjoyable early Twitter experience.

Sounds like he was a lovely man.

"Shudder", not "like"

I think the claim is that it "causes" autism in the unborn child, but it already has been vetted and it doesn't.

The whole Cornetto trilogy is (are? I've had a drink) pretty unbeatable for me.

What justification do you have to write such a thing?

In the UK, the rhyme is:
Beans, beans, they're good for your heart,
The more you eat, the more you fart,
The more you fart, the better you feel,
So let's have beans for every meal!