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Simon Wood

@SimonTimber

Cats and photography.

 Skarmunken. North Norway.
Joined April 2012
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🎄Snap giveaway!!🎄 My lovely publishers just told me they have *5* copies of River Kings to give away to my Twitter followers! To win, you need to 🎄Like & retweet this post 🎄Follow me AND @WmCollinsBooks Open internationally, ends 24/12 at noon. Good luck!! ⚔️🤩
Hand holding up the book River Kings by Cat Jarman with fairly lights in the background

ALT Hand holding up the book River Kings by Cat Jarman with fairly lights in the background

The back cover of River Kings

ALT The back cover of River Kings

A stack of 5 River Kings books with fairy lights on top

ALT A stack of 5 River Kings books with fairy lights on top

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Kent FLO@Kent_Finds8 Dec 2021
Our FLO's great book on the history of #Kent seen by #public finds is out now published by @amberleybooks. Fancy #winning a copy? Well all you have to do is like +share, and follow @Kent_finds. Maybe comment your fav important Kent find while here! #likeandshare #MetalDetecting
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I’m going to use today’s anniversary as a spurious reason for a giveaway! To win a signed copy of #RiverKjngs, just like, retweet & follow and I will pick one person at random. Will send it anywhere! Ends Saturday 20/11.
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The History Chap (@History_Chap) profile pictureThe History Chap@History_Chap13 Nov 2021
#OTD in 1002, the St. Brice’s Day massacre occurred. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records: “the king (Æthelred) ordered to be slain all the Danish men who were in England…because the king had been informed that they would treacherously deprive him and all his councillors of life”
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#Giveaway 🎉 Win the best selling memoir #Inheritance featured in today’s new #podcast episode! To Enter: 1️⃣ Follow @danijshapiro & @DNApodcast 2️⃣ Retweet this post More entries on IG, FB & Youtube Limited to Canada/US Listen: dnapodcast.com/episodes/2021… #bookgiveaway #genetics
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This ancient hominid walked tall but lost none of her climbing prowess. ow.ly/BUjH30jhbfK
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Why you stink at fact-checking theconversation.com/why-you-… via @ConversationUS
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Norway has 2,535 glaciers. If current rates of retreat continue, they will be gone in 100 years sputniknews.com/environment/…
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ICYMI: What is dark energy? Results from a years-long project give us the first window into a new era of cosmology. buff.ly/2n6i3JL
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Our final crossing between Saturn and the rings was successful. Track the spacecraft’s position at: go.nasa.gov/2aNCy6t #GrandFinale
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Neil@NPSusa4 Apr 2017
If (and there's no proof yet) Assad &Russia used chemical weapons in Syria, it's new and it's Trump who's being tested. teapawt.net/CBSNews/status/8493532…
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@CBSNews4 Apr 2017
POTUS says Syrian "chemical attack ... is reprehensible," calling it "consequence of past administration's weakness" cbsn.ws/2nBd92s
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The Prehistory of Compassion - by Jean-Jacques Hublin @jjhublin pnas.org/content/106/16/6429… via @PNASNews
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Interesting to see this surprising genetic bit of news for @RichardDawkins . Fascinating! teapawt.net/RichardDawkins/status/…
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@RichardDawkins10 Mar 2017
Slime moulds have green beards! bit.ly/2mMM4g5
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Non-arsy point: If someone who usually does 0% has started doing 30%, encourage them. Don't make them feel like shit for not doing 100%.
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W&N@wnbooks11 Oct 2016
'The human genome is an epic sprawling saga that culminates in you' - and what a saga it is! bit.ly/2deQMxD
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A few months ago, Farage warned refugees would grope women but now when Trump does it, it's just "alpha male" normal bit.ly/2d45nZv
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@Nature6 Oct 2016
Apes know when you've been duped, showing we're not the only ones that understand when others hold mistaken beliefs go.nature.com/2dBBSk0
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Reuters
@Reuters3 Oct 2016
Polish women in black shut down government offices in protest at draft abortion ban reut.rs/2cMfzdU
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Why the Aquatic ape theory is wrong & belittles advances in human evolution over last 25 years by @DrAliceRoberts scientificamerican.com/artic…
Sorry David Attenborough, We Didn't Evolve from "Aquatic Apes"--Here's Why

Sorry David Attenborough, We Didn't Evolve from "Aquatic Apes"--Here's Why

The theory was first put forward more than 55 years ago

scientificamerican.com
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From Lucy to Kadanuumuu: analyses of A. afarensis confirm moderate dimorphism peerj.com/articles/925/ via @thePeerJ
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An elaborate story: why Lucy’s death matters to us. New post buff.ly/2bWJkZw #fossils #paleoanthropology
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