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Autumn - my favourite time of the year. #DogsOfBlueSky

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

The days are getting shorter, so once again it’s time for Willow Matilde to don her orange reflective vest and become a fashion icon. #DogsOfBlueSky #HauteCouture #Supermodel

May he know no rest.

She may be on the verge of turning eleven, but give her a frisbee and she instantly becomes a little kid again. #DogsOfBlueSky

Willow Matilde hard at work dealing with a peanut-butter-filled Kong. This could take a while. Please stand by. #DogsOfBlueSky

I’ll happily watch an ad if it has Harry Enfield in it.

Willow playing peekaboo. #DogsOfBlueSky

Accurate.

It’s only Sunday, but Willow is hard at work training for the #Won’tLookWednesday championships. #DogsOfBlueSky

Willow Matilde enjoying a well-deserved rest. #DogsOfBlueSky

It’s nice to be reminded that there are still good people in this world!

The lovely Willow Matilde hopes you’re all doing well. #DogsOfBlueSky

For millions, Terry Pratchett opened the door to a lifelong love of reading. The passage below, from Reaper Man, has always struck us as one of his most moving – a humanist meditation on death and legacy that continues to be read at humanist funerals today. #GNUTerryPratchett

The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney. #Orkney #Scotland

From 2010: Here are Sam, Auntie Licorice, and Anna. #ThrowbackThursday #DogsOfBlueSky

Today I learned the expression “For the Epsteinth time”.

I think there’s something hiding in the raspberry bushes. #DogsOfBlueSky (maybe)

Do it!

Two curious dogs pose for a #Won’tLookWednesday portrait. #DogsOfBlueSky

Willow is ten years old, only three months away from turning eleven. There are some signs of of aging, such as being slightly winded after a hike, or some hesitancy in using the stairs. At this age, every day is a gift. #DogsOfBlueSky

We need more influential politicians to publicly criticize this disgusting, criminal, child-raping president. Have some courage, guys. This will enrage him. Hopefully, it will give him a heart attack

Welcome to 2009! This is Sam, who was mistaken for a deer more than once by some of my neighbours. I can't imagine why. #DogsOfBlueSky #ThrowbackThursday

Willow reminds you that there’s lots more to explore! #DogsOfBlueSky

Dear government, don’t send startling, high-pitched alerts about wildfires to ordinary people's phones. Send them to the CEOs of fossil fuel companies and make them impossible to switch off until they stop the destructive plunder that's contributing to climate change.

Here's what's left of the 16th-century Seafield Tower, along the #Fife coastline between #Kinghorn and #Kirkcaldy (a fine walk if you're looking for a good hiking trail). #Scotland

Willow and her pal Monte take a moment to pose for a photie during their hike. #DogsOfBlueSky

I never appreciated just how much random research goes into writing a novel. Here are some of the tabs I have open, with no context. "What are a wizard's robes made of?" "long, skinny sword that curves" "abominable snowman looney toons"

For #ThrowbackThursday, baby Willow hangs out with Auntie Licorice. #DogsOfBlueSky

I have a multiple-times-read paperback copy of this book. Should I buy this edition? Comments for and against?

Willow poses at sunset. #WontLookWednesday #DogsOfBlueSky

#DOOR #5thAmendment #14thAmendment Both are part of the US Constitution. #Trump and the #CorruptGOP #MAGA have killed more Americans than #Iran. Yes, let that sink in.

From March 2010, for #ThrowbackThursday : the best seat in the bus, on the way from the #Edinburgh city centre to #Morningside. Back when I lived in Morningside, I never got tired of this view.

For anyone looking for a new word to add to their vocabulary, may I humbly suggest this:

Willow is wondering if you were planning to finish that cheeseburger. #DogsOfBlueSky

Guess who’s not happy about having to wear that annoying collar to stop her from licking an infected spot? #DogsOfBlueSky

This is Willow Matilde practicing the “noble” pose she learned from Ako. I think she’s nailing it. #DogsOfBlueSky

Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.

What is more beautiful than a freshly-groomed dog? #DogsOfBlueSky

The extreme wealth of these people can only be accumulated by exploiting a monopoly. It's really not about taxation it's about the total failure of competition regulation in the Internet age.

This is your regular reminder that if you think you want to reach for a coke - no, you actually don’t.

Willow informs me that the cold hard floor is the perfect place to sleep in this weather and that I should try it. I told her I’d take her word for it. #DogsOfBlueSky

Happy #Won’tLookWednesday everybody! #DogsOfBlueSky