Agent of Chaos

@fionacoward.bsky.social

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Archaeologist/anthropologist, SFF nerd. Lawful good, veering chaotic neutral later. Snowflake libtard.

Image shows a screenshot of a message from Microsoft re the SharePoint site 'Fi's life'. Message reads 'you are receiving this email because you are a site admin. This site is not compliant with your organisation's ownership policcy and requires at least 2 site owners'
A fiery duolingo owl celebrates a 1000 day streak!
A human-sized Duolingo owl character menaces a suburban paved street. Possibly a human in a costume but who knows?!
Image shows a corridor with grey carpet and magnolia walls, with wooden doors leading off it, stretching away into the far distance
A giant echium plant slumps against a garden wall
Image shows four graphs from the paper, a) university employment, b) tenure c) publications and d) quality adjusted publications. Each has an x acis for time before and after birth of first child and a line representing male and female academics sampled. In each case the line for women drops considerably more than the line for men after birth of first child
A slug slowly climbs a half-drunk single-serve bottle of wine left on a wall, while two of its friends 'rush' to join it
Image shows the band Clannad bathed in blue spotlights playing at the Royal Albert Hall
Shot shows an estuary at low tide, with shining braided streams running across the sand. In the distance you can see spits of land and hills beyond that
Advert for 'free democracy sausage'. Text is designed to look like a random note with letters cut from old-school print newspapers, next to the picture of a hot dog covered in mustard
A small slip of text from a fortune cookie that reads somewhat forlornly "You'll make it!"
Photo of a rocky beach with the sun low in the sky and shining across the calm sea and wet sand. One dark silhouette walks away from the camera.
A badly taxidermied monkey stares in bald, wide-eyed horror at the camera
Screenshot shows original message from merriam-webster dictionary, 'take a screenshot of the gif and whatever word you land on is YOUR word for 2026'. Word displayed is 'preeminent'
A woman walks on a stony beach strewn with driftwood. The sun is getting low in the sky and lights up the sea and the wet sand
Image is a screenshot of a local newspaper website with an image of a woman sitting in a graveyard (face obscured for anonymity) and the headline 'Woman claims she saw the ghost of Frankenstein author enter a Wetherspoons'.
Image shows an incredibly bright full moon - a November 'Beaver Moon' over a typical British suburban street at night time
Image shows a rainbow in a cloudy sky over a typical UK Victorian suburb street
Image shows an order of service for a Funeral for Zym the hamster, resting on the arm of a red leather couch. Text reads 'celebrating the life of Zym the hamster' with a black and white picture of the best hamster ever on it.
An extremely cute beige and white hamster looks at the viewer
Photo shows an extremely cute hamster, white and beige, looking at the camera
A wooden platter covered in delicious pastel de nata, a custard tar in flaky pastry characteristic of Portugal
The Connected Past conference on network methods in archaeology and history, 16-19th September, advertised with an image of Coimbra, Portugal, looking amazing under a lovely blue sky. QR code supplied for further info and registrations.
If you're aged 16-21 and want to explore what engagement in archaeology and heritage could look like for you, come join us for: 🔬 Hands-on workshops (from animal bones and fieldwork skills to museum curation and illustration) 🗣️ A chance to connect with professionals and ask your questions 📸 A creative photowalk exploring personal heritage 🚌 £50+ travel bursaries + free lunch provided (who doesn't love free food!) Whether you're completely new to archaeology or already involved, this day is about opening up opportunities, exploring new ideas, and meeting others who care about the past, and the future. Applications close 17 August.
Photo shows a Victoria Sponge cake with a sign on top reading 'does not meet class standards, strawberry jam used in place of raspberry'
Slightly blurry partial eclipse - light circle with a semi circular chunk taken out - as seen through a pi hole camera
Warning symbol shows a can labeled "soup", text reads "caution there may be soupy surfaces"
Fake dynamite ho e made out paper and string
A pancake being cooked in a pan. It looks amazing (no, really)
Here too are dreaming landscapes, lunar, derelict. Here too are the masses, tillers of the soil. And cells, fighters Who lay down their lives for a song. Here too are cemeteries, fame and snow. And I hear murmuring, the revolt of immense estates.
Town sign reads 'Welcome to Earth 2.0, proudly twinned with reality'
Scan QR code to complete a survey on healthcare in the UK
Screenshot of an app notification asking how long I spent writing this week
Mission Patch For The Event Horizon Mission - Has The New Zealand/Aboriginal Nation Flag. Because That Mission Went So Well...
Durotriges dig gives a thumbs up next to the TAG ethics bowl trophy