In London, hate will never win.
Musician, grower of food, lover of nature, rage against climate chaos.
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In London, hate will never win.
last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)
How about Chagford Jubilee Hall? chagfordjubileehall.co.uk
Oo, luvly
OMFG please all vote for Gary Lineker! (And the other good ones as well)
Mein guter Freund, das wird sich alles geben; Sobald du dir vertraust, sobald weißt du zu leben.
Music Nature Friends Sleep
Exactly
I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Bravo. Excellent piece of writing.
I have an absolute horror of execution to start with. I do find there's something strangely sanitised about the scene - the exquisite light and vibrant colour. The thought of what the scene will look like a few moments later makes my blood run cold.
Yes. It's a brilliant painting but also absolutely horrific.
I'm quite surprised that 'slain by a jealous/revengeful/evil spouse/friend-of-someone-you've-slain-yourself/step-parent/other' doesn't feature in there at all.
They look absolutely delicious!
Are you still alive? 🤪
The only thing to check is whether they're still white all the way through - if they're going brown they are getting ready to spore and won't taste great (though still not poisonous). This looks like a young specimen so should be fine. I'm very envious!
Ohhhhh... giant puffballs are absolutely delicious! Peel, slice, coat in egg and breadcrumbs and fry in bacon fat.... I don't eat bacon any more but a nice cooking oil would do it. Also, the giant puffball is one of the few fungi that you can't possibly mistake for anything else.
Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species
Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera journalist accused by the IDF of working for Hamas, was previously part of a Reuters group which won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage. I haven’t seen any accusations against the other reporters and cameramen who were killed with him.
@maxrothbarth.bsky.social
Hindoyan seems to have a bus to catch. Fortunately the RLPO is reminding him that they have plenty of time.
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
I adore Compton-Burnett. I also highly recommend A Father and his Fate.
Motherfucking wind farms…
As a woman of a certain age with a similar hoard of stuff (some wood, some cloth scraps, some other stuff), I too say well done, sir.
I'm starting to become obssesed with flamenco. This woman is an extraordinary artist - the embodiment of music and dance and rhythm and passion. Probably too late for me to start learning... m.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3G...
This is a great book and I love it.
I once read a comment saying something like "if you choose not to laugh at farts, your life will contain less laughter but still the same amount of farts". I think about that a lot.
She was one of the nuns in The Sound of Music as well.
Listening to this with a very loud backdrop of reggae from my neighbour's birthday party. Not sure how much I can stand...
If you want some Ashes nostalgia accompanied by the likes of Shostakovich, Holst, Adams, Mendelssohn, Stravinsky and Adès performed by the BBC Phil, I’ve got just the thing. #cricket #classicalmusic
This piece is proving to be a very tiring listen, especially after watching the cricket highlights. I want to send it to have a lie-down in a darkened room for half an hour.
Well at least it would keep him occupied so he wouldn't have time to do anything else.
Underrated comment. I salute you.
Parents of 12 year olds! Your children will be able to vote at the next General Election. Please make sure they’re getting a rounded education about politics from today.
Ah, I saw one yesterday hovering about six feet above a hedgerow.
Ooh, I don't know the Carpenter. Must check it out!
I cannot stress enough how very much OK it is to be wrong, and to admit it. It is of no value to you intellectually or psychically to refuse new information or to be unwilling to defer. That momentary ache of pride is meaningless when compared to the joy of learning something new.
Yes, or Mozart's Gran Partita which includes 2 clarinets and 2 basset horns. Wonderful sound!
The Quartet for the End of Time by Messaien. I once had to turn pages for a magical late-night performance by Endymion Ensemble with David Campbell on the clarinet. (Their usual clarinettist is Mark van der Wiel but he was off doing something else that night.)
As we head into the 3rd heatwave of the summer, *please* take just 2 moments to sign this petition calling on government to help our communities adapt & prepare for the impacts of #climate change. We are not safe — we need to be #SAFER @climatemajority.bsky.social
Thank you!
You may recall that I was caught up in the collapse of publishers Unbound. I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of. So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027. levparikian.com/index.php/pr...
Spaghetti hoops are basically Alphabetti Spaghetti for backing singers.
![1 [show exterior of a comprehensive primary school, voice of TEACHER taking assembly emanating from it]: TEACHER: Ok children 2 [Interior of school hall, TEACHER is taking school ASSEMBLY] TEACHER: Now the next hymn we're going to sing is one of your favourites... 3 [she puts the words to a hymn up on the interactive whiteboard. It's title is]: 'Better-Off Families Should Pay Less For Their Summer Holidays' CHILDREN; Yay! 4 [the children all sing]: God made the cloud of starlings God made the flock of sheep 5 God made the kids at private school Get holidays for cheap 6 God made the herds of Land Rovers That stream across the plain 7 Two weeks before the rest of us For cut-price stays in Spain! [show exterior of the school, while Land Rovers stream past it down the road, with surfboards and bikes on top] 8 God made the two-tier system God made the Hidden Hand 9 God made two weeks in Bog-nor Cost upwards of two grand! 11 Aaaaaaa-meeeeeen...! 12 TEACHER: Very good children [show exterior scene again, Land Rovers etc]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreia5wmxguqfmnxju56hohubuk6r7yblfbavly4ghk2hbs27m3kmvkq@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
If something is burning when you eat it, you may need to check yourself out for an allergy.
You can really tell the difference - it's mostly size. The actual stems are much fatter; generally but not always the leaves are bigger and generally but not always the berries are bigger. I also prefer the flavour of wild ones which to me is lesss acidic than cultivated ones.
A lot of blackberries in the hedgerow these days are escaped garden cultivarswhich were bred to ripen as a summer fruit. Later you will see the smaller wild varieties which last to the end of September. All yummy of course!
Yup, this happened with our cat many years ago. Two days in the chest of drawers in our bedroom.
Now I want a biscuit. 🍪
I was looking at some English placenames recently and thought they all sounded made up, and thought it would be fun to make a thing that makes up English place names — so that's exactly what I did. Introducing: A place in England places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
Thanks babe. It's hereditary - my old Dad used to pop out a bit of comic verse wvery now and again! 😁
While vendors in St Mark's great square Will point and cry out "Hey man! You shouldn't be boating hereabouts With that nasty, dirty caiman!" I try for calm. I try so hard With amity to sweeten 'em, But my alligator's not so nice - He's only upped and eaten' em! (C) Catherine Rose
Time to dust of a poem of mine... I am a lonely gondolier I'm known to be a menace Because my alligator pet Keeps following me round Venice. The other, saner gondoliers Who pole about in style Offend me daily when they shout "Oi - move yer crocodile!" (Cont'd....)
Angela Morley, very similar! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_...
Redcurrants for jelly and gooseberries for stewing from the lottie.
I've always wanted to use thos GIF and now I can.
Presumably that's why he's waving his willy at Iran. 🙄
Waves from Olney. 👋🏾
Oh have they? That's very good news - I'm behind the curve on that.
Also not affordable if it's expensive to heat - hpyses should have insulation, double glazing, heat pumps, solar panels etc.
I think you've made this post to try and manipulate some of us into trying it as a prank. No dice, buddy!
Aww no, can't I keep the hat? 😭👒
Did you get some sleep in the end? I got my 8 hours but I'm a-scrollin' again as soon as I woke up! 😆
Das ist so schön - vielen Dank!
It won't make any difference. I'm actually IN bed already but still a-scrollin'. 💁♀️
Sources reporting that Zelensky has called Trump and offered to mediate a peaceful resolution between Musk and himself.
😁
The slightly embarrassed look they give each other at the end is absolutely precious. I suppose the original renditions would have been fuelled by copious aquavit and/or vodka.
Well, quite. The lack of variation is surprising, though.
This is wonderful.
THANK YOU!!
I'm feeling quite rēvoltive.
You mean the little boys.
I’m amazed this didn’t get 100,000 followers overnight when it started, but do please sign it if you haven’t already. And please share it too.
Brilliant programme! Sadly I'm working that day too and can't come. Please give your lovely orchestra my love. Xx
I love this one - it's like "I'll get me coat".
Been ill for a few days - just tottered to the lottie to bag some yummies.
What is the Meiji period please?
Excellent! I'm happy to say his name is Dave. Pix at www.thelionspart.co.uk, sorry got it wrong before.
You should look at the photo galleries on The lions part website - they do a live green man at October Plenty and 12th Night www.thelionspart.org.uk I think, might need to check.
Excellent news.
Also comical dogs.
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
Auf Englisch - snake's head fritillary. Schlangenkopfblume! 🐍
Channeling Billy... m.youtube.com/watch?v=GEXo...
Quite. Cake is important.
Speechless with rage. When my daughter Isabel was stillborn in 1998, I felt guilty that I couldn't bring her safely into the world. Women wrongly blame themselves. That started me on my journey to become a grief counsellor. An investigation by the police - assuming my guilt - would have ended me.
#RobertDeNiro, No stranger to standing up to #USadministration, used his voice to stand up for #Democracy
YouTube showing me this at the end of a near-sleepless night. Stick with it to the end - some incredible, raw, authentic flamenco. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzks...
There are c.95,000 inpatients. A proportion of people in hospital whether staff, patient or visitor will catch something there. A proportion of those will have long term health issues as a direct result of poor infection control. That proportion could be lower. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
If you want to recruit care workers from Britain, pay a living wage. (And go wild and pay migrant care staff a living wage too, as if they are also human beings doing an incredibly valuable job.)
I love this poem even more now I've grown old and achy when I get such days as Czeslaw describes here, though it's usually the Eccup Reservoir rather than blue sea and sails.
Even more reason to sentence them to nature work as that's good for your MH.
Anybody else REALLY hoping for white smoke tonight so we won't have to sit through endless conclave coverage?
And also flipping insulting to its audience.
And the subtitles just say . 😡😠🤬
The government are wrong if they see yesterday's results as a further reason to shift right. People are certainly disillusioned, and 2024 Labour voters are looking elsewhere - but mostly to the Greens or Lib Dems, not Reform. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
