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michael-weeks.bsky.social
Dog dad. Loves travel. Lived in Yorkshire for longer than I haven't.
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Doing some posh karaoke on Vierne's Messe Solennelle for a trip to Ripon Cathedral at the end of the month. I'd forgotten how *unbelievably awesome* this piece is! #churchmusic #riponcathedral

Classy and trashy at the same time. Still tastes great even if it is out of the packet! #cheese #port

Freshly groomed. Gorgeous. #schnauzer #dogsofbluesky

OK so booked another cruise - this time with Fred. Olsen. Don't want to put any money into the US cruise lines, and don't fancy MSC. Is classic cruising for us? Fixed dining? I guess we'll find out... #cruise #magaboycott

Husband plus dog. #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dogsofbluesky

A superb pint of Landlord. #realale @timothytaylors.bsky.social

Where's MY lunch daddy? #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dogsofbluesky

Modern art on the Wolds. Behold, a Bronze Age barrow!

Time for a dip! #schnauzers #dogsofbluesky

All these tariffs and trade difficulties will give rise to the black market, smuggling, money laundering, and tax evasion. These hidden costs to the economy and government are not being talked about.

I see a number of comparisons in various places between Mr Trump/USA and the fall of Rome. Is he really as bad as Nero (insert here despotic Emperor of your choice)? Classicists help me out here.

"PRAISE THE LORD FOR I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT"

#Thailand just hit by a very large (7.7) #earthquake at 1.26pm local time, origin Myanmar. Felt right across the country. Water in high-rise hotel pools sloshing down buildings, and the big Mahanakorn building downtown (if you know it) seen swaying back and forth. Too early for damage reports.

Earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar. Tremors felt here in Bangkok, our hotel has been evacuated. Ben and I are safe. #earthquake #bangkok

You truly could not make it up. You could not.

Hello Bangkok! #bangkok #lizards

When we say that we hope this post is ‘awesome,’ we don’t mean we want it to be expressive of awe or terror. We mean that we hope you like it. This reduction of a word's intensity is called ‘semantic bleaching.’

Trump’s Justice Department is now arguing that the president can deport people to a prison in El Salvador without giving them a chance to object or prove their innocence… AND that the “mandate of the electorate” shields the operation from judicial scrutiny. Dictator shit. slate.com/news-and-pol...

NEW POST Reckoning the legal and practical significance of the United States deportations case What the case tell us about the law and policy of the United States government By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/reckoning-... Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/03/reck...

“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”

Concert time. @liverpoolphil.bsky.social

Hello Liverpool! Not sure what good Queen Vic is holding in her hand? #Liverpool

So much for free speech then. This is like Section 28 all over again - something that was in force when I was at school. I'd hoped we've moved on from that, but clearly not across the Pond. #freespeech

Remarkable: Merz wants to discuss reforming debt brake in the *outgoing* Bundestag, where CDU/CSU+SPD+Greens still have over 2/3 of seats, before new Bundestag is constituted by 25 March. Greens already signalled willingness this morning.

Schnauzer camouflage. #schnauzer #dogsofbluesky

Stephen Fry: “I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism” Laura Kuenssberg: “You would use that word?” Stephen Fry: “Oh absolutely. It’s a cult of power; and power only speaks to power” #bbclaurak

I like Yvette Cooper as a politician, but this was an extremely foolish move on the part of the Home Office. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/692...

A (rather wet) dog walk on the Yorkshire Wolds. The below pics feature 'access land': you have the right to roam over these as you please. However there are a number of pockets of access land here which are inaccessible, with no right of way to them. Daft, and a contradiction in terms! #schnauzer