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All-purpose outdoor type. Gardens, allotments, mountains, Lakes. Leftie. Ex-hack, now copy editor and carer. Christian. Francophile. Cyclist. Remarkably slow runner. West Sussex.
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Several thousand Hungarians mocked right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s moves to ban the annual Pride march by #LGBTQ+ groups, dressing in grey and carrying banners that ironically denounced colors and diversity at a rally in Budapest reut.rs/4lts0Kc

Camellia carpet at Sheffield Park in West Sussex this week.

There’s a hole in the lawn. It’s impossible to say who is responsible for this

Militant seagull acts in solidarity with the penguins of @heardislandgov.bsky.social?

I was given this 330ml tin of still water with my lunch at an event yesterday, and I have a surpring number of thoughts about it...

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

In case any of my American friends need a boost, here’s Pete Seeger lifting hearts at a pivotal time in the USA. Hard to believe that it’s all to do again, and more… But “I do believe, we shall overcome…” youtu.be/LVQ6Y8szaBQ?...

Fires on Mount Leinster again tonight 😞

A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil has a green card, is a lawful permanent resident, and has not been charged with any crimes.

National Highways have announced that from the 27th May 2025 a new 7.5 tonne weight restriction will be introduced on the M48 Severn Bridge. This is due to high levels of corrosion on the bridge’s main cable and the increased weight of modern vehicles - in particular HGVs.

Sitting in garden with birdsong and white, yellow and orange-tip butterflies. Kite and buzzard were overhead earlier. A blissful summer's day... in April. Lovely but a bit weird!

Well this is a cheering example of public interest journalism having a direct impact from the fab @diane-writer10.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

On my way to Westminster for our #WorldParkinsonsDay event the Big Sing and my local station has this Quote of the Day

Minority Report, anyone?

The Liverpool area where two in three kids are living in poverty www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Japanese paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama creates sculptures of animals using a technique involving rolled strips of wet newspaper #womensart

Our cat came home today! Thin as a rake but whole and purring and hasn't left laps all night. Not sure how she found her way home after four weeks but she did ❤️❤️❤️

Endless camellias of all shapes and colours are lighting up the woodland shade at Sheffield Park, West Sussex.

Lakeside view at beautiful Sheffield Park in West Sussex.

A surprise birding spot in the shadows at Sheffield Park in West Sussex yesterday.

“Meta whistleblower…says company targeted ads at teens based on their ‘emotional state’ *** As an example, she suggested that if a teen girl deleted a selfie, advertisers might see that as a good time to sell her a beauty product as she may not be feeling great about her appearance.”4/9/25

NOAA just fired us, again 🤡 Retroactive to February 🤡

As @heardislandgov.bsky.social can no doubt confirm, unsecured penguins should always be treated with enormous respect.

Yes this Labour govt is financially incentivising NHS hospitals (with huge deficits) to cut patient care & game waiting lists. No-one can possibly pretend that giving unlimited financial bonuses to hospitals to remove patients from lists isn't fraught with risk. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Beautiful Sheffield Park in West Sussex today.

nobody votes fascist-lite when the full fat version is on offer!!!!

HK's national security police have taken in the parents of wanted US-based activist Frances Hui for questioning, according to local media reports. In full: buff.ly/iaDX7Zo

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

Camilla looking younger these days...

U-turn!

US Treasuries sell-off deepens as ‘safe haven’ status challenged https://www.ft.com/content/0005e091-930d-46ff-9e81-8591704a9282

Wie Pianisten Ihre Socken trocknen. Ich brauch gerade was zum Schmunzeln.

you can't spell "tariffs" without "FFS"

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the US is now likely headed toward a recession, with potentially 2 million Americans put out of work, thanks to the tariff increases now in train

Visiting friends have downgraded pub lunch to picnic to suit their deranged dog. So it's a peanut butter sandwich made of stale crusts for lunch then. #Yum #ffs

I can’t believe that even after so many people have patiently sat down and explained how university finances work, the government still thinks turning the big dial that says “ban international students” is a winning economic strategy

Guyana, but it’s a pattern repeated time + again across the world: “The reality here is that the oil is not a blessing, it’s a curse and it’s only polluting our environment” - Wintress White, of local NGO Red Thread

I'm watching an expert plasterer in action in today's @theguardian.com country diary. #countrydiary #naturewriting

The world is changing…but Starmer is failing to draw the obvious conclusion. Deeply disappointing.