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Don't remember much about Hillbilly Elegy (J.D. Vance's 2016 book) but I knew there was a parable about the importance of standing up to bullies in there. I'm sure he meant it at the time.

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A couple of quite hilarious banners here...

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I was part of this huge flashmob under the dome of St Paul's Cathedral today,demanding the church rewild some of its huge land holdings. "Let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky" wildcard.land/2024/11/rewi...

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Looking forward to my first Myddleton Road Market tomorrow. From 11 til 4 I'll be selling a range of jams, chutneys and especially #marmalade including my favourites (made with blood oranges): * Blood Orange, Pink Grapefruit & Lemon Marmalade * Negroni Marmalade

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Dean Karlan, USAID's chief economist, has resigned and gives his story to NPR: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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🖼️ A Brazilian capybara eating a banana. Illustrated in Francois Forger’s Relation du Voyage, 1695.

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No contest.

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Alexander Calder, Cutlery, 1936 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136864

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This looks fascinating.

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'At Close of Day', Maxfield Parrish, oil on board, 1944.

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Essex planned to close 25 libraries and cut support for 18 more. Protesters fought back and they won. Their libraries weren’t just saved – some are now transforming into modern, multi-purpose community hubs. By @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social

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Kirsty Wark kicked off today's Front Row by giving British Museum director Nicholas Cullinan a grilling about taking dirty money from #BP, mentioning the Climate Choir movement en passant...

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The day we thought we'd found a dead crow in the kelp but it turned out to be the remains of an umbrella.

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Snow on the tops this morning.

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This is how the @nytimes.com described who was left out of the Syrian 'National Dialogue' - just a Kurdish militia. They completely erase the women & civil society organisations - Kurdish and others - of the autonomous region of North East Syria who are being ignored.

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This has cheered me up a bit. Good to see Tottenham get a mention too ✊🏻 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Keir Starmer's Labour.

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We are stunned at Keir Starmer's 40% cut to ODA. Our CEO Martin Drewry said: “Just when millions are reeling from the loss of USAID - lifesaving supplies and medication stopped overnight - the UK government chooses to do similar. They should be stepping up not down. Shame on the UK government.”

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Library Card Vest knitting pattern www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... Long overdue. Thanks @ronmcquade.bsky.social

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Wild Atlantic, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland. #comayo #ireland

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Just seen Farage and Truss (grifting over in the US) described as "the Slug and Lettuce".

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Squall over the Minch, bursting open like a blooming flower, or freedom. View NW across the sea towards the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

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A Little Rain. 33x55cm. Ltd edition print.

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A refugee woman who has suffered in our hostile environment desperately needs to raise a few £100 for her appeal against an unfair criminal conviction. Please support her! gofund.me/c558f8a6

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Box beds continued into the 20th century, in some parts: Hers was the only house where I’ve lain at night in the absolute darkness of a box bed, listening to crickets being friendly… —Norman MacCaig (1910–1996), “Aunt Julia”

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Looking ahead to 2025 like a great blue heron Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, CA got the idea for this angle from @banditelli.org 😊 #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdnerd #photography #heron #wildlife #nature

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Five things I did this last week: - catalogued an old album of black & white photos of Tottenham - sold some books - designed a leaflet - made Blood Orange, Pink Grapefruit & Lemon Marmalade - learned 2 protest songs for an action next weekend.

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Dear Manager: 1. I skipped out the back, Jack 2. I made a new plan, Stan 3. I hopped on the bus, Gus 4. I just dropped off the key, Lee 5. And got myself free

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Poor old Pavlov. Eventually every time he heard a bell ring he wanted to feed a dog.

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Douglas Fairbanks knew how to make an exit

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More relucty unfalollows of peeplodes reposty stuff from the Nerd Reich site. Folly.

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This cold, wild and windy day ended with a sudden roar of blue and gold. View across the Inner Sound to the Isle of Skye. #NWHighlands #Scotland

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www.instagram.com/p/DGXGm3zuhx...

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The dunnocks have started twittering today. So that's nice.

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Teachers in Chicago in the frontline of the war on DEI - refusing to stop teaching Black History. Solidarity. ✊🏼 A reminder that what we do matters. wordinblack.com/2025/02/chic...

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So presumably she thinks we've got about 10 years to save the West... 🤔 Now where have I heard that before?

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Thanks to Zoe Williams of @theguardian.com for a reminder of this @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social poem about fascism..... scary, eerily familiar...... michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/fasc...

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Jon Davis cartoon in the Guardian on "how the UK government is tackling the climate crisis" Or any government, for that matter... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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