judithmknott.bsky.social
Researching 19th-century German letters - when I’m not learning Estonian, knitting or playing piano.
FRSA, ex-civil servant and uni governor. (Pronoun tema.)
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More details in due course, but it features Rebecka Dirichlet (née Mendelssohn - Felix and Fanny’s younger sister) - and her role in a prison escape in the aftermath of 1848.
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I don’t even know what accent to imagine in my head as I read this.
And as a boomer it feels very strange that this guy is young enough to be my son.
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Many people don’t seem to realise it, but Trump has moved the world from an imperfect rules-based international order to a world in which might is always right.
That doesn’t leave space for diplomacy, trust, or indeed nuclear non-proliferation.
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I’d say it’s worse - it’s dispensing poison.
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Though that does ask all sides to return, not just Iran.
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Tbh it’s very similar to the EU post from Kaja Kallas 🤷🏼♀️
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Yes,until I saw the news of Trump bombing Iran that was the bad news of the weekend.
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“Telegraph analysis”. Oxymoron.
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She also flails out in other harmful ways in her transphobic rants - eg by falsely asserting that females can’t be haemophiliac (as part of her attack on Khelif).
Completely irresponsible.
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Over years same pattern repeats itself here over & over: Goniglossum wiedemanni arrives & colonises White Bryony, its population expands. Then Utetes testaceus appears in force & its population crashes.
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Snap!
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The buses in the Lake District. Just spent 2 weeks there - walking over 100 miles, travelling by bus every day, including to remote spots. Nearly all were on time with friendly drivers, for £3 a trip.
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Life is political. This isn’t about party, it’s about worldview.
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Yes I intend to at some point but would need a lot of planning!