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I bake and knit and sew and grow edible things and live quietly and am happily married and will believe in egalitarian freedom til my last breath.
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"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun." - Tom Lehrer

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'After the Dance.' (1899) Ramon Casas began studying under John Singer Sargent's mentor Singer Carolus Duran when he was just 16. A year after painting this work, he held a solo show in Barcelona which established him as the leading Catalan portrait painter of his day.

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Look, isn’t this garden peaceful and lovely?

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It really is Orwellian- the Leader making proclamations that are provably invented and incorrect, but which the masses blindly obey…

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Silene latifolia ... white campion🌱

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Blimey!

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Pope Leo XIV will be celebrating a mass in Chicago on the same day as Trump’s multi-million tax paid birthday military parade. Chicago is expecting at least 1 million people to show up for the event. If you can make it to the Pope’s mass then do it, make it the biggest event of the day.

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Morning- approaching peak floriferity

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But if you leave it for a while, it may reappear as condensed milk… ;) (My husband’s brilliant comment :) )

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The modern world in old Ladybird books. The control room at the fire station (The Fireman, 1962) Artist: John Berry

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Oh, now this Daily Rothno even has a gleaming golden frame, ready to hang in any gallery!

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“I think you mean invitation”

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This Daily Rothno is a good ‘un today!

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Today is #NationalBiscuitDay - what biscuits are politicians most similar to: Keir Starmer = Malted milk - not as popular as they used to be Angela Rayner = hob nob - often in hot water but emerge unscathed Lee Anderson = party rings - turn up at a lot of different parties

submitted 2 days ago • 44 comments

Not just different topics rated differently, but the numbers- women *really* want humour and kindness and communication and honesty…

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London tunnels that inspired James Bond creator will become spy museum

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Labour is fundamentally re-engineering Britain. It’s become almost impossible to do basic things like building homes or fitting a heat pump. Now a flurry of new laws are ending that era of national self-sabotage. 5 examples to be excited about:

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Arguably the most beautiful biscuits in the world, ever. By ‘arguably’ I mean, if you don’t agree, then I’ll bloody well argue with you about it! :)

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New string bag in progress… red one to be same as blue one

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Wild roses in flower now

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Sad news that the South London Press has closed. It was a great local newspaper. It also ran one of the greatest local newspaper stories ever*, "Squirrels on crack".

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

Good.

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