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‘Continuous cruiser’ narrowboater with wide interests. Left wing, Rejoiner, keen but rusty botanist 🏳️‍🌈
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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

My very first glass painting back in 2022.

The second small barn owl panel is complete. Intricate and fiddly work but I so enjoyed the process from plain glass to detailed owl.

I feel really sorry for pregnant elephants. A really long gestation period, but nobody ever talks about the elephant in the womb.

I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music

Scottish tourguide vs Outlander www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPXv...

As a general comment on pretty much everything right now, here’s Oswald Mosley getting bricked in Manchester as he made a provocative, controversial gesture that was unambiguously a fascist salute because he was a fucking fascist. #fuckfascism

The trees panel is done . Just the cementing left to do. #trees #woodland #nature #stainedglass #glasspainting #creative #norfolk #awalkinthewoods #mist

Lots of pieces ready for the craft fair season. #owl #owls #glass #hares #bees #craft #glassartist #wildlife #madewithlove #lovewhatyoudo #traditionalcrafts

Some progress with the small painted barn owl panels. Fourth firing in and tiny details progressing. This stuff takes time! #owls #owl #glass #glassartist #craft #kiln #nature #wildlife #birds #grassland #norfolk

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Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Missel Thrush’, 1937 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window

On the argument of whether all cultures are equal, my main take is that privatised utilities are being run like a cartel, with ever-increasing prices in return for poor public service, pushing people further into poverty. So you can stick your culture wars bullshit up your arse!

I just sent @theguardian.com this letter:

The lineup for end of the road festival has been released and I SWEAR they have just used ChatGPT to make up band names to fill the page here…

It would be very funny if babies got really angry when they see each other in public, like dogs do

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Jellyfish! Handpainted and kilnfired on glass..🪼🪼🪼🪼🪼 #jellyfish #marinelife #ocean #glass #glassartist #sealife #handmade #norfolk #norfolkcrafts

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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

The return of the carpentered environment? Some interesting results here, though let’s see an independent replication.

no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this

[first day as a vet] me: what's wrong? cat: meow me: yes, but where?

BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks. This is leadership. It’s also unprecedented. A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.

You'd imagine people who are rich because they legally own things might be aware of the importance of those laws to their medium to long term interests

And to think, we used to imagine that it would only be AFTER the apocalypse that the world would be ruled by cockroaches.

My profoundly disabled brother was using a Facebook Portal to communicate with family as it was entirely voice controlled, but team Zuckerberg have removed that functionality, because twats. So now I need a good alternative. Any ideas?

Today I brought you this spectacled owl:

What you are seeing this morning over the refugee decision is Labour alienating and offending its remaining liberal supporters without bringing any new voters onside.

You know, if you murder enough people you get your own Wikipedia page.

Couldn't resist doing an animation for @quantick.bsky.social's Cybertruck song from this week's @oldfoolspod.bsky.social podcast

The spinelessness of some of the richest baronies in history is extraordinary. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My fabulous friend Nessa makes these beautiful things. She needs and deserves more publicity. PLEASE consider retweeting and following her. And DM her with any orders/commissions/enquiries. Do your magic, lovely Bluesky people Xxx

Keir Starmer's most consistent and welcome message is that people should be treated with dignity. How does stripping refugees of the right to citizenship square with that?

As Colin says, a bad idea in itself (once people have the right to live here long term, it’s better for everyone if they get citizenship if they want it) - and a good case that it’s contrary to the Refugee Convention.