Just when I thought I couldn’t love #TedLasso more, they go and end the season with a voiceover of Annette Badland reading Mary Oliver. ❤️
Ted Lasso: How 'Bout That
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Author: Suffering, Soul Care & Community: The Place of Lament in Corporate Worship. (Wipf & Stock, 2023) annahrens.com Chaplain, musician, writer
“After being told she has won, Pillay jokes that she doesn't quite believe the news is real, going on to have a jibe at the US president: "If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump" I’m an instant fan.
Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · yesterdayPillay is really well known to people who advocate for & study international human rights; she also couldn’t be more different in some ways than last year’s winner. Selecting Pillay, I imagine, is a way to underscore the value of defending human rights in an increasingly regressive, repressive world
Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says. Lost for words at the insanity in Trumpistan, a truly sick dictatorship. Like medieval times, executions offered as a public spectacle in a country that claims to be Christian. What next?
Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Princess Bride: You Keep Using That Word
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoQ: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
First Frost. 5°C in the valley. Hares scampering.
The answer is no. He couldn’t care less about her or her country. He just wants to plunder their natural resources. As we said from day one, despite delusional or dishonest Republicans claiming he was going to “liberate” the people and hold elections.
“All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power but the contentments made by men who have had little: the fisherman’s silence receiving the river’s grace, the gardener’s musing on rows.” -Wendell Berry “The Want of Peace”
Over The Gate. 16°C and cloudy skies. Pheasants galore.
Delightful writing. If you need a chuckle, this story is for you. The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was (Gift Article)
It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers.
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Stunning. Nature just keeps being beautiful despite all the ugly in the world.
Yorkshire Wolds Weather@yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 2w agoEarly Evening Light. 16°C. Geese up high.
If you’re an adult who now says Super Intelligence because that person said so, you are, in fact, not an adult at all. Pathetic
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoMike Johnson referring to it as "super intelligence" and to AI companies as "super intelligence providers"
1,000 times yes: “The person I’m becoming because of the loss,” she said, “it’s more who I think I’m supposed to be. But I don’t know if you get there without the fire of real pain.” Sara Bareilles Confronted Grief, and Found Herself www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/a...
Sara Bareilles Confronted Grief, and Found Herself (Gift Article)
Her new album, “Good Grief,” mourns friends including her Broadway co-star Gavin Creel. She’s also adapting the Meg Wolitzer novel “The Interestings” into a musical.
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Early Morning. 12°C and a sunny day to come. Cows on the hill.
happy bday T.S. Eliot, b.1888, St. Louis “We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” “To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing:...
Applause for Carney who has dealt with Trump’s narcissism about as well as anyone could have done. Also, to all Canadians on this site: I’m sorry. You did not deserve Trump’s nonsense. Carney Lays Out His Vision for Breaking Canada’s Reliance on U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S. (Gift Article)
In a wide-ranging interview, Prime Minister Mark Carney described a tense, evolving relationship with President Trump.
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September Skies. 22°C at the Yorkshire coast. Sandpipers.
The End Of A Fine Day. 16°C. Rosehips.
Love this. Congratulations to Nadine and her beautiful garden.
Richard K Broughton@richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 3w agoOverjoyed for my fabulous colleague Nadine Mitschunas. Not only an expert field ecologist at UKCEH, but one of the UK's top gardeners, winning the BBC Gardeners World Magazine's 'best of the best' of the decade. And on a shoestring budget. Look what she created: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gu2...
Cloudy Skies. 16°C with a glimmer of sunshine. Red Kite
You save the bees, you save yourself. And you save the planet. Because how you act matters.
Morning Tracks. 14°C and a fine day ahead. Sparrows.
