it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy
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Kind of interesting that we're seeing the return of pantheist politico-religious sects, kind of like in the english revolutionary period around 1650.
I think she might actually just be totally mental.
Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 7h agoUmmm...
I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
Please don't ask me open questions like this.... you will derail my entire day. What HAVE I always wanted to know about insects?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 13h agoWhat have you always wanted to know about insects? Patrick Barkham answers your questions on the natural world at 4pm BST (11am EDT). Ask a question now 👇
as someone who buys pasta sauces and asks the same question about curries, I am realising that we are all the same blindfolded person holding a different part of the elephant
Senex Iratus@senexiratus.bsky.social · 17h agoI cannot fathom why anyone would buy "pasta sauce" when you can literally just buy a good passata for less and add spices/oil yourself.
REMEMBER The guidance coming into effect today doesn't dictate what you're allowed to do as an individual. It for service providers and business owners. Do not cower in fear, do not reduce yourself, do not isolate, that is one of the intended effects.
It would be lovely if we could see through the pivot from far-right antisemite to islamophobic Israel enthusiast this time. Just once, maybe?
The Tories have selected a convicted former Neo-Nazi as a councillor. Here's why that reflects very poorly on Jeremy Corbyn.
Every time I walked into the Convent library this book by the door would give me a little jumpscare as I assumed that the Diana in question was Princess Diana.
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
There is a folkloric element to this 'News', though. We are told the farmer had been so outraged at the price asked by a farm worker to mow the field that he swore he'd rather pay the Devil to do it. So, a cautionary tale. It also shows the impact of the scarcity of labour after the Civil War.
'The Mowing-Devil', printed in 1678. It recounts, as fact, an alleged incident in #Hertfordshire. A farmer saw a fiery light over his oat field one night, and then found it had been mysteriously mowed. The illustration encouraged some to believe it depicts the first Crop Circle. #WyrdWednesday
EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.
got a text today from an unknown number asking me if I'd seen Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and if I had any thoughts on it ... it turned out to be from a friend's new number, but for a while I really thought it was a devious new scam targeted at heterosexual men
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
Today is the 449th Anniversary of Black Shuck crashing into the service at St. Mary's Bungay, killing some people and then leaving to scratch the door of Holy Trinity Church Blythburgh.
#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...
‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?
From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks
theguardian.com
Finally, there's an *economic* coin-trick: "AI will destroy jobs." Sure, yes, AI is destroying jobs. But there's a vast difference between "You got fired because an AI can do your job" and "You got fired because your boss was convinced that the AI can do your job, even though it *cannot*." 45/
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Yet again, in the name of the reality check I feel everybody needs regarding the Red Planet, read this:
Phil Hare's Ghost@mrlepus.bsky.social · 2d ago*sɪɢʜs* spacedaily.com/t-mars-is-us...
