Sheila Ritchie
@europesheila.bsky.social
🔶Former MEP. Electoral Commissioner. Scottish Lib Dem. Papy’s mum. Gardener. Birdwatcher. Conservationist. Outdoor swimmer. Rugby. She/her.🏳️⚧️ally. DMs with IRL friends only- that last bit went a bit wonky....🤪 Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Miserable drive down through pouring rain to Kenmore. Rain stopped at Aberfeldy, so there was that. See pinned post. Please give generously www.justgiving.com/page/sheila-...
Silly money for a brilliant book. You know what to do.
Philip Gwynne Jones@pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 2d agoFor those of you in the UK....there's a cracking offer this month with the ebook of "The Venetian Candidate" at just 99p for the whole of August! There's a bit of history, a new enemy is introduced, Nathan goes ice-skating and...just what lies within The Visconti Box?
@hookland.bsky.social Look what @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social is reading with her cocktails! Now there’s a classy endorsement!
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s the cocktail hour and #Sophiefromromania has heard there may be snacks
S is for Stonehaven, a beautiful dip at lovely Botany Bay. The place was heaving with yachts and swimmers and paddle boards. See pinned post. Please give generously www.justgiving.com/page/sheila-...
Authors;as I updated my library list yesterday, I have a plea for you, and your agents and publishers Please use audio as well as books. My “to be acquired” list has 96. My beloved author list has 54. I am going through 10+ books a month, and they are almost all in audio I am running out #booksky
R is Rosehearty. What a lovely beach and a really nice dip. Ended up rushing it; but I’ll go back. See pinned post. Please give generously www.justgiving.com/page/sheila-...
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Can we not do the blame thing? “No controlled burning”? What about the 11,500 burnt acres at Dava Moor. Focus on what must be done to stop a recurrence. I don’t know the answer; I just look at what we have lost, and weep. I have no adequate words of praise for all those who have dealt with this.
When did this sort of discourse become acceptable in Congress? I know we have some archaic rules at Westminster, but thus would lead to expulsion- rightly, IMO
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
a statement from Fauci's lawyers says Rand Paul has "an intense & seemingly pathological course of retribution, revenge, & obsession with Dr. Fauci ... The accusations that Chairman Paul continues to propagate are false and disgraceful, and we will examine all options to hold him accountable."
