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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.
do you ever get the feeling you’re just boring someone and then don’t know how to act?
Why does the autistic brain love stuffed animals So Much. I got intensely stressed because I hadn't seen one of mine for a few days with my own eyes the other day
Thinking about Quaker stuff. Thinking about our (liberal British Quakerism) lack of shared stories? What do I mean... Like if I reflect on theological positions as tools to help me interact with the world, they're not going to mean anything to a non-theist Quaker?
Saying something from a position of deep privilege like you're just being reasonable; awful
At the hospital. In a waiting room. Being exposed to Good Morning Britain 🫠
As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan
Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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I don't know how many people he had dirt on, or if they're genetically predisposed to stick up for each other in the media 🤷🏼♀️
shaun@shaunvids.bsky.social · 2d agoi'd say "pay attention to who has kind things to say about rod liddle, the racist pedophile, following his death" but to no surprise it is the entirety of the mainstream british press
thinking a lot about mortality. not my own, that doesn't bother me. but yeah. struggling today, and no amount of the NHS telling me to breathe will cut it
'never lose hope' Hard though, with headlines like this. The CBT program I'm undergoing at the moment doesn't have a module about crushing systemic treatment, and how to breathe through that www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS mental health trust plans £25m in cuts to jobs and services
Body providing care in east London and Bedfordshire accused of ‘unfathomable and unacceptable’ move
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Coming together in a ‘loud silence’ for peace Plans are underway for a national silent walking vigil for peace in London on 19 September. Join us as we come together with those from other faiths in a worshipful prayer. www.quaker.org.uk/action/news/...
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
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I was thinking about this a couple of days ago; cereal farming is big in Lincolnshire, and the combines have been out early. Anyone denying climate change is doing direct, consequential damage www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
theguardian.com
Ancient little guys of the day! These prehistoric baby bottles in the shape of little creatures were found were found in Bronze and Iron Age graves in Vösendorf (Austria). Actually, a study was conducted on these bottles around 2019 and they found traces of ruminant milk!
I don't want to see max miller again. it's all a bit much, isn't it?
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
You wouldn't know it from how some people talk, but it is incredibly easy to not use AI for anything.
I had a dream about Labubus last night. an insight into my psyche?
do I - a) binge watch Schitt's Creek b) play Sims 2 or c)listen to Uncanny and draw borzois?
Prof Al*ce Roberts is not happy that Thought For The Day on BBC R4 is religious. I get that the majority of the population is not religious; the vast majority of R4's output isn't religious?