…aaand it’s stopped. But it was properly spectacularly hammering it down for about 5 minutes #rain #Leeds

Jayne @jaynee-b.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s raining! Hooray! #Leeds

A nice thing - King’s College harvests its wildflower meadow every year with beautiful horses and traditional equipment. I went to see it this morning.

It’s raining! Hooray! #Leeds

Right so I’ve just binge-watched the whole of #GhostsAustralia & it took a few episodes to find its feet but I have to say, it’s really, really good (& in the finest tradition of the UK series, tears have been shed too). Would recommend. And I think I saw a cheeky cameo from Simon Farnaby? Perhaps?

I am quite a long way up a hill in the #LakeDistrict (better phone signal up here than in the hotel!), so here’s a photo of the view

Ok, it's time for Finally Read The Longread Tabs I Have Open Sunday! This one's a LONG one...the edcuation select committee report on reading for pleasure. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cm...

If the King in the North really wants to go full tilt at moving the centre of government operations, may I present the ideal seat for Parliament in the North?

For the next week I am in my absolute favourite place with a lot of my favourite people #Rydal #Orchestra

Hate to contradict the doom narrative we all so enjoy, but it’s not humanity, it’s just the West. China and India and Africa are going solar at unimaginable scale and speed because it’s incredibly cheap now and oil just comes with endless fucking trouble with American and Saudi and Russian bullshit

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2w ago

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

Currently in Lancaster with Ch2 & gf being treated to food & fizz 🥂🍾 If anyone feels like doing/sharing the survey, please do

Bump! Thanks 😊

Jayne @jaynee-b.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hello lovely people, Ch2 has a survey for her Masters dissertation. Please complete it (if you’d like to) & share so there’s a good sample size. It’s about politics/policies & the use of AI, & about trust. Thanks! #ForensicLinguistics #Politics #AI lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Me: I’m going to fold this airer down really carefully, I know it has a habit of… Airer: OH YOU LIKE THAT THUMB DO YOU? IT WILL LOOK BETTER WITH A BRUISE *slams shut* Fucking OW

Hello lovely people, Ch2 has a survey for her Masters dissertation. Please complete it (if you’d like to) & share so there’s a good sample size. It’s about politics/policies & the use of AI, & about trust. Thanks! #ForensicLinguistics #Politics #AI lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hello lovely people, Ch2 has a survey for her Masters dissertation. Please complete it (if you’d like to) & share so there’s a good sample size. It’s about politics/policies & the use of AI, & about trust. Thanks! #ForensicLinguistics #Politics #AI lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

202 day streak ended today. Bloody wordle.

Got some excellent (if I say so myself) bee photos this morning while we were waiting on campus for other people to arrive. There were two very busy feeding on a thistle. #bees I’m particularly proud of the third pic 🐝

Cracking start. Love it #BBCProms #FNotP

Horn harmonies are the best harmonies #FNotP #Copland

Two and a fucking half bastard hours to get back from Lancaster but made it back just in time for the First Night of the Proms

At #Lancaster uni today, for Ch2’s gf’s Masters graduation. She’s got a first 😁 and an award 😁😁 and we’re really proud

Today’s wordle is worse than yesterday’s. Got it on the last go.

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Today’s M62 journey proving that Seat is the preferred brand of car for wankers who can’t afford Audis.

Road trip today, with one of my best friends to see another of our best friends playing Kol Nidrei in Southport (she’s the soloist) #cello No idea what’s on the rest of the programme, I didn’t look!

I have worked over every day this week. Still miles off. Any way I have stopped until Monday & I declare it gin o’clock. (I’ve still got some of the trauma gin from May & now I’ve got cans of posh tonic) #TheWeekend

Friend’s son’s birthday this week, I buy him a book every year. Couldn’t find this year’s requested one in Waterstones so I took a risk* & bought one of Stuart @heritage.bsky.social ‘s instead 😁 *not that much of a risk tbh

The temperature inside my car as I leave work #TooHot

No he's not, you raging twat. This is entirely self-inflicted, from taking dodgy money to throwing his Flouncy McFlounceface hissy fit. And now everyone is laughing at him. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Nigel Farage faces a deep state conspiracy, says Nadhim Zahawi

Reform UK will propose August 6 for the Clacton by-election. The former Tory chancellor, who defected, blames decision to trigger it on an ‘establishment pile-on’

thetimes.com

OK, Spain now needs to win the World Cup, just for the LOLs

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "Spain is a wasted cause. We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore, by the way. I'd like to cut it off. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. Cut off all trade with Spain, please. Including visits. We don't want anything to do. They're hopeless. Bad people."

New rhyming slang.