Caroline Pitcher Johnson
@lineynell.bsky.social
Writer, reader, lover of Greece and Derbyshire
“The mentality of the crowd has never been more predominant than it is today.” Robert Harris says the modern world is similar to Ancient Rome - arguing that social media has created a new kind of mob mentality, capable of whipping people into a fury at extraordinary speed.
Adorable approximately 21 day old Pilated Woodpeckers peeking out from the deep nesting cavity in the tree. They climb up to lean out waiting for parents to feed them. Waiting until they are 31 days old and can take their first flight.
What is so important to the ultra-rich that they must seize and destroy the world's resources, hold down wages and crush organised labour, capture politics to reduce the tax they pay, fund the far right to stifle democracy? Here's an answer. A Hermes Birkin 35 Diamond Bag. On sale for £449,555.68
If 10yrs on, £Billions wasted and zero benefits later makes you angry enough about Brexit, then don’t be checking this out to see just how much we threw away, risked and lost, so we could crow about sovereignty and put flags on roundabouts instead. what-europe-does-for-me.europarl.europa.eu/en/focus
What Europe does for me - #EUandME
How does Europe affect our everyday lives? How does it impact our jobs, our families, our health care, our hobbies, our journeys, our security, our consumer choices and our social rights? And how is E...
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the banks — cut our bills!
Getting banks to pay more tax on their profits to help us with the cost of living is common sense. They’re raking in billions while the rest of us are struggling. We've seen this pattern before. The h...
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Snow leopard on a trail camera: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
Feels like the only sensible thing to do today is sit and read from 9 to 5… - Michael
A Poll in the Daily Mail clearly did not go the way expected. 84% of respondents want to rejoin the EU. #RejoinEU 🇪🇺
The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan
I never realised that Dolly Parton couldn’t have children because of endometriosis. And that she was public about that in the 70’s and 80’s, when there was even more stigma and shame around infertility and menstruation than there is today.
22 years ago, Green Day were prophetic. And here we are. youtu.be/Ee_uujKuJMI?...
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Cofnas studied philosophy, not genetics. He’s not a scientist. It shows.
The Game of Thrones theme was composed by Ramin Djawadi, who is of Iranian descent. Hearing this melody played with Persian instruments and the daf drum is absolutely beautiful. Original post
11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Sign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!
Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b...
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The Daily Mail editorial team get together in a coven in the wilds of Dartmoor to discuss their coverage of Harry and Meghan:
100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. They told YOU to recycle better while they polluted more. Don't fall for it. Hold systems accountable. #ClimateCrisis
So normal has the BBC's both-sidesing of far right talking points become that about half the respondents to this post took it seriously.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.On BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.
Wealthy White Men Who Care Only About Wealthy White Men.......
“Look Peter! I can see Julia Fartly Brewer, Sarah Whine, Isabel Cokeshot & all the right wing press doing a collective knife sharpening in preparation for Meghan’s return.”
Splendid news that Eyam Moor has been gifted to the nation by its owners. 600 acres will now be managed by @derbyswildlife.bsky.social.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust secures its largest landmark site with a massive 600-acre boost for nature in the Wild Peak | Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
The Trust has secured its largest single land acquisition for nature and people to date with 600 acres at Eyam Moor. The site represents one of the most significant landscape-scale nature recovery opp...
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Hahaha. We need so much more of this Private Eye style ridicule when it comes to Farage. No one should be taking him seriously any more.
