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jlots
@rawrachel.bsky.social
Practitioner in the Plum Village tradition of Thích Nhất Hạnh. Body servant to Max the therapy dog. Peace, justice and climate activist. Knitter. Glimpser of birds.
To Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social I call this sculpture “waiting for rain”. No doubt Henry Moore called it something else but I didn’t check the label.
Powerful and important letter about artificial so-called intelligence from Sheila Hayman from Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, in the FT today
Today I am thinking about the bond between dogs who have been failed by people and people who have been failed by people. My beloved Max. We shared the last four years of his life. He brought joy and happiness to so many. My anguish is terrible. It will change. The love is immeasurable. It will not.
#KnitSky She made the vest herself for the appearance on Mastermind!
Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni@tubemapper.bsky.social · last mo.It was lovely meeting up with Emily the Mastermind of Moquettes for a future favourite station feature.
Of course! Of course! Hand knitted by the contestant for the occasion. Sublime. www.ravelry.com/projects/sof...
Ravelry: sofastitches' Overground and Mastermind
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jlots@rawrachel.bsky.social · last mo.Also knitting nerds, of course. I feel an immediate strong desire to make myself a London Transport moquette pattern slipover. But which fabric to choose? #KnitSky
Also knitting nerds, of course. I feel an immediate strong desire to make myself a London Transport moquette pattern slipover. But which fabric to choose? #KnitSky
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · last mo.UK transit nerds are next level.
#ZenHiking #HampsteadHeath #PlumVillage #MorningWalk “I suppose this is some kind of silent protest” remarked a fast-moving oncoming pedestrian loudly. Sad that quiet, careful, and slow can be perceived as antagonistic.
This is exactly how Thay taught us to speak and act, and even think. There is room in us for multitudes. Our ancestors are not just genetic — they are also all our teachers, everyone who has nurtured the seeds of kindness and compassion in us, human and more-than-human
Cory Booker@corybooker.com · 4mo agoIncredible wisdom from an incredible woman.
I had to take Max to the vet and, as he dealt with a cut paw, our chit-chat wended through a circuitous route and came to this, a great teaching.
Dennis Potter - Seeing the Blossom
YouTube video by Mr. Braddock
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We have no fixed essence.
Dorothea Baur - the ethics crusader@dorotheabaur.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor those who don't follow me on LinkedIn. I have read and loved @coeckelbergh.bsky.social's book on self-improvement. It's finally given me rational arguments for my gut feeling which goes totally against this whole wellness capitalism stuff. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Wrote a poem about oranges. It doesn't rhyme, obviously
When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."
Apparently the female goldcrest, 5-6g, can lay up to 12 eggs in a single clutch which is more than 1.5x their body weight. There is continuing evidence of a very successful hatching for at least one pair in my local park, and lovely to see as well as hear as they flitter through bushes. #MorningWalk
Guys I can’t keep doing this independently. I need a job. If you know of a place—advocacy, OSINT org, think tank, left media, etc—where I could take this work in-house, pls let me know. I admire the folks making independent work for them, but I am collapsing under the weight and the lack of impact.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 3mo agoA few minutes ago, two ICE flights operated by Journey Aviation landed in Eswatini, likely another third-country removal of immigrants to a maximum security prison there. Nineteen people have already been sent there on previous ICE flights in the last nine months. Only two have been released.
did you know that the English words druid, trust, truth, betroth, and truce all share a root word with “tree”? this reflects the longstanding spiritual and symbolic significance of trees in many European cultures
Mammals the size of buses swimming around singing. How lucky we are to live on this planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bury me in the whale graveyard – let the weird starfish chew my bones | First Dog on the Moon
Scientists have discovered an enormous whale graveyard about 1,200 km long, which seems big but then so are whales
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Speciation isn’t clean-cut. Evolutionary biologists increasingly view it as a continuum, rather than a process with discrete steps. There is a gray area between species. That’s where ecotypes come into play. Tune in to The Quanta Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ecotypes Make the Idea of a Species Even Fuzzier
Podcast Episode · The Quanta Podcast · June 9 · 27m
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@sundersays.bsky.social does seem to be one of the few people who just politely campaigns daily on the notion that nobody should be racist to anybody. (And that debates on immigration should be based on figures and impacts, not racism). The purity of his quest is inspiring really
