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Saskia Daniel

@saskiadanielceramics.com

Austro-Hungarian morse code station in transit. Small-batch potter, occasional Germanist. Former editor and print person in higher ed. http://linktr.ee/hasenschneck

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Saskia Daniel@saskiadanielceramics.com · 4h ago

What is this bullshit? Conflict is definitely not absent in only-child families. You just decide on an adult to fight with instead and get far too much attention which turns you into a monster (me).

The "gift" phrasing misses something else, too: When people frame siblings as gifts and being an only child as a deficit, they discount what many only-child families told me they've experienced: the joy that can come from having a small, tight-knit family where jealousies and conflicts are mostly absent, and parents' time and attention are undivided.
Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · yesterday

Last chance to respond to this consultation - it closes today! Annoyingly they haven't put the exact closing time on it, but the cut-off is usually 11:59pm on the day

Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 2w ago

Self-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/

Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · last wk.

The plan is for a big volunteer nurdle effort tomorrow and Tuesday, after both high tides. So from 6 in the morning to start on Tynemouth Longsands. Details/info/context in the pic (attached twice with half of alt text in each). WhatsApp for organising here: chat.whatsapp.com/KXTZ6zO69si0...

There is a major volunteer effort kicking early in off from 6am Monday morning Longsands at the High Tide Line starting from Crusoe's to clear nurdle plastic pollution from our beaches and everyone in Tynemouth has a part of play. More teams being assembled and will branch off to other beaches so watch out for information including Monday Afternoon after the second High Tide. Based on expert advice the organisers have come to the conclusion that: • The insurers contractors are equipped and staffed only to handle the Fish Quay and nearly all of the equipment needed in the North East unlikely to be here for days. We can leave the Fish Quay to them but Tynemouth needs to step up, nobody else will. • The Tides this week, in particular Monday and Tuesday, are such that there is a golden opportunity to put a dent in this which otherwise we will regret. Residents here would never forgive ourselves if we let that happen. • With each High Tide this week more and more pellets will refloat and form the nice neat lines along the High Tide mark, easy for volunteers to sweep up. • It's been possible to locally manufacture enough filtering bags this weekend to support a big effort. Enough people who have already been volunteering have developed experience using them. • There's scope for others less experienced to sweep up material with just a couple of minutes training (without touching a single pellet). You brush/scrape it, they will filter out the pellets. So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts: [Rest of alt-text attached to second identical pic]So, if you have some time to spare before work, please come down. Don't expect perfection but do come and help. A few do's and don'ts: 1. Don't step on the nurdles, this is the one thing which can make the situation worse. With the beaches in heavy use this has happened to much. 2. Do wear gloves (there will be plenty available or bring your own) it's not essential but helps the organisers minimise the work they need to do supervising less experienced folk. 3. Do wash your hands when finished. 4. Do leave the more experienced volunteers running the operation handle the filtering, this is more complicated 5. If possible bring a dustpan (and brush), you'll learn why..... This is not a small problem, the effects are long term and will be reduced by prompt action. The insurers have not bought enough resources to bear early enough and there's nothing we can do about that. Nurdles that embed into the beaches will break down into micro plastics over decades. We will likely experience a sustained period of this material coming ashore. There is still a substantial amount in the Tyne and sea which will come out in waves as the tides move. Even after the first stage of this ends, storms will bring it back several times over coming years. We are still in the short window where volunteers will make a difference, please consider helping.
Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · 2w ago

25 tonnes of nurdles, more than 1 billion nurdles, were spilled into the Tyne last week and are washing up on our beaches, north and south of the Tyne. Likely one of the largest ever plastic pollution events in the UK. There is remarkably little mention of this on here.

Guardian headline from Weds 22nd July reading: “One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manutacturing, have spread further than initially feared” With an image of a beach covered in nurdles.
Rose Ruane@regretteruane.bsky.social · 2d ago

Painting created by Anthony Dare c.1964 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey, where he was compelled to live. No biographical information is currently known to us about him, this is one of his four surviving works & the subject is art therapist Edward Adamson &

A dramatic downbeat painting, in style somewhere between cubism and fauvism, of a balding white man in smart suit with bow tie, head and shoulders only, looking left, with a rather worried expression. The painting is made of large blocks of blue yellow and purple, there are almost organic shapes building up the head and shoulders, clad in their blue suit white shirt and purple tie, which have a sculptural quality. The background is an acidic lemon yellow with blue and green stripes
Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media

For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar

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Rick Burin@rickburin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Lewis Goodall is one of the better and more reflective political journalists we have, and his interest in the lives of working class kids is sincere. It’s just sadly true that a lot of people who’ve been lucky enough not to experience disability and chronic conditions can’t envisage the reality.