Buxton Well near the Pump House. Tastes a lot like Sydney water, to be honest, and for much the same reasons; like the Sydney catchment, the Derbyshire Peaks are sandstone.

Buxton Crescent, basically Bath for Northerners.

Buxton Pavilion, an extravagant Victorian structure where tourists in days of yore could enjoy some hothouse plants.

Buxton Opera House. Yes, AN OPERA HOUSE.

Buxton, Derbyshire. Quite the splendid spa town in its day.

Shamatunity

More for the Pile of Shame...

I have the following Wargames Foundry Thracian packs For Sale.
***£180 for the lot***/Buyer pays postage/Payment via Paypal goods and services/I'm based in the UK/Unpainted
WG051 x2
WG052 x2
WG053 x2
WG054 x2
WG055 x2
WG056 x2
WG057 e x3
WG058 x1
More pictures on demand (can only post 4 here!)

YES!

Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

Woolworths engaged in ‘marketing magic’ to trick customers, consumer watchdog tells court The trial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the supermarket giant began in the federal court in Sydney on Tuesday

This fake ‘on special’ pricing yo-yo bullshit by supermarkets needs to be stopped.
If the can sell it at the ‘on special’ they can sell at that price all the time

Woolworths engaged in ‘marketing magic’ to trick customers, consumer watchdog tells court www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I have a box of pins, a blackboard with a selection of rusty nails to run down it, and a packet of birch pollen at the ready. OK, it's low-level torment, but it's the best I can manage with my busy schedule.

I wanted the @fogoumodels.bsky.social ring fort, but there was no way I'd be able to fit it in my luggage! #Salute53

Foundry Greek myth figs & Sea Peoples, some Napoleonic-era women vampire hunters & ghastly ghouls (perfect for Silver Bayonet) from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social, Bronze Age trolls & assorted undead from @fenrisgames.com, and the latest ruleset from @gonzohistory.bsky.social, Viking Blood Feud. ✅️👍

Detail of Peter the Great by Godfrey Kneller – a dashing young man with a wispy moustache looks soulfully off to the left of the image, wearing armour and robes

It’s the 328th anniversary of Peter the Great leaving England for Holland to continue his Grand Embassy (a diplomatic mission to find out how to modernise Russia), at which point everyone breathed a sigh of relief, not least John Evelyn, whose house Peter and his entourage had completely trashed 🧵

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

Came all the way from Australia to do so as well!

I just picked up some of these at Salute!

No castle staircases, huge drapes, or burning pirate ships? I'll pass.

Don't besmirch the names of Morticia and Gomez. They were supportive and loving parents, and clearly adored one another.

I'd say Melania would be looking daggers at Erika through narrowed eyes, but it's hard to tell. A blonde woman of childbearing age gets near Trump and who knows what happens?

The Australian Greens are calling on the government to audit every Palantir contract across Government and particularly in Defence, Home Affairs and intelligence agencies and table the findings in Parliament. The public has a right to know the full scale of the risks and the sell out.

In Defense of Kash Patel? If the FBI director’s alleged intoxication prevents him from carrying out Trump’s agenda, that might not be such a bad thing.

open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...

River Bollin, Prestbury, Cheshire

Horse Chestnut in bloom

The Priest's House, Prestbury, Cheshire built c.1580

Cherry blossom

Nice walk this morning!

Labor’s foreign policy no longer matches the world it faces In the second on our Rethinking Foreign Policy series Kym Davey says Labor’s foreign policy platform is out of step with current realities – clinging to US alliance settings while ignoring its own com...

“Only fools and the uninformed would consider the US an “enduring partner” in the Trump era.” #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

Oh, FFS. And... he we go again, Queensland. Welcome to 2024 in 2026.

Stafford by-election locked in for 16 May & what's Ch9 doing? Repeating Premier David Crisafulli's youth crime slogans & not asking him any substantial questions. Are you journalists or what? #qldpol

Explains the colour

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

Please stand by for more.

So we're selling ham glaze?

here’s a perfectly normal thing that happened with our perfectly normal president. recently, Donny was acting so erratically while military leaders were planning a rescue operation in Iran, that big strong aides with tears in their eyes had to go up to him and say, ‘sir! sir! why don’t you go play in traffic?’

last week, Donny was so out of control that his handlers had to hustle him out of the room for fear that he would fuck up a military rescue operation, because he wouldn't stop screaming at everyone. perfectly normal stuff, and I mock the shit out of it in my latest post. link is here: bit.ly/4cSLXYK

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

A wonderful sunset here in North Dorset - April now looks set fair.
The nesting birds could really do with a period of stability.
#Sunset #Dorset

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...