"It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it" - Terry Pratchett

Local Repair Cafes seem to do a good trade in tool sharpening if you can find one.

Oh how far we've come from John Profumo and Christine Keeler, Clinton and a blow job, to everyone in power probably fucked a kid so what?

Friends of the Lake District’s rainforest plea Help save a moderate rainforest habitat in Cumbria, and for one week your donation will be matched, so what you give will be worth twice the amount

Help save a moderate rainforest habitat in Cumbria, and for one week your donation will be matched, so what you give will be worth twice the amount | Mike Glover

Who has time for any of this.

We need a national plan for eating disorders Most of us know someone affected by an eating disorder. Dump the Scales are calling for a proper national plan to improve treatment outcomes. Can you add your name to the petition?

On Saturday, people are taking to the streets to demand a national plan for eating disorder treatment. They need to show as many people are with them as possible. Can you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...

They have been on TV recently.

"A final thought: is it time to focus more on taking action on what we already know rather than simply calling for better data?"

How many UBI or 4 day week trials have we done by now?

Sure, if you're an adult, you likely know this but for terms of UBI, if you have what you need to live, that gives you CHOICE in what job to take. You're not doing dangerous risky jobs, but can demand SUFFICIENT safety measures or you walk.

Artists can release art WHEN ITS READY not for a deadline.

A bright illustration of an orange and yellow squirrel with a large fluffy tail on a deep blue background with simple star shapes. The text reads: “I hope that you continue to feel more and more like who you really are. The squirrel of self confidence.” Picture by Katie Abey. Us

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

A little more you, today. Not the role, not the expectation, just you.

That’s enough. 🧡

#authenticity #kindness #SelfCompassion

Picture by Katie Abey

So, depends on how long you want the relationship to last?

What does that mean?

I am clearly not that old

I would guess something is on top or in front of it wherever it is.

🧵Spotted in Country Aotearoa New Zealand:

A woman (20s?) is sitting on top of a picnic table looking out over a pristine water hole.
Legs swinging idly.
Expression dreamy.
A mist travelling over the water.
Bird song coming from every direction.
This is peace. (1)

Cartoonist: Daniel Medina

My kids are 20 and 23 they know who Indiana Jones is.

I don't understand why MPs don't get vetted, given the amount of 'donations' they're given.
Their job is more than doing constituency surgeries and sitting in HoC. Do they get vetted when they become Ministers?
Case in point - Priti Patel and her visits to israel!
The whole set up needs an overhaul.

A huge tub of screws is hard to move, where would it normally have been? Ours are in old Quality St tins in the garage.

Do you remember the type of tub?

I think I prefer the cold indifference of a person to the cold indifference of a machine. But I definitely prefer the machine to corporate enforcement of bullshit pleasantness

There is one of those at my local supermarket. I also tried to use it once. No one has suceeded, to my knowledge. They also have a normal bike place too, luckily.

Pretty sure I saw a Whitsuntide Boss blooming today. The season is early. Wraparound shades deployed.

I am dressed and eating breakfast. I have already put washing out.

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Things have been off-kilter since Brexit.

You can only see as far as the next bend in the road. There's no point worrying about what happens next.

Print, book, and pen people:

I am going to need a new supply of fountain pen friendly white paper, A3 size, probably 75-80gsm, as budget-friendly as possible. Quite happy for it to be copier / inkjet paper as long as it behaves right.

Any recommendations? (Please share!)

an elderly man in a blue suit and white shirt is looking at the camera ALT: an elderly man in a blue suit and white shirt is looking at the camera

When Sir David #Attenborough was born there were less than 2 billion people on Earth. Today the world’s population is 8.3 billion & still growing every 12 months by the population size equivalent to a country the size of the UK. Good luck making that environmentally sustainable

Yes, deep breaths in the fresh air as long as there are not too many people out there.

That I hate. Nothing looks good in primer grey

Same, on both counts. I feel the dog would have something to say too, but he rarely goes in the bathroom.