This is so darned sad
"People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work"
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
An Invention of Collective Nouns A reckoning of spreadsheets. A distraction of smartphones. A prattle of podcasts. A mispronunciation of scones. A clique of photographers. A heard of precedents. An enjambment of poets. A grope of presidents. A pile of haemorrhoids. A bunion of personal trainers. A bout of estimations. A condescension of mansplainers. A stroke of geniuses. A spot of adolescents. An embarrassment of Richards. A collection correction of pedants. Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
Today I'm grateful for slow improvement, mostly upright day with only moderate chocking. Taking a bath in the middle of the day like the decadent bitch I am. (Also to help the aches and random intolerable itching)
And surviving a shop outing, more mango was required.
My mother refuses to go see the lossie walrus.
I really do think I must be adopted or swapped at birth, because what on earth is more interesting than seeing a walrus?
Seems the checks bounce and the balances are out for calibration
And they don't do anything about it.
Although to be fair, my own leader is on Isreal's paycheck so I can't really talk, but also we don't have a whatever amendment allows the people to have guns specifically to rise up and overthrow an over stepping government 🤷♀️
These folks don't seem very clever. But sure, just give the world a heads up that your military can be brought down by a super common infection.
In case anyone in my day job sector - UK NGOs - were in doubt about Reform, @andrewpurkis.bsky.social breaks down the litany of ways that Farage would curtail, hinder, and silence us 👇🏽
@civilsociety.bsky.social:
www.civilsociety.co.uk/voices/andre...
#charities #campaigning #Communities
So, Israel soldier punished for damaging statue, yet the dozens who murder women children and medics in cold blood - nothing. Israel is a pariah state. We should cut all ties, cease all arms sales.
Israeli soldiers punished over vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon
NEW: In a scathing ruling describing RFK Jr. as an “unserious” and “unsafe” leader, a federal judge in Oregon issued an order that will protect doctors and hospitals, and the transgender kids they treat.
Rights groups say EU ‘enabling’ Israel after trade deal decision - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...
Sex fiends supporting sex fiends.
The Whitehouse might have outdone the church as hiring the most pedophiles 🤔
Why are the British so fucking stupid.
Did they see any brexit benefits? Did their lives get better?
They can see what Trump does in the US.
So why the hell are they falling for the same nonsense again?
Sobering talk from Timothy Walsh from Oxford, UK on the rising antibacterial resistance even to the NOVEL agents
For example we are already seeing growing reports of Cefiderocol resistance - and we have barely started using it.
As usual we are being outrun by the bacteria
#EscmidGlobal2026
97 public libraries in Scotland have permanently closed since 2008.
Libraries are an essential community service, providing far more than just books. We'll ensure councils have the financial backing they need so that no community is left without access to one.
Today I'm grateful for being able to eat something, I am very bored of this already.
Yes, measles, Covid-19, flu... it does not matter, public health is a shared responsibility - our decisions impact others around us
www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/i...
When Trump is finally gone you just know the US is going to carry on business as usual, and the next meglomaniac criminal president will be smarter about it all, because they know there are zero consequences and checks and balances only exist in the imagination of the people.
Four miniature watercolour paintings of autumnal woodland landscapes on a white sheet.
Watercolour wonders. 🎨
Puffins swimming underwater, chasing after fish
Atlantic Puffins — Jessica Eggers, 2026
Pen & ink, watercolor and gouache on paper
www.instagram.com/p/DVh52RyiKs...
This is why I keep banging on about the importance of trained humans in the loop for data analyses. You *cannot* just take a dataset and run, especially not unattributed data from kaggle. You *must* do the due diligence to look for artifacts, outliers, and edge cases with your actual human eyes.
I found a lady here who teaches how to make felt then turn your felt into slippers. It's tempting, but she doesn't teach on weekends.
Its a very felty nation.
But hey, it's a new day, sunshine and rabbits and rainbows and all that.... what could possibly go wrong.
Wait till they find out what they do to humans.....
(yes I know maga don't care about people, and maga don't think arabic People are human.... that's the fucking tragedy)
That is a horrid day. Sorry.
Can't move to get it. And I can't face the burn.
Disturbingly my mantra of the day is "relax your throat" 😵💫
If i move, or anything tickles it, like a smoke smell the cough is so violent Im breaking.
So constant lubricant and relaxation is the only way forward.
(Even water can set it off, so it's a lottery too)
But at least im entertained 🤪
