Some days you just wanna give up , let everything go and follow the light inside of a red cabbage

I find it hard to believe that the Russian counteroffensive in Kursk and reactivation of missile salvoes from its Black Sea Fleet wasn’t planned with the expectation Trump would blind Ukraine by cutting off intelligence and satellite reconnaissance

Damn. Not wrong. But damn.

This is the way to view the German election.

So I've lived to see a US President condemn a country for not surrendering immediately to an invading Russian army.

did it with students in our last class today, & when they plugged in 'rude' & 'mean' their jaws dropped open

'There is hope': Syrian journalist and filmmaker Waad al Kateab new violence in Syria YouTube video by Sky News

“There is hope,” Waad al Kateab says. “Whatever this group was, it won’t be as bad as Assad was,” and “we have to take this opportunity.”
youtu.be/-VbnRw8cAVA?...

Why Jasmin Paris should be #SPOTY24

She completed Barkley Marathons with 99 seconds to spare

- 33 Parkruns distance
- in a forest
- mostly off trail
- partially in dark
- no GPS watch
- ascended 2x height of Everest
- only 19 male runners have completed it in 29 years
- Jasmin was the 1st woman

Does HS2 have a future?

And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?

Far as I can tell Basma Assad still has her British passport. Whatever we might think of Shemima Begum, it’s hard to argue that Assad has a stronger right to being British than her.

During Covid lockdown, if you had family round on Christmas Day the police could force their way into your home and make them return to their own homes.
Does anybody know if this service is still available and, if so, do you have to book it?

So THAT’S what’s happening.

Great tool —> earth.nullschool.net

Let's hope that our only legitimate leader has just checkmated the Russian regime in Georgia.
Whatever the case, however, she’s a heroine for all her efforts for her people.

Bequeathed by Elisabeth Collins, the artist's widow, through the Art Fund 2001

Cecil Collins, Angel of the Stars, 1960
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1120626

Absolutely loved @dranniegray.bsky.social ‘s book ‘Victory In The Kitchen’ on this subject

Thank you. In return may I recommend these. May have to clear your freezer for the 1.4kg bag from Costco

Afghanistan: Women suspended from midwife and nurse training Women at training colleges across the country were told they are not allowed to return to class.

Let’s remember how quickly the West abandoned the women of Afghanistan under Taliban 2.0
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Massive away win for the little fella.

Any petition I can sign to seek to overturn US election? No? You surprise me.

SPROUTS! Our entire Christmas dinner is based around Sophie Grigsons Sprouts Gratin - everything else a foil to it. Boxing Day leftovers w Tracklements Christmas Chutney

SELNEC - good god. I’m in Cheshire and still feel aggrieved at being in CWAC after losing the rather beautiful Vale Royal Borough Council, Cheshire. Half expecting next iteration to be something like Airstrip 18

A restaurant board sign that reads: “we are not all in the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts. Some have canoes. And some are drowning. Just be kind and help when you can.

I love this.

🧵Plymouth Brethren

This week sees the annual Plymouth Brethren global Strive meeting

Strive is run by their Global Funding Team. It is the meeting where Bruce Hales calls on cult members to dig deeper to fund their ecosystem

Though with an extremely healthy war chest, it will be hard to justify

In politics clarity is its own opportunity. The storm of the 2024 election has created great clarity. The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, and 3rd richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, are currently asking a group of Trump judges to end the right to organize & join a union in the United States.

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

I make this -7 Scaramuccis. ~AA

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Made one of these.

Can and will be more comprehensive - but spent quite a while looking for people who don’t yet seem to be on here and I *now need to do some work*, so if you are here and I’ve not yet included you, apologies, shout me and I’ll add

go.bsky.app/Ka8yH45