hardback copy of book the apothecary by the sea, with illustration of orkney with sea, sky and green cliffs and flowers on the cover, upright on dry stone wall in golden evening sun, with blue sky behind above green hill with oak trees

A week today! Join us for the online launch of @beewyld.bsky.social's new book #TheApothecaryByTheSea - a year in an Orkney Garden - pictured here during a glorious #Grasmere #GoldenHour. Vik will be interviewed by our own co-captain @pollyrowena.bsky.social - April 28th, 7.30pm BST. 
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Good grief! Sending virtual hugs and chocolate!

Blogpost - dark nights, new book, some readings
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LORE - A Lord of the Rings Adventure Game Retroclone "I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a ...

Every year, I reread the LotR trilogy. This last year's reread amped me up and I started keying Middle-earth 12 miles at a time

Concurrently, without meaning to, I wrote a game to run the hexcrawl

I call it Lore - a Lord of the Rings Adventure Game retroclone

Here's what I think is fun about it🧵

Famously Sauron's eye never missed any intruders upon his land

torn between "we need to soften IP law to stop the calcification of the culture" and "we need to give the Tolkien estate the right to extrajudicially execute these clowns at will"

Virtual hug incoming. No one deserves this, however bad a place your relative is.

The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.

Experts condemn 'appalling' BBC story that 'raises risk of far-right attacks'

The BBC has come under heavy fire after publishing a 'misleading' report on asylum seekers which experts allege will put vulnerable people 'at more risk of far-right attacks'

We know it in Scotland. It’s the equivalent of trash talking, so it’s kind of ritualised, for entertainment, rather than gratuitously offensive. Though when you hear one you do wonder what really offensive would sound like!

BREAKING - Zarah Sultana MP exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial.

UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details.

“If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”

The whole thing is muck-raking and endangering people by pretending they're all at it in some way. The BBC have hit a new low.

I have think it’s French. Deals with the Cistercian monks murdered in Algeria.

There is no aspect of this report that doesn't make my blood boil, and no possible interpretation of the methods and motives of the BBC that does them any credit.

Of Gods and Men. It’s a bit sentimental but it doesn’t brush over too many of the conflicts and anxieties and it doesn’t come to the neat conclusions you might expect.

Reform getting trashed today 😂
Lady confronts Lee Anderson:
“The flags went up before the potholes were sorted. You couldn’t tell the truth if your life depended on it. So get your silly little racist flags and stick them where the sun doesn’t shine. It’s pathetic. You’re pathetic.” #UKPolitics

So 'weathercock' Sarwar is desperately insisting that Scotland is a 'mess' under the SNP. More of this 'mess' please. #Scotland #SNP1SGP2

"Here is Calmac CEO letter to staff, exposing media and politicians on their deception on ferries.

Calmac have given the media this information but media choose not to report it."

Much sympathy. Wishing you peace.

Was thinking the very same thing!

Refugee charity cleared by regulator after MP-backed ‘misinformation campaign’ Charity Commission building and logo

Refugee charity cleared by regulator after MP-backed ‘misinformation campaign’ falsely alleging it encouraged children to send Valentine’s Day cards to asylum seekers

These false allegations made national news. This should be reported just as widely

www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/refugee...

Enjoy. I hope your days of bad health are behind you now.

Dune. I wouldn't. Makes Nero look like an amateur. Nero was indeed a dperaved and raging narcissist, but he had nothing on Trump.

He’s way past that by now - full blown Targaryen or possibly Beast Rabban. I just hope there aren’t more graphic adult fantasy emperors he could read up on!

The politics of envy at a glance.

Does anyone hear speak fluent Gaeilge?

I need a quick translation for a small indie project, just two lines of dialog, and my usual source is not available...

I would appreciate it!

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK.

People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal.

We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.

Thirteen years ago today, my nephew went into a pub and ordered a pint of milk to celebrate the death of Margaret milk-snatcher Thatcher. So proud of that one!