Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised.

RT if you know it has to be.

Not the way I make it

Ah! I have now found the album. I look forward to listening.

And the man who strayed so far from the home key during an improvised cadenza that when he finally hauled himself back Handel called out "Welcome home, Mr. Dubourg."

Reading this post to my wife and I have never seen her cry with laughter so much. "Bile bath lobe" is now a meme for us, thank you and @oldenoughtosay.com for this

I remember watching a snail crawl from one side of my car bonnet (hood) to the other - and back - looking for a way out of the rain and the wind, which was severe on the poor creature because I was DRIVING AT 65 at the time

Surely this discussion is akkademic

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Misspelling the name was of course a subtle dig at the metre. Of course.

Conductor? Author?
One man does them both, you know -
Lev Parikan.

I would add, that the simple fact of the diagnosis itself had an effect of psychological release on a practically seismic level for me. Others have said the same.

Consider yourself very, very, very much seen.

I am living in Engelonde in Aprille, and believe me the shoures soote are everywhere

WHERE

Yes.

Something to look forward to

Heard her Piano Quintet last month. Holy shit that was good.

Diddorol iawn. Diolch am ei gyffredino (did i get that right?)

The kind of quality content I'm here for

Hear hear. We are only happy when we aren't.

Mae Trump yn llysieuyn, mae'n siŵr

Now I have a new thing to load on my Kindle. Excellent.

i, a mature heterosexual man, am having Feels

That is one of the most delightfully subtle ways to absolutely win Bluesky that I can imagine. Bravo, sir.

Will admit Benny D Cat gave me an excessive amount of joy

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…

When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing.

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No, misogyny isn't a thing of the past If it feels like feminism has achieved its goals, you’re not paying enough attention.

*NEW POST*

This week on rising misogyny & classical music

"Not taking active steps to redress historical imbalance sends a message ... that classical music is a space where varying degrees of sexism and misogyny are tolerated."

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Done. Best wishes to them for a successful op and an easy recovery.

My problem is I'd practically memorised the book long before the radio adaptation, and none of the voices were the ones that were already in my head, so they were all wrong. No matter how good they were. See also: all the films.

Myttin da / Good morning Blue Sky🙂

Wishing you all, along with the Cornish diaspora over the world a Happy St Piran's Day! / Gool Peran Lowen!

Including:

USA
South Africa
Australia
Mexico

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