James

Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election - live updates Around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds would be able to vote at the next general election, under government plans to lower the voting age.

About time. They fought for the country in past times , they can work and pay tax for it, they own the future more than me at 40yrs ancient.

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After the driest spring in Yorkshire on record, we are finally getting some decent rain, right after hanging out laundry, naturally.

Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say The outdoor cafe was frequently used by journalists, activists and local residents.

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This was posted right next to an article about a pending police investigation into the recent Glastonbury drama and the anti IDF chants.

I mean I understand… this sea side cafe was obviously where the ICBMs were stored.

Hot day ahead

The magic of charity shop cloth shopping is not to be underestimated.

People donate such amazing clothes, it’s one of the few places left I can actually find well made, decent pieces that aren’t a victim of today’s fast fashion. 👌🏻

Giving the YouTube survey the wrong answers every time is my contribution to the fight against late stage capitalism.

The UK government has decided it’s a rather bad image to cut benefits to the most vulnerable of it’s citizens whilst we train Israeli soldiers on our own soil.

Kier and his crew are on the same level as the previous government we kicked out.

We deserve better than this.

Defiantly still a thing when I was in school back the 90s, but I reckon things have improved drastically since then. They have shaken a lot of social conventions up in a good way.

I’ve yet to find serenity with it, the books I have just make me more confused and tangled. I can knit the first row of ‘cast ons’ but everything after that just confounds me.

I often think about my hobbies and how all of them would be seen as girly.

Harp, painting and textiles.

Yet there’s plenty of contradictory examples.

I played cricket with friends as a kid, using a bit of timber for the bat, bamboo canes for wickets and tennis balls. Rules we just guessed at..

First time I attempted knitting, I wanted to cry.

From a table loom to a loom that’s now taken up a complete room of my house.

When a new pursuit hits, I bite hard 🤣

Weaving drafts are mind bending , I’m on the edge of just about understanding and translating to a complex loom I decided to randomly purchase on eBay late one night.

These things lead to logarithmic computing!

Scumbag ICE agents. Lower than the shit encrusted on the back of a sewer rat.

The soul, laundry freshly dried by the sun, lovingly folded.

Christian Bobin, L’Homme-joie.

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Today’s plumbing job address. All alone in a rather large and tall space made a relaxed morning.

The widest width of weaving so far. Only just starting to get the hang of it and already dreaming of more complicated looms.

The loom I bought came with loads of different types of yarn. Including this heavily tangled silk. It’s the first time I’ve knowingly handled silk in my life , and despite its absolutely luscious touch, it’s an absolute pig to detangle.

Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, the BBC understands

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Labour: Same old story.

Party of the working class and endless wars.

There are no political parties with us in mind. A peace revolution or a bloody civil war (like the one the USA will be having) is the only way things are going to change.

I was ok with feeding one, but when they bring their mates along, it gets a bit ridiculous.

Wood pigeon patiently eyeing them up out of shot.

Seeing these bloom in my pond every day in the summer is joy.

A rigid heddle loom, going under a slow warping process, with two tones of wool, in baby blue and mauve/magenta.

The way I’ve gone from pure frustration and anger whilst warping a loom to now feeling sense of deep meditation and connection to ancestors long since gone.

Many peoples have put deep symbolic meanings and even origins (of peoples) into weaving.

It’s humbling and satisfying to learn the art.

Will the 29bn be spread about to address postcode lotteries when it comes to quality of care? Highly doubt it.

If they work, why don’t we all have clean air zones and why won’t a labour government tax the super rich to make it happen?

Agree with the idea 100%, just not the execution of it.

Doesn’t change my opinion.

It’s pretty pathetic that it’s held up as an advantage to the NHS. Particularly now we have a labour government that would rather train Israeli soldiers than build public transport or fund the NHS. Money for genocidal regimes but not infrastructure.

Prediction: By the end of the year, it will be confirmed, Isreal has nuclear weapons, and this counter nuclear technology strike they’re using as an excuse is simply projection of their own undertaking. Specifically at Shimon Negev facility near Dimona. Which Iran attacked pretty sharply into this.

I used to love going to Saltaire, but I haven’t for years after a £60 charge for entry into Bradford for a system I didn’t even know was a thing outside of London.

I’d agree with clean air zones, if we had a public transport system that was somewhat competent in moving us around. It isn’t.

I mean, the solider, carrying the drone, just why?

Should have rolled out the donkeys carrying the tactical nukes.

I have the opposite, a severe lack of interest in me, but just close up.

So much has happened in so little time in the USA it’s hard keep track, or indeed invest much attention.

It’s times like this that are extraordinary dangerous. Wheels set in motion that we can’t even see.

It’s terrifying, it feels they’re going to implode.

That affects us all.

A new pursuit, weaving, taking over yet another functional room of my house.