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Really dark red central flower too. Our local ones in the summer were a much lighter pink.

All shares of this much-appreciated. Sorry if it's boring. Just another instance of me attempting to rehabilitate one of my books after my ex-publisher Unbound failed to pay me a large chunk of earnings from it, went into administration and took it temporarily out of print.

A somewhat psychedelic linocut of a hare

I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.

Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein

Amazing account of JPMorgan's ties with Epstein: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...

Self Care September - Day 4: Plan a fun or relaxing activity and make time for it actionforhappiness.org/self-care-se... #SelfCareSeptember

YouTube video by Ryan Reynolds John Candy: I Like Me | Official Trailer

youtu.be/hatkPBCcYUI

I got goosebumps watching this, he was such a loss to the world.

Art review!
This time we''ll be looking at 'De boerendans' (the farmer's or peasant's dance) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, from c. 1567.
I love Pieter's art & of course I love art that depicts an era generally still considered to be bland, dark & horrid, as also being a bit fun.

On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

Well I'm told that there's going to be a big turnout for my talk about Notorious next week in Oundle..

Some tickets left.

9th September

www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/oun...

The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...

Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.

"I heard no compassion in what you said...".

"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".

Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

This is my flag.

Corby Reform councillor resigns over serious racism allegations Reform councillor Robert Bloom, who has been in his North Northamptonshire Council post for just 117 days, has resigned after a neighbour alleged he used appalling racial slurs toward her family.

Perhaps rather than endlessly promoting Mr Farage, the national media could highlight what his local councillors are doing - as demonstrated here by @northantstelegraph.bsky.social

www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/...

Raining in London wonder if it will reach as far as Northants today or head eastwards

Quick note also to say that today is the FINAL day of the 25% offer at @waterstones.bsky.social on pre-orders of Everything Will Swallow You: www.waterstones.com/book/everyth...

Dogs shouldn't be on nature reserves at all.
The clue's in the name.
They have the scent of a top predator and they scent mark with urine like a top predator.

A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.

YouTube video by Box Chat "Jeff Epstein" - Jim Downey on Conan

I know everyone's seen this but I just saw it again and I think it's the funniest thing ever recorded on a podcast youtu.be/GKfHcas_cZg?...

Our youngest's primary school (v small - under 100 pupils) was due to have its sports day today. That's been pushed back to a cooler afternoon and today there's going to be an all school water fight 😀

Picture of night sky with silhouetted trees and dark blue night sky above with wispy silver noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds I think this evening

A stack of hardback books (all signed), that you could win if you enter the raffle.

Hello. I'm doing another raffle.

You can win ALL these SIGNED books + £50 to spend on books of your choice.

All the money raised is going on books for two wonderful schools.

Tickets are just £2 each

Details HERE.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

PLEASE Repost (ta).

Who/Whom

If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’.

If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’

-Whom are you going to the concert with?
-I'm going with him.

-Who broke the toaster?
-He did.

Fascinating: Did you know that the Sun's energy output per cubic meter is only about the same as that of a compost heap? ☀️🍂

About 277 watts per m3

(277 watts per m3 doesn't seem very impressive. But the sheer volume of the Sun generates an immense output.)

Did you hear about the time David Goodhart went to a bus stop to find someone of a different ethnicity so he could try out a joke? He waited for ages and then three turned up at once! Thank you, thank you. Anyhow, just as he was telling them his joke, an out-of-service bus arrived. No one got it.

Trump’s deal could kill 7,000 British green jobs – act now A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:

A Trump-era trade deal could wipe out 7,000+ green jobs in the UK
Ministers are on the fence! Let’s give them the public push they need to save UK bioethanol before it’s too late:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

This is very very lovely.

As you knew it would be.

Thanks, Jonn!

Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it. Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"

Not true.

I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

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