Winter02

path through a wood of fir trees in morning sunshine.

A *sleep safe* special from Shropshire, under the trees of Shelve Wood.

Episode 277 - Emptiness within Shelve Wood at night - part II (62mins)
> radiolento.podbean.com/e/277-emptin...

#ShropshireDay

Whatever our deficiencies, the fact that both a senior member of the Royal Family and the former British Ambassador to the U.S have been arrested over their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein shows how much healthier British democracy and rule of law is than the U.S alternative.

They have pre-Polanski form for NIMBY policies so they’re unlikely to change imho.

When you buy from us, you’re not just purchasing a thing.
You’re supporting families.
You’re supporting courage.
You’re supporting Ukraine.

Take a look:
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Greens aren’t interested in environmental issues other than NIMBY policies. They’re anti renewable energy infrastructure.

When pigs fly sadly.

Cue menacing bars of music from "Jaws"....Boris Johnson must be sweating cobs....he too attended meetings which were directly under Epstein's banner to depose an elected PM and much else no doubt...dun dun dun dun, DUN DUN DUN DUN.... 'We're going to need a considerably bigger Police Force'..

The net is closing. How long till the USA does anything?

Kemi is in a class of her own for completely pointless arguments.

She’s so dense. Well done Martin and Ed.

Monday’s @theguardian.com front page: Ministers reveal £4bn package to support pupils with special needs
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Time to end religious indoctrination in all schools.

Disgusting man. Glad he got banned. Sending kind thoughts.

A sweet juicy red grapefruit is my weekend treat.

Just noticing the sheer volume of bots now on FB and Insta on many news posts but especially (as I'm following) Green party posts, Palestine posts.
Shows where the dark money is going.

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

Rise of the Nazis

Reform UK to create ICE-style agency to deport 288,000 people a year, will terminate the status of those with indefinite leave to remain.

It would leave the ECHR.

How many would be shot, as by ICE?

How many families will be destroyed?

How many concentration camps?

As recently as 2014 coal was the largest source of UK electricity. We have come a long way! #NetZero #LoveNetZero

At 10pm, Sunday 22nd February, 63% of British electricity is from the wind.

Resilient Zelensky tells BBC Putin has started WW3 and must be stopped Ukraine's president sat down with the BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Kyiv days before the four-year anniversary of the war.

WWIII.

standing stone on the top of a hill at sunset in winter

Episode 50 - Singing beck below Black Hill (60mins)

An hour of water tumbling into a deep rocky pool. The birds are asleep. Nocturnal things hold their silence.

🎧 bit.ly/LenBecK

America is becoming a petrostate The Trump administration’s energy policy will make the country sicker and poorer

This is a really good piece on the economic realities of America choosing to stick with fossil fuels

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

You can't make sense of this administration's tariff policy or rely on any deals - that we already knew. So governments and businesses all around the world are reviewing what they have and where the may go from here. Fortunately the US isn't the whole world of trade.

We do have planners and planning permission. Many architects get frustrated by planners trying to dial down their designs. Not everyone likes uniformity. The UK has housing that has examples going back hundreds of years so building a replica wattle and daub isn’t sensible.

Reform, Advance and Restore.
It’s no coincidence that political parties, that are aimed at impotent middle age men, have names that sound like brands for erectile disfunction pills and baldness cures.

Glorious brickwork. Reminds me of Hampton Court Palace.

This is so unusual it's never happened to my knowledge, USA denied access to a British base, our closest ally..

Stolen from FB

Lunar New Year - the Festival of Spring 2026 Join us at Trafalgar Square for our annual celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Today London comes alive with Lunar New Year celebrations.

Head to Trafalgar Square and Chinatown for the main parade, performances, and festivities as communities come together to welcome the Year of the Fire Horse.

www.london.gov.uk/events/lunar...