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V. special.Have seen sparrows who enjoy communal splash. Blackbirds squabble & evict eachother. À thrush positively wallowed.Starlings walk in & out. seem to be playing musical chairs. Tits teeter and have to have a friend.Never seen a robin take a birdbath.And never thought would ever see à wren,

Have you ever seen a wren have a bath? No? Nor had I till just now. Filmed through a rain-spotted window & on my phone, so not perfect, but hope it brings you a spot of delight nonetheless 🪶

Roaring too. First time I have seen advice not to go out if your vehicle is affected by strong winds, my voiturette is staying in!

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Someone should tell the Torygraph that the nebulous, sunlit uplands, exact-same-benefits Brexit that they championed was only voted for by just over a third of voters in the first place (37%). And they are now disproportionately dead.

The storm had blown through?

Understand, I am avoiding going out in the tiny car because it might blow away!

Yes indeed. Didn’t someone once try to fly a plane into it? Seems strange to think how that was averted . Courage was needed.

Blew everything about last night here, strong westerlies and rain. Hope the difficult day is vanquished.

This is very good

I have always loved this quote. In 1958 it was the quote you could use for your O level English Language essay. It was a gift to me, I lived opposite à harbour and just wrote and wrote and wrote.

🛶 “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 🛶

~The Wind in the Willows 1908

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Church door beneath simple Norman archway

An ancient way to a distant time through the narrowest of doorways; the delightfully intimate entrance to the remote church at Little Hormead, Hertfordshire. #AdoorableThursday

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.

Collection of flowers from my garden in February

In case you struggle with low mood in/are daunted by the winter & long for hellebores & tiny daffs this👇isn't as many weeks away as it seems.
If you love the winter then 👍, this is just a photo of spring flowers that'll help alleviate any anxiety you're facing today & give you a ping of dopamine 🌿

To end up on a joyful note. These kids are fine musicians. The dog is at least part ham.

People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.

So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality”

ie - control.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...

Feel personally persecuted by the Guardian's "50 women's autumn wardrobe updates", in which not ONE of the items is "buy a massive dressing gown and don't leave the house again until February 2026"

Experts hail ‘remarkable’ success of electronic implant in restoring sight Sight of 84% of people with form of age-related macular degeneration restored after being fitted with device

An electronic eye implant half the thickness of a human hair has helped people with incurable sight loss to see again, opening up a potential “new era” in tackling blindness.

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

grimisham (@grimordisham) on Threads If France wants me to take its museum jewel heist seriously they are going to have to quit accompanying it with this photo.

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Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … look away now Club and Penguin bars are now ‘chocolate flavour’ after owner McVitie’s cuts cocoa content amid soaring prices

Club and Penguin can no longer be described as chocolate biscuits as they contain more palm oil and shea oil than cocoa.

Coming soon: "Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cake-style products"

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I don't do religion but this seems quite significant.

Politics is predominantly local. And Khan gets this. I will happily vote for him if he runs again.

Dominic Cummings: ‘Keir Starmer’s rubbish at politics’ The former aide to Boris Johnson pulls no punches in his assessment of the current state of British politics

Britain's problems in one capsule. If you pay to go to a posh private school and Oxford and do History and marry into wealth you can say anything, do anything, smash anything, fail anywhere. And people will still lap up what you say and nod like donkeys. (1/2) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

do they imagine this to be a bad thing