Tricia Ayrton

These beautiful pollinator attracting wildflowers are not on College Bank but why shouldn't they bee🐝🐞🦋
So much potential for wildlife and wellbeing

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Lovely that some areas of grass on College Bank seem to have been left to allow the flowers & wildlife to thrive.
Hope this is the start of a #NoMowSummer
It's good to have a mix of lawn & mini-meadow #Mowsaic
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Excellent idea!

The families of the children from Hamelin town dancing to the music of the Pied Piper

Safe #ActiveTravel infrastructure is an equality measure #MyRideOurRight @walkridegm.org.uk @triciaayr.bsky.social

just imagine working at microsofft and thinking “let’s spend billions, steal a load of intellectual property, and destroy the planet to make an interface to write bad essays” rather than “let’s update MS Word so users can comment on footnotes”

This is terrible

College Bank Campaign Meeting
Seven Sisters doing it in style with Afternoon Tea 🍵 🍰
Great vibe
Going strong

#FindtheFunds
#SavetheSevenSisters

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BREAKING: 'You have full backing across the United Kingdom'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tells Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 'We stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take' 👏

Keir Starmer embraces President Zelensky as he arrives at Downing St.

Work on controversial cycle lane in Greater Manchester town to start next month The cycle lane installation through Castleton sparked fury in the local community the first time around

#Phase2 is go! Because this uses a lot of existing quiet roads, building across the Silk St junction will give a usable route from New Barn La to Castleton even before the rest is complete. @triciaayr.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) 25th Anniversary Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Oxford Faculties of English & History are delighted to host the 25th anniversary conference of the British Association for #Victorian Studies on 23–25 July.

Papers on any aspect of long-nineteenth-century studies are welcome (submit by 17 March). #BAVS #Victorianstudies #19thC

Please add your name if you agree.

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Brent Kiser's talk this morning at Texas A&M explained the history of the marvelous Carlyle Letters Online project, highlighting how its survival has depended on constant upgrading, collaboration, and lots of luck. carlyleletters.dukeupress.edu

Here's a brief round-up of the online accessiblity of 19th-c. letters. With a few bright exceptions (Darwin, Carlyles, Brownings, Collins) the situation is not good. In fact it's a real mess. www.victorianresearch.org/other.html#l...

Your friend is confused- his narrator is swinging from Nelly Dean, to Lockwood, to Catherine Earnshaw

A sad day today but we will never forget the difference that Tony made to the world and we will treasure his friendship forever ❤️

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

Sad news.

Singin' in the Public Domain

Celebrate the public domain with us on January 22!

10am PT: ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/singin-in-...

6pm PT: IN-PERSON
Internet Archive
300 Funston, San Francisco
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-...

Image: a huge pile of crumpled gift wrap in the corner of a room. Caption: By concealing herself within a cocoon of discarded wrapping paper and surviving on a diet of surplus festive chocolates and liqueurs, Emily hopes to read undisturbed as far into January as possible.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books

We're very grateful for all the support we're receiving in our fight to save much needed Rochdale #Homes
#SeasonsGreetings 🧑‍🎄
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& Rochdale Council
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Plus All our supporters
You know who you are 🙏
🎄

Cycling short distances instead of driving could save million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year, transport charity says New figures from the Department for Transport have revealed that domestic transport emissions accounted for 28 per cent of the UK’s total in 2022, and have fallen by only 12 per cent since 1990

It's not just about greenhouse gas (though in a #ClimateEmergency that is important) - swapping your car for a bike for short journeys also makes your local area quieter, and helps with air quality @roadcc.bsky.social @triciaayr.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

I would say that Shirley takes a non judgmental stance in respect to both sides. It looks at the plight of the people involved in both camps

Strike day 4: A big day, in which a lot happened, but this was the absolute highlight. If there is a conscience of the Guardian, it may be Gary Younge. He made this speech, off the bat & nailed it. We are the true spirit of the Guardian & Obs. And we are here fighting to save our news org.
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Reminder that the Guardian staff are on a 48 hour strike against the sale of Observer. If you wouldn’t cross a picket line in real life, don’t do it virtually.

The Martlet, Rochdale: ‘A victory of professionalism’ – restaurant review Civic pride meets glorious cooking at a remarkably fair price

I’m off to catch the tram to Rochdale, see ya www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

‘I love my murderer - but yours! How can I?’
Heathcliff and Catherine…..