Well said

Chambered cairn, Shaugh Moor, Dartmoor, Devon

Chambered cairn on Shaugh Moor #Dartmoor #Devon for #TombTuesday - someone has left an offering of flowers there.

I freely admit to knowing nothing about prehistory. I believe nearby roundhouse remains are Bronze Age but don't know if the cairn is too.

Meanwhile Farage says Reform will, 'con­vince people to embrace' fracking & 'crack down on net-zero policies and ‘renew­able rob­bers’.' In unrelated news, much of Reform's funding comes from fossil fuel interests.

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And yet, as the EU considers a ban on non-essential uses of PFAS, the industry falls into hysterical predictions this will lead directly to the total collapse of medical systems. For the record, the ban would apply to non-essential uses only & firms have long transition times to find alternatives.

Upright stone, on top of Tor, Shaugh Moor, Dartmoor, Devon. Green fields divided by hedgerows in the middle distance, then woodland, beyond that coastal hills and the sea at Plymouth Sound and along the South Devon coast. To the left, in the distance, the Cornish coast around Edgecumbe, Cawsand to Rame Head.

Upright stone near the chambered cairn on Shaugh Moor. I'm not very good at telling what I'm looking at with Bronze Age archeology but this is clearly something that people smarter than me (most people) could explain.

Iran war could cause ‘unprecedented’ migration crisis EU asylum agency warns that if just 10 per cent of the Iranian population fled it could lead to European borders being swamped

Iran war could cause ‘unprecedented’ migration crisis

www.thetimes.com/article/f0bf.... Will Farage blame his friend Trump?

This is important. Reform keep taking positions that are only supported by the 25% of the electorate they already have and in doing so are negatively polarising everyone else against them.

Labour were not the only losers in Gorton and Denton by-election: don't forget Reform UK

Our rights at work are under attack! #StopTheSteal Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters.

Reform UK has pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters.

Opinion: Why Reform UK is misguided, mistaken and just plain wrong on the LGPS - UNISON National As with many other Reform UK announcements, there’s a worrying lack of understanding of the things the party intends to change

Why Reform UK is misguided, mistaken and just plain wrong on the LGPS

Good, I hope this trend continues
The lazy git #Farage couldn't even be bothered to turn up to parliament yet again

Yes - the literary archetype of the awful social climbing wife and mother pushing her daughter forward for the best marriage, or her son into a career that won't bankrupt the family, is actually doing exactly what society expected of her - & they still demonised her

Gosh, reducing car speeds cuts traffic deaths, even potentially *all* traffic deaths.

So are we going to do it? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *deep breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sorry, sorry, I’m OK now. Are we going to do it?

*stares in Universal Basic Income studies*

crude line drawing of a character walking on a little line over a line in the concrete wall

Just spotted.
The sheer, staggering anarchy of Swiss graffiti.

Hannah Spencer MP says Farage is copying ‘his hero Trump’ by disputing by-election result This isn’t the first time that Farage has tried to undermine election results

Like Trump, Nigel Farage has a track record of trying to undermine election results

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Thank you 🙏

Absolutely beautiful up there

Farage was mates with the Russian Traitor ….

In both periods, I find it fascinating how the introduction or expansion of new forms of media are a fulcrum for huge change - just as we're experiencing now

Rectangular shaped rock covered in moss and lichen, Shaugh Moor, Dartmoor, Devon.

Rock formations toward top of Tor, Shaugh Moor, Dartmoor, Devon

Yes, & I should admit I'm only using the term 'chambered cairn' because I googled what this was. I wouldn't know the proper criteria to identify one. The natural rock formation makes sense as, further down the slope are these natural rock shapes:

Our cat Roscoe emerging from some colourful bedcovers, looking seriously fucked off.

"How dare you have the audacity to wake me from my psychedelic sleep?"

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And, of course, it's a single woman who is passive - a married woman has the capability of being a climber via her husband & son. And she's hated even though she's using the only routes permitted her.

Beautiful moon Carona last night from Morgan’s hill.

The bright star is Jupiter, first attempt at star pics, can’t quite put into words how amazing it all is.

Male Black oil beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus.

After the King is executed, this intensifies. It's odd because the Royalists are about the established order - but Parliament opposes drunkenness & plays & football - so most pub landlords, for instance support the King, & the counter-culture tends to favour the Royalists.

YouTube video by Passamezzo Passamezzo: The world is turned upside down

I'm over-simplifying but, during the Civil Wars, everyone was too busy to renew censorship laws, so they lapsed &, under this very controlling Parliament, there's an explosion of broadsheets & ballads, not novels but popular culture. This one is from before the execution:

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Do you think there's an element too of the quietly stoical woman? Thinking here of Elizabeth Jane in Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge (recognise there's a gap of 3 decades). In an era when women didn't have a lot of options, was learning to endure a necessary virtue?

The early-flying mining bee Andrena clarkella in Calverley Grounds today

Freshly emerged from hibernation, queens of Early Bumblebee (left) & Red-tailed Bumblebee in Calverley Grounds today. Tree Bumblebee also seen.