Marie Gardiner

a signal monument with text in the middle (unreadable mostly from this distance). Most of the rest of the image is sand with dunes to each side, and the sky which is very blue with some white clouds. The sea can be seen in a thin strip behind the monument

mont saint michel in its entirety, with some marshy land in front, and the causeway to it visible. The sky is blue with white clouds

a leafy street in southern france. Direction signs are to the left and a hotel sign to the right. The buildings are all beige and quite grand

a fountain shooting upward in the middle of a pond (with some weed and scum floating on it). Buildings are seen dotted around the sites and back. It's a very sunny day

[Screams in Miss Universe] FRANCE

#photography

Hahahaha

And before you disingenuously throw the Grenfell tragedy in again, that is a failure of government in terms of deregulation and pursuing capitalism at all costs, not an argument *for* private landlords, or *against* social and council housing.

You're having a very pedantic argument here because you know *exactly* what she means: private landlords should be abolished and people should still be able to rent through the council or a housing association (a type of social landlord), the key difference being it's not for profit & is affordable

Yeah, they are every bit as bad as the people they supposedly hate.

Awesome scenes at another @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line today @northumbriauni.bsky.social. We were delighted and humbled to welcome student Sam, who brought biscuits, and gave a great speech in support of staff. 🫶

a signal monument with text in the middle (unreadable mostly from this distance). Most of the rest of the image is sand with dunes to each side, and the sky which is very blue with some white clouds. The sea can be seen in a thin strip behind the monument

mont saint michel in its entirety, with some marshy land in front, and the causeway to it visible. The sky is blue with white clouds

a leafy street in southern france. Direction signs are to the left and a hotel sign to the right. The buildings are all beige and quite grand

a fountain shooting upward in the middle of a pond (with some weed and scum floating on it). Buildings are seen dotted around the sites and back. It's a very sunny day

[Screams in Miss Universe] FRANCE

#photography

Granted, I have a *lot* going on right now and so my tolerance for fuckery is minimal, BUT, it does feel like Bluesky got way more annoying lately.

I really can't be bothered to argue in Dan's mentions, please go away.

I'm trying to be patient here. What I said (and what you initially argued against) is correct. You can only get pre pays in 3 or 12 months, and so what you originally said 'from the second prescription onwards' (so: £19.90) isn't correct as that's less than the min 3 month pre-pay of £32.05.

God, who am I kidding, it can be 'you looked annoying from a safe distance'.

My threshold for block is so low: mood dependant it can be 'more than one annoying reply'.

Save money with a prescription prepayment certificate (PPC) Find out about prescription prepayment certificates (PPCs), including what they are and how they can help you save money.

'a 3-month PPC costs £32.05 and will save you money if you need more than 3 prescribed items in 3 months '

As someone who regularly buys a 3-month pre-pay you can take my word for this, but here's the site anyway.

www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...

four tyres hanging on chains from a wooden frame. Behind is a coach/bus depot with trees behind that.

a blue and cream ice cream van labelled Coxons, with small wooden huts behind that are advertising various boat trips.

a back street on a sunny day. To the left are closed garages, to the right is the side of a house with a couple of windows, in shade. In the background, in sun, is a bright orange tall brick building with a smaller white pub in front of it

mostly scrubby grass and bushes, but in the background are powerlines and the top of a single story shed or building. To the right of that you can just make out a small red and white boat, which is very out of place in the setting.

My head is absolutely battered, the more I read, the less I know. Here are some photographs.

#Photography #ThePhotoHour

Glenda is on the BBC site! Can't wait for her TV series to be made and become really popular and I'm going to be nightmarish with I KNOW HER, I KNOW GLENDA YOUNG!!

you don't even need to chance it, thankfully - they can be purchased retrospectively. So if you find you're unexpectedly prescribed more than 3 medications (the threshold at which the pre-pay becomes cost-effective) then you can buy one after you've received them.

I understand (if not agree with) why undergrads might cheat their way to a qualification they think they need for the workplace using AI, but it puzzles me that post-grad and other researchers would do this. Isn't the learning the point?

four tyres hanging on chains from a wooden frame. Behind is a coach/bus depot with trees behind that.

a blue and cream ice cream van labelled Coxons, with small wooden huts behind that are advertising various boat trips.

a back street on a sunny day. To the left are closed garages, to the right is the side of a house with a couple of windows, in shade. In the background, in sun, is a bright orange tall brick building with a smaller white pub in front of it

mostly scrubby grass and bushes, but in the background are powerlines and the top of a single story shed or building. To the right of that you can just make out a small red and white boat, which is very out of place in the setting.

My head is absolutely battered, the more I read, the less I know. Here are some photographs.

#Photography #ThePhotoHour

Dirty Business (C4) is so depressing. Just another way privatisation has decimated our services in the UK, to the detriment of all of us and to the benefit of the rich.

🥳 thank you

Copy of the book Ruins of the North Pennines’ by Marie Gardiner Shows a row of abandoned stone cottages

@mariegardiner.bsky.social
Bloomin lovely
Turned up this morning

Happy birthday Lea 🎂 hope you've had a great day

A very cute older tabby cat sitting on a chair at a table with part of a plate and knife in front of her

A marvellous cat.

The nose of a cow poking out the top of a trailer

Oh hey buddy, you gettin' a good view there? You gettin' a little breeze? You seein' anythin' fun, bud?

Oooof I love a good power line! Throw in some pylons and it's god tier.

Aw man that's a lovely story!

Thanks John, that's very kind, and very encouraging - you've given me a lot to think about!

Yeah that's a good point. I suppose sometimes it's hard to see things in your own work isn't it because you're so deeply embedded in it. It's really helpful to have people point stuff out and then you're like ohhh yeah lol

Can I take you with me as a coach 😅

I'm really bad at thinking that other people might be interested in the random shit that I find myself interested in 😆