Anarcho-curious writer, Green, crone, Friend of DeSoto, Googledebunker.
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Last Notes npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Hope things are calming down a bit now. I did enjoy listening to the episode about the Redcap again, so didn't mind a repeat while you're busy! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Using factual presenters we all knew was absolute genius. Even if you went into it knowing that it was a drama, you were already ready to believe what those people said. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning, Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Just sneezed seven times. I don't know if that's lucky or if I should call an ambulance. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…34kk They've done experiments on the ISS and apparently they just grow out in all directions. Absolute mayhem. 😁 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling I recently took a couple of dandelion seeds that had drifted into the lobby of my local pool back outside to float off, so they at least had a chance of finding somewhere to germinate. 😁 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling They can lie dormant for years, helping the plant species survive disasters like a prolonged blocking of sunlight, from volcanic activity or an impact, which shuts down photosynthesis. The plants die. The seeds wait. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling I've been reading and listening to a good bit of non-fiction lately, mostly about evolution and life and deep time. One thing it's done is given me this appreciation for how cool seeds are and what an important step in evolution they were. Before that plants used spores, which were nothing like as good. Seeds are little parcels of germ cells and energy, like plant eggs. They're tough enough to pass through an animal's digestive system, then get pooped out with a convenient load of fertiliser. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Just listening to Hauntography. Love that the bookshop had gone when you went back. Absolutely classic magical shop vibes. 😁 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Uefa pushes back strongly against FIFA's latest godawful proposal. You could say it's all kicking off... ⚽ npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…nutk I love electric buses! There's an electric service runs through my neighbourhood to the city centre and it's so quiet and smooth. None of that bouncing and juddering when idling at bus stops and traffic lights, and quiet as a cathedral when it stops. Now I'm spoiled for being on diesel powered buses. I hate 'em. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning Mr Jim. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Why is it taking so long for them to start Luigi Mangione's trial? Are they having trouble finding twelve people who haven't had awful experiences with the US health insurance system? npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling I see England have reached the stage where they go out on penalties. Or get "robbed" by a bad refereeing decision. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling The novel I'm working on at the moment is set in 1927 and two of the characters are geologists. So along with reminding myself that everyone should be smoking and wearing hats, I have to keep reminding myself of all the geology stuff they don't know yet. Continental drift is just a rather wacky hypothesis at this point. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…cm0q @nprofile…easl Does he think the investigation that's going on won't resume if he's re-elected? If it finds wrong-doing will he resign again? That would be quite hilarious. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election, in which the Reform candidate will be... ::checks notes:: Nigel Farage. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Going outside in the UK this week... npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…equ9 When cancelling the event makes the point better than the event itself could have done. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Oh well look at that, the North gets 31% less in regeneration funding from Westminster than it did from the EU, since Brexit. So anyone up here who said, "But it's our money, why send it to the EU just for them to give it back to us?!" I bloody said this is what would happen! You muppets. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n I'm going to save it to read in December. 🌲 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Nice find in local Little Free Library. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n 55p, 10 digit ISBN, and no bar code. Can tell it's old even without knowing publication date. 😁 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning, Jim. Just listening to Hauntography right now. Sorry to hear about your mum. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Society: Have a full time job and do lots of overtime to get ahead. Get lots of sleep. Exercise regularly. Cook from scratch with fresh ingredients. Spend time with your kids. Maintain an active social circle. Stay connected with your extended family. Read books. Stay informed on issues & up to date with current affairs to be a responsible voter. Be active in your local community. Volunteer to do stuff for your kid's school. Pursue lifelong learning. Have hobbies. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling A vape shop caused the big fire in Glasgow this weekend. A passer-by who tried to put out the fire before it got too big and stuff started exploding had to go to the Subway shop next door to find a fire extinguisher. Imagine having what's basically a shop full of batteries and not having a fire extinguisher! I assume they'll look at new laws and standards now, before someone dies. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…la7y WTF is he talking about? Did he accidentally send the one he'd prepared for if Reform won? The damn nerve. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n I'm listening to the Your Turn episode. It's fun. The creepiest experience I've had in my house was easily explained, but it didn't half give me a fright. I was pottering about doing housework when a man's voice suddenly started talking. After I'd picked myself off the ceiling I realised my phone has randomly resumed the audiobook I had on pause. The thing is, the narrator was Micheal C Hall. Having Dexter Morgan's voice suddenly coming at you in an empty house is a tad startling. 💀 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x9tq Isn't loss of patience with and faith in the main parties a big part of the surge in Reform's popularity? Weird how the same thing is viewed as a mere temporary effect when it's the Greens and a sea change when it's Reform. Just saying... npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning Jim npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning Jim npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…vf35 Are they testing the equipment or are they testing the staff? (Though anyone who falls for someone asking them to do that deserves to be sacked.) npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling There's a rarely heard song by Irving Berlin suddenly trending on YouTube, for, oh, who can say? I'm sure there's no special reason for a song called When That Man is Dead and Gone to trend right now... npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning, Jim. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…dn5j @nprofile…az0m I estimate that a good 30% of Fedizens are basically the social media managers for their cats. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n 20p Earth money. LOL. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning, Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning, Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…3t8n Morning Jim! Is it snowing where you are? npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling I've started investing in stocks. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 My reply was alarmingly fast I admit. 😁 Your toot popped up just after I did my morning GoatWatch toot. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Morning, Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Either they thought kids were just watching these adult shows anyway (which to be fair, we were) or you were meant to get The Sweeney Annual for your dad. 😁 npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…35ec I am too, atheist and worried. I don't really wish I could become a believer though. I just wish people who are believers would stop letting themselves be manipulated into hating people. Division will spell our doom. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…35ec The old conspiracy theories persist though. You'd think these things would disappear, but they're going strong online. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…35ec While there are definitely conspiracy theorists who do mean "the Jews" when they talk about the elite cabal secretly running the world, pretty sure the rest of us are talking about the elite cabal *openly* running the world, and that club doesn't care about anything other than your net worth. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Morning Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Morning, Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Morning Jim! npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 That stained glass church with the little bride and groom is adorable. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…7e7l Ah so the groups with the biggest vested interest in playing down those risks think they're inaccurate, eh? Sounds legit. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling So people (rightly) complain about not being able to use cash, but the complaints shouldn't be directed at small businesses or (in this case) charities and community organisations. Generally they're being screwed over in favour of the big boys as much as anyone else. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Even that wasn't ideal. If there was a big queue at the post office, as there often is, they're down a staff member for up to 30 minutes. They didn't have enough to make it worth getting a security van pickup - would have cost more than the money being collected! They didn't want to have to keep the money on site and do a once a week bank run, risking being a burglary or robbery target. They just had no choice to go card only. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling Was chatting to one of the staff at the pool yesterday, about how some users of the facilities aren't happy about its move to card payments only, no cash. He was explaining how it just became impossible for them, because there's nowhere to bank the cash. Even though there's a quite busy shopping street close by, there are no banks. They used to be able to pay it in at the post office, but now the post office isn't taking deposits for their bank. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 We've got quite a bit up here. Good couple of inches. I'm just counting the hours until Saturday when the temperature goes back up to a balmy 8°C. npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Morning Jim npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 Morning, Jim. Is today another entry in the almanac, for first snow of the winter? npub18c3chr8vcpyv8sxsmxm4hazq52dpyw52dtlfwl2p066558vnpypq79t92f BeeCycling @nprofile…x5s0 I've been wearing a scarf for weeks! Though gloves have only been added in the last few days. And of course a hat - but then I wear hats all year round. I think I'm turning into my grandmother, who was of the generation when a respectable woman would never leave the house without a hat or a head scarf on.
