Autistic Welsh NHS emergency care quality improvement person. (they/them or he/him - don't really have a gender to speak of but those are familiar.) Most important: Trans rights are human rights; Black lives matter; Tories always despise you even if they pretend not to. Enthusiastic about woodland, cricket, silent film, constitutional stuff, birds, gardening, tea, sandwiches. (Profile pic: Buster Keaton sits unhappily in a steamship funnel; header is a glass teapot full of leaves.)
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Last Notes npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway For the #TuneTuesday theme of #NotAllWhoWanderAreLost, I've got some fine bluesy soul to help you all wake up. Or go to sleep. Or whatever. Howard Tate - 8 Days On The Road https://youtu.be/rZo_Ce8ZHaY npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 I'm going to start describing myself as a Consultant. I mean, people have occasionally consulted me about some questions they've had, so I don't see a problem. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub10zv…nz7m If the Tories are saying that we're sleepwalking into a one party state, does that mean that they don't expect to ever win an election again? npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub18lj…80hq Autistic people aren't all mathematical geniuses (nor any other characteristic from the film Rain Man). npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1mmf…eknq Thank you! I thought that would probably be the case, but wanted to make sure. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Can anyone help with a quick #gardening question? I have these dahlias growing. They're doing quite well. Do I need to thin them out or will they be happy as they are? Many thanks. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/598/783/979/019/761/original/82dd13dbd982a835.jpg npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Phew! I've had a very busy day! When I've not been asleep on the sofa. And I've spent much of the day asleep on the sofa. But for the brief time when I've been upright, I've been busy! npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway New music for you all! Or, new music with which you can be bored for the few seconds it takes you to dismiss this post! But but but please don't ignore because this is A LOT OF FUN. It's a Japanese electronic producer and an Indonesian experimental gamelan composer, making lots and lots of chaotic beats. It's absurd madness and I love it. Takkak Takkak - Takkak Takkak https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/takkak-takkak #music #NowPlaying npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub10zv…nz7m I'm sure Tony Hart would be very impressed! npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Morning everyone. Not a particularly happy morning for me. Apart from feeling rubbish and oh so tired, I have this year's bullshit appraisal meeting at ten. I used to get very anxious about these, but now they just annoy the hell out of me. It's meaningless; I have to pretend that I've developed professionally and plan to make significant career progress in the next twelve months, when there's no possibility for either (and I've spent all my time dealing with data problems). At least the senior colleague who's doing the appraisal knows that this is the case. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 I think there are many countries around the world that do the rule of law with rather more common sense than we do! npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub18lj…80hq I've come across some people who get bizarrely angry about the existence of mayonnaise and are determined to somehow prove that it's wrong. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub198t…hasj I guess you're not the clumsy type. Seeing that much water beside a computer gives me a vicarious panic attack. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Okay, I've cut my hair, I've cleaned the bathroom, I've done a little life admin, I've fed the birds, I've fed myself, now I think it's time to try and call the internet people. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway I'm in the woods again. I did consider going for a longer walk to a further woods. But I haven't the energy. And these are right here. I think this would make a good #SilentSunday. Except it's Saturday. And, really, it's not silent in the slightest - many birds competing to shout over the noise of the little waterfall (or rapids, maybe it counts as rapids). #trees #nature https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/461/588/556/075/717/original/ed30447b221d0c6b.jpg npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway What an awful day. And now I'm at the dentist. Wish me luck, please, I'm very much going to need it. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway I have a question for people who speak English better than I do (even though it's the only language I've ever been fluent in): If an individual uses they/them/their pronouns, do you tend to use themself or themselves as the reflexive pronoun? I can never make my mind up, sometimes I find myself saying one and sometimes the other. Is there a standard accepted form here? npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway #SilentSunday https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/428/935/020/289/145/original/1a97565317b78760.jpg npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway The first rose of the spring has emerged! #bloomscrolling #gardening https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/428/138/911/556/314/original/fd0f81aaccb5a135.jpg npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway I think I'm the only person who didn't know anything about the aurora last night. Anyway, I was far too tired and asleep not long after sunset. Sometimes, though, I wonder how everyone knows about these things except me. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 Attention? npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 Decades of evidence about how poverty and inequality drive obesity - rather than the other way around - but of course, the real problem is that overweight poor people aren't contributing enough to capitalism. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Relieved to see that, in spite of the very worrying stories yesterday, it turns out Londoners have been sensible after all. Phew. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1v5a…5yax If I find a bee who is struggling on the floor, I help it onto a flower. Is that an okay thing to do? npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub198t…hasj I don't like anyone trying to sell things to me at the door. I'd probably have given him a swift kick in the pollocks. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Thought came to me whilst I'm on the bus: giving away my blood for free, so it can be given - also for free - to someone in great need is perhaps the single most socialist thing I could do this May Day. So comrades come rally, etc npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway #food It's a day for giving my blood to the vampires, so healthy eating goes out the window. Big salami sandwich for lunch (two types of salami, edam, lettuce, tomato, gherkins, chillies, onions, and a spread made by beating mayo with vinaigrette dressing plus parsley and salt and pepper). And now I have chocolate. Chippy tea too, most likely. All helps the body to recover. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway #food Made a curry, and a very nice one - first time in a while because I haven't had the energy lately. Plus bonus, there was enough left not for a full meal but to go very nicely into a sandwich with chutney and raita. Now to fall asleep on the sofa, and eventually to go out and mow the stupid lawn. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway #food Barry the sandwich guy has found a uniquely appalling sandwich. The very thought of this is just awful. https://youtu.be/6ziEvKSPEB8 #sandwiches (Btw, my sandwich was a lot more straightforward and also good: tomato, lettuce, gherkin, mustard, roast beef, emmenthal, sauerkraut seasoned with a little caraway) npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub10zv…nz7m The Hen Wain? npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway #food Made a ham and cheese omelette with crisps sandwich. Sometimes simple classics are best. #sandwiches npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Interesting new compilation, if it's anyone's cup of tea. Experimental and ambient electronic music from Mexico in the 80s and 90s, influenced by traditional and pre-Columbian rhythms. I'm enjoying it. https://smilingc.bandcamp.com/album/tri-ngulos-de-luz-y-espacios-de-sombra #music #NowPlaying npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Our NZ friends have decided on the theme #Rebels for #JukeboxFridayNight - and I'm a little surprised that I've not seen Fight the Power cross my feed. So, yes, here is Fight the Power, and a good wake-up jolt for those of us still in Friday morning. https://youtu.be/e-4AtiOjBmg npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Forced myself to the garden centre. They're taking a lot of my money at the moment. Bought 500l of compost (to be delivered later in the week), also a couple of varieties of thyme, an oregano, and a little bay tree. I did not buy these African daisies (too early in the year for them to thrive in my garden, I think) but they are very pretty. #bloomscrolling https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/286/897/790/348/854/original/10372b753c75209a.jpg npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 I'm curious what Parliament is the grey line that begins between the red ones, showing significantly higher gains in the lower percentiles. I'm guessing Attlee? But not sure how far back the chart goes. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub198t…hasj These are *higher* than I expected. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Morning everyone. I wonder if I'm actually sick, in some very minor way. I have a low level, more-annoying-than-painful headache that's been steadily growing since Friday. And I generally feel just... not right. Or maybe I'm just tired and stressed. My earworm this morning is the Italian national anthem. Why? Who knows? I don't think I've heard it since the Six Nations ended. Oh well. It's a very good national anthem. Maybe that's why: it's just catchy. Fratelli d'Italia, l'Italia s'é desta! Tum tum te tum, tum tum te tum! Tum tum te tum, tum tum te tum! npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub10zv…nz7m Yep, I'm very much on the Additional Cheese team. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway Today being a day that required easy comfort food, I had beans on toast for lunch and I'm having pizza for dinner. But it occurred to me: isn't beans on toast essentially just a really basic pizza? npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway #food I cooked the pheasant legs to this Angela Hartnett recipe: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/pot-roasted-pheasant-legs-recipe However, the meat was still tough. I'm not sure where I went wrong. Other than that, it was very nice. But tough. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 Mind you, a few other things have happened since smartphones were invented that could damage a young person's mental health, such as: taking away their entire future. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 I think capitalism relies on a social imperative, yes, of creating endless situations where one person chooses to do something, resulting in multiple people feeling obliged to do the same (whether that's the need to react with to the new situation in a way that seeks to prevent harm to oneself, or a simple social pressure of watching the same tv show or whatever). And that's capitalist growth. The new activity spreads from one to many, voilà, growth. Whether the new activity is in any way necessary is irrelevant. Indeed, probably better for the capitalists if it isn't, because people acting through necessity is harder to influence in such a way that optimises profit. Again apologies if this wasn't supposed to be a question to be answered. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1fgl…4jl4 I've heard that Elton John also hates Crocodile Rock, so that's entirely fair enough. npub196rh2q8z4n6wysl06l0rwnzqa9hpgk0rylrtkn8egd6pa5qvtf3srcpqzp RolloTreadway @npub1g0t…tvm4 I've seen the comparison to the Falklands a lot in the past 24 hours, and I'm sorry, but I don't buy it. For one thing, there is a much more recent example of how military involvement in the Middle East is really not very popular. Moreover, it overlooks the reason why the Falklands conflict had such a distinctive political presence: it was a British territory full of British citizens, invaded by an unfriendly dictator. The wrong political lesson seems to have been taken; it's not that war is popular - I would argue that war hasn't been politically popular since about 1915 - but that defending British territory and citizens is popular. No, I think this is all looking for subterfuge rather than the boringly prosaic answer: big corporations need to use the the Strait of Hormuz. Especially including fossil fuel giants. The US is always going to help out its corporate interests, and always has done, and the UK does what it's told.