“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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out in Ealing on the end of the central line and even better, the park used to be a golf course so two for one
I had to draw the special boy
Back in 1900 these men in bowler hats walked around with their pickle sizing cases selling Heinz pickles to grocers.
“Remember, it is what every physician and housekeeper is interested in.”
Happy Pride! My friend Ash made this piece of commentary on trans entertainment icon from the 80s/90s, Caroline Cossey (“Tula”), but BS is being weird about it—please share, save, even watch if you have an hour! Support trans creators!
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
British beavers stop underground station flooding. West London’s Greenford Tube station used to flood whenever it rained heavily. The Ealing Beaver Project got a licence to resettle a family of beavers. The beavers built a dam & the flooding stopped at the station. buff.ly/2qrgh1Z
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About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills to mitigate flooding.
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In case you missed this 2024 story:
Scientists are building FROG SAUNAS, and it's letting one species of endangered frogs rid themselves of a deadly fungal pathogen.
Also, they appear to just, like, enjoy it.
Frog sauna. Or 'frauna'. Or, alternatively, 'hopspital'.
Given the present moment, this advertisement from 1895 is sort of heartbreaking - have we learned nothing? #pasteurizedmilk
Do me a favor, would you, since bluesky is suppressing HER but might not ME, and share this deep dive of Ash's about Caroline Cossey aka Tula, among other things a trans Bond Girl in For Your Eyes Only. Can you get people to share this and save it to watch later and subscribe, to combat this bs??
Just started Trace Elements by @adapalmer.bsky.social and @bluejo.bsky.social - thank you.
I needed the reminder about the kind of nerd I am, and it has been an absolute delight so far.
