Ed Douglas
@calmandfearless.bsky.social
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Writer. Loves the spikier bits of the planet. Bath addict. Contributor to Guardian Country Diary. Represented by David Godwin Associates.
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calmandfearless.bsky.social
Handy starter pack for outdoor writers. go.bsky.app/6JQo2Ro
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manjushreethapa.bsky.social
What do you do with a democracy that refuses to serve the demos – the people?

For 75 years now, following Nepal’s short-lived experiment with democracy in 1950, each generation has had to answer this question anew.

My view on where Nepal stands now:
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b6403fe...
Despite decades of setbacks, Nepal still dreams of democracy
A new generation of Nepalis is yet to figure out what no previous generation has: how to make democracy serve the people
www.theglobeandmail.com
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Obvs, leave X, because it's mad. But also, is one of the differences between the hard left and right the amount of drugs being hoovered up? Tiny Tommy and his coke rages, Elon and his k-holes, Nige and his anxious fag breaks.
writesbright.bsky.social
🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X

Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.

📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Why you should leave X
A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...
writesbright.substack.com
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
UPEND THE ESTABLISHMENT, by voting for a party composed entirely of rejects from the oldest party in the country that was in power for 14 years. 😂

Reform UK increasingly look like the Tories just ran off stage, then ran back on wearing a comedy glasses-nose-moustache disguise.
bestforbritain.org
BREAKING: Tory MP Danny Kruger just defected to Reform. Big surprise, not. ~AA
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Mind you, Ant Middleton was always a twat.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Nepal has its first female prime minister, in her 70s, but a former chief justice who will be a big advance on the men in their 70s who were throttling the country. nepalitimes.com/news/madam-p...
Madam Prime Minister of Nepal
nepalitimes.com
calmandfearless.bsky.social
The empire as expression of psychopathy.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Completed in 1908, it was built by Chandra Shumsher Rana, then the prime minister, who immediately sold it to the Nepali state. Chandra, a hardliner, replaced a reformist regime in a coup, ushered into power by his mate Lord Curzon...
newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Tonight, this is all that remains of Nepal's seat of government in Kathmandu.

Singha Durbar was the largest palace in Asia; home to the Prime Minister & government offices.

A 48-hour revolution, led by Gen Z protestors, has toppled the government & left large parts of the capital in flames.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
If it goes wrong there's always the option of being raised from the dead?
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Yeah, that was bollocks. The scandal in the home ministry and the lack of resignations was infuriating.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Astonishing to see Singha Durbar burning in Kathmandu. Symbol of a systemic failure of government.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
I love hearing them chat to each other.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Great footage and a mesmerising bird.
iand777.bsky.social
Autumn - a Jay burying acorns.
Note:
1 The bird tests the ground to find just the right spot.
2 Leaves are used to plug (& mark?) the site.
3 The full gular pouch (with an acorn) on arrival & empty on departure.
Shame the camera angle wasn't just a little lower - them's the breaks. Will try harder.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Police open fire on demonstrators across Nepal killing 19. That death toll will rise, I'm sure. Banning WhatsApp was the inciting incident but government corruption lies at the heart of unrest. kathmandupost.com/national/202...
19 dead in Gen Z protests across Nepal
Hundreds injured as police open fire; curfews imposed in multiple cities.
kathmandupost.com
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Had a hangover yesterday so did something unusual and bought an actual newspaper, The Observer, which I hugely enjoyed, as opposed to news online. Will do that again. Although without the hangover.
calmandfearless.bsky.social
Totally this. Reform is basically Truss but less competent and with added racism. Very beatable.
guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Why assume that fighting simply means vesting our hopes in another political party? Fighting means turning a blowtorch of scrutiny onto Reform’s every move, from council-level to their deeply unpopular policies: pro-fracking, pro-Trump, anti-renewables, privatise the NHS. We can *ALL* campaign here
calmandfearless.bsky.social
It's been wild light and dramatic skies in the Peak this week. Time of year Seamus Heaney caught in Postscript: 'the wind / And the light are working off each other.'