Ginger Ratbag
@gingerratbag.bsky.social
I like arts, humour, poetry, water polo, sheds, cooking, history, science and nonsense. IRL the last two are what I do.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
nice musical find of the season: I am enjoying listening to Hearth by the Miró quartet. Thanks #bbcradio3
miroquartet.com/music/record...
miroquartet.com/music/record...
The Miró Quartet | Miró Quartet
The Miró Quartet is one of America’s most celebrated string quartets, having performed throughout the world on the most prestigious concert stages.
miroquartet.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
nice musical find of the season: I am enjoying listening to Hearth by the Miró quartet. Thanks #bbcradio3
miroquartet.com/music/record...
miroquartet.com/music/record...
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Still looking for a gift that makes a statement?
If you live in the UK I can still get this to you for Christmas. An original artwork is a meaningful and lasting gift...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#OxeyeDaisies #OriginalArt #OilPastels #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ChristmasGifts
If you live in the UK I can still get this to you for Christmas. An original artwork is a meaningful and lasting gift...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#OxeyeDaisies #OriginalArt #OilPastels #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ChristmasGifts
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Still looking for a gift that makes a statement?
If you live in the UK I can still get this to you for Christmas. An original artwork is a meaningful and lasting gift...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#OxeyeDaisies #OriginalArt #OilPastels #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ChristmasGifts
If you live in the UK I can still get this to you for Christmas. An original artwork is a meaningful and lasting gift...
folksy.com/find/item/85...
#OxeyeDaisies #OriginalArt #OilPastels #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ChristmasGifts
poetry
There’s a field on the way to Cambridge where summer Funfayre rides are put up for a few days - I assume to be repaired. They stand under the cold sky like exotic birds resting before continuing their flight south.
Occasionally a train passes, its speed, colour and noise mocking the tired ride.
Occasionally a train passes, its speed, colour and noise mocking the tired ride.
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
poetry
this is strangely addictive looking for the cat each day in a beautful picture
December 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
this is strangely addictive looking for the cat each day in a beautful picture
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[Hammers fist down on the Underwhelming Christmas Wonderland KLAXON]
WE GOT ONE!!!
WE GOT ONE!!!
'it just felt like it was just some port-a-cabins with festive lights in them'
'My 11-year-old told me I’d been scammed'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
[Hammers fist down on the Underwhelming Christmas Wonderland KLAXON]
WE GOT ONE!!!
WE GOT ONE!!!
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That’s just going to cause argy-bhaji
Restaurant owner uses 18-inch naan bread to ‘fill’ potholes
The owner posted a video showing how an 18-inch naan bread fitted in a pot hole along a small village road.
www.cambridge-news.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
That’s just going to cause argy-bhaji
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This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me.
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me.
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
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Common Redpolls visit #Manitoba every winter, coming down from more Northern and cold regions of Canada. They are such adorable #Borbs
#BirdOfTheDay #bird #BirdPhotography
#BirdOfTheDay #bird #BirdPhotography
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Common Redpolls visit #Manitoba every winter, coming down from more Northern and cold regions of Canada. They are such adorable #Borbs
#BirdOfTheDay #bird #BirdPhotography
#BirdOfTheDay #bird #BirdPhotography
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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A pint in a pub with a much-loved actor reminds Robin Ince how important it is to celebrate people while they are still around to hear it.
I went to the pub with Max Quordlepleen from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A pint in a pub with a much-loved actor reminds Robin Ince how important it is to celebrate people while they are still around to hear it.
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Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
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Lovely people of Bluesky: Please support my prize draw! I'm giving away recent oil painting, "Water Washed By Wind", to raise money for Care Leavers this Christmas & will ship it (free) anywhere in the world. Entry is free, but any donations would be fantastic. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Lovely people of Bluesky: Please support my prize draw! I'm giving away recent oil painting, "Water Washed By Wind", to raise money for Care Leavers this Christmas & will ship it (free) anywhere in the world. Entry is free, but any donations would be fantastic. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
The real asylum scandal
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events | Peter Sagar
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...