E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social
Have left Bluesky for bluer skies.
Twice now, I've suffered a pile on attack out of nowhere here on Bluesky - both conversing with Americans in a courteous manner about cultural differences regarding food and eating habits and both steered by female journalists with 100k+ followings...
That's some major food hang up.
That's some major food hang up.
April 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Twice now, I've suffered a pile on attack out of nowhere here on Bluesky - both conversing with Americans in a courteous manner about cultural differences regarding food and eating habits and both steered by female journalists with 100k+ followings...
That's some major food hang up.
That's some major food hang up.
Fucking hell. US pile on about peanut butter and bread this time.
First Beef Stew.
Now this 🙄
First Beef Stew.
Now this 🙄
April 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Fucking hell. US pile on about peanut butter and bread this time.
First Beef Stew.
Now this 🙄
First Beef Stew.
Now this 🙄
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Cash, emergency food and wind-up radios: How to survive a power outage
Cash, emergency food and wind-up radios: How to survive a power outage
Citizens across Europe have been getting advice about emergency planning, which may feel more urgent after blackout on Iberian peninsula
If the lights went out in your home or office, on your train home, or in your local supermarket – would you know what to do? That question became more urgent this week, after almost the entire Iberian peninsula suffered a mass electricity blackout, leaving tens of millions across Spain and Portugal without power.
As a result of the two countries’ outage on Monday, millions were left unable to get home from work, take out cash, buy food or in some cases escape lifts that were stuck between floors. Both nations declared states of emergency. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Cash, emergency food and wind-up radios: How to survive a power outage
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Lo que funcionó y lo que no funcionó en el apagón masivo de ayer.
April 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Lo que funcionó y lo que no funcionó en el apagón masivo de ayer.
Imagino que no ha hablado con su compi Mazón en unos meses...
Ellos siempre han sido un modelo de gestión de emergencias.
April 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Imagino que no ha hablado con su compi Mazón en unos meses...
El PP y Vox, de derechas en España, ahora afirman que el incidente eléctrico de ayer se debe a la excesiva dependencia de las energías renovables y que nunca habría ocurrido si España dependiera más de la tecnología nuclear. Porque, como saben, nunca ha habido desastres en centrales nucleares...🙄🤷🏾♀️
April 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
El PP y Vox, de derechas en España, ahora afirman que el incidente eléctrico de ayer se debe a la excesiva dependencia de las energías renovables y que nunca habría ocurrido si España dependiera más de la tecnología nuclear. Porque, como saben, nunca ha habido desastres en centrales nucleares...🙄🤷🏾♀️
@robertharrishome.bsky.social
You should be peddling The Second Sleep like no one's business - especially if you have a Spanish edition...
There was a moment yesterday, sitting in my house with no power and no comms or cash, when your predictions were nearer the truth than ever before 😱😱😱
You should be peddling The Second Sleep like no one's business - especially if you have a Spanish edition...
There was a moment yesterday, sitting in my house with no power and no comms or cash, when your predictions were nearer the truth than ever before 😱😱😱
April 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@robertharrishome.bsky.social
You should be peddling The Second Sleep like no one's business - especially if you have a Spanish edition...
There was a moment yesterday, sitting in my house with no power and no comms or cash, when your predictions were nearer the truth than ever before 😱😱😱
You should be peddling The Second Sleep like no one's business - especially if you have a Spanish edition...
There was a moment yesterday, sitting in my house with no power and no comms or cash, when your predictions were nearer the truth than ever before 😱😱😱
April 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For the LOLZ!
BREAKING: Communicating facts now officially deemed a "hostile and political act" by the White House
April 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For the LOLZ!
El PP tiene cierta cara al ir a por Sánchez por cómo el Estado federal manejó una emergencia nacional con calma dentro de 24 horas; un poco exagerado cuando la debacle por respuestas por parte de PP en Valencia todavía continúa sin solucionarse 🙄
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
El PP atribuye el apagón a la "negligencia" del Gobierno ante los grandes líderes de la UE
Génova aprovecha el altavoz de la cumbre europea para cargar las tintas contra el Ejecutivo tras el histórico apagón que asoló ayer la Península. "España tiene un Estado, pero no un Gobierno", lanzó Pons en la apertura del cónclave
www.elconfidencial.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
El PP tiene cierta cara al ir a por Sánchez por cómo el Estado federal manejó una emergencia nacional con calma dentro de 24 horas; un poco exagerado cuando la debacle por respuestas por parte de PP en Valencia todavía continúa sin solucionarse 🙄
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...
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“Todos los coches que me he cruzado por el camino llevaban la radio dando información a todo volumen”. La radio mantiene su capacidad de transmitir información esencial cuando el resto de las comunicaciones fallan
La radio impone su fuerza frente al apagón
Como sucedió durante la catástrofe de la dana hace seis meses, el medio radiofónico mantiene su capacidad de transmitir información esencial cuando el resto de las comunicaciones fallan
elpais.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Todos los coches que me he cruzado por el camino llevaban la radio dando información a todo volumen”. La radio mantiene su capacidad de transmitir información esencial cuando el resto de las comunicaciones fallan
So glad I live in Spain today. Everyone in the most part kept calm. Everyone in the most part came together. Everyone in the most part took it in their stride, kept smiling and just kept on going. And the public services did a fantastic job under very difficult circumstances.
April 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So glad I live in Spain today. Everyone in the most part kept calm. Everyone in the most part came together. Everyone in the most part took it in their stride, kept smiling and just kept on going. And the public services did a fantastic job under very difficult circumstances.
Notes from Spain:
Seriously!
Make sure you have cash at home.
Candles, batteries, lamps, matches.
A radio or a radio in your car.
Chargers in your car.
Fuel tanks topped up.
Dry goods.
The mobile phone networks lasted about 2.5 hrs before complete shut down and cut off from outside world.
Seriously!
Make sure you have cash at home.
Candles, batteries, lamps, matches.
A radio or a radio in your car.
Chargers in your car.
Fuel tanks topped up.
Dry goods.
The mobile phone networks lasted about 2.5 hrs before complete shut down and cut off from outside world.
April 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Notes from Spain:
Seriously!
Make sure you have cash at home.
Candles, batteries, lamps, matches.
A radio or a radio in your car.
Chargers in your car.
Fuel tanks topped up.
Dry goods.
The mobile phone networks lasted about 2.5 hrs before complete shut down and cut off from outside world.
Seriously!
Make sure you have cash at home.
Candles, batteries, lamps, matches.
A radio or a radio in your car.
Chargers in your car.
Fuel tanks topped up.
Dry goods.
The mobile phone networks lasted about 2.5 hrs before complete shut down and cut off from outside world.
School not answering phone - going down to check on the kids.
April 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
School not answering phone - going down to check on the kids.
Electricity has gone down in the whole of Spain and Portugal....anywhere else? 😳
Shitting a brick.
Shitting a brick.
April 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Electricity has gone down in the whole of Spain and Portugal....anywhere else? 😳
Shitting a brick.
Shitting a brick.
Stephen King's new novel out in November 2025.
Why was Kristi Noem carrying $3,000 in her purse?
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Stephen King's new novel out in November 2025.
Would be surprised if Republicans haven't been making plans for militias and marshall law...
Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.
April 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Would be surprised if Republicans haven't been making plans for militias and marshall law...
The realisation that we will soon enough have to stop using the internet and go back to paper books from reputable publishers and watermarked DVDs just to discover some way of discerning what is real and what is not.
April 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The realisation that we will soon enough have to stop using the internet and go back to paper books from reputable publishers and watermarked DVDs just to discover some way of discerning what is real and what is not.
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Some personal news: meet my new replacement at the all new Observer newspaper.
Yes, it’s Facebook’s very own Nick Clegg. Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Yes, it’s Facebook’s very own Nick Clegg. Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
April 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Some personal news: meet my new replacement at the all new Observer newspaper.
Yes, it’s Facebook’s very own Nick Clegg. Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Yes, it’s Facebook’s very own Nick Clegg. Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Like any serious athlete I have a plan for the #LondonMarathon today:
1. Run until my hip stops working;
2. ????????
3. Collect medal
1. Run until my hip stops working;
2. ????????
3. Collect medal
April 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Like any serious athlete I have a plan for the #LondonMarathon today:
1. Run until my hip stops working;
2. ????????
3. Collect medal
1. Run until my hip stops working;
2. ????????
3. Collect medal
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Here is a baby otter to make you feel better about everything.
April 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Here is a baby otter to make you feel better about everything.
April 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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The marathon is tomorrow. Still plenty of time to sponsor me via the big donate button at BillableHour.org. But it’s time for the story of my lowest marathon moment. /1
BillableHour.org
April 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The marathon is tomorrow. Still plenty of time to sponsor me via the big donate button at BillableHour.org. But it’s time for the story of my lowest marathon moment. /1
Anyone else watching the fight?
April 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Anyone else watching the fight?