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Ageing Hippy

@blueberrysyrup.bsky.social

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Scottish psychologist photographer. Photos my own unless it’s a repost “I lived in the present, which was That part of the future you could see. The past floated above my head, Like the sun and moon, visible but never reachable.” Louise Glück, “Averno”

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks Alan 😊

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks Rob 😊

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 2h

#BirdOfTheDay #spotted #photography #birds

Song thrush in the rain

Song thrush with upside down heart shaped spots on its chest, standing on a wooden fence. Rain falling all around

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks Alan :-)

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Rob :-)

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Sadly I have no photos of kestrels, so here is a lovely long-tailed tit on our acer tree

#BirdOfTheDay #photography

Long tailed tit sitting on a bare branch. We see its long tail and oval shape of its body.

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1d

“… it probably sounded better in the original German.” 😂

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:

Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fighting…

thecritic.co.uk

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1d

😂 🎩

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Alan, I appreciate it :-)

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Rob :-)

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Rob :-)

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 2d

#BirdOfTheDay #migration #photography #birds

“The Common Redpoll is a small finch... It doesn't breed in the UK, but is a passage migrant and winter visitor, particularly to the east coast.” From RSPB.

Seen May 2022, Isle of Arran.

Redpoll to the left looking directly at camera. Pinky red on top of its head and pinky red on chest. Goldfinch to the right. Both on a feeder.

Redpoll to the left defending its perch against a flying Siskin which is garrassing it. Pinky red on chest. Goldfinch to the right. Both on a feeder.

Redpoll to the left looking down to its right giving us a nice view of the top of its head. Pinky red on top of its head and pinky red on chest. Goldfinch to the right. Both on a feeder.

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 2d

😂

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 2d

Been to see it. Great story, great characters, great acting. This explains where Trump’s team got the idea of radical left terrorists. They (or someone they know) went to the movies.

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 3d

#BirdOfTheDay #SeaBirds #photography

A gull.

“Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah”

A gull flying high, wings extended, with blue sky and white clouds beyond.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Gary Neville says he took down a union flag being ‘used in a negative fashion’

Footballer turned developer questions spate of flag raisings and says ‘we’re all being turned on each other’ Gary Neville has revealed he removed a union flag from one of his Manchester development sites because it was being “used in a negative fashion”, as he urged his followers to question what it means to be patriotic. In a video posted on Friday, the day after a deadly attack at a Manchester synagogue, the former footballer turned property developer said he believed that “we’re all being turned on each other”, attributing much of the blame for the divide to “angry, middle-aged white men … who know exactly what they’re doing”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 3d

The Good, The Bad and The Bollocks

👻🎃🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Just Ni-Ghoul 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃👻 @nothinghuman.bsky.social · 3d

Some Sunday evening fun.

I’ll go first;

Ferris Bueller’s Bollocks Off.

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Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my goodness!

Ageing Hippy @blueberrysyrup.bsky.social · 3d

Yes I know Google uses AI

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 4d

Ireland and the Grapefruit Ladies: #TheMoreYouKnow #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d

Japan never fails to amaze with its fireworks ✨️💙✨️

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 4d

It is unfathomable to me that we’re all just supposed to be okay with higher energy costs and more air and light pollution, in exchange for a machine that steals personal data and copyrighted material and produces slop and wage theft, and big tech can do this to our society unilaterally.

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