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Fond of coffee, getting lost, water, learning stuff, music, art, and books 📚 ♥️

...when it is quite clearly Ocean
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January 19, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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Don’t think apartness breaks what hearts have made.
The sun will span all space to warm the stone,
So too does love traverse each distant shade,
For I am with you when you are alone.

#vss365

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January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Porcelina

I touch the place where your deep currents sleep,
And find my soul cast into fathoms wide.

Though seas divide, their tides our hearts still keep,
And any ling’ring grief is scorned, decried.

And love, like shipwrecked gold, sinks, rises, flies,
A weight unseen beneath uncharted skies.
[HQ] The Smashing Pumpkins - Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
YouTube video by Alex Marvik
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January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Love has no labels, no definitions. It is what it is, pure and simple. Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire! The universe turns differently when fire loves water.

~Shams Of Tabriz
December 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Al Jazeera’s journalists risk everything to cover Israel’s war on Gaza, led by bureau chief Wael al Dahdouh who continues reporting even after losing his closest family.

Watch the film, The Price of Truth EP 1: aje.me/thepriceoftr...
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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With words attributed to Victor Hugo.

The sun will rise, the days will get longer, the light will return.
I LOVE the winter solstice - the summer solstice fills me with sadness. The Winter solstice fills me with hope.
December 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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otis redding ♡ you send me
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This may help
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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PERSON OF THE DAY. 15 November 1897. Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Wales. He spearheaded the creation of the NHS in 1948 by the Labour government. It offered treatment free at the point of delivery to all citizens, irrespective of income. It’s one of the key social reforms in British history.
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Whatever we choose,
the dance carries on
for it is not our choosing
but Love’s own turning
that moves the stars and hearts alike
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The age of nations has passed. Now, unless we wish to perish, we must shake off old prejudices & build the Earth. The more scientifically I regard the world, the less can I see any possible biological future for it except in the active consciousness of its unity.

P.T. Chardin (c. 1950)

#Painting
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Bettys tearoom in York: stories of wartime romances and lost comrades uncovered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stories of Bettys bar and wartime romances in York
Mirror with names of WW2 airmen etched onto it is still a poignant attraction at the famous tearoom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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York Clifford’s Tower plans offer ‘once in a generation’ chance to commemorate 1190 Jewish massacre. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
York Clifford's Tower plan offers chance to commemorate Jewish massacre of 1190
Proposals for the area should recognise its significance for Jewish communities, an academic says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜—

𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛,
𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚢,
𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎—
𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕,
𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.

#Diversity
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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75 years ago, the ECHR was signed after the horrors of the war.

Today, Nigel Farage and many Westminster politicians want to tear up the laws that protect our basic human rights.

Our rights are not Westminster’s to take away. We will stand firmly against that.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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We began filming in lockdown — just me and my sons, Sam & Zack — to help people grow something good. 🌱
It became Gardeningwell: our family garden in Co. Meath, sharing ways to garden for wildlife and hope.
🎥 gardeningwell.ie

#WildlifeGardening #IrishGardening
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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"Be still and the earth will speak to you." (Navajo proverb)
October 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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"It's anti-fascist, antifa. I don't believe in fascism. We fought fascism years ago, and we're gonna fight it again."

Thousands gathered for San Francisco's No Kings rally on Saturday. Mother Jones digital producers Peter Berger and Anna Yeo chatted with a few protesters:
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Be a ruthless, pragmatic extremist when it comes to curating your social media, podcast, & video feeds so they give you resources supportive to your recovery.

Life is too short for the stupid rage bait dopamine hamster wheel the algorithm is trying to feed you.

Recovery first.
October 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM