Rose of Northgate
@annarose75.bsky.social
Unrepentant lefty environmentalist. Medieval reenactor. Honesty. Integrity. Courage.
Finishing up my notes in this lovely little park in the suburbs
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Finishing up my notes in this lovely little park in the suburbs
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Offline, I've been asked why the Dark Ages isn't an appropriate term for the Early Medieval period. Bottom line, you'd be hard pressed to make something as stunning as the Alfred Jewel if you couldn't see what you were doing. End of. www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel
ALFRED JEWEL
The Alfred Jewel is a masterpiece of goldsmith's work formed around a tear-shaped slice of rock crystal. Its inscription: AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN – 'Alfred ordered me to be made’ – connects the jewe...
www.ashmolean.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Offline, I've been asked why the Dark Ages isn't an appropriate term for the Early Medieval period. Bottom line, you'd be hard pressed to make something as stunning as the Alfred Jewel if you couldn't see what you were doing. End of. www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel
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Seeing so many in the climate and environment movement celebrate the Albanese govt’s profoundly ineffective “reforms” to the EPBC legislation is pretty disturbing. I know you’re all desperate for some hope but you really need to sharpen the fuck up. You’re being conned by a pantomime.
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Seeing so many in the climate and environment movement celebrate the Albanese govt’s profoundly ineffective “reforms” to the EPBC legislation is pretty disturbing. I know you’re all desperate for some hope but you really need to sharpen the fuck up. You’re being conned by a pantomime.
Very hot night as the storm front pushed through, and woke to a short violent storm, mostly played out. More on the way today. And guess who is wearing full PPE today? Free sauna 🥵
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Very hot night as the storm front pushed through, and woke to a short violent storm, mostly played out. More on the way today. And guess who is wearing full PPE today? Free sauna 🥵
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
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One could do much worse
Than to be a cats chinrest
With her tiny snores.
Than to be a cats chinrest
With her tiny snores.
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
One could do much worse
Than to be a cats chinrest
With her tiny snores.
Than to be a cats chinrest
With her tiny snores.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
We are so arrogant
Beaver-engineered habitats are outperforming ours: Two studies find that beaver-engineered wetlands attract twice as many hoverflies, nearly 50% more butterflies, and a richer variety of bats compared to human-made ponds or free-flowing streams. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/beav...
Beaver-engineered habitats are outperforming ours
Two studies find that beaver-engineered wetlands attract twice as many hoverflies, nearly 50% more butterflies, and a richer variety of bats compared to human-made ponds or free-flowing streams.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We are so arrogant
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🎶 old mcdonald replaced his farm with an energy intensive data center, a i a i o 🎶
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🎶 old mcdonald replaced his farm with an energy intensive data center, a i a i o 🎶
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Zero emissions coal?
What the hell is that? 🤔
What the hell is that? 🤔
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Zero emissions coal?
What the hell is that? 🤔
What the hell is that? 🤔
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Today marks the anniversary of the Sloane Square Underground station disaster when, on the night of 12 November 1940, 37 passengers & staff lost their lives during the London Blitz. Today, in remembrance, London Underground unveils a plaque to their memory. #london #history
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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#OnThisDay - 8 November - in AD 30, Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born. He would be proclaimed Roman Emperor by the Senate following the assassination of Domitian in AD 96, reigning until AD 98. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: Obverse of RIC II Nerva 34 (aureus); BnF. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: Obverse of RIC II Nerva 34 (aureus); BnF. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#OnThisDay - 8 November - in AD 30, Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born. He would be proclaimed Roman Emperor by the Senate following the assassination of Domitian in AD 96, reigning until AD 98. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: Obverse of RIC II Nerva 34 (aureus); BnF. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: Obverse of RIC II Nerva 34 (aureus); BnF. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
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Really? You're gonna make me do this one?
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Really? You're gonna make me do this one?
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
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"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
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Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
The truth is, I have made some dumb stuff in my time, but I think I have excelled myself here
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The truth is, I have made some dumb stuff in my time, but I think I have excelled myself here
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Last gasp of the patriarchy
i feel like we keep forgetting to mention what the East Wing of the White House is usually for: the office of the First Lady
October 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Last gasp of the patriarchy
They reallly don’t get it. Meanwhile we’re all over here with socialised medicine, unemployment benefits and the metric system scratching our heads
I still see posts from Americans saying “we are on a path to authoritarianism” or “this is some Weimar Germany shit” or “if this continues we risk becoming a fascist state” etc and HELLO,
that was 2021; this is 2025 and YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION
that was 2021; this is 2025 and YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
They reallly don’t get it. Meanwhile we’re all over here with socialised medicine, unemployment benefits and the metric system scratching our heads