Kathryn Rose
@artsyhonker.bsky.social
composer, gardener, hedge-botherer, immigrant, locavore, neurodivergent, chaser after the wind, pastoral assistant, high liturgy, high chaos, has a profile that's just a bunch of descriptors separated by commas, she/they
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Kathryn Rose
@artsyhonker.bsky.social
· Apr 4
OK people are talking about #gardening as a response to economic crisis and I see we are doing the "subsistence agriculture is hard, actually" disk horse again and I have a *bunch* of thoughts on this which I am going to put into a thread here so my ADHD brain will let me do the next task. 1/?
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Anyway, we could do with more bishops like him (not necessarily the attack swan thing, although….)
St Hugh, pray for us!
St Hugh, pray for us!
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Anyway, we could do with more bishops like him (not necessarily the attack swan thing, although….)
St Hugh, pray for us!
St Hugh, pray for us!
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Today is the feast of St Hugh of Lincoln, bishop, advocate for justice for the dispossessed, for peace and against pogroms. Rebuilder of churches, encourager of education.
Also the man who made friends with a swan, which loved and wanted to protect him, and seems to have hated every else…
Also the man who made friends with a swan, which loved and wanted to protect him, and seems to have hated every else…
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Today is the feast of St Hugh of Lincoln, bishop, advocate for justice for the dispossessed, for peace and against pogroms. Rebuilder of churches, encourager of education.
Also the man who made friends with a swan, which loved and wanted to protect him, and seems to have hated every else…
Also the man who made friends with a swan, which loved and wanted to protect him, and seems to have hated every else…
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A policy that will raise virtually no money (what, is the Home Office going to have an eBay & Pawn Shops Officer now?) and has historical resonances that, at best, leave most people feeling a little uncomfortable…
Plus, the far right will still say ‘Woke Open Borders Labour.’
Plus, the far right will still say ‘Woke Open Borders Labour.’
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A policy that will raise virtually no money (what, is the Home Office going to have an eBay & Pawn Shops Officer now?) and has historical resonances that, at best, leave most people feeling a little uncomfortable…
Plus, the far right will still say ‘Woke Open Borders Labour.’
Plus, the far right will still say ‘Woke Open Borders Labour.’
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Watching BBC breakfast now and there have been 8 white people in a row. If 3 in a row is only 50/50, 8 in a row must be rare? Nope. Do the maths. There's about a 16% chance of that. So it's a little unusual but very much not rare. That's twice as likely as one person on screen being a ginger (5)
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Watching BBC breakfast now and there have been 8 white people in a row. If 3 in a row is only 50/50, 8 in a row must be rare? Nope. Do the maths. There's about a 16% chance of that. So it's a little unusual but very much not rare. That's twice as likely as one person on screen being a ginger (5)
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Three in a row is 0.512 - so in a country that's 80% white there's a 50/50 chance that with three people on screen, chosen randomly, one isn't white (4)
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Three in a row is 0.512 - so in a country that's 80% white there's a 50/50 chance that with three people on screen, chosen randomly, one isn't white (4)
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So there's an 8 in 10 chance a random person is white. Expressed as a probability that's 0.8. Two in a row is 0.8x0.8, 0.64. So about a third of the time one of them won't be white. By chance alone (3)
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
So there's an 8 in 10 chance a random person is white. Expressed as a probability that's 0.8. Two in a row is 0.8x0.8, 0.64. So about a third of the time one of them won't be white. By chance alone (3)
@london.gov.uk Hey, what can you do to help asylum seekers in London? Things are looking pretty bad.
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
@london.gov.uk Hey, what can you do to help asylum seekers in London? Things are looking pretty bad.
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This is heartbreaking, immoral and disgusting. These stories expose the lie at the heart of every claim to be opposed to children's healthcare in the name of those same children's safety.
NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.
"Laura fears all will be lost if ICB Sussex forces her child off the medication.
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
If ICB Sussex get their own way in a matter of weeks and they force detransition, Olive may well take her life."
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is heartbreaking, immoral and disgusting. These stories expose the lie at the heart of every claim to be opposed to children's healthcare in the name of those same children's safety.
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This makes me feel physically sick. No MP should support any of these measures until they have spent a month each working in asylum detention and with unhoused people.
How dare she call this 'moral'? It's disgraceful.
How dare she call this 'moral'? It's disgraceful.
November 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This makes me feel physically sick. No MP should support any of these measures until they have spent a month each working in asylum detention and with unhoused people.
How dare she call this 'moral'? It's disgraceful.
How dare she call this 'moral'? It's disgraceful.
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Buying up masses of property and then renting it back while helping house sales prices high is just a win win for landlords, they control more and more of the cost, the conditions of sale, the market, and it makes home ownership fucking impossible for everyone.
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Buying up masses of property and then renting it back while helping house sales prices high is just a win win for landlords, they control more and more of the cost, the conditions of sale, the market, and it makes home ownership fucking impossible for everyone.
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Almost always, in my experience, ethics and good system design are the same thing. And all of the flavors of oppression are bad on both counts.
Patriarchy is a systems trap. It breaks the feedback loops needed for health and balance, it cuts off early warnings and silences sensing elements.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Almost always, in my experience, ethics and good system design are the same thing. And all of the flavors of oppression are bad on both counts.
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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I have not changed my mind about this.
I feel at this point that we need the self-driving car in the same way that we need the self-shitting bed.
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I have not changed my mind about this.
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What a truly vile and hateful set of people we have running the country.
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What a truly vile and hateful set of people we have running the country.
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Attempting to stop the rise of the far right by implementing far right policies. Make it make sense!!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Attempting to stop the rise of the far right by implementing far right policies. Make it make sense!!!
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The far right aren’t bothered about the finer points of asylum rules they simply want NO people of colour to be in their field of vision at any time, and Shabana that means you. Trying to capitulate like this achieves NOTHING other than contributing more to the climate of hate.
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The far right aren’t bothered about the finer points of asylum rules they simply want NO people of colour to be in their field of vision at any time, and Shabana that means you. Trying to capitulate like this achieves NOTHING other than contributing more to the climate of hate.
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Absolutely disgusting
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Absolutely disgusting
*mumbles something about dual power, walks off whistling*
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
*mumbles something about dual power, walks off whistling*
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I do personally believe that churches have the right to set dress codes for visitors, including tourists.
But those should be set based on “what is respectful to the religion as practiced here” and not “what does a given security guard think might scare tourists”
But those should be set based on “what is respectful to the religion as practiced here” and not “what does a given security guard think might scare tourists”
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I do personally believe that churches have the right to set dress codes for visitors, including tourists.
But those should be set based on “what is respectful to the religion as practiced here” and not “what does a given security guard think might scare tourists”
But those should be set based on “what is respectful to the religion as practiced here” and not “what does a given security guard think might scare tourists”
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yeah i do drive there! guess what, i fucking SHOULDN'T. help me not do that by installing bollards everywhere. take out all parking. i want pedestrians to be given a free parasol from a parasol machine. you know what i mean, make this street paris
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
yeah i do drive there! guess what, i fucking SHOULDN'T. help me not do that by installing bollards everywhere. take out all parking. i want pedestrians to be given a free parasol from a parasol machine. you know what i mean, make this street paris
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i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
SE Stark & Washington Street Safety Project
Safety upgrades on SE Stark and Washington (92nd to 108th) by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). Safer lane configuration, parking, signals, crossings, and more. Project elements, map, time...
portland.gov
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
i need all my transit-heads and city-planning-heads to go take this survey the city is doing about fixing the dangerous streets near my house and encourage them to just ludicrously maximize pedestrian and bike safety to the brutal ruinous detriment of cars
portland.gov/StarkWashington
portland.gov/StarkWashington
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One feature of the collapse we are living through is that things poorer people have had to do are creeping up the income scale
They can spin it however but struggling to make ends meet with a hodge podge of sortof-jobs is both very normal and very bad
apnews.com/article/work...
They can spin it however but struggling to make ends meet with a hodge podge of sortof-jobs is both very normal and very bad
apnews.com/article/work...
Workers take on side jobs to combat stagnant salaries and insecurity about employment
Working professionals in the U.S. are taking on side jobs to supplement their incomes amid frozen salaries, inflation and fear of layoffs.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One feature of the collapse we are living through is that things poorer people have had to do are creeping up the income scale
They can spin it however but struggling to make ends meet with a hodge podge of sortof-jobs is both very normal and very bad
apnews.com/article/work...
They can spin it however but struggling to make ends meet with a hodge podge of sortof-jobs is both very normal and very bad
apnews.com/article/work...
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Work or starve and when you die your kids won’t even inherit your family photos.
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Work or starve and when you die your kids won’t even inherit your family photos.