Margaret Nelson 🌦
@flashmaggie.bsky.social
Don't get out much these days. 9th decad, 2nd wave. Conducted 100s of funerals. Owe a lot to the NHS. Part-time cloud-spotter. Dendrophile. Suffolk 🇬🇧. Excuse typos.
"The cure for boredom is curiousity. There is no cure for curiousity."
- Dorothy Parker.
"The cure for boredom is curiousity. There is no cure for curiousity."
- Dorothy Parker.
From the village Facebook page today:
"If any one sees a chestnut horsw and they can get near it theres a phone number on her saddle."
"If any one sees a chestnut horsw and they can get near it theres a phone number on her saddle."
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
From the village Facebook page today:
"If any one sees a chestnut horsw and they can get near it theres a phone number on her saddle."
"If any one sees a chestnut horsw and they can get near it theres a phone number on her saddle."
'Breton, who served as EU commissioner for the internal market from 2019 to 2024, was right to condemn what he called a "wind of McCarthyism blowing again."'
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
December 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
'Breton, who served as EU commissioner for the internal market from 2019 to 2024, was right to condemn what he called a "wind of McCarthyism blowing again."'
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
A couple of crooks who ought to have been arrested, yet still get to go where they please.
Photo from The Guardian.
Photo from The Guardian.
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A couple of crooks who ought to have been arrested, yet still get to go where they please.
Photo from The Guardian.
Photo from The Guardian.
The silly Sussexes, Harry and Meghan, have lost their 11th publicist in five years. I guess that sinking into quiet obscurity wasn't an option without any marketable skills, but they could have learned some. I feel sorry for their children. Ideally, parents should be grown ups.
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The silly Sussexes, Harry and Meghan, have lost their 11th publicist in five years. I guess that sinking into quiet obscurity wasn't an option without any marketable skills, but they could have learned some. I feel sorry for their children. Ideally, parents should be grown ups.
Some of the requests on the village Facebook page are curiously niche, like this one:
"Does anyone do any personalised cross stitch locally please?"
"Does anyone do any personalised cross stitch locally please?"
December 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some of the requests on the village Facebook page are curiously niche, like this one:
"Does anyone do any personalised cross stitch locally please?"
"Does anyone do any personalised cross stitch locally please?"
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December 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Further evidence that Reform Party politicians' collective IQ is negative, and they're nasty little twerps.
Imagine them all at school.
I bet Farage wasn't the only unpopular one.
Quite sad really.
Could anyone love them?
Imagine them all at school.
I bet Farage wasn't the only unpopular one.
Quite sad really.
Could anyone love them?
Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate Chris Parry.
Reform UK are turning a blind eye to this racist.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Reform UK are turning a blind eye to this racist.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate
Chris Parry, standing to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, seems to be preoccupied with pork
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Further evidence that Reform Party politicians' collective IQ is negative, and they're nasty little twerps.
Imagine them all at school.
I bet Farage wasn't the only unpopular one.
Quite sad really.
Could anyone love them?
Imagine them all at school.
I bet Farage wasn't the only unpopular one.
Quite sad really.
Could anyone love them?
It's not a good idea to spend too much time on Instagram. All you'll learn is that you're doing practically everything wrong.
December 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's not a good idea to spend too much time on Instagram. All you'll learn is that you're doing practically everything wrong.
No one expects the Transgender Inquisition!
December 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
No one expects the Transgender Inquisition!
Reposted by Margaret Nelson 🌦
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
1/2 When I was young I spent a lot of time in the school and the public libraries. I'd borrow as many as I could with my ticket and take them all home, where there were hardly any books. Since then I've bought a lot. Now I've realised how many I still haven't read, and there isn't much time.
December 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
1/2 When I was young I spent a lot of time in the school and the public libraries. I'd borrow as many as I could with my ticket and take them all home, where there were hardly any books. Since then I've bought a lot. Now I've realised how many I still haven't read, and there isn't much time.
Been finding much more to interest me on Radio 4 than on TV over the holiday.
December 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Been finding much more to interest me on Radio 4 than on TV over the holiday.
Reposted by Margaret Nelson 🌦
When Trump leaves office, we can crowbar his name off everything and throw it all into a big, raging fire. Call it “The Bonfire of the Vanities.”
December 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When Trump leaves office, we can crowbar his name off everything and throw it all into a big, raging fire. Call it “The Bonfire of the Vanities.”
The Zionist madmen have absolutely no intention of stopping their destruction. They're obsessed with removing all Palestinians from what they regard as their promised land, as though such people were vermin.
Gaza genocide death toll tops 71,266 with more bodies recovered - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-genocide-death-toll-tops-71266-more-bodies-recovered
Gaza genocide death toll tops 71,266 with more bodies recovered
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<p>In the past 48 hours, four people were killed by Israeli fire, while the bodies of 25 others were recovered and taken to hospitals.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Zionist madmen have absolutely no intention of stopping their destruction. They're obsessed with removing all Palestinians from what they regard as their promised land, as though such people were vermin.
The madness of Putin and Netanyahu is evident in many ways, but by destroying what they want they're gaining only rubble and corpses. How is that sane? The cost is enormous.
Kyiv did not sleep once again last night. On the last weekend of the year, the capital should have smelled of mulled wine, cinnamon, chocolate and joy.
Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses.
The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.
Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses.
The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The madness of Putin and Netanyahu is evident in many ways, but by destroying what they want they're gaining only rubble and corpses. How is that sane? The cost is enormous.
Reposted by Margaret Nelson 🌦
Alas! It is 31 years since the world was deprived of one of its more colourful culinary characters: Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey – better known as double bigamist, child abandoner, amphetamine user, dangerous driver, and celebrity cook Fanny Cradock
December 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Alas! It is 31 years since the world was deprived of one of its more colourful culinary characters: Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey – better known as double bigamist, child abandoner, amphetamine user, dangerous driver, and celebrity cook Fanny Cradock
Russia's resorted to using cavalry in Ukraine.
They'll have horses with PTSD, poor creatures.
The riders are literally coming off worse.
They'll have horses with PTSD, poor creatures.
The riders are literally coming off worse.
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Russia's resorted to using cavalry in Ukraine.
They'll have horses with PTSD, poor creatures.
The riders are literally coming off worse.
They'll have horses with PTSD, poor creatures.
The riders are literally coming off worse.
Just learned of the death of Norma Swenson, one of the women from the collective that published 'Our Bofies Ourselves' in 1970. It revolutionised women's healthcar. I still have a battered early copy.
ourbodiesourselves.org/people/norma...
ourbodiesourselves.org/people/norma...
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Just learned of the death of Norma Swenson, one of the women from the collective that published 'Our Bofies Ourselves' in 1970. It revolutionised women's healthcar. I still have a battered early copy.
ourbodiesourselves.org/people/norma...
ourbodiesourselves.org/people/norma...
Cat's winter nightly ritual:
Follows me into the kitchen, waving tail.
Stands by the back door, stares at it, ignoring cat flap.
I open the door, as expected.
Cat stands on the threshold, cold air flowing in, staring into the chilly darkness, tail twitching.
After a minute or two, comes back in.
Follows me into the kitchen, waving tail.
Stands by the back door, stares at it, ignoring cat flap.
I open the door, as expected.
Cat stands on the threshold, cold air flowing in, staring into the chilly darkness, tail twitching.
After a minute or two, comes back in.
December 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Cat's winter nightly ritual:
Follows me into the kitchen, waving tail.
Stands by the back door, stares at it, ignoring cat flap.
I open the door, as expected.
Cat stands on the threshold, cold air flowing in, staring into the chilly darkness, tail twitching.
After a minute or two, comes back in.
Follows me into the kitchen, waving tail.
Stands by the back door, stares at it, ignoring cat flap.
I open the door, as expected.
Cat stands on the threshold, cold air flowing in, staring into the chilly darkness, tail twitching.
After a minute or two, comes back in.
Just to reassure you, if you're experiencing sight and hearing loss, like me.
I have visual hallucinations with Charles Bonnet syndrome (strange figures standing by my bed) and auditory hallunations when it's quiet, like people stacking boxes.
The brain doesn't like inactivity so creates some.
I have visual hallucinations with Charles Bonnet syndrome (strange figures standing by my bed) and auditory hallunations when it's quiet, like people stacking boxes.
The brain doesn't like inactivity so creates some.
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just to reassure you, if you're experiencing sight and hearing loss, like me.
I have visual hallucinations with Charles Bonnet syndrome (strange figures standing by my bed) and auditory hallunations when it's quiet, like people stacking boxes.
The brain doesn't like inactivity so creates some.
I have visual hallucinations with Charles Bonnet syndrome (strange figures standing by my bed) and auditory hallunations when it's quiet, like people stacking boxes.
The brain doesn't like inactivity so creates some.
The annoying consequences of failing sight include not being able to read handwriting, including your own, but one of the worst was pouring gin all over the kitchen table because I couldn't see the measure. Solve the problem by pouring it straight into the glass. Sod the measure!
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The annoying consequences of failing sight include not being able to read handwriting, including your own, but one of the worst was pouring gin all over the kitchen table because I couldn't see the measure. Solve the problem by pouring it straight into the glass. Sod the measure!
🧵 Although there's evidence from the Tavistock Clinic that autistic children and those who'd been abused were more susceptible to trans indoctrination, two other probable factors have been ignored.
Critical thinking isn't included in the curriculum from an early age, and poor nutrition prevents
Critical thinking isn't included in the curriculum from an early age, and poor nutrition prevents
December 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🧵 Although there's evidence from the Tavistock Clinic that autistic children and those who'd been abused were more susceptible to trans indoctrination, two other probable factors have been ignored.
Critical thinking isn't included in the curriculum from an early age, and poor nutrition prevents
Critical thinking isn't included in the curriculum from an early age, and poor nutrition prevents
Social commentary that makes references to the working class, generally as victims of injustices, can be lazilli misleading. The class system has changed. Society has changed. Those at the top of the wealth pile are no longer landed gentry. Those at the bottom can be anyone.
youtu.be/9XmB59Ax4cE?...
youtu.be/9XmB59Ax4cE?...
Deal of the Week: David Frost - Clip 2
YouTube video by Network Distributing
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December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Social commentary that makes references to the working class, generally as victims of injustices, can be lazilli misleading. The class system has changed. Society has changed. Those at the top of the wealth pile are no longer landed gentry. Those at the bottom can be anyone.
youtu.be/9XmB59Ax4cE?...
youtu.be/9XmB59Ax4cE?...
Trump plus cohorts justify this because they believe IS fighters are attacking Christians. The Islamic militants are attacking anyone who doesn't share their beliefs, which is what American Republicans do.
They have a lot in common, don't they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They have a lot in common, don't they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria
President Donald Trump has previously accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect Christians from jihadist groups.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump plus cohorts justify this because they believe IS fighters are attacking Christians. The Islamic militants are attacking anyone who doesn't share their beliefs, which is what American Republicans do.
They have a lot in common, don't they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They have a lot in common, don't they?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just called a newly bereaved friend, to hear a familiar story. Her husband had shared very little about his financial arrangements, or where he had kept all the information she needs. As she is in very poor health herself, it's impossible for her to look for it.
Whatever your age, don't do this.
Whatever your age, don't do this.
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Just called a newly bereaved friend, to hear a familiar story. Her husband had shared very little about his financial arrangements, or where he had kept all the information she needs. As she is in very poor health herself, it's impossible for her to look for it.
Whatever your age, don't do this.
Whatever your age, don't do this.