Mrs. G
@janbellina.bsky.social
Old Englishwoman, loves the outdoors, the British Isles/Celtic* Archipelago. Sad about the planet. Don’t expect cohesive themes; just what’s on my mind. *Someone mooted this name & I'm going with it.
Somebody needs to see a little former mill race passing under a flagstone bridge.
February 19, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Somebody needs to see a little former mill race passing under a flagstone bridge.
Oh, Rupert! You did this on purpose! 🤣 What will all those recycled Tories do now?
February 19, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Oh, Rupert! You did this on purpose! 🤣 What will all those recycled Tories do now?
The driver who killed a passenger in a broken down car was guilty as charged, but Highways needs to admit contributory negligence as 'smart' motorway technology that should have closed the lane had been inoperable for days. If they can't minimise this risk, maybe they need to restore hard shoulders.
Van driver guilty over fatal M4 smart motorway crash in Berkshire
Barry O'Sullivan killed 68-year-old Pulvinder Dhillon after driving into a stationary car on the M4.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The driver who killed a passenger in a broken down car was guilty as charged, but Highways needs to admit contributory negligence as 'smart' motorway technology that should have closed the lane had been inoperable for days. If they can't minimise this risk, maybe they need to restore hard shoulders.
Biased TV News outlets can get around fairness rules by declaring themselves to be entertainment, rather than news (e.g. GB News). This has got to stop. If a reasonable person would call it News, it is news and should follow the rules for news, especially when giving politicians air time.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Biased TV News outlets can get around fairness rules by declaring themselves to be entertainment, rather than news (e.g. GB News). This has got to stop. If a reasonable person would call it News, it is news and should follow the rules for news, especially when giving politicians air time.
Note to Building regs people: When developing areas riddled with old mineworks or prone to subsidence, insist on a ground penetrating radar survey before developers are allowed to go ahead.
Sinkhole on Godstone High Street, one year on
Surrey County Council has said that the £3m repair works will not be complete until the spring.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Note to Building regs people: When developing areas riddled with old mineworks or prone to subsidence, insist on a ground penetrating radar survey before developers are allowed to go ahead.
The Covid inquiry reminds me my daughter wrote this song when we were all locked down and wild animals roamed the streets in our absence. The "me" in the song is us all, explaining to the planet that we know what we've done.
Tables Have Turned
YouTube video by Linda Ronald - Topic
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The Covid inquiry reminds me my daughter wrote this song when we were all locked down and wild animals roamed the streets in our absence. The "me" in the song is us all, explaining to the planet that we know what we've done.
The Rapture actually took place five years ago but nobody noticed a few extra missing person reports.
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The Rapture actually took place five years ago but nobody noticed a few extra missing person reports.
Watching BBC daytime scam-awareness TV. I don’t understand how there is a re-seller market for disability blue badges. Don’t stolen badges go on a database, so that traffic wardens can scan them, flag them as fake or stolen and the car owner be prosecuted?
February 16, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Watching BBC daytime scam-awareness TV. I don’t understand how there is a re-seller market for disability blue badges. Don’t stolen badges go on a database, so that traffic wardens can scan them, flag them as fake or stolen and the car owner be prosecuted?
Rachel Reeves said those on just State pension will continue to not pay any income tax. But if you have even a tiny work pension, you will pay tax not just on that, but also on the part of the State pension that is above the basic tax threshold. Basic Tax/NI thresholds have not kept up with incomes.
February 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Rachel Reeves said those on just State pension will continue to not pay any income tax. But if you have even a tiny work pension, you will pay tax not just on that, but also on the part of the State pension that is above the basic tax threshold. Basic Tax/NI thresholds have not kept up with incomes.
Wht don't people just think? No-one taught them how.
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Wht don't people just think? No-one taught them how.
'Trump will be gone in three years': Top Democrats try to reassure Europe. But will he, though? And look at all the nutjobs he's elevated; they will try to keep their version of the USA going; some of them in order to avoid jail.
Democrats seek to reassure Europe about post-Trump America
Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First - and stake a claim as future party leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
'Trump will be gone in three years': Top Democrats try to reassure Europe. But will he, though? And look at all the nutjobs he's elevated; they will try to keep their version of the USA going; some of them in order to avoid jail.
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🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
I've always been rather annoyed that ADHD was 'double-D'd'. 'Deficit' where I see hyperfocus and boredom. 'Disorder' where I see a personality type useful to society, if difficult for the individual in a modern setting. How much does society lose with its feckless handling of neurodifferences?
Rethinking ADHD as ‘hypercuriosity’
What if ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention, but an intensified curiosity? A new study explores how reframing ADHD could transform education
www.positive.news
February 15, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I've always been rather annoyed that ADHD was 'double-D'd'. 'Deficit' where I see hyperfocus and boredom. 'Disorder' where I see a personality type useful to society, if difficult for the individual in a modern setting. How much does society lose with its feckless handling of neurodifferences?
Cat-sitting. Cat ambience on YouTube is trial and error, but this one's a definite success, no ads, 8 hours long and the cats love it. So do I, to be honest!
February 15, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Cat-sitting. Cat ambience on YouTube is trial and error, but this one's a definite success, no ads, 8 hours long and the cats love it. So do I, to be honest!
If our government doesn't like van dwellers, they should legislate to provide affordable housing, you know, as if they were Labour. Bristol counts its van dwellers and numbers have quadrupled since the onset of covid. Sometimes I think we need an "eyesore" not evicting them to somewhere out of sight
The van dwellers left with no option but to live on the kerb
Ellen looks to the floor as she thinks about how she ended up living in a van.
news.sky.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:23 AM
If our government doesn't like van dwellers, they should legislate to provide affordable housing, you know, as if they were Labour. Bristol counts its van dwellers and numbers have quadrupled since the onset of covid. Sometimes I think we need an "eyesore" not evicting them to somewhere out of sight
I haven’t seen the full text, but this summary doesn’t say ‘friendly’ to me. It’s high time Europe changed the locks; the USA is not our friend.
Marco Rubio speech signals US-Europe relations are bruised but still friendly
The US Secretary of State sounds a conciliatory tone as he addresses European leaders in Munich.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I haven’t seen the full text, but this summary doesn’t say ‘friendly’ to me. It’s high time Europe changed the locks; the USA is not our friend.
The concentration of asylum seekers in hotels dehumanises them. It was such an unnecessary and expensive solution, one may be led to suspect that this effect was deliberate and hoped for. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'People are angry': Behind the wave of asylum hotel protests
The BBC visits sites of protests to hear the voices of those opposed to the hotels and others in support of asylum seekers.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The concentration of asylum seekers in hotels dehumanises them. It was such an unnecessary and expensive solution, one may be led to suspect that this effect was deliberate and hoped for. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cat sitting day 2 and they are now very comfortable with me. No more watercolouring! They have decided I am there for the purposes of entertainment only (they'd already ruined my paper when I got the camera out) 🤣🎨🖌
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Cat sitting day 2 and they are now very comfortable with me. No more watercolouring! They have decided I am there for the purposes of entertainment only (they'd already ruined my paper when I got the camera out) 🤣🎨🖌
Lucy Powell said a Labour vote is the only way to ensure Reform doesn't win the Gorton & Denton By-election. Not true! If your heart is for Green, then vote Green❎️! Show how Green has grown🌿
Don't compromise, Aim high!
Don't be scared, it's only a by-election but IT SENDS A MESSAGE! What say you?
Don't compromise, Aim high!
Don't be scared, it's only a by-election but IT SENDS A MESSAGE! What say you?
a man with long hair and a beard is talking to another man with the words " what does your heart tell you "
Alt: A man with long white hair and a beard (Sir Ian McKellen playing Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings) is talking to another younger-looking man (Viggo Mortensen playing the part of Strider/Aragorn) with the words " what does your heart tell you "
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Lucy Powell said a Labour vote is the only way to ensure Reform doesn't win the Gorton & Denton By-election. Not true! If your heart is for Green, then vote Green❎️! Show how Green has grown🌿
Don't compromise, Aim high!
Don't be scared, it's only a by-election but IT SENDS A MESSAGE! What say you?
Don't compromise, Aim high!
Don't be scared, it's only a by-election but IT SENDS A MESSAGE! What say you?
Today's tissue box art.
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Today's tissue box art.
14 years allows a political party to thoroughly snd shamelessly seed state-controlled seats of influence like the House of Lords and the BBC. What can be done about this?
An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC
The ‘proper Thatcherite Conservative’ who Boris Johnson installed on the board has form as an editorial meddler, and the signs are he’s not done yet
observer.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
14 years allows a political party to thoroughly snd shamelessly seed state-controlled seats of influence like the House of Lords and the BBC. What can be done about this?