Penny Gaines
@pennygaines.bsky.social
Co-founder and Chair of @StopHS2. Online since before Google. Likes history of maths and doing things with textiles. Also likes trig points.
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wealh-stod, m.n: interpreter; one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages; translator; interpreter of a subject, expounder; mediator. (WEH-al’h-STODD / ˈwɛalx-ˌstɔd)
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creating the Old English Word of the Day and Book 3
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July 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
wealh-stod, m.n: interpreter; one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages; translator; interpreter of a subject, expounder; mediator. (WEH-al’h-STODD / ˈwɛalx-ˌstɔd)
Read my Mōnaþ-spell (monthly update) on Patreon: bit.ly/goldgifa
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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#OldEnglish #WOTD
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Eva Pacheo, a local crochet teacher and her students in Alhaurín de la Torre, in Malaga, Spain, collaboratively created a massive canopy of patchwork crochet to create shade for their community #WomensArt #heatwave
June 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Eva Pacheo, a local crochet teacher and her students in Alhaurín de la Torre, in Malaga, Spain, collaboratively created a massive canopy of patchwork crochet to create shade for their community #WomensArt #heatwave
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Rachel Reeves’s Treasury intends for HS2 to swallow £25.3bn, a quarter of the government’s entire investment budget of £113bn.
'Investment'?
@stophs2.bsky.social
'Investment'?
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June 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Rachel Reeves’s Treasury intends for HS2 to swallow £25.3bn, a quarter of the government’s entire investment budget of £113bn.
'Investment'?
@stophs2.bsky.social
'Investment'?
@stophs2.bsky.social
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How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it's time to listen to Nigel Farage | Simon Jenkins
How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it's time to listen to Nigel Farage | Simon Jenkins
Labour now says the botched high-speed rail project will be further delayed. Why not just scrap it, as the Reform leader suggests? asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How bad is the HS2 fiasco now? So bad it's time to listen to Nigel Farage | Simon Jenkins
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cūða, m.n: one known, an acquaintance, a familiar friend, a relation. (KOO-tha / ˈkuː-θa)
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June 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
cūða, m.n: one known, an acquaintance, a familiar friend, a relation. (KOO-tha / ˈkuː-θa)
#OldEnglish #WOTD
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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You read it here first but the first accident with a self driving Uber - which anyway will not happen in 2026 - and the politicians will start retreating faster than Usain Bolt
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
You read it here first but the first accident with a self driving Uber - which anyway will not happen in 2026 - and the politicians will start retreating faster than Usain Bolt
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Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt #Sunday
June 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt #Sunday
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turf, f.n: turf, sod, piece of earth with grass on it; the grassy surface of the earth. (TURF / ˈtʌrf)
Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), c. 1320-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 176v.
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Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), c. 1320-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 176v.
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May 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
turf, f.n: turf, sod, piece of earth with grass on it; the grassy surface of the earth. (TURF / ˈtʌrf)
Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), c. 1320-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 176v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), c. 1320-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 176v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
"...the pandemic has cemented a long-term trend away from peak-hour commuter traffic..." True in the UK as well as the US. #rail
New from me: The folks at NYU's Transit Costs Project think we could save a boatload of money on high-speed rail between Boston and Washington with one simple trick slate.com/business/202...
High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor—on a Budget
It’s called takt, and it is as German as it sounds.
slate.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"...the pandemic has cemented a long-term trend away from peak-hour commuter traffic..." True in the UK as well as the US. #rail
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May 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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May 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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April 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.
April 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.
I am told that in some countries they use icing for the cross. In that case even marmite flavoured hot cross buns are perfectly reasonable.
It’s not that we hate the flavours of the traditional hot cross bun. Quite the opposite: we can’t stop putting hot cross bun flavours into places they don’t belong.
✍️ Olivia Potts www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
✍️ Olivia Potts www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The hot cross bunfight
Are you a modernist who's snapping up this year's tiramisu and ‘dippy egg’ hot cross buns – or a traditionalist who won't touch them?
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April 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I am told that in some countries they use icing for the cross. In that case even marmite flavoured hot cross buns are perfectly reasonable.
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færeld, n.n: a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation; the Jewish Passover. (FAE-reld / ˈfæ-rɛld)
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#OldEnglish #WOTD
April 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
færeld, n.n: a way, going, motion, journey, course, passage, progress, expedition, company, one who accompanies in the journey of life, a relation; the Jewish Passover. (FAE-reld / ˈfæ-rɛld)
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#OldEnglish #WOTD
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April 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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As much as we are getting. #Eclipse2025 🔭
March 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
As much as we are getting. #Eclipse2025 🔭
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Mary Cassatt, Breakfast in Bed, 1897 #womensart
March 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Mary Cassatt, Breakfast in Bed, 1897 #womensart
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Spring may be in the air, but let’s face it, we won’t be packing away our layers anytime soon. So let’s do our bit for the British textiles industry in 2025 – and give our moths something decent to chew on.
✍️ Alex Marsh
✍️ Alex Marsh
It’s time to buy a British jumper
When it comes to clothes, we are nowhere near 'national resilience'. But British knitwear is the best in the world – and if we don’t use it, we’ll lose it.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Spring may be in the air, but let’s face it, we won’t be packing away our layers anytime soon. So let’s do our bit for the British textiles industry in 2025 – and give our moths something decent to chew on.
✍️ Alex Marsh
✍️ Alex Marsh
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Artwork by contemporary printmaker and artist Lisa Stubbs #WomensArt #SpringEquinox
March 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Artwork by contemporary printmaker and artist Lisa Stubbs #WomensArt #SpringEquinox
"The original incarnation of #HS2 – although less so its truncated form – involved putting almost every express train to the North of England on one railway line." A point we made at @stophs2.bsky.social several times.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
Is foul play to blame for the Heathrow fire?
Heathrow needs to be asking why a backup generator for the airport was located on the same site as the substation?
www.spectator.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"The original incarnation of #HS2 – although less so its truncated form – involved putting almost every express train to the North of England on one railway line." A point we made at @stophs2.bsky.social several times.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
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My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My thanks to His Majesty King Charles III for his warm welcome and gracious hospitality today. Canada is fortunate to have a steadfast defender in our sovereign.
I sympathise, and to some extent share, the feelings expressed here.
It reminds me of a quote I read decades ago (paraphrased): 'keeping up with the news by reading the daily paper is like telling the time by looking at the second hand on a clock.'
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
It reminds me of a quote I read decades ago (paraphrased): 'keeping up with the news by reading the daily paper is like telling the time by looking at the second hand on a clock.'
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Why no news is good news
A combination of boredom, frustration, deja vu and overwhelm means Mark Mason is boycotting something he used to love: the daily news.
www.spectator.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I sympathise, and to some extent share, the feelings expressed here.
It reminds me of a quote I read decades ago (paraphrased): 'keeping up with the news by reading the daily paper is like telling the time by looking at the second hand on a clock.'
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
It reminds me of a quote I read decades ago (paraphrased): 'keeping up with the news by reading the daily paper is like telling the time by looking at the second hand on a clock.'
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...