Lindsay
@revteapot.bsky.social
Currently a nomad, back in the UK.
Priest, writer, owned by a greyhound.
Mildly obsessive about tea.
Liberal lefty tree hugging type.
my blog - https://revteapot.wordpress.com
my book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B181VTSJ/
Priest, writer, owned by a greyhound.
Mildly obsessive about tea.
Liberal lefty tree hugging type.
my blog - https://revteapot.wordpress.com
my book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B181VTSJ/
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Lindsay
@revteapot.bsky.social
· May 12
One of the nice touches in the game #CivVII is that a migrant is a *reward*, a little bit of free population you didn't have to work for.
That, my friends, should be said more often.
That, my friends, should be said more often.
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Anyway, it's hard to see how this makes the US more secure. And I can't help looking at the pictures of this massive naval deployment and thinking about how much it cost relative to giving Ukraine what it needs to defend itself. 10/10
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Anyway, it's hard to see how this makes the US more secure. And I can't help looking at the pictures of this massive naval deployment and thinking about how much it cost relative to giving Ukraine what it needs to defend itself. 10/10
That would certainly solve the problem of child rapists getting elected.
Assuming we're preventing people in prison from being MPs, because, just now, all that rule is law stuff is looking pretty dicey.
Assuming we're preventing people in prison from being MPs, because, just now, all that rule is law stuff is looking pretty dicey.
Reform UK says child rapists would face whole-life jail terms if elected
Reform UK says child rapists would face whole-life jail terms if elected
Zia Yusuf announces plans for mandatory sentences with no parole, as party targets grooming gangs
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
That would certainly solve the problem of child rapists getting elected.
Assuming we're preventing people in prison from being MPs, because, just now, all that rule is law stuff is looking pretty dicey.
Assuming we're preventing people in prison from being MPs, because, just now, all that rule is law stuff is looking pretty dicey.
Well.
Starmer asked to respond to Trump breaking international law and seizing the leader of another sovereign nation replies that it is his "responsibility" to have a good relationship with the US President.
"I have stepped up that responsibility [and] I do get on with President Trump," he tells the BBC
"I have stepped up that responsibility [and] I do get on with President Trump," he tells the BBC
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Well.
One of the small but significant revelations of my tea drinking life was the fact that you shouldn't make green or white tea with boiling water.
It transformed both brews from a bitter what's-the-point to a really very pleasant gentler form of tea.
It transformed both brews from a bitter what's-the-point to a really very pleasant gentler form of tea.
a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot on a saucer
Alt: Anime clip: a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot on a saucer, then a blue eyed girl looks overwhelmed.
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
One of the small but significant revelations of my tea drinking life was the fact that you shouldn't make green or white tea with boiling water.
It transformed both brews from a bitter what's-the-point to a really very pleasant gentler form of tea.
It transformed both brews from a bitter what's-the-point to a really very pleasant gentler form of tea.
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I know the case is about whether she was a victim of grooming or not. But honestly I do not care.
She's British and should remain a British citizen. Doing awful things has never once invalidated that before now. We shouldn't just get to abandon problems we created for everyone else to deal with.
She's British and should remain a British citizen. Doing awful things has never once invalidated that before now. We shouldn't just get to abandon problems we created for everyone else to deal with.
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I know the case is about whether she was a victim of grooming or not. But honestly I do not care.
She's British and should remain a British citizen. Doing awful things has never once invalidated that before now. We shouldn't just get to abandon problems we created for everyone else to deal with.
She's British and should remain a British citizen. Doing awful things has never once invalidated that before now. We shouldn't just get to abandon problems we created for everyone else to deal with.
January 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"O name of Jesus: sweet name, wonderful name, comforting name!
For what is the name 'Jesus', other than 'Saviour'? Therefore Jesus, be Jesus to me, and save me."
#NamingAndCircumcision
🕯️
( #HappyNewYear)
For what is the name 'Jesus', other than 'Saviour'? Therefore Jesus, be Jesus to me, and save me."
#NamingAndCircumcision
🕯️
( #HappyNewYear)
January 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
"O name of Jesus: sweet name, wonderful name, comforting name!
For what is the name 'Jesus', other than 'Saviour'? Therefore Jesus, be Jesus to me, and save me."
#NamingAndCircumcision
🕯️
( #HappyNewYear)
For what is the name 'Jesus', other than 'Saviour'? Therefore Jesus, be Jesus to me, and save me."
#NamingAndCircumcision
🕯️
( #HappyNewYear)
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The review and discussion of proposals to redefine the #AnglicanCommunion and diversify its leadership dominated the five-day meeting of the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) last month.
Anglican Communion body reflects on proposed reforms
‘We continue to wrestle in hope, determined to advance our work, for the unity of the Communion’ says communiqué
www.churchtimes.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The review and discussion of proposals to redefine the #AnglicanCommunion and diversify its leadership dominated the five-day meeting of the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) last month.
Hmmm.
Some of the additional collects are good, but this one is not a patch on the long-form one for this week:
🕯️#CofEPeeps
Some of the additional collects are good, but this one is not a patch on the long-form one for this week:
🕯️#CofEPeeps
December 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Hmmm.
Some of the additional collects are good, but this one is not a patch on the long-form one for this week:
🕯️#CofEPeeps
Some of the additional collects are good, but this one is not a patch on the long-form one for this week:
🕯️#CofEPeeps
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Having basic needs met is a huge factor in determining health
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Having basic needs met is a huge factor in determining health
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
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a just return for our labor;
December 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
a just return for our labor;
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More than that, UBI is an obligation of a system that has appropriated all of the inhabitable land on Earth. As people can't opt out of the system—there's nowhere to go—the system owes everyone a living at least as good and dignified as they'd have if the appropriation of all land hadn't happened.
December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
More than that, UBI is an obligation of a system that has appropriated all of the inhabitable land on Earth. As people can't opt out of the system—there's nowhere to go—the system owes everyone a living at least as good and dignified as they'd have if the appropriation of all land hadn't happened.
She was frightened by the warg growling, but she seems to have relaxed now.
#greyhounds
#greyhounds
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
She was frightened by the warg growling, but she seems to have relaxed now.
#greyhounds
#greyhounds
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
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MAN DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKEN IDEA HOW MUCH PETROL IT TAKES TO RUN A CAR
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
MAN DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKEN IDEA HOW MUCH PETROL IT TAKES TO RUN A CAR
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
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Well, here's good news for Christmas! Along with the catalogue, the BL have put back online the St. Cuthbert Gospel, MS Add. 89000, with extraordinarily high-res images. Truly you can see the flesh the word is written on. ⚓ #medievalsky
December 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Well, here's good news for Christmas! Along with the catalogue, the BL have put back online the St. Cuthbert Gospel, MS Add. 89000, with extraordinarily high-res images. Truly you can see the flesh the word is written on. ⚓ #medievalsky
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And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory 🕯️
Blessed Feast one and all.
Blessed Feast one and all.
December 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory 🕯️
Blessed Feast one and all.
Blessed Feast one and all.
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Visiting parents of OH for Christmas and, well, I'm not sure if the floors are being protected from the Hound's feet (#greyhounds have insanely long claws) or whether the Hound is being protected from sliding endlessly off the horizon, but either way, she's not best pleased by the socks.
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Visiting parents of OH for Christmas and, well, I'm not sure if the floors are being protected from the Hound's feet (#greyhounds have insanely long claws) or whether the Hound is being protected from sliding endlessly off the horizon, but either way, she's not best pleased by the socks.
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I mean, it shouldn’t matter the reason, they have the same right to use the road as me. But it’s easy to dehumanise others when we’re wrapped in squat metal boxes. I find consciously adding some human story to the person behind the wheel helps me drive more politely, and hence safely.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I mean, it shouldn’t matter the reason, they have the same right to use the road as me. But it’s easy to dehumanise others when we’re wrapped in squat metal boxes. I find consciously adding some human story to the person behind the wheel helps me drive more politely, and hence safely.
This is ... well let's just say this is not a thoughtfully considered theological stance.
Apologetics fail, as it were.
Also, of course, inhumane, but we all know that's the point.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Apologetics fail, as it were.
Also, of course, inhumane, but we all know that's the point.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform candidate slammed over 'bacon' religion comment as Farage faces pressure
A senior Reform UK candidate faces fresh criticism over 'unacceptable' comments suggesting non-Christians should eat 'bacon' to prove their sincerity to the religion
www.mirror.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is ... well let's just say this is not a thoughtfully considered theological stance.
Apologetics fail, as it were.
Also, of course, inhumane, but we all know that's the point.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Apologetics fail, as it were.
Also, of course, inhumane, but we all know that's the point.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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⚓️Holidays, especially family-heavy ones, can be really lonely for us single clergy people. After church is over, we often go home to an empty house. If you have a spare seat at your table, please think about if you know any single adults who could use a spot to belong for a bit. Thanks!
December 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
⚓️Holidays, especially family-heavy ones, can be really lonely for us single clergy people. After church is over, we often go home to an empty house. If you have a spare seat at your table, please think about if you know any single adults who could use a spot to belong for a bit. Thanks!