Rebecca Gethin
@rgethin.bsky.social
Gardener, poet, nature- watcher, novel reader, swimmer, other stuff
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Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
Walking and swimming today.
March 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Walking and swimming today.
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“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty”
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
March 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty”
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
First species tulips
March 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
First species tulips
Equinox swim in the river. Water very low as we have had no rain for 3 weeks. And none today when forecast.
March 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Equinox swim in the river. Water very low as we have had no rain for 3 weeks. And none today when forecast.
Our niece, Cressie is now eligible for early release.
Court of Appeal reduces length of sentences for some Just Stop Oil protesters - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal
Sixteen climate protesters were jailed last year for their roles in Just Stop Oil demonstrations.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Our niece, Cressie is now eligible for early release.
Trying to forget how Ukraine is about to be sold down the river so i went swimming x 2 in the sea in South Devon, off Burgh Island.
March 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Trying to forget how Ukraine is about to be sold down the river so i went swimming x 2 in the sea in South Devon, off Burgh Island.
Neat summing up but each point gets worse.. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Neat summing up but each point gets worse.. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Our second nomination is Daughter by Claire Walker.
@clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/daughte...
@clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/daughte...
Daughter by Claire Walker
DaughterThey brought her to me – tiny in a Moses basket, woven rushes hemmed with a white frill.As though she were a doll, or sleeping. They’d taken great care to settle her,head to one side, capped w...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Our second nomination is Daughter by Claire Walker.
@clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/daughte...
@clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/daughte...
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Thank you so much to @dustpoetry.bsky.social for nominating my poem 'All praise the count of two' for a #forwardprize. I'm amazed, and grateful. 🙏
We are thrilled to have nominated three poems for the #forwardprizes’ best single (written) poem!
Our first nomination is All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen.
@elcurwen.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/all-pra...
Our first nomination is All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen.
@elcurwen.bsky.social
www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/all-pra...
All praise the count of two by Lesley Curwen
All praise the count of two each twosome ever rolled in duvet’s forest-cool each quirk slant crooked pair of grown and broken bodies unlikely matchless ...
www.dustpoetry.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thank you so much to @dustpoetry.bsky.social for nominating my poem 'All praise the count of two' for a #forwardprize. I'm amazed, and grateful. 🙏
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Good man.
February 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Good man.
Betrayal is betrayal. I always thought better of America.
Despite U.S. insistence, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to sign a draft agreement to hand over half of his country’s rare earth minerals to American companies in exchange for military support, according to two people familiar with the negotiations
www.politico.eu/article/us-d...
www.politico.eu/article/us-d...
Ukraine balks at signing Trump deal to hand over its mineral wealth
The U.S. and Ukraine are back-and-forthing on a deal to exploit Kyiv’s rare earths in return for Washington’s support.
www.politico.eu
February 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Betrayal is betrayal. I always thought better of America.
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Supressing a woman’s right to vote. They’re just a white Christian version of the Taliban.
February 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Supressing a woman’s right to vote. They’re just a white Christian version of the Taliban.
Our once-a-year-if-lucky-visitation of starlings to the two great sycamores was a blessing yesterday. Their orchestra of sounds was incredible. Maybe a hundred or more.
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Our once-a-year-if-lucky-visitation of starlings to the two great sycamores was a blessing yesterday. Their orchestra of sounds was incredible. Maybe a hundred or more.
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Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:
February 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:
Image enhanced to bring out the metaphor.
February 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Image enhanced to bring out the metaphor.
John Walters gave us a terrific talk with his superb photography at our Village Hall tonight. Sorry if you missed it but I noticed we only had 3 seats left and no more chairs to be had! There were glow worms, Heath Potter wasps, cuckoo bees among other extraordinary creatures.
I am giving a talk this Thursday 6 February 2025 on the Secret World of the Undergrowth featuring leafcutter bees, Beachcomber Beetles, Iberian Spoonwings and Puss Moths at Buckland-in-the-Moor Village Hall near Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7HW at 7.30 pm All welcome.
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
John Walters gave us a terrific talk with his superb photography at our Village Hall tonight. Sorry if you missed it but I noticed we only had 3 seats left and no more chairs to be had! There were glow worms, Heath Potter wasps, cuckoo bees among other extraordinary creatures.
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The outcome of this case will affect every one of us but is barely getting a mention in UK media. Why?
Peaceful protest is a fundemental democratic right. The decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s important case is due any time now. This is why I’m standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Peaceful protest is a fundemental democratic right. The decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s important case is due any time now. This is why I’m standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Labour Government backs Tory power grab by appealing Liberty High court victory
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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February 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The outcome of this case will affect every one of us but is barely getting a mention in UK media. Why?
Peaceful protest is a fundemental democratic right. The decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s important case is due any time now. This is why I’m standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Peaceful protest is a fundemental democratic right. The decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s important case is due any time now. This is why I’m standing with them👇
youtu.be/qk5aiRXRuU0?...
Why are we considered " in line" and with what or whom? I would prefer to be " out of line" in Trump's judgement.
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why are we considered " in line" and with what or whom? I would prefer to be " out of line" in Trump's judgement.
First February swim I hoped would be in the sea at Teignmouth ( less cold than the river) but found it was high tide with a swell, splashing passersby on the promenade. Lost my courage and retreated to the river where the cold was knifesharp but no waves or tide to contend with. 🤣
February 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
First February swim I hoped would be in the sea at Teignmouth ( less cold than the river) but found it was high tide with a swell, splashing passersby on the promenade. Lost my courage and retreated to the river where the cold was knifesharp but no waves or tide to contend with. 🤣
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The coup in America: a terrifying summary. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by...
Call it by its name: A coup.
February 1, 2025
roberthubbell.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The coup in America: a terrifying summary. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by...
If you want a really brilliant show to see, go to Pride and Prejudice, sort of. We just saw it in Plymouth where some of the best shows come first. Here are the tour dates prideandprejudicesortof.com/tour-dates
Pride & Prejudice (sort of)
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love s...
prideandprejudicesortof.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
If you want a really brilliant show to see, go to Pride and Prejudice, sort of. We just saw it in Plymouth where some of the best shows come first. Here are the tour dates prideandprejudicesortof.com/tour-dates