tamaranth
@tamaranth.bsky.social
Greenwich, London, with Vronsky : work in satcomms : long Covid : I blame the Tories because it is their fault : INFJ : Libra : K2b1a1.
Sic transit gloria mundi.
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Sic transit gloria mundi.
https://skyzoo.blue/stats/tamaranth.bsky.social
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as a left-wing American, I feel the need to warn the British something they already know: if you have a choice between milquetoast centrist fucks everyone hates and literal Nazis, please don’t make the same mistake that we did
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
as a left-wing American, I feel the need to warn the British something they already know: if you have a choice between milquetoast centrist fucks everyone hates and literal Nazis, please don’t make the same mistake that we did
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We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.
January 25, 2026 at 12:31 PM
We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.
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Not mine but to good not to share
January 25, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Not mine but to good not to share
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
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Using my expensive perfume before I go out today because you should use your nice things in case you’re abruptly executed by the state
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Using my expensive perfume before I go out today because you should use your nice things in case you’re abruptly executed by the state
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ICE is responsible for 50% of the murders in Minneapolis so far this year - and if this man dies, they will be responsible for two-thirds of them.
The main crime problem in Minneapolis is the ICE gang repeatedly assaulting and murdering its residents.
The main crime problem in Minneapolis is the ICE gang repeatedly assaulting and murdering its residents.
Early DHS spin (via Fox News) is that the person shot repeatedly by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis was armed -- note that open carrying firearms is legal with a permit and notably, they are not (yet at least) claiming that the person fired or even brandished a gun, just had one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:39 PM
ICE is responsible for 50% of the murders in Minneapolis so far this year - and if this man dies, they will be responsible for two-thirds of them.
The main crime problem in Minneapolis is the ICE gang repeatedly assaulting and murdering its residents.
The main crime problem in Minneapolis is the ICE gang repeatedly assaulting and murdering its residents.
Needless to say, she has no criminal history,” the judge wrote, of the toddler.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Needless to say, she has no criminal history,” the judge wrote, of the toddler.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This is appalling. I'm emailing to put pressure on the NHS trust, which happens to be my local one.
a hospital in south london is starving a severe ME patient alongside more violence & severe medical malpractice: www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
An NHS hospital is starving a severe ME patient and has now stopped giving her fluids
Savannah has now lived with severe ME for several years - but the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in South London is putting her life at risk
www.thecanary.co
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This is appalling. I'm emailing to put pressure on the NHS trust, which happens to be my local one.
The new moon at dusk | walking to the cinema | History of Sound #dailyhaiku
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The new moon at dusk | walking to the cinema | History of Sound #dailyhaiku
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
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The only historical event I want repeated soon is the Ides of March
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The only historical event I want repeated soon is the Ides of March
Highly recommended, not least for the subtle worldbuilding
Are you a fan yet? Chaz Brenchley's Crater School books are a perfect recreation of the classic girls' boarding school tales such as the Chalet School series. There's just one twist: the school is on Mars! The first book in the series is Three Twins at the Crater School.
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wizardstowerpress.co...
January 24, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Highly recommended, not least for the subtle worldbuilding
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CSS Optical Illusions
A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML (but mostly CSS).
buff.ly/NCURcTF
<- beautifully done, and several were entirely new to me
A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML (but mostly CSS).
buff.ly/NCURcTF
<- beautifully done, and several were entirely new to me
CSS Optical Illusions
A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.
buff.ly
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM
CSS Optical Illusions
A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML (but mostly CSS).
buff.ly/NCURcTF
<- beautifully done, and several were entirely new to me
A collection of 50+ optical illusions coded with CSS and HTML (but mostly CSS).
buff.ly/NCURcTF
<- beautifully done, and several were entirely new to me
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This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 AM
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
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oof, i hope they don't kill him off in the first season
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
oof, i hope they don't kill him off in the first season
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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this list by @naomikritzer.bsky.social is excellent & helpful, & of course i hate that we need it, but we really need it. please read & share.
everyone can do at least one thing from this list every day & that's a fact.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
everyone can do at least one thing from this list every day & that's a fact.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That said, I do have a section of lo…
naomikritzer.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
this list by @naomikritzer.bsky.social is excellent & helpful, & of course i hate that we need it, but we really need it. please read & share.
everyone can do at least one thing from this list every day & that's a fact.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
everyone can do at least one thing from this list every day & that's a fact.
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Victoria Goddard - her Nine Worlds works are so varied, from fantasy of manners to grand epics. If the vastness of The Hands of the Emperor feels overwhelming, try Stargazy Pie.
If you see this and agree, you are obligated to rec a book by a fantasy author who's still writing. I don't make the rules.
I mean, I do. Please though? It'd be great.
I mean, I do. Please though? It'd be great.
I'm always baffled by the "I'll ONLY read old fantasy" crowd.
You know there are LIVING authors doing really cool stuff, right? Like, LOTS of them? And we could get MORE if more people bought their stuff?
You know there are LIVING authors doing really cool stuff, right? Like, LOTS of them? And we could get MORE if more people bought their stuff?
January 22, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Victoria Goddard - her Nine Worlds works are so varied, from fantasy of manners to grand epics. If the vastness of The Hands of the Emperor feels overwhelming, try Stargazy Pie.
Eligibility in the UK is at 65, according to the NHS...
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
erictopol.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Eligibility in the UK is at 65, according to the NHS...
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.