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Catherine Rose
@cathersrose.bsky.social
Musician, grower of food, lover of nature, rage against climate chaos.
Exactly. You may not be interested in politics, but politics is certainly interested in you.
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

— Plato
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Brilliant. Maybe Stoppard saved *my* life!
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Remember those lost.
Fight the stigma.
Educate.
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In a nutshell! 🌰
the way bbc news’ impartiality seems to work is that they’re softer on the right to avoid accusations of left-wing bias, and they’re harder on the left to avoid accusations of left-wing bias
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Away with the dotard, to the jail with him!
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Exactly this!
Or, hear me out, how about we tell them they have to build their own power and it can't be more than a few percent fossil fuels or from existing grid? Build shitloads of solar, onshore turbines, and some massive batteries, or you don't get a data centre. Feed it back into the grid when possible.
The UK's data centre boom is "not compatible with net zero" or the country's Clean Power 2030 plan, UK Networks Services MD Simon Gallagher told an event held by energy analyst Montel.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Epic.
There is only Denis, Miss Parrott and me. We all get along very well. Miss Tomb is away, has been since January. I've been planting cabbages this past week.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The bad news is the world is terrible. The good news is, I’ve managed to turn the cat into a laser gun.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I long for a broomstick.
Verlangst du nicht nach einem Besenstiele?
Ich wünschte mir den allerderbsten Bock.
Auf diesem Weg sind wir noch weit vom Ziele.
October 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Here are my top 10 dog sneezes!
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I probably don't have many local contacts on here, but anyway... this is the concert I'm giving in aid of the Milton Keynes Cancer Centre on 4th October at Stantonbury Theatre with the fabulous Charlie Lovell-Jones. The Filgrastim Philharmonia is named after a chemo drug. Details in the alt text.
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
My rapture outfit.
September 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper"

anyways, great news! (1/X)
September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oo, luvly
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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OMFG please all vote for Gary Lineker!

(And the other good ones as well)
Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards

Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out

And, the feathers it would ruffle

My lovely followers, you know what to do:

nationaltvawards.com/vote

🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Vote | National Television Awards
Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards
nationaltvawards.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Mein guter Freund, das wird sich alles geben;
Sobald du dir vertraust, sobald weißt du zu leben.
August 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Exactly
The Labour response to Farage policy of leaving the Refugee & Humam Rights Convention should not be “he won’t deliver”.

It should be “this is not morally right” (not “British values” even).

Voters want to see authentic consistent leadership. Not debate the workability of cruelty.
August 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
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August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM