Liz Grindrod
@fledgling1.bsky.social
So-called 'scientist' living and working in Vienna. Let's chat about food, fresh air, fremdsprache, physics and far away places. Let's not fall out over politics.
Mostly English, some German, and just a little French.
Mostly English, some German, and just a little French.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
National Trust members showing that middle-class, middle-aged middle-Englanders will be having none of your nonsense thank you very much and shouldn't you be going now?
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
National Trust members showing that middle-class, middle-aged middle-Englanders will be having none of your nonsense thank you very much and shouldn't you be going now?
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The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
Why doctors fear this winter's flu crisis will be the worst in years
An aggressive strain of flu causing record-breaking cases in Australia has been an early warning sign for the UK
inews.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
If you haven’t had your flu vax get it
Covid as well if possible
inews.co.uk/news/doctors...
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Looking like the election in the Netherlands has taken an interesting turn if the first exit poll is anything to go by.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
Dutch centrist liberals under Jetten head for shock election win, exit poll says
Rob Jetten's D66 party celebrates, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Looking like the election in the Netherlands has taken an interesting turn if the first exit poll is anything to go by.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
The Far Right’s Geert Wilders has already conceded.
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The whiter the area the more likely it is to have a Reform problem. Immigration isn’t the problem, otherwise you’d get Reform in more diverse areas - it’s fear of change among older people.
Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The whiter the area the more likely it is to have a Reform problem. Immigration isn’t the problem, otherwise you’d get Reform in more diverse areas - it’s fear of change among older people.
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Don't get your hopes up yet, but it looks like Geert Wilders is on track for a pretty bad performance in the Netherlands election this week. If this poll is right, it looks like making a non-Wilders coalition will be pretty easy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Dutch Far-Right Party’s Lead Shrinks Further in Latest Poll
Far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) is projected to take 26 seats in Wednesday’s Dutch election, according to a poll conducted by Ipsos I&O Research, down from 29 in an earlier s...
www.bloomberg.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Don't get your hopes up yet, but it looks like Geert Wilders is on track for a pretty bad performance in the Netherlands election this week. If this poll is right, it looks like making a non-Wilders coalition will be pretty easy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Strictly Ballroom
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Strictly Ballroom
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Pay attention U.K.
This is what is coming your way if the likes of Farage and his Insurance mates like Arron Banks have their way.
This is what is coming your way if the likes of Farage and his Insurance mates like Arron Banks have their way.
Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Pay attention U.K.
This is what is coming your way if the likes of Farage and his Insurance mates like Arron Banks have their way.
This is what is coming your way if the likes of Farage and his Insurance mates like Arron Banks have their way.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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The main cause of the noise is something that will, sooner or later, hit every part of the network: “rail corrugation”.
You aren’t imagining it: London's Tube is getting louder.
You aren’t imagining it: London's Tube is getting louder.
No, you aren’t imagining it: the Tube is getting louder
I SAID, THE TUBE *IS* GETTING LOUDER.
jonn.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The main cause of the noise is something that will, sooner or later, hit every part of the network: “rail corrugation”.
You aren’t imagining it: London's Tube is getting louder.
You aren’t imagining it: London's Tube is getting louder.
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Can I just add a British perspective. Reform are in trouble. Despite being massively under reported the Gill / Russian money scandal is huge. Remember he pleaded guilty. I suspect MI5 are all over RefUK's accounts and sooner or later this is going to blow up. Timeline 👇🏽
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Can I just add a British perspective. Reform are in trouble. Despite being massively under reported the Gill / Russian money scandal is huge. Remember he pleaded guilty. I suspect MI5 are all over RefUK's accounts and sooner or later this is going to blow up. Timeline 👇🏽
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"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"I hope Starmer wakes up tomorrow morning and feels ashamed about what he has done," says man who unveiled this poster the day Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right terrorist.
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The Pro-European PAS party has secured 51 seats, an absolute majority in Moldova’s parliament.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Pro-European PAS party has secured 51 seats, an absolute majority in Moldova’s parliament.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
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BBC story here
Is one supposed to believe that Farage is just massively massively unlucky about the people and politicians he surrounds himself with.
“Unlucky“ for years and years. Repeatedly. His relationship with that Red Dahlia aide went back decades.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is one supposed to believe that Farage is just massively massively unlucky about the people and politicians he surrounds himself with.
“Unlucky“ for years and years. Repeatedly. His relationship with that Red Dahlia aide went back decades.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
BBC story here
Is one supposed to believe that Farage is just massively massively unlucky about the people and politicians he surrounds himself with.
“Unlucky“ for years and years. Repeatedly. His relationship with that Red Dahlia aide went back decades.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is one supposed to believe that Farage is just massively massively unlucky about the people and politicians he surrounds himself with.
“Unlucky“ for years and years. Repeatedly. His relationship with that Red Dahlia aide went back decades.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Except Sharia court outcomes as with Jewish Court of the Chief Rabbi are not legally binding in the U.K.
Same as the Pope annulling a marriage is not legally binding in the the U.K…you still have to go through the U.K. legal process to have that recognised in law.
Same as the Pope annulling a marriage is not legally binding in the the U.K…you still have to go through the U.K. legal process to have that recognised in law.
Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK"
Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"
"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"
Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"
"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"
September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Except Sharia court outcomes as with Jewish Court of the Chief Rabbi are not legally binding in the U.K.
Same as the Pope annulling a marriage is not legally binding in the the U.K…you still have to go through the U.K. legal process to have that recognised in law.
Same as the Pope annulling a marriage is not legally binding in the the U.K…you still have to go through the U.K. legal process to have that recognised in law.
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Excellent. Farage's plan would mean police -or new paramilitary forces - rounding up tens of thousands of people in *every major city* (hundreds of '000s in London).
It really shouldn't be hard to make this politically toxic.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/it-wont-wo...
It really shouldn't be hard to make this politically toxic.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/it-wont-wo...
"It won't work" Won't Work
Labour's response to Farage is bound to founder
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Excellent. Farage's plan would mean police -or new paramilitary forces - rounding up tens of thousands of people in *every major city* (hundreds of '000s in London).
It really shouldn't be hard to make this politically toxic.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/it-wont-wo...
It really shouldn't be hard to make this politically toxic.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/it-wont-wo...
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24 hours and counting.
August 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
24 hours and counting.
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‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: the city where anyone can build an urban oasis
‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: the city where anyone can build an urban oasis
Grätzloasen – low-cost, urban ‘parklets’ built by volunteers – are on the rise in Vienna as sceptics are being won over by the splash of welcome greenery and boost to community spirits
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: the city where anyone can build an urban oasis
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Sad to hear that actor Ray Brooks has died. I will always remember him as the narrator of my favourite TV show as a kid, Mr Benn. Here’s my musical tribute to one of the voices of my childhood.
August 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Sad to hear that actor Ray Brooks has died. I will always remember him as the narrator of my favourite TV show as a kid, Mr Benn. Here’s my musical tribute to one of the voices of my childhood.
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Trump randomly announced huge tariffs on Lesotho in April, for no rational reason. Enormous economic consequences have already followed
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
How the Threat of Trump’s Highest Tariff Derailed an African Nation
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Trump randomly announced huge tariffs on Lesotho in April, for no rational reason. Enormous economic consequences have already followed
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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'The government is scrapping a programme that helps tackle antimicrobial resistance in the developing world because of cuts to the aid budget....The £265m Fleming Fund supports...surveillance of AMR in 25 countries across Africa and Asia...it emerged last week that the fund has been... shelved.'
Budget cuts close UK body tackling antimicrobial resistance
Move to close Fleming Fund also threatens standing as a reliable global partner
observer.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'The government is scrapping a programme that helps tackle antimicrobial resistance in the developing world because of cuts to the aid budget....The £265m Fleming Fund supports...surveillance of AMR in 25 countries across Africa and Asia...it emerged last week that the fund has been... shelved.'
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Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
July 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.