@hawthornsun.bsky.social
Still only occasional ramblings and fractured thoughts.
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🍂❄️🍂"What freezings I have felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!"
🤍Sonnet 97
#ShakespeareSunday
🤍Sonnet 97
#ShakespeareSunday
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🍂❄️🍂"What freezings I have felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere!"
🤍Sonnet 97
#ShakespeareSunday
🤍Sonnet 97
#ShakespeareSunday
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“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“First they fascinate the fools then they muzzle the intelligent.”
― Bertrand Russell
― Bertrand Russell
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A 1963 interview with the woman dubbed the most famous witch in England: Sybil Leek, the Witch of Burley in the New Forest, “a forest that is absolutely steeped in witchcraft”.
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
Sybil Leek Halloween 1963
YouTube video by Jack Daw
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November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A 1963 interview with the woman dubbed the most famous witch in England: Sybil Leek, the Witch of Burley in the New Forest, “a forest that is absolutely steeped in witchcraft”.
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
youtu.be/E-74hcZYh3M
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"When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition."
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"When we are self-indulgent and uncritical, when we confuse hopes and facts, we slide into pseudoscience and superstition."
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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🤍🐇🤍A white or pale-coated Hare was believed to be a Witch's Familiar - or the shapeshifted Witch herself. "I shall go into a hare..." haunting words from a charm revealed by Isobel Gowdie in 1662.
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
October 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🤍🐇🤍A white or pale-coated Hare was believed to be a Witch's Familiar - or the shapeshifted Witch herself. "I shall go into a hare..." haunting words from a charm revealed by Isobel Gowdie in 1662.
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
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#Photography Willy Ronis, Paris, France.
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#Photography Willy Ronis, Paris, France.
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The Green Party now has 78,000 members.
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Green Party now has 78,000 members.
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
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500 Years of Haircuts: One Youtuber Tries Out the Hair Styles That Were Fashionable Between 1500 and 2000
500 Years of Haircuts: One Youtuber Tries Out the Hair Styles That Were Fashionable Between 1500 and 2000
Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar, all the characters are wearing fringes,' writes Roland Barthes in his well-known essay on Romans in film.
www.openculture.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
500 Years of Haircuts: One Youtuber Tries Out the Hair Styles That Were Fashionable Between 1500 and 2000
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💚🏞️💚"Let us live for each other and for happiness; let us seek peace in our dear home, near the inland murmur of streams, and the gracious waving of trees, the beauteous vesture of earth, and sublime pageantry of the skies."
📖Mary Shelley - The Last Man.
#BookWormSat
📖Mary Shelley - The Last Man.
#BookWormSat
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
💚🏞️💚"Let us live for each other and for happiness; let us seek peace in our dear home, near the inland murmur of streams, and the gracious waving of trees, the beauteous vesture of earth, and sublime pageantry of the skies."
📖Mary Shelley - The Last Man.
#BookWormSat
📖Mary Shelley - The Last Man.
#BookWormSat
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Economic growth & productivity crisis created by govts.
6.23m await NHS England hospital appointment.
17m have two or more chronic conditions.
2.8m 16-64 year olds chronically ill, can't work.
148.9m working days lost to sickness in 2024.
Sick people can't work. Invest in the NHS to boost economy.
6.23m await NHS England hospital appointment.
17m have two or more chronic conditions.
2.8m 16-64 year olds chronically ill, can't work.
148.9m working days lost to sickness in 2024.
Sick people can't work. Invest in the NHS to boost economy.
Our state has become a guarantor of corporate profits
Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...
leftfootforward.org
August 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Economic growth & productivity crisis created by govts.
6.23m await NHS England hospital appointment.
17m have two or more chronic conditions.
2.8m 16-64 year olds chronically ill, can't work.
148.9m working days lost to sickness in 2024.
Sick people can't work. Invest in the NHS to boost economy.
6.23m await NHS England hospital appointment.
17m have two or more chronic conditions.
2.8m 16-64 year olds chronically ill, can't work.
148.9m working days lost to sickness in 2024.
Sick people can't work. Invest in the NHS to boost economy.
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We met a thousand dreams ago.
I remember you.
I remember you.
August 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We met a thousand dreams ago.
I remember you.
I remember you.
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Right wing coup in the UK.
The state became guarantor of corporate profits
Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices.
Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices.
Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns.
Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.
The state became guarantor of corporate profits
Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices.
Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices.
Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns.
Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.
How we can fight back against the right-wing coup
For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed
leftfootforward.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Right wing coup in the UK.
The state became guarantor of corporate profits
Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices.
Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices.
Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns.
Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.
The state became guarantor of corporate profits
Publicly-owned industries privatised at low prices.
Public services outsourced, exorbitant prices.
Private finance initiative. Tiny investment, huge returns.
Bailouts - banks can't go bust. Licence to misbehave.
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🧈🐈⬛🧈Butter churning was thought to be vulnerable to the wiles of Witches and Faeries, therefore various charms were used to protect the work - including one that advised adding three white hairs from a black cat's tail into the milk!
#FolkyFriday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday
#FolkyFriday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday
August 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🧈🐈⬛🧈Butter churning was thought to be vulnerable to the wiles of Witches and Faeries, therefore various charms were used to protect the work - including one that advised adding three white hairs from a black cat's tail into the milk!
#FolkyFriday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday
#FolkyFriday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday
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Your hiding-place isn't watertight. Life trickles in everywhere.
August 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Your hiding-place isn't watertight. Life trickles in everywhere.
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🌿🪦🌿"The crowded earth had tumbled most of the graves. Lichens fanned over their inscriptions; the condensed breath of time, tracing then eroding all the dates, deeds, beloveds and promises of resurrection. The air ate memories as the earth consumed bodies."
#FairyTaleTuesday
#FairyTaleTuesday
July 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🌿🪦🌿"The crowded earth had tumbled most of the graves. Lichens fanned over their inscriptions; the condensed breath of time, tracing then eroding all the dates, deeds, beloveds and promises of resurrection. The air ate memories as the earth consumed bodies."
#FairyTaleTuesday
#FairyTaleTuesday
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High water bills, filthy rivers, now drought. England’s water crisis created by privatisation.
1989 - 2023: No shareholder investment.
Investment funded by customers.
19% of water lost to leaks.
£82.4bn cash extracted.
Water bills up 360%.
Govt opposes public ownership. Looting continues.
1989 - 2023: No shareholder investment.
Investment funded by customers.
19% of water lost to leaks.
£82.4bn cash extracted.
Water bills up 360%.
Govt opposes public ownership. Looting continues.
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
High water bills, filthy rivers, now drought. England’s water crisis created by privatisation.
1989 - 2023: No shareholder investment.
Investment funded by customers.
19% of water lost to leaks.
£82.4bn cash extracted.
Water bills up 360%.
Govt opposes public ownership. Looting continues.
1989 - 2023: No shareholder investment.
Investment funded by customers.
19% of water lost to leaks.
£82.4bn cash extracted.
Water bills up 360%.
Govt opposes public ownership. Looting continues.
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Want to know the entire history of the English language but have only 22 minutes (and 21 seconds) to spare?
My NEW VIDEO has you covered.
It's all there:
🥧 P-I-E
🗡 Old English
👅 Great Vowel Shift
🎭 Shakespeare
and loads besides.
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/0gHE9blt0mQ
My NEW VIDEO has you covered.
It's all there:
🥧 P-I-E
🗡 Old English
👅 Great Vowel Shift
🎭 Shakespeare
and loads besides.
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/0gHE9blt0mQ
The entire history of English in 22 minutes
YouTube video by RobWords
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July 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Want to know the entire history of the English language but have only 22 minutes (and 21 seconds) to spare?
My NEW VIDEO has you covered.
It's all there:
🥧 P-I-E
🗡 Old English
👅 Great Vowel Shift
🎭 Shakespeare
and loads besides.
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/0gHE9blt0mQ
My NEW VIDEO has you covered.
It's all there:
🥧 P-I-E
🗡 Old English
👅 Great Vowel Shift
🎭 Shakespeare
and loads besides.
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/0gHE9blt0mQ
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The use of unregistered companies in Freeports/SEZs, poses a real risk for tax evasion and fraud, facilitated by a deregulatory environment and weak oversight at Companies House.
Please sign and share on other social media platforms!
No one voted for this!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please sign and share on other social media platforms!
No one voted for this!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
July 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The use of unregistered companies in Freeports/SEZs, poses a real risk for tax evasion and fraud, facilitated by a deregulatory environment and weak oversight at Companies House.
Please sign and share on other social media platforms!
No one voted for this!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please sign and share on other social media platforms!
No one voted for this!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...