JackieG
@jackieg.bsky.social
Quite old, Gardener, Nature Lover, wife of e-human electric crank Bob. Live in wet windy Lancashire. Support the NHS, Keep the Tories Out, Rock Against Racism. In the process of leaving the other place to build a new home in ‘flutterby’ land. No DMs.
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Good morning, Bluesky.
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
Wallace Stevens, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
Wallace Stevens, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
May 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Good morning, Bluesky.
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
Wallace Stevens, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”
Wallace Stevens, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
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May 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Kind of amazing how nakedly dishonest are Wes Streeting's lot when it comes to suppressing data on young people taking their own lives in consequence of the withdrawal of gender affirming care. 🤯🧵
May 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Kind of amazing how nakedly dishonest are Wes Streeting's lot when it comes to suppressing data on young people taking their own lives in consequence of the withdrawal of gender affirming care. 🤯🧵
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It seemed completely mad that the (esteemed) Crick Institute offer for early testing was not even responded to,
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
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May 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It seemed completely mad that the (esteemed) Crick Institute offer for early testing was not even responded to,
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
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RHS ambassador for communities quits, saying he was made to feel a ‘nuisance’
RHS ambassador for communities quits, saying he was made to feel a ‘nuisance’
Tayshan Hayden-Smith says Chelsea flower show celebrates ‘exclusivity over equity’ and he was naive to think he could bring change
A gardener and activist hired by the Royal Horticultural Society to help it reach out to younger and disadvantaged people has said its flagship Chelsea flower show celebrated “exclusivity over equity” as he walked away from the role.
Tayshan Hayden-Smith, 28, was asked in 2022 to become the charity’s ambassador for young people and communities. But now he says that after three years working with the RHS, he has lost hope that it genuinely wants to become more accessible. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
RHS ambassador for communities quits, saying he was made to feel a ‘nuisance’
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Not so much blue yet still managing to be an art show.
Hoping everyone has a spectacular weekend💙
#BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #australia #photography #scape #EastCoastKin #sky
Hoping everyone has a spectacular weekend💙
#BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #australia #photography #scape #EastCoastKin #sky
May 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Not so much blue yet still managing to be an art show.
Hoping everyone has a spectacular weekend💙
#BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #australia #photography #scape #EastCoastKin #sky
Hoping everyone has a spectacular weekend💙
#BlueSkyArtShow #sunset #australia #photography #scape #EastCoastKin #sky
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A super exhausting 9 hour gardening day. But this delightful rhododendron has lifted my spirits tonight. More planting a hillside with vinca minor (perwinkle) tomorrow. I'm definitely getting my daily workouts in----and then some! Sleep tight!
#garden #gardening #rhododendrons #purple #flowergarden
#garden #gardening #rhododendrons #purple #flowergarden
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A super exhausting 9 hour gardening day. But this delightful rhododendron has lifted my spirits tonight. More planting a hillside with vinca minor (perwinkle) tomorrow. I'm definitely getting my daily workouts in----and then some! Sleep tight!
#garden #gardening #rhododendrons #purple #flowergarden
#garden #gardening #rhododendrons #purple #flowergarden
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Sound on to hear one of the more iconic sounds of summer in the Hungarian wetlands.... the grinding, metallic song of the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceous). A bit of wind noise too. 😀 #BirdingHungary #warblers #birds #BirdsSeenin2025
May 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sound on to hear one of the more iconic sounds of summer in the Hungarian wetlands.... the grinding, metallic song of the Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceous). A bit of wind noise too. 😀 #BirdingHungary #warblers #birds #BirdsSeenin2025
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🌸 May is made for Hawthorn.
Hedges and hedgerows are bursting with frothy white blossom, filling the air with sweet, musky scent. A haven for pollinators and a classic sign that spring is peaking.
Take a moment. The May-tree is in bloom. 🌿✨
#Hawthorn #Wildflowers #Spring #NatureLovers
Hedges and hedgerows are bursting with frothy white blossom, filling the air with sweet, musky scent. A haven for pollinators and a classic sign that spring is peaking.
Take a moment. The May-tree is in bloom. 🌿✨
#Hawthorn #Wildflowers #Spring #NatureLovers
May 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🌸 May is made for Hawthorn.
Hedges and hedgerows are bursting with frothy white blossom, filling the air with sweet, musky scent. A haven for pollinators and a classic sign that spring is peaking.
Take a moment. The May-tree is in bloom. 🌿✨
#Hawthorn #Wildflowers #Spring #NatureLovers
Hedges and hedgerows are bursting with frothy white blossom, filling the air with sweet, musky scent. A haven for pollinators and a classic sign that spring is peaking.
Take a moment. The May-tree is in bloom. 🌿✨
#Hawthorn #Wildflowers #Spring #NatureLovers
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Thank you Michel Rosen for showing yet again the huge value immigrants bring to the UK. And condemning, gently, the inanity of Starmer’s speech last week. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My island of strangers: a poem | Michael Rosen
The prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thank you Michel Rosen for showing yet again the huge value immigrants bring to the UK. And condemning, gently, the inanity of Starmer’s speech last week. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Another Friday, another flower. This time with a bee.
#Pink #Rhododendron #Sunlight #FloralFriday #Photography #Gardening #PacificNW #FlowersForFriday #Bloomscrolling, #naturephotography #bee #blueskyphotography
#Pink #Rhododendron #Sunlight #FloralFriday #Photography #Gardening #PacificNW #FlowersForFriday #Bloomscrolling, #naturephotography #bee #blueskyphotography
May 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another Friday, another flower. This time with a bee.
#Pink #Rhododendron #Sunlight #FloralFriday #Photography #Gardening #PacificNW #FlowersForFriday #Bloomscrolling, #naturephotography #bee #blueskyphotography
#Pink #Rhododendron #Sunlight #FloralFriday #Photography #Gardening #PacificNW #FlowersForFriday #Bloomscrolling, #naturephotography #bee #blueskyphotography
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Happy weekend dear friends. I hate what’s going on in the world and this country and have little motivation to talk about it. So a simple hello and to wish you well is enough for me atm. Love to all and do care for yourselves and each other with my love ❤️
May 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Happy weekend dear friends. I hate what’s going on in the world and this country and have little motivation to talk about it. So a simple hello and to wish you well is enough for me atm. Love to all and do care for yourselves and each other with my love ❤️
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#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited
No matter now much I want to scream, “I told you so” in order to vindicate our warnings, I know we must do whatever we can to get those “others” to join us. Not really talking about the cult members, but the independents & those who are starting to see the light.
No matter now much I want to scream, “I told you so” in order to vindicate our warnings, I know we must do whatever we can to get those “others” to join us. Not really talking about the cult members, but the independents & those who are starting to see the light.
May 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited
No matter now much I want to scream, “I told you so” in order to vindicate our warnings, I know we must do whatever we can to get those “others” to join us. Not really talking about the cult members, but the independents & those who are starting to see the light.
No matter now much I want to scream, “I told you so” in order to vindicate our warnings, I know we must do whatever we can to get those “others” to join us. Not really talking about the cult members, but the independents & those who are starting to see the light.
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I really need folks to stop acting like disability is full of people “scamming” the system.
The average person has no idea how hard it is to qualify. How dehumanizing the process can be. How much you have to sacrifice & give up.
It’s designed to make you quit.
The average person has no idea how hard it is to qualify. How dehumanizing the process can be. How much you have to sacrifice & give up.
It’s designed to make you quit.
May 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I really need folks to stop acting like disability is full of people “scamming” the system.
The average person has no idea how hard it is to qualify. How dehumanizing the process can be. How much you have to sacrifice & give up.
It’s designed to make you quit.
The average person has no idea how hard it is to qualify. How dehumanizing the process can be. How much you have to sacrifice & give up.
It’s designed to make you quit.
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When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
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SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SPRINGSTEEN, on tour in the UK:
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
“.. "In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration."
@variety.com
variety.com/2025/music/n...
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Springsteen showing why he is The Boss. Awesome take down of Trump and co at the start of his European Tour in Manchester last night
Bruce Springsteen slams Trump at EU tour kick-off in Manchester
Bruce Springsteen kicked off his EU tour last night and did not spare his thoughts regarding Donald Trump: “In my country they’re taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American wo...
www.euronews.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Springsteen showing why he is The Boss. Awesome take down of Trump and co at the start of his European Tour in Manchester last night
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With reports of nurdles from the Stena Immaculate - Solong ship allision / collision being found on Holkham & Mundesley beaches, the saga & clean up continues as well as the incident investigation as BBC News reports.
Stena Immaculate oil tanker arrives into Great Yarmouth port
The vessel has arrived in Norfolk after it was struck by a cargo ship on 10 March.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
With reports of nurdles from the Stena Immaculate - Solong ship allision / collision being found on Holkham & Mundesley beaches, the saga & clean up continues as well as the incident investigation as BBC News reports.
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Why we continuing with Brexit if we are not inward-looking.
April 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Why we continuing with Brexit if we are not inward-looking.
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A game show host who imposed tariffs on penguins is crashing the world’s economy. This isn’t 3-D chess, it’s complete insanity.
April 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A game show host who imposed tariffs on penguins is crashing the world’s economy. This isn’t 3-D chess, it’s complete insanity.
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A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains.
Shingles vaccine may fight dementia, study shows
A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains.
www.ksl.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains.
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Fascinating. Even billionaire supporters of DonOld McWrongOld are criticising him.
I can't wait to see the mental gymnastics & trapeze work of people trying to call Bill Ackman a Radical Left Deep State Marxist and Paid Protester it's going to be absolutely hilarious!🤷🏻♂️
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/t...
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I can't wait to see the mental gymnastics & trapeze work of people trying to call Bill Ackman a Radical Left Deep State Marxist and Paid Protester it's going to be absolutely hilarious!🤷🏻♂️
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/t...
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Trump is losing the confidence of business leaders, billionaire investor Bill Ackman says
Bill Ackman said that America is heading towards a self-inflicted "economic nuclear winter" as a result of President Donald Trump's tariff policy rollout.
www.cnbc.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Fascinating. Even billionaire supporters of DonOld McWrongOld are criticising him.
I can't wait to see the mental gymnastics & trapeze work of people trying to call Bill Ackman a Radical Left Deep State Marxist and Paid Protester it's going to be absolutely hilarious!🤷🏻♂️
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/t...
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I can't wait to see the mental gymnastics & trapeze work of people trying to call Bill Ackman a Radical Left Deep State Marxist and Paid Protester it's going to be absolutely hilarious!🤷🏻♂️
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/t...
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