Johanna Edmond
@jvedmond.bsky.social
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
@snellarthur.bsky.social thank you for this episode with Mike Martin, which though terrifying is surprisingly optimistic (not sure what that says about my starting point).
Everyone else: if you haven’t found this podcast this is a good episode to start with.
Everyone else: if you haven’t found this podcast this is a good episode to start with.
THIS ONE'S A REAL EMERGENCY EPISODE: THE END OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE - Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell
Behind the Lines with Arthur Snell is a new geopolitics podcast. Every week we give the listener access to the best informed people to help you understand this turbulent world and get a feel for the t...
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March 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
@snellarthur.bsky.social thank you for this episode with Mike Martin, which though terrifying is surprisingly optimistic (not sure what that says about my starting point).
Everyone else: if you haven’t found this podcast this is a good episode to start with.
Everyone else: if you haven’t found this podcast this is a good episode to start with.
Now I need to think of easy snacks for a horde of teenagers coming to play RPG on the weekend. Guacamole and corn chips? What else? Fried halloumi bites? Cheesy muffins? Chilli cornbread?
January 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Now I need to think of easy snacks for a horde of teenagers coming to play RPG on the weekend. Guacamole and corn chips? What else? Fried halloumi bites? Cheesy muffins? Chilli cornbread?
When lawyers work over the Christmas holiday 🎄❤️
December 26, 2024 at 9:51 PM
When lawyers work over the Christmas holiday 🎄❤️
So I made these little pastries for dinner accompanied by leftover roast beef from lunch and also chickpea salad with lemon tahini dressing and now apparently there’s too much food? Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🥂
December 25, 2024 at 10:31 AM
So I made these little pastries for dinner accompanied by leftover roast beef from lunch and also chickpea salad with lemon tahini dressing and now apparently there’s too much food? Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🥂
Especially Saturdays for some reason. Thanks Jane Hirschfield. Well, I’d better get on.
December 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Especially Saturdays for some reason. Thanks Jane Hirschfield. Well, I’d better get on.
I ❤️ the jacaranda time of year and always have, exams or no exams.
December 8, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I ❤️ the jacaranda time of year and always have, exams or no exams.
“Ha! I have the paperback which is best of all” called Bishop Trumwine from the corner. (Coincidentally, this is also what I have).
"Blessed Cuthbert, I present you with a hardback copy of The Anglo-Saxons."
"Ah, that's lovely, Æthelstan, but I've just downloaded it to my Kindle for 99p." www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
"Ah, that's lovely, Æthelstan, but I've just downloaded it to my Kindle for 99p." www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
December 1, 2024 at 6:54 AM
“Ha! I have the paperback which is best of all” called Bishop Trumwine from the corner. (Coincidentally, this is also what I have).
This week it was amazing to meet Anna Funder at the #IAPP #ANZSummit2024, she’s very impressive.
November 30, 2024 at 12:06 PM
This week it was amazing to meet Anna Funder at the #IAPP #ANZSummit2024, she’s very impressive.
Alliance Française Melbourne Christmas Market at Abbotsford Convent in the warm rain. But with our trusty gumboots we bought gorgeous things, ate cheese and crepes, and researched student exchange.
November 30, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Alliance Française Melbourne Christmas Market at Abbotsford Convent in the warm rain. But with our trusty gumboots we bought gorgeous things, ate cheese and crepes, and researched student exchange.
No one would do this. Nor would they volunteer to do neurosurgery or defuse explosives. And yet this is what many communities like voting for: institutionalised lack of expertise. It always ends the same way: it’s just that you can’t always see the crashed plane.
November 24, 2024 at 6:31 AM
No one would do this. Nor would they volunteer to do neurosurgery or defuse explosives. And yet this is what many communities like voting for: institutionalised lack of expertise. It always ends the same way: it’s just that you can’t always see the crashed plane.
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The only plausible explanation.
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 AM
The only plausible explanation.
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Hello, new people! My latest book is the only non-fiction title shortlisted for Foyles' Book of the Year, and will make an excellent Christmas present for the curious child or dad you have in your life, everybody says so
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A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge | Foyles
Buy A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge from Foyles today! Click and Collect from your local Foyles.
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November 13, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Hello, new people! My latest book is the only non-fiction title shortlisted for Foyles' Book of the Year, and will make an excellent Christmas present for the curious child or dad you have in your life, everybody says so
www.foyles.co.uk/book/a-histo...
www.foyles.co.uk/book/a-histo...
Evergreen.
I've mentioned before, but I think about this a lot:
"There must be another room, somewhere down the hall, where the real meeting is happening, where the real experts are, making the real decisions ... because it can’t just be us. It can’t just be this." -- Jake Sullivan, 2013
"There must be another room, somewhere down the hall, where the real meeting is happening, where the real experts are, making the real decisions ... because it can’t just be us. It can’t just be this." -- Jake Sullivan, 2013
November 15, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Evergreen.
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And they’re going to turn it into an “everytown for gun safety” website.
This might be the most brilliant troll job in history.
This might be the most brilliant troll job in history.
The Onion bought Infowars at auction?!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I needed this news today.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I needed this news today.
November 14, 2024 at 2:26 PM
And they’re going to turn it into an “everytown for gun safety” website.
This might be the most brilliant troll job in history.
This might be the most brilliant troll job in history.
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I don't know who decided that St Brice's Day should be #WorldKindnessDay, but I'm guessing it wasn't Æthelred the Unready.
November 13, 2024 at 9:25 AM
I don't know who decided that St Brice's Day should be #WorldKindnessDay, but I'm guessing it wasn't Æthelred the Unready.
This. I’ve also skipped a lot of colds which I do not miss.
If I'm wrong about any of this, then I’ve spent a few years getting used to wearing a tight fitted respirator every time I left my home.
Thing is, if you're wrong, you have wrecked your body and possibly yours and your kids’ lives.
Thing is, if you're wrong, you have wrecked your body and possibly yours and your kids’ lives.
November 13, 2024 at 4:46 AM
This. I’ve also skipped a lot of colds which I do not miss.
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When the Sony Walkman was first becoming popular, the Icelandic Language Committee, which is entrusted with keeping the Icelandic language pure from the contamination of foreign words, decided it would be called vasadiskó. It means “pocket disco”
November 11, 2024 at 5:36 PM
When the Sony Walkman was first becoming popular, the Icelandic Language Committee, which is entrusted with keeping the Icelandic language pure from the contamination of foreign words, decided it would be called vasadiskó. It means “pocket disco”
I just want to say for the record, thank you to @tea-n-see.bsky.social for bringing me to this Good Place. It is a delight. 💐
November 12, 2024 at 7:20 AM
I just want to say for the record, thank you to @tea-n-see.bsky.social for bringing me to this Good Place. It is a delight. 💐
Another #GirlDinner
#RecipeOfTheDay is Parmesan French Toast! www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...
Parmesan French Toast
While obviously a contender for weekend brunch, this savoury take on French toast is, for me, a perfect early supper when I feel like something comforting and quick. It's also exactly what I need when...
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November 12, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Another #GirlDinner
I love this analysis.
In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, Alfred Eisenstaedt photographed sweethearts bidding each other farewell before the men depart for war, not knowing if they'd ever return. These candid shots give us a glimpse of what average Americans wore.
Let's look at the details. 🧵
Let's look at the details. 🧵
November 11, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I love this analysis.
😎
A lot of you are reading this as some kind of "good vibes only" toxic positivity bullshit when that is in no way shape or form what i said.
It is not REQUIRED that things "get worse before they get better." So stop accelerating the worse. Push harder to build the better.
It is not REQUIRED that things "get worse before they get better." So stop accelerating the worse. Push harder to build the better.
November 11, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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OK Sweden, explain.
Phrases similar to "caught red-handed"
5. Caught with the mouse in the mouth (Sardinian)
4. Caught with the ice cream trolley (Spanish)
3. Caught with the goat on your back (Greek)
2. Caught with your beard in the letterbox (Swedish)
1. You stole the cockerel, the feather is on your head (Arabic)
5. Caught with the mouse in the mouth (Sardinian)
4. Caught with the ice cream trolley (Spanish)
3. Caught with the goat on your back (Greek)
2. Caught with your beard in the letterbox (Swedish)
1. You stole the cockerel, the feather is on your head (Arabic)
November 11, 2024 at 11:54 AM
OK Sweden, explain.
How did I miss that American “root beer” is the disgusting thing I call sarsaparilla? All these years I assumed it was a nice ginger beer, how lovely. It should be that. Sarsaparilla is like mouthwash. Please do try ginger beer instead. How did I live in NY for 4 years and not learn this?
November 11, 2024 at 4:41 AM
How did I miss that American “root beer” is the disgusting thing I call sarsaparilla? All these years I assumed it was a nice ginger beer, how lovely. It should be that. Sarsaparilla is like mouthwash. Please do try ginger beer instead. How did I live in NY for 4 years and not learn this?
I love the concept of #GirlDinner even though I love to cook for the whole family, so they become “lunch”. Also, I add bacon. And possibly fetta.
Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Chickpeas and Lemon Tahini
Looking for a new 30-minute dinner idea? Try this vegetarian Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with chickpeas, sunflower seeds, dry cherries (or cranberries), and creamy lemon-tahini dressing.
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November 10, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I love the concept of #GirlDinner even though I love to cook for the whole family, so they become “lunch”. Also, I add bacon. And possibly fetta.