Maid Mercian
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane, by those who couldn't hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
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🧵 William Leech (1881-1968) was an Irish painter. He was a Post Impressionist who painted light & colour. Unknown outside of Ireland his pictures are a delight for the eye. Let’s take a look at an artist that pleases the eye! [1]
August 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🧵 William Leech (1881-1968) was an Irish painter. He was a Post Impressionist who painted light & colour. Unknown outside of Ireland his pictures are a delight for the eye. Let’s take a look at an artist that pleases the eye! [1]
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Happy birthday! 🎂
Tomorrow marks one year since our friends at The Peace Museum opened the doors at their new home at Salts Mill!
Head along to Roberts Park, Saltaire tomorrow 11am - 2pm for a celebratory peace picnic
More info ➡️ buff.ly/q5w0DEL
Tomorrow marks one year since our friends at The Peace Museum opened the doors at their new home at Salts Mill!
Head along to Roberts Park, Saltaire tomorrow 11am - 2pm for a celebratory peace picnic
More info ➡️ buff.ly/q5w0DEL
August 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Happy birthday! 🎂
Tomorrow marks one year since our friends at The Peace Museum opened the doors at their new home at Salts Mill!
Head along to Roberts Park, Saltaire tomorrow 11am - 2pm for a celebratory peace picnic
More info ➡️ buff.ly/q5w0DEL
Tomorrow marks one year since our friends at The Peace Museum opened the doors at their new home at Salts Mill!
Head along to Roberts Park, Saltaire tomorrow 11am - 2pm for a celebratory peace picnic
More info ➡️ buff.ly/q5w0DEL
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Dec. 1933: Judge John Woolsey in the US Court of Appeals judged James Joyce's Ulysses to be NOT obscene; therefore the book could be published in the US. Appeals followed.
#OTD 1934: Woolsey’s decision upheld. Publication followed.
Wrote about it (and Woolsey):
www.sheilaomalley.com?p=57165
#OTD 1934: Woolsey’s decision upheld. Publication followed.
Wrote about it (and Woolsey):
www.sheilaomalley.com?p=57165
August 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Dec. 1933: Judge John Woolsey in the US Court of Appeals judged James Joyce's Ulysses to be NOT obscene; therefore the book could be published in the US. Appeals followed.
#OTD 1934: Woolsey’s decision upheld. Publication followed.
Wrote about it (and Woolsey):
www.sheilaomalley.com?p=57165
#OTD 1934: Woolsey’s decision upheld. Publication followed.
Wrote about it (and Woolsey):
www.sheilaomalley.com?p=57165
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"We have to expose the lie that nuclear weapons keep us safe...Their use threatens not only our entire existence, but all forms of life."
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt marks Hiroshima Day with calls for nuclear disarmament. #NeverAgain
Read: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-m...
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt marks Hiroshima Day with calls for nuclear disarmament. #NeverAgain
Read: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-m...
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"We have to expose the lie that nuclear weapons keep us safe...Their use threatens not only our entire existence, but all forms of life."
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt marks Hiroshima Day with calls for nuclear disarmament. #NeverAgain
Read: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-m...
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt marks Hiroshima Day with calls for nuclear disarmament. #NeverAgain
Read: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-m...
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English Revolution and Republic 1649-1660 Blog
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Mercurius Politicus
English Revolution and Republic 1649-1660 Revisited
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August 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
English Revolution and Republic 1649-1660 Blog
marchamontnedham.substack.com/publish/post...
marchamontnedham.substack.com/publish/post...
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Unless I'm missing something here the UK Politics bit of Bluesky is created by unseen-unaccountable 'selection' of content to give an impression of impartiality-which is monitored for 'safety' & for income generation potential through our data as currency speculation-which is no different to X, etc.
August 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Unless I'm missing something here the UK Politics bit of Bluesky is created by unseen-unaccountable 'selection' of content to give an impression of impartiality-which is monitored for 'safety' & for income generation potential through our data as currency speculation-which is no different to X, etc.
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The proscription of Palestine Action is illegitimate & unethical-say 300 Jewish people-including Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, Mike Leigh-Michael Rosen & Gillian Slovo-in letter to Starmer.
Starmer's Anti-British Police State Must Be Dismantled by People Power!
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/oppo...
Starmer's Anti-British Police State Must Be Dismantled by People Power!
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/oppo...
‘Opposing the genocide in Gaza is not antisemitic or terrorism’
LEADING British Jews will deliver a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday condemning the proscription of Palestine Action as “illegitimate and unethical.”A delegation will deliver the l...
morningstaronline.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The proscription of Palestine Action is illegitimate & unethical-say 300 Jewish people-including Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, Mike Leigh-Michael Rosen & Gillian Slovo-in letter to Starmer.
Starmer's Anti-British Police State Must Be Dismantled by People Power!
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/oppo...
Starmer's Anti-British Police State Must Be Dismantled by People Power!
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/oppo...
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Well, yes that as well, if you can't beat 'em ban 'em as they say.🤔
August 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Well, yes that as well, if you can't beat 'em ban 'em as they say.🤔
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Deep below the ocean there exists an alien world of lifeforms evolved to thrive under incredible pressures, without oxygen and in total darkness. These animals fasify all we once thought we knew about life on Earth but they are like us, part of diverse nature.
www.sciencealert.com/stunning-new...
www.sciencealert.com/stunning-new...
Stunning New Video Reveals Deepest-Known Undersea Life Forms
A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study reve...
www.sciencealert.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Deep below the ocean there exists an alien world of lifeforms evolved to thrive under incredible pressures, without oxygen and in total darkness. These animals fasify all we once thought we knew about life on Earth but they are like us, part of diverse nature.
www.sciencealert.com/stunning-new...
www.sciencealert.com/stunning-new...
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Heart Breaking News
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne died today age 76,-his family announced. Amazing that Ozzy survived to play his last gig at Villa Park in his native Birmingham on 5 July!
So sorry to hear this sad news-but glad Ozzy a fellow Brummie died triumphantly
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne died today age 76,-his family announced. Amazing that Ozzy survived to play his last gig at Villa Park in his native Birmingham on 5 July!
So sorry to hear this sad news-but glad Ozzy a fellow Brummie died triumphantly
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces
A statement from his family says Osbourne was with his family and
www.bbc.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Heart Breaking News
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne died today age 76,-his family announced. Amazing that Ozzy survived to play his last gig at Villa Park in his native Birmingham on 5 July!
So sorry to hear this sad news-but glad Ozzy a fellow Brummie died triumphantly
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne died today age 76,-his family announced. Amazing that Ozzy survived to play his last gig at Villa Park in his native Birmingham on 5 July!
So sorry to hear this sad news-but glad Ozzy a fellow Brummie died triumphantly
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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Theories of extra-terrestrial space visitors acccompany only the 3rd ever intersteller object detected from earth-a 'thing' from a different solar system-discovered on 1 July 2025 has been now hypothesised could be-just that.
www.nsf.gov/news/interst...
More here lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/HCL25....
www.nsf.gov/news/interst...
More here lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/HCL25....
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS observed by NSF-funded Gemini North telescope
Using the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have captured an image of comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object that was first detected on July 1, 2025…
www.nsf.gov
July 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Theories of extra-terrestrial space visitors acccompany only the 3rd ever intersteller object detected from earth-a 'thing' from a different solar system-discovered on 1 July 2025 has been now hypothesised could be-just that.
www.nsf.gov/news/interst...
More here lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/HCL25....
www.nsf.gov/news/interst...
More here lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/HCL25....
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Fascinating discussion about the English Republic!
Five days ago I posted that I'd received a copy of Alice Hunt's recent book 'Republic'. In this video the author explains in under 9 minutes how the English Republic came about with the 1649 execution of Charles I
Interviewd by Elliot Bewick Prof Hunt sets the scene.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uLZ...
Interviewd by Elliot Bewick Prof Hunt sets the scene.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uLZ...
Historian Explains: How Did Charles I’s Execution Happen? - Professor Alice Hunt
YouTube video by Elliot Bewick
www.youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fascinating discussion about the English Republic!
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A new gift to myself arrived today 'Republic' a 2025 paperback history of the English Revolution & Republic by Alice Hunt.
Our past maps our future. Bob Vylan last week-the 1649 Regicides this week-all joined up-one continuous story of who we are-rooted in who we were & projection of who we will be
Our past maps our future. Bob Vylan last week-the 1649 Regicides this week-all joined up-one continuous story of who we are-rooted in who we were & projection of who we will be
July 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A new gift to myself arrived today 'Republic' a 2025 paperback history of the English Revolution & Republic by Alice Hunt.
Our past maps our future. Bob Vylan last week-the 1649 Regicides this week-all joined up-one continuous story of who we are-rooted in who we were & projection of who we will be
Our past maps our future. Bob Vylan last week-the 1649 Regicides this week-all joined up-one continuous story of who we are-rooted in who we were & projection of who we will be
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I woke up today with this earworm which immediately abolished all the tragedy of the world in the kitchen as the kettle boiled and I absorbed all the beauty of this summer's morning, the cure for everything, a panacea in a song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8nb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8nb...
Job's Tears (2010 Remaster)
YouTube video by The Incredible String Band - Topic
www.youtube.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I woke up today with this earworm which immediately abolished all the tragedy of the world in the kitchen as the kettle boiled and I absorbed all the beauty of this summer's morning, the cure for everything, a panacea in a song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8nb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8nb...
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"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethen, and to do good is my religion." - Thomas Paine
May 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethen, and to do good is my religion." - Thomas Paine
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A portrait of ecocide, Irish style.
Priest's Leap Valley, West Cork, still has a smattering of old scots pine and a dozen or so other native tree species, but they're dying on their feet due to sheep grazing, maintained by YOUR taxes.
Rewilding places like this is just such. A total. No-brainer.
🌏
Priest's Leap Valley, West Cork, still has a smattering of old scots pine and a dozen or so other native tree species, but they're dying on their feet due to sheep grazing, maintained by YOUR taxes.
Rewilding places like this is just such. A total. No-brainer.
🌏
May 31, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A portrait of ecocide, Irish style.
Priest's Leap Valley, West Cork, still has a smattering of old scots pine and a dozen or so other native tree species, but they're dying on their feet due to sheep grazing, maintained by YOUR taxes.
Rewilding places like this is just such. A total. No-brainer.
🌏
Priest's Leap Valley, West Cork, still has a smattering of old scots pine and a dozen or so other native tree species, but they're dying on their feet due to sheep grazing, maintained by YOUR taxes.
Rewilding places like this is just such. A total. No-brainer.
🌏
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Reasons to be Cheerful.
The "Waltz of the Flowers" (1892) is a piece of orchestral music from the second act of The Nutcracker, a ballet composed by famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/igdxvsf37gg?...
The "Waltz of the Flowers" (1892) is a piece of orchestral music from the second act of The Nutcracker, a ballet composed by famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/igdxvsf37gg?...
Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky
YouTube video by Ben Schenstead
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reasons to be Cheerful.
The "Waltz of the Flowers" (1892) is a piece of orchestral music from the second act of The Nutcracker, a ballet composed by famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/igdxvsf37gg?...
The "Waltz of the Flowers" (1892) is a piece of orchestral music from the second act of The Nutcracker, a ballet composed by famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Enjoy!
youtu.be/igdxvsf37gg?...
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I just voted for Gary Linekar as TV presenter of the year, because he stood up to the Zionists and criticised their mass murder of children. Vote here: www.nationaltvawards.com/vote
Vote | National Television Awards
Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards
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May 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I just voted for Gary Linekar as TV presenter of the year, because he stood up to the Zionists and criticised their mass murder of children. Vote here: www.nationaltvawards.com/vote
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“The highlight of my career? That’s easy, Elvis recording one of my songs.” -- Bob Dylan #BOTD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRN...
Elvis Presley "Tomorrow Is A Long Time"
YouTube video by Mark Parker
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“The highlight of my career? That’s easy, Elvis recording one of my songs.” -- Bob Dylan #BOTD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRN...
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The English revolution was one of the seminal moments in the country's history.
Here's an extract from one of its most articlulate theorists & activists-Gerrard Winstanley whose Diggers Manifesto (1649) encapsulates the spirit of the time-still true today #PhilHist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRT...
Here's an extract from one of its most articlulate theorists & activists-Gerrard Winstanley whose Diggers Manifesto (1649) encapsulates the spirit of the time-still true today #PhilHist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRT...
Gerrard Winstanley, the Diggers' Manifesto, 1649 | Radical Political Ideas and the English Civil War
YouTube video by History Hub
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The English revolution was one of the seminal moments in the country's history.
Here's an extract from one of its most articlulate theorists & activists-Gerrard Winstanley whose Diggers Manifesto (1649) encapsulates the spirit of the time-still true today #PhilHist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRT...
Here's an extract from one of its most articlulate theorists & activists-Gerrard Winstanley whose Diggers Manifesto (1649) encapsulates the spirit of the time-still true today #PhilHist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRT...
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#booksky 💙📚 Cromwell's Legacy (2017) edited by Jane A. Mills-a fascinating reader about facts & fictions of Cromwell's life-including mythologies & disinformation sbout his exploits in England, Scotland & Ireland that fed into legends surrounding the most accomplished commoner in British history.
May 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#booksky 💙📚 Cromwell's Legacy (2017) edited by Jane A. Mills-a fascinating reader about facts & fictions of Cromwell's life-including mythologies & disinformation sbout his exploits in England, Scotland & Ireland that fed into legends surrounding the most accomplished commoner in British history.
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#booksky 💙📚 I read this book age 23 during the year I spent living in a derelict concrete plant on the Ras Tanura Peninsula-in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Discussion of Sufism was a stimulating alternative to playing darts with other expatriots & illegal secret beer brewers & imbibers.
Discussion of Sufism was a stimulating alternative to playing darts with other expatriots & illegal secret beer brewers & imbibers.
April 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#booksky 💙📚 I read this book age 23 during the year I spent living in a derelict concrete plant on the Ras Tanura Peninsula-in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Discussion of Sufism was a stimulating alternative to playing darts with other expatriots & illegal secret beer brewers & imbibers.
Discussion of Sufism was a stimulating alternative to playing darts with other expatriots & illegal secret beer brewers & imbibers.
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Upscale Express: next Thursday 24th at 5pm I'll be giving a FREE Zoom lecture on the genesis and building of London's mighty £19 billion, Stirling Prize winning, Elizabeth Line. Includes drawings by Ralph Erskine of the ditched early 1990s version! Register here: thebaltrust.org/part-4-upsca...
Part 4 – Upscale Express: How the Elizabeth Line Transformed Public Transport in London
Part 4 – Upscale Express: How the Elizabeth Line Transformed Public Transport in London Lecture Summary: The Elizabeth Line represents a monumental leap forward in London’s public transport, …
thebaltrust.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Upscale Express: next Thursday 24th at 5pm I'll be giving a FREE Zoom lecture on the genesis and building of London's mighty £19 billion, Stirling Prize winning, Elizabeth Line. Includes drawings by Ralph Erskine of the ditched early 1990s version! Register here: thebaltrust.org/part-4-upsca...