Tom
@pheasant.bsky.social
Blogging the slow rehabilitation of the abandoned allotment we just took on. Also, random likes and rebleets of politics, science, climate, computing, and history. Trying to be pleasant.
Sounds fun. I'm up for it!
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sounds fun. I'm up for it!
I feel like I may have missed something important
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I feel like I may have missed something important
Booze so cheap you and your friends can get pissed on the allowance your husband gives you!
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Booze so cheap you and your friends can get pissed on the allowance your husband gives you!
Leeks are looking good
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Leeks are looking good
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I miss the days when we could say things like "young people" or "people in their 20s" instead of "gen flibberty". Hoping this fad will pass...
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I miss the days when we could say things like "young people" or "people in their 20s" instead of "gen flibberty". Hoping this fad will pass...
You should send this in to Tony Blackburn. He needs some better material
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You should send this in to Tony Blackburn. He needs some better material
Portugal and the Netherlands in lock step once again.
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Portugal and the Netherlands in lock step once again.
Ancestors of the famous (and deadly) modern drop bears.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Ancestors of the famous (and deadly) modern drop bears.
I chortled. But quietly so as not to attract attention.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I chortled. But quietly so as not to attract attention.
They write what people want to read. People want to read about bacon.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
They write what people want to read. People want to read about bacon.
Not wasted. They managed to push back climate action and accumulate a few more pennies in their bank account
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Not wasted. They managed to push back climate action and accumulate a few more pennies in their bank account
Alternatively, it had what Chomsky called "the manufacture of consent"
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Alternatively, it had what Chomsky called "the manufacture of consent"
The grass behind my shed has been out competed by what is now a thick layer of moss. It's a thing of beauty.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The grass behind my shed has been out competed by what is now a thick layer of moss. It's a thing of beauty.
Biggest offshore wind farm in the world, at Dogger Bank off the Yorkshire coast, will be operational in 2027. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
World's largest offshore windfarm off Yorkshire coast to boost economy by £6.1bn
The Dogger Bank Wind Farm will boost the UK economy by £6.1 billion during its lifetime and support thousands of British jobs over the next three decades, an independent report has found.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Biggest offshore wind farm in the world, at Dogger Bank off the Yorkshire coast, will be operational in 2027. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
It's it the bridge that's too low or the road that's too high?
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's it the bridge that's too low or the road that's too high?
Pretty racey cover. Presumably the earlier novels in the series had not sold well en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testame...
Testament of Man - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Pretty racey cover. Presumably the earlier novels in the series had not sold well en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testame...
Is that a kilo of parsnip?
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Is that a kilo of parsnip?
It must have seemed miraculous to have one of these
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It must have seemed miraculous to have one of these
She was dead so couldn't receive the prize. Franklin's role was acknowledged but not properly recognised by then: "in a followup paper published in 1954 ... they did offer Franklin credit by stating that it would've been "impossible" to discover DNA's structure without her data"
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
She was dead so couldn't receive the prize. Franklin's role was acknowledged but not properly recognised by then: "in a followup paper published in 1954 ... they did offer Franklin credit by stating that it would've been "impossible" to discover DNA's structure without her data"