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Richard
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A mix of (vegan) food, politics, social justice, football (the mighty Canaries) and queerness. My TL is a mess (like life). He/him. Oh yes - occasionally NSFW
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This fine beast is the church at Vyšehrad. This is the The Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul.
This fine church is at Vyšehrad. This is the The Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul.
February 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Prague has a LOT of bridges. This one is a train bridge.
A battered geeen metal bridge on Prague that carries railway tracks on it.
February 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Thai is another classic photo but a side of the Charles bridge you don’t often see. It is taken from the Andel side of the river looking down towards the bridge.
The Charles bridge in Prague, taken from the Andel side of the river looking down towards the bridge.
February 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The classic ‘I’m in Prague’ photo.
The cathedral in Prague sits at the top of a hill and it is standing against a clear blue sky and surround pale cream renaissance style buildings on the slopes surrounding it
February 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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It’s a cold and sunny weekend here in Prague so I went for a long walk. Did you know you could surf on the Danube? No, neither did I. And the air temperature is about -8 so I wouldn’t like to guess at the water temperature!
A group of surgeon the middle of Prague. They are surfing in a weir on the Danube. It is a really sunny day but cold - the air temperature is about -8 degrees centigrade A group of surgeon the middle of Prague. They are surfing in a weir on the Danube. It is a really sunny day but cold - the air temperature is about -8 degrees centigrade
February 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Got to the airport for my early flight to Prague. I really don’t mind T3 - it’s generally a lot quieter than T5 at the best of times. At 5am? It’s dead 😂
February 12, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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But of course if you read the story you know this is just hysteria from the right. This is about a child with special education needs. These slavering cunts don’t believe this child has any right to be here. Ghouls, all of them.
But an immigration tribunal ruled it would be "unduly harsh" for his 10-year-old son, known as 'C' in court documents, to return to Albania with his father owing to food sensitivities, sensory issues and difficulties communicating emotions. The court heard while the young boy had no formal diagnosis, education plans were in place to support his "emotional regulation, independence; reading and writing".
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Heard the one about the Albanian and the British chicken nuggets?

Jesus, I wish this really was the start of a bad joke but no.

Our oh so wonderful press is really writing up headlines about this.
A screenshot of Google news showing headlines from a number of news organisations that are frothing about an Albanian not being deported because his child has special educational needs. If you believed the hysteria in the headlines, the real reason is because his child only like British chicken nuggets.
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The SO makes bread every week. This weeks had poppy seeds and sesame seeds in it. Very good.
Four fresh sourdough white loaves with sesame seeds and poppy seeds on a cooling rack fresh out of the oven.
February 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Two cocktails. A classic bone dry martini (cloudy because the gin came out of the freezer and the ice was getting a bit wet) and a Manhattan Island.
A bone dry martini standing in front of freshly made bread on a scrubbed wooden kitchen table. It had three olives on it. 2 green olives and a black olive. It is slightly cloudy because the ice was a bit wet. A Manhattan Island. It’s standing on a wooden scrub top kitchen table.
February 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This is a very fine piece of art. Since the remodelling of Tate Britain in 2000 it really has become an excellent display space. This is by Denzil Forrester and is called ‘Three Wicked Men’
A spectacular painting in Tate Britain by the artist Denzil Forrester called Three Wicked Men and was painted in the early 1980’s A text description of a painting hanging in Tate Britain. Denzil Forrester born 1956 Born Grenada, lives Truro (Cornwall) Three Wicked Men 1982 Oil paint on canvas Three Wicked Men narrates the story of Winston Rose, a childhood friend of Denzil Forrester who died under contentious circumstances while in police custody in 1981. The stiff, uniformed figures of the two policemen flank Rose, seeming to drain the colour from their surroundings. Occasional flashes of bright activity interrupt from the street. Forrester belongs to a generation of Black British artists who use figurative painting to depict racial and social injustice. Working from the outset of the Thatcher government in the early 1980s, his dynamic and crowded scenes are inspired by his time spent sketching in London reggae and dub clubs.
February 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Time to have a wander around art for a couple of hours (and admire the very tall, very blond, very well put together young man who is also here to look at the art)
The Milbank entrance to Tate Britain. A fine portico!
February 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Cats and boxes. An irresistible force.
Missus, an elderly all black cat sitting at the bottom of a cardboard box. She is ostentatiously looking at the side of the box and away from me taking an overhead photo of her with my phone camera. Missus, an elderly all black cat sitting at the bottom of a cardboard box. She is stalking around at the bottom of the box looking at the bottom of the box and away from me taking an overhead photo of her with my phone camera.
February 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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A pre-gym and post workout photo…these white lycra are fun…😈
It’s me. I’m about to go to the gym. I’m standing in the kitchen and I’m wearing a black hoodie that has Sweet Xmas on it in yellow text. Bonus points if you recognise the TV series that references! I’m also wearing white lycra leggings and I have a hard dick. You can see the print clearly through it. It doesn’t hide the fact I am cut! It’s me. I’m now after my workout and I am in the gym bathroom. I’m standing topless and I’m wearing white lycra leggings and I have a hard dick. You can see the print clearly through it. It doesn’t hide the fact I am cut!
February 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Tonight’s food came out extremely well - pizza! Three cheeses (vegan cheese is improving, honest!), chilies, peppers, artichokes, capers and olives.
We made home made deep pan pizza for dinner tonight. It is on a cast iron cooking tray and is hot out of the oven. It has a tomato base, three types of vegan cheese (Parmesan, smoked cheddar and mozzarella), red chilies, red peppers, black and green olives and artichoke hearts from a can cut into quarters and it was delicious!)
February 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The SO has been busy sowing seeds today. These are a mix of broad beans, mizuna, broccolini, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines and broad beans.
A large black plastic seed tray made up of 8 rows of 4 individual seed cells. This tray is full of peppers, cucumbers, aubergines and tomatoes and each row is marked with a white label. A large black plastic seed tray made up of 8 rows of 4 individual seed cells. This tray is full of broad beans and is marked with a white label. A small green seed tray with three rows of different seeds in; lettuce, broccolini and mizuna. Each row is marked with a white plastic seed label.
February 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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This EO was issued three days ago. The entire thing is here www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

I have gone back repeatedly to it and this is the section I keep going back to. This states plainly and clearly that in the eyes of the Trump regime, trans people are neither honourable or truthful.
Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false "gender identity" divergent from an individual's sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service. Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual's sex conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one's personal life. A man's assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member. For the sake of our Nation and the patriotic Americans who volunteer to serve it, military service must be reserved for those mentally and physically fit for duty. The Armed Forces must adhere to high mental and physical health standards to ensure our military can deploy, fight, and win, including in austere conditions and without the benefit of routine medical treatment or special provisions. This is a section of text from an executive order signed by Trump excluding trans people from being in the military. But more than is, it accuses trans people of being liars in all.
January 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Sometimes the SO takes an artistic photo of me. Sometimes.
Richard (me) walking through a very large puddle that has flooded the footpath. The hedges on either side are grown over the path and look like a scene out of Game of Thrones. It isn’t a warm day and it is grey and overcast. This is a brief break in the rain.
January 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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One of the things that makes me giggle when I am in the Czech Republic are the differences between there and the UK.

For example rail safety approaches. Yes, that is an exit to the station across the line and yes, that is an opening that takes you to live lines at the main station in Prague 😁
The station at Český Krumlov where to access the platforms you cross the lines. It’s not uncommon to see people who live there crossing from one side to the other - there is no fencing along the rail track. An open access to the main station in Prague. There is nothing to stop people walking in and along the tracks. These are live lines. They carry freight and passenger trains.
March 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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I’ve been partnered up to this human for 25 years. I’m amazed we are both still alive but ❤️❤️❤️
The SO in Petts Wood. We’ve been together 25 years. The SO in a field somewhere along the second stage of the London Loop. We’ve been together 25 years.
March 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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And this is the face of someone happy to be on his final train home having walked 18-ish kilometres 😂
Me, wearing a mask on our way home on a SWR Train.
March 17, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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Then we came to the Willett Memorial sundial in Petts Wood.

And this man was responsible for BST

chislehurst-society.org.uk/pages/about/...
The Willett Memorial sundial in Petts Wood. The Willett Memorial sundial in Petts Wood.
March 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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This is Scadbury Manor which is a medieval moated manor house site in Chislehurst.

www.odas.org.uk/scadbury/
This is Scadbury Manor which is a medieval moated manor house site in Chislehurst. It’s a ruin with 1930s bastardisation.
March 17, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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A little further up the River Cray is another bridge - the Penny farthing Bridge
The Penny Farthing Bridge across the River Cray. It’s called this because it has one large arch and a small arch. It’s a stone built bridge.
March 17, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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We’ve started doing the London loop walk. Today was stage 2.

This was one of the prettiest points - the Five Arch Bridge that goes over the River Cray and holds the water back to create a lake
The Five Arch Bridge over the River Cray. It was designed by Capability Brown and holds the river back to form a lake
March 17, 2024 at 6:21 PM