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BashStKid

@BashStKid@mastodon.online

“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done”

Various permutations of rugby, music, history, farming, rare breeds, food. With a bit of earth sciences, physics, and energy.

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RickiTarr, to random
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Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

BashStKid,
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@RickiTarr Late to this, but Nina Simone, and Sinnerman, is still as relevant as it was sixty years ago.

ChrisMayLA6, to books
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I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.

#reading #immortality

@bookstodon

BashStKid,
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@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon
You don’t have to be all Eco about libraries to sympathise.
Not so long ago, if you were eager to fill up on Penguins, or recipes, or history, or a bunch of Haynes manuals, or what a friend was excited about, you bought it.
Your reach always exceeds your grasp, so you end up with a buffer pile to get round to when you have time, or might just need one day.
And who doesn’t want all those friends and connections and memories taking over the wall space?

RickiTarr, to random
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Oh, Dairy Pics from yesterday! I've never seen such happy cows, and the cheese was sooo good!

This is several wedges of cheese in different sizes and shapes on a slab of granite. They are Camembert Havarti, Edam, Gouda, Raclette, Jersey Jack, and Garlic Jack
A weathered shed with an old red truck in front of it, there is a windmill and green rolling hills in the background and a dog walking on a gravel path in the foreground
This is the cow pasture, you can see cows grazing under trees in the distance and big puffy white clouds in the sky

BashStKid,
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@RickiTarr Some cow pics would be nice if there’s a next time.

BashStKid,
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@RickiTarr They like the attention, even if they’d rather have a biscuit than a closeup. (btw, not suggesting you feed them, probably not going to go down well with the farmer!)

cstross, to random
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UK government adviser on disruptive protest accused of conflict of interest:

John Woodcock, whose review proposes bans for protest groups, has lobbying links to firms in arms and fossil fuel sectors (and is recommending bans on protests against both those industries)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/government-adviser-on-disruptive-protest-accused-of-conflict-of-interest

BashStKid,
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@cstross Correct me, but he was originally asked to look at everything, but now can’t see a problem with anything on the right, only with nonviolent protest on the left?

And we can’t get shot of him because Lords?

DreadShips, to random

Tech bros love to boast about moving fast and breaking things, so it comes as some relief to find an instance where they've moved at a more stately 17 knots and yet still utterly fucked it.

In this case the "it" being carpool vehicles. Programmed to treat movement without the engine being switched on as either theft or witchcraft, they instantly bricked themselves in response.

What happened when these vehicles travelled by ferry was perhaps predictable...

BashStKid,
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@DreadShips Programming industrial hardware for a wide range of use cases when you live in a clueless ivory tower is, unsurprisingly, a disaster.

junesim63, to random
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He's been a very good boy this morning. It only took two of us and some Dreamies to take his temperature at the vet, and he only growled once (as would I if someone stuck an implement up my bum).
He's had a virus infection, but he now has a clean bill of health. So it's a good today.

BashStKid,
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@junesim63 Good, I wondered how he was getting on.

18+ fkamiah17, (edited ) to art
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Looks like he's drenched in the blood of the anachronistic Empire his unearned privilege is built on to me, and posing in front of the bonfire his government has made of the country.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 It does look suitably apocalyptic.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 it would only take a bit of smudging to turn it into a Bacon Screaming Pope …

fkamiah17, (edited ) to random
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I thought it was Palestinian parents who indoctrinated their children to hate Israelis 🤔
I should say these images (stills from a video clip) were taken at Tarqumiyah crossing in Hebron yesterday. The police protected the "activists".

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 That is disturbing.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Sadly, I think we all know how keen kids are to copy their family and gain approval. I’m sure this is normative behaviour wherever they live.

StillIRise1963, to random
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“ 'According to some estimates, 40% of money laundering around the world – this is money often stolen from Africa and Africans by corrupt businessmen, bent politicians and war lords and so on – 40% of that money comes through London and overseas territories and crown dependencies.’ ”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/nearly-40-of-dirty-money-is-laundered-in-london-and-uk-crown-dependenies

BashStKid,
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@StillIRise1963 London has spent a long time perfecting being a corrupt arranger and fixer for dirty money that needs cleaning.

fkamiah17, to Life
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A man just delivered 240ltrs of compost. Now I have to move it to the shed.
sobs

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 I bet the tidying spell from Fantasia never looked so attractive.

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 33: 🚨

Back to dystopia, this time at NYU. These "reflection papers" form part of an "ethos integrity module", which is compulsory.
And WTF is "behavioural intervention management"?!??
An unusal example where Orwellian is the correct description.

Reflection Paper Instructions In order to complete the sanction, it is expected that you will take time to reflect on the selected topics (as indicated below), and write a clear, well-developed response that demonstrates that you have thought abou tall aspects of the issue/decision/behaviour that resulted in your involvement with the Office of Student Conduct. While this is intended to be a reflective assignment, be advised that your paper cannot serve to justify your actions, evaluate the actions of others, or challenge a conduct regulation.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Frankly that sounds more aggressive than Cultural Revolution political reeducation.

sundogplanets, to random
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Incredible auroras all night, doesn't seem like we're in Kessler Syndrome yet (yay) but apparently GPS and Starlink internet aren't working for people.

A goat got into chicken food and I had to force feed him baking soda to try to save his life (we'll see how that goes ☹️ ).

I emailed the CNN reporter who interviewed me about satellite pollution a couple years ago to see if she's interested in the space junk story.

And it's Vaisakhi/Khalsa Day, so I'm going to get amazing free food!

BashStKid,
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@sundogplanets Hope the goat’s ok.
Slightly confused, is Vaisakhi on a different day in Canada?

fkamiah17, to random
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WEEK 32: Victory in Cambridge 🥳

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cambridges-wealthiest-college-divest-arms-companies

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Oxford next then.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Quite possibly so, depending on background Congregation politics. If they end up keeping that bloody bust of Rhodes but quietly push through what would be called a ‘rebalancing of the investment portfolio’, that’s ok by me.

junesim63, (edited ) to Cats
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Has anyone had experience of a cat with hay fever?
For a week now, Copper has been intermittently sneezing, with red eyes, runny but dry nose, wheezing and lethargic. He's still eating heartily, doesn't have a temperature, and everything else is normal.
He improves overnight when I keep him in, which makes me think it's an external stimulus.
He loves being outdoors so I don't want to deprive him.

Edit: Muting as thread has been hijacked. Thanks to all who offered genuine advice.

BashStKid,
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@Wen @Henrysbridge @TomSwirly @junesim63
Your stats look similar to our experience. However all our cats are belled in the hope of protecting the water voles and bats, and touch wood, that’s worked so far.
Also, none of ours bother squirrels, possibly because they think they’re French loir.

BashStKid,
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@Wen @Henrysbridge @junesim63
Don’t worry, I wasn’t intending to be prescriptive, lots of cats do indeed not like collars.

Anyway, I fear we’ve somewhat diverted June’s original thread here.

fkamiah17, to Life
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I never really imagined myself as someone who would own a nail gun.
I now have all the guns.
Except the actual ones, obvs.

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Go on then, which one did you end up choosing?

fkamiah17, to Life
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It is with great regret that I must announce that my coffee bowl is now empty 😫

mournfully retrieves spade from shed

#Life

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 Candide would never have been so enthusiastic about going to work in the garden if he hadn’t had a big bowl of coffee first.

fkamiah17, to Life
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I must say I don't like laying paving slabs, and I haven't even started doing it yet 🤣
I'll just linger another five minutes with this bowl of coffee, I think ..

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 @TheSwiv you could have another 5 or 6 kg of water along for the ride?

jon, to random
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Not spot the 🐸

But listen to toads, Ravières edition

A video of the canal de Bourgogne - turn on sound!

BashStKid,
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@jon How they avoid herons while making that racket I don’t know.

BashStKid, to random
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And farmers wonder why there’s not much public support for the many problems in farming:

Farmers’ union lobbied to increase pesticide limit in UK drinking water https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/farmers-union-lobbied-to-increase-pesticide-limit-in-uk-drinking-water?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

fkamiah17, to Life
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The Cheltenham Activities Committee has declared that today's agenda will consist of laying in the garden eating.
Warm croissants are brilliant for mopping up any residual ice-cream sundae, in case you're interested 😂 🍨

BashStKid,
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@fkamiah17 this is what we suffered through the winter for. Go for it.

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