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Merlyn

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I do art stuff and I care about the world. Be kind. Hug a tree. Punch a Nazi.
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markmccaughrean, to random
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I’ve lived the last fifteen years in The Netherlands & although I doubtless have a limited & biased view, I’ve been happy with what has seemed broadly to be a progressive, tolerant, & environmentally-conscious society.

I guess this new centre- & far-right government coalition is about to trash all of that with its reactionary populist bullshit 🤮

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/new-dutch-coalition-aims-to-reintroduce-80mph-limit-in-cull-of-climate-goals

Merlyn,
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@markmccaughrean @JonnyT We learn, but it's just that it's not enough of us who do and we don't learn fast enough. We keep making the same mistakes over and over and over and by the time we (as a species) figure it out it will be too late anyway. I'm so full of sorrows and anger these days that every time I see a physiotherapist they find the places I store my emotions in my body and it's like emotional vomit. I just can't any more. Is there hope? Is there anyway forward beyond greed and hate?

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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Well that (partly) sucked 🙄

Meant to ride about 50km, but the conditions were ok, so detoured to a longer route 🚴‍♂️

Starting drizzling around 60km 🌧️

Hadn’t taken any food, so bonked at 70km 😰

Had a puncture at 78km, about 3km from home. Too far to walk in cleats, so fixed it.

Much heavier rain came at that point, of course ⛈️

Managed to sit on cycling glasses when I got home, soggy. Superglue time 💧

Oh well … 🤷‍♂️

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Merlyn,
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@markmccaughrean well that sucked royally. Tomorrow will be better!

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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As a republican (but definitely not the capital R kind 😬), I recognise only one true monarch 😼🙇‍♂️

#Tigger 😽
#Caturday 🐈
#KingsDay 👑
#KoningsDag
#Netherlands 🇳🇱
#Photography 📷
#CatsOfMastodon 🐈‍⬛

Merlyn,
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@markmccaughrean That's a must hang on the wall if I ever saw one!

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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What’s the coefficient of rolling friction when the entire country has been spray-painted orange overnight? 🤨

Asking for a Dutch cycling friend 😱🚴‍♂️

#KingsDay 🇳🇱
#KoningsDag
#Netherlands
#CyclingLife

Merlyn,
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@markmccaughrean we made the smart choice to not be in the Netherlands this weekend.

markmccaughrean, to random
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In spaceflight news today, China is about to launch three of its astronauts on Shenzhou 18 towards the Tiangong space station: liftoff is in about 7 minutes from now.

Should be going on CGTN within the next hour to talk about the mission & international collaboration in space exploration.

The latter is certainly an interesting question given the current geopolitical context 😬

https://www.youtube.com/live/AOlSv7rdLDI?feature=shared

#SpaceFlight #SpaceExploration

Merlyn,
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@markmccaughrean nice to hear your voice!!!

markmccaughrean, to Netherlands
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“Where the clouds are made of candy floss”
– Jacky, “White Horses”, 1968

Somehow this song & the associated Yugoslav-German TV series came to mind from my early childhood as the sky was filled with mares’ tails this morning 🙂🤷‍♂️

#YesIAmThatOld 👴
#Wassenaar
#Netherlands 🇳🇱
#Photography 📷
#CloudAppreciationSociety ☁️

Merlyn,
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@markmccaughrean I Loved that show as a kid. ...You can rewatch it on youtube. Jeeze ...old me... this and Follyfoot of course I was a horsey kid but I grew out of it because we moved to a place where there were no horses.

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