Sankt Florian Psalter, C14th. #Gothtober #31DaysOfHalloween

I managed to kill my cherry tree with some impossible to cure disease, so I’ve bought a gala apple tree to plant in its place. The woman at the nursery assured me that apples are survivors.

People who are not Trump. www.prio.org/news/3634

I just want to remind everyone Trump is not president of the world, cut only one country that is failing economically because of his policies. He has no idea about anything other than himself and even that he is sketchy about.

Have a great productive day everyone. I’m starting Ti Chi class this morning. I’m hoping it will help me with my mental calmness which tends towards hyper vigilance more often than not. Halt who goes there? Where’s my steel crow bar to knock them on the head etc?

The inhabitants of Norfolk, or at least quite a few of them, petition the Privy Council today about one John Ferror, apparently a lawyer, who commits 'usurie, extortion, oppression, imbracererie, and maintenaunce' and has made them 'into a masse, and lumpe of debate, brawle and dissention'. 4/

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I’m not going to say much because we know that the Israeli government lie about killing innocent people, but has the Australian government also lied? I don’t trust any of them. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Do people realise that there is another conspiracy theory that Israel is responsible for Charlie Kirk’s death. (MAGA on magic mushrooms). If you are interested it’s was on the daily beast inside trump’s head podcast. The whole maga movement is so weird to me. It’s conspiracy on steroids.

Tree on the Moon A full moon captured in perfect symmetry behind a solitary tree on a hilltop Photo: Bernd Nowack

beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool... Sometimes I love the British

I didn’t get to the forest with the witches tonight, so I made a little offering in my backyard. I made carrot muffins, honey mead & flowers. According to wickededia “In Norse mythology . . .the Mead of Poetry, crafted from the blood of Kvasir, would turn anyone who drank it into a poet or scholar.”

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

Full moon today/tonight in Aries, a super moon connected to Uranus, Pluto with Neptune. Is our technology creating a plutocracy? We should be questioning whether this is actually acceptable. America is very much in the middle of this battle between freedom and control currently.

This is excellent news from the Dakota Nation, for whom the 49th parallel has only ever been a colonialist fiction.

I'm just about to step inside this "fairy ring", so if you don't hear from me for a few hundred years...

I just wanted to say that the acoustics in the Melbourne Recital Centre are absolutely superb. It was the best experience seeing the Tallis Scholars there, who also commented on the quality of sound in the venue.

Trump versus the rest of the world.

Oh Joy I just managed to get a ticket to see the #TallisScholars tonight in Melbourne. I seriously can’t believe it. #earlymusic

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Greta Thunberg is held prisoner by Israel at a jail in the Negev. Read what Sweden’s embassy in Israel reports are the conditions of her detention ⬇️ Now just imagine: if Israel treats a world-famous Swedish activist this way, how badly are its prisons abusing Palestinians? 1/

My Wisteria has flowered. It seems spring has arrived.

I’m just loving this amazing new Cosmic Garden Tarot. You can see how deep it goes with this moon card. It really is fabulous, a celestial garden dreamscape without the interference of any interpretation.

My various social media feeds are filled with diehard Taylor Swift fans criticising her new album, and l fear we may be on the brink of global economic meltdown. Is this how Mad Max starts?

4 October 1582: A bad day, in my view, as in much of Europe it is the last day before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. In Spain and its empire (including Portugal and much of Italy) and various other places, tomorrow will be 15 October. This tiresome piece of meddling ... 1/ #earlymodern

🔭 Загадочные красные спрайты на свежем кадре Пола Смита, Оклахома ⚡

I was talking to an ex flames dad and was reminded what a jock his son was. It’s always good to remember why you didn’t go there.

I just want to give everyone some hope that you can improve your mental health over time and it just takes lots of effort and patience. Don’t give up on yourself. Let people go who don’t support you. Sleep, eat well, gentle exercise, tell yourself you are doing well.

Stag beetle illustration from "Der monathlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung" by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, published in Nuremberg, 1746-1761. I saw this when I visited University of Wisconsin-Madison's Special Collections. #bookhistory #rarebooks #sciart #naturalhistory #beetleart

The images from America are deranged, Trump is mentally deranged. I feel incredibly sorry for everyone who is there. He needs to be declared mentally unfit for office.

Oh yay, oh yay! Why I love the church of Enlightenment. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The FBI! Bejesus beefcake Batman it sounds incredibly political. youtube.com/shorts/vuLUY...

For some reason I keep getting a vision of trump being dragged off in a straight jacket. #MadDonald

Over political issues? Here’s a quick glance into an alchemical text. The Jewish influence from the Cabala. youtube.com/shorts/t2F-G...

Something has definitely gone wrong in Newton's alchemy citation when it leads you to a section on mules, eels, and trouts... #BookHistory #HistSci

I just received the first copies of my book and I have to say it’s looking gorgeous! 😍 Thank you @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making such a beautiful book #earlymodern

I think it works well in black and white too.

My series. Feel free to use, print or share.

@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social Spread the word.

Bloody awful trumps America. @albomp.bsky.social Break up with them NOW. No AUKUS! These people are not our allies.

And don't forget the Internet Archive. archive.org

I just gave money to Wikipedia. Maybe we all should.

Just some good 16th century advice: "Company, musicke, honest gaming, or any other virtuous exercise doeth helpe agaynst heavinesse of mind." William Bullein, 1558 wellcomecollection.org/works/bga5qy...

Now die, die, die, die, die.

'Early woodcut initials: containing over thirteen hundred reproductions of ornamental letters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries' selected and annotated by Oscar Jennings, M.D., published in London by Methuen and Co., 1908. #bookhistory #Historiatedinitials #ornamentalletters #woodcutinitial