On my dog walk I often chat with right wingers. I pretend I am an ex-Reform voter put off by the utter fuck up of our county council. Then they see me as one of their own, don't get defensive and shouty, and start to question their own opinion of Reform. Honey, not vinegar.

I have switched from "Hide" to "Warn".

Look out for the hedgehogs before starting your bonfires! @clouds75.bsky.social

As we gear up to the start of Bonfire festivities, be sure to check those wood stacks for hedgehogs. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ (and please remind others as well). 📷 Sarah Wolmersley #SouthDowns #BonfireNight

Last night: Daniel Avery at Chalk - a very mixed bag of drone music that leant heavily on Nine inch Nails and Death in Vegas, followed by the expected squelchy 303 bangers and delicious hi hat techno. Tonight: A jazz quartet at St. Andrews in Hove. I think there's a Greek saxophonist involved.

FYI of a new scam I keep getting lately: Someone tries to log in to your Dropbox, fails & requests a link, so you get a password reset email from legit Dropbox. Immediately followed by a real looking follow-up from someone allegedly with Dropbox support but a @dropbox.zendesk email. Don't click 👍

I ordered a thing from a website, then I received this e-mail: "The delivery times at Vicedeal are longer than you are used to. In 95% of the cases you will receive the order in a maximum of 25 business days. In practice, the average shipping time turns out to be 15 business days." JAYSUS! 😮

At work I am subjected to an unpleasant combination of Radio 1, More FM, and (s)hits radio, now that I am on my way home, I am cleansing my aural pallette with this #electro and #techno goodness, as selected by Helena Hauff. pca.st/episode/6f31...

"Do you still get paid in Roubles Ted?" 🐢💨

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia. I disagree. RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

I am at the cinema with Charlotte, who wanted to see the Taylor Swift thing. I managed 7 songs (combined with some light dozing), then managed to escape to the lobby where I am thoroughly enjoying Iggy Pop playing Viagra boys and their tune 'Research chemicals', whilst I drink an agreeable Merlot.

Happy Tuesday. These impromptu pints will stop about the time that the clocks go back and instead, I suppose at I shall have to go to the gym at this time instead *sighs*

Yes, yes and yes. Just Mustard to be investigated...

It's sunny again this afternoon, so I am having tea (in favour of alcohol), at FIKA, near the artisan swimming pool. The Tea is not pictured, as I had to move swiftly to capture the Volks passing by.

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

FFS, where are we all going then?

It's still sunny and warm, so I am having a pint of rhubarb cider. #Dubvibes playing on the stereo at the Fortune of War.

Happy? Monday. Well it's sunny here on the south coast, so that is a good start.

I liked this, it resonated.

First thing that springs to mind is having bloody apps for everything, especially things that don't need an app - like booking a haircut, or ordering a coffee. Oh and don't get me started on restaurants who use QR codes for their menus.

Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.

SYL/Farage fan boys nailed down.

Trees are our guardians, our bastion against catastrophe Without trees we are defenceless against increased carbon It is incomprehensible that any mature tree is allowed to be killed It is like eliminating your own army 🌳🌲

it's real support from actual racists

Instead of trying to be right, try to be less wrong. If you try to be right, your ego will convince you you’re right even when you’re not. But if you try to be less wrong, you'll start from a place of humility, which will enable you to keep an eye out for your blindspots and to update your beliefs.

Impressive Farage is hitting this threshold before even winning power.

Look! New knowledgesess!

Well it did clear up but I made the mistake of poking the sea with a stick and it got angry.

Hmm, I don't think that a driverless car would be my first choice. However now I think about it, I know people who are so bad at driving that I would probably consider going in one of these than with them.

It's grey. It's so grey at 11:36 in the morning, that I have put the big light on. It's that grey that I am considering putting another light on. Perhaps the grey will clear up a bit later. Summary #Grey

A sample of birds heard in a two minute period at Mum's house. No Woodpeckers have appeared today. There's a buzzard overhead too.

Immigrants are our doctors, porters, lawyers, plumbers and shopkeepers. They drive our buses, collect our bins, build our homes and heal our wounds. They’re our friends, neighbours and relatives. Our brothers and sisters. Leave them alone, you evil, racist bastards.

My attempts at concentration and focus have always been awful and meditation is supposed to help. Are there any meditation practitioners out there? I am probably asking the wrong question but how do you start meditating if you can't concentrate for longer than one minute? What do you focus on?

Just dip in and out over various days and watch it like a really slow time lapse series. I don't suppose the live action bits we have missed are on catch-up...

Watching this is three minutes of your time well spent. Put on the sound for maximum laughs.

Lured in (after a swim) by the massive signage and I rather enjoyed the subversive (and explicit) nature of their content, you might be able to zoom in on the green cushion for an example. BENT. Does what it says on the tin. Probably not a place to take your kids.

Woakes coming out to bat with his left arm in a sling just can't be happening. You wouldn't get this in a T20. One run an over for the next 17 overs? #Testcricket

do you know about the bankthefood app? if you tell it your closest food bank, it will buzz when you’re near one of their collection points and tell you what they’re most in need of (and you can tell it what you’ve bought for them, so that gets updated in real time)

It is 17:14 on Sunday and with England needing 37 to win, or India to take 3/4 wickets, it's still too tight a game to cal! #tense #cricket #testcricket

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remember if you're in the UK and using a VPN, don't use the U.S. as a server unless you absolutely have to. it's faster and safer* to use an EU country like Ireland or France (*safer in terms of protecting your data from data brokers and ad networks where the U.S. has like zero laws to protect ppl)

Teddy and I were out on Iping with Stedham commons in #Sussex this morning and I heard, then saw, my first ever Stonechat. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social

Only three players have scored 7000+ runs and taken 200+ wickets in Tests. Garfield Sobers, Jacques Kallis, and now Ben Stokes 🤩

@clouds75.bsky.social and I are in Mum's garden in Sussex and the Red Arrows just flew directly overhead! They were in two formations of four. #redarrows

🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London. We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.

I am new to Upchuck but I am loving these overdriven power chords, a bit of feedback, the great hooks. Perhaps simple and basic but great energy fuelled by anger. Love it. If you like #ThePixies, #Pixies, you'll love this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oObK...

Psh tc-ch, Psh tc-ch, Psh tc-ch etc. There's lovely.