Catherine Rose

@cathersrose.bsky.social

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Ways in which today is going to be difficult: one, two, three...

Arrggh I'm in a really crowded train and a ghastly entitled family of a mother and two teenage sons are taking up five seats. One son has a foot up on an empty seat and the other had a suitcase across 2 seats - now only 1 cos I made him move it. I'm sitting here furiously judging them.

@levparikian.bsky.social From today's letters page in the Guardian.

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Every time I read articles about extremely wealthy people/companies engaging in unethical behavior to become even more wealthy, I think about this excerpt from the book the psychology of money. The endless quest for more is so damaging, especially when pursed by those who already have enough.

Excellent op-ed yesterday from @andrewdessler.bsky.social on renewables already being the cheaper option and how the fossil fuel industry is trying to salt that particular bit of earth to stop their rollout. These companies are *absurdly* rich and they're not gonna stop. Gift link:

Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplacewww.nytimes.com Fossil fuel interests are spreading misinformation that renewable energy is harmful, unreliable and worse for consumers.

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Ugh. Well. I did it. 12 years of photos and artwork gone off Instagram. Feels weird. (Yes, I have backups downloaded. Sigh.)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa I have just discovered that PANGOLINS is an anagram of PLAINSONG and I really have to share this with you all right now!! And also hope that somebody might do a quick sketch of the divine musical scene that iz now in my head!

So beautifully put by Zoe Williams: "[This is] what a normal political contract looks like: young people should be offered every known opportunity, since the realisation of their potential is any society’s highest goal." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people | Zoe Williamswww.theguardian.com A scheme to allow British under-30s to live and work in the EU has been flatly rejected. Why punish them for older voters’ mistakes, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

I love this. I always used to include conducting as exercise when I was tracking it.

Oh bless you, Fitbit. I was conducting, not swimming. Waving, not drowning.

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WOW. WHO COULD HAVE FORSEEN THIS???

New allotment plot. Couch grass. Or, as they seem to call it round here, twitch. 😑

Absurd, worrying, astonishing...? Hawthorn (May) blossom in flower on 31st March. I will not be casting any clouts.

Is me

Post something green from your gallery.

Post something green from your gallery:

World Book Day - I bought a book from the Snug bookshop in Olney and I borrowed a book from the library - AND I was given a free book! Luckily it's my day off. And obviously I'll pass the free one on as it now belongs to the universe.

I just signed this and I hope you will too. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/music-petiti...

Face The Music Petition - Thankswww.europeanmovement.co.uk We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

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Petition: Use Proportional Representation for UK General Elections petition.parliament.uk/petitions/65...

Petition: Use Proportional Representation for UK General Electionspetition.parliament.uk Introduce legislation that will replace First-Past-The-Post with Proportional Representation when deciding the outcome of General Elections.

I was given a Tom Gauld print and I treasure it. Buy one for someone you really like!

I have reopened the webshop and art-for-sale at tomgauld.com, and added a few new drawings: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

Delighted to see Simon Reeve's new series starting on BBC2 tonight. I can't understand why this wonderful programme makers hasn't been absolutely showered with awards. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Wilderness with Simon Reeve - Series 1: 1. Congowww.bbc.co.uk Simon Reeve battles his way through the Congo, Africa’s greatest rainforest.

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I learned recently that in addition to just generally being terrible, AI — like crypto before it — uses so much computing power that it’s… 🥁🥁🥁horribly bad for the environment too. Why are “unhelpful to society and also destroying the planet” the defining qualities of so much modern tech? 😭

New Year's resolution: eat more lentils.

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Shell, wood and bone.

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Looking for the perfect gift for someone you love? Why not get them one of my books instead? Signed copies relentlessly available here. levparikian.com/index.php/bo...

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'Some New Tech Terms' a helpful guide I created for New Scientist 🧪

I love Tom Gauld. We have a bookshop just like this! www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...

Lovely walk over the water meadows with Bruno this morning.

Apple, almond and cinnamon cakes - a sign of a well-spent Sunday afternoon. Also me practising putting a photo up on here for the first time. 😋

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Every 157 years, the planets align, on the no4 bus, to East Kilbride.

I'm new here so just sharing what happened yesterday. I played (French horn no 4) in an amateur symphony orchestra concert last night for the first time in 18 months due to a break to have treatment for breast cancer (chemo, surgery, radiotherapy, the works). 1/2

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