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@Salvador_Murla @Mr_Andrew_Fox @george__mack I recognised it as anti-war. Possibly because 2 of my uncles had just returned from Vietnam and one of them gave it to me.

@Mr_Andrew_Fox @george__mack Man, it's exactly my chosen piece. Heinlein's Starship Troopers is not only awesome due to its action but also for its philosophical underpinnings.

Genius from @george__mack: “I have a theory that everyone consumed a piece of media between 9-13 years old that is the foundation of their entire worldview. Everything they learnt since was stacked on top of this.” I’m going with Starship Troopers by Heinlein. What’s yours?

@Mr_Andrew_Fox @george__mack Lord of the Rings

Piccalilli - Peeling Tiny Onions For Mankind mamadolson.com/2024/05/05/pic… via @mamadolson

Remarkable effort from Katie Boulter to win two matches in one day and defend her title in Nottingham. Huge week for the British No. 1 in home soil.

I love Swiss houseguests. I can smell coffee and hear someone unloading the dishwasher.

@JoanneCaldwell1 Yes. Cheese is optional l.

@MaMaDolson Looks awesome. But. Can I ditch the feta??

I've been cooking. mamadolson.com/2024/06/09/squ…

Watching @rolandgarros @radio_RG I like the mascots and I hope they get to keep the @IZOD tennis kit. But could someone find them sweaters? They look cold.

Protecting women's rights includes accurately sexing those advocating for the removal of those rights. The gentleman in question wants males included in women's sport and has sent me a lot of abuse. 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four' - George Orwell

Off to the England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v Pakistan 🇵🇰 T20 at the Oval. Umbrella, waterproof, deck of cards mandatory. What other kit is required. Or suggestions in replies.

@radio_RG Dimitrov ???

The mullet is gone?????? #jjwolf

@radio_RG Good morning, so happy you’re back Marcus and Lady Eleanor. We call Rublev ‘The Ginger Baby’. And his hair is lovely best on @atptour . On the @WTA I think Coco needs to be in the convo. Plus Peyton Stearns.

@grayheath56 @LozzaFox Lockdown was class warfare. The elites elites as always. The laptop classes stayed home and the working classes went to work and kept the wheels from falling off. My Covid heroes were the bin men, farmers, lorry drivers, etc.

@LozzaFox It didn't apply to the likes of me though. As an HGV Driver supplying the food chain, I was required, along with millions of others, to go to work in a busy workplace on a daily basis. That's when I smelt a giant stinking rat.....the "Lockdown" only applied to some, & not others.

I still find it funny that they locked us in our houses with nothing to do but watch the TV, and all the TV told us was that there was a deadly virus outside of the houses we were not allowed to leave. And people clapped for it. And the hospitals were empty. Except for the TikTok dancing. And it was a great big lie.

Tulips today. Early bloomers in a beautiful shade of pink. #flowerseveryday #flowers #tulips #greenandpleasantland #spring

@NickCraddy @DickDelingpole Olive oil is okay.

I would never consider buying crap like this, but by idle curiosity I checked the label for the percentage of the stated cheese and cream. Have a guess. Answer in part 2.

Hyacinths today. From municipal plantings in Richmond. #spring #springflowers #flowerseveryday

Get outside quick. Sunshine. Daffodils from the garden. Bulbs a gift from a friend, now gone. A gift of love. #springflowers #friendship #spring #greenandpleasantland

It’s been a grey wet spring in the green and pleasant land. But my magnolia is loving it. Flowers make everything better. #greenandpleasantland #flowers #springflowers

@cscth I find it stimulates my thought processes. Good, bad, boring etc. I’m finding the Andy Warhol entries excruciating insights into New York celebrity life. He would have been on X for sure.

@MaMaDolson Oh I need to start doing this again. Started a few years ago and work and early commuting got in the way.

Every morning I read the day’s entry from The Assassin’s Cloak, an anthology of diarists. Below, Louisa May Alcott describing the death and funeral of her sister Beth. Takes me powerfully back to Little Women, Alcott’s partially autobiographical novel. 1/x 🧵