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A lorry has shed its load of Nissan parts off the A219 flyover. It's raining Datsun cogs. #UKPunDay

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Outside a senior care home in Düsseldorf, Germany, there’s a bus stop with a green and yellow sign, a bench, and a printed timetable on the post. It looks exactly like every other bus stop in the city. No bus has ever stopped there. The home built it around 2006, with the help of the local transit authority. The residents have dementia. Many of them, when the confusion gets bad, become certain they need to go home, even though the home they’re remembering is one they left decades ago. They’d walk out the front door looking for a way back. Sometimes they made it onto real buses. One woman was eventually found at the address of her childhood, where strangers were now living. So the staff built a bus stop that goes nowhere. When a resident wanders out and sits down on the bench, a nurse comes over after a few minutes and says the bus is running late, and would they like to come inside for a coffee. By the time the coffee is poured, the urge to leave has usually passed. The replica was so convincing that for the first few weeks, neighbours kept showing up to wait for actual buses. The nurses had to explain. Dementia eats short-term memory first and works backwards in time. The part of the brain that holds new memories goes early, but the older memories, childhood, a first home, a young family, can stay vivid for years after. The bus stop works because it doesn’t argue with that. It meets people in the reality they’re actually living in, lets the moment pass, and brings them back inside. Versions of it now exist in care homes across Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the United States.

Please gave a read and RT. "Out in the day is not ok" is a well meant message, but at this time of year puts pregnant females who do venture out out in the day at risk of being whisked away from their newborns and causing their demise.

More words that can have a different meaning in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@WokChic Result 👍

Greenhouse base saga came to a satisfactory conclusion. I got a refund. Ordered some rust remover and some Rustoleum paint in the same colour to do the repair. It went smoother than I hoped. I’ll open a packet of celebratory midget gems .. real Lion gums with liquorice black ones!

Remember and use this special ballot box if your thinking of voting for Reform UK on Thursday 👍

@bernoid Thanks for this.

When the Forget-me-not centre is orange it’s open for business. When it’s white there’s no food left and the buffet is closed. So the pollinators know where to go. Clever.

In February we stated that we had spent as much in the January transfer window as @CelticFC £0.00. We can now say we ended our season on the same amount of trophies as @RangersFC , also 0. Replicating two Glasgow giants has been nothing short of inspirational for us. #02BAJGY

Think the bunny is about done now too. #art #drawing #rabbit #colouredpencilart

Thinking tis one is now done. I could tinker with all of my drawings indefinitely but have to stop at some point. #art #drawing #badger

Morning all. I’m trying hard to work on a few more drawings today. Seeing if I can finish this little ball of loveliness. #art #drawing #hedgehog

Another I’ve been working on today. #art #drawing #fox

Afternoon all. I’ve nearly finished off this one this morning. Final touches to do now. #art #drawing #goldfinch #birds

May the 4th be with you #StarWarsDay

They’ll be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight.

@WokChic Never knew you married Sid James! 😂

Me, dragging hose: Can you guide in at the back. It’s stuck! Hubs: You’ve got a kink. Do you want it all the way up the back end? M: Yes, give me enough length. Carry On Gardening! 🤭

Please NEVER feed a daytime wildlife casualty. I know, it's so hard not to. When we see a suffering animal we feel a strong, innate impulse to help, and a desire to provide immediate tangible comfort; equating food with survival and care. Feeding feels like a direct, immediate and nurturing action to alleviate suffering. Yet it is the most catastrophically harmful thing you could ever do. Especially hedgehogs out in the day, who will be hypothermic. It takes a lot of energy to digest food, energy these compromised animals just don't have spare. Every last bit of their energy is being used to maintain vital bodily functions - to keep the heart beating, to oxygenate the organs. Forcing energy away from these critical functions for something as non-critical as digesting food will be a death sentence. It won't be immediate, it may take hours, or a couple of days, but eventually, no matter what the experienced rescue you later take them to tries, the animal is already on the unstoppable journey into shock, aspiration, organ failure and death. So please help in the right way. An out in the day hedgehog needs *contact* warmth, a safe indoor space away from flies, and cover to reduce their stress (please see advice below). They are not going to die of starvation in the couple of hours between you finding them, and getting them to a rescue.😊 And please remember - any website that gives you DIY information on caring for or feeding injured or orphaned wildlife is, by default, wrong. The ONLY right action is to get them to a good rescue (never a vet) where their complex needs can be met. Even if you have seen this vital information before and understand it, feeding wildlife casualties is a powerful compulsion because it directly activates human instincts of empathy and compassion, often overriding the scientific advice against it. So please remember this warning and spread it as far as you can. Helping a wildlife casualty get to the expert treatment they need is an incredibly kind, altruistic act of great humanity. Just remember to provide them with what they need, not what you need.🥰

Took some of my latest prints to the local gallery yesterday. These are two which are now in there. #art #drawing #birds #coaltit #kingfisher #colouredpencilart

@njalskinner Perfect for making boomerangs.

Not sure but I think there may be a slight twist in this wood…