Sybil Sanderson

Well done Hungary!

Mercy mission. With the possible extinction of #TheGentlemansRelish I've put (free) on my 'French Peasant Cookery' substack the recipe for Anchoïade, the Provençal anchovy paste. #LeMonsieursRelish Link as per bio

I wonder if @TheBHF are ready to sound the alarm yet about repeatedly catching Covid? Anything would be good….! Pray tell. How can you justify saying so little about this vascular disease which is infecting everyone once or twice a year🦠 ? 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

@heavensbvnny Of course! I rewatched series to convince someone that they will enjoy it. So far I was only wrong once. But the pleasure to watch it again with someone who enjoys it for the first time is priceless

be honest would you watch a movie you’ve already seen just to keep company with someone who hasn’t seen it yet?

@KeruboSk I have no pets. But I talk to my old banger of a car "you can do it, baby".. " "well done, I am proud of you"... " You f****** piece of sh*t, pull yourself together"... Does that count?

Pet owners: do you talk to your dog like they fully understand everything?

Today I was taught to not use the term "challenging behaviour" but "behaviour of concern". I find that a way back. Challenging behaviour reminded me that the onus is on me. I am challenged & need to find a way to adjust my mindframe. "Behaviour of concern" is IMHO judgemental. 🤔

@PaulMarcoe Technically Boomer (by a year) but: going somewhere exotic, being stung, have unexplained swelling and in the middle of the night (why always night???) hundreds of small spiders crawling out of that swelling. Don't laugh, that was really a thing in the media.

4 things I think most GenX was afraid of. Acid Rain Quick sand Bermuda Triangle Amnesia What else?

@richjhewitt First time since ages you showed up on my timeline. Glad you are still fighting.

Managed some noms despite an incredibly sad brain

@anon_opin Pie, gravy, mash and peas.Perfect order. You are a weird one 😱

When sitting down to a meal of pie, mash, peas and gravy, the component parts should be put on the plate in that exact order.

@MadameGilflurt Thank you so much for that special. I forgot how gorgeous some of her designs are.

We’re celebrating #VivienneWestwood with a #frockingfabulous theme week! The Storm in a Teacup collection served a more than hint of opulence! #Fashionhistory of 1996.

Everybody else seems to have bought a blue tick. There is only me left. Shoutout if you haven't soldout either.

Raised catholic. Questioned religion from age 11. Became an atheist aged 15. Happy with my life until today. Never thought I will be rooting for a pope. Still an atheist. But I see a "good one" when I encounter it. #TeamPopeLeoXIV

Getting popcorn out...

This is blatantly false by the way… but the truth is even more damning. Reports of near-death experiences (NDEs) are not universally centered on Jesus Christ at all….instead ,they are actually profoundly shaped by the experiencer’s cultural and religious background. Christians often report seeing Jesus or angels, Hindus frequently describe encounters with deities like Yama or messengers who guide souls, Buddhists report visions consistent with figures tied to their own cosmology. Even within Christianity, denominational differences show up in their experiences…. While Catholics generally report visions involving Virgin Mary, Protestants almost never do… because they do not revere Mary like Catholics do… this CLEARLY reflects theological conditioning rather than a shared external reality. What this pattern show then is that NDEs are constructions filtered through the brain’s prior beliefs, expectations, and symbolic leanings . The human mind, especially under extreme stress like oxygen deprivation, trauma, or neurochemical surges … all of which people experience during NDE, tends to generate vivid, emotionally intense experiences by drawing on deeply internalized imagery. Even Studies in neuroscience show that temporal lobe activity, endorphin release, and altered cortical processing can produce feelings of transcendence, presence, and meaningful visions. So , when the brain is pushed to its limits, it doesn’t access an external metaphysical realm…it reorganizes internal content in a way that feels very real real. This cultural and religious variability is actually one of the strongest arguments against people who try use their NDEs or “spiritual experience” as evidence for their specific religious worldview. If these experiences were true glimpses of an objective afterlife, we would expect far more consistency across individuals regardless of upbringing. Instead, what we see is a mirror….people encounter what they are primed to believe in. That Protestants don’t see Mary, Hindus don’t see Jesus, and Christians don’t see Yama is not a small detail at all … it’s exactly what we would predict if NDEs are products of human psychology rather than windows into some woo woo universal spiritual truth. I rest my case. 🚶🏽‍♂️🚶🏽‍♂️

Remarkable, jaw dropping story if true. Looks like J.D. Vance isn't such a "good" Catholic after all.

@THemingford For work I need to have 3 apps alone. Shifts, training, general communication. It is frankly pathetic. 2 of these are abysmal and only work properly on iPhones. We are on minimal wages, no one can really afford iPhones. A newish Android is still expensive. Times have changed. 😭

People compare wages to the past but ignore this: You now must pay for things that didn't exist before - or weren't required. The baseline cost of living has expanded dramatically. Pay has not.

@stephenRB4 Always did. For maybe 55years? It is interesting to know who contributed and why. Intros? Not anymore. Last one was a spoiler by a very stupid and narcissistic person who not only gave the plot away but told the reader how to interpret it.

Do you read the acknowledgement page/s of a novel or just skip past?

@beemyli No

White people have you ever looked at your white counterparts and said to yourself they’re a different level of white that you don’t identify with?

@AuthorGFAllen Yes

Be honest… do people actually exist who love staying home all day, completely alone, not seeing a single person, the same way some people finish a whole book in one sitting?

@AuthorGFAllen Because not all jobs are office based but require physical activity. And not all jobs are 40h/w to make a living. That is the reality. But in general thought I agree with you.

Why can’t a 4-day working week become the global standard?