Jennifer Cary
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4 things I think most GenX was afraid of.
Acid Rain
Quick sand
Bermuda Triangle
Amnesia
What else?
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@HedgehogCabin 😅 oh wow, something I thought I’d never see 😂. Thank you so much for letting me know.
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@JenMe101 Yes, it's from the hedgehogs. It's semen.😊When the boys are courting the girls some get a bit too excited and premature.😁
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@HedgehogCabin Hi Pauly, sorry to bother you, I wondered if you know what this white slime trail could be please? My garden has a couple of hedgehogs I think (there’re always loads of fresh poohs in the morning), could this be to do with them do you think?
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@giveashitnature We’ve got these on at least 2 streets in Redditch.
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This isn't a horror movie set. It's a road in Denmark.
The streetlights are red to save the bats.
Bats can't see red light the way they see white or green light, so to them, it's essentially darkness.
White streetlights are one of the leading causes of bat decline in urban areas. Light-shy species avoid lit areas entirely, cutting them off from feeding grounds and migration routes.
Standard streetlights reduce bat activity by up to 90% in some species.
Denmark figured out a fix. So did the Netherlands. When they installed red LED streetlights along roads near bat colonies, bat activity returned to normal levels almost immediately.
The lights still work fine for humans. Drivers can see. Cyclists can navigate.
The only thing that changed is that the bats got their night back.
Do you want your city to do this?
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@dieworkwear Apparently he’s not very nice, so I’m not surprised you didn’t get even the courtesy of a response.
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This was a very enjoyable read. Big admirer of Monty Don's style. For about five or six years, I emailed him once or twice a year to see if I could interview him about his sense of dress, but never with success. To me, he's a great example of developing personal style.
nook shop@nookshop_uk
@dieworkwear Thought you might like this
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@GailParry6 @Amillocc @narindertweets @f1ynny She’s so brave!! She deserves a medal. He’s a nasty piece of work, no wonder she wouldn’t come out with all those thugs there. I hope the Police were good to her.
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@Amillocc @narindertweets @f1ynny He's behaving like a complete prat. Watch the footage, all he had to do was move away
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Don McGowan@donmcgowan
If anyone would like to see a full five-minute video of perfect schadenfreude … here's Raise the Colours Flag Wanker™ Ryan Bridge being arrested last night. Several things stand out from the video but mainly his unbelievable levels of entitlement. He starts by trying to direct the police officers in their job and when it becomes clear that they are not having it, resorts to his usual slinging of insults — resulting in his arrest. The rest is a comedy of his lackies pointing the phone at their own faces while Bridge is being PERP-walked to the van. Bridge can be heard telling the guy to get his fingers off the lens and flip the camera. Never one to let an arrest get in the way of a publicity stunt. As he walks, he starts slagging off the lady protester, and it ends with a satisfying slamming of the police van door when one of the lackies shouts; “free Ryan”. LOL 😂 Enjoy — I have almost an hour more footage from last night to go through as well, but this is a perfect start.
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The head man of "raise the colours" (the flag raising to intimidate marginalised communities)
Has been arrested.
Allegedly for antagonising and harassing some woman.
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@itsalawyerslife @NECircuitleader My MP, Chris Bloore, said last night that although he abstained, he would probably support the reforms. He made out that all the barristers just want to preserve their own jobs, that’s why they’re against it. So incredibly depressing.
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An eloquent King’s Counsel in full, passionate flow is a thing of beauty.
Following on from Geoffrey Cox KC’s barnstorming speech, here’s @NECircuitleader telling the Labour minister that reducing jury trials is not the answer to dealing with the backlog of cases.
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@AlistairCarns hi, you were fab being interviewed by K. Razzle, and with P. O’Connell, but please, get a better fitting suit.
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@drkeithsiau Wow! I did not know this is a thing!! Could have done with that last week! 😅
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Sinusitis involves inflammation of the sinus lining, leading to impaired drainage and mucus retention. When the nasal cavity is affected, this is called rhinosinusitis.
Symptoms include facial pain, blocked nose, facial congestion and headache. While most cases are viral and self-limiting, those with chronic symptoms or associated infection may require transnasal suction under endoscopic guidance for more instant relief 👃👇
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@fesshole Have you ever considered it’s because she finds you boring?
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Wife is completely addicted to her phone can't put the thing down for more than a second. while out at a meal when she went to the loo our waitress commented that my date wasn't going well and I could do better. I just smiled, a bit embarrassed to say she's actually my wife
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@HedgehogCabin Thank you for highlighting this Pauly. I’ve just donated x.
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This is a Long Eared Hedgehog, a native of Iraq.
This dear brave little girl self admitted into the grounds of a charity animal hospital in Iraq, managing to evade many hungry homeless wandering dogs.
As you can see, compared to our European hedgehogs they are much more delicate, and lighter in colour.
Those huge ears contain a network of blood vessels which dilate in high temperatures, allowing blood to cool down as it passes through the thin skin before circulating back into the body.
This incredible design helps regulate the hedgehog's body temperature, preventing overheating in soaring desert temperatures.
The wonderful and valiant charity is War Paws, who care for and treat the forgotten animals of war.
I've been advising the lovely Louise at @WarPawsIraq, and other animal charities in war-torn countries, for a few years now, and profoundly admire their extraordinary courage and commitment.
They desperately need to build a new shelter for the hundreds of animals they save, and who have been dumped, so if you'd like to help a little, here's the donation link:
t.co/zBkG24gA98
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@leith1076 @BlondeHistorian BT constantly spouts how it supports disabled employees, yet routinely fails to make reasonable workspace adjustments, asks if employees are ‘still dyslexic’ and can’t even evacuate wheelchair users in fire drills.
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A recent survey by the DWP found that 1 in 3 "Disability Confident" employers had recruited literally zero disabled people since joining the scheme.
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@bushontheradio I went to V festival when I was 16 in the year 2000 with just one friend, i.e. no parents. We had a great time.
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@KieraDiss @LeilaniDowding Parking on paths is caused by decades of terrible building laws imposed by numerous governments and the fact that people are owning more cars. A family of 4 (2 adults and 2 adult kids) could easily have four cars. In a space that been built when one car was the norm.
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PARKING INSANITY IN BIRMINGHAM
Days after a Labour MP posted a video highlighting the utter lawlessness of Birmingham drivers with them double parking and parking on paths, a fire engine was filmed attempting to get through a road in the same area.
They should be prosecuted.
Kiera Diss@KieraDiss
A Labour councillor has been attempting to fix the parking “crisis” they have in parts of Birmingham. Apparently, the laws don’t apply in some areas.
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@drkeithsiau This should be shown to every child in secondary school.
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@PaulChapman1954 @drkeithsiau I reckon it would beep, just like all kids’ noses.
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@drkeithsiau Well, all you medical blokes mispronounce 'umbilicus', so we'll call it the 'belly button', although I have no idea what would happen if you pushed one.
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@DaveThroup I thought the cable was there to stop cars washing into the bridge. There was a stranded DPD van at the ford just upstream of She’ll ford yesterday.
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Shell Ford accounts for a fresh Tesla overnight.
Lost count now!
Images ©️FarsonDigital Ltd and Bengregers via Facebook.
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@rhistorerwrites @KirstieMAllsopp My midwife was amazing; my health visitor? Total waste of space. I can see that the role would have great value, but it really needs the right people.
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Health visitors in England have been cut by 40% since 2015. A&E admissions for under-ones have risen 42% in the same period.
Since under local authority control, not the NHS, health visitors occupy an institutional no man's land. Read my article below: newstatesman.com/spotlight/heal…
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@LizWebsterSBF And now Amazon are looking to take over the fleet part of Royal Mail ☹️.
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🇬🇧 Royal Mail: Privatisation increased commercial pressure. Digitalisation reduced letter volumes. The combination has put the Universal Service under strain.
🇫🇷 La Poste, France: No dividend pressure from private shareholders bc state owned. Public service obligations are political priorities. Loss-making rural routes are tolerated.
Diversified into: Banking (La Banque Postale). Insurance. Local public services. So letters don’t have to carry the whole financial burden.
Political protection of rural delivery
Rural presence is treated as: Social infrastructure. Territorial cohesion. Letter volumes are falling in France too. The system is explicitly treated as public infrastructure rather than purely commercial logistics.
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@DrEilidhMaria Try joining something like your local Women’s Institute? (Mine’s an evening one and we do things like air rifle shooting and car maintenance. Our AGMs are always in the pub.)
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