James A

James A

@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

Drinks tea. Writes a bit. Prone to accidental hibernation. Nests with @literatelady.bsky.social & a cat. #TheArchers 🇪🇺 #XR @ExeterDormouse@mstdn.social

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James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers Since George is a reformed character (for now...) and Jazzer is a pillar of the community, which Ambridge resident is most likely to be graffitiing "ACAB" on the Maliks' gate? What are the Buttons up to these days? Or maybe Clive will return to do a racism/anti-establishment double?

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers Yikes! This is Matt's area of expertise. He knows what he's talking about.

Matt@mattukernow.bsky.social

How the fuck would Ed know if the trees are safe? He has no training, no experience, he'd getting fucking torn apart by HSE if a tree he'd 'inspected' failed. #TheArchers

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Andrew Sissons
@acjsissons.bsky.social

The more you read of this story, the worse it gets

The Guardian@theguardian.com

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

theguardian.com‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone. After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud indented with the trail marks of machinery, puddles and mounds of earth, roots and branches. Residents say that brown water flowing off the site is going into a stream that feeds the Oulujoki River. Continue reading...
James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers It's good to be reminded that when Lily was younger she ran Lower Loxley single-handedly when her mother had a breakdown and Freddie was in prison.

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Nick
@checkyoursheds.bsky.social

I’m surprised Elizabeth’s mental health issues have come back. I distinctly remember her having two therapy sessions. Hard to think that wasn’t enough. #TheArchers

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers Mentions of KitKats AND Penguins in the same episode, after years of "a chocolate biscuit", "the ones I like", and similar vague references. Now the BBC will have to name all competitor brands over the next 75 years 😀

Matthew 🚜@gingabeans.bsky.social

A Penguin? Other chocolate biscuit bars are available. #TheArchers

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Charlie Notton 🚜🏍️🍺🇬🇧🌈
@charlienotton.bsky.social

Don'ee be going up to Lower Loxley, young masters and mistresses, no! The Widow Pargetter be roaming the halls, wailing and bemoaning her lost love and battered paramour, calling down the heavens upon the place whilst the young master fiddles with his mince spreadsheet... #TheArchers

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

Every year from 2014 to 2114, The Future Library is collecting an original work by a leading writer. The works will remain unread and unpublished until 2114. The 100 manuscripts will be printed in limited-edition anthologies using paper made from 1000 trees planted for the project.

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

Artists whose works have been collected so far include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Elif Shafak, Karl Ove Knausgård, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Judith Schalansky, Valeria Luiselli, and Amitav Ghosh.

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Prof Frank McDonough
@fxmc1957.bsky.social

21 October 1966. A coal waste heap collapsed onto a school and nearby houses in village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people: 116 of them were children. The tragedy was one of the worst UK disasters. The Inquiry blamed the National Coal Board, concluding it was culpable.

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

Copenhagen has a bakery that's entirely gluten-free (H.U.G.). The cinnamon swirls (kanelsnegle) are GLORIOUS. Coincidentally, I would now like to move to Copenhagen.

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

I was also delighted to come across one of these guys. When I was a child, a large family of them lived in trees opposite my bedroom window, and I was so sad when they disappeared.

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

As with hypothyroidism in general, the effects of Hashimoto's are insidious & diverse, and doctors are told to rely entirely on a single objective measure of normal function (TSH) that often doesn't match subjective experience.

James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers Called it!

James A@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers In a terrible mix-up that lands Alan in the bishop's bad books, the music for Carol's funeral consists of Silk Chiffon and Pink Pony Club; while at the wedding Pip goes up in a blaze to Fire Leap from "The Wicker Man". Somewhat surprisingly, the respective congregations approve.

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Hari Kunzru
@harikunzru.bsky.social

So happy that my former NYU colleague Anne Carson has won the literature Nobel. She used to run a class that involved physical improv (confronting for MFA writing students). I taught straight after her, moving the tables back and wishing I too had spent three hours with Anne being a tree

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FabPaule
@fabpaule.bsky.social

As a fond farewell to Carol 🧙‍♀️ this sat #AmbridgeSaturdayScandals is Match the Last Words game #TheArchers 
Tap a quote, then tap who said it - correct turns green - wrong it shakes 5 mistakes & it's over! Scroll down to share & a chance of a Golden Badger! 🏆🥳 🎉 fabambridge.co.uk/wp-content/u...

fabambridge.co.ukAmbridge Saturday Scandals: Match the Last WordsMatch Ambridge's most famous last words to the characters who said them.
James A
@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers A mix of Motown classics and noughties indie vibes? Of course it's Freddie who's doing the music for the wedding.

James A@exeterdormouse.bsky.social

#TheArchers In a terrible mix-up that lands Alan in the bishop's bad books, the music for Carol's funeral consists of Silk Chiffon and Pink Pony Club; while at the wedding Pip goes up in a blaze to Fire Leap from "The Wicker Man". Somewhat surprisingly, the respective congregations approve.