Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

We had to postpone our Easter egg hunt this year as the family were unwell.
Catching up, we had our hunt a couple of days ago instead. Great fun but extra special when we found these in the middle of our large Phormium plant! 😍

Blackbirds perhaps?

Johnson’s lurch to the right adds to momentum for leadership vote | #BorisJohnson | The Guardian

This week might be more interesting than I’d anticipated…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/30/johnson-lurch-to-right-adds-momentum-leadership-vote

#UK #Politics #Tories

Something to be very aware of, as our present regime starts pushing nuclear again.
https://nation.cymru/news/researchers-warn-mini-reactors-linked-with-sites-in-wales-could-produce-more-nuclear-waste-than-convention-reactors/

#BenJennings on #BorisJohnson’s increasingly tenuous position – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/may/31/ben-jennings-on-boris-johnsons-increasingly-tenuous-position-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire #Tories

We seem to be moving into the "everybody has it but almost nobody is dying" phase of the pandemic.

Scheduled my second booster just to be on the safe side.

Top GNU.

So to introduce myself here on @mstdn and the network: I am an Earth system scientist interested in what the hell is going on on this planet - in view of common history, the history of humans as a species, and Earth's history. I write about the Anthropocene, politics, the biosphere, the essential value of culture and of the arts.

Lead of Earth System Analysis at the Potsdam Institute für Climate Impact Research in Germany, Professor of Sustainability Science at Humboldt University in Berlin and advisor to the German government on environmental policy - but here private: my own opinions & views only.

Should I parallel here what I (for now, still) do on twitter for 5600 followers and sometimes ten thousands of impressions? The much better concept is here in the fediverse.

Somebody just informed me that the scent is called "petrichor".

From #Wikipedia:
Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪˌkɔːr/)[1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock', or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone', and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

Wow. Who knew?
"Bartók, the great Hungarian composer-pianist, made his UK public recital début in  Aberystwyth’s Parish Hall (now Theatr y Castell) on 16 March 1922"
https://nation.cymru/culture/wales-oldest-classical-music-festival-returns-to-greygynog-hall/

New on mastodon, time for an #introduction!
I'm eqyo from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, I'm in my twenties and studying #mathematics & #computerscience. I am also: a semi-agnostic churchgoer ⛪, not exactly straight but still figuring things out 🏳️‍🌈, and very much into #classicalmusic 🎻.
(Expect the frequency of emojis and hashtags to drop drastically after this post)
I see myself posting about my life, about #philosophy & #politics, maybe about some #foss-related stuff...

#BorisJohnson changes ministerial code to avoid need to resign over breaches | Boris Johnson | The Guardian

As if anyone needed any more proof that Johnson is a would-be fascist dictator.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/27/boris-johnson-changes-ministerial-code-to-remove-need-to-resign-over-breaches

#UK #Politics #Tories

Tim's not worried about Monkeypox, but Covid cases look like they might be about to rise again.
Quote of the day: "If you do get a rash, it's far more likely to be Covid than anything more sinister."
https://youtu.be/DG8txZgpLF4