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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 1d

Qobuz is excellent, have been using it since 2020. Lossless for classical is great, and so far as I can see has pretty much the same catalog as Spotify. Good ‘Discover’ function for all the latest releases.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 2d

But .. but .. you only just finished doing up the last one! Or was that @rolypeck.bsky.social ? Whereabouts are you?

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 4d

So sorry. It’s so difficult when you don’t know what might have happened. 😢

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 5d

Happy to remain anglo on that one!

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 5d

Lovely! Except perhaps the tripes.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 5d

err ... #NoThanks

Vinetur Global @vineturglobal.bsky.social · 5d

FYI: Gallo Unveils 200-ml Tetra Pak Wine as Non-Traditional Packaging Jumps 26 Percent #WineInnovation #TetraPak #SustainablePackaging #SingleServeWine #YoungConsumers

Gallo Unveils 200-ml Tetra Pak Wine as Non-Traditional Packaging Jumps 26 Percent

Single-serve format targets younger consumers, expands wine access at events and convenience stores, and aims to reduce waste in bars.

www.vinetur.com

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RMJ @rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social · 6d

www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w... (free to read)

At Gail's, what is the human cost behind a £5 loaf of bread?

The economics and migration behind the Gail's expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.

www.vittlesmagazine.com

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

Ah! Bah non - le monte meuble, ca c'est essentielle.

Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

*around.

Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

This was my favourite Citroen DS from the 70th anniversary rally yesterday. And yes, those are confused tourists milling aorund outside the Louvre yesterday morning. We were all kicked out, after they discovered the theft, just in time to see the rally. Interspersed with police motorbikes. #Louvre

Beautiful, curvaceous baby blue Citroen DS convertible driving round the roundabout in front of the Louvre's main courtyard. Crowds of bemused tourists in the background with guides' flags waving pointlessly.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

Entrée à utiliser:
Celle qu’il faut éviter : la Pyramide, si vous venez en plein “rush”.
Entrée alternative efficace : Carrousel du Louvre. On passe douanes/sécurité plus vite, puis on accède directement à la Pyramide souterraine — mais avec la file prioritaire des billets horodatés.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

Le plus important : un billet horodaté acheté à l’avance
Sans ça, c’est l’enfer assuré.
À acheter sur le site du Louvre uniquement (pas sur les revendeurs plus lents à rentrer).
Choisir 09h00 ou 09h30 – c’est la vraie ouverture, le MUSÉE est encore “vide”.
Arriver 30 min avant l’horaire réservé.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

And to add to the drama, the 70th Anniversary rally for Citroen DS was rumbling past outside, intermingled with police.

Background - Massive Louvre courtyard and pyramid. Foreground - bronze Citroen DS rumbling along the cobbles bei.ng followed by a podgy policeman on motorbike, blue lights flashing

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 6d

We were actually IN the Louvre when it happened. At the David exposition (which is fabulous, BTW). Everyone got shepherded out of all of the galleries then kettled at the exit. Not great for my claustrophobia. None of the staff would say what was happening apart from "exceptional circumstances".

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 7d

Actually a monte meuble, kind of motorised furniture heist you see all over Paris - the lifts are too small to move anything larger than a bedside cabinet. We were in the Louvre at the David exhibition as this was going on! Got kettled at the exit for 15 mins until we were all allowed out again.

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 9d

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 12d

Did you see the Unipiper? www.youtube.com/shorts/tEGFP...

The Unipiper made an appearance at Portland's ICE protest

YouTube video by The Oregonian

www.youtube.com

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, I know Germans were fascists. But during the war, the enemy was 'Germany'.That's the point I was trying to make. and I know she'd likely vote Reform because she wasn't keen on brown people. I'm also not sure she'd see herself and Dad as part of the 'greatest generation', either.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 14d

My mother ran the bombes (basic decoding computers) for Enigma during WW2. The enemy to her was Germans, not fascism. I'm pretty certain she'd now vote for Reform's anti-immigrant policies (in the UK) - if she was still alive.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 15d

Hi. Seems like I need to make some more steps to save my Merlin recordings to ebird? Do I need a Cornell account? Thank you.

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 15d

I love using Merlin. It heard (though I couldn’t see) a short-toed treecreeper in the Jardins de Ranelagh yesterday. But I had no idea it was so useful to scientists.

Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 15d

As a county bird recorder I can honestly say that the best and easiest way for you to make your birding count, is to upload them to either eBird or BirdTrack. Doing so contributes directly to #ornithology and bird #conservation at both local and national levels.

#birdingScotland #birdingWales

The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project

In 2002, an online database was set up allowing birdwatchers to record their species observations. It is now a vast resource, shaping scientific research.

theconversation.com

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 16d

End of week peaceful timeline cleanse.

Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 16d

The Fishing Wren
This bird is spending an increasing amount of time hunting for water shrimps & other aquatic invertebrates.
This feeding behaviour seems to be a feature of the autumn & winter months, despite the garden being full of spiders & Crane Flies at the moment.
Sound on.
#wrens #nature 🌿🦉

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 19d

yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk/words/ding

ding - Yorkshire Historical Dictionary

yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 19d

I lived in Beverley for years and had no idea about the Butter Dings!

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Sarah Ramanauskas @hundredgrapes.bsky.social · 20d

More like bloquons rien here in the 16th. Seems like the most successful multi-party movements are the ones which farmers support. Looked to me, last time I went through there, that Pro-Palestine demos ('manifs') have been getting more people out into Place de la Republique than the bloquons.

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