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AngeHauteSavoie
@ange1874.bsky.social
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Recently retired but still working a bit, garden-loving, gin-drinking, cat slave with two passports. Originally from t’north enjoying life in France since aeons before Brexit.
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pagansky.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ange1874.bsky.social
#SimpleMindsTop30

I still have the 12" version of I Travel somewhere in the attic. Probably scratched to bits, I played it so often.

One of the best dance tracks at the time, though. imho.
Cover of a 12" single by Simple Minds : I travel
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ange1874.bsky.social
Air temp 11c
Water temp 8c

Sun, mountains, bathing costume and dangly earrings @shewithcapitalv.bsky.social

#lacdannecy
#hautesavoie
#enjoythelittlethings
#livinginthemoment
#joy
#lucky
Lake Annecy with re-election of mountains and clouds on very still water À scruffy old northerner with dangly earrings, just after a cold swim and pretending she looks like a freshwater mermaid/water nymph. As if. 🤣
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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thebossross.bsky.social
This is wild.

From the BBC Archives, 1976.
December 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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biteybutcute.girlypop.baby
sometimes i wish i had a tail so i could flick it angrily instead of having to explain myself
December 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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lorenwalker.bsky.social
Progress shot of the latest #embroidery! I always find depicting water reflections to be an interesting challenge, and it’s a bit part of this one.
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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thenorthsace.bsky.social
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
ange1874.bsky.social
Ready for this?
December 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
ange1874.bsky.social
Youngest daughter (runs and coaches local 🥋 club) and organized the ChristmasTournament yesterday : 350 kids enrolled, all went smoothly(!) feat in itself.

Realized how appreciated she is when I won the blind test: DJ asked my name and the village hall erupted with “Maman de X!”

So proud! 🥹 ☺️
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
ange1874.bsky.social
Sad news 😢
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 5d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
ange1874.bsky.social
Well, well.
Another actor loses my esteem.

Maybe nothing to with it but my current frame of mind is such :

You can be highly intelligent, very well-educated, extremely eloquent and win all arguments.
This DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE RIGHT.

And sadly, you won’t admit you are wrong.
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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liberation.fr
Les femmes travaillent plus que les hommes et gagnent moins qu’eux

➡️ Lire plus : bit.ly/4iJSRki
December 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
ange1874.bsky.social
Air temp 12c
Water temp 9c

Dangly earrings
Red toenails
Clear water
#lacd’annecy
#hautesavoie
#livinginthemoment
#enjoythelittlethings
#glimmer
A few ducks on Lake Annecy. Clear blue sky and mountains Half a bare leg, immersed in clear water. Red toenails emerging, trying to find feeling again after a 10-minute dip in cold water.
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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maxbrockbank.com
Anarchy in Londonistan.
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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depechemodefan101.bsky.social
YOU GET A PEACE PRIZE!

YOU GET A PEACE PRIZE!

EVERYONE GETS A FUCKING PEACE PRIZE!!
December 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
ange1874.bsky.social
Ok, I didn’t go to Pilates class, but I did finish knittng my #craftedcardigan by @purlsoho.bsky.social 🧶

Now the dreaded wash and block
A bue cardi , knitted in one pièce A finished knitted blue cardigan, laid out on a bed and wondering what’s coming next.
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
“The highest levels were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread, then French baguette. It was found across a huge range of products, from spaghetti, to cheese scones and ginger bread.” 🥖
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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fesshole.bsky.social
My 40-year-old wife went to buy champagne for our wedding anniversary dinner. I phoned the off licence after she left, gave a description of her and what she was buying and requested they ask her for ID. She came home absolutely beaming. It's the simple things.
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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paulaflucas.bsky.social
Just another bus stop.

Seaburn.
📷 #photography
Looking across a road at a bus stop in front of a low wall by the sea. A low rosy light as the winter sun fades cast on clouds over the sea.
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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corybooker.com
70 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. We all must continue to carry her legacy, fighting for equality and speaking up against injustice.
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ange1874.bsky.social
A day of gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving to friends in America.

Happy Thanksgiving to American friends elsewhere in the world.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ange1874.bsky.social
Read the thread.
The consequences in their lives both professional and personal are unbelievable.
And this is in Europe.
Scary
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM