Chalkwitch Tiff
@chalkwitch.bsky.social
Cake baker, book lover, pro democracy,
mum and advocate to 2x amazing ASC ADHDers and no, vaccines didn't cause it.
Love art, nature, pumpkins, fungi and the coast
mum and advocate to 2x amazing ASC ADHDers and no, vaccines didn't cause it.
Love art, nature, pumpkins, fungi and the coast
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Artomyces pyxidatus, the Crown-tipped Coral or Candelabra Coral fungus, was not seen in the UK over the entire 20th century, its last record in 1886 until a spate of recent findings around 2022, which is when I found this specimen (in East Kent). Where did it disappear all this time?
December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Artomyces pyxidatus, the Crown-tipped Coral or Candelabra Coral fungus, was not seen in the UK over the entire 20th century, its last record in 1886 until a spate of recent findings around 2022, which is when I found this specimen (in East Kent). Where did it disappear all this time?
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No Reform representative on the Laura Kuenssberg show for two weeks running - that's a record! It's almost as though we didn't want to talk about the 28 witnesses to my teenage racism and antisemic abuse.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
No Reform representative on the Laura Kuenssberg show for two weeks running - that's a record! It's almost as though we didn't want to talk about the 28 witnesses to my teenage racism and antisemic abuse.
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
He didn't help get Brexit done. He helped get the country 'done' - beat it down and sat on it.
Dubai immigrant, Isabel Oakeshott, whines that Farage got nothing from his deal with the Tories last time, so why should he do that again.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
Christ. The whining victimhood of these spoiled brats. Squabbling over power, while the rest of us live with the mess they’ve made of our country and our lives.
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
He didn't help get Brexit done. He helped get the country 'done' - beat it down and sat on it.
But sure, disabled people needing support in large part because of terrible job prospects, is what we should be focussing on. Not the bloated salaries of failed politicians and the like
There is sooo much wrong with the UK's media and politics.
December 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
But sure, disabled people needing support in large part because of terrible job prospects, is what we should be focussing on. Not the bloated salaries of failed politicians and the like
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Didn’t happen.
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
James O'Brien Daily
Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show.
Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes ever...
tinyurl.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Didn’t happen.
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
Nobody can remember.
Actually, I can remember.
Did happen wasn’t racist.
Was racist wasn’t offensive.
Here’s a possibly made-up letter from a bloke who insists things can only happen if he witnesses them.
As Farage squirms, Peter Ettedgui recalls their schooldays:
tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx
@lisanandymp.bsky.social please speak with @nydeafswimmer.bsky.social about support for our deaf swimmers and athletes.
AY 1544 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK
A country championing its athletes 🇺🇦
Congratulated & awarded our athletes & coaches of Ukraine's Ntl Deaflympics Team, who at the Deaflympics in Tokyo delivered outstanding performances winning 100 medals & securing 1st among 81 countries
A country championing its athletes 🇺🇦
Congratulated & awarded our athletes & coaches of Ukraine's Ntl Deaflympics Team, who at the Deaflympics in Tokyo delivered outstanding performances winning 100 medals & securing 1st among 81 countries
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@lisanandymp.bsky.social please speak with @nydeafswimmer.bsky.social about support for our deaf swimmers and athletes.
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Talking about the UK’s bounty of graveyard waxcaps, here are a group of Hygrocybe conica, Blackening Waxcaps or commonly known as Witches Hat mushroom, all lined up like the Three Amigos. #fungi
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Talking about the UK’s bounty of graveyard waxcaps, here are a group of Hygrocybe conica, Blackening Waxcaps or commonly known as Witches Hat mushroom, all lined up like the Three Amigos. #fungi
The maths. It's always the maths. But then the outraged garden centre fascists (thanks @mrhenrymorris.substack.com for that phrase) don't really care about the maths. They just want to be furious.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The maths. It's always the maths. But then the outraged garden centre fascists (thanks @mrhenrymorris.substack.com for that phrase) don't really care about the maths. They just want to be furious.
I hate the way money in politics is going/gone.
🔴 Farage's Reform took in £10M in donations in last quarter - more than any other party.
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
£9m of that came from one donor - Christopher Harborne.
The same Harborne who gave Brexit Party £10m+, mostly after BXP stood down from Tory seats in 2019...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-black-...
The ‘black hole’ in Reform UK’s finances
Plus: We’ve spotted Liz Truss in Davos (again)
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I hate the way money in politics is going/gone.
Once more with feeling - it's because he's a grifter only interested in himself
He's not a politician. Never was. He's a chaos merchant l.
He's not a politician. Never was. He's a chaos merchant l.
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Once more with feeling - it's because he's a grifter only interested in himself
He's not a politician. Never was. He's a chaos merchant l.
He's not a politician. Never was. He's a chaos merchant l.
Conspiracy theory writ large.
Farage doesn't believe this - he's exploiting the vulnerable minds of people looking for easy fixes.
Farage doesn't believe this - he's exploiting the vulnerable minds of people looking for easy fixes.
It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Conspiracy theory writ large.
Farage doesn't believe this - he's exploiting the vulnerable minds of people looking for easy fixes.
Farage doesn't believe this - he's exploiting the vulnerable minds of people looking for easy fixes.
Yuk. There's a combination I'd not touch with a 10ft greasy pole.
But I thought he said never trust a Tory?
But I thought he said never trust a Tory?
They’re trying to tell Reform grass roots it’s not happening, news for them, it’s happening:
Inside Nigel Farage's bombshell 'plan' for a Reform-Tory pact as route to power
Inside Nigel Farage's bombshell 'plan' for a Reform-Tory pact as route to power
Nigel Farage's bombshell plan for a Reform-Tory pact | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Nigel Farage's whispered plans for a political shake-up are causing ripples. Could a surprising alliance be on the horizon?
www.express.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Yuk. There's a combination I'd not touch with a 10ft greasy pole.
But I thought he said never trust a Tory?
But I thought he said never trust a Tory?
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Disturbing and grim
Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates
EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Disturbing and grim
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No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wow.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wow.
Cripes!
Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Cripes!
Garden centre fascists 🤣 we've all heard them.
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Garden centre fascists 🤣 we've all heard them.
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"Part of the iconic Wetherspoons brand—imagine Denny’s and a Greyhound bus station have unprotected sex, and the baby is raised by carpet... The customers—the bitter, the deranged, and the men in full motorcycle outfits eating lasagne at 11am—shoot us curious, guarded glances." 😱
This is perfect.
This is perfect.
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"Part of the iconic Wetherspoons brand—imagine Denny’s and a Greyhound bus station have unprotected sex, and the baby is raised by carpet... The customers—the bitter, the deranged, and the men in full motorcycle outfits eating lasagne at 11am—shoot us curious, guarded glances." 😱
This is perfect.
This is perfect.
Nigel Farage - Voice of the People.
Just not the ones here.
Just not the ones here.
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nigel Farage - Voice of the People.
Just not the ones here.
Just not the ones here.
TBF I thought he already had gone.
The news of Jonathan Gullis defecting (sic) to Reform has brought to mind this pertinent piece of research that i came across while writing my most recent book.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
TBF I thought he already had gone.
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If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
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#art
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk
🪶🐡
#art
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You should pretend to be from GB News…
I'm at a Kemi Badenoch event where *yet again* the Guardian has not got a question. Aside from broadcasters it was Mail, Sun and FT (the latter presumably only because we're at an accountancy body in the City). I've probably been to seven or eight such events with no question.
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You should pretend to be from GB News…
See this. Spot on. My kids are audhd. Starting the race outside the stadium by quite a bit. Working absolutely flat out. Harder than the average teen. But it looks different. And they're already being dumped on for needing different education & support in benefits to help level the field a bit.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
See this. Spot on. My kids are audhd. Starting the race outside the stadium by quite a bit. Working absolutely flat out. Harder than the average teen. But it looks different. And they're already being dumped on for needing different education & support in benefits to help level the field a bit.