Lindsay
@revteapot.bsky.social
Currently a nomad in France.
Priest, writer, owned by a greyhound.
Mildly obsessive about tea.
Liberal lefty tree hugging type.
my blog - https://revteapot.wordpress.com
my book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B181VTSJ/
Priest, writer, owned by a greyhound.
Mildly obsessive about tea.
Liberal lefty tree hugging type.
my blog - https://revteapot.wordpress.com
my book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B181VTSJ/
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Lindsay
@revteapot.bsky.social
· May 12
One of the nice touches in the game #CivVII is that a migrant is a *reward*, a little bit of free population you didn't have to work for.
That, my friends, should be said more often.
That, my friends, should be said more often.
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"The Labour Government is laying the groundwork for further crackdowns on dissent, whistleblowing and protest if it removes juries from so many charges that have state or corporate victims." - @sianberry.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"The Labour Government is laying the groundwork for further crackdowns on dissent, whistleblowing and protest if it removes juries from so many charges that have state or corporate victims." - @sianberry.bsky.social
It's been a while, but here's the Latest - on Church in France. And cheese. And how we Use Words.
Oh, and bath assassinations.
It's a very coherent little piece, I swear.
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Oh, and bath assassinations.
It's a very coherent little piece, I swear.
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An English Priest in France
On worshipping in France, with digressions into Cheese and Linguistics (or possibly philosophy).
revteapot.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's been a while, but here's the Latest - on Church in France. And cheese. And how we Use Words.
Oh, and bath assassinations.
It's a very coherent little piece, I swear.
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Oh, and bath assassinations.
It's a very coherent little piece, I swear.
⚓
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Happy December everyone, #illo_advent 2025 has begun!
I usually have a theme for Illo Advent, and this year I'm doing a Greyt Christmas.
Day 1 - A snootflake.
#day1 #illo_advent2025 #illustration #adventcalendar #1stDec #greyhound #greyhoundchristmas #dogillustration #ChristmasisComing
I usually have a theme for Illo Advent, and this year I'm doing a Greyt Christmas.
Day 1 - A snootflake.
#day1 #illo_advent2025 #illustration #adventcalendar #1stDec #greyhound #greyhoundchristmas #dogillustration #ChristmasisComing
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy December everyone, #illo_advent 2025 has begun!
I usually have a theme for Illo Advent, and this year I'm doing a Greyt Christmas.
Day 1 - A snootflake.
#day1 #illo_advent2025 #illustration #adventcalendar #1stDec #greyhound #greyhoundchristmas #dogillustration #ChristmasisComing
I usually have a theme for Illo Advent, and this year I'm doing a Greyt Christmas.
Day 1 - A snootflake.
#day1 #illo_advent2025 #illustration #adventcalendar #1stDec #greyhound #greyhoundchristmas #dogillustration #ChristmasisComing
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"Today’s meeting isn’t just about lines on a map. It’s about dates on a calendar.
Ukraine is being pushed not only on territorial concessions, but on timelines for elections — elections under martial law, with millions displaced, with whole regions under occupation or under fire."
Ukraine is being pushed not only on territorial concessions, but on timelines for elections — elections under martial law, with millions displaced, with whole regions under occupation or under fire."
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Today’s meeting isn’t just about lines on a map. It’s about dates on a calendar.
Ukraine is being pushed not only on territorial concessions, but on timelines for elections — elections under martial law, with millions displaced, with whole regions under occupation or under fire."
Ukraine is being pushed not only on territorial concessions, but on timelines for elections — elections under martial law, with millions displaced, with whole regions under occupation or under fire."
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"If the next Welsh Government, whatever its composition, is serious about building a future for Cymru, it must embrace a principle that Québec understood 60 years ago — self-belief must be made public."
Independence needs a plan, not permission
Nations seeking independence need to be bold and confident, argues Simon Hobson. What can Cymru learn from Quebec?
bylines.cymru
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"If the next Welsh Government, whatever its composition, is serious about building a future for Cymru, it must embrace a principle that Québec understood 60 years ago — self-belief must be made public."
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ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Do it all with love ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Do it all with love ❤️
I find Sunday Worship quite a mixed bag, reasonably enough, but I enjoyed this one: neatly blended themes of Advent, St Andrew, and the Inspiring Word.
🙌
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#Maranatha
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#Maranatha
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Sunday Worship - Advent Authors: Edwin Muir - BBC Sounds
Marking St Andrew's Day from St Salvator's Chapel, with the help of a great Scottish poet.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I find Sunday Worship quite a mixed bag, reasonably enough, but I enjoyed this one: neatly blended themes of Advent, St Andrew, and the Inspiring Word.
🙌
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#Maranatha
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#Maranatha
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A) Xmas pud is a necessary vehicle for brandy butter
B) the Christian stuff isn't clumsily bolted on, it's finessed beautifully, woven into Advent and Lent as twin counter weights
Light and dark, life and death are our bread and butter(/wine)
C) nobody's making you eat the turkey
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B) the Christian stuff isn't clumsily bolted on, it's finessed beautifully, woven into Advent and Lent as twin counter weights
Light and dark, life and death are our bread and butter(/wine)
C) nobody's making you eat the turkey
🕯️🌟
A lot of people need to hear this. @jayrayner1.bsky.social is 1000% correct. on.ft.com/4rnR3lb
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A) Xmas pud is a necessary vehicle for brandy butter
B) the Christian stuff isn't clumsily bolted on, it's finessed beautifully, woven into Advent and Lent as twin counter weights
Light and dark, life and death are our bread and butter(/wine)
C) nobody's making you eat the turkey
🕯️🌟
B) the Christian stuff isn't clumsily bolted on, it's finessed beautifully, woven into Advent and Lent as twin counter weights
Light and dark, life and death are our bread and butter(/wine)
C) nobody's making you eat the turkey
🕯️🌟
So the Trump family are now selling Vodka, is that right?
That seems ... honest?
That seems ... honest?
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So the Trump family are now selling Vodka, is that right?
That seems ... honest?
That seems ... honest?
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 227
# 226 cont’d.
The use of antennae by #bumblebees to ‘communicate’ with other #bees in the colony, by touching their antennae to the antennae of another bee, is referred to as ANTENNATION.
It’s basically a bee handshake.🐝🤝🐝
#nature
#science
#wild
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 227
# 226 cont’d.
The use of antennae by #bumblebees to ‘communicate’ with other #bees in the colony, by touching their antennae to the antennae of another bee, is referred to as ANTENNATION.
It’s basically a bee handshake.🐝🤝🐝
#nature
#science
#wild
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 227
# 226 cont’d.
The use of antennae by #bumblebees to ‘communicate’ with other #bees in the colony, by touching their antennae to the antennae of another bee, is referred to as ANTENNATION.
It’s basically a bee handshake.🐝🤝🐝
#nature
#science
#wild
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 227
# 226 cont’d.
The use of antennae by #bumblebees to ‘communicate’ with other #bees in the colony, by touching their antennae to the antennae of another bee, is referred to as ANTENNATION.
It’s basically a bee handshake.🐝🤝🐝
#nature
#science
#wild
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Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Incredible footage of volcanic eruption of a dormant volcano in Ethiopia from a commercial plane.
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
A sight seen for the first time in recorded history. ⌚
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I do think this is what so many people get wrong about management.
You're not getting paid more because you are somehow nebulously better.
It is compensation for accepting responsibility.
Shit stops with you. Even when you know someone else did it. You manage that shit.
You're not getting paid more because you are somehow nebulously better.
It is compensation for accepting responsibility.
Shit stops with you. Even when you know someone else did it. You manage that shit.
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I do think this is what so many people get wrong about management.
You're not getting paid more because you are somehow nebulously better.
It is compensation for accepting responsibility.
Shit stops with you. Even when you know someone else did it. You manage that shit.
You're not getting paid more because you are somehow nebulously better.
It is compensation for accepting responsibility.
Shit stops with you. Even when you know someone else did it. You manage that shit.
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I've finally sorted the text, music, typesetting, photos and graphics for my Advent and Christmas collection of responsorial psalm settings. Please have a look and spread the word! psalteryandharp.uk (and yay! I seem to have a picture here instead of a black box!)
The Advent and Christmas Collection is now available
I am delighted to introduce the first set of responsorial psalm translations and settings for ordinary churches, which is now available in the shop section of this website. This collection includes th...
psalteryandharp.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I've finally sorted the text, music, typesetting, photos and graphics for my Advent and Christmas collection of responsorial psalm settings. Please have a look and spread the word! psalteryandharp.uk (and yay! I seem to have a picture here instead of a black box!)
This is a nice touch. Thoughtful.
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is a nice touch. Thoughtful.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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I am here for the celebration of (and prayer for) administrators!
Paul describes it as the gift of redirections - "The awesome noun αντιληπσις (antilepsis), meaning a redirecting; a grabbing hold of someone in order to provide an alternative to their dismal situation."
🥳👏🙏
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Paul describes it as the gift of redirections - "The awesome noun αντιληπσις (antilepsis), meaning a redirecting; a grabbing hold of someone in order to provide an alternative to their dismal situation."
🥳👏🙏
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November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I am here for the celebration of (and prayer for) administrators!
Paul describes it as the gift of redirections - "The awesome noun αντιληπσις (antilepsis), meaning a redirecting; a grabbing hold of someone in order to provide an alternative to their dismal situation."
🥳👏🙏
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Paul describes it as the gift of redirections - "The awesome noun αντιληπσις (antilepsis), meaning a redirecting; a grabbing hold of someone in order to provide an alternative to their dismal situation."
🥳👏🙏
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Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Successive UK govts have failed to achieve sustainable economic growth because of:
Impoverishing the masses
Regressive taxation
Poor infrastructure
Unchecked profiteering
Low investment in productive assets
Neutering public investment
When will govts change course?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87f2...
Impoverishing the masses
Regressive taxation
Poor infrastructure
Unchecked profiteering
Low investment in productive assets
Neutering public investment
When will govts change course?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87f2...
House of Lords Economy Debate 13 Nov 2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Successive UK govts have failed to achieve sustainable economic growth because of:
Impoverishing the masses
Regressive taxation
Poor infrastructure
Unchecked profiteering
Low investment in productive assets
Neutering public investment
When will govts change course?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87f2...
Impoverishing the masses
Regressive taxation
Poor infrastructure
Unchecked profiteering
Low investment in productive assets
Neutering public investment
When will govts change course?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87f2...
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Once the most sceptical among Europeans, now the nordics take the lead
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight
We – the leaders of the Nordic-Baltic Eight – spoke with President Zelenskyy today. We have from the outset of Russia’s war of aggression stood by Ukraine’s side and we will continue to do so. Our res...
www.regjeringen.no
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Once the most sceptical among Europeans, now the nordics take the lead
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...