BabelBrunning
@ribblebabel.bsky.social
Antifascist, Librarian, European, Environmentalist, & as Woke as a Wokey thing. Dr of an argumentative persuasion who knows how to use an Oxford comma, rather than the useful, life-saving kind. Trying not to be so sweary but it's effing difficult. 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇪🇺🌈🏳️⚧️🖤💚🏴☠️
Loving my @nethertonfoundry wok, hand-made using traditional methods and locally-sourced materials close to where my old cast-iron trivet commemorating the first Iron Bridge built at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, UK, completed 1779, was also made! I knew that old trivet was waiting for something....
October 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Loving my @nethertonfoundry wok, hand-made using traditional methods and locally-sourced materials close to where my old cast-iron trivet commemorating the first Iron Bridge built at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, UK, completed 1779, was also made! I knew that old trivet was waiting for something....
Well, if you're going to be laid up for a while with a fracture, you couldn't pick a better week to start (and have the time for a whole series re-read ❤️) as the perfect lead-in to enjoying the new #SlowHorses novel #mickherron : on to #LondonRules already ❤️
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Well, if you're going to be laid up for a while with a fracture, you couldn't pick a better week to start (and have the time for a whole series re-read ❤️) as the perfect lead-in to enjoying the new #SlowHorses novel #mickherron : on to #LondonRules already ❤️
Well, I'm more than a bit wary of the whole AI thing but Grok might be turning me around. Word.
May 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Well, I'm more than a bit wary of the whole AI thing but Grok might be turning me around. Word.
A happy little something (well, lots of little somethings) to brighten my day. I saved a Garden Spider last summer who was about to be inadvertently squished, and popped her in a good alternative spot in the garden where she made a huge web and thrived. Now look what she's left for us all:
April 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A happy little something (well, lots of little somethings) to brighten my day. I saved a Garden Spider last summer who was about to be inadvertently squished, and popped her in a good alternative spot in the garden where she made a huge web and thrived. Now look what she's left for us all:
#meanwhile one of the great pleasures in life: receiving your latest order of the incredibly, amazingly, fragrant and delicious herbs and spices from @seasonedpioneers.bsky.social . Not only guaranteed #glutenfree but really blooming marvelous!
April 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#meanwhile one of the great pleasures in life: receiving your latest order of the incredibly, amazingly, fragrant and delicious herbs and spices from @seasonedpioneers.bsky.social . Not only guaranteed #glutenfree but really blooming marvelous!
#HappyMother'sDay to my mum, who I still miss. (1/) We had a challenging relationship ("You could be so pretty if you made an effort/wore a dress/had your hair done" being fairly typical refrains) but she fought to keep myself and my brother...
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#HappyMother'sDay to my mum, who I still miss. (1/) We had a challenging relationship ("You could be so pretty if you made an effort/wore a dress/had your hair done" being fairly typical refrains) but she fought to keep myself and my brother...
#meanwhile Sunday morning and Mother's Day - I've been saving this one especially as words really are my one true love: Guilty by Definition @susiedent.com, and, so far, every bit as good as I was hoping ...
March 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#meanwhile Sunday morning and Mother's Day - I've been saving this one especially as words really are my one true love: Guilty by Definition @susiedent.com, and, so far, every bit as good as I was hoping ...
Remembering a beautiful soul 💜 who would have celebrated his birthday today, and determined to fight for other young people struggling with mental health, not least against failing MH Services and an awful disability benefits system looking to cause other beautiful souls even more anguish.
March 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Remembering a beautiful soul 💜 who would have celebrated his birthday today, and determined to fight for other young people struggling with mental health, not least against failing MH Services and an awful disability benefits system looking to cause other beautiful souls even more anguish.
A leisurely paddle on Coniston Water in the "Mad Mango" today. Bliss.
March 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A leisurely paddle on Coniston Water in the "Mad Mango" today. Bliss.
And said hello to several fab trees along the way.
March 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And said hello to several fab trees along the way.
Another Grand Day Out in Cumbria, walking a long clockwise "loop" from Skelwith to Knipe Fold to Tarn Hows to Oxen Fell to High Park to Skelwith Force (not so much of the force today) then up Spy Glass Hill (not sure if it's actually called that but cracking view of the Langdales from the top).
March 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Another Grand Day Out in Cumbria, walking a long clockwise "loop" from Skelwith to Knipe Fold to Tarn Hows to Oxen Fell to High Park to Skelwith Force (not so much of the force today) then up Spy Glass Hill (not sure if it's actually called that but cracking view of the Langdales from the top).
Resist. Buy lots of copies of banned books to share.
March 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Resist. Buy lots of copies of banned books to share.
Grand walk over Loughrigg Fell today.
March 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Grand walk over Loughrigg Fell today.
Not a Democrat blue-wish but ongoing 🟠🤡👹 plans: Trump dreams of a Maga empire – but he’s more likely to leave us a nuclear hellscape | Alexander Hurst www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Not a Democrat blue-wish but ongoing 🟠🤡👹 plans: Trump dreams of a Maga empire – but he’s more likely to leave us a nuclear hellscape | Alexander Hurst www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Oh US citizens, if you please, do not let the Orange Onceler moron anywhere near your trees!
March 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Oh US citizens, if you please, do not let the Orange Onceler moron anywhere near your trees!
#meanwhile Happy World Book Day! 📚 What book are you currently reading (when you can tear your eyes away from the news and Bluesky)? I'm re-reading Mick Herron's entire and utterly fantastic Slough House series, currently on "The Secret Hours".
March 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#meanwhile Happy World Book Day! 📚 What book are you currently reading (when you can tear your eyes away from the news and Bluesky)? I'm re-reading Mick Herron's entire and utterly fantastic Slough House series, currently on "The Secret Hours".
Well, you're not giving the whole of Europe any other choice. Vanker.
March 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Well, you're not giving the whole of Europe any other choice. Vanker.