mastodon 4.5.18Devon,🇬🇧,🇪🇺,🌍
Born @ 341ppm
Frantically waving a Linda McCartney sausage and a bike pump in the face of the howling void of chaos and despair.
I don't CW the following but use filterable hashtags #UKpol #food #alcohol
I block accounts sharing unCW'd images of dead children.
Profile: a white woman with blue hair & glasses, smiling in a woodland in winter. Header: a Hotbin composter I painted with flowers and insects & the words "Kiri's Compost Collective"
Spain is the best placed European country to ride out the energy crisis after investing heavily in domestic renewables.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/spains-renewables-revolution-likely-to-keep-energy-bills-low-even-as-gas-prices-soar
Spain also seems to be the most confident in telling the US to fuck off, I wonder if it's connected
Right who wants the story of how @SaintlySin@mastodon.social was given a commemorative Wedgwood plate belonging to the grandparents of TV legend Sue Perkins last night?
Gen X, this is your time to shine. My friend has spilled a cup of tea (containing dairy milk) on their partner's limited edition Bob Vylan cassette, of which there are apparently only 200 in existence. I am providing desiccant beads, but is there anything else that needs to be done and will the cassette still play?
#ShareFest #Totnes
Sat 18 April, 10am to 4pm, Totnes Civic Hall
This free and family-friendly event aims to showcase a wide range of projects that encourage a more resourceful, collaborative and sustainable lifestyle.
Activities include:
#RepairCafe
Bike Repair and Maintenance
#ClothesSwap
Skillshares <- this one's me teaching basketry
Pay What You Feel Cafe
Plant & Seed Swap
Community Singing
Tool Sharpening
Tech Amnesty
Craft Making
Children's Activities
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sharefest-totnes-tickets-1983361764428
Reluctantly wading in to The Great Mastodon Snail Tapping Controversy Of 2026: for those not caught up on the biggest issue of the day, an AI generated infographic was shared around encouraging people who wished to relocate snails to tap their shells first and only move them once they had retracted into their shells, rather than pulling them off whatever surface they were attached to by their shells.
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Vulnerable women in England still being arrested over suspected illegal abortions
"The woman, who denied seeking an abortion, had unstable diabetes, which can be especially problematic to control after delivery. Police officers confiscated her electronic devices, through which she used software to monitor her condition and control her insulin pump.
The woman said she felt betrayed by the NHS and police, and no longer felt safe engaging with these services"
I don't have anything practical to offer yet, but one thing I have learned over four decades on this planet is that people deal with awful things in two different ways and each group's strategy is unhelpful to the other. One type of people need to focus on the positives to avoid despair, to look for the remaining points of light and the actions they can take now, because focussing on the bad stuff paralyses them and means they can't do anything about it.
