Paracelsian
@paracelsian.bsky.social
Pagan, RE Teacher, Letter-carver, Metalhead, ex-Dog-walker, wanna-be runner, post-Cancer.
"The only proof, of who you are is in the way you hear the truth. Don't be scared, live to win, although they're always gonna tell you it's a sin".
"The only proof, of who you are is in the way you hear the truth. Don't be scared, live to win, although they're always gonna tell you it's a sin".
Now that it has at last been delivered, I can share this (belated) wedding present that I carved over the summer. #Lettercutting
September 16, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Now that it has at last been delivered, I can share this (belated) wedding present that I carved over the summer. #Lettercutting
All the stuff on BBC news tonight about how "the ticketing organisations would recognise and deal with bad actors" (over the return of Oasis)...
Of course Ticketmaster ARE the bad actors - greedy scalping bastards.
Of course Ticketmaster ARE the bad actors - greedy scalping bastards.
September 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
All the stuff on BBC news tonight about how "the ticketing organisations would recognise and deal with bad actors" (over the return of Oasis)...
Of course Ticketmaster ARE the bad actors - greedy scalping bastards.
Of course Ticketmaster ARE the bad actors - greedy scalping bastards.
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Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
September 12, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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This, à propos of nothing, is what “1000 cranes” looks like when hung up at a particular shrine to pray for good exam results
September 13, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This, à propos of nothing, is what “1000 cranes” looks like when hung up at a particular shrine to pray for good exam results
A couple of cracking doom metal bands at The Junction in Plymouth Tonight... The excellent "Nomad Lizard" - new to me but outstanding & headliners "Froglord".
& some guy in a knitted pink gimp suit in the moshpit because #metal.
& some guy in a knitted pink gimp suit in the moshpit because #metal.
September 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A couple of cracking doom metal bands at The Junction in Plymouth Tonight... The excellent "Nomad Lizard" - new to me but outstanding & headliners "Froglord".
& some guy in a knitted pink gimp suit in the moshpit because #metal.
& some guy in a knitted pink gimp suit in the moshpit because #metal.
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*Looks like we're in for some real-deal G7 climate-crisis survival, after all those years and years of costume-play prepperpunk
*Expect to have the ruling oligarchs loudly blaming you for your own suffering
*Also, if you efficiently save your own community, expect to be repressed by armed police
*Expect to have the ruling oligarchs loudly blaming you for your own suffering
*Also, if you efficiently save your own community, expect to be repressed by armed police
September 5, 2026 at 6:02 AM
*Looks like we're in for some real-deal G7 climate-crisis survival, after all those years and years of costume-play prepperpunk
*Expect to have the ruling oligarchs loudly blaming you for your own suffering
*Also, if you efficiently save your own community, expect to be repressed by armed police
*Expect to have the ruling oligarchs loudly blaming you for your own suffering
*Also, if you efficiently save your own community, expect to be repressed by armed police
Lots of people commenting on the 300 or so academics signing a petition in support of the horrible Cofnas.
In the interests of accuracy I think it's important to point out that this should read "a large number of academics and Toby Young".
In the interests of accuracy I think it's important to point out that this should read "a large number of academics and Toby Young".
August 23, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Lots of people commenting on the 300 or so academics signing a petition in support of the horrible Cofnas.
In the interests of accuracy I think it's important to point out that this should read "a large number of academics and Toby Young".
In the interests of accuracy I think it's important to point out that this should read "a large number of academics and Toby Young".
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'“I would ask him* how attempting to lead a life of Christian discipleship squares with public rhetoric designed to produce hostility and violence.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams
Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faith
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
'“I would ask him* how attempting to lead a life of Christian discipleship squares with public rhetoric designed to produce hostility and violence.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Saying goodbye to our big bear of a dog...
She was a big character, so she gets big characters on her memorial.
She was a big character, so she gets big characters on her memorial.
August 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Saying goodbye to our big bear of a dog...
She was a big character, so she gets big characters on her memorial.
She was a big character, so she gets big characters on her memorial.
Cracking new track from the awesome @greenlungband.bsky.social Everyone from Helena Blavatsky to John Dee, and Wicked old uncle Al pops up in this video! Seriously looking forward to seeing them again in Bristol later in the year...
youtube.com/watch?v=68hJ...
youtube.com/watch?v=68hJ...
GREEN LUNG - Black Magick Radio (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records
youtube.com
August 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Cracking new track from the awesome @greenlungband.bsky.social Everyone from Helena Blavatsky to John Dee, and Wicked old uncle Al pops up in this video! Seriously looking forward to seeing them again in Bristol later in the year...
youtube.com/watch?v=68hJ...
youtube.com/watch?v=68hJ...
After the Kennedy Centre's Board 'decision' today, I can see that one day the USA will need to go full Akhenaten on Trump - people will spend decades chiselling his poxy little name off things...
August 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
After the Kennedy Centre's Board 'decision' today, I can see that one day the USA will need to go full Akhenaten on Trump - people will spend decades chiselling his poxy little name off things...
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Anti-Hindu hatred is real & must be confronted, alongside the growing racism targeting Indians & other immigrant communities. Raju Rajagopal examines why protecting Hindus must not mean allowing Hindutva groups to conflate criticism of their politics with hatred of a faith. scroll.in/article/1094...
‘Anti-Hindu’ crimes remain low in US, but MAGA hostility against Indians is growing
Hindutva organisations continue to advance claims of ‘Hinduphobia’ instead of joining hands with others to confront racism.
scroll.in
August 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Anti-Hindu hatred is real & must be confronted, alongside the growing racism targeting Indians & other immigrant communities. Raju Rajagopal examines why protecting Hindus must not mean allowing Hindutva groups to conflate criticism of their politics with hatred of a faith. scroll.in/article/1094...
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If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
August 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
@root2702.bsky.social So glad to have found you here - followed you on the other place before I left...
August 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
@root2702.bsky.social So glad to have found you here - followed you on the other place before I left...
Memorial for a very precious cat...
#lettercutting.
#lettercutting.
August 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Memorial for a very precious cat...
#lettercutting.
#lettercutting.
Hummingbird HawkMoth loving the flowers this afternoon - look at that tongue!
July 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Hummingbird HawkMoth loving the flowers this afternoon - look at that tongue!
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Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025.
This is deeply shocking.
This is deeply shocking.
July 31, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025.
This is deeply shocking.
This is deeply shocking.
Metallica's 1st Album, "Kill 'em all" is 43 years old today. 🤯🤘
Still can't go wrong with a bit of "Whiplash"
Still can't go wrong with a bit of "Whiplash"
James Hetfield Headbanging Guitar Performance
ALT: James Hetfield Headbanging Guitar Performance
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July 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Metallica's 1st Album, "Kill 'em all" is 43 years old today. 🤯🤘
Still can't go wrong with a bit of "Whiplash"
Still can't go wrong with a bit of "Whiplash"
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watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek.
July 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek.
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Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
July 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Absolutely brilliant I it's clarity and honesty.
A must listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3EbC...
A must listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3EbC...
The only way to cut your taxes is to raise tax. Here's why
Garys Economics · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Absolutely brilliant I it's clarity and honesty.
A must listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3EbC...
A must listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3EbC...
What an amazing Dog she was. 💔
Mollybear has had to leave us.
💔🌈
Very thankful for 12 amazing years of love.
💔🌈
Very thankful for 12 amazing years of love.
July 11, 2026 at 9:44 AM
What an amazing Dog she was. 💔
Absolutely transfixed by @buehlmeister.bsky.social 's "Between Two Fires". For clarity that's as in "transfixed by a lance".
If Death Metal was a book this would be it - Death, Chaos, Fear, Plague, Murder, Supernatural horror, Demons, Vivid descriptions of Medieval armed combat, Monsters... Awesome.
If Death Metal was a book this would be it - Death, Chaos, Fear, Plague, Murder, Supernatural horror, Demons, Vivid descriptions of Medieval armed combat, Monsters... Awesome.
July 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Absolutely transfixed by @buehlmeister.bsky.social 's "Between Two Fires". For clarity that's as in "transfixed by a lance".
If Death Metal was a book this would be it - Death, Chaos, Fear, Plague, Murder, Supernatural horror, Demons, Vivid descriptions of Medieval armed combat, Monsters... Awesome.
If Death Metal was a book this would be it - Death, Chaos, Fear, Plague, Murder, Supernatural horror, Demons, Vivid descriptions of Medieval armed combat, Monsters... Awesome.
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Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Italian academic and author who challenged traditional approaches with his pursuit of microhistory
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Big kisses from Mollybear after her swim...
July 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Big kisses from Mollybear after her swim...