Sometime software engineer, sometime fracture mechanics researcher, and anytime wine enthusiast
Manchester, England
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Recent news - compare and contrast:
The UK is now proudly air-dropping aid into Gaza, apparently several tons a day.
Meanwhile, the US has approved further support to Israel, including 1,925 US tons worth of bombs.
Is Georgia truly the Cradle of Wine?
winenous.co.uk/wp/archives/1…
Back to Georgia, where 'a guest is a gift from God'. A nice well-written piece. Not touristy, but it gives a good feel for the country
ft.com/content/c46b2a1e-7d3c…
Various artisanal wines from Georgia winenous.co.uk/wp/archives/1…
A Tvishi wine, from Chateau Tvishi winenous.co.uk/wp/archives/1…
I've certainly had similar experiences. You get no feeling that you are being looked after at an organisational level. What worries me most is how non-pushy vulnerable people manage to access NHS care
bbc.co.uk/news/health-672395…
I never cease to be amazed by the limited range of attention of "The West" when it come to atrocities and suffering. BTW, how's it going in Ukraine now?
A genocidal horror in Darfur unleashed by Arabs against black Sudanese that is all but ignored by the rest of us. economist.com/middle-east-an…
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Big day tomorrow. I will be terrorising and eating unvaccinated humans in the Kingsland Shopping Centre, Dalston, but I'm sure you’ve got your own preferred venue. Have fun! 🧟♂️
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ALT I LOVE pies, and in 1940 I joined a monastery because I was told I could lead a very pious lifestyle. What a load of bollocks. I've spent almost seven decades with no trousers or socks, praising God and shit and pulling on a bastard rope to ring a fucking bell. If that wasn't arseache enough, they wake me up at four in the morning to chant and tend a fucking beehive. As for pies, there hasn't been a sniff of one since the day I joined. All we eat is fucking porridge. Brother Dominic Anselm Brinkburn Priory
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The obese dog on Amaghleba has become a tourist attraction on Google maps. goo.gl/maps/pqRuhAvcCqrbZjG8…
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There is something very broken with political debate in this country when 45k annual small boat arrivals get acres more coverage than what's happening to John happening to 100,000+ people a month.
A great explanation of the recently published research into the origins of wine
How Wine’s Origin Was Shaped by the Last Glacial Maximum eos.org/articles/how-wines-o…
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Loitering is not a crime. The streets should belong to everyone. Hanging around, not spending money, making connections + doing do harm are NOT inherently suspicious. Too often fears are racialized, gendered, classed and stigmatizing youth. We all deserve to take up public space
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I say let them enjoy themselves, what harm can it do?
ALT Listeria: UK public warned not to eat Baronet semi-soft cheeses after death.
Awful treatment by the police.
Yet another example of how UK institutions and services are great on paper ("the envy of the world"), but in practice are broken
So here it is. My full account of how I ended up being arrested for being a pedestrian. And unlike the Police Officer's statements, it actually bears some resemblance to the facts!
link.medium.com/o3I808kl7xb
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Day 5 as a hospital inpatient (UK, NHS). Forget the politics and let’s be human. Imagine I’m a relative. I feel helpless and isolated. I am mentally and physically drained. Staff doing everything they can in a system that is deeply flawed and has too much demand… [1/?]
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Big news: new genetic evidence shows that the grapevine was domesticated in two locations, and 3000 years earlier than previously thought wineanorak.com/2023/03/02/bi…
