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Things that cheered me up today.

bradenslen pointed me to this:

England, like most countries, is more of an imagined place than anything objectively real. Its ordinanced borders are merely state stories. We who live here know its true thresholds are the salted shore, ends of lanes where magic lives. We all make it up as walk its ways. – #CLNolan

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— hookland.bsky.social (@hookland.bsky.social) January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM

It’s a win for butterflies! Government refuses emergency use of banned butterfly-killing pesticide on sugar beet | Butterfly Conservation

But Environment Minister Emma Hardy decided not to grant the authorisation for emergency use of Cruiser SB, which contains the butterfly-killing neonicotinoid thiamethoxam prohibited since 2018 – the first time in five years the application has been turned down.

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In reply to 💬 Tools I’m Using to Build My Digital Garden by Aaron Davis.

I guess in not paying for the various efficiencies gained with Sync or Readwise then it is costing me my time? Food for thought I guess.

Or maybe you save a bit of time by not exploring all the services you would have to pay for?

I love the idea of a Sunday drive blog. Perhaps the correct pace for a blog to be. Relaxed, without particular direction and enjoyable. I’ve got the idea of ‘a Sunday stroll’ as a description of where I want my blog to go. See also Flâneur.

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Read Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson ★★★★☆ 📚
Took a while for the strands to come together, each character drawn with detail. Once I was engaged the end came too quick. Slightly confused as I came in at 4th in the series, although I’d watch the tv one long ago.