Kris Holt

Went out in the deluge before work started to bring in the first instalment of the harvest

UK offering Freedom of Movement would be the game changer for conversations with the EU, one of the trio of people, pounds and positivity I identified earlier this year as crucial to any significant move to removing barriers.

While scrolling, enjoy a small cichlid break. 🐟 #fishkeeping

"Why do the racists insist on joining our party?" weeps Reform UK, as Reform UK hosts a noted racist

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

timeline cleanse

Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai warns AI could lead to unoriginal, unplayable games https://nintendoeverything.com/smash-bros-director-masahiro-sakurai-warns-ai-could-lead-to-unoriginal-unplayable-games/

Dreaming of Muscari Blue Grape hyacinths from my garden, spring 2020. 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography #ColorADay #BlueTue #ECK

Economically left, votes for Nigel Farage. Immigration is going up a lot in their heads

This goes well with the new exhibition at the RA: www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/p...

Really enjoying this show. It does help that I like everything involved. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

If you're not familiar with the alcohol consumption by decile chart, it's a real eye opening look at what being a hardcore alcoholic is like

Lettuce undefeated

Somebody said "They voted for racism and got poverty" The thing is... social scientists and economists have been saying for the last 50 years Racism is austerity

Bound into three exquisitely colored volumes, Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902) features hundreds of species, collected across 42 years by a female mycologist named M. F. Lewis: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fungi-of-shropshire

Is this it? The Big One? Or all back to normal by lunch time? Global AI sell-off deepens as Asian markets tumble - as.ft.com/r/fd66cd03-b...

Can you revive a zombie river? Our cities are full of rivers that have been buried in concrete after industrial pollution filled them with filth. But there's a global drive to bring them back: to "daylight" these forgotten rivers. I had a lovely day out in Sheffield today, seeing it actually happen.

Another on the list of "things that are obvious from the evidence yet ignored" is "current immigration policy will deliver a great big hole in future budgets". The OBR currently assumes net migration bottoms out at 200k then rises. That isn't going to happen

I'm deep down the rabbit hole on FROGFISH, 60 species of anglerfish in family Antennariidae. They are deeply, utterly WEIRD & MARVELOUS. Most walk on modified fins. Others use jet propulsion. Some are capable of air-breathing. Some are "hairy", others blend perfectly in sargassum.

A lot of rich guys want you to think that the bar on the right is always going to be bigger than the bar on the left.

Autumn! 🍂 Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Or to put it another way, damp. Everything’s fucken damp

My first Zebrange pepper has ripened! Look at the shape and the colours!

Zack Polanski getting asked if he'll stand down after one election when Nigel Farage lost like ten in a row. Fucking ridiculous media environment.

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

“One paradox of our time is that whilst the educational attainment of the population has increased, there has been a decline in public intellectual standards”

Let's explore the IceCube Neutrino Observatory! Constructed at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, it embeds ~5,800 ultra-sensitive light detectors (DOMs) in 90 strings through 1 cubic km of ultra-clear glacier ice sitting at very nearly the precise geographic South Pole.

Democratic vote on who the bad things should happen to bsky.app/profile/head...

There is also an argument that continually raising the 0% tax threshold removes people from paying into the state and loses the sense of contribution. Everyone should pay in, and tax thresholds should be smoothed out, but there should be subsidies for those who need support.

Basically all European states have financial issues and basically all are discussing (further) restricting social services/support/etc for the wealthier. See UK re childcare above £100 000. I totally get it. However: we need to acknowledge that this is creating a social contract problem.

Our statement on the recent Green Party of England and Wales motion 'Zionism is Racism'. europeangreens.eu/news/egp-pos...

Join us from 7pm this evening, Monday 5 October, as we observe silence in the Cathedral for Michaelmas, the feast to acknowledge the angelic powers. Please enter via the North West door and wear shoes with soft soles to help maintain the silence. cathedral.org.uk/events/silen...

Let asylum seekers work: it'll fix a few problems in our labour market, save taxpayers some cash and mean we don't need giant asylum sites like MOD Bicester. Or we could keep being performatively awful to asylum seekers for no benefit.

I don’t think people appreciate just how precariously the butterfly is balanced on the wheel here. The current PM is promising Hope and Change at the top of a malignant party and a political/media system that is non-negotiable bent on scything benefit cuts, militarism and relentless extraction.

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

if you don't have this yet and you liked stardew and/or story of seasons née harvest moon do yourself a favor

Witch’s Garden, prompt one of Drawtober