E E Fry

E E Fry

@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Have left Bluesky for bluer skies.

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E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Twice now, I've suffered a pile on attack out of nowhere here on Bluesky - both conversing with Americans in a courteous manner about cultural differences regarding food and eating habits and both steered by female journalists with 100k+ followings... That's some major food hang up.

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Guardian Australia
@australia.theguardian.com

Cash, emergency food and wind-up radios: How to survive a power outage

theguardian.comCash, emergency food and wind-up radios: How to survive a power outageCitizens across Europe have been getting advice about emergency planning, which may feel more urgent after blackout on Iberian peninsula If the lights went out in your home or office, on your train home, or in your local supermarket – would you know what to do? That question became more urgent this week, after almost the entire Iberian peninsula suffered a mass electricity blackout, leaving tens of millions across Spain and Portugal without power. As a result of the two countries’ outage on Monday, millions were left unable to get home from work, take out cash, buy food or in some cases escape lifts that were stuck between floors. Both nations declared states of emergency. Continue reading...
E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

El PP y Vox, de derechas en España, ahora afirman que el incidente eléctrico de ayer se debe a la excesiva dependencia de las energías renovables y que nunca habría ocurrido si España dependiera más de la tecnología nuclear. Porque, como saben, nunca ha habido desastres en centrales nucleares...🙄🤷🏾‍♀️

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Si prefieres leer - recomiendo eso: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708085...

penguinrandomhouse.comEl despertar de la herejía / The Second Sleep by Robert Harris: 9788425359613 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksEn una sociedad donde la fe y el dogma han desterrado la razón y la  ciencia, un sacerdote investiga la muerte de un vicario rural. Gran Bretaña, año 1468. El sacerdote...
EL PAÍS@elpais.com

La electricidad y los apagones han sido un motivo argumental recurrente en muchas películas, de Monstruos S.A a Blackout

elpais.comCómo ha mostrado el cine los apagones en 12 películas muy distintas: terror, apocalipsis y conflictos socialesLa luz y la oscuridad han sido un recurso argumental y narrativo fundamental para numerosos cineastas
E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

El PP tiene cierta cara al ir a por Sánchez por cómo el Estado federal manejó una emergencia nacional con calma dentro de 24 horas; un poco exagerado cuando la debacle por respuestas por parte de PP en Valencia todavía continúa sin solucionarse 🙄 www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...

elconfidencial.comEl PP atribuye el apagón a la "negligencia" del Gobierno ante los grandes líderes de la UEGénova aprovecha el altavoz de la cumbre europea para cargar las tintas contra el Ejecutivo tras el histórico apagón que asoló ayer la Península. "España tiene un Estado, pero no un Gobierno", lanzó Pons en la apertura del cónclave

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EL PAÍS
@elpais.com

“Todos los coches que me he cruzado por el camino llevaban la radio dando información a todo volumen”. La radio mantiene su capacidad de transmitir información esencial cuando el resto de las comunicaciones fallan

elpais.comLa radio impone su fuerza frente al apagónComo sucedió durante la catástrofe de la dana hace seis meses, el medio radiofónico mantiene su capacidad de transmitir información esencial cuando el resto de las comunicaciones fallan
E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

So glad I live in Spain today. Everyone in the most part kept calm. Everyone in the most part came together. Everyone in the most part took it in their stride, kept smiling and just kept on going. And the public services did a fantastic job under very difficult circumstances.

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Notes from Spain: Seriously! Make sure you have cash at home. Candles, batteries, lamps, matches. A radio or a radio in your car. Chargers in your car. Fuel tanks topped up. Dry goods. The mobile phone networks lasted about 2.5 hrs before complete shut down and cut off from outside world.

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Luckily we live somewhere with an abundance of drinkable tap water and rivers, as well as woodland. If you don't, make sure you've got access to alternative fuels and water or water purification. If you have meds, always try to keep them topped up - pharmacies couldn't process any prescriptions.

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Would be surprised if Republicans haven't been making plans for militias and marshall law...

Lizzy Tish@lizzy-tish.bsky.social

Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

The realisation that we will soon enough have to stop using the internet and go back to paper books from reputable publishers and watermarked DVDs just to discover some way of discerning what is real and what is not.

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Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Some personal news: meet my new replacement at the all new Observer newspaper. Yes, it’s Facebook’s very own Nick Clegg. Congrats to everyone involved in this absolutely stellar signing. Take a bow. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Fuckity bye RIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It wasn't a natural death. The biggest journalistic bloodletting in a generation. Rest in power ✊ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

open.substack.comFuckity byeRIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It was not a natural death.
E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

youtu.be/mfyiSk8Rjc8?...

youtu.beWho is Nigel Farage?YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train” Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comNigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief saysExclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right

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Nicola Kelly
@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social

"I noticed that most members seemed more interested in companionship than political debate." Fascinating, incredibly brave reporting by @harryshukman.bsky.social, who spent a year infiltrating far-right groups. Vital to understand their motivations. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

theguardian.comA year of hate: what I learned when I went undercover with the far rightThe long read: Working for Hope Not Hate, I infiltrated an extremist organisation, befriended its members and got to work investigating their political connections
E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

I am hurkle-durkling 😊

Susie Dent@susiedentwords.bsky.social

Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake. Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong. For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Any argument by any user or publisher for remaining on the X platform is looking even more flimsy by the day. They're not fighting the machine, they are feeding it.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”

ft.comCanadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of electionFT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Don't mean to be a conspiracy theorist but it is surprising the percentage of high profile whistleblowers and challengers of the state and elite die in "accidents" and by "suicide"... #justsayingwhateverybodyisthinking

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

Intrigued what the Welsh and Scottish house sparrows do now.

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com

ROOFER: As soon as we blocked the holes, they started attacking the cement! ME: Sounds about right. ROOFER: WHAT did you say these were? ME: English house sparrows. They’re invasive, they bully other birds, and they do this. ROOFER: Like fifty of them had a meeting on the roof! While we were there!

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

What could go wrong?

NOAA@noaa.gov

These minerals are currently sitting atop the sea floor, waiting to be scooped up and processed. Through #NOAA’s mapping tech and licensing abilities, we are helping industry leaders find, collect and bring back these minerals to benefit the #USA & domestic manufacturing.

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Representative Ryan Clancy
@ryanclancywi.bsky.social

MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other publications reported that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan apparently attempted to protect a defendant from ICE agents trying to detain that defendant. (1/6)

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Representative Ryan Clancy
@ryanclancywi.bsky.social

Unofficially there’s word folks are heading to the MKE Federal Building/Courthouse (517 E Wisconsin Ave) as of 10:30am today. It’s always best to exercise caution and go with a trusted friend/comrade, if you’re able!

Volk’s Beard@volksbeard.bsky.social

Just got off the phone with congresswoman Moore’s office… Is there anything else we can do? Are we going to protest this?

E E Fry
@sugarcanebook.bsky.social

I opened the window to let a lizard out of the gallery and there was another lizard resting in the bottom of the frame 😳 it's tail fell off onto the floor when it shot off the ledge...sharing this while I try not puke and wait for it to stop moving 😱😱😱😱