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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13h

We like to tell ourselves that time flows evenly, but we all have a history of convenient lies. Time has its slow eddies. It runs across some places so tardily a year might become a decade. Places where the walk of a hundred yards might take two hours to complete. – #DAKilroy

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Let us walk the woods as feral possibility space. Let us walk the woods in hope of strange sights, fantastical encounters. Stories we can tell to those we love as an intimate folklore of hope that wonder is still abroad. That we still have places of constant magic. – #DAKilroy

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As we've just had the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, known in Hookland as the Corn Maiden Moon, it seems appropriate share some of the folklore of the Heading the Corn. #FolkloreSunday

Full moon closest to the autumn equinox – Heading the Corn Part of the cultus in St. Urith in the county, but clearly also part of much older harvest festival traditions, the heading of the corn is the name for the ritual of the first sheath of corn cut being bound and taken to the nearest church so that the spirit of the saint could live in it to the next harvest. The sheath is traditionally taken on a cart, crowded with reapers, often wearing masks made of sack, shouting: ‘Hooky! Hooky! while the cart is led by an extravagantly dressed couple referred to as the Lord and Lady of the Harvest. Before the procession gets to the church to deliver the sheath, they will be met at a crossroad by a figure personifying death who will let them pass only after the shedding of blood (usually done by the nicking of the hands of the Lord and Lady of the Harvest). When the sheath has been delivered and a thanksgiving mass given, a usually somewhat riotous harvest supper is then held.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Linocut by contemporary printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In a week, the last flower offerings of a lingering summer will be gone. Their spot taken with displays of corn maidens, apples and pears from local orchards. A celebration of harvest, of the turning of the year. From field, allotment and garden, a pagan dressing. – #DAKilroy

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I feel it is no bad thing to walk the lanes of England as a child would. Over the wall an orchard to scrump. Around the turn of the path the hope of ghost glimpse, faery encounter. To walk with an enchanted heart is my aim and none shall dissuade me from it. – #CLNolan

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interesting political shift here and planning for fuel resilience

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We go to the woods to have our souls entangled. We go to the woods in hope of encountering wonder, wild magics. Some deep, cave-old part of us knows it as a sacred space just a we know it as a place of possible peril. The woods whisper to our souls. – #CLNolan #Woods

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Folklore is the land's long memory. Its stories remember better than any of our carvings of it, the ruins we leave atop it. – Dr. Michael Benn, 1982 #FolkloreThursday

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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ivy comes alive in September. These globe-shaped flowers are a vital source of pollen and nectar when not much else is in flower 🐝🍂 For even more seasonal tips, download our gardening guides: ow.ly/uM3b50ZFYEp

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Helen K Jeffrey @imhelenj.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A different scale, presented to a local parish council last night #communityenergy

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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They have raised £27m out of the £30m needed - an amazing achievement. If you can, please help them get this brilliant initiative over the line. www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

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Rothbury Estate Match Appeal | The Wildlife Trusts

The Rothbury Estate is more than a beautiful place. It's 3,800 hectares of rivers, woodlands, grasslands, peatlands and open moorland, where wildlife still has the chance to thrive at a scale rarely s...

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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Did u know? Seed heads, not only look beautiful, they are essential to wildlife friendly gardens. They shelter small souls during cold, wet winter months & they feed birds, like goldfinches when other food is scarce. So don't lop 'em off, leave 'em in situ.....Believe in *brown*. 🤎🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛🪲🕷️

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Would you like to join me at Magna Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall, part of the @vindolandatrust.bsky.social , to learn more about Roman Pottery making techniques and create your own Barbotine Hunt Cup? I'll guide you every step of the way. #Archaeology Now is your chance share.google/QP4QfKwnPDFe...

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Give me a house of the dead that has stood through time and I will tell you a hundred stories. Tell its phantom folklore, its time as a giant's throne and Devil's Hencoop. Tell you how it whispers the land's long memory to all standing below it. – #CLNolan #StandingStoneSunday

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cultauthor.bsky.social @cultauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In re-enchantment we stop dreaming of inevitable apocalypse and find the permissive space to tell stories of hope.

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National Energy Action @nea.org.uk · 12/09/2026

Some people rely on their wood burner every day. Share these chimney fire safety tips with friends, family, and neighbours this winter. #ChimneySafetyWeek

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Helen K Jeffrey @imhelenj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Estuaries, beaches, wetlands and streams.

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Helen K Jeffrey @imhelenj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was asked to do the introduction to Community Energy segment, and happily it all went rather well!

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Helen K Jeffrey @imhelenj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was asked to do the introduction to Community Energy segment, and happily it all went rather well!

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some trees are more than hedge anchors, landmarks in the lane. They stand out as guardians, green monarchs of their kingdoms. At twilight there is often a sense of them wishing to speak of what they have seen – whether to give a blessing or warning is hard to tell. – #DAKilroy, 1982

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Stephen Unwin @stephenunwin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you haven’t read Beautiful Lives, please do! Seems to be making quite a stir. It’s in paperback too!

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Bertie's Dad @bertiesdaddy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

2 years ago, I invested £20k in a cash ISA. It returned £800 in one year. The same money is now invested in ASHP, solar and battery. We have already saved £957 since the end of March. (£507 in export payments, and another £450 in diesel we don't need anymore)

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Helen K Jeffrey @imhelenj.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thresholds, gateways, entrances and exits..

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Another fossil-fuel industry, anti-renewables talking point bites the dust as wind turbine blades - in fact the whole wind farm - sends v little to landfill For years anti-wind farm campaigners have said landfill of turbines blades means wind power is unsustainable www.thetimes.com/business/ene...

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ScottishPower fully recycles Hagshaw Hill wind farm in UK first

A pioneering scheme to reuse turbines from one of Britain’s first wind power projects has sent less than 0.1 per cent to landfill

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Helen K Jeffrey @imhelenj.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A good, quick read for a bank holiday Monday!

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/08/2026

⚡️Russia continues attacks on Kyiv as air raids sound on and off in Ukraine's capital. Russia continued its near-constant drone attacks on Ukraine's capital for a third consecutive night on Aug. 29-30, with authorities repeatedly issuing air-raid alerts in Kyiv as fires were reported in the city.

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Russia continues attacks on Kyiv as air raids sound on and off in Ukraine's capital

Russia continued its near-constant drone attacks on Ukraine's capital for a third consecutive night on Aug. 29-30, with authorities repeatedly issuing air-raid alerts in Kyiv as fires were reported in...

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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly Parton can gift 20million books a year to children, why can’t Amazon, Apple and Microsoft do something like this??

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”

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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My regular reminder that cutting down on meat, eating more vegetables, is good for your health, your wallet, and one of the best things you can do as an individual to help fight climate change. I‘ve collected some of my favourite recipes together in the link below.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Leaders of Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway have arrived in Kyiv ahead of our Independence day.

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Seamus Ryan @seamusryan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Well, that was fabulous. Outstanding. Tao Of Glass is my first Five Stars, No Notes show of 2026. Perfect performance, impeccable tech, self-aware, cheeky fourth-wall breaking, original Philip Glass score… and there was puppetry. Actually made me glad I was alive to see it.

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Homer Simpsons: Oh, I Love Legitimate Theater

ALT: Homer Simpsons: Oh, I Love Legitimate Theater

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Worth reposting for the am crowd, especially for its pragmatic advice on how to support yourself or a colleague in a pile-on. So, essential reading for (among others) academic staff, deans, PVCs and VCs to have on hand.

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Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Very moving to see the Royal Charter memorial at Moelfre. This tragic shipwreck with 460 lives lost inspired @metoffice.gov.uk founder Admiral Fitzroy to begin the storm warning service which later grew into the Shipping Forecast

The memorial to the Royal Charter in Welsh and English on a bronze scale plinth with the Royal modern RNlI building behind

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Good morning. I am wearing a jumper. Repeat, I am wearing a jumper.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It's been a hard week. Please apply this glorious cloud poultice to your soul.

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Cliff Harris (Cliffski) @cliffharris.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Something seemingly on no politician's radar: In the UK countryside, most houses are heated by oil. Right now, 95% of our village has about 500 liters of super-flammable heating oil in their gardens. During wildfire-season. We should prioritise people moving from heating oil to electric heat pumps.

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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 16/08/2026

This is *literally* Government policy! "From 21 July the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant is being increased by 20%, from £7,500 to £9,000, to help rural households make the move from heating oil to a heat pump." www.gov.uk/government/n...

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