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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️

@lizziebally.bsky.social
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The edible garden, books, food, wine, politics, fountain pens, hens. Lefty Humanist European living in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc, France, & Béziers. Gregarious hermit. Married to a fine woman. No DMs unless I have met you in real life.

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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Grotesque
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh lordy, I’m bored with #strictly already. Is it too early to go to bed?
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Me too.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That’s stretching it in this house.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is terrifying. (I hope it’s not behind a paywall) www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
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‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
The long read: We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing ...
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Cornelia Caviglia @corneliacaviglia.ch · 25/08/2026
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Dolly Parton - Jolene 19880110
YouTube video by SidsCardShop
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh please, not Dolly. She was one exceptionally decent woman. Thank you for it all, Dolly.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Impressive!
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
And so said Thomas Hardy in Far From the Madding Crowd.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Unthinkable.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Pals, do you recall bees swarming at our previous house, in the crook of the arm of the Virgin Mary? The noise was akin to lawnmowers on a Sunday in the UK suburbs. The bees arrived, swarmed and left. Four hours and the entire performance was over. I longed for honey to pour from the Madonna’s foot.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Good luck for both of you.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Allez les Bleus!! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy Fête Nationale from Béziers.
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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is Brilliant! You have to listen to this 😂
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Men of Mt. Rushmore
YouTube video by Michael Kryton
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Boomers too.
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I agree. She’s a massive disappointment.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Bonjour, les hôpitaux sont submergés, les morts se multiplient : la canicule tue. C’est le moment d’exiger une loi d’urgence pour empêcher l’hécatombe climatique. Signe cette pétition et partage-la massivement autour de toi : petitions.bloomassociation.org/fr/loi-urgen... Merci !
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Exigeons une loi d’urgence pour empêcher l’hécatombe climatique
Combien de morts encore avant que le gouvernement n’adopte une loi d’urgence nous protégeant de l'hécatombe climatique? Signez cette pétition cruciale
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I feckin’ h*te Tr**p.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I really don’t understand their reasoning. Here in France commercial operations with over 1500m2 of car park have to cover at least 50% with solar installations. This produces electricity and protects users and cars. Most large supermarkets also have EV charging. Makes sense, non?
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
What’s particularly astonishing is that it is JUNE. It’s not unusual for us to go over 40 briefly in August, but this, already? I'm in the south of France and the tomatoes and apples in my garden are cooking on the plants/trees.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Iran v. New Zealand ended around 8pm in Los Angeles. At 10:07pm, Iran players were on a bus bound for the airport, where they'd fly back to Tijuana. World Cup organizers wouldn't let them stay and recover. This is completely unacceptable. FIFA should not be a political wing of the US Government.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The era of trillionaires will be dire for democracy. Here is how we can fight back | Gabriel Zucman
There is a fundamental tension between extreme wealth and the very possibility of democracy. That’s because extreme wealth is always an extreme power
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Oh America, what have you come to? The whole world needs to have a strong word with you.
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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Fuck FIFA ! Boycott the World Cup !
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Imagine a world in which we could see job ads saying “we’re looking for someone calm, reliable, who knows how to remain focused” rather than “outgoing, sociable, love working with groups of people”
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Why are they even there? The entire event should have been boycotted. Ah, but then there’s money.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/06/2026
If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Bon rétablissement
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Michael Ball singing on @Chelseaflowershow. Nooooo. Just f**k off. It’s supposed to be about gardens, not bloody ‘celebrities’.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Thanks
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Many chargers were not working or very slow and needed at least eight different apps. I know we’re spoilt by having multitudinous chargers in France, but I hope Spain will catch up fast if there is real demand.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Well that’s encouraging. Having driven from home in the south of France to Valencia in our Hyundai Inster EV last week, we found the charging opportunities to be extremely hit and miss. cont’d…..
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Lordy, lordy, lordy Britain. Have you learnt nothing?
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Just bought all four. Good luck.
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Dr. Kim @pdxminddoc.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Sound advice!
Never argue with someone whose tv is bigger than their bookshelf.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Not now Shiela 🥰 I’m on Duty
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
If the shooter had turned up in a tuxedo he’d have got away with it. Shame.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Minute Cryptic - 27 April, 2026 "Elk and baby bear return to cave" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (46,473 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A President with his lowest approval ratings ever attends an annual high profile dinner he has boycotted for years where an assassination attempt happens. He is prepared to deliver press comments 30 minutes after the shooting where he speaks of uniting the country. Hmmmm....
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Beware of the labrador?
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MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 27/03/2026
This is the happiest dog of the week! Ben adopted his dog whose shelter card declared his love for water, so he brought him to this place.. This was his reaction..
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2026
Trump: "They shot the now-famous Ireland--- the island that the UK was very afraid to give us."
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
That’s tough news to take. Love to Chonk.
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Whoever decided it would be a good idea to have England in white and France in pale blue didn’t imagine how indistinguishable that would look on the telly. #rugby #sixnations #englandrugby #francerugby
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Lizzie Ballantyne 🖋️ @lizziebally.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Surely this can't be true. Britain, what are you thinking? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Elon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain
Ofgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs
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