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Paracelsian

@paracelsian.bsky.social
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Pagan, RE Teacher, Letter-carver, Metalhead, ex-Dog-walker, wanna-be runner, post-Cancer. "The only proof, of who you are is in the way you hear the truth. Don't be scared, live to win, although they're always gonna tell you it's a sin".

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A few years ago I carved this sheep counting stone for my brother in law's farm... Look who admired it today on a visit to look at tree planting! #NorOnMyBingoCard
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you're free, the wonderful Mrs Jamison (& her gang of musical marvels) are doing a concert of her series of Modern Folk Songs and Dances based on stories of Welsh Witches. S. Brent Village hall on 17th October (see poster). DM me for tix. #Folklore #Witches #FolkMusic #OneNightOnly
"Don't Slight the Witch". A collection of Songs and Dances by Sian Jamison. Performed by Y Gwrachod. Saturday 17th October, 7:30  South Brent Village Hall. Pay what you can afford - £10/£8/£5.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spectacular Plymouth sunset this evening...
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💖🤎🧡 love is love 💖💚💛
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is staggeringly amazing @pantheistband.bsky.social (& of course I find this just after they've played in Plymouth!) youtu.be/vPtUlZBxOnQ?...
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Pantheïst- The Final Journey (DOOM METAL ARGONAUTA RECORDS)
YouTube video by Pantheist
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now that it has at last been delivered, I can share this (belated) wedding present that I carved over the summer. #Lettercutting
Rounded slab of slate engraved "Lisa and Matt" Ampersand gilded.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
All the stuff on BBC news tonight about how "the ticketing organisations would recognise and deal with bad actors" (over the return of Oasis)... Of course Ticketmaster ARE the bad actors - greedy scalping bastards.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This, à propos of nothing, is what “1000 cranes” looks like when hung up at a particular shrine to pray for good exam results
Origami cranes
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A couple of cracking doom metal bands at The Junction in Plymouth Tonight... The excellent "Nomad Lizard" - new to me but outstanding & headliners "Froglord". & some guy in a knitted pink gimp suit in the moshpit because #metal.
Nomad Lizard
Guy in a knitted pink gimp suit moshing...



Froglord
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
*Looks like we're in for some real-deal G7 climate-crisis survival, after all those years and years of costume-play prepperpunk *Expect to have the ruling oligarchs loudly blaming you for your own suffering *Also, if you efficiently save your own community, expect to be repressed by armed police
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Lots of people commenting on the 300 or so academics signing a petition in support of the horrible Cofnas. In the interests of accuracy I think it's important to point out that this should read "a large number of academics and Toby Young".
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Lisa Cumming @lisacumin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
'“I would ask him* how attempting to lead a life of Christian discipleship squares with public rhetoric designed to produce hostility and violence.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams
Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faith
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Saying goodbye to our big bear of a dog... She was a big character, so she gets big characters on her memorial.
Pet memorial, hand carved with relief lettering for Mollybear. Big, rounded joky letters.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Cracking new track from the awesome @greenlungband.bsky.social Everyone from Helena Blavatsky to John Dee, and Wicked old uncle Al pops up in this video! Seriously looking forward to seeing them again in Bristol later in the year... youtube.com/watch?v=68hJ...
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GREEN LUNG - Black Magick Radio (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
After the Kennedy Centre's Board 'decision' today, I can see that one day the USA will need to go full Akhenaten on Trump - people will spend decades chiselling his poxy little name off things...
Fragment of a broken Cartouche of Akhenaten
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Anti-Hindu hatred is real & must be confronted, alongside the growing racism targeting Indians & other immigrant communities. Raju Rajagopal examines why protecting Hindus must not mean allowing Hindutva groups to conflate criticism of their politics with hatred of a faith. scroll.in/article/1094...
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‘Anti-Hindu’ crimes remain low in US, but MAGA hostility against Indians is growing
Hindutva organisations continue to advance claims of ‘Hinduphobia’ instead of joining hands with others to confront racism.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@root2702.bsky.social So glad to have found you here - followed you on the other place before I left...
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Memorial for a very precious cat... #lettercutting.
Hand carved slate memorial for a cat.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hummingbird HawkMoth loving the flowers this afternoon - look at that tongue!
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Metallica's 1st Album, "Kill 'em all" is 43 years old today. 🤯🤘 Still can't go wrong with a bit of "Whiplash"
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James Hetfield Headbanging Guitar Performance
ALT: James Hetfield Headbanging Guitar Performance
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Absolutely brilliant I it's clarity and honesty. A must listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3EbC...
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The only way to cut your taxes is to raise tax. Here's why
Garys Economics · Episode
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
What an amazing Dog she was. 💔
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Absolutely transfixed by @buehlmeister.bsky.social 's "Between Two Fires". For clarity that's as in "transfixed by a lance". If Death Metal was a book this would be it - Death, Chaos, Fear, Plague, Murder, Supernatural horror, Demons, Vivid descriptions of Medieval armed combat, Monsters... Awesome.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/07/2026
Carlo Ginzburg obituary
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Carlo Ginzburg obituary
Italian academic and author who challenged traditional approaches with his pursuit of microhistory
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Big kisses from Mollybear after her swim...
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Climate language can be used for justiceor for cover. , This important @PRAEyesRight piece shows how Hindu nationalist & Christian nationalist movements use “green” rhetoric to sacralize hierarchy, defend caste, and decide whose lives and lands are expendable. politicalresearch.org/2026/06/24/g...
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“Green Dharma” Meets Dominion
Christian and Hindu nationalists both sacralize hierarchy, decry civil rights protections, and decide which communities are expendable, all in the name of saving the nation or the planet.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It doesn't always go according to plan! I carved Carol DuBosch's "Tattoo alphabet". It's taken a couple of weekends & was going ok. Inspired by Fergus Davidson's amazing slate carving, I tried to get a Riven finish round the edge (Some of it worked!) #Ranoutofskill #Lettercutting #Learnfrommistakes
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's all gone a bit "Stuka Attack" in the garden this evening... Get your head down.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 22/06/2026
How are things in Belfast? Are the people with Legitimate Concerns about paedophilia attacking unionist politicians’ homes in response to the Donaldson verdict? They aren’t? How strange. Their Concerns seemed so Legitimate when they were burning foreigners out of their homes a few weeks back.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A couple of hundred people who are unfamiliar with the concept of Hubris....
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
All this breathless political brouhaha about Burnham is insane. Have the PLP never heard of Hubris (or reflected upon what it brings?).
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Watching this ridiculous self-obsessed media frenzy on BBC. Gibbering and excitable - no actual reflection on how poorly this turnover of PMs reflects on the UK as a country. I really hope that Starter comes out and goes "you can all f*** off - I'm not resigning"...
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Our solstice handfasting - 17 years ago. Solstice blessings to all.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
No seagulls mobbing the playground today... Bob is on duty.
Peregrine falcon on a falconer's glove.
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Norwegian Skjold class surface effect Corvettes (with a top speed of 60 knots), in Plymouth Sound this evening...
Two Skjold class Corvettes
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire did this
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Glorious, smells amazing too...
pink roses
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Went arse over tit on my run this morning, over a loose paving slab on Union Street. Over the course of today it has become apparent that I've cracked a rib! (Previously have cracked ribs on a Sealed Knot Battlefield and on the barrier at a Motörhead gig, so this time feels rather pathetic).
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
They took back control. And then handed it to a motley bunch of trillionaires, billionaires and multi-millionaires. Enjoy the pure air of sovereignty app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73830/...
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Violent protests in Belfast are the toxic legacy of Brexit
Dangerous rhetoric about migrants has become mainstream again, writes Alan Rusbridger. The violent impact is now being played out on the streets
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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Paracelsian @paracelsian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Two memorial pebbles for much loved cats collected this evening. #Lettetcutting
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Ryan Smith @rysmith.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
If there was any doubt that this regime intends to eliminate anything they deem as non-Christian, here's additional confirmation of their willingness to act on that. Military Pagans should reach out to their chaplains & communities for support sooner rather than later. #HeathenSky #PaganSky
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DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List
Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.
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