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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh Alem! You don't know me but I know all about your very important work on the PACE trial & have been rooting for you ever since. So glad you've made it to SM so I can say thank you & give you a big hug xx

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Ed Foster. @fo5tered.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A Blue Tit in the Cherry Plum Tree yesterday 🪶 #birds

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: Black Sabbath Deep Purple King Crimson George Melly & the footwarmers Suzanne Vega Joan Armatrading Steve Miller Band Ry Cooder Pink Floyd Eric Clapton

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

She is very pretty! I'd be sinigng 'You're gorgeous' song to her all the time.

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Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A #Grand evening after two and a half days of rain. Sunbeams and storm clouds over Loch Arkaig, Scotland for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGForGrand and the #SensoryArt theme #Clouds #ECK #photography #Kodachrome #1980s #ManualFocusPrimeLens

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 08/08/2026

The solar eclipse on Wednesday will be the most lunar coverage since 1999, and won’t be repeated until 2081! Here are the times and totality % you can expect across the country. Great graphic by the @metoffice.gov.uk

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

@maryeilmicdom.bsky.social I thought I saw a posting from you to me but can't find it! Things about the same for me. How are you Mary? And a belated Happy Birthday to you for 31st July (you're on my calendar) xx

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Barnaclebum @barnaclebum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The colours are really popping this season. #Flowers #Gardening #Nature #MentalHealth

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“ME is a very dangerous & debilitating condition.” Karen Gordon’s mum, explains why travelling 100 miles for an assessment could cause a serious relapse. Karen needs tube feeding & would be better off at home but is effectively trapped in hospital. #MECFS #SevereMEAwarenessWeek

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The fabulous 18th-century Abbey Library of Saint Gall in Switzerland 🇨🇭

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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Fraggs Photography 📸🦊🦉🦋🦔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @fraggenstein.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The ALT #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Green, any bird with green showing set by @robcrank68.bsky.social ~ Loved this amazing moment watching this Green Woodpecker fledge from the nest 😍🥰🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #bluesky #naturephotography #naturetherapy

Photo taken at Forest Farm NR ~ Cardiff ~ South Wales

A young Green Woodpecker (fledgling) leaves its tree-cavity nest around June, appearing as a streaky, pale-bellied bird with a slight, dull red crown and black moustache. It often lands on the ground, learning to hunt ants with a long, sticky tongue, appearing clumsy yet, sometimes, vocal. They are shy but may visit lawns, often accompanied by a parent for food training, sometimes clinging awkwardly to trees.

Appearance: Unlike the solid olive-green adult, the youngster is heavily speckled and streaky, appearing lighter in colour, making it look "greyish green" or mottled rather than bright green.

Behaviour (Grounding): They frequently land directly onto grass or near the base of trees, where they might seem stuck or awkward, rather than high in the branches immediately.

Movement & Sound: They make a "laughing" call (yaffle) and are often heard calling out loudly for food in gardens before they are seen.

Distinctive Shape: Even as a juvenile, they possess the unmistakable large head, long beak, and short tail characteristic of a woodpecker, often feeding while hunched over on the ground.

Flight: Their first flights are often short, fluttering hops, often moving from a low branch to the ground.

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Mystical magic. Back to rain again today so thought this one from Friday morning was a bit more cheerful than posting a photo of the grey sky and rain 😂

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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Bobbin the Robin is often sat singing on my windowsill when I get up in the morning. #BirdoftheDay #EverydayBirds

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Sue Marsh @suey2y.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is a VERY important expose today of yet another failing health Trust. My local Trust. This time maternity and so many babies whose deaths could have been avoided. We MUST read them. We MUST share them. And we MUST make it stop. Today's Post : open.substack.com/pub/undercla... #NHS #babyscandal

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Baby Scandal at Sussex Hospitals

....the ones our local Town relies on.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It's a favourite program of mine too when it's on Talking Pictures.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hello Mary, same ole, same old this end. I pop over here every now & then to check up on how my Twitter mates who've abandoned ship are doing xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm real! I'm real! OK - not attractive, serious or young - but you can't have everything.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Added to my list of musicians to listen to xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I'm still here - or rather 'in the other place', chugging along. Hope you're doing OK Steph xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

@maryeilmicdom.bsky.social I've made my way over from the other place to wish you & your poor broken leg a very Happy Birthday & to congratulate you on managing a shower! Hope your day goes as well as possible with some happy bits and cake! xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Lyme Regis is a lovely place. I always think of "The French Lieutenant's Woman" with Sarah Woodruff gazing out to sea from the Cobb & a wild sea with waves crashing!

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I'm sorry you lost your quieter space & are back in the bright lights, noise and no sleep big ward. It's horrible environment when you have ME. And sorry too that you have post-op issues that need attention so an early release is not happening. More hugs on their way to you xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Ah Mary! What a to do! I'm so sorry multiple bones are broken & will take much time & patience to mend. I'm glad they put you in your own room. ME & broken leg & hurty ankle are not a good mix. Hope that blackbird appreciated your funeral rite. Sending hugs to my friend xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

It's simple with wood pigeons. It's either sex or food they're thinking about or both.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I've got myself a little hobby of remembering music from the 70s & then seeing if the artist/band is still playing or alive even. Here's Canned Heat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMbW...

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Canned Heat - On The Road Again - Don Odells Legends

YouTube video by Don Odell

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A pedicure too! That's proper pampering. I gave up on ironing a long time ago too but can manage hairdrying OK. I hope you left a decent tip for yourself?

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I've been to my home hairdressing salon for a wash, cut & (blow dry still to come). We (that is me & me) established I've no special plans for the weekend, summer holidays are a thing of the past for me (that was a bit of a conversation stopper) & yes, Xmas seems a long time ago.

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SkandiPhotographer @skandiphotographer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Silhouetted pines against the golden hour sky, with a cresent moon hanging low in the sky. #photohour

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Plus she was conceived out of wedlock so her parents gave her a more suitable DoB. Lol!

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

My gran was born on 30/4 but always celebrated her b/day on 1st May because she thought it was a better day! My great aunt Minnie got progressively younger for the dates she gave on her passport and then marriage certificate.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A couple of my family members could not be relied upon about their date of birth, so birth certificates are necessary to confirm.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I found FH research very hard to tear myself away from. It's like doing a jigsaw. You say 'just one more search....I'll just look at...' I tried doing some more research last year but had to give up as it was too much for my brain to handle! All that scrolling down to find names etc.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

They must have asked him what his 2nd name was & he said William. And that became his surname & all his childrens' for a while. It took 20 yrs for the family to reappear as Phillips.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I spent a long time looking for my great grandma Annie Phillips, dad was Charles William Phillips. I worked out eventually he was on 2 census returns as Charles, surname William.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

That's very intriguing. A shipping worker with a taste for G&T? I bet digging out that air raid shelter was hard work too.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Good luck to AI in transcribing old records. I volunteered for a while transcribing for FREEBMD & I found the handwriting very difficult to work out at times.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I have a habit too of researching non-family members. I spent ages tracking the family of someone who had a brass plate on a desk my Gran owned. She was nothing to do with our family. The desk would have picked up 2nd hand. I'm just nosey about other people's lives.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I took over the FH research from my dad in 2006. He'd done all the hard leg work, going to record offices, looking at fiches etc & I came along, got onto Ancestry & solved some dead ends just like that. I always felt bad that I had it so easy.

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My pleasure Joyce. Your talents should be spread far and wide. I've put it out on twitter too as I have more followers there. (I finished chapter 2 last night. I'm really enjoying it!) xx

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xx Rose xx @tanteros.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My good friend @joybar.bsky.social has just published her 2nd novel on Amazon. It's an amazing achievement. I'm very proud of her. I really enjoyed her 1st novel Goatsucker Harvest & I'm sure this sequel will be just as engrossing. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

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Cloudhover Solstice

Cloudhover Solstice eBook : Barrass, Joyce: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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