2020 – Page 8 – Postcards

The privilege of being clutter free

June 26, 2020 No Comments

Don’t pack too light: A few weeks into coronavirus quarantine, a reader who had cleaned out his home according to the decluttering guru Marie Kondo’s ultra-popular KonMari method emailed me to ask if I had heard from anyone else who was regretting that move. He’d been happy with the results until the country’s circumstances had abruptly changed, […]

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Human Rights Society Trumperica

“The officers responsible are rarely prosecuted.”

June 4, 2020 No Comments

Protests over the murder of an unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer have reached every single US state, in a level of nationwide demonstration not seen since the 1968 assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Curfews are in place across dozens of cities and National Guard troops have been deployed […]

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Arts Equality Human Rights Society Trumperica

The Power of Art

June 4, 2020 No Comments

Power granted must be limited, if not, it will destroy that which it draws power from.

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Life Photography

That’s a Camera

June 4, 2020 No Comments

Elsa Dorfman, Who Made Art With Giant Polaroids, Dies at 83 She used a 200-pound camera for her natural portraits of everyday subjects and celebrities — even while Polaroid, outpaced by technology, was fast going out of business. “she was smitten with the Polaroid’s power to render a painting-size image so rapidly that she and […]

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Big Business Environment

Fossil Fuels in Terminal Decline?

June 4, 2020 No Comments

I know it’s been predicted and pushed for, but maybe this time it’s happening. Mass burning of fossil fuels just isn’t sustainable. I like to think that burning a little is ok though, because I love my motorbike. For everyday transport, and for heating, cooling, no. The report says the world is “witnessing the decline […]

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Big Brother Covid-19 Pandemic Government

What’s really wrong about Dom’s lockdown trip

May 27, 2020 No Comments

Fintan O’Toole nails it: So why does his odyssey during lockdown produce a whole different kind of emotion? Because it reaches into the innermost experiences of millions of people. It cuts right through to the pain of a loved one dying alone, of grandchildren growing distant, of precious human bonds being forcibly severed. It grabs […]

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Fun & Games Journalling

Relaxing with strategy wargaming?

May 19, 2020 No Comments

Well, I can think, but I just can’t gather the concentration to really write anything. Sometimes you need to push yourself through that, and other times you need to listen to your mind – it wants a break from thinking! I’ve had a wonderful weekend with my partner in life, love and lockdown. So I’m […]

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Baking & Food Covid-19 Pandemic Humour

Flour

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 No Comments

With everyone stuck at home, flour has tended to be in somewhat erratic supply since the lockdown started. Especially strong flour, which I haven’t seen in weeks. Anyway, Tesco are trying to get ahead of the demand curve with these ten kilo bags. Probably as restaurants and bakeries aren’t buying these sizes there’s a surplus. […]

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Covid-19 Pandemic Health

Lockdown helps eradication battle against other diseases too

May 13, 2020 No Comments

Every cloud: Having already lasted seven weeks, the lockdown also mitigates one of the biggest challenges usually facing sexual health clinicians: it can take up to a month from potential exposure to HIV for current tests to return a definitive result. “If nobody has had sex which has put them at an HIV risk for […]

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Cities for People Places & Travel Technology

2km from home

May 9, 2020 No Comments

https://2kmfromhome.com/ Very handy!

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Murf

The privilege of being clutter free

“The officers responsible are rarely prosecuted.”

The Power of Art

That’s a Camera

Fossil Fuels in Terminal Decline?

What’s really wrong about Dom’s lockdown trip

Relaxing with strategy wargaming?

Flour

Lockdown helps eradication battle against other diseases too

2km from home

Year: 2020