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Cooking, reading, knitting, gaming and occasionally playing DnD or being outdoors (but all the fun things are currently taking second place to a mid-life career change that involves studying).

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In the UK.
One from the archives for #SundayPix #SundayPixSky - sunset on the north Cornwall coast, November 2018.

A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit walked into a clinic to donate blood. The doctor says to the rabbit: "What's your blood type?"

"I'm probably a Type O", the rabbit replied with great sadness.

I met a heron :)
that saying "getting all your ducks in a row" is so stupid I mean how could that even ha-
@rosamundi Definitely!

Spending my Saturday morning introducing my partner to the Carlisle Experiment, where the UK government nationalised all the pubs in Carlisle in 1916 and only sold them off in 1973 because it was embarrassing that they were so successful. #history #socialhistory

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pubs-vs-first-world-war/
https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2016/07/25/The-extraordinary-story-of-nationalised-pubs-during-the-First-World-War

The Carlisle Experiment - limiting alcohol in wartime - The National Archives blog

One of the early casualties of the First World War was, in many respects, the community pub or the liberal consumption of alcohol on licensed premises.

The National Archives blog
@rosamundi Ooh, those links are fascinating. How did I not know about this?!
every time I see a bee I think of this
@kityates I genuinely don't understand why, even if it's not available on the NHS for everyone, it's not even available on the same 'free on the NHS for those at high risk, everyone else can get it privately at a pharmacy' basis as flu jabs.

"Covid testing is being scaled back even further in England from April.

It is part of the "living with Covid" approach that relies on vaccines to keep people safe."

If you're going to pursue a vaccine-only approach you need to offer people the vaccines.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65127635

Covid testing scaled back further in England

It is part of the "living with Covid" approach that relies on vaccines to keep people safe.

BBC News