Sarah Calvert

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Politics - rejoiner, tennis, art, archaeology, literature and music. Blocks racists et al.

@alan_matts Oh thank you! The next book will be out in June I think but the title may differ from "Supporting Your Autistic Social Self"... That is the current working title...

I am glad you found it helpful. It is lovely when families start recognising the autism throughout the generations, and suddenly everything starts making sense.

Banksy is back with a new exhibition at GOMA, Glasgow. Don't miss his powerful artworks on police brutality, Brexit and climate crisis. Read our review here: https://artlyst.com/reviews/banksy-declares-war-on-police-harassment-brexit-and-climate-change-goma-clare-henry/
Banksy Declares War On Police Harassment, Brexit And Climate Change

Politics: It's rare to see huge lines of families queuing outside a political event, unique if the politics are presented by an art gallery.

Artlyst
But I now realise it was obviously naive of me to expect #Twitter to last forever… and I feel frustrated at myself for having invested in a community for 15 years that collapsed so quickly. I’m going to commit to Mastodon & #ActivityPub now. Let’s make certain that the online communities we build in future look like what we thought Twitter could be; what many of us were dreaming of back in the 00s.
Home Office admits placing lone nine-year-old in asylum seeker hotel

Disclosure made as council tries to stop government resuming placements in hotel from which children disappeared

The Guardian

Re @PolitlcsUK @DailyMirror So having stopped FOM by Brexit of EU workers doing these vital jobs they now want to stop those prepared to do this hard & unpopular work from the rest of the world. How will they convince Brits to do it? Or do they not care if UK elderly & vulnerable go without needed support?

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CharlesTannock/status/1675759130521264132

Nitter
La Festa del Muzzuni ad Alcara Li Fusi - Alcara Li Fusi

Una festa pagana, un rito propiziatorio che ricorda quelli dedicati a Demetra e alla fertilità della terra

Guida Sicilia
SICILIA DI UN TEMPO: LA SMALLATURA MANUALE DELLE MANDORLE
Dopo la raccolta delle mandorle, si procedeva alle "scrucchiulatura"(asportazione del mallo secco) e alla "scacciatura": un gruppo di donne si portavano da casa una pietra d'appoggio (la balata) e la "giaca" (grosso pezzo di ghiaia liscio) per picchiare le mandorle con abilità e velocità notevoli, anche a due-tre alla volta (le donne avendo le dita fasciate come i giocatori di pallavolo a scanso di dolori); il guscio cadeva a terra, il frutto nel grembo della schiacciatrice.
Donne e bambini di casa partecipavano con varie mansioni a tutte queste fasi, che si svolgevano fra giaculatorie, canti tradizionali, prese in giro e scherzi innocenti; si partecipava anche ai pasti collettivi (che erano a carico del proprietario), a base di pentoloni di pasta, di minestroni, di melanzane "aquagliu" (cucinate con pomodori, aglio e aromi vari) sarde salate, pane e vino.
Il lavoro veniva pagato in denaro, ma anche con prodotti agricoli (prime ovviamente le mandorle stesse).

Fonte: Lumie di Sicilia di Enzo Motta

#palermo #sicilia #sicily #sicilyfood #sicilyphotos #photography

This walk to Preston, Redmire and Grinton Moors provides great views of #Wensleydale and #Swaledale, with a little industrial archaeology thrown in. For details, see https://bit.ly/3V55hYo

#YorkshireDales #NorthYorkshire #Walking #Moorland

Preston, Redmire and Grinton Moors

Woodland Trust has announced plans to plant 50,000 trees in the Yorkshire Dales in England. This will help to create new habitats for wildlife and improve air quality, it'll also be England’s largest native woodland🌳🍃💨

#YorkshireDales #WoodlandTrust #ClimateChange #Trees

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/woodland-trust-yorkshire-dales-england-woodland-b2320875.html?utm_source=artifact

Conservationists set to begin creating England’s largest native woodland

The trees will take decades to reach full height but should start looking like woodland after 10 years, the Woodland Trust said.

The Independent