Venetia Strangwayes-Booth

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Owner of Venetia’s Yarn Shop, former childbirth educator and lawyer, keen gardener, obsessed with current politics #GeorgetteHeyer #knitting #crochet #gardens
@WizardOfDocs through my children who are massove film buffs
@ColinTheMathmo @virtuosew I think it is entirely wrongheaded to assume that maths is within the reach of everybody. My son has dyscalculia and really struggled, although he did achieve a GCSE. It enrages me that the blame for not being able to do maths is placed on the people who are struggling. It should not be forced down everyone’s throats the way our current PM wants it to be. rant over.
How, and why, successive US administrations pressured the Ukrainians to give up their nuclear weapons in return for meaningless security guarantees. From George Bogden, who will soon publish a book on this subject: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/deceit-dread-and-disbelief-story-how-ukraine-lost-its-nuclear-arsenal-207076
Deceit, Dread, and Disbelief: The Story of How Ukraine Lost Its Nuclear Arsenal

Never-before-released archival files reveal Washington’s error in cudgeling Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons despite the risk of a Russian invasion.

The National Interest
@qualityfruit yup. Love a hat
@davidallengreen this did make me laugh.
@davidallengreen absolutely a sign of it working. Thank goodness. Upper House might need a bit of tweaking but otherwise pretty good.
@ThetaSigma totally up for this.
@davidallengreen well I have to admit that I miss Twitter a bit. Don’t seem to be so up on the gossip. Still probably have better mental health. How are you?