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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-05-25 15:10:19

Hauling logs across to the sawmill. I've got a certain amount done this morning, but it's now too hot to work.
#TheJoyOfCrofting

From the tractor end, the winch line leading out to a turning block on the rear sawmill pillar and back to a log which is being hauled across what I used unironically to call my orchard side lawn. There's another log already lying by the sawmill and more lying behind the tractor.

The same scene from the sawmill end. The Little Tractor That Can stands in the middle background, beside a raft of logs dragging in from the wood. From the tractor, the winch line leads in down the right of the frame, towards the turning block which is out of view behind me, and than back into view to a log which is half way across the unmown and weedy grass.

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-24 21:52:42

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Human League:
🎵 The Sound of the Crowd
#TheHumanLeague
https://djcrackerjacks.bandcamp.com/track/prong-snap-your-fingers-snap-your-neck-the-human-league-the-sound-of-the-crowd-dj-cj-mashup
https://open.spotify.com/track/2bti5gOTOslOyvboCBxL3Q

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-25 19:26:44

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Echo & The Bunnymen:
🎵 The Cutter
#NowPlaying #Echo #TheBunnymen
https://34coyote.bandcamp.com/track/echo-the-bunnymen-the-cutter-live
https://open.spotify.com/track/617ahruubznvqzv7Nas3QX

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-05-23 07:29:51

OK, what the actual fuck?
I’m not signed in and, to the best of my knowledge, I don’t even have a Guardian account. And this is within the web view in Mona.
CC @…
#theGuardian

The Guardian asking me to donate by name.

Screenshot of the sign in page showing that I’m signed out.

@compfu@mograph.social
2026-05-24 19:15:29

Just saw Glennkill. Storywise it’s nice and I enjoyed it. It had Wallace and Gromit or Shawn the Sheep vibes.
The CGI sheep were incredible. Not just the wool, also their horns. I just didn’t really buy Wolverine as a shepherd. But as you know from the trailer: he gets killed early on 😀
#movies #TheSheepDetectives

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-24 21:45:03

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Erland Cooper's Cities of the Imagination
Erland journeys deep into the heart of the Sahara’s Great Sand Sea to uncover the mystery of Zerzura.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sq9h

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-03-23 19:58:01

Content warning: ScotPol

Got this flyer through the post from my MP, I imaging every other household in the constituency got one too. Looking at it, can you see which party he represents?
@…, do you feel that some complaint should be made?
#ThePartyThatDareNotSpeakItsName

A political flyer. At the top, part of a Butcher's Apron.

Below, on a white background, a picture of a bald white man in a suit, with the text 'Contact John Cooper MP, Your Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway' in green.

Which parliament is not mentioned.

Below that again, in pale grey text on a green background, his postal addresses at Westminster and at his constituency office, his web URL, his email address and his Twitter handle.

No party is mentioned. No policies are mention…

The reverse of the flyer: I'm showing this because it is literally all that is on it.

It is headed 'Useful Contacts', in pale green text on a green background.

Below that, in green text on a white background, a list of the contact telephone numbers of the local council, hospital, police, and various other agencies, utility companies and charities, with the Samaritans listed last. He may reasonably think this will be useful to his constituents -- certainly more useful than he will.

Below that…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-25 11:14:50

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Jimi Hendrix Experience:
🎵 All Along the Watchtower
#TheJimiHendrixExperience
https://wendyortizproject.bandcamp.com/track/the-jimi-hendrix-experience-all-along-the-watchtower-acapella-clean-114-track-72
https://open.spotify.com/track/2aoo2jlRnM3A0NyLQqMN2f

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-24 05:03:54

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
The Smiths:
🎵 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
#TheSmiths
https://theartsmixof1.bandcamp.com/track/the-smiths-the-boy-with-the-thorn-in-his-side-the-art-mix-edit-kzp
https://open.spotify.com/track/1SuVJpFhGQOSBAB6VUpHYH

@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza
2026-04-22 12:59:34

🍉 never heard of the band "The Strokes" before. not really my cup of tea. but they done a thing at that #coachella
spose its what rock and roll is for. #thestrokes #TIL

‘What side you standing on?': The Strokes' Coachella set criticising US foreign intervention goes viral
The montage during the band’s final song with images of destroyed universities in Iran and Gaza sparked widespread reactions on social media

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-20 15:44:18

It being an astonishingly beautiful afternoon here, instead of sitting indoors hacking #Lisp, I am out in the wood with my pussy cat hauling out timber for the sawmill.
It's a hard life.
#TheJoyOfCrofting (unironically, for once)

Hitching up a log for hauling. The log, which is already cut and lying in a tangle of other timber, is attached to the steel winch cable with a webbing strop. Horrible, my silver grey cat, lies in the sun waiting to assist.

View from the tractor. The cable stretches away into the wood to a turning block, and from there to the log, which is just being pulled into the picture from the right. The floor of the wood is green and grassy; the whole scene is bathed in sunlight.

The log has been dragged right into the middle of the picture, where it has a clear line to the tractor, and the turning block has been removed.

The Little Tractor That Can parked at the edge of the wood, with the log drawn up close behind it.

@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-03-23 12:53:08

He says the USA and Iran are talking. No strikes on energy or power plants by the USA for five days but does not say that this is over.
#iranUSIsraelWar #usa #theAmericanFascist

@danyork@mastodon.social
2026-04-20 12:02:30

There is white stuff falling from the sky again! My wife asks, "can we pretend that it's pollen?" 🤣
Alas, no... this is just "spring" in #Vermont.
The irony, of course, is that I'm starting the morning at a mechanic getting the snow tires swapped off for the summer tires on one of our cars. 😃

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-25 20:07:47

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Cure:
🎵 Primary
#NowPlaying #TheCure
https://inhereye.bandcamp.com/track/primary-the-cure-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/4fnx6Wman02ryvAOqKm6iI

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-24 20:49:28

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Veldt:
🎵 The Everlasting Gobstopper
#TheVeldt
https://theveldtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-everlasting-gobstopper

@teledyn@mstdn.ca
2026-03-24 18:25:19

some background on eighthstreetorchestra.com and why you might want to be in on it:
Our first paying gig was in Sept of 2010 for the Chatsworth Fall Fair 😊
Kae Murphy, tp/cl - you may know Kae from BadBadNotGood, Maria Schneider, or numerous other touring bands.
Patrick Smith, ts/pno - Pat is well known in the Canadian jazz scene, his quintet frequently at #TheRex and other spots, often featured in the jazz press.
Nolan Murphy, tb/voc: Nolan you do know, if not from his SHOUT! the Band, then you've seen him in just about every brass festival. His list of collaborations is a who's-who of international musics.
Matt Caldwell, bass: Matt is also the upright bass you see everywhere, and regularly at the Cameron with his Dog House Orchestra.
Patricio Llovet, dr/perc: Patricio is our percussion master, blending our pan-american rhythms smooth as silk or ice-hot, take your pick.
Me, banjo/guitar: who often asks myself, well, how did I get here?
The Studio: #JazzInToronto legend, #KensingtonSound 100% analog!

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-03-22 15:53:26

Three gates on hinges and stock proof. One wooden gate loaded up to be relocated. This feels like a useful afternoon's work.
#Crofting
#TheJoyOfCrofting

As described in the post. In the background, left, dark spruce woodland. There are two steel gates to the left of the tractor, one new, one relocated. The tractor is in the middle, between the gates, with an old but sound wooden gate loaded into the box, leaning against the roll bar.

There is strong sunshine.

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-05-22 00:12:55

The Onion. It's like Mad Magazine but for the unholy horror show of today. Subscribe to the funny for only $99/yr.
#theonion

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 21:45:11

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- Erland Cooper's Cities of the Imagination
Composer Erland Cooper discovers the mythical city of Kêr-Is, Brittany’s sunken city of excess, where ancient flood myths meet modern climate reality and Celtic legend.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sqfp

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-25 07:34:30

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
The Famous Boyfriend:
🎵 Taller Than the Tallest Tree
#TheFamousBoyfriend
https://555recs.bandcamp.com/track/taller-than-the-tallest-tree
https://open.spotify.com/track/4UIuOu0P14tAVfeXdAQ2BY

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 18:25:07

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Cure:
🎵 Cut Here
#NowPlaying #TheCure
https://lodoublet.bandcamp.com/track/cut-here-the-cure
https://open.spotify.com/track/1SuAd1VNCDpM2ovs1ic9tN

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-25 02:08:33

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
The Kinks:
🎵 Till The End Of The Day
#TheKinks
https://chump1.bandcamp.com/track/till-the-end-of-the-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/3uMFaA6BidJYQG935rr6Tr

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-24 03:44:52

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Cranberries:
🎵 Linger
#NowPlaying #TheCranberries
https://nathanielozuski.bandcamp.com/track/the-cranberries-linger
https://open.spotify.com/track/3HHehSGzW9dhs2V7Sod4jX

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-23 12:09:34

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Band:
🎵 The Weight
#TheBand
https://davidbakermusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-band-the-weight-instrumental-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UgZeV435iztRTLrUeOrtk

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 19:44:09

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Kinks:
🎵 Waterloo Sunset
#NowPlaying #TheKinks
https://drewbeskin.bandcamp.com/track/waterloo-sunset-the-kinks
https://open.spotify.com/track/3G0EALIIp5DAeIERxXBHmo

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-23 03:38:55

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
The Soundcarriers:
🎵 The Outsider
#TheSoundcarriers
https://the-soundcarriers.bandcamp.com/track/the-outsider
https://open.spotify.com/track/1WVMpTVJNZnNMghuqGq777

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-25 01:48:57

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FocusBeats
The Notorious B.I.G.:
🎵 Kick in the Door (Instrumental)
#TheNotoriousBIG
https://kbop.bandcamp.com/track/the-notorious-b-i-g-kick-in-the-door
https://open.spotify.com/track/24CA5I411NVDYodjjmKPx3

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 19:29:40

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Smashing Pumpkins:
🎵 Perfect
#NowPlaying #TheSmashingPumpkins
https://djeclectico.bandcamp.com/track/the-smashing-pumpkins-perfect-edit-dj-ecl-ctico
https://open.spotify.com/track/5DuaMIvmPyT3oEvuccx6JO

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-24 05:38:46

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
The Replacements:
🎵 I Bought a Headache
#TheReplacements
https://vellhouse.bandcamp.com/track/i-bought-a-headache-the-replacements
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cUPESd4PIuuWyoPplG27W

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-24 11:03:58

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Dandy Warhols:
🎵 Godless
#TheDandyWarhols
https://professorlacroix.bandcamp.com/track/godless-professor-lacroix-remix-2017-mix-the-dandy-warhols
https://open.spotify.com/track/4vJRdgiKKzF36ZqUH0ha6A

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-25 21:43:50

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
The Beach Boys:
🎵 Wind Chimes
#TheBeachBoys
https://open.spotify.com/track/2S58NhiZjZ5g45a9ya8hwW

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-24 15:36:44

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #JarvisCockersSomedayService
The Primitives:
🎵 The Ostrich
#ThePrimitives
https://thefutureprimitives.bandcamp.com/track/do-the-ostrich-the-primitives
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ptC59dIWsY34TGhZqfEHF

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-23 22:00:27

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Honey Drippers:
🎵 Impeach the President
#TheHoneyDrippers
https://vibratingorgans.bandcamp.com/track/vinyl-the-honey-drippers-impeach-the-president
https://open.spotify.com/track/06IfNMdoVrWAizU8boYYCt

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-12 14:23:00

I went out into the wood to try to assess what dangerously unstable trees still standing in places where they could cause damage when they fall.
Needless to say, besides the two trees that have already collapsed above the house, there's at least one and possibly two unstable trees hanging over the house.
H'mmm...
#TheJoyOfCrofting

A tree in the wood, leaning about 30°, unsupported. Nothing terrible will happen when this one comes down, I think.

My house, from the back. You can see one tree that's broken off just above the top of the roof, and most of that tree is actually lying on the roof; but it has been for more than a year and I'm not worried about it. You can also see a tree leaning over the house, but it's hung up in the tree in front of the house and I don't think it will move.

What worries me more are the two trees to the right of the house, leaning towards it. One of them is definitely unstable.

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-24 10:23:40

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Electric Soft Parade:
🎵 If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know
#NowPlaying #TheElectricSoftParade
https://open.spotify.com/track/28tDWTL6ieu8huUztBQN6f

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 23:32:25

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
The Willow Trio:
🎵 Ink Spills
#TheWillowTrio
https://open.spotify.com/track/0s298hU4HcJsj7pwcIxbaf

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-04-23 14:47:59

Dragging out of sawlogs is proceeding. It isn't going as quick as I'd like, and they aren't brilliant sawlogs, but if they won't make timber (and I think they will) they'll certainly make excellent firewood.
#TheJoyOfCrofting

Four large logs dragged out to the edge of the wood. Bright sunlight.

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-23 17:11:42

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Lightning Seeds:
🎵 Pure
#TheLightningSeeds
https://theartsmixofc.bandcamp.com/track/the-lightning-seeds-pure-the-art-mix-edit-kzp
https://open.spotify.com/track/0a82sKc2ZEDcvvl8aekakp

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-25 17:27:52

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
The Itch:
🎵 Space In The Cab (BBC Introducing at The Great Escape, 14 May 2025)
#TheItch
https://theitch.bandcamp.com/track/space-in-the-cab-tom-sharkett-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3mdn3yQIIZtpC521uYNS4x

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-24 20:45:20

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
Jerry Brotton explores Kit Marlowe's dark inspiration for Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v6c3

@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 06:34:49

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
The Creatures:
🎵 Miss The Girl
#TheCreatures
https://unterman.bandcamp.com/track/the-creatures-miss-the-girl-marko-east-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4HHsSi2aun6XcePM7DJtFO

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-05-24 04:50:45

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
The Vibrators:
🎵 Into the Future…
#TheVibrators
https://thevibrators.bandcamp.com/track/stiff-little-fingers-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/4tv439XgrxZPsonSPvaAFy

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-22 08:06:24

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The War on Drugs:
🎵 I Don't Live Here Anymore (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #TheWaronDrugs
https://theartsmixof1.bandcamp.com/track/the-war-on-drugs-i-dont-live-here-anymore-the-art-mix-edit-kzp
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Uou8idst1XJc0F6MRAk5S

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-04-20 20:45:02

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
The first episode opens with the infamous murder of Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe in 1593. Was he murdered by design, or simply the victim of a dispute over the bill, or ‘reckoning’?
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v6z8

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-03-25 11:00:07

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Hollies:
🎵 Bus Stop
#TheHollies
https://djrockcor.bandcamp.com/track/the-hollies-bus-stop-ext-intro-outro-60s-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4xVuV21kQI5QrklMMizvIO