Elektrine lite

← Feed

JimmyB (he/him)

JimmyB@mas.to

<p>Dad to two lovely grown up kids, hubby to a beautiful human; Brit, Chartered Accountant, aid-worker, entrepreneur, outdoor enthusiast, green(ish), fly fisherman, axe carver, politics are strongly anti-right, S&amp;G enthusiast, terrible guitarist and worse singer, born in 1971; he/him</p><p>&quot;a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humour is a great help&quot; Hannah Arendt</p>

Posts

  • View post

    Going to be controversial here. Being keen to be even handed there are plenty of Allie’s who are ultra keen to jump on displays of #antisemitism. However the antisemitism gate is enormous. And we do not expect people to know all of the ways which certain phrases or symbols are offensive to other groups nor do we police them as hard. Greta holding an octopus plushy? Antisemitic. For eg. When someone apologises and says ‘I didn’t know: I’ll avoid in the future’ I think we might accept that 1/n

  • View post

    Here’s a thought Masto people: before you post your personal little gripe at someone who would otherwise be an ally, how about using a small amount of brain power and empathy to consider whether it achieves any end that you actually desire. Or is this just a bit of self indulgent wankery which actually just makes people think - what a total tosser? Just a thought eh…. Which hill do I actually want to die on? #rant

  • View post

    Excellent resource on who&#39;s products not to use if you want to avoid supporting zionist activities in the illegal Occupied Palestinian Territories. https://dontbuyintooccupation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024_DBIO-IV_Company-list.pdf

  • View post

    We have Old World Swallowtail caterpillars on our fennel again - I’ve been looking for them having seen them for the first time last year. We lost lots to the sparrows last time - and with a very chirpy and active juvenile robin in the garden this year I am now collecting the caterpillars and protecting them from predators. 8 so far and much family excitement. They have been named Colin Colinetta Colinette Colleen Colonial Colinata and Colineight This is going to be fun! #Gardening

  • View post

    Well I’m off to wild places, and mountains and moorland and I cannot wait! 4 days to see a friend who’s ailing in N Uist, an island I truly love. End of the world feeling because….well…it’s very end of the world! We will throw flies for wild trout, talk pish by the bucket load, sort out his poly-tunnel (yay!), agree on pretty much everything politically and drink whisky while carefully nursing the wounds of his dead-too-young partner a couple of years back. Lovely!

  • View post

    If you want to understand what went wrong with the UK Labour Gov this article doesn’t explain it but it does shine a very accurate light on the nightmare which Starmer is: https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/keir-starmer-the-pm-who-hated-you A really good piece of analysis

  • View post

    QQ Masto #gardening people: will my sweet peas come again if I cut them back and water them&gt;? I&#39;ve been away for 3 weeks and they are pretty crispy but some still flowering a but. Also it seems I didn&#39;t understand the gap between amount-of-stems-to-be-cut-every-day and amount-of-stems-friends-havecapacity-to-cut-every-day. By several orders of magnitude. So have started the mammoth job of cutting out the seed heads (which I&#39;ll keep for next year and share with all and sundry)...

  • View post

    I’ve got a #gardening dilemma: the cutest little ginger bumble bees are nesting in my compost heap. I started to dig it out this morning and realised there were a load of bees around. And then I clicked. I watched and sure enough - they were going in and out. But I need my compost and I need to use that space!!!! I have no idea what to do. Any suggestions???

  • View post

    Masto #Gardeners - some advice please: half my pear trees have got this diseased leaf - anything I can do about it? Many thanks!

  • View post

    @Irisfreundin @gardening @allotments @sflorg that list explains a bit about the relative success of certain plants in my #garden - where I seem to have a lot of mycorrhizal fungi…

  • View post

    Doing a little experiment today: I overwintered chilli plants in my greenhouse. Didn’t cut them back just put them on the floor under a table and let them go pretty dormant. With a little water a couple of wees back leaves are sprouting now so repotting and will see if this is a quick route to fresh chillis or if try r new seedlings are just as good. Absolutely no idea but I eat approx 2 chillis a day so this is a key test for me #gardening

  • View post

    I’ve got my very own conspiracy theory: here it is. If you search the #Epstein Files database (several people have created searchable versions - if anyone has a link to one to drop in the replies it would be good - I’ve lost the one I had) the word ‘Blair’ gets zero hits. That seems spectacularly impossible given his prominence and the at best, one-step-removed-from-Epstein circles he mixed in. So how/what/why?

  • View post

    Many things bring joy in the garden but first broccoli, potatoes and spring flowers are right up there #gardening