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simonvarwell

@simonvarwell@mastodon.scot

Loves trains, the outdoors, travel, Esperanto, ambient and post-rock music, good food and scrontous beer. Hates car-centric societies, late stage capitalism and courgette. Slow reader, infrequent writer. Day job in education but I never talk about it here. He/him. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Avatar: white 40ish man with black woolly hat and backpack, standing in front of old red phone box and ruined church.
Banner: text saying “Geesperantistoj el la tuta mondo agu energie kontraŭ la internacia faŝismo!"

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simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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A momentous announcement today as we look towards a summer that holds the fate of the nation in its hands. Lots to contemplate in terms of different personalities and positions, and it’s important that everyone participates in their own way to support the best outcome.

But enough about Steve Clarke’s squad announcement. I hear there’s going to be a General Election…

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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I was in sunny Elgin today. I have never wandered around the city centre, to my shame, so this was a first.

A collection of statues in a group - a man and what looks like a child, holding a drum or barrel between them, and a dog. A plaque on the ground in the foreground says it is the Castle Cathedral Cashmere heritage experience.
A statue on a grand city square. The statue is the Dandylion - a smartly dressed lion with the tail of a fish.
A bit of faded writing on a wall that says “feel good festival 2012”, with the word “free” and an arrow pointing downwards to, ostensibly, nothing.

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Dinner tonight: a stir fry, featuring cauliflower, green beans, red chilli, carrot, onion and garlic, fried in a base of toasted sesame oil, soy sauce, ground coriander, tahini paste and a spot of honey; and garnished with spring onion and sesame seeds.

Could’ve taken more chilli, but other than that, yum.

simonvarwell,
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Oh and yellow pepper. I knew I’d missed something from the description.

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Kiu lando havas la plej grandan diferencon inter riĉuloj kaj malriĉuloj?

Senegalo.

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Sur kio homoj skribas en la Vatikano?

Sur papero.

AndrewGuilford, to random
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Plaid Cymru has ended its co-operation agreement with the Welsh Labour Government with immediate effect

#WalesPol #UKPol #VaughanGething #RhunApIorwerth #Labour #PlaidCymru

https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-cymru-pulls-out-of-co-operation-agreement-with-the-welsh-government/

simonvarwell,
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@AndrewGuilford someone must’ve a-plaid pressure.

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Not the best photo, but I went to Skye today for work. This is Kyle of Lochalsh, the last stop on the mainland before the bridge. A warm and sunny day. Here’s hoping the summer has more of this to come (the nice weather and interesting trips around the region, I mean, not the mediocre photos. Though there’ll be plenty of them I’m sure).

simonvarwell,
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@ColinW well, indeed. Not quite its best side.

fanjo, to random Esperanto
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Se estas tiom da programistoj en Esperantujo, kial la oficialaj Esperantaj retejoj aspektas kvazaŭ el la 1990-aj jaroj? (Mi estas programisto, sed mi ne kreas retejojn. Ne rigardu min.) 😂

simonvarwell,
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@fanjo retdezajnado en Esperantujo estas preskaŭ ĉiam antikvaĉa. Mi tute ne scias kial. Frustras. Eble Zamenhof postulis ĝin en lia unua perdita retejo.

simonvarwell,
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@fanjo @AltlandaJuristo jes ja. Mi estis uzonta Javaskripton, sed kiam mi alvenis malsupre ĉe la kripto, Javas malpermesis.

bertilow, to random Esperanto
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La Tekstaro de Esperanto ĵus kreskis per aldono de tekstoj el Revuo Esperanto de la jaroj 2013-2017: https://tekstaro.com/novajhoj.html#n20240516

simonvarwell,
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@bertilow gratulon, ke la teko staris dum tiom multe de jaroj!

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Good news that ScotGov is to declare a housing crisis. Communities are being squeezed by second homes, short term lets and unequal land ownership.

However it is bizarre that reserve powers will be blamed. So many competences in this area are devolved, eg equipping councils to ensure planning oversight of property usage, introducing a land value tax and so forth.

Such a paucity of imagination and ambition.

https://news.stv.tv/politics/scottish-government-to-declare-national-housing-emergency

simonvarwell,
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@RuthSalter I’m so sorry Ruth. I’d love to say I’m surprised at this sort of story. Good luck to you, but change cannot come fast enough.

simonvarwell,
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@RuthSalter don’t apologise for your rage or trauma. Your experience was entirely relevant. I had high hopes for the SNP-Green deal and while they did some things on tenants’ rights they did little on actually shifting the power locked up in wealth. I wonder personally if a Labour-LD-Green alliance next time would be focussed on using the existing powers better on those like this.

simonvarwell,
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@RuthSalter I know. That’s my problem. I’m probably (but not definitely) sticking with the Greens because their underlying philosophy is admirable and I respect many in the party. I could be persuadable however, as I’d be voting for them in hope rather than expectation.

simonvarwell,
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@RuthSalter which Tories…?

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Hrmph. Same to you.

simonvarwell,
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@kommadieb I took it personally.

nando, to random Esperanto
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Mi proponas stultan ludon, kiu certe jam estis kreita kaj ludita multajn fojojn antaŭ mi:

Vi devas krei stultlongan vorton en Esperanto – per stulta nombro da afiksoj. Kaj vi devas traduki aŭ klarigi ĝin. Mi komencas:

  1. a set of people who are prone to become extremely loving of classical music:

klasikmuzikamegemantiĝularo

klasik'muzik'am'eg'em'ant'iĝ'ul'ar'o

Mi pensis pri aldoni "eks" al la komenco, sed mi estas racia homo.

simonvarwell,
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@nando do ni estus stultlongvortludpartoprenanto?

simonvarwell,
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@nando Hmm kia bedaŭro ke mankas al ni aliaj ludantoj, kaj ni suferas pro profundsamstultlongvortludpartoprenantemarmankado.

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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I often dwell on how generations heading into middle age are in weird in-between times: while older generations’ experiences were mostly not digitised and today’s young folk are over-digitised, only some of my generation’s past is digitised. That leaves us in an existence where life is patchily recalled.

I’d never imagined there being equality dimensions to this, however. A fascinating article.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/tv-episode-black-britain-gay-history

simonvarwell,
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@timrichards yes, in basements, on old videos etc. And the unfashionable or prejudiced-against will in many ways be the most interesting. I have a bit of a fascination with lost media stories.

simonvarwell,
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@Susan60 @timrichards hopefully.

simonvarwell, to random Esperanto
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Knowing that Steve Albini, who died recently, had produced Nirvana’s In Utero, I presumed he was quite a legend. However I’ve since read that he was beyond unpleasant.

Interesting then to get stories from musicians in this article of what he was like to work with.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/13/pj-harvey-mogwai-sunn-wedding-present-jon-spencer-on-steve-albini

simonvarwell,
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@problemsdog aha yes that’s what I’d read! Thanks.

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