We’ve just returned from a week’s family holiday in Wiltshire. We stayed in a self catering cottage near Bradford on Avon along with my brother in law, his wife and my sister in law. A great time was had by … Continue reading
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I'm Lotusblossom Knits. I knit, I dye yarn, I drink tea (and a lot of coffee) and I chase feral children. Occasionally I might ramble on about other stuff as well, like politics, religion and cake.
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The Guardian continue their superb coverage of the aftermath of the riots and looting of the past few days
UK riots aftermath: live updates
Yesterday was a good day. Congratulations to Antonietta and Matt. I couldn’t resist a picture of Lally, completely not paying attention.
Why I'm increasingly frustrated with Twitter and never check DMs any more.
If G+ can stop this kind of thing I'll be a convert for life!
Darren Rowse originally shared this post:
Un-fucking-believable Wall Street Journal editorial blames competitors and pols for threatening press freedom (not Murdoch); calls paying sources (including, presumably, corrupt police) standard journalism; robs the Journal of its last shred of self-respect and makes clear it is a mouthpiece for Murdoch.
Journalists there, if they have any self-respect left, rise up in protest.
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The head of Scotland Yard just resigned.
That follows a story in the NYTimes yesterday that Scotland Yard not only knew about the News of The World phone hacking scandal for four years and did nothing about it, but actively worked to prevent the story from coming out. – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/world/europe/17police.html
Brits tend to trust their institutions far more than people in the US do, but this is really going to shake that faith.
Pete Cashmore originally shared this post:
Scotland Yard and Murdoch Empire Intertwined in Hacking Case
OK! This is Cool.
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