Arcadian Mind

Once dressed in Green (BAOR), mastered a few linguistic tricks, like Musik,Musique, and even some Music! Baroquophile/Japanophile + Latitudinarian at heart!

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

@sallyacb275 Amazing bunch, met Mary Ellis

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

@nickfshort Is that Black or BRG?

[Andrew Griffith MP @griffitha]

No sane person supports massacring hundreds of Dartmoor ponies.

It’s time to reign in out of control quangos like Natural England.

They’ve lost the plot. We need to return to common sense! 👇

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

France and Germany have both seen the danger of Palantir and cut ties with the predatory firm - the UK must do the same

By @jjgjourno
https://t.co/No5YWnyjnA

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Women played a crucial, often overlooked role in British intelligence during WWII.

At Trent Park, female officers and linguists like Captain Catherine Townshend worked alongside the 'secret listeners;', transcribing recordings and analysing conversations from captured German generals.

Their linguistic skills and sharp intellect turned private chatter into strategic gold, irrespective of gender.

These heroines operated in the heart of the secret war:

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

@Heccles94 Truly obscene... and some pipes on IOW they are hoping to re-open... onto pristine beaches!!

[Bill McGuire @ProfBillMcGuire]

Can you actually believe this?

The Environment Agency is completely unfit for purpose

It should be scrapped and replaced with something effective that is not hand-in-glove with the polluters

https://t.co/ahrA4QNqMl

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Trio Sonata in G Minor, TWV 42:g11: Cantabile – Vivace – Dolce – Allegro https://t.co/c70iPEFmRj via @YouTube

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Sonata XXIII in G Major, TWV 41:G11: II. Vite https://t.co/4zrpH3XRzH via @YouTube

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Sonata XXV in D Major, TWV 41:D10: I. Cantabile https://t.co/9pD8RUJS3z via @YouTube

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Before & After…

If anyone doubts the power of community action over the @EnvAgency’s spineless inertia, you can walk to the outskirts of Ilford & walk along an ancient lost river to see for yourself.

With 10 days of intense effort by dedicated volunteers, the river River Roding Trust managed to clean up & restore 250 metres of the Aldersbrook (about 1/3 of the brook). This allows a direct comparison between the parts of the brook we restored & those we haven’t got round to yet.

These photos & videos are all from May 2026. The first is on a part of the Aldersbrook still to be restored & shows the old flood defences which are no longer needed & are killing the river but which the EA won’t remove unless we volunteers pay them £50,000 just for surveys. These defences have caused 2-3ft of stinking sludge & silt to build up over 70 years, such that the water in the brook is just a few centimetres deep. Combine with huge amounts of rubbish & and out of control knotweed infestation & the river ecosystem is essentially dead. A river that is older than England destroyed by official indifference.

A hundred metres away, and it’s a different story. The rubbish & the invasive species (I sprayed the knotweed myself last autumn) are gone. The silt that used to clog the river is now spread on the banks & rapidly providing fertile ground for native plants. Instead of sludge, there’s 2-3ft of water, so fish have returned to the brook for the first time in decades, along with dragon flies, herons & a nesting moorhen. We river guardians knew our intervention would make a difference, but have been shocked at quite how quickly nature has come back. The restored Aldersbrook is now a rare jewel: pretty much the last fully natural tidal brook in London.

The EA now has a choice. It can salvage some good from this situation & work with us to restore the remaining sections of the brook, or it can continue to do nothing. If the latter, river guardians *will* be back this winter to finish the job & the EA can see how well prosecuting volunteers for restoring a river without permission goes for them.

[Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East @AndyMcDonaldMP]

The govt is right to reject the proposed bailout of Thames Water.

I urge the govt to go further and to champion public ownership of water, in the public interest.

Customers should not pay the price for the private bailout.

https://t.co/66Zjk7uDMn

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

[📹 vanguardmotors]

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Telemann - TWV 55:A7 https://t.co/1518on7r3e via @YouTube

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Ouverture-Suite in G minor No.6 https://t.co/nuuQtvcjPw via @YouTube

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is Mervin Raudabaugh, an American farmer who turned down $15M to build a data center on his land. Instead, he sold it for $2M to a farmland trust to protect it as agricultural land forever.

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Same Piece, Two Worlds – Bream vs. Bianco https://t.co/dQtj9IyUAY via @YouTube

[Mark Todd @MarkTodd_pol]

Since privatisation not one major reservoir has been built by the English water companies

While more than 35 have been sold

In the 35 years before privatisation almost 100 reservoirs were built

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

EVERY COUNTRY HERE IN EUROPE SHOULD DO THE SAME ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

[Arcadian Mind @Schnupperflug]

Impressive!

[Aviation @xAviation]

World’s largest flying RC Concorde!

📹: horizon_hobby