Anne Arbuthnot

Writer, poet and educator. Language, learning & access. interested in clarity over performance.

[Anne Arbuthnot @gentleanne]

Delighted that four of my haiku poems were chosen to be part of Mansfield’s first Haiku on the Footpath. They’re on show until 31 July.

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

When the bumblebee in this film sounds as though her buzz has inhaled helium it’s bc she’s using floral sonication to dislodge the pollen in this poppy-she increases the frequency of her wingbeats to literally ‘buzz’ the pollen off the poppy anthers & on to her fuzzy body. Listen out for this as many bee species use this pollen gathering trick-just one of the ways in which bees are utterly brilliant 💯:

[Anne Arbuthnot @gentleanne]

@LifeAfloat Looks great, Nick. Enjoy.

[Ronni🧂Salt-WhoWroteGunnawahYeahThatOne @RonniSalt]

What a beautiful, stunning, brilliant example of a human.

He spent most of his life trying to make others' lives, and the world, better.

The world is a better place for him being here

Travel well, good sir

https://t.co/tmrA2sj28V

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How in the fuck do we live on a planet where the exact same people who’ll force women to give birth to babies they can’t properly care for will also de-fund all the programs which would help care for and support all those disadvantaged children?

#NewsCorpse

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

A couple of pale mauve phacelia in a field in Norfolk. If you play my little film to the end & let your brain immerse itself among the flowers, research shows it will help you recover from stress much more quickly today🌿🧠:

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Younger daughter (age 6 in this photo) has her first A level exam today. Recently she’s been through the trauma of her parents’ separation & realising her brain is very different but has kept working steadily because she longs to be a paleontologist. I couldn’t be more proud of this lovely human. Off on one our very last school runs shortly…

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, we’ll have some of the letters I read — and responded to — every night. I still get emotional reading them, and it’s one of my favorite exhibits.

[purr.in.ink @purrinink]

Wishing you a happy June 😽🌼🤍

[Anne Arbuthnot @gentleanne]

@silverpebble Thank you Emma.

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

A couple of ox eye daisies near Ely. When we look at images of landscapes & plants we recover from stress 60% more quickly, so this is for your brain if you’re strung out rn 🌿:

[Ronni🧂Salt-WhoWroteGunnawahYeahThatOne @RonniSalt]

'Brereton departs 3 years into a 5 year term, having built an organisation with over 200 employees and a budget of more than $60M per year, but with a legacy of no significant corruption findings, a serious public trust deficit and a pile of tainted Defence investigations'

Great article and great research here from @FahyMichelle @NickFeik and Liz Minter on the disaster that is the #NACC

https://t.co/UUiebUhXtm

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

This woman is unfit to hold public office and her appointment was a depraved and unconscionable act on the part of @AlboMP and the Australian government. The end.

[Ronni🧂Salt-WhoWroteGunnawahYeahThatOne @RonniSalt]

In January 2017, Rhys Cauzzo took his own life after being pursued for months over an alleged $28,000 robodebt.

The alleged debt of $28,000 that this much-loved 27 year old man was relentlessly pursued over, is less than 25% of the NACC Commissioner's Paul Brereton's international travel costs in 2023-24.

1 conviction.

Zero public hearings.

[Anne Arbuthnot @gentleanne]

@JaneCaro Ditto.

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

It’ll always be Twitter to me, especially now it’s run by an actual twit.

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How the fuck do we live in a place where the same people who want immigration stopped because the immigrants keep house prices too high are now terrified of negative gearing and CGT adjustments because they might prevent house prices from being so high?

#NewsCorpse

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

I’m still wrestling with really not good mental health atm due to PMDD + autistic/ADHD challenges but I’m trying to be kinder to myself. Part of that is showing up here regularly again as I used to. I made a new photo for the 1st time in ages today-seasonal garden flowers…& as requested,the tiny silver owl is hiding in it. Your brain will release dopamine when you spot him…🪶🌿

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

@strangerous10 the question is .. where do the hundreds of millions in public money granted to ECAJ go? ECAJ is not saying
https://t.co/FdOHL1Pf0i

[🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ChrisNewAccount]

@strangerous10 What a shameful public display of privilege and arrogance.