Maria Lanzalaco

Teacher
I love History, speaking other languages, architecture, nature, socialising, everything really!

[Maria Lanzalaco @lasicula]

I can't get enough of these beauties! We are dreading them leaving

[Lib Dem Peers @LibDemPeers]

Ticket touts are pricing fans out of live events.

The government plans to ban it for sporting events but concerts and cultural events get no protection at all. Tim Clement-Jones explains what Lib Dem peers are demanding. 👇️

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

So despite Henry's dad making it clear that they "do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension”, Farage uses his death in an emergency address to create division for his own gain.

An awful politician.

[Lib Dem Peers @LibDemPeers]

Steel tariffs cut both ways.

Chris Fox, Business and Industry spokesperson, warned the government that businesses relying on steel not made in the UK risk being hit with higher costs and called for an immediate review to exempt any steel that cannot be produced domestically.

[((( ...JMGC...))) @Valferl]

Arte

[Lib Dem Peers @LibDemPeers]

One victim gets £11,400. Another gets £83,200. The only difference? A lawyer.

Floella Benjamin, Lib Dem peer, is demanding the government fix the Windrush compensation scheme that punishes those least able to fight back.

[Colin Spencer @ColinSpenc4257]

APPLE CRUMBLE AND CUSTARD. MY FAVOURITE. YES OR NO.

[RMT @RMTunion]

@KathyParr101 The current #tubestrike has nothing to do with pay, however, a decent pension in retirement should be the norm for all workers.
Punching down until we’re all left with nothing is a peculiar contemporary trait that will only lead to the return of the poor house and destitution.

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“All the world’s religions cannot be right, and they know it. Sooner or later man has to learn the truth: there are no gods, and we have to face the fact that we are alone.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

A couple of cornflowers in a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire and a little leafcutter bee gathering pollen for her babies from a cornflower in my garden. As ever my photos & videos are designed to dial down stress & lift your mood-a break from angst while you scroll 🌿:

[Peter Stone @LondonStone]

This building in Artillery Lane at Spitalfields dates from the 1720s. The shopfront was added in about 1756, making it one of the oldest in London.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Today, being the first day of Meteorological Summer, I bring you the covers of the 4 seasons books.
But which is your favourite?
My favourite season is Spring (but my favourite of these books is probably Autumn)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.

Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.

Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.

The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.

Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."

They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.

If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.

[Beauty of Nature 🥀 @NaturalEye78321]

Lake Como, Italy 🇮🇹

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Thousands of new build London homes lie EMPTY as service charges, taxes and high prices put off buyers and investors https://t.co/f9FdmqO1bk

[Audrey Ludwig MBE @AudreySuffolk]

Very clear and legally important. We lose sight of unlawfully discriminatory policies if we don’t measure sex data in accordance with the Equality Act

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Reed Warbler collecting nesting material in the reeds. 😍
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦

[POSITIVITY @PositivitySaid]

Kindness costs nothing, but it can mean everything to someone 🌸

A soft word, a small gesture, or simply being gentle with others can brighten a whole day.

Tag someone whose kindness makes the world feel a little lighter 💛

[Women's Rights Network - WRN @WomensRightsNet]

Sixty-four per cent of teenage girls drop out of sport in secondary school, depriving them of the skills and teamwork experience that is invaluable in the job market, says ultra-runner and founder of She.Races, Sophie Power.

Sophie joined us on a recent WRN interview with insights on keeping girls in sport and fitness, getting into running, parkrun, racing ultras and her new women-only trail series…

Link to the full interview in next post.