ln2718

Gifted mathematician, writer, singer, facilitator, lecturer, teacher, editor, programmer, lover and tremendous liar...

[Private Eye Magazine @PrivateEyeNews]

Ascent of Farming

From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1436, January 2017.

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

Miner’s daughter carries a young girl in her arms in Wigan during the 1921 national coal strike, photo by Hal Morey, American photographer.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Nothing says “Nobel Peace prize” quite like the changing the name of the Department of Defense to the “Department of War.”

[OldishBird @oldishbird1]

Priti Patel, Michael Gove, Gavin Williamson, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Robert Jenrick have something in common. They all were found to have breached the ministerial code but didn’t resign. So if any Tory has anything to say about Angela Rayner’s resignation remind them of it.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Radio 4 doesn't seem to be reporting Nigel Farage's US congressional committee appearance. Which is odd, considering they can't usually get enough of him.

[ln2718 @ln2718]

@MichaelRosenYes And got that northern accent of the air...! ;-)

[Rory Bremner 💙🇺🇦 @rorybremner]

If only Angela Rayner had followed the Telegraph’s advice. Then they might not call her a hypocrite.

[ln2718 @ln2718]

@AndrewPBrooks Always hoped that was a front for love hearts... and maltesers...

[ln2718 @ln2718]

@SophyRidgeSky Must admit my heart went out to her when she said she'd done it all "proper"...

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"How significant is the fact that Tony Blairs involved in discussions about a post war Gaza?"

@AyoCaesar: "Well I guess it's because Satan was unavailable"

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Hedy Lamarr, born in Austria in 1914, was a Hollywood actress and inventor who co-developed frequency-hopping technology during WWII, a foundation for modern Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

She also designed aviation components for Howard Hughes, embodying both intellect and elegance.

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

“I made my appearance at 8 o’clock on the morning of August 21st in the year 1920. Pooh was only a year younger (given as a 1st birthday present) and my inseparable companion. As you find us in the poem ‘Us Two’, so we were in real life.” ~C.R.Milne #HappyBirthdayChristopherRobin

[Private Eye Magazine @PrivateEyeNews]

“If I said I was wearing a Palestine Action T-shirt would you get here quicker?”

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

[Love Music @khnh80044]

This made me happy. It’s a thing😍

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

The British pediatrician D. W. Winnicott once wrote, “There’s no such thing as a baby. There is a baby and someone.”

I’ve always loved the quote, because it so simply encapsulates our situation as the newest members of the human species: We enter the world with fine tuned powers of observation, ready to learn and engage.

But without at least one significant adult (and hopefully many more) ready to dedicate to our need for connection, it is impossible for our development to optimize.

Or as Urie Bronfenbrenner explained:

“Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.”

You won’t run across any better example than this gorgeous video shared to IG by amyjoannswart.

It’s hard to tell who’s more crazy about the other. And that makes for a lucky little one, indeed.

[Pádraig Belton @PadraigBelton]

Josie Ryan, hanging out her washing in the last cottage abutting Dublin Airport in the 1980s, on Collinstown Lane. (I've just shown this beaut of a 747 in @AerLingus 'Shamrock' livery to a six year-old Irish AvGeek who absolutely adores double-deckers.)

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

This struck me as a very British warning sign.

[Matt Cartoons @MattCartoonist]

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph

Buy a print of my cartoons at https://t.co/ILFJjPmckx

Original artwork from https://t.co/bVPAkgE34y