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The horse and rider
Lovely little illustration on how best to approach seemingly invincible habits. From Unwinding Anxiety by Dr Judd Brewer. There’s a relief on the Parthenon in Greece — one of these ones I think he’s referring to — from like 450AD or something, a very very old relief that depicts a horse and a rider, and…
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Castellers of London
From Wikipedia: A castell (Catalan pronunciation: [kəsˈteʎ]: literally, castle) is a human tower built traditionally at festivals in a part of Catalonia (Spain), now also found in the rest of Catalonia, in the Balearic islands and in the Valencian Community. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (teams that build towers) attempt to build and then dismantle a tower’s structure. On 16 November 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst…
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Castellers Of London Calçotada this weekend!
The calcotada is this weekend (22 March 2025)! See you there! Details at Castellers Of London. Check out the castellers page if you don’t know what this fun activity is about! What is a calçotada I hear you say? It looks like a spring onion vegetarian braai, to be honest — the food at the…
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Rats
So destructive. Had a few on the boat this year, this is one of the last — and most cleverest — of the bunch. I tried all humane methods, unfortunately I have to move to the traps and baiting now.