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Review: Toy Story 4 — spoilers
** Spoilers ahoy for both Toy Story 4 and Remains of the Day — Look away now ** The Toy Story 4 plot is a mixture of Remains of the Day and the Empty Nest Syndrome. The story begins with a flashback to nine years previously when Woody has to choose between protecting…
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Knitting Politics: a method — TBC —
The picture of C.D.N.-N.D.G. Mayor Sue Montgomery, the borough mayor of Montreal knitting her way through a council meeting has now gone viral. She knits in red when men speak and in green when women speak. Her knitting is tapered and starts narrow but gets quite wide. I’ve read since her initial tweet that the…
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Secrecy, the Western Harbour, transport, and billions in development
The Local Plan is currently open to the public for consultation: At the Central Library the previous week, a young man, looking all suited and polished and very approachable, stood in front of a Local Plan display board. I went over to take a look. I told him I was interested in seeing the part…
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The 20 Worst Polluted Places in Bristol
The 20 worst polluted places in Bristol 2017 The 20 worst polluted places in Bristol 2017 NO2 µg/m3 (2017 annual average) % above legal limit 1 Parson St. A38 East 67 67% 2 Ashley Road St. Pauls 65 63% 3 Colston Avenue (The Centre) 63 58% 4 Anchor Road 62 54% 5…
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The cancelled Bristol arena is costing the city £12m
The cancelled Bristol arena that is not being built is costing the city £12m. The 2019/20 Budget shows that money has been found from reserves to cover the costs. Ordinarily, the costs would have been funded from the capital stream of the budget; the part that deals with capital costs for things such as buildings…
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Marvin Rees blames NHS for air pollution deaths in response to doctor’s petition
Originally posted on PsychoPolitico: Anyone who follows the trials and tribulations of Bristol’s local politics is already familiar with the Mayor’s hostility towards questioning, and inability to tolerate any form of criticism. As a case in point, Marvin was so prickled by a petition about air pollution at Full Council this week that he managed…
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Bristol City Councillor attendance and absence
On the 24th of October 2018, I queried councillor attendance at meetings they were expected to attend. The data is at the following link and I have queried from the beginning of 2015 until October 2018. Only currently active councillors have any data attached to them. Note that reasons for not being in attendance can…
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New book by Darren Allen, 33 Myths of the System
The cover looks as if the ground and nature have opened up and slowly produced a book out of the leaves and petals and stamen and poetry. If Walt Whitman had drawn Leaves of Grass, I imagine it would look like Darren Allen’s cover to the 33 Myths of the System. Maybe without the pause…
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Advent crochet blanket – 24 days of crochet patterns
Advent Crochet Blanket [Dec 2, Update: Day one picture, hook size, yarn; Day two pattern and picture; Day three; Day four; Day five; Day six] With no Advent Calendar of my own to keep me busy, I thought I’d post on 24 days of crocheting. A couple of years ago I wrote up 24 patterns…
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Let’s have city sanctuaries instead of city farms
City farms were introduced in the 1980s so that children could see where their food came from, a friend was recently telling me as she munched on her bacon sandwich. As an Australian living in the UK, I like this view of the world as ‘other’ as something I can observe and not have it…
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