Ros Jackson @rosjackson@wandering.shop

Lincolnshire Police have released an update of properties affected by the flooding. https://www.lincs.police.uk/news-campaigns/news/2019/update-on-wainfleet-new-risk/

East Lindsey District Council also have a page of advice and contacts for those affected: https://www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/Flood2019

#Lincolnshire #Wainfleet #Flooding

I live in quite a cute part of the world. This SSSI is only 7 miles out of Louth: http://www.loutheye.co.uk/red-hill-nature-reserve.php

There's a long way to go with making the internet more environmentally friendly. So it's good to know my host is actually acting on these issues, according to their report: https://www.ionos.co.uk/environment

I recently read Edward Struzik's Future Arctic. Although out for a few years now, it's worryingly accurate in its predictions:

http://www.warpcoresf.co.uk/future-arctic.php

#science #books

"There is no consent under capitalism" is quite the zeitgeist-y tagline for a sf novel. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250216151

Given the timetable for the EU presidency and commission, and the need for new MEPs to have some orientation, I wonder how much regular parliamentary business UK MEPs will manage before the UK leaves on October 31st? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/images/20190430PHT43602/20190430PHT43602_original.jpg

RIP Glen Mehn. He was a thoroughly decent bloke, taken too soon.

It's polling day for the Euros, and I've just voted. Beautiful voting weather where I am, but the turnout is probably going to be very low.

I just did the Friends Against Scams e-learning. If you haven't done the training before, it's 20 minutes well spent - it could save you or someone you know thousands. https://www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk/training/friends-elearning

There's a £300k fund for mental health promotion available for community groups in Lincs, with grants up to £25k: http://www.lpft.nhs.uk/mental-health-promotion The deadline is 13th June.

The Guardian discusses writing being an elitist profession.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/07/writing-risk-becoming-elitist-profession-alcs-report-uk-news-kit-de-waal

It always has been, although the comparitive degree traditional publishing and self-publishing are has changed in recent years.

What I love about Mastodon: everyone else is affected by the same Firefox addons bug I am, and someone has already posted a solution.

My son is watching something with anxious bird-headed people and dancing people with trees and roses for heads. It makes about as much sense as anything in 2019.

In which Microsoft lives up to its "be evil" company motto: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/02/burning-libraries.html