Cookie Spencer
Asian born lefty type.
Slightly dishevelled but strong. Live in Cornwall. Woke as fuck.
Sad but happy, bring it on life -I’m feeling all the feels. Travel addict. No unsolicited DMs from creepers.
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- Reposted by Cookie SpencerMidweek Treat: Yogurt-Pot Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay! It’s so called as it is traditionally made using a small pot of yogurt which, when emptied, you use to measure all the other ingredients. But don’t worry, I I have given actual weights, too! www.nigella.com/recipes/yogu...
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerUntitled, rainbow, 2006, by Gloria Mills Petyarre, Indigenous Australian artist from the Utopia region, Northern Territory #WomensArt
- I just don’t go into town much now they have shut down the 2 big car parks I used to use. Parking is such a faff and the park and ride is a pain and the wrong side of town. The buses are packed and I got shouted at by a mean old lady for queuing in the wrong area last time I used one!
- Fears for Cornwall high streets as "urgent action needed" "High streets will cease to exist unless action is taken" www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerPam Carter.
- This climate change stuff is starting to become rather worrying. I’ve never seen so much rain here and it’s a pretty rainy place.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerIt’s the astonishing work of Lucy Davies on today’s scrollroll. See them yourself here: theharbourgallery.co.uk/lucy-davies #lucydavies #cornwall #coast #coastalliving #coastalflowers #coastal #coastallife #cornishart #roselandpeninsula #seascape #portscatho #stmawes
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerWith 27 dolphins stranded in Cornwall, what can we do to ensure their safety? Local fishermen are doing their part! #MarineConservation uk.news.yahoo.com/charity-raises-conc…
- A rainbow to start my morning off 🌈
- Ah this explains why I’m getting weird messages about some picture fram s I’ve ordered.
- Cornwall Amazon customers told to expect delays after flood europesays.com/uk/742859/ Amazon says some of its customers in Cornwall will experience delays to deliveries as it has closed a…
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerCornwall Live Cornwall has been said to have gone from receiving around £100 million of funding a year from the European Union over five years ago to 'effectively zero' this year as the Government's post-Brexit replacement Shared Prosperity Fund comes to an end in March
- I must go here
- Emily Hobhouse museum has 20,000 visits in a year #Cornwall #Kernow 🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
- We don’t mind Welsh as long as you put Cornish up too 😂
- Tesco issues apology after putting up Welsh signs... in Cornwall supermarket #WorldNewsToday #latestUpdates #TrendingNow #GlobalNews
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer#ReliefWednesday finds us at the #Colosseum where this massive #Corinthian #capital testifies to the exuberant #Flavian #Baroque of the original decoration. From a base of #acanthus emerges a shield with a #Gorgon head, and #Pegasi at the corners, a real flight of fancy. #AncientBluesky 🏺
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerCharles Darwin began writing The Descent of Man #OnThisDay in 1868. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." 🏺🧪
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer"Absolutely gutting." Antarctica’s fast-melting Thwaites Glacier could someday collapse, raising sea levels by as much as 15 ft worldwide. To study how the glacier is being corroded by the sea, scientists attempted to bore through the ice and place instruments in the warming ocean waters below.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerWhen coal is burned to produce electricity, toxic coal ash is left behind. For decades, power companies disposed of coal ash by dumping it into unlined ponds and landfills that leaked toxic chemicals into nearby waters. Coal ash toxins sicken people and kill fish and wildlife.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerGreat to hear Jill Craigie will have a blue plaque this year. Her film ‘To be a Woman’ supported the Equal Pay Campaign petition way back in 1951 1/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Cr... #womensHistory @womenshistnet.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer#OtD 24 Jan 1979 a 35-year-old teacher from India arrived in London to marry her British fiancé. The immigration officer ordered that she be given a "virginity test" – state sanctioned sexual assault. Public outcry then led to the practice being ended stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9654...
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer'Red on the Cuillins' by Pam Carter, painter who was known for her Scottish landscapes #WomensArt
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- Reposted by Cookie SpencerTower of Life — Klaus Klinger in Düsseldorf, Germany Street Art mural on building #StreetArt #art #murals
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerINBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerToday's frog is the galaxy frog.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerTesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. You suckers
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerEpstein - Russian money - Russian money - Nigel Farage That’s why Farage is so quiet. #Epsteinfiles
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerWe gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerThe AI bubble is finally collapsing as people realize there is no massive payoff coming, Nvidia has lost $150bn today and is continuing to go down.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerSo Slovakia's PM resigns over Epstein Files, a former prince has to testify to UK parliament, a Labour party member resigns, & a Norway princess apologies, but Epstein's best buddy Trump doesn't have to resign, even though the evidence suggests he's done every crime an adult can do to a child.
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer‘Støre, Norway PM: “I looked Trump in the eyes and said, 100 km from my border is the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. It is not directed against me, but against you. We monitor those submarines and share it with you. It is plain wrong, to say NATO gives nothing in return.”’ 🔗 x.com/Mylovanov/st...
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerChickens are coming home.. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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- A large bit of tree in the creek seen here at low tide. That is going to cause a few problemos. #cornwall
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerGood morning
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerLights #oilpainting #art
- I’m going to recover my ladyshed back to its rightful place as man free area of creativity. I just need to remove the 15 Echium plants the Irishman put in there to escape the frost and hoover up the dead woodlice. I had a bit of a dramatic spillage with my resin art so a new tablecloth is needed!
- My project for the spring is to buy and erect a potting shed and a small greenhouse.
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- Reposted by Cookie SpencerSome interesting reporting in the New Statesman. There was a shortlist of four to be UK Ambassador to the US. Starmer favoured George Osborne. It was Morgan McSweeney who pushed for Mandelson.
- The selfish old gits are flooding Facebook AGAIN with their hatred for kids getting a bowl of cereal at breakfast club -wtf is wrong with people?
- I managed to do lifting dumbbells with alternate arms from a push up position without falling flat on my face. Pretty impressed with myself though I almost chickened out. My balance is not the best! I got my confidence back a bit today as I was crap at everything on Monday! 💪
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerNigel Farage is going to "save pubs" by cutting 5p off the price of a pint of beer... The £3 billion cost will be funded by reinstating the two-child benefit limit. This might be the worst policy anyone has ever come up with. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer"Some would say that though Trump has lost control of his bowels, he has mastered the sphincter of the mind."
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerHalf a million children will be pushed back into poverty. For maybe 5p off a pint. What a shitty thing to do… www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerWhat I find amusing about the Express' cinematic universe is that the UK is simultaneously free and thriving thanks to Brexit and poor and oppressed thanks to the current government. This dichotomy is also reflected in Mail/Telegraph etc but its at its most acute in the Express.
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerFlorida is very, very chilly again this weekend, leading to the possibility of iguanas falling from trees. Here's why that's interesting to scientists
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerJust found out about Florida iguana warnings
- The Arc de Tru….oh who cares? Stupid old narcissist. One can only hope all the saturated fats he ingested do their work.
- Is Andrea Jenkyns drunk? She seems so erratic and a bit slurry.
- Marina Purkiss is great. Another clip. bsky.app/profile/mari...
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerSome songs feel like people you grew up around. Even when they’re gone, the sound still knows their shape.
- Reposted by Cookie Spencer🌶️ A Basque-style piquillo pepper, stuffed with walnut and cheese, nestled in roasted pepper–tomato sauce and topped with herbs, nuts, and breadcrumbs. Fragrant, earthy, and plated with rustic charm. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Recipe #Vegetarian Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨🍳🐝🦋
- Reposted by Cookie SpencerCornwall Council has an online translation service for the Cornish language. They have been translating some nursery rhymes for me to sing to Rowan, and it's made my day. I realise no one asked, but here's 'Heads, shoulders, knees and toes' in Kernewek:
- This was up in the Mountains of Mauritius. A really fantastic Island with so much to explore. #travel
