Notices by LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social), page 3

@BarneyDellar One of the brilliant things about the Greens and the SNP working together, is that the Greens push for something "extreme", the SNP soften it up a bit and get it passed, and then when the softened version has been around long enough to look normal, people actually start asking for the next step.

Free bus travel is an example of this, as is getting rid of Peak fares. Both have gone in steps.

@simon_brooke

The Green Party of England and Wales now has more members than the Lib Dems
https://bright-green.org/2025/10/04/the-green-party-now-has-more-members-than-the-lib-dems/

@br00t4c Not often, but sometimes I wish I was filthy rich 😁

@bruces The final parameter "elsewhere" has me thinking of that book title "La vie est ailleurs" - LIFE IS ELSEWHERE

@bruces It's the good future, what's left of it.

This!

de Adder. 🎯

@Em0nM4stodon Aral has always been way ahead of his time 😊

@aral

@bruces Noam Chomsky in his early work in linguistics, regarding what he called "strings" in human language grammar, implied that there are structures in language that are universal and innate. Pinker has also done work in this area.

I feel like I could have posted this image every day since the early 2000s.

@tomjennings Don't tell @benni about how it worked just fine with doorknobs 😁

A good coat is a good coat, no matter who is wearing it.

Simple solutions are always the best.

Seen elsewhere.

@Gargron @mcc A big problem was the "advanced" UI being the default when people signed up. ➡️ I hope that's been changed now!
At least half my contacts took one look at that UI and fled to BlueSky.
It's better to give newcomers a more normal interface at the beginning.
Additionally, those who were used to compulsively quote posting everything felt hand-tied. I personally think it's better without, but for several of my friends it was a game breaker.

@HighlandLawyer @Geri Someone once told me that "The Law" is an anagram of "Wealth" and I can't stop thinking about that.

Staircase spiral at the Legal Library of the State Capitol in Iowa (USA) 1886 .

#MardiPatisserie revives my belief in humanity 💙

There is nothing quite as effective at keeping sadness away, as imbibing a French pastry! 🍰

I consider the art of the patisseur to be one of the noble Fine Arts. The pastry must appeal to the eye, the nose, the mind and not least of all, the tastebuds.

They are made of expensive ingredients and are time-consuming to create, requiring high skill. You must take the time to appreciate them fully before becoming one with them 😊

@bruces Well, no one can claim it's not democratic.

@bruces Already sold out in the UK, must be a lot of rich people around!