@wayswithweirds

Ru Callender. Undertaker, writer. Pyramid builder. No, I am not okay with death, it scares me as much as it does you. But I am compelled to do this.

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Joined December 2013
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My *torrid memoir of how boarding school, acid house and crop circles made me a weird undertaker. Published in the UK and US by Chelsea Green. Buy it from indie bookshops, Jeff Bezos if you must, or from me at rucallender.com *not torrid.
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I’m doing the funeral for the epic Paul Conroy. If you want to help..gofundme.com/f/paul-conroy?a…

Donate to Paul Conroy ❤️, organized by Tammy Perrens

Our beloved Paul Conroy died suddenly on 28th February 2026. For almost 30 years Paul worked tireless… Tammy Perrens needs your support for Paul Conroy ❤️

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Nice thoughtful interview with Popsa. popsa.com/en-gb/perspectives…

Rupert Callender: The Undertaker Rethinking Memory and Grief

Meet Rupert Callender – an undertaker transforming grief into communal memory through rituals and storytelling.

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Let's bring Aafia home! Her application to NY court is almost done (over 100K words), but we still need more witnesses via expensive travel to NY, Kabul, Karachi. If you're able to support this work it is much appreciated muslimgiving.org/LetsBringAa… @Aafiamovement @FowziaSiddiqui

Clive Stafford Smith is fundraising for Let's Bring Aafia Home

Who is Aafia Siddiqui?   Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani educationalist, and mother of three, who is currently held in FMA Carswell, a harsh and notorious Federal Prison in Texas, enduring an...

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Advert for direct cremation unintentionally reveals real emotions of people forced by circumstances to chose this ritual free body disposal service. Click on it and no truth whatsoever will be revealed..
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Ways with Weirds retweeted
Harry Eccles
@Heccles946 Aug 2024
Today @Nigel_Farage said he was mislead by Andrew Tate on the identity of the recent murder 1) A sitting MP should not rely on a famous vile misogynistic thug for their information 2) An MPs job is to fact check 3) No British MP should cosy up to Andrew Tate RT if you agree.
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Our first funeral yesterday with the amazing @loopbiotech mushroom coffin. Grown, not made, by seeding waste hemp with mycelium spores. The mycelium eats the hemp, grows and solidifies in just 8 days. When buried, it helps break the body down naturally. Game changer
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100% Irish immigrants
Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧
@TRobinsonNewEra13 Jul 2025
This can’t be correct, I thought migrants built Britain
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Kneecap. Plymouth.
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So he said, “If I could walk that way I wouldn’t need any talcum powder!”
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Any families we’ve helped are welcome to chip in here.. theguardian.com/environment/…

Tell us: have you planned an environmentally friendly funeral?

We would like to hear from people who have planned an unusual, environmentally friendly funeral for themselves or a loved one

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My brilliant wife Dr Jane Grant.
Jane Grant@janegrant1007 Jun 2025
I’m delighted to share that my chapter on Sound Art is now published in The Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of New Media Art, Volume 2: Artists and Practices. It’s an honour to be part of this exciting and extensive publication. The chapter covers my sonic artworks, sound as seduction.
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The truth is the mainstream funeral industry was never really interested in the content of ceremonies, they just wanted to upsell crappy coffins. Direct cremation was the logical conclusion. And even less accountability around how they treat a body.
Lucy Easthope@LucyGoBag7 Jun 2025
Cremated ashes and particularly direct crem ashes can feel strangely removed from the grieving processes. Grief needs a space and a place. The last two years have re-emphasised that for me. Here is the Bob Bench
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Thought for the day - another powerful insight from radical undertaker @wayswithweirds We think the role of a good funeral director is to help people be with the reality of death, to accompany you as you step into the presence of the absence - the great mystery of death.
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Fully agree with @wayswithweirds from the @FuneralGreen about the importance of funerals. #funeralsmatter
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Me, C J Stone and Penny Rimbaud? I’ll buy that for a dollar!!
CJ Stone@ChrisJamesStone2 Jun 2025
Replying to @bardofely
It has two new introductions by Penny Rimbaud from Crass and Ru Callender @wayswithweirds, plus an afterword by me, plus there are some corrections to the text
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Nice to be described by raving ambassador Kirk Field as “an agent of unity.” Come and see us in June at Things Happen Here in Dartington. 👌 theprsd.co.uk/2025/05/30/its…

"It’s the nearest I've glimpsed of utopia" | Rave raconteur Kirk Field - the PRSD

Kirk Field tells us how unifying the Rave scene was, why it's needed now and what 35 years at the forefront of club culture teaches you

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A petition set up by legendary roving raving reporter Kirk Field to rename the former headquarters of the police Acid House Squad, now an old folks home, “Dunravin.” Please sign if you yearn to gurn in the twilight of our lives. change.org/p/rename-the-acid…

Sign the Petition

Rename the Acid House Squad's former HQ 'Dunravin'

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Ways with Weirds retweeted
The Left Bible@theleftbible7 May 2025
Silence is complicity
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We hit 10,000 pledges to strike 💪 That's enough people to withhold half a million pounds from the water firms every month. It's a lot of cash – but we need this number to be way higher to seriously disrupt the industry. Help us get to 20,000 next 👉 takebackwater.uk
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