Vic is querying! 🌿🏺📚

Exactly! Thought I was losing my mind for a moment!

Some People Can Make a Roaring Sound in Their Ears Just by Tensing a Muscle Although we humans generally have control of our skeletal musculature, there's at least one we don't always have a handle on.

When this article says 'some people' it means everyone, right??
www.sciencealert.com/some-people-...

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A leek in the ground, surrounded by weeds, throwing out magnificent blue-green strap-like leaves with absolutely no rust.

Three trimmed leeks on a wooden chopping board

Weeding the rhubarb down on the allotment at the weekend and what should I find? Only the best leeks I've (n)ever grown!
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2026 RevPit Participating Editors: Allison Alexander, Ash P, Ayesha Ali, Carly Hayward, Dana Draper, Demi Michelle Schwartz, Hanna R. Neier, Hannah Kate Kelley, Jeni Chappelle, Kala Godin, Laura Galan-Wells, Leah Rambadt, Madelyn Knecht, Miranda Darrow, Natasha Hanova, Nicole Frail, Raquel Brown. Find each editor's MSWL on reviseresub.com

ANNOUNCING the 2026 RevPit Participating Editors!

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White chalk on a blackboard: "Beware the Ides of March..."

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Yes! This!
The foodbank volunteers who give so much more thn 3 days food, those keeping tiny museums running, guarding our green spaces, teaching kids respect & tolerance alongside sport, holding space for our elderly, our veterans, our vulnerable
They prove Britain is not broken
And Reform hates it

The Wandering Queen by Claire Heywood sits on a bookshop shelf, with cover facing out toward the viewer. The cover is purple with white title text, and imagery of a woman's face above crashing waves.

My third novel, The Wandering Queen, is a historical fiction retelling of the legendary Queen Dido - founder of Carthage and tragic heroine of Virgil's Aeneid.
Out now in the UK and US! 📚

Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place Google accused "commercially motivated" actors of trying to clone its Gemini AI after indiscriminately scraping the web for its models.

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Google Says People Are Copying Its AI Without Its Permission, Much Like It Scraped Everybody's Data Without Asking to Create Its AI in the First Place share.google/0bPLbTpjvPV4...

Anthropic's CEO says we're in the 'centaur phase' of software engineering Dario Amodei compared AI and humans working together to a mythical creature — the centaur.

Err... as a woman, permit me not to be reassured

Anthropic CEO: We're in the 'Centaur Phase' of Software Engineering - Business Insider share.google/DAIAUf8X5hPC...

The Wandering Queen: A Novel of Dido - Historical Novel Society The story of Queen Dido, legendary founder of the city of Carthage, is retold in surprising and inspiring ways in Claire Heywood’s rapturous novel, The Wandering Queen. Before she was Dido of Carthage...

So thrilled with this review from the Historical Novel Society, for my new novel The Wandering Queen. The book is out next week, in the UK and the US! 🏺📚

historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...

‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban Members warn NFWI decision has opened up toxic culture that deters younger women from joining

Bravo TERFs, what a resounding success it's been!

‘Carnage of concern and upset’: Women’s Institute groups close after transgender ban | Women's Institute | The Guardian share.google/TMxy3zVGf5fM...

My new novel is out next week! Here's a cool little promo. Just absolutely in love with this cover for the US edition.

The History of Greek Mythology with Dr Shelby Judge From Mount Olympus to Medusa, discover the fascinating history of Greek mythology and its echoes through the ages. Followed by Q&A.

I'm starting a new series with Seed Talks! "The History of Greek Mythology", opening in Brixton & online on 18th February 🏺 More dates to come 🏺
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Private school parents targeted by fraudsters stealing fee payments Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’ bank accounts

The Guardian
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New research, yet the Charity Commission were warning about this years ago
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Lactation Cookies With Brewers Yeast Recipe This lactation cookies with brewers yeast recipe is packed with oats, flaxseed, and chocolate chips. A healthy breastfeeding snack you can bake anytime.

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Best bit (other than the taste) is that you can make a big batch, roll it into a sausage, wrap in parchment, and freeze. Then you can slice off half a dozen disks to bake whenever you fancy.

Also bringing hot drinks/meals and giving mum the space to drink/eat them hot.
And if mum is considering breastfeeding, I can dig out a recipe for lactation cookies that were so yummy my husband ate the lions share!

Congratulations! I agree w everything @belovedofoizys.bsky.social and others have said. It's amazing how feeds seem to run into each other, esp if breastfeeding. There were times that I hadn't left my bedroom by 2pm, desperate for food/drink/shower. Being on hand w snacks or 10 min breaks is gold!

If anyone can... 😊🍀

A lot of Brits confessed to pressing the big, red Brexit button to see what would happen. Frighteningly, I don't think that masochistic itch has yet been scratched.

I joined the Conservatives for the partying, says Kemi Badenoch The Tory leader opens up about her life and career - and chooses her favourite music - on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

Tories ARE awfully good at partying

BBC News - I joined the Conservatives for the partying, says Kemi Badenoch - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ahh...
Michael Jamal Warner 💔
And Gordon Kaye... 💔🥹

‘The play we need now’ — how images of Auschwitz staff at leisure became Here There Are Blueberries A drama based on an SS officer’s long-forgotten photo album forces uncomfortable reflection

'Seeing mundane images of the Nazis makes it harder to dismiss them as simply devils: They were real people like us,’...
'Take away that buffer, and the bigger question is exposed: how did ordinary people succumb to such a poisonous ideology?'

‘The play we need now’ — share.google/YJ9YAv6jkMhT...

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

Executed James, he was executed after being beaten

'Plausible' deniability

Trump knows Carney spanked him at Davos and is now having a predictable petty despotic meltdown. But what he will never understand is that in doing so he is proving the points Carney made in his landmark speech.

What's making me really livid right now is thinking back to the years of commentary lecturing us that the rise of MAGA was rooted in a sense of righteous victimization by overbearing liberal elites, and sneering at those who insisted that it was fundamentally about domination and sadism all along.